Jules Sherman

I am the Director of a new Biodesign Program at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Hospital. In this role, I teach innovation and design methods to clinicians and co-create novel medical products in collaboration with doctors and nurses at CNH with the intent to commercialize the inventions. I also lecture at The University of Maryland’s Bioengineering Dept. and mentor promising senior capstone project groups. Prior to working at CNH full-time, I designed and co-taught original curricula with Stanford Children's Hospital physicians focused on healthcare design (products/services) at The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. I was also fortunate to work as a product designer for The Safety Learning Lab for Neonatal and Maternal Care at Stanford Medicine for several years. As the founder of Maternal Life, LLC, I've co-invented and developed products that improve healthcare outcomes for women and children. My first product Primo-Lacto: A closed system for colostrum collection, was acquired by Lansinoh in 2018. I am currently working on a product called "NOOMA" with colleagues from Stanford Medicine to help facilitate delayed cord clamping for the preterm infant population, and "Kangarobe," a patent-pending garment that makes skin-to-skin care in the neonatal ICU safer and easier. Kangarobe is a collaboration with Gold Health, LLC.