The Innovation Cohort Part 2 - Talk to strangers

Part two of our conversation with Dr. Jennifer Monti focuses on how we can increase the speed of medical innovation, better serve rural populations, invest in public health, and the importance of building partnerships between medical professionals, universities, and the private sector to solve critical problems in healthcare. Dr. Monti asserts that the best medical ideas can come from anyone and anywhere: patients, medical professionals, and even complete strangers.

Dr. Monti is a general cardiologist most interested in the intersection of medicine, public health, and entrepreneurship. She developed the Innovation Cohort at Maine Medical Center in response to her experience as an inventor and entrepreneur moving an idea from scribbled drawing to working prototype, company formation, fundraising, and clinical trials. She firmly believes good ideas come from every corner of an organization, and that Portland, Maine should be the easiest place in America to learn to invent and to be an inventor. She received a degree in biochemistry with honors from Harvard College, as well as degrees in medicine and public health from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Jenn's favorite lunch spot is LB Kitchen, her favorite place for dinner is home with her kids, and her favorite local business is Print Bookstore on Congress St. in the East End. She is a huge college basketball fan and is still upset that the Big East fell apart.