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After a productive networking break, we continue Day 2 of #InnovationSanDiego with the “Cracking the Black Hole of Private Payer Reimbursement” panel session moderated by Stephen Levin, Editor-in-Chief of Market Pathways: Perry Bridger, Senior Advisor, Public Affairs, Edwards Lifesciences Mike Carusi, General Partner, Lightstone Ventures   Harry Kotlarz, Vice President, HEPV, Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) Perry Bridger is Senior Advisor to Edwards Lifesciences where he provides strategic commercialization, market access, and public affairs guidance to the company’s executive leadership team. He established the company’s integrated global market access functions in 2011. Mike Carusi is a General Partner and Team Leader of Lightstone Ventures (LSV) and focuses on investments in the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Featured on the Forbes Midas List of top technology and life science investors, Mike is a recognized thought leader in the industry and a frequent speaker at healthcare conferences. Harry Kotlarz brings more than two decades of leading health economics and market access functions to his role. He has a diverse background and experience representing start-up, established medical device companies including Medtronic and Johnson and Johnson as well as experience in Health Technology Assessment from his time at ECRI. Remain informed on new articles, conference updates and more with our helpful #medtech community newsletter. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/42KHJKI

What an incredible couple of days in San Diego at the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit that included some of the MedTech Innovator finals competitions! Special thanks to David Cassak, Stephen Levin, Sandy Corbett and team at MedTech Strategist for an impactful event! American Heart Association Heart Rhythm Society #epeeps #HRX2024

Thanks MedTech Strategist for the invitation to join the Challenges and Opportunities in Robotic Surgery panel. Great conversation with Josh DeFonzo, Vivian Emmely Golfin, MD and Reed Miller on the value of robotics in soft tissue surgery and what is standing in the way of broader adoption. Congrats also the incredible companies part of the 2024 MedTech Innovator cohort!

Huge congrats to Julien PAYEN and the team at LATTICE MEDICAL on winning our 2024 MedTech Innovator Mid-Stage Grand Prize and $200K. All 4 finalists are incredible companies and each deservedly won a $25K finalist prize. Read the details about the winner and finalists at https://lnkd.in/g6Am5Fsy

Greatly appreciate the interview and feature article on MedTech Innovator and the Bardy Diagnostics success story (now Diagnostic Cardiology at Baxter - U.S. post acquisition by Hillrom / Baxter International Inc.) by Mary Stuart at MedTech Strategist! Heart Rhythm Society American Heart Association American College of Cardiology #epeeps LSI MedTech Startup Health Wildcatters Company Ventures Y Combinator Techstars Capital Factory

Having a magical birthday week in San Diego 🌴 Thank you to my MedTech Innovator crew for the special birthday surprises (adding the sparkler surprise video to the comments) and for always making this job so fulfilling and fun-filling -- Paul Grand, Daphne Radfar, Jeff June, Ayelet Marom , Ph.D., PPM, Brian Benson, Eve Jimenez, Laura Nobles and those here in spirit (and in preparation) Kathryn Zavala, Jerry Ciolino, Gabriella Dardano, Branden Morris, Andrew Friedrich, Jim West III, MS, Ari Marcellino, Peter Kemper, and our APAC team. Thank you to our amazing MTI companies who made this past year especially awesome. Special shoutout for those who came to the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit for representing our community so well through your incredible pitches, conversations, and hugs -- Upma Sharma, PhD, Maria Artunduaga, MD, MPH, MTM, David N Constantine, Allen Waziri, Brian Mulcahey, Julien PAYEN, Olivier Lauzeral, Bryan Nolan, Ryan Myers, Nikhil Joshi, Jennifer Fried, Todd Roberts, Wesley Jones, Alexander Cooper, MBA, James Lancaster, Rick O'Connor, David Noonan, John Wong, Dr. Peter Fischer, Sreekar Kothamachu, Albert Yuan, and any others I missed! Thank you to all our partners who make MTI possible, especially Lynn Carney, whom I am proud to share a birthday week with! Finally, massive THANK YOU to my mom and my dad, Daniel Black. I'm so happy my mom could join me here to meet my awesome co-workers and our companies and for spending some vacation time with me at La Jolla on these days after the conference. She clearly needs to pursue a second career in photography (and make a LinkedIn) given this cool first picture she took when I was thanking her for the labor she went through 32 years ago. 🎈 Cheers to another great year ahead-- I am so grateful to have you all in my life 🥂

🌟 Wrapping up an inspiring and productive week in San Diego! 🌟 We were in SD around the Innovation Summit hosted by MedTech Strategist, the energy and momentum surrounding the event were palpable. It was incredible to connect with industry peers and engage in discussions focused on advancing medtech innovation. 💡 Key highlights of the week: - Building meaningful relationships with leaders and innovators driving the future of healthcare. - Engaging in conversations around the latest trends and challenges in medical technology. - Gaining fresh perspectives to fuel our work and vision in the medtech space. The conversations and connections from this week leave us energized for what’s next. Here’s to pushing boundaries, sharing ideas, and working together to shape the future of healthcare innovation! #MedTech #InnovationSummit #HealthcareInnovation #Networking #Collaboration

Had a great time the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit in San Diego

Our Co-founder Brian Mulcahey just got back from San Diego and the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit, where Ozlo was honored to compete for the Grand Prize award from MedTech Innovator with 3 other mid-stage company finalists. Congrats to Julien PAYEN and LATTICE MEDICAL for the big win with their incredible progress with their life-changing technology for breast reconstruction. 🎉 And kudos to our fellow finalists Upma Sharma, PhD from Arsenal Medical and Olivier Lauzeral from Somnics, Inc. for their game changers as well. It was an honor to share the stage with you, and a privilege to be part of this amazing 2024 MedTech Innovator cohort. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gvnHrtHB

The post-COVID-19 #medtech industry continues to be a difficult space for both investors and entrepreneurs, but support for #innovation is still available for companies that can navigate the challenges of early commercialization and reimbursement, according to the presenters at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Washington, DC. #TCT2024 Featuring: • Andrew Cleeland - Moderator, Fogarty Innovation • Amr Salahieh - Moderator, President and CEO of Shifamed • Jan Garfinkle - Founder and Managing Partner of Arboretum Ventures. • Todd Brinton, MD - Chief Scientific Officer, Edwards Lifesciences • Sean Salmon - President of Medtronic’s Cardiovascular Businesses • Josh Makower, MD - Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering, Stanford University; Director of the Byers Center for Biodesign (Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign) The 2024 MedTech Innovation Forum at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Washington, DC, featured a lively discussion among industry veterans on the biggest challenges facing #medtech innovators in the coming years: https://bit.ly/3ALczuI