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Press Release: Surgilūm Award of Excellence

June 16, 2017

Surgilūm Award of Excellence Press Release We are not currently accepting nominations for the upcoming year. If you are interested, please fill out the short questionnaire below and we will contact you when the nomination…

Wilmington N.C.’s Vibrant And Burgeoning Life Sciences Startup Ecosystem

June 23, 2016

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Surgilūm president Debbie Brown presented at NEWilm (Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington) event in June. This article explores why the Wilmington, NC startup scene is blossoming. Forbes Pharma & Healthcare readers will most likely know…

Wilmington’s impressive biotech, life science entrepreneurial potential

May 24, 2016

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Guest opinion: “I had an exciting adult field trip in my own town, within my own university, as I explored the world of biotechnology and life science business opportunities in Wilmington,” writes UNCW professor Dr.…

OSN Premier Surgeon 300 Innovators in Refractive Cataract Surgery

April 25, 2016

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Surgilūm founder Dr. Alan Brown has been selected as part of Ocular Surgery New’s Premier Surgeon 300. “On behalf of SLACK Incorporated, publisher of Ocular Surgery News, we would like to congratulate members of OSN’s…

Wilmington-based Surgilūm Finds Audience, Resources At CED Conference

March 3, 2016

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Wilmington-based medical device startup Surgilum got in front of hundreds of scientists, entrepreneurs and other business leaders earlier this week as a Showcase company at the 25th annual CED Life Science Conference in Raleigh… Read…

Surgilūm is NC IDEA Grant Finalist

November 16, 2015

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Surgilūm is one of nine finalists in the Fall 2015 NC IDEA grant cycle. Finalists were selected from an initial pool of 130 applicants. About NC IDEA: “NC IDEA is a private foundation committed to…

Surgilūm Wins NC Tech Award

November 12, 2015

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Surgilūm was named one of the Top Ten Start-Ups to Watch at the 20th annual Beacons NC Tech Awards ceremony hosted by the North Carolina Technology Association on November 12. Winners are chosen annually by…

Surgilūm wins biotechnology category of the 2015 Coastal Entrepreneurship Awards

May 8, 2015

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The Coastal Entrepreneur Awards are “a joint effort of UNCW’s Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Greater Wilmington Business Journal to shine a spotlight on entrepreneurs in the Cape Fear region.” Surgilūm won the…

Surgilūm Success at the 2015 Charlotte Venture Challenge

March 31, 2015

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The Surgilūm team faced off against companies from across the Southeastern US in the in the 2015 Charlotte Venture Challenge, a “start-up competition for early-stage high growth companies,” for $50,000 in cash prizes. Surgilūm won…

Reinventing Eye Surgery

August 20, 2014

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Like the secret headquarters of any comic book superhero, Dr. Alan Brown’s MindSkid Labs is tucked away behind the façade of this local doctor’s Shipyard Boulevard ophthalmic surgery clinic. A walk though the hallways of…