The Monash Medical Technology Lab (MMTL)
was founded in 2024 and is directed by Associate Professor
Khoa N. Cao.
Khoa trained in medicine at Monash University and Austin Health, health economics
at the University of London (LSHTM) and engineering at Stanford University as an
inaugural Fulbright Future Scholar, where he graduated from the world-renowned
Stanford Biodesign
program and was advised by Professor Paul Yock, the founding director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
Prior to his faculty appointment, Khoa founded an investor-backed peripheral neurotech startup
in Silicon Valley and worked in medtech at the World Health Organization, IBM Watson,
the University of Oxford, the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University.
He has previously founded Australia's longest-running medical hackathon
and an award-winning global health startup (MedTech Actuator alumni). Khoa is one of the youngest
faculty appointments in Australian history, having first received his appointment in his late 20s.
Khoa is proficient across Biodesign/medical technology strategy, including unmet need/solution identification,
regulatory, intellectual property, reimbursement and commercialisation strategy. In addition to Stanford Biodesign,
he has embarked on further training with A/Prof. Jan Pietzsch (Stanford Biodesign, Wing Tech Inc) in
Health Economics & Market Access and Jeff Schox (Stanford Law, Schox Patent Group) in IP/Patent Drafting.
He has previously consulted for a range of medtech startups and incumbents, including Medtronic,
Boston Scientific and Philips.
Our Interests
Our technology interests are diverse and encompass medical AI, digital health, neurotech, brain-computer interfaces,
medical 3D printing and surgical robotics. We also collectively have experience across computer science,
artificial intelligence, mechatronics, product design, electrical engineering and neuroengineering.
We are always looking for talented collaborators and team members to join our team!
We seek tinkerers and builders with a high curiosity quotient, intellectual humility and a bias to action.
Prior medtech experience is a bonus, but not a requirement. Reach out if this sounds like you!
Team Members
Paula Chen, Monash MD Candidate
Alfred Lai, Monash MD Candidate
Maya Lam, Monash MD Candidate
James Liu, Monash MD Candidate
Anusha Maheshwari, Monash MD Candidate
Ricardo Ng, Monash MD Candidate
Alex Sarossy, Monash MD Candidate
Andrew Wu, Monash MD Candidate
Yufei Xu, Monash MD Candidate
Collaborators/Mentors
Brad Astbury, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Grant Blashki, Nossal Institute of Global Health, University of Melbourne
John Fox (late), Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
Leah Heiss, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
Cameron Knott, Intensive Care Unit, Bendigo Health
Michelle Leech, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
Monash Institute of Medical Engineering, Monash University
Jan Pietzsch, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University
Ross Venook, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University
Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Department of Health
Paul Yock, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University