How much does it cost to make an ear?

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Max Feinstein, a fourth-year medical student, has been spearheading a project at UCSF to make prosthetic ears at a fraction of the typical cost. Using his research year off, he aims to figure out a way to cheaply create molds that can then be used to cast a patient’s prosthetic ear. He’s now optimistic about presenting his prototypes to surgeons and finding trial patients.

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“It’s been really great to see kids and parents excited about the idea,” he said. Feinstein has been interested in social entrepreneurship for a long time. Before entering medical school, he helped create a program to offer photography classes at a foster home. Now he is finding that there is room for this kind of initiative in medicine as well. The idea for the ears came out of a need from another UCSF-based social entrepreneurship project, […]

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