Owner and Principal Consultant
Metro Preclinical Consulting, LLC
Middletown, New Jersey
Dr. Gilbert is currently owner and principal consultant at Metro Preclinical Consulting, LLC, providing consulting services to medical device companies developing new technologies for human patients. He has nearly a decade of experience spanning the medtech and pharmaceutical industries as well as veterinary clinical practice. Dr. Gilbert received both his BSE in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics as well as his VMD from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a small animal rotating internship followed by an additional year of surgery training prior to moving into industry where he has developed expertise in preclinical research and generating data to support product development and regulatory approval of a diverse range of medical technologies. He has held roles in startups and corporations, most recently as Principal Scientist, Preclinical Surgeon at Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Dr. Gilbert has particular interests in animal and surgical model development and is a strong advocate for the judicious use of animals in preclinical research, having published on the 3R principles and striving to maximize data generation while minimizing animal numbers in studies.
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Preclinical Surgery: Medical Device Development from Animals to Humans
Thursday, October 24, 2024
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM