Biography:
Dr Kaija-Liisa Koovit is a historian of medicine. She has taught the history of medicine to medical students and dentists at the Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of Tartu and was curator of the medical collection at the University of Tartu Museum. In 2023, she received her PhD from the University of Leeds; her thesis looked at the development of the partial knee arthroplasty industry through the lens of the Oxford Knee™ device. In 2023, she was awarded the 2024 MHCUK Fellowship at the University of Strathclyde.
Title : Gatekeepers and medical devices: How success measures can make patients worse off