Dr. Reuther received a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an Executive MBA from Columbia Business School. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, with additional appointments as the Director of the Columbia Biomedical Engineering Technology Accelerator Program (BiomedX) and the Director of Master’s Studies. In July, Katie will be joining the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Bioengineering and serving as Executive Director for the Center for Health, Devices, and Technology (Penn Health-Tech). She serves as a consultant for Biocomx, a national organization that trains and supports researchers, professionals, and early stage companies and has supported several NIH programs including the Concept to Clinic: Commercializing Innovation (C3i) Program, the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative, and I-Corps at NIH, and is a co-founder of Syntegrity Biomedical, an orthopedic medical device start-up.