40 Medtech Innovators Under 40

The medtech industry is facing profound changes. Healthcare reform has disrupted traditional reimbursement and care models. Technology is advancing at an ever-faster pace. Even patients aren’t patients anymore; they’re consumers.All this change has seasoned industry veterans wondering how to adapt their businesses for the future. To find the answer, they might want to ask the men and women profiled on the following pages.

June 1, 2012

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40 Medtech Innovators Under 40

The medtech industry is facing profound changes. Healthcare reform has disrupted traditional reimbursement and care models. Technology is advancing at an ever-faster pace. Even patients aren’t patients anymore; they’re consumers.

All this change has seasoned industry veterans wondering how to adapt their businesses for the future. To find the answer, they might want to ask the men and women profiled on the following pages.

Earlier this year, MD+DI sought nominations for our list of 40 people under the age of 40 who are influencing medtech. We asked readers to point us to future industry leaders, and they shared with us the extraordinary stories of young people whose work is changing the landscape of the medical device business. Our 40 under 40 are developing novel technologies and companies that will transform healthcare and take us into the future.

Now, more than ever, the industry needs new ideas and new blood. As retiring Baby Boomers vacate vital positions, it’s up to the new class of medtech innovators to step up and fill those roles. Based on what we learned in speaking with the young people you’ll read about here, they’re more than prepared to take on the challenge. 

(Click on the names or headshots below to read the full profiles of the 40 Under 40.)

David Amor (25)MEDgineering Inc.

Jason Buelow (36)Pentax Medical Co. 

Darin Buxbaum (31)HourGlass Technologies 

Devon Campbell (39)Novartis Molecular Diagnostics

Stacey Chang (37)IDEO’s Health & Wellness Practice 

John Chopack (37)Healthpoint Capital 

Seth Cooper (30)University of Washington

Teyfik Demir (29)Labiotech 

Nancy Dougherty (24)Proteus Biomedical 

Sean Duffy (28)Omada Health

David Dykeman (39)Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Evan Edwards (32) Intelliject

Steffanie Förster (24)Dräeger Medical Electronics Design

Brad Gray (35)Nanostring Technologies

Uday Gupta (38)Global Cell Solutions and ProteiosBio

Steph Habif (36)Stanford University

Chris Henza (29)Regulatory Compliance Associates Inc. 

Brian Hipszer (34)Thomas Jefferson University  

Crystal Icenhour (39) Phthisis Diagnostic

Zen Koh (39)Hocoma Pte Ltd 

Justin Lampropoulos (29)Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Tan Le (34)Emotiv Systems 

Adam Madoian (36)ThinkTank Technologies

Philippe Marchand (39)Sequent Medical

Andrew Marshall (39)Healionics

Ellis Meng (37)University of Southern California

Ashik Mohan (32)LAAx Inc.

Jasmin Nuhic (31)Medtronic Inc.

Andrea Pais (28)SB Microsystems

Frank Palmer (26)ColdSteel Laser

Shawn Regan (39)Rhythmlink International

Ryan Schoenefeld (39)Biomet

J.C. Scott (39) AdvaMed

Ting Shen (37)NanoLite Systems

Amy Sheng (34) Cell Scope

Josh Silvertown (34)Quantum Dental Technologies Inc.

Halle Tecco (28) Rock Health

Neil Tierney (34)The Future Customer

John X.J. Zhang (39)The University of Texas at Austin

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