Oral Histories and Archive of Medical Technology
Overview
Video interviews with health technology pioneers (from left to right) Tom Fogarty, Rodney Perkins, John Simpson, Paul Yock, and Mir Imran are included in the collection.
Medicine and Innovation: Oral Histories and Archive of Medical Technology is an expanding collection of unique oral history interviews that chronicle and record the histories of physicians, engineers, scientists, business leaders, investors, attorneys, and regulators who together catalyzed an industry, developed innumerable innovative technologies and helped hundreds of millions of patients.
Stanford’s Silicon Valley Archives and the Byers Center for Biodesign launched this collaborative initiative in 2019 to record these oral histories of key pioneers and players in the medical technology industry and to collect related documentation.
About the Silicon Valley Archives
The Silicon Valley Archives are the world’s greatest repository of materials related to the history and development of the region. Primarily housed in the Department of Special Collections at Stanford University, the Silicon Valley Archives identify, preserve, and make the documentary record of science and technology – and related business and cultural activities in Silicon Valley – available to students, scholars, and the general public.
Resources
Stanford Biodesign provides broad and diverse resources to help you learn, connect, advance, and innovate.
- Learning Materials on health technology innovation and how we teach it. Read more
- Alumni Association Our international community of Stanford Biodesign Fellowship alumni. Read more
- Careers Launch or accelerate your profession in health technology innovation. Read more
- Directory Meet the many people within our growing circle. Read more