Annual Symposium & Business Meeting
Thanks for joining us at the 2025 Annual Symposium! Registration for the 2026 Symposium will open later this year, so please watch for more updates!
See below for information on the event that occurred in December 2025. This page will be updated once the 2026 event is finalized.
We invite you to the SouthWest-Midwest National Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (SWPDC) Evening of Pediatric Device Innovation and Annual Business Meeting at the Texas A&M EnMED Tower. This annual event brings together members, colleagues, and guests of our FDA-supported consortium, dedicated to assisting pediatric device innovators throughout the entire lifecycle in delivering innovative solutions to pediatric patients.
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 from 3:30p – 8:00p
Location (In-Person, Free Event): Texas A&M EnMed Tower, 1st-floor Auditorium, 1020 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030 (corner of Holcombe and Main in the Texas Medical Center). Public parking is available nearby in the EnMed Horizon Tower Parking Garage, local hotels, and other TMC parking lots
Featured Speakers:
- Danielle Gottlieb Sen MD (Le Bonheur Childrens)
- Kolaleh Eskandanian PhD (Compremium AG)
- Daniel Powell (Spark Biomedical)
- Iman Salafian PhD (Imagine Medical Devices)
- Balakrishna Haridas PhD (Texas A&M University)
- Chester Koh MD (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Past Symposiums and Speakers
- 2025 – Angela Lorts, MD, MBA – ACTION Network and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- 2023 – Dr.Gwenyth Fischer, MD – University of Minnesota
- 2022: Michael Heffernan PhD – Fannin
- 2021: Erika Torjusen, MD, MHS
- 2020: Dr. John Langell, President, N.E. Ohio Medical University. “Creating an Academic Ecosystem to Drive Innovation, Translation and Commercialization of Disruptive Health Care Solutions”
- 2019: Rachel Rath
- 2018: Eric Chen
- 2017: Dr. Vasum Peiris
- 2016: Sherry Farrugia
- 2015: Dr. Peter Kim
