Union Generates Success

In the last weeks, the Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS) Blog published three articles concerning the intersection of cardiovascular surgery and entrepreneurship. One of the articles brings the international case of the Indian cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty, who created a health management model that revolutionized Indian reality. A second article dissects a Brazilian case, the startup of the cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Marcus Vinicius Gimenes, named “Consulta do Bem”, which seeks to facilitate access to private health care by making use of shared economic model. Finally, the last article discuss the importance of leadership for cardiovascular surgeons and how the concept of leadership changed since the last decades. I myself, as a cardiovascular surgeon, was compelled to be an entrepreneur, to produce cardiac pericardial valves, not available in the country at the beginning of our specialty. So, I deeply believe that entrepreneurship must be instigated in our young students, residents, and surgeons. Entrepreneurship is the key to progress and, if we want cardiovascular surgery keeps advancing and being known for its innovative nature, we must ensure that the new generations are stimulated and free to create new things. Another believe I have is that innovation must come from the Universities, in close cooperation with the medical devices Industry. The University is the ideal place which brings together the young, smart and dedicated people, the knowledge accessibility and the resources to develop and test new concepts, to be produced and distributed by the Industries. It was not a coincidence that, within university surgeons, as Prof. Euryclides of Jesus Zerbini and Prof. Adib Jatene, was developed a mindset that we should, create and manufacture many of the equipment for cardiovascular surgery in Brazil. An interesting tool recently created, and which relates to what I mentioned before, is the Brazilian Index of Entrepreneurial Universities. It is a ranking based on how the Universities in Brazil stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship and can be accessed at http://bit.ly/ EDITORIAL