Nov 1, 2022
Over the past year,
several INNOVATORS were devoted to
learning more about the state of pediatric research. In this
podcast, we learn about a breakthrough in the development of tissue
from silk for use in the treatment of children born with
spinal bifida.
Dr. Carlos Estrada holds appointments at Boston Children’s Hospital
and Harvard Medical School and was instrumental in the development
and use of a new type of tissue. He earned his undergraduate
degree from College of the Holy Cross and the MD from Wright State
University Boonshoft School of Medicine. He completed an internship
and residencies at Rush University Medical Center, then
accepted a fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital from which he
accepted an appointment to the faculty there. He earned an MBA from
MIT. He focuses his research on tissue engineering and
neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
In today’s podcast, he responds to the following questions:
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