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Homemade Fried Shredded Hashbrowns and Eggs for Breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Toothpaste. Play-Doh. A plate of hash browns. \u201cI can get inspired by very common things,\u201d admits Allen Y. Wang MS \u201906, PhD \u201908, the Global Technical Lead at Ethicon Biosurgery<\/a>, Johnson & Johnson MedTech.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at a lot of things in my daily life,\u201d says Wang, a native of Taiwan. \u201cMy brain is always kind of turning, thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Take those hash browns.<\/p>\n

During his breakfast at a pancake house near Johnson & Johnson’s global headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the fried potatoes sparked the idea for a solution to a scientific question that Wang had been wrestling with: How could surgeons control the broad oozing of wounds that occurs in more than 50% of all surgeries? Examining the potatoes\u2019 woven surface, Wang hypothesized that \u201ca hemostatic powder with a lattice structure like the hash browns on my breakfast plate could cover a larger area and penetrate the blood surface and stop the bleeding quickly during the surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hash brown structure triggered this idea that widespread bleeding could be stopped using a small aggregate composed of oxidized regenerated cellulose fibers that break apart after contacting blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

The result of this breakfast brainstorm became SURGICEL\u00ae Powder Absorbable Hemostat<\/a>, which launched in late 2017 and has since been widely adopted by surgeons in more than 40 countries. When Wang first witnessed the product in use, he was overcome with emotion and wept. \u201cIt really touches me to see the impact of my work,\u201d says Wang. \u201cI feel like all the years spent developing the product (and it was maybe seven or eight years) really paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Allen Y. Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The holder of 70 patents, Wang is motivated by wanting to make a difference through creating innovative medical devices and products that address unmet surgical needs. Wang is also proactive in creating internship opportunities for Johns Hopkins students, so they can witness firsthand the collaborative efforts that go into product development.<\/p>\n

Wang, a 2021 Johns Hopkins Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Awardee whose many accolades include renowned international awards such as the 2018 gold Medical Design Excellence Award, 2018 R&D 100 Award, a 2020 Johnson Medal, the most prestigious award within J&J, as well as a 2022 Society for Biomaterials Technology Innovation and Development Award, says patience and persistence drive him, and that he owes much of his success to his \u201cvery solid training\u201d at the Whiting School. \u201cDr. Michael S. Yu, my PhD adviser, gave me a lot of freedom and encouraged me to reach out to collaborate and be proactive.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t let what I\u2019ve already learned stop me,\u201d he adds. \u201cI keep trying to learn new things all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toothpaste. Play-Doh. A plate of hash browns. \u201cI can get inspired by very common things,\u201d admits Allen Y. 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