2023 Speakers

Following my training, I joined the staff at Boston Children’s Hospital. My clinical focus is on neonates and children with congenital heart disease. I partner with Dr. Fynn-Thompson in the cardiac assist device and heart and lung transplant programs. Additionally […]

Megan is a Chief Engineer for Stryker’s Neurosurgical business unit. During her 25 years at Stryker Megan has designed and developed dozens of tools and devices for Joint replacement, neurosurgery, otology, and spinal applications. Megan has a passion for understanding […]

Dr. Robert Kormos is the Divisional Vice President of Global Medical Affairs for Heart Failure at Abbott. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the recipient of multiple awards […]

Ronald C. Kurz is the Senior Director / GM at Canon Virginia, Inc. (CVI), the Canon manufacturing, engineering, recycling and technical support center for the Americas located in Newport News, Virginia. Serving in a dual role, Ron is responsible for […]

Dr. Tim Laske is currently the Vice President of Research & Business Development for the Cardiac Ablation Solutions Business at Medtronic. He is a Medtronic Bakken Fellow and Technical Fellow and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and […]

Sam joined Harvard in 2010, where he is responsible for commercializing technologies emerging from the University’s research labs and structuring corporate partnerships that help advance Harvard research. Prior to Harvard, Sam negotiated M&A transactions, representing small, privately-held technology and services […]

Brennan has a successful, 25 year track record of driving growth and commercializing transformative therapies in med-tech. He most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for Surgical Specialties Corp, where significant improvements in top and bottom line performance led to […]

Justin McCabe serves as Operations Manager, MedAccred for Performance Review Institute, Inc., a not-for-profit trade association that facilitates industry-managed programs and administers critical process accreditation programs for the aerospace and MedTech industries. Justin has over 12 years’ experience with Performance […]

John McCarthy has 30 years of experience in the Life Sciences Industry working from R&D through commercialization and manufacturing of new therapies and treatments. He is currently responsible for the Life Sciences & Healthcare Business Consulting Team at Dassault Systèmes, […]

Paul Melnychuck is VP & GM – Spectrum Medical Device, Advanced Components at Spectrum Plastics Group, a DuPont Business. Prior to Spectrum, Paul served in a number of executive leadership roles in medical devices, digital health, consumer electronics/media, and SaaS, […]

Tyler Melton is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Corveus Medical, a Houston-based medical device company developing a denervation solution for congestive heart failure. Before founding Corveus, he previously spent time in New Ventures at the Johnson & Johnson […]

Kyree Miller, a 30-year-old college student from Boston, had an Abbott HeartMate left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for seven years. During his heart failure journey, Kyree became active with the Massachusetts-based non-profit The Heart Brothers Foundation, which is committed to […]

Michael Monovoukas is the co-founder and CEO of AcuityMD. Prior to launching AcuityMD, he was a MedTech entrepreneur. He also held a leadership role at PatientPing, a leading provider of Care Coordination software. Michael started his career as a management […]