Professionals, not professors.
Our faculty have hands-on experience developing and commercializing medical devices. Their teaching bridges theory and practice, drawn from real challenges across the product lifecycle. Students also engage with 20+ guest lecturers, venture capitalists and founders throughout the year.
David Zaharoff
Executive Director, MS-MedTechProfessor, Lampe Department of Biomedical Engineering, Adjunct Professor, UNC Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Eschelman School of Pharmacy
Matt Penny
Director, MS-MedTechFormer Managing Principal Engineer, Noah Medical
Nick Jardine
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechAssistant Director, R&D, Innovation at Becton Dickinson
John Hayes
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechDirector of Integrated Systems, Sanner Group
Kelly Umstead
Adjunct Lecturer, MS-MedTechAssociate Professor of Industrial Design + Director of Graduate Program in ID
Nick Jardine
Nick has spent his entire 20+ year career in the medical device industry and has worked on devices across all classifications, ranging from simple disposables to complex robotic systems to cardiac implants. He has experience in innovation, development and sustaining while helping to launch products in the US and abroad. He leads the BME 503 class, mentoring students through a structure medical device development process as they progress towards verification and validation.