Does the World Need Doctors With Engineering Degrees?
Texas A&M wants to transform medicine by training a generation of innovation-minded physicians.
Texas A&M University System Investing Big in EnMed
On Thursday, February 20, 2020 Texas A&M announced its $550 million investment.
Texas A&M College of Engineering: Texas A&M-Houston Methodist Visionary EnMed Program off to Stellar Start
To celebrate the launch of Texas A&M University’s EnMed program that will train students jointly in medicine and engineering, a symposium was held at the Houston Methodist Hospital on Oct. 28. The attendees included current EnMed students and faculty, donors, and many distinguished guests from inside and outside academia.
Texas Medical Center News: Houston Methodist and Texas A&M Celebrate Inaugural Class of “Physicianeers”
The new Engineering Medicine program at Texas A&M University and its first students received an official welcome this week with “EnMed: From Vision to Reality” — a joint inaugural symposium. The event, hosted by Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas A&M, celebrated the program’s launch and debut class of physician-engineers.
Texas A&M Foundation Spirit Magazine: Supporting ‘Physicianeers’
Traditionally, medicine and engineering have been separate disciplines. Because of this divide, physicians and engineers increasingly have had to learn to work together as transformational technologies such as minimally invasive biomedical technologies, wearable devices and digital health continue to emerge.
Pettigrew receives esteemed National Academy of Engineering award
Dr. Roderic Pettigrew has been named the recipient of the 2019 National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Arthur M. Bueche Award for his contributions to technology research, policy and national and international cooperation.
Medicine and the Makers
Roderic Pettigrew is training a new hybrid specialty—half physician, half engineer.
Texas A&M To Train Students As 'Physicianeers,' Doctors With An Engineering Mindset
Medical school students today are trained to diagnose complicated diseases, they’re rarely trained to engineer the solutions themselves. Soon, Texas A&M will start training doctors to also be engineers.
Physician-engineers Poised to Transform Healthcare
Medicine and engineering have long been taught in separate silos, but the rapid growth of wearable technologies, biomedical devices and digital health—born from the convergence of these two fields—necessitates integrated training.
Will Your Next Doctor Be a Physicianeer?
Texas A&M is launching a new engineering-based medical degree program in partnership with Houston Methodist Hospital that will educate a new kind of doctor with an engineering mindset.