Medtech Talk
A weekly conversation with the innovators who will change how health care is delivered.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 200
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
AdvaMed CEO Scott Whitaker Talks Mid-Terms, Device Tax and Innovative Programs for Smaller Companies
Scott Whitaker, the CEO of AdvaMed, has worked in DC for close to two decades. So naturally, we asked him for his take on what the outcome of the midterm elections means for Medtech. Does it improve…
00:35:59 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
Renal Guard CEO Jim Dillon Discusses Spin Out of High Profile Reprieve Cardiovascular
Jim Dillon, president and CEO of Renal Guard, talks about the company’s decision to create Reprieve Cardiovascular, a start-up focusing on heart failure. Reprieve raised $7 million from outside inves…
00:32:58 |
Mon 15 Oct 2018
Endotronix CEO Harry Rowland Knows Medtech Start-Ups Live on the Edge. How Does He Keep Balanced?
Endotronix CEO Harry Rowland, PhD, co-founded the heart sensor company 11 years ago and assumed the CEO role in 2012. Over that span, the company has raised more than $100 million from VCs, found reg…
00:31:25 |
Mon 24 Sep 2018
Follow ReCor Medical Founder Mano Iyer’s Unusual Path to Building, Selling a Successful Medtech
Mano Iyer’s unorthodox path to Medtech leadership led him to Europe where he co-founded a company, joined top VC firm Sofinnova, and founded ReCor Medical to test the use of renal denervation to trea…
00:35:57 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
ResMed CEO Mick Farrell Balances Career, Family, and Bringing Tech, Software, and Data into Medtech
Mick Farrell’s father questioned his son’s double degree from MIT when he didn’t immediately see the opportunity facing the sleep apnea company. But the younger Farrell quickly came around and helped…
00:37:25 |
Sat 08 Sep 2018
Why Do the Principals of Cardeation Capital Think Joining Forces Makes Sense for Innovation?
In this dual podcast, we talk with leaders from the American Heart Association, Philips, UPMC, and Aphelion Capital about Cardeation Capital, a new venture fund aimed at funding start-ups in the digi…
00:31:48 |
Wed 22 Aug 2018
Medcrypt CEO Mike Kijewski Says Medtech Cybersecurity Is a Growing Concern for Hospitals, Patients
MedCrypt CEO Mike Kijewski is playing a long game. At the moment, he recognizes Medtech execs aren’t placing a high priority on cybersecurity of their devices. But as technology becomes more advanced…
00:33:22 |
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Aphelion Managing Partner Ned Scheetz Discusses Medtech Investor’s Unique Approach, Unusual Name
Medtech start-ups need more firms like Aphelion Capital, investors willing to wager as little as $200,000 to get a promising idea going. Managing Partner Ned Scheetz discusses the firm’s origins, nam…
00:32:07 |
Mon 30 Jul 2018
Relievant CEO Kevin Hykes Shares the Advice that Led Him to Set a Successful Course as CEO
Under CEO Kevin Hykes, Relievant Medsystems is racking up some wins. The company closed on a $58 million Series E round last month and this week announced the first commercial application of its Intr…
00:37:18 |
Fri 13 Jul 2018
Surgeon/Engineer Steve Charles Has Advice for Aspiring Inventors: Never Stop Learning; Dump Netflix
Ask renowned vitreoretinal surgeon and inventor Steve Charles, MD, if he considers himself a surgeon or engineer first and he’ll answer – both. In this podcast, Dr. Charles says the terms “inventor” …
00:35:04 |
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Three Experienced Medtech CEOs Share Stories of Waging Successful Wars for Device Reimbursement
We were hoping to capture some real-world wisdom by putting three CEOs –Bill Facteau of Earlens, Bob Paulson of NxThera and John Stevens of HeartFlow –on a panel to share reimbursement war stories. M…
00:32:34 |
Thu 21 Jun 2018
CEO John Pedersen Explains Why Urology – and Augmenix – Are Enjoying Such an “Interesting Time”
In this Medtech Talk Podcast, CEO John Pedersen explains why he chose to help Augmenix roll out its SPACEOAR implant, a hydrogel that's inserted between a patient's prostate and rectum to save health…
00:27:24 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
Medtech CEOs Herbert, Elsesser on Meeting the Challenges of Leading Companies from Start-Up to IPO
CEOs often are assigned skill sets that define their stage of specialty: start-up CEOs, commercial CEOs, etc. Two of our guests at the Medtech Conference in Minneapolis defied those definitions by ta…
00:23:38 |
Thu 07 Jun 2018
Healthegy's Medtech Conference Bringing Together Pols, VCs and Executives to Discuss Sector's Future
Join us on Thursday at the Medtech Conference in Minneapolis to hear from Congressman Erik Paulsen.
A longtime proponent of the Medtech industry, Rep. Paulsen most recently co-authored a letter asking…
A longtime proponent of the Medtech industry, Rep. Paulsen most recently co-authored a letter asking…
00:07:28 |
Tue 29 May 2018
Follow TransEnterix' Journey from Single-Port Surgery Start-Up to Robotics Leader with CEO Todd Pope
TransEnterix President and CEO Todd Pope took the helm of the start-up to create a new single-port surgery system. Little did Todd know he'd be running a global robotics company that's now moving int…
00:48:33 |
Fri 18 May 2018
Propeller Health CEO David Van Sickle Explains How Sensors, Data Can Help Manage Respiratory Disease
David Van Sickle, CEO & Co-Founder of Propeller Health, brings his public health background to health tech start-up Propeller Health. The company has created a line of sensors that work in conjunctio…
00:33:05 |
Fri 11 May 2018
NxThera CEO Bob Paulson Talks M&A, Career Twists, Family, and Lessons Learned from Selling Yogurt
Boston Scientific's acquisition of NxThera obviously signals an end of one era. The 10-year-old start-up will live inside the global giant, of course, but we ask CEO Bob Paulson what the sale means t…
00:44:26 |
Mon 07 May 2018
Ceterix CEO John McCutcheon Is Writing a Different Ending with New Tech That Can Save the Meniscus
In 2010, John McCutcheon joined Ceterix, a start-up with big goals and a surer FDA path than his previous company. McCutcheon recounts the FDA's battering of that company, Emphasys, and explains how …
00:35:30 |
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Intact CEO Bruce Shook Excited by New Round, Clinical Progress, and the Potential for Spin-off, Vesper
Intact Vascular recently secured an additional $20m to push the Tack Endovascular System to PMA approval. CEO Bruce Shook discusses the round, the potential for Tack, and shares that he's actually th…
00:30:43 |
Thu 19 Apr 2018
Intersect ENT CEO Lisa Earnhardt Discusses New Products and Plans as Medtech Talk Hits the 100 Mark
CEO Lisa Earnhardt, who appeared as the first guest on the Medtech Talk Podcast, returns in episode number 100 to share why she took the helm of the 12-person start-up 10 years ago, and how Intersect…
00:32:18 |
Tue 10 Apr 2018
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