In a significant industry move this February, Baxter completed the sale of its kidney care business to The Carlyle Group, creating Vantive —a company now experiencing a unique balance of established expertise and newfound agility. CEO Chris Toth recently shared Vantive's ambitious vision, highlighting the firm's commitment to investing over $1 billion in digitally-enabled kidney care solutions. Toth discussed how this strategic separation has empowered the company to maintain its valuable legacy...
Jun 25, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this insightful podcast episode, Dr. Martha Morrell , CMO of NeuroPace, shares her transformative journey from academia to pioneering a revolutionary treatment for epilepsy. The RNS System, inspired by cardiac devices, offers targeted stimulation to the brain, tailoring interventions to each patient's needs. Dr. Morrell discusses the challenges and triumphs of steering such an innovation to FDA approval. Her story highlights the intersection of expertise, perseverance, and multi-disciplinary ...
Jun 05, 2025•28 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Peter Shen leads the Digital & Automation business at Siemens Healthineers North America. With over 25 years of experience in healthcare digitalization, he has held several executive management roles across sales, marketing, and innovation, with a focus on driving the adoption of new and emerging technologies. Notably, Peter has testified before Congress multiple times, advocating for the benefits of AI and championing new federal healthcare reimbursement policies. Find out what he has to sa...
Apr 14, 2025•33 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In this episode of Let's Talk MedTech , Omar chats with Jijo James, Chief Medical Officer for Johnson & Johnson MedTech and Interventional Oncology. James shares insights into J&J's commitment to patient safety, discussing how the company combines clinical safety, safety science, and bioethics to ensure safe and effective outcomes for patients. He highlights the importance of the operator in medical device procedures and how J&J is improving safety through innovative tools like the d...
Mar 12, 2025•22 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Ha Hong, Chief AI Officer at Medtronic Endoscopy, joins us to talk about how the company is embracing artificial intelligence. He'll also discuss the trends he's seeing with AI in the medical device industry on this brand-new episode of Let's Talk Medtech.
Dec 13, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Jennifer Samproni, CTO of Flex, discusses the importance of human-machine interface innovation and strategies for medical device designers and manufacturers.
Nov 18, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 8
EY’s John Babbitt and Jim Welch join us for this episode to dive deeply into the Pulse of the Medtech Industry Report . We’re talking about deals, IPOs, the hottest segments, and more in this incredible episode of Let’s Talk Medtech.
Oct 11, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Interested in designing medical device products? Want to know the do's and dont's of medtech design? Then you must listen to this all-new episode of Let's Talk Medtech featuring BlackH ä gen Design 's Philip Remedios and Renee Bailey. Both will talk about what you need to have in mind when building device and breakdown how Contextual Inquiry is changing how we think about medtech design....
Sep 24, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Upma Sharma joins us for this episode of Let's Talk Medtech to discuss how Arsenal Medical is developing biomaterials that are changing the way medicine is practiced. Sharma also discusses her evolution from a researcher to CEO of a medtech company.
Sep 12, 2024•17 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Scott Nelson, one of the medical device's top insiders, stops by to discuss the trends in the industry and to give tips to entrepreneurs looking to jump into the world of medtech. Nelson is the co-founder and CEO of FastWave Medical , a medical device startup developing intravascular lithotripsy systems for cardiovascular disease. Additionally, he’s the founder of Medsider , where he interviews founders and CEOs of promising, early-stage medical device and health technology companies....
Aug 05, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Dana Brown, iCAD 's president, chairman and CEO, shares how the company is changing the way we think about breast cancer detection. Brown gives us an update on the partnership with Google. Plus, she talks about her time at Susan G. Komen and how cancer detection has changed throughout the years. She also gives some tips for aspiring medtech professionals in this new episode of Let's Talk Medtech. Omar : How are you? Dana: Great. Thanks for having me. Omar: I'm doing well, just a bit sleep-depriv...
Jun 30, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 3
European Union states greenlit a measure to regulate artificial intelligence. The sweeping law is the first of its kind and will have a definitive impact on any companies that employ the use of AI. Anne-Gabrielle Haie , a partner with Steptoe LLP, answers questions about the AI Act and discusses its potential impact on the medical device industry in this all-new episode of Let's Talk Medtech.
May 30, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 2
MD&M West is a tradeshow that boasts some of the best speakers in the medical device industry - and Let's Talk Medtech has snagged its keynote speaker, Jennifer Samproni for this can't miss episode. Jennifer is the Chief Technology Officer, of Health Solutions at Flex, and drops by to shed some light on her keynote speech - Transforming the Future of Patient Care with Human Machine Interfaces. She'll also talk about how artificial intelligence is changing healthcare; why contract manufacturi...
Jan 24, 2024•19 min•Season 3Ep. 1
MD+DI's Senior Editor, Amanda Pedersen joins us for this episode of Let's Talk Medtech to look at what 2023 was for the medical device and diagnostics industry. The veteran journalist also dives into what the future might hold in 2024 for the industry.
Dec 27, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Benjamin Zegarelli, counsel with Mintz, gives some important regulatory updates surrounding laboratory-developed tests, artificial intelligence, and software. Oh yeah, we talk about a little thing called EU MDR in this new episode of Let's Talk Medtech.
