Bio

Prof. Nick Guldemond hold degrees in medicine and electric engineering and a PhD from Maastricht University. He was the CEO and founder of the Medical Field Lab (early 2000) i.e. the first international example of a university hospital based ‘living lab’ dedicated to science, innovation and societal impact. In this period he was experimenting with early days university based open-innovation concepts, co-creation, service design and building innovation ecosystems. In doing so, he performed groundbreaking work with the development of the first low-temperature 3D printing technology for bone structures, mobile monitoring systems for various diseases, early days smartTV (2007) based blended homecare, virtual surgical systems with augmented reality and haptic feedback as well as innovative care service concepts: diabetes, oncology and frail elderly. In 2017, he became Professor for Integrated Care and Technology at Sechenov Medical University, and since 2021, he is also Professor for Public Health and Healthcare. In addition, he holds a position as a Senior Researcher at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. During his career, Prof. Guldemond worked as a clinical researcher on numerous health innovation projects, often in collaboration with partners in the pharmaceutical, medtech, health IT and finance sectors. He has successfully managed various multidisciplinary/multicultural teams and established two succesful companies. As a key expert on Health and integrated care, he is an Expert Member of the WHO Working Group Digital Health, WHO Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development and a consultant for Health programmes and medical curriculum development in various countries on different continents, NGO's, multi-nationals and start-ups. Prof. Guldemond also served as the coordinator of EU EIP on Healthy and Active Ageing, as expert at the World's Organisation of Family Doctors WONCA and as an expert implementation human rights in biomedicine at the European Council. He is associated editor for the Journal of Integrated Care and a member of the editorial board of the European Medical Journal.