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—Nationally recognized health advocate and founder of Clinicians Who Care, Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell to keynote— —Nominations now open for the Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award, recognizing leaders who advance the next generation of medtech leaders and patient-centered innovation— SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedtechWOMEN today announced the theme of its upcoming MedtechVISION 2026 Annual Conference: “The Breakthrough Imperative: Winning […]

Celebrating outstanding leadership, innovation, and mentorship in medtech MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedtechWOMEN today announced that Virginia Giddings, Ph.D., vice president of Exploration at Edwards Lifesciences, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award, honoring her extraordinary contributions to advancing healthcare innovation, mentoring the next generation of leaders, and fostering diversity in […]

Applications Now Open for Ferolyn Powell Leadership Award MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedtechWOMEN today announced the theme of its upcoming MedtechVISION 2025 Annual Conference, “Revolution not Evolution: Medtech’s Next Chapter”, signaling a bold call to action—urging the medtech industry to embrace disruptive thinking, reimagine healthcare delivery and reframe the role of improving outcomes for all. The […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedtechWOMEN is proud to announce Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD, Executive Chair and former CEO of Evidation Health and co-founder of MedtechWOMEN, as the recipient of the 2024 Ferolyn Powell Award. “I am deeply honored to receive this year’s Ferolyn Powell Award. Ferolyn was both a mentor and an advocate for lifting up others […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedtechWOMEN today announced the theme of the upcoming MedtechVISION 2024 Annual Conference, the premier event developed by and for women at the forefront of the medtech industry. This year’s conference will take place on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park, Calif., with an option for virtual […]

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.