Martha Somerman

Welch Allyn, Inc. develops and manufactures medical diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Its products include physical exam, patient monitoring, blood pressure measurement, thermometry, cardiopulmonary, medical lighting, animal health, and population health management technologies. It also offers batteries, lamps, cables and sensors, power supplies, cords and chargers, connectors and tubing, and probe covers and thermometry. The company was founded by Francis Welch and William Noah Allyn in 1915 and is headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, NY.

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. provides research models and laboratory animal support services. It offers quality research models and support services to the biomedical community. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Kerr Corp. develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes dental products. Its brands are encompassed within the Kerr Restoratives, Kerr Endodontics, Kerr Rotary and Kerr TotalCare platforms. The company is headquartered in Orange, CA.

Novartis International AG manages the Novartis Group. It provides administrative, financial, legal, and technical services. It also offers scientific consultation to the Group. The company was founded on December 13, 1989 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Discus Dental LLC develops, manufactures and distributes dental products such as tooth whitening, oral hygiene, preventatives, and restoratives. The company was co-founded by William Dorfman and Robert Hayman on December 7, 1990 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

Children's Hospital Corp. engages in the provision of pediatric care services. It offers acupuncture, angioplasty, antibiotic allergy testing, audiogram, baclofen pump, biochemical genetic testing, blended diet, bone scan, brain scan, breast augmentation surgery, cardiac catheterization, cardiac MRI in children, chest reconstruction surgery, and CO2 laser treatment. The company was founded by Francis Henry Brown in 1869 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

National Cancer Institute provides healthcare services. It specializes in different cancer treatment such as adrenocortical carcinoma, anal cancer, appendix cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, cardiac tumors, endometrial cancer, and gallbladder cancer. The company was founded in March 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

American Dental Association provides information on oral health, promotes dental science, conducts research, development and testing on dental products and materials. Its website provides information on the organization, its history, membership, links to dental organizations, and survey research on dentistry. The ADA was founded by William Henry Atkinson in 1859 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is a private foundation located in Research Triangle Park, NC. The private company's mission is to serve and strengthen society by nurturing a diverse group of leaders in biomedical sciences to improve human health through education and powering discovery in frontiers of greatest need. The CEO of the company is Louis J. Muglia.

US Food & Drug Administration operates agencies to protect health and human services. It protects and promotes public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, cosmetics, animal foods and feed and veterinary products. The company was founded by Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley on 30th June, 1906 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

The International Society for Optical Engineering operates as society for optics and photonics. It advances emerging technologies through interdisciplinary information exchange, continuing education, publications, patent precedent, and career and professional growth. The company was founded on July 1, 1955 and is headquartered in Bellingham, WA.

American Society for Clinical Investigation engages as a medical honor society. It focuses on physician-scientists in research, clinical care, and medical education. The company was founded by Samuel J. Meltzer in 1908 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center operates as a cancer research and treatment center. The private company is based in Chapel Hill, NC.

University of Miami Health System offers healthcare services. It is comprised of three university hospitals, including its acute-care University of Miami Hospital, and specialty hospitals Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. The company is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Danville Materials, Inc. manufactures and supplies dental equipment products. It offers abrasive, air abrasion, air polishing, dust confinement, C-saw, micro etching, and tin plating equipment. The firm designs, formulates and manufactures intra-oral air abrasion and micro-etching equipment as well as consumable dental materials used by dentists globally. Its products include znano, macrocab plus and prepstart H2O. The company was founded by Craig Bruns in 1997 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Orascoptic Corp. offers custom-fit dental and surgical loupes and headlights with a 45-day trial period. The private company is based in Middleton, WI. The company sells to government, military, and VA practitioners under GSA contract. The company recommends routine cleaning every two years to maintain the quality of the loupes. Orascoptic offers a variety of loupe frame options, including Rudy Project titanium dental loupe frames.

Dentsply (N.Z.) Ltd. operates as a dental manufacturing company. Its products include sectional matrix system, matrix ratings, wedges, matrices, impression trays and instruments. The company was founded by Simon McDonald in 2003 and is headquartered in Katikati, New Zealand.

Maze Therapeutics, Inc. is a is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of portfolio of therapeutic candidates for a number of genetically defined diseases. It focuses on translating genetic insights into new medicines by utilizing an approach that combines the analysis of large-scale human genetics data, cutting-edge functional genomics, and an array of drug discovery approaches. The company was founded by Mark Daly, Aaron D. Gitler, Stephen Elledge, Sekar Kathiresan, and Jonathan S. Weissman in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Pluristyx, Inc., panCELLa, Inc. is a privately held early-stage biotechnology firm based in Toronto, CA. panCELLa was acquired by Pluristyx, Inc. on October 06, 2022. panCELLa has secured partnerships with several biotechnology partners to enhance its patent position and provide expanded access to its exclusive failsafe™ and cloaked cells™/iact cells. The Canadian company continues its internal R & D efforts to develop additional novel uses of its platform technologies in areas such as bio-production, cancer vaccination, and tolerization. The company was founded in 2015 by Armand Keating and Andras Nagy, and has created platforms that allow for the development of safe, universal, cost-effective, “ off-the-shelf ” therapeutic cell products for medicine.

Nucleus Radiopharma, Inc. is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organization that is dedicated to modernizing the clinical development, manufacturing, and supply chain of radiopharmaceuticals. The company is based in New York. The American company's mission is to ensure that cancer patients have access to potentially lifesaving treatment tools. The company specializes in building reliable clinical and commercial supply chains for targeted radiotherapies. The CEO of the company is Charles S. Conroy.