John Linehan

Consulting Professor
Bioengineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Since 2005, John Linehan is a Consulting Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Bioengineering and the Biodesign Program. In Biodesign, he took the lead in the development of a new program to train young physicians and engineers from developing countries in the medical-technology innovation process. The goal is train leaders able to create innovation programs in their countries that address clinical needs in a resource-challenged environment.

Dr. Linehan is currently PI on a study to develop a comprehensive model of the medical device iterative-development process. The goal is to elucidate the way medical devices are developed, approved, brought to market, and subsequently improved/evolved.

Linehan was Vice President of the Whitaker Foundation from 1998 - 2005. Linehan was responsible for implementing and managing educational grant programs and for creating and organizing a number of unique national programs including the Biomedical Engineering Educational Summit meetings (2000 & 2005) and the Academic Leadership Program for developing young faculty leaders. The Whitaker Foundation, having invested more than $800 million primarily in biomedical engineering education and research in the past 30 years, is closing its doors in June 2006. Prior to joining Whitaker in 1998, Linehan was the Rose Eannelli-Bagozzi professor of biomedical engineering and the founding Chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University in Wisconsin. Until 1998, Linehan was also adjunct professor of physiology and medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is a fellow and past president of the Biomedical Engineering Society and a founding fellow and past president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2006, Linehan was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.