Industry Perspective
Biomedical Engineer Rahie Talukder shares what her experience has been like working for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. As someone who was always interested in medicine, Talukder attended the University of Colorado Denver as a biology and pre-med major. She then earned her master’s degree in biomedical engineer from the University of Denver.
Murdoc Khaleghi is a career chief medical officer and board member with five exits. His career has been spent in both hospitals and start-ups. After becoming the founding Chief Medical Officer of the start-up Everly Health, Khaleghi proceeded to continue getting involved in health tech start-ups, often as the co-founder. Many of those start-ups have gone public or become unicorns.
Kelly Gazarik, a University of Colorado Boulder alumna, helped launch the Biomedical Engineering Program. Gazarik now works for Medtronic as a software project engineer after interning for the medical device company in summer 2018.