Mary M. McLoughlin, Former MedTech Executive, Recruited as Strategic Advisor to MedTechVets

Maria Artunduaga’s grandmother never smoked. However, like many members of her generation, she was exposed to second-hand cigarette smoke much of her life. When she developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung monitoring technologies were inadequate. Maria’s grandmother lived until age 90, but the last years of her life were exhausting and limiting. Going to mass once a week was all she could endure.

Steve Mapa earned an engineering management degree at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Army during the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, as a second lieutenant. After active duty, looking for work, he found his military leadership experience didn’t register with private sector employers. At the time, in the early 1990s, programs to help veterans shift to private sector positions didn’t exist. “It was really quite the challenge to transition and find a career with purpose,” Steve told me on the Medtech POV podcast.

In the newest episode of Medtech POV, Steve Mapa, President and Executive Director of MedTechVets, joins host Scott Whitaker to talk about his career in the United States Army and the medtech industry and the work his organization is doing to support veterans as they transition from active duty to a civilian career.

Get the latest on new policy updates and guidance for the clinical evaluation of medical devices.

Join us for this insightful webinar on the challenges and opportunities faced by women professionals in the life sciences industry.

In the newest episode of the Medtech POV podcast, AdvaMed® President and CEO Scott Whitaker sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with Michael Minogue, former Chairman, President, and CEO of Abiomed. Prior to leading Abiomed for 18 years, Minogue served as an officer in the U.S. Army and spