2024 Steering Committee

The MedTech Conference Steering Committee is comprised of industry leaders spanning all sectors of the medical device industry.

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James Brodie
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
General Manager, Johnson and Johnson Medtech

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Kevin Lobo
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
Chair and CEO, Stryker

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Holly Sheffield
Co-Chair, Steering Committee
President, CooperSurgical

Chuck Adams, Vice Chairman, Global Head of Healthcare, Consumer & Retail Banking, Citi Group

David Amor, Director, Global Regulatory Affairs, Apple Health

John Babitt, Partner – Life Sciences, Ernst & Young LLP

Dehlia Blanchard, GM, Service Canada, GE Healthcare

Mike Canzoneri, CEO, Canadian Hospital Specialties ULC

Randy Clark, President, Vicarious Surgical Inc.

Patrick Crampton, President & COO, Cerebra Health

Jennifer Cummings, VP of Sales, The Stevens Company Limited

Patrick Daly, Global Vice President & General Manager, IQVIA

Jan De Witte, President & CEO, Integra Lifesciences

Nicole Dekort, President & CEO, MedTech Canada

DeChane Dorsey, Executive Director, AdvaMed Accel

Michele Delia, Executive Director Medical Access & Policy, Roche Diagnostics

Sumbul Desai, VP of Health, Apple

Juliana Elstad, CEO, Vibrato Medical

Richard Fabian. President & CEO, FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc.

Mick Farrell, Chairman & CEO, ResMed

Jason Field, President & CEO, Life Sciences Ontario

Colm Foley, Managing Director, Blackstone Life Sciences

Scott Garrett, Dx Porfolio, WaterStreet Healthcare Partners

Antoinette Gawin, President & CEO, Terumo BCT

Jennifer Hawks Bland, CEO, NewYorkBio

Brian Johnson, Executive Director, MassMEDIC

Justin Klein MD, JD, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Vensana Capital Management

Paul LaViolette, Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors

Karen Long, Sr. Managing Director, KCK MedTech Investment Group

Stephen MacMillan, Chairman, President & CEO, Hologic

Shaye Mandle, Executive Director, AdvaMed

Jennifer McCaney, Executive Director, UCLA Biodesign, UCLA Biodesign

Lee McDonald, Founder, President, CEO at Southmedic Inc.

Maureen L. Mulvihill Ph.D., President & CEO, Actuated Medical, Inc.

Caroll Neubauer, Executive Advisor, Water Street Healthcare Partners

Kirsta Ortwein, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Dave Pacitti, President & Head of the Americas, Siemens Healthineers

Ivy Parks, President, BD – Canada, BD

Bakul Patel, Sr. Dir. Global Health Strat & Reg, Google Health

Joseph Panetta, President & CEO, BioCom California

Bakul Patel, Senior Director Global Health Strategy & Regulation, Google Health

Scott Phillips, Founder, CEO, Starfish Medical

Todd Pope, Partner, Revival Healthcare Capital

Zach Rothstein, Executive Director, AdvaMed Dx

Kent Savage, CEO, PhotoPharmics

Kathryn Godburn Schubert, President & CEO, Society for Women’s Health Research 

Russell Schuster, President, Cardinal Health Canada

Martha Shadan, Chair of Board, BrilliantStrings Therapeutics

Kris Shah, President, Baylis Medical

Holly Sheffield, President, CooperSurgical

Carl St. Bernard, CEO, ALTA Biomaterials

Winthrop Thurlow, Executive Director, LifeSciencesNY

Pam Traxel, Senior Vice President, American Cancer Society

Kwame Ulmer, Founder, Wavemaker360

Todd Usen, Chairman, MassMEDIC

Cary Vance, President & CEO, PhotoniCare, Inc.

Venk Varadan, Co-Founder & CEO, Nanowear Inc.

Scott Whitaker, President & CEO, AdvaMed

Christina Wurster, CEO, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Cynthia Yee, Principal, Vensana Capital Management

Nacho Abia
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer of the Americas, Olympus Corporation

Randall S. Barko
Executive Director, Ximedica

Doug Bryant
President & CEO, Quidel Corporation

John Carlson
President of Health Solutions, Flex

Joseph DeVivo
President of Hospital and Health Systems, Teladoc Health

Tim Dugan
Managing Partner, Water Street Healthcare Partners

Vince Forlenza

Antoinette Gawin
President & CEO, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

Steffen Hovard
Interim President & CEO, Medical Alley Association

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Kevin Lobo
Chair & CEO, Stryker

Mike Minogue

Michael R. Minogue
Chairman, President & CEO, Abiomed

Jeff Mirviss
EVP & President, Peripheral Interventions, Boston Scientific Corporation

Maureen L. Mulvihill
President & CEO, Actuated Medical, Inc.

Shacey Petrovic
President & CEO, Insulet Corporation

Walt Rosebrough
President & CEO, STERIS Corporation

Martha Shadan
President & CEO, Miach Orthopaedics

Kris Shah
President, Baylis Medical Company, Inc.

Cary Vance
Principal, Vance Consulting Group

Venk Varadan
Co-Founder & CEO, Nanowear Inc.

Scott Whitaker

Scott Whitaker
President & CEO, AdvaMed

Dow Wilson
Retired CEO, Varian

Nadim Yared
President & CEO, CVRx