Mayo Clinic, IDCBeyond Collaborate For Entrepreneurship Training

August 23, 2016 | Experts from The Mayo Clinic, an American medical practice and research center which is the largest integrated nonprofit medical practice in the world, will lead the teaching of medical challenges within IDCBeyond, the new entrepreneurship program at IDC Herzliya. The cooperation will be led by Amir Lerman, M.D., Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, director of the cardiovascular research center, who was recently appointed as head of Mayo Clinic’s new initiative of discovery, investment and cooperation with Israeli companies and technologies. According to Nava Swersky Sofer, Managing Director of IDCBeyond at IDC Herzliya, “The new program is designed to train and qualify participants in developing and establishing innovative ventures by implementing technologies to address global challenges which characterize the 21^st century. The cooperation with Mayo Clinic will expose students to the forefront of technology and innovation, and pinpoint the issues facing health systems worldwide. This cooperation opens a number of possibilities for entrepreneurship students, from exploring new horizons to establishing innovative ventures.”