Research & MoreEducation & innovationCanada
Medventions Fellowship Program (innovation)
Toronto, Ontario
A four-month, physician-led, hospital-based medtech innovation fellowship. Multidisciplinary teams find and validate clinical needs, prototype solutions, and learn about intellectual property, regulatory pathways, reimbursement and commercialization planning.
Length4 months
SpotsSeveral openings per cohort at each site
StartsSeptember (Fall 2026 cohort runs September to December 2026)
SalaryHalifax and St. John's: $21 per hour. Toronto: paid internship, with pay based on experience and program funding
What stands out
- Each cohort works in one clinical area (Fall 2026: maternal-fetal medicine in Toronto, vascular surgery in Halifax, emergency medicine in St. John's)
- Sunnybrook Design Lab with a machine shop, device development lab and preclinical and clinical validation facilities
- Atlantic sites give fellows a Biodesign textbook, and fellows present at a final Medventions Atlantic Showcase
- Apply through
- Direct application
- Timeline
- Fall 2026: July 15 (Toronto), July 17 (Halifax), August 7 (St. John's); now closed
- Focus
- Hospital-based medtech commercialization training at Sunnybrook (Toronto) and Nova Scotia Health (Halifax)
- Eligibility
- Open to Canadian-trained applicantsNo USMLE neededCanadian program (no US visa needed)
- Contact
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Training
- Structure
- Three phases: clinical immersion and needs identification, then ideation, then prototyping and early validation
- Research
- U of T Medical Biophysics graduate courses MBP1408 and MBP1409 in medical device innovation and commercialization are available by application, with limited places
- Hospitals
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto · Nova Scotia Health, Halifax · Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, St. John's
Requirements (1)
- Clinicians, engineers, researchers and business graduates; students and recent graduates