Welcome to Source Code, ACRM’s online lecture series!

Join Dr. Douglas Munch as he shares fascinating insights and nail-biting challenges from his years as an engineer with the Apollo program. Starting with Apollo 11 and ending with Apollo 14, Doug contributed to NASA’s crowning achievements as well as their most famous “successful failure”, and you’ll thrill to his first-hand account of those historic years. Q&A to follow.

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About our presenter: Dr. Douglas Munch is a results driven innovator and strong creative leader with a deep background in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotechnology. His varied resume reads like an adventure novel, and includes experiences with NASA’s Apollo program, the Navy’s F-14 fighter aircraft, and a veritable Who’s Who of companies operating in the healthcare space.

After earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from Villanova, Doug joined Grumman, where he contributed to four successful Apollo missions and ran the flight test and development program for the Navy’s F-14 fighter aircraft. Inspired by his work with NASA to explore human performance, Doug returned to school, earning a Master's in Mechanical Engineering and Biochemistry from UC Santa Barbara, and a PhD in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins. As a postdoc, he invented an open-heart research procedure to measure the distribution of coronary blood flow in animals, and while at Travenol Laboratories, developed a wearable drug delivery device for cancer patients.

He worked as director of health care new business development and life science research for Kimberly-Clark; joined a small biotech startup working in cancer medicine as president and CEO; and served as a vice president and board member for a division of Johnson & Johnson. In 1993, he started his own consulting practice, devoting 25 years to integrating medicine, technology and business for health care companies.