MESH Core™ is an intensive healthcare innovation bootcamp designed to educate the uninitiated and new healthcare innovator through a practical, high-yield certificate course. MESH Core™ spans across Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, and industry, is also run worldwide on the ground in the Middle Eats and North Africa Region, China, and more. It has enrolled thousands of physician and research innovators across medical specialties since it was established inside Massachusetts General Hospital in 2018.

For tickets to MESH Core 2026 at Harvard Unviersity (May 4-5, 2026), please see our dedicated conference website here: meshcore.meshincubator.org.

What is MESH Core™?

MESH Core™ is an integrated healthcare innovation curriculum that teaches core innovation domains in a focused bootcamp format. The goal is to give clinicians, researchers, and healthcare builders a shared foundation so they can evaluate ideas, communicate clearly with innovation stakeholders, and move projects forward with confidence.

Whether you are exploring a first concept or looking to level up your innovation literacy, MESH Core™ helps you build the vocabulary, mental models, and practical understanding needed to participate meaningfully in innovation conversations at conferences, in meetings, and in your workplace.

What you will learn in the MESH Core™ healthcare innovation bootcamp

The MESH Core™ curriculum is taught by world leaders in their respective fields and covers the innovation fundamentals most relevant to healthcare builders, including:

Patents and intellectual property basics
Prototyping and product development fundamentals
Artificial intelligence in healthcare
Digital health and software-enabled care
Drug discovery and translational pathways
Investing and innovation financing
NewCo company creation and commercialization
Corporations, partnering, and industry dynamics

If your goal is to understand how healthcare innovation actually works, MESH Core™ provides a comprehensive starting point without requiring prior innovation training.

Who MESH Core™ is for?

MESH Core™ is designed for a broad range of healthcare innovators, including physicians and residents interested in innovation and entrepreneurship, researchers and trainees translating discoveries toward impact, clinical teams exploring new care models or tools, and innovation-curious professionals who want an organized foundation.

If you are new to innovation, MESH Core™ is an ideal first structured step. If you already have exposure, it is a fast way to round out gaps and align on a shared language with peers.

Options to take MESH Core™

There are 3 options:

1. The Flagship MESH Core™ conference occurs in-person once per year in Boston (upcoming date is May 4-5, 2026, at Harvard University). See our dedicated MESH Core™ Boston Website. Over 600 attendees from 21 countries, extensive networking with physicians, founders, investors, and more. It has been run yearly since 2024.
2. The online edition of MESH Core™ is accessible on-demand through the Mass General Brigham Innovation MESH Network, open to MGB staff, prior MESH Core™ conference attendees, and a limited number of partners.
3. The trainee-specific (resident, fellow) version of MESH Core™ course runs in Spring yearly at Mass General Hospital, and is one week long, in -person only. Signup is via MGB residency program directors working with Dr. Succi. It has been run yearly since 2018.

For those residing overseas, consider joining our on-site MESH programs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia or Dubai, UAE.

This flexibility makes it easy to engage with the MESH Core™ curriculum in the way that fits your schedule and learning style.

MESH Core™ outcomes and certificate

By the end of MESH Core™, graduates are equipped to speak clearly about healthcare innovation domains and pathways, evaluate ideas with more structure and less guesswork, collaborate more effectively with technical, clinical, and business stakeholders, and navigate common innovation concepts like IP, prototyping, AI, and commercialization.

All graduates receive a signed certificate of completion.

Read our published research on MESH Core™

Integrating a healthcare innovation bootcamp into an international medical conference to democratize innovation learning | Nature Biotechnology

Integrating innovation as a core objective in medical training | Nature Biotechnology

A strategy to incentivize innovation in the health care system: the innovation RVU | Nature Biotechnology

Immersion in innovation should be part of every health care professional’s training | STAT NEWS

Medically Engineered Solutions in Health Care: A Technology Incubator and Design-Thinking Curriculum for Radiology Trainees | JACR

Initial Experience Integrating a Hands-On Innovation Curriculum Into a Radiology Residency Program and Department | JACR

Interested in more information?

If you are interested in participating in the in-person MESH Core™, email Marc Succi, MD, Course Director, at msucci@mgh.harvard.edu.

Have an idea or question? Connect with the MESH Incubator team at hello@meshincubator.org.

MESH Core™ FAQs

Is MESH Core™ only for physicians?
No. MESH Core™ suitable for founders, physicians, researchers, investors, health professionals, MBAs, students, executives, and the public.

What is the time commitment?
Our conferences open to the public are generally 2 days, online bootcamp is ~18 hours on-demand, and the in-person trainee course at Mass General Brigham is 35-40 hours.

Do I receive a certificate?
Yes. All graduates receive a signed certificate of completion.