headquarters stamford connecticut u.s. website www.tedmed.com tedmed is an annual conference focusing on health and medicine with a year round web based community . tedmed is an independent event operating under license from the nonprofit ted conference . 1 the tedmed 2010 conference contents 1 background 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links background edit as of 2014 update tedmed staff operates from stamford connecticut . talks given at tedmed combine the nexus of health information and technology with compelling personal stories and a glimpse into the future of healthcare . 2 3 4 the intent of the conference has been described as a gathering of geniuses that brings together some of the most innovative thoughtful pioneers of healthcare technology media and entertainment into one big four day dinner party to learn from one another and mix people up from different disciplines and industries to solve big problems in healthcare . 5 6 history edit tedmed was originally founded in 1998 by ted s founder richard wurman . tedmed was inactive for a number of years and in 2008 wurman sold the rights to tedmed to entrepreneur marc hodosh . hodosh recreated tedmed and launched its first conference under his guidance in san diego in october 2009 . in january 2010 ted.com began including videos of tedmed talks on the ted website . 1 in october 2010 tedmed was held in san diego again and sold out for a second year attracting notable healthcare leaders and hollywood celebrities . 7 in 2011 jay walker and a group of executives and investors purchased tedmed from hodosh for 16 million with future additional payments of as much as 9 million . the conference was then moved to washington dc . 8 see also edit list of ted speakers references edit a b trost matthew january 19 2010 . tedmed a new partnership . blog.ted.com . sarasohn kahn jane june 17 2003 . tedmed highlights best of health technology innovation . ihealthbeat . dichristina mariette october 31 2009 . ted med the power of the mind over the body . scientific american . lemley brad april 2003 . tedmed a gathering of geniuses confront a simple question why do we know more about our cars than our own bodies . discover magazine . rowe aaron november 4 2009 . gadgets and ideas to revolutionize healthcare . wired . dishman eric october 28 2009 . musings from ted med so far the medical model is hard to move past . intel health . video on youtube ostrovsky gene april 14 2011 . tedmed sold to jay walker richard saul wurman says adios . medgadget . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tedmed & oldid 666024492 categories public healthhealth sciencesconferencested conference hidden categories use mdy dates from january 2015articles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 8 june 2015 at 11 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view