Akhil Saklecha MD, Managing Director, Ventures Jihad Kaouk MD, Director, Center for Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic A leader in world-class patient care and pioneer in healthcare innovation, Cleveland Clinic has recently launched a...
MedTech Pioneers – MedTech Innovator’s 2020 Grand Prize Winner, Rhaeos
Anna Lisa Somera Founder & CEO of Rhaeos, 2020 Grand Prize Winner of Medtech Innovator The largest global medtech-only accelerator, Medtech Innovator had over 1,000 applicants in 2020 and CEO, Paul Grand, and his team successfully pivoted in March 2020 to a...
MedTech Pioneers – Moray’s Robotic Trans-Catheter Mitral Repair System
Co-founders: Mark Barrish BSME, JD, CEO and Phillip Laby, MSME, CTO Moray Medical, a Silicon Valley-based medtech startup, is developing a structural heart robotic delivery system for edge-to-edge valve leaflet repair. Moray was one of the 5 top finalists out of 1,000...
MedTech Pioneers – Next Gen Robotic Wearable for Knee Osteoarthritis
Roam Robotic’s Tim Swift, Founder, and CEO with Sujit Dike, VP Health San Francisco-based startup, Roam Robotics, is advancing robotic exoskeleton technology to meet the needs of not only the military and performance athletes, but people with osteoarthritis in...
MedTech Pioneers – MedTech Color: Bringing New Leaders Forward to Shape the Future of MedTech
Kwame Ulmer Founder and Executive Director of MedTech Color Kwame Ulmer wears many hats in our medtech community; he serves as Principal at Ulmer Ventures, as a medtech investor with Wavemaker 360 Health and as Founder and Executive Director of MedTech Color. Kwame...
MedTech Pioneers – MedTech Innovation: Go Big and Bold in 2021
Chris Velis FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, MIRAKI INNOVATION Scott Pantel CEO of Life Science Intelligence & Emerging Medtech Summit Chris Velis and Scott Pantel share a common vision for medtech innovation and it revolves around collaboration. Chris, Founder...
MedTech Pioneers – Cala Health’s First-to-Market Bioelectronic Medicine for Hand Tremors
Renee Ryan CEO, CALA HEALTH Renee Ryan, CEO of Cala Health, is a dynamic, active leader in our medtech community. Mike Neidert and I originally met Renee when she led health technology investments for J&J Innovation (JJDC) on the West Coast and served as a judge...
MedTech Pioneers – Promaxo: The Future of MRI Guided Diagnosis and Treatment
Amit Vohra, PhD, MBA FOUNDER, CEO & PRESIDENT OF PROMAXO Dr. Amit Vohra is a visionary leader, serial entrepreneur, and technologist with a mission to improve lives through state-of-the-art medical imaging, robotics, and AI. Founder, President, and CEO of Promaxo,...
MedTech Pioneers – The Future of Digital Surgery at the Mayo Clinic
Janani S. Reisenauer, MD GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY/INTERVENTIONAL PULMONARY MEDICINE, VICE CHAIR, INNOVATION, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY Mark Wehde CHAIR, MAYO CLINIC DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE...
MedTech Pioneers – Digital Surgery 4.0 & The Power of Go, Go, Go
Scott Huennekens CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, VIDA FLASH ACQUISITIONS, MEDTECH SPAC Scott Huennekens is one of the inspirations for this Medtech Pioneers blog. When I heard he and Vince Burgess were planning an IPO of Acutus Medical in the midst of the pandemic, I knew I...