Dec 12, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Surbhi Sarna began her journey into medtech when she had a health scare at the age of 13. The ordeal led her to founding nVision, a company focused on the detection of ovarian cancer. nVision was eventually acquired by Boston Scientific. Sarna joins us shortly before her keynote at BIOMEDevice Silicon Valley to discuss her journey into medtech and what it takes to be an entrepreneur in the industry.
Nov 13, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 18
How is medtech holding up in this tough economy? Are supply issues still a problem in the industry? What's the next big market for growth? Is medtech still healthy? EY's Jim Welch answers these questions and talks about the company's latest Pulse of the Industry report in this brand-new episode.
Oct 18, 2023•23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
GE HealthCare started off 2023 by becoming a fully independent company. The company then wasted little time making acquisitions. Most recently, GE HealthCare was in the spotlight because of developments in Alzheimer's treatments that could potentially drive up the demand for the firm's imaging equipment. Jan Makela, President and CEO, of Imaging at GE HealthCare, joins us to talk about the company's success and how it plans to finish out the year, in this exciting new episode.
Sep 13, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 16
It's all about surgical robotics as AiM Medical Robotics, Founder & CEO Gregory Fischer, PH.D. joins us for this episode of Let's Talk Medtech. Dr. Fischer talks about the surgical robotics landscape and all of the cool things AiM Medical Robotics has been up to. Plus, he gives a preview of his upcoming keynote at BIOMEDevice Boston titled, "From Concept to Commercialization: It’s not brain surgery, or is it?"...
Sep 07, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Claire Smith, VP of global strategic marketing for Nevro, shares how the company's HFX iQ technology is using artificial intelligence to help treat chronic pain. Smith also shares some of her experiences in medtech sales and how the role of a medtech salesperson has changed over the years.
Aug 30, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 14
It's been a little more than a year since ZimeVie was launched from Zimmer Biomet . The dental and spine specialist has had to overcome some tough obstacles and find its footing. ZimVie's CEO, Vafa Jamali returns to Let's Talk Medtech to discuss the company's growth, tribulations, success, and why Europe has become a fertile market. You don't want to miss this exciting episode of Let's Talk Medtech ....
Aug 17, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Nicole Black, Phd., Vice President of Biomaterials and Innovation, at Desktop Health, drops by to discuss how new technological developments are transforming 3D printing from a method primarily used for prototyping into a reliable manufacturing method for end-use medical devices. Black is also a keynote speaker at BioMEDevice Boston , an event showcasing emerging technologies and trends from the medtech market, set to be held Sept. 20-21 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center....
Aug 08, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Naomi Schwartz, the Senior Director for Cybersecurity Quality & Safety at Medcrypt, a medical device cybersecurity specialty firm, shares some interesting tidbits about FDA's upcoming Refuse-to-Accept (RTA) policy for Cyber Devices and Related Systems. The policy is effective Oct. 1 and Schwartz breaks down what the RTA will mean for medical device manufacturers and their FDA submissions.
Jul 26, 2023•23 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Rachel Hall, EY's US Consulting Digital Health and Smart Health Experience Leader, joins us for this episode as we peel back the layers of digital health. Rachel will give her take on the landscape and how each player, patient, physician, and healthcare firm fit into the ecosystem. We also talk about something that's been on everyone's minds lately - and that's artificial intelligence. So join us for this episode of Let's Talk Medtech as we "crack" the digital health code....
Jul 19, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Volta Medical is a company that has developed AI software solutions to assist cardiac electrophysiologists in treating atrial fibrillation (AF). Its technology focuses on mapping abnormal regions in the heart during AF procedures and providing cues to optimize the ablation strategy. Unlike other mapping technologies, Volta Medical takes a data-driven approach and aims to replicate the clinical expertise of physicians using machine learning and AI. The company recently completed enrollment for th...
Jul 13, 2023•15 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Elucid is changing the way we think about cardiovascular health. To do this, the Boston-based company has appointed medtech veteran, Scott Huennekens as chairman of its board. Scott along with Elucid's CEO Blake Richards joins us for this episode to talk about how the company is changing the way we view cardiovascular health. Plus, Scott discusses his incredible career in this can't-miss episode.
Jun 16, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode of Let's Talk Medtech, Babson Diagnostics CEO David Stein discusses the company's progress toward commercialization. Babson has developed a model for diagnostic blood testing that maintains a high standard of accuracy, yet requires only one-tenth the sample size of traditional venipuncture methods. Babson also uses a proprietary blood collection device to collect the sample at a participating pharmacy, then the sample is processed back at Babson's labs.
Jun 02, 2023•9 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Hyperfine's President & CEO Maria Sainz tells us how and why Swoop is changing the way we think about MRI's. Plus, she discusses her career in the medtech industry.
Apr 20, 2023•20 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Foley & Lardner LLp's, Nathaniel Lacktman joins us for this episode of Let's Talk Medtech to give insight on whether the telemedicine boom the industry saw at the beginning of the pandemic still exists.
Apr 05, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 5
maxon's Peter van Beek delves into the latest miniaturization trends in medtech.
Mar 30, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 4
