Testimonials

William Bolton
NIHR Clinical Research Fellow in Global Surgical Technologies & Director of the MedTech Foundation
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
The 2018 Translate MedTech and MedTech Foundation Innovation Bootcamp was a huge success, well received by all and certainly transformative in the lives of the interdisciplinary researchers who took part. Key to the success of the Bootcamp is the unwavering enthusiasm and energy that Fabian brings, truly engaging the broad range of audience participants. We were enthralled by even some of the hardest topics to cover, such as intellectual property law, and Fabian made the content come to life so that we could apply it to our learning and professional lives. The content was pitched just right, covering an overview of the entire innovation pipeline, leaving delegates feeling more confident and knowledgeable, and eager to learn more and apply their new understanding to their medtech projects.

Dr Astrid Lorenz
Associate Patent Attorney
Symbiosis IP Ltd
I have attended the bootcamp now for a second year and cannot recommend it enough. The leadership is excellent, students enthusiastic and hard-working and the case studies are very close to the real world. This course teaches essential business basics in an engaging and enjoyable way and should be offered as part of a PhD training in every University.

Professor Stephen Smith
Co-Founder & Director of Clearsky Medical Diagnostics
University of York
I was truly impressed with the performance of the teams - especially in their pitches to the dragons. They demonstrated a good understanding of what the aim of the pitch was, and how to effectively deliver their message with confidence. Indeed, at times, it was easy to forget that the subject of the pitch wasn't real, nor had the teams had any significant related prior experience. Overall, a fantastic and very worthwhile programme.

Philippa Hedley-Takhar
Business Development Manager
Digital Care Home - NHS England Test Bed
Devices for Dignity
It was an honour to be asked by Fabian to be a
'Dragon' for the Health Innovation Expedition. I was extremely impressed by the quality of the project pitches and the professionalism and confidence of the teams - particularly due to the short time they had been working together. All the teams seemed empowered and enthused following the training and it was great to see them pledge to take that energy and innovative spirit back to their professional roles.

Tom Wright
MMRS Senior Innovation & Commercialisation Officer
Medilink, North of England
This is an excellent course which prepares delegates with the tools and knowledge required to understand and navigate the innovation landscape from within the NHS.
As a professional working with companies of all sizes on medical innovation, I was extremely impressed with the quality of work presented to us as Dragons and believe that the experience the delegates had will be invaluable as they embark upon careers as innovators in healthcare

Dr Danielle Miles
Technology Innovation Manager
Translate - Grow:Medtech
I have worked with Fabian now for two consecutive years on the Translate bootcamp for early career researchers, and I strongly believe that Fabian's knowledge of medtech innovation, real life experience and boundless energy has greatly helped to make the bootcamp the success it is. Fabian always puts more than 100% into the course delivery and his ability to deliver what could potentially be some dry content in an engaging way with tireless enthusiasm is second to none.
A lot of participants approached me at the end of the boot camp to thank me for an excellent 3 days and to commend Fabian as a tutor, I don't think it would have been the same without him.

Professor Heidi Probst MBE
Professor of Radiotherapy and Oncology
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University
It is great working with Fabian on the Research and Innovation course which is based on his Health
Innovation Expedition.
His passion for the course is infectious.
The course participants leave enthused, elated and keen to start on their own innovation expedition in their place of work.
The course covers all aspects of the innovation pathway and I love teaching on this course with Fabian, it is my favourite

Kirsten Guy
AHP Research Lead for Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust & University of Lincoln
I have worked with Fabian for the last year as he brought his Health and Care Innovation Course to the East Midlands, hosted by the University of Lincoln.
The course was a great success and has inspired new innovators from across the East Midlands. Fabian is an expert in his field and a fantastic teacher, with a novel and fun teaching style. It has been a pleasure to be surrounded by his passion and enthusiasm, it is infectious!
