In a Wall Street Journal article, companies priased executive MBA programs for making managers better and more loyal. Read the rest of this entry »

Considering an executive MBA program? This week the Wall Street Journal came out with its first ever survey ranking the top programs in the country. Read the rest of this entry »

Something to keep in mind while networking . . .

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

Dale Carnegie
Author of “How to Win Friends and Influence People”

CanSil Diagnostics is a new venture spun out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They are currently looking for physicians with backgrounds in oncology and pathology to help develop our diagnostic tests and take them to market, or to serve as advisors or mentors. Read the rest of this entry »

We are sure many PRN readers are familiar with Operation Smile, a not-for-profit, volunteer medical services organization that provides reconstructive facial surgery to indigent children and young adults. There are numerous videos now available on the web. One that we recently came across is LuLu’s Story, available on the YouTube website.

Are you an innovative inventor and interested in patenting and marketing your surgical device? Here is some advice from a well-recognized physician inventor. Read the rest of this entry »

Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty is an internationally recognized cardiovascular surgeon, inventor, entrepreneur, and vintner. He has founded or co-founded over 30 companies in the medical device or services field and is president of Fogarty Engineering, the laboratory from which many of his start-up products and companies originate. Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths
rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

- John D. Rockefeller

How long will it take to change careers? This interesting tool may help you get a better sense for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

An interesting article on the CarerLab website identifies four stages of career change: Diagnosis, Market Readiness, Marketing, and New Beginning. Read the rest of this entry »