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MassDevice podcasts bring you the medical device world's hottest news, straight from the mouths of the industry's leaders.
Episodes
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After FDA Authorization, J&J’s Robotic Surgery President Looks Ahead to OTTAVA’s Commercial Rollout
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Kayleen Brown welcomes back Rocco De Bernardis, Global President for Soft Tissue Robotic Surgery at Johnson & Johnson, to discuss the company’s OTTAVA™ Robotic Surgical System. De Bernardis explains why OTTAVA’s four robotic arms are integrated into the...
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Designing for the Whole Picture — Cala Health’s Deanna Harshbarger
Better MedTech requires more than one perspective. In this episode of the DeviceTalks Women in MedTech podcast, Host Kayleen Brown talks with Deanna Harshbarger, CEO of Cala Health, about designing for the whole picture, from patients’ everyday needs to the people, evidence, and business…
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How the CST Unit Builds With Purpose — Medtronic’s Melaine DiLuzio
The strongest MedTech innovation doesn't begin with technology in search of an application. It begins with a problem that matters enough to solve. In this episode of the Women in MedTech podcast, Host Kayleen Brown talks with Melaine DiLuzio, Vice President of U.S. Sales for Enabling Technologies...
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Preceptis CEO Dave Carey on Hummingbird and Helping Kids Avoid the Trauma of Anesthesia
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi talks with Preceptis Medical CEO Dave Carey about his path from MedTech sales to the corner office. Carey shares lessons from launching disruptive technologies at Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Stryker and Pristine Surgical, including what he...
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J&J MedTech's Polyphonic Lead Explains Why Surgical Intelligence Is the Next Big Shift in the OR
In this episode, MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker interviews Shan Jegatheeswaran, Global President, Polyphonic, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, about what’s to come after the transformation brought to the operating room by digital surgery and robotics. Jegatheeswaran reports that a new wave of…
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Xeltis CEO Schutte on Building a Business Around Tech that Helps the Body Build New Blood Vessels
In this episode, Host Tom Salemi sits down with Eliane Schutte, CEO of Xeltis, to discuss a remarkable biomaterial designed to help the body grow its own living blood vessels. Schutte explains how the technology is being used for dialysis patients today and how it could eventually transform...
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Knowing What “Good” Looks Like — Astrin Biosciences’ Jaime LaMontagne
The best leaders do more than set a vision. They know what good looks like—and can help others build toward it. In this episode of the Women in MedTech podcast, Host Kayleen Brown talks with Jaime LaMontagne, Chief Marketing Officer of Astrin Biosciences, about the leadership skills behind...
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Inner Logic CEO Porras explains how autonomous surgery can save us from looming surgeon shortage
In this podcast episode, Tito Porras, MD, MBA, CEO and co-founder of startup Inner Logic, shares his unusual path to MedTech entrepreneurship with Host Tom Salemi. Dr. Porras was training to become a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins when he began questioning the limits of surgeon training. He…
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Medtronic’s Grubb on Bringing a Structuralist Perspective to a Growing Structural Heart Portfolio
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi welcomes Kendra Grubb, MD, vice president and chief medical officer of Medtronic’s Structural Heart business. Dr. Grubb fulfilled her childhood ambition of becoming a cardiac surgeon and an interventionalist. In this episode, Dr. Grubb...
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How Mobia Medical’s Stroke Recovery Mission Muscled It Past MedTech’s Public Market Malaise
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Mobia Medical CEO Richard Foust explains how the “magical” qualities of the company's neurotechnology helped steer it toward an IPO. Mobia Medical’s implantable pulse generator promotes motor skill recovery in patients who have suffered a stroke....
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Surgical Robotics Recap: Steve Bell on SRS, Karl Storz’s Gaudet and Sovato CEO Brian Miller
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, we tackle a range of topics related to the surgical robotics industry. In our keynote conversation, Brian Miller, formerly of Intuitive and now CEO of Sovato, discusses the potential of telesurgery, a promising capability of surgical robotic...
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Is Fractyl poised to create a new MedTech market by helping former GLP-1 users keep weight off?
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi is joined by Harith Rajagopalan, MD, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Fractyl Health. Dr. Rajagopalan explains why Fractyl shifted its focus from treating type 2 diabetes to helping former GLP-1 users maintain their weight loss with...
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J&J MedTech’s Devi Govender wants to change the lives – and the language – of heart recovery patients
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Managing Editor Kayleen Brown sits down with Johnson & Johnson MedTech Heart Recovery Worldwide President Devi Govender at DeviceTalks Boston. Govender shares how a deeply personal family experience shaped her mission to transform cardiovascular...
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XCATH’s Eduardo Fonseca on Building a Mission Driven Culture Behind a Robotic Stroke Revolution
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi explores the breakthrough technologies—and the unique culture—driving one of MedTech's most ambitious missions with XCATH CEO Eduardo Fonseca. Fonseca shares the remarkable story behind XCATH's first remote robotic stroke procedure. Fonseca...
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Can Calyxo CEO Catanese Lead New Company Down Familiar Tract to Build Another Urology Powerhouse
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, host Tom Salemi is reassured by his conversation with Joe Catanese, CEO of Calyxo, a urology startup that has developed a system designed to simplify kidney stone removal. Catanese previously helped build Neotract, a urology startup that was...
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Reeve Stoffer Explains Why a Reset Might Have Been the Best Thing for Recor Medical and Renal Denervation
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi visits his MedTech happy place — renal denervation — with Recor Medical COO Helen Reeve Stoffer. Reeve Stoffer joined the company shortly before the bottom fell out of the renal denervation market in 2014. This interview picks up...
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Intuitive's Hutton on Why the Surgical Robotics Leader Is Taking Aim at Cardiac Surgery Again
In this episode, Host Tom Salemi is joined by Darla Hutton, Intuitive’s global vice president of cardiac surgery, to discuss the surgical robotics giant’s return to cardiac surgery. Intuitive famously aimed for the heart at its outset but pivoted when cardiac surgery proved too complicated.…
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Lisa Earnhardt on Abbott’s Innovation Strategy and the Future of Patient-Centered Care
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Lisa Earnhardt, Executive Vice President and Group, President, Medical Devices, Abbott. Earnhardt shared her views on Abbott’s advances in electrophysiology, pacemakers, and other technologies in this interview, which…
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A Focused View of EDOF™ Technology from a GI Clinician
In this episode of OlympusTalks, host Tom Salemi is joined by Dr. Davinderbir Pannu, a gastroenterologist practicing at McLeod Health in South Carolina, and Amanda Call, Clinical Education Specialist at Olympus, for a conversation on how endoscopic imaging advancements support clinical...
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DeviceTalks Boston Wrap Up with the Editors (and Many Special Guests!)
In this episode, the editorial team shares their highlights and lessons from two great days at DeviceTalks Boston. Tom Salemi, Kayleen Brown, Chris Newmarker, Jim Hammerand, Sean Whooley and Skyler Rivera highlighted discussions on new technologies, personal stories, Boston’s ecosystem, and the...
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Axoft is building a BCI success story in Massachusetts; MassMEDIC's Johnson on MedTech’s future
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi speaks with Axoft CEO and co-founder Paul Le Floch about the future of brain-computer interfaces and the material science breakthroughs powering the next generation of neural implants. Le Floch shares how his background in materials science…
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High-Stakes Decision-Making is an Art – Boston Scientific, Cryosa, Provation
In this special episode of the DeviceTalks Women in MedTech podcast, Host Kayleen Brown brings listeners inside the 6th Women in MedTech Breakfast held May 4 at DeviceTalks Minnesota for a powerful keynote panel on “The Art of High-Stakes Decision-Making.” The conversation features Cat Jennings,...
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DeviceTalks Boston Preview Episode – Four of the Many Amazing Voices You’ll Hear May 27-28
In this special DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast episode, Host Tom Salemi previews the biggest conversations, technologies, and innovators heading to DeviceTalks Boston on May 27–28 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. First, Tom Salemi and Mike Moore, partner at The Mullings Group, visits…
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Perfuze CEO lays out the challenge – and the promise – of building a new stroke aspiration device
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Tom Salemi talks with Wayne Allen, the co-founder and CEO of Perfuze, an Irish company developing a novel new way of blood clot aspiration. Allen and his co-founder already executed one successful exit earlier in their careers. Can they find success again…
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Here’s why YOU should join us at DeviceTalks Minnesota on May 4
In this episode, Host Tom Salemi and Holly Scott, senior partner at The Mullings Group, preview the upcoming DeviceTalks Minnesota agenda. Join us on May 4 at the McNamara Alumni Center! If you haven’t registered, use the code DTW25 to save 25% off the price of registration, visit...
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SetPoint’s CEO Simhambhatla gives DT Minn preview on bringing neurotechnologies to new markets
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, SetPoint Medical CEO Murthy Simhambhatla gives listeners an audio glimpse of what attendees at DeviceTalks Minnesota will hear during the Bringing NeuroTechnologies to New Markets panel. As he explains in this interview, Simhambhatla—an…
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Michael Carter explains how robotics, AI, and navigation tech are reshaping Medtronic CST’s mission
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Michael Carter, SVP, President, Cranial & Spinal Technologies about the company’s deployment of robotics, AI and other tech. Managing Editor Kayleen Brown hosts Etienne Nichols, Head of Industry Insights & Education,...
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Patients Are the Co-Designer — Plexāā’s Gaele Lalahy
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Women in MedTech podcast, Host Kayleen Brown sits down with Gaele Lalahy, Chief Operating Officer at Plexāā, to discuss what it looks like to treat patients as true co-designers, not only in product development but across the entire pre-surgery experience.…
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OrthAlign CEO Eric Timko on the Opportunity for Fast Followers in Surgical Robotics
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, OrthAlign CEO Eric Timko explains how he’s built two successful companies in the wake of surgical robotics’ rise in orthopedics. He also shares sage advice from his father—words that ultimately led him to a career in medical devices. This episode...
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New Pharaoh CEO Amaza Reitmeier explains why now’s the time to take a leap and lead a CSF startup
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Amaza Reitmeier shares with Host Tom Salemi why she left the company she never thought she’d leave — Medtronic — to lead Pharaoh Neuro, a company developing a novel approach to treating stroke patients by removing harmful blood from cerebrospinal...
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Can Abbott’s connected neuromodulation platforms improve life for chronic pain and movement disorder patients?
In the final episode of AbbottTalks season 3, hosts Tom Salemi and Kayleen Brown sit down with Rebecca Wilkins, divisional vice president of R&D for Abbott’s Neuromodulation business, to discuss the technologies Abbott is advancing for chronic pain and movement disorders. Wilkins explains how...
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Why Medtronic is leaning into AI, new technology, and partnerships to expand monitoring reach
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Medtronic’s Blake Tatum, Vice President of U.S. Commercial for Acute Care & Monitoring, joins Host Tom Salemi to unpack the evolving patient monitoring landscape. Tatum shares how Medtronic is integrating sensors, data, and digital health to support…
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Distalmotion CEO explains how Dexter fits into an evolving view on surgical robotics
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Distalmotion CEO Greg Roche updates Host Tom Salemi on the surgical robotics company’s commercial roll out of Dexter, a robotic system designed for ambulatory surgery centers. Roche shares the lessons he’s learned after a decade in surgical robotics and why...
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CEO Stephen From Is Building Tested Strategies into a New Plan to Put Vicarious Surgical Back on Track
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Stephen From, the new CEO of Vicarious Surgical, explains why he jumped the chasm from biotech to lead surgical robotics company Vicarious Surgical. From brings years of experience bringing products to market and he lays out the plan for...
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How Stryker’s Smart Hospital platform is supporting professionals on healthcare’s frontlines
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, Jessica Mathieson, president of Stryker’s medical business, takes Host Tom Salemi to the frontlines of healthcare, where hospitals are seeking support for healthcare professionals. Mathieson will explain how the acquisitions of Vocera and Care AI...
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Armor Medical’s wearable could give earlier warnings of severe hemorrhaging before it’s too late
In this episode, Armor Medical Co-founder and CEO Kelsey Mayo shares her ultimate entrepreneurial journey. Mayo recognized early on that her career needed to make an impact, but the focus of her passion became clear after a frightening experience of her own. Today, she’s CEO of a startup building…
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How one venture firm is working to unlock MedTech; Where J&J/Shockwave is taking IVL next
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Managing Editor Kayleen Brown takes the helm, leading a keynote interview with Jenny Barba, co-founder of Features Capital. Barba shares her path into venture capital, identifies winning strategies for start-ups, and highlights some of the more exciting...
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Understanding The Unconventional Strategy That’s Driving Pulse Biosciences’ Recent Success
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi speaks with MedTech veteran Darrin Uecker about a career shaped by some of the industry’s most notable innovations and acquisitions. Uecker’s journey begins at Computer Motion, where he served as CTO through its historic acquisition by...
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How CathWorks Drew from Many Voices to Improve Cardiac Care, Build a Quick Path to Acquisition
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, CathWorks CEO Ramin Mousavi explains how the company built a surprisingly fast path to acquisition. Founded in 2013, the startup was forced to go back to the drawing board. By incorporating LLMs and other advances, CathWorks developed a better way to…
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Medtronic Neuro’s New CMO seeks impact over intimacy; Anteris' CEO lays out the path forward
In this week’s episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, neurosurgeon Adam Arthur, MD, explains why he’s trading surgical scrubs for the chance to help lead Medtronic’s Neurovascular business as its new chief medical officer. Dr. Arthur joins Host Tom Salemi to discuss how neurosurgery is reaching more...
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Jupiter Endo Eyes Soft Answer for Hard Problem, Advancing New Strategies for MedTech Manufacturing
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi interviews Jupiter Endovascular CEO Carl St. Bernard about the “soft” design of the company's TFX technology, designed to simplify the complicated procedure of clearing cardiovascular blockages, including pulmonary artery embolisms. Jupiter…
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Widening MedTech’s Wars Against Migraines, Cardiac Fibrillation
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Rob Binney, CEO of ShiraTronics, explains how the neurostimulation device is working to provide some relief for people suffering from chronic migraines. Binney’s career started in pharma, but he’s built a MedTech career at significant companies including...
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Curiosity is a Strategy — Biolinq’s Rebecca Gottlieb
Innovation doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when leaders intentionally design the systems that allow curiosity, experimentation, and good ideas to survive. In this episode of the Women in MedTech podcast, host Kayleen Brown sits down with Dr. Rebecca Gottlieb, VP of Advanced Sensor...
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Clearing Brain Clots, Funding Startups, and Making MedTech Sustainable
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Host Tom Salemi squeezes in that salutation one final time in our first episode of DeviceTalks Weekly. In this episode, Managing Editor Kayleen Brown shines the FOMO spotlight on a possible new approach to treating stroke victims. Liane Teplitsky, now executive chair of Executive...
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Editors (and CEO) pick top news and newsmakers of 2025! FOMO: Oath Surgical promises ASC change
Happy New Year DeviceTalkers! We’re excited to start 2026, but not before give a proper goodbye to 2025 by picking our top tech, biggest newsmaker (company or person), and biggest news of the year. Listen the selection from our editorial team – Kayleen Brown, Jim Hammerand, Chris Newmarker, Tom...
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May the best robot win – Medtronic’s Hugo RAS ready to compete for surgical business in the US
In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, we give the entire stage to Medtronic’s surgical robotics business in honor of the FDA’s approving the Hugo RAS system for urological procedures. This episode is sponsored by Confluent Medical Technologies. Visit http://confluentmedical.com/ for...
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Trust Is Leadership Capital — Edwards Lifesciences’ Sarah Huoh
Earned trust becomes leadership capital — and in MedTech, it compounds faster than most leaders realize. In this episode of the Women in MedTech podcast, host Kayleen Brown talks with Edwards Lifesciences’ Sarah Huoh, Corporate Vice President of Public Affairs, about why trust has to be built and...
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Ray Cohen on How to Successfully Build and Exit a MedTech; Talking Revolution with Sarah Matt, MD
In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salemi gets the dos and don’t’s of entrepreneurship with serially successful MedTech leader Ray Cohen. In this keynote address from DeviceTalks West, Cohen delivers a master class on how to build a successful MedTech, using Boston Scientific’s $3.7...
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How Enovis is unlocking better bracing with innovative materials, patient comfort & next-gen tech
In this episode of Ortho Innovation Talks, host Tom Salemi sits with Suneethi Gudapati, VP of Research & Development, Enovis™ Bracing & Supports, to discuss how her team is advancing the engineering behind braces and supports across the orthopedic continuum of care. Gudapati shares how Enovis...
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How amazing tech – like Medtronic’s LINQ and beyond – can, will and must change health care
In this episode, MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker talks with Alan Cheng, MD, chief medical officer at Medtronic’s cardiac rhythm management business about the future of medical-grade cardiac monitors like Medtronic LINQ monitors. These tiny devices, placed just under the skin, can collect heart...
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