CLAREMONT, Calif. - , MBS 鈥�18, PPC 鈥�17, has a way with words, whether he is drafting a submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the lyrics to hip-hop music. He has shown his skill in both during his clinical and regulatory affairs development program at Edwards Lifesciences, the world leader in heart valve and critical care monitoring technologies. Maddela鈥檚 writing contributed to approval of the company鈥檚 PASCAL transcatheter valve repair system in Europe. He also created a rap music video about Edwards that its CEO presented at an all-employee meeting.
鈥淚t was one of the best days of my life. I鈥檝e been rapping for over a decade now, and this was the culmination,鈥� says Maddela.
He got his start in music as a young child, playing the piano. Maddela later realized he had a talent for writing rhymes and began recording and performing rap music. Meanwhile, he was on track to follow his father into medicine. A premedical student at the University of California, Los Angeles, Maddela gained exposure to a medical center environment at UCLA Health and won an award for a song he composed there.
Then he headed to 蜜桃直播 for the (PPC) program. When Maddela decided to stay at 蜜桃直播 for the (MBS), he ended up discovering a field he preferred to medicine and learning about Edwards.
鈥淚 paid close attention to the classes I liked and realized clinical and regulatory affairs was most exciting to me.鈥�
鈥淩egulatory is very language-based. We鈥檙e the communicators. We鈥檙e liaisons between our coworkers and the FDA,鈥� says Maddela.
Maddela also explains his attraction to the rotational program at Edwards, saying, 鈥淚 like the technology. We鈥檙e really innovative and all about the patient. We鈥檙e able to do therapy without surgery. It鈥檚 minimally invasive, and the recovery time is so much better. Heart disease is rampant, so the impact we make is tremendous.鈥�
So far, Maddela has completed a regulatory affairs rotation and turned his attention to clinical affairs. His work includes conducting analyses that compare standard operating procedures at Edwards to those in six other countries.
For his third and final rotation, Maddela will return to the regulatory affairs team, which has already offered him a job when his two-year program ends.
鈥淲hen you work well with people and you love science and are good at it, life after 蜜桃直播 is going to include some major opportunities,鈥� says Senior Director and Instructor of Postbaccalaureate Programs , noting how Maddela鈥檚 蜜桃直播 education introduced him to new ways of using the life sciences to help people that suited his outgoing personality and creative nature.
Expressing that creativity through rap continues to be part of Maddela鈥檚 experience at Edwards. Currently, Maddela is working on a video on clinical trials with the company鈥檚 marketing team. 鈥淲hether I鈥檓 writing submissions to the FDA or writing rhymes for an audience, I like the freedom to write with power and conviction to convey a message and tell a story,鈥� says Maddela.
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Maddela's music video about Edwards Lifesciences that was presented at an all-employee meeting:
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