Each seminar can be purchased individually or on a package basis, with no prerequisites. We offer each lecture for 90 days via streaming video, which can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• John Abele, Chairman, Boston Scientific
• Ronald W. Dollens, President and CEO, Guidant Corporation
• Thomas Fogarty, Inventor and Partner, Three Arch Partners
• Eberhard Grube, Chief, Cardiology and Aniology, Heart Center Siegburg, Germany
• William A. Hawkins, President and COO, Medtronic
• Mir Imran, Founder and President, InCube
• Guy J. Lebeau, President, Cordis Corp.
• Michael Lesh, Inventor and Chairman and CEO, MVM Productions
• William New, Inventor and Founder, Natus
• Julio C. Palmaz, Inventor of the Stent
• Rodney Perkins
• John Simpson, Inventor and Partner, Denovo Ventures
• Simon Stertzer, M.D.
• James Tobin, President and CEO, Boston Scientific
  

John Abele, Chairman, Boston Scientific

Topics include:

• Physics and Philosophy
• Company Creation
• The Steerable Catheter
• Promotion the technology
• The birth of Boston Scientific
• KingsBridge
• True to the Vision

Ronald W. Dollens, President and CEO, Guidant Corporation

Topics include:

• Early years at Lilly
• National health scheme in the early 70’s
• Four business strategies to success
• Challenges
• Ceo of ACS in 1987 –
• Lilly spins out Guidant
• The Birth of Guidant
• Giving up control to gain influence
• Interventional cardiology and Cardiac rhythm management
• The entrepreneurial culture

Thomas Fogarty, Inventor and Partner, Three Arch Partners

Topics include:

• The early Days
• The first Balloon Catheter
• The mentors
• The first Deal
• Bentley Labs
• Success & failures
• Value Creation
• The VC Experience
• A look to the future

Eberhard Grube, Chief, Cardiology and Aniology, Heart Center Siegburg, Germany

Topics include:

• The international connection
• The evolution of the Zeigberg Heart Center
• The vision & Perclose
• New technology development
• Reimbursement & clinical trials in Europe
• Respect for innovation
• New device development / Vulnerable plaque
• The Silicon Valley Community
• The future of biotech in medical devices

William A. Hawkins, President and COO, Medtronic

• Inventive childhood
• Early fascinations with tape recorders
• Engineering and the transition into medicine
• The natural intricacy between engineers and doctors
• Improving technology and changing the practice of medicine
• Business School
• Nellcor : building an oximeter ( a thing to measure oxygen in the blood)
• Technology development & company formation
• Nadus - neonatal hearing test
• Financing / venture capital
• Health and Sciences University in Oregon
• Mentoring and the future

Mir Imran, Founder and President, InCube

Guy J. Lebeau, President, Cordis Corp.

Topics include

• A start at Ethicon / the Johnson & Johnson early connection
• Company Leadership
• Global management
• The pace of innovation in cardiology
• Drug eluding stents
• The Johnson & Johnson & Guidant strategy

Michael Lesh, Inventor and Chairman and CEO, MVM Productions

Topics include:

• The classic physician entrepreneur
• The hypotheses about electro physiologic mechanisms
• Early mentoring
• Ultrasound diagnostic tools to guide ablation
• Company creation the adoption curve of new clinical procedures
• Atrionics, Apriva & Mitral Life
• Passion and innovation

William New, Inventor and Founder, Natus

• Inventive childhood
• Early fascinations with tape recorders
Engineering and the transition into medicine
• The natural intricacy between engineers and doctors
• Improving technology and changing the practice of medicine
• The comfort level
• Business School
• Nellcor : building an oximeter ( a thing to measure oxygen in the blood)
• Technology development & company formation
• Nadus - neonatal hearing test
• Financing / venture capital
• Health and Sciences University in Oregon
• Mentoring and the future

Julio C. Palmaz, Inventor of the Stent

Topics include:

• The dream & early days
• Overcoming rejection
• Warner Shultz
• Johnson & Johnson’s early role
• FDA Approval
• Future Design

Rodney Perkins

Topics include:

• The quintessential physician entrepreneur
• The role of the entrepreneur
• Passion the strongest element of success
• The early days of Collagen
• Company evolution Target & Cohesion
• The launch of Laser Scope, Resound and Novacept
• Corporate financing / funding the company / early investors
• The road to development

John Simpson, Inventor and Partner, Denovo Ventures

Topics include:

• The Path to Cardiology
• Gruentzig and the Ephipany
• The ACS Story
• A Team effort
• Atherectomy & Imaging
• Perclose & Lumend
• Interacting with the Business World
• Passion for Patients
• Q&A

Simon Stertzer, M.D.

• Introduction to the archetypal medical device entrepreneur
• True pioneer?
• Emerging cardiologist / Early days?
• The first coronary angioplasty in the USA
• The hurdles of new inventions / technologies
• The cardiology community
• The brachial catheter /
• Procedure and technology
• The birth of AVE
• The start up Space
• Promising new areas

James Tobin, President and CEO, Boston Scientific