May 21, 2009: Andre Muelenaer nominated for NewVa Leadership Award Andre Muelenaer, MD- PMDI Co-Director nominated for the NewVA Corridor Technology Council's NewVa Leadership Award, which recognizes one of our own who not only succeeds in the workplace, but also leads by example by contributing significantly to the community in which we live. Awards ceremony will be held on May 21, 2009.

March 30, 2009: Greenville, North Carolina Ronald M. Perkin, M.D., Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Pitt County Memorial Hospital's Children's Hospital of University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, signs letter of intent to join PMDI consortium of children's hospitals. Children's Hospital is a teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

March 10, 2009: Leading Children's Health Groups Laud Senate for Funding Pediatric Devices in FY09 Budget Initial Two Million Dollar Investment Can Help Save Young Lives, Experts Say. Please click on the title to read the entire news release.

February 26, 2009: Roanoke, Virginia Andre A. Muelenaer, Jr., M.D., Co-Director of PMDI appointed as Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

February 26, 2009: Bethesda, Maryland NIH-Clinical & Translational Science Awards: Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee- Pediatric Drug & Medical Device Development: Setting Specifications and Defining Expectations. Panel 7. What do Nonprofit Organizations and Academic Investigators expect and what do they offer? Panel chaired by Andre Muelenaer, Jr.,MD & Al Wicks, PhD, presented concept of the Pediatric Medical Device Institute to this international audience.

February 24, 2009: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Jon Abramson, M.D., Weston M. Kelsey Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Brenner Children's Hospital and Health Services, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, signs letter of intent to join PMDI's consortium of children's hospitals.

February 2009: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Wayne Meredith, M.D., Executive Director, Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, agrees to engage PMDI for the purpose of supporting innovative research and bringing new pediatric medical devices to market for all phases of trauma care, including: prevention, pre-hospital, hospital, surgery and rehabilitation.

January 29, 2009: Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma (CIPT) | Winston-Salem, North Carolina PMDI co-director, Andre A. Muelenaer, Jr., M.D., presents PMDI model for device development to CIPT research advisory board.

August 5-7, 2008: Medical Device Workshop Muelenaer to present at NI Week in Austin, Texas at a Medical Device Workshop

July 23, 2008: Pediatric Medical Devices Stakeholders Workshop Muelenaer and Wicks presented information regarding overcoming barriers to device development. Workshop sponsored by FDA, NIH and AHRQ in Washington, DC

June 23, 2008: "Sizable Victory"- AAP News