Dr. Frank Papay, chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, delivers a lecture titled “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine” at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Cleveland Campus. Photo by Dustin Franz
Ohio Today features Ohio University alumnus Dr. Frank Papay, chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, in a story headlined “World-renowned plastic surgeon and alumnus shares expertise with OHIO medical students.”
Papay earned a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 1975. He earned an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve and an M.D. at Northeast Ohio Universities Medical University.
Ohio Today writes about Papay’s Feb. 7, lecture to medical students at the Cleveland Campus of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He spoke on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine.”
“When I was in medical school, being an entrepreneur was a four-letter word,” Papay told the crowd of approximately 50 students, along with audiences at the Athens and Dublin campuses via videoconference. “People think you need to distinguish between an entrepreneur and a doctor, and I think that’s terribly wrong. [Practicing medicine should be] a blend of innovation and entrepreneurship.”
It’s not surprising that Papay is an idea person—after all, he used to collect light bulbs as a kid, and he spent his childhood gleaning inspiration from inventors like Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, and space explorers like Neil Armstrong.
As an adult, his bright ideas have led to patents on a new surgical approach to treat migraine headaches, which earned him the honor of being one of WebMD’s “Health Heroes of 2014,” and a next-gen implant to treat sleep apnea. He’s also developing another device that uses augmented reality to help doctors differentiate between various tissues.
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