The Cleveland Clinic is a not-for-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s best hospitals in its annual "America’s Best Hospitals" survey. Approximately 1,500 full-time salaried physicians at Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties.
ASM International is the world’s leading society serving the materials science and engineering community, with more than 36,000 members worldwide. ASM provides authoritative information and knowledge on materials and processes - from the structural to the nanoscale. Information is distributed through conferences and expositions, publications and handbooks, seminars and training, and www.asminternational.org.
The Nano-Network is one of the largest and best-known privately funded, "grass roots" nanotechnology organizations in the U.S. Formed by scientists, entrepreneurs and financiers to improve and expand nanotechnology research and commercialization activities and capacities in Northeast Ohio, and throughout the nation, The Nano-Network is currently managed by NorTech (www.nortech.org ), a regional economic development organization focused on innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio.
The Cleveland Clinic and ASM will offer blended technical programming covering the spectrum of materials-related challenges and opportunities in medicine, from today's materials to the next generation of nanomaterials.
ASM will offer materials and process-related seminars for engineers and physicians who work with medical devices, with CME accreditation. Exhibits will feature advances in materials and processes for medical devices from both manufacturers and suppliers.
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