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Dr. Kavita Patel is currently a primary care physician in Washington DC. She also spends time advising startup companies and new ventures in health services and technology at New Enterprise Associates. Dr. Patel was previously a Director of Policy for The White House under President Obama and a Deputy Staff Director to the late Senator […]

Award Presented at Organization’s Ninth Annual MedtechVISION Conference   MENLO PARK, Calif.— September 10, 2019 — MedtechWOMEN today announced that Lisa Earnhardt, executive vice president, medical devices, at Abbott, has been named the recipient of the fifth annual Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award at the organization’s MedtechVISION 2019 conference. Established in 2015, the award recognizes a […]

MENLO PARK, Calif. – MedtechWOMEN today announced that Surbhi Sarna, president and CEO of nVision Medical, a Boston Scientific company, has been named the recipient of the fourth annual Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award at the organization’s MedtechVISION 2018 conference. Established in 2015, the award recognizes a leader who embodies persistence, passion, dedication to innovation and […]

MedtechWOMEN today announced that K. Angela Macfarlane, managing member and CEO of ForSight Labs, has been named the recipient of the third annual Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award at the organization’s MedtechVISION 2017 conference. Established in 2015, the award recognizes a leader who embodies persistence, passion, dedication to innovation and patients, and commitment to mentoring others […]

We are very pleased to announce Kim Popovits as the winner of this year’s Ferolyn Powell award. Established in 2015 to honor the memory of Ferolyn Powell, a pioneer in the medtech industry and a mentor to entrepreneurs, MedtechWOMEN’s Ferolyn Powell award recognizes medtech leaders who embody persistence, passion, dedication to innovation and patients, and […]

by Deborah Kilpatrick, CardioDx / Over the last decade, strolling through the industry’s largest conferences, CardioDx Chief Commercial Officer Deborah Kilpatrick started seeing more women among the lanyard-clad attendees, representing both the science and business sides of the medical device and diagnostics worlds. But looking up from the conference floor, onto the stage and behind the podium, things were considerably less egalitarian.

by Lindsey Alexander | MedCityNews Medtech Women will focus on value in healthcare at its annual Vision conference on Sept. 10 in Menlo Park, Calif. According to the organization’s website, the group brings together medtech’s “business leaders, financial investors, researchers, physicians and experts in new product commercialization.” “A key pillar of the MedtechVISION conference is […]

MedtechVISION 2013 Will Focus on How to Create Value in Medtech Today Menlo Park, Calif. – July 29, 2013 – MedtechWOMEN today announced that registration is open for MedtechVISION 2013, the third annual conference designed by and for women on the forefront of medical innovation. The conference will be held September 10, 2013, at the […]

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In a world thick with healthcare conferences, MedtechVision, held September 15-16, 2011 at the Rosewood Hotel in Menlo Park, CA, stood out, both for its quality of content and for its participants. “I hadn’t given any thought to the fact that it was theoretically a ‘women’s conference’ before I walked into the room. I’d just promised the organizer, a friend, that I would come,” said Vance Vanier, CEO of Navigenics. “But walking into the room full of women had quite an impact; I realized how much I stood out and it was worth noting. It made me realize what women experience when they go to events like this.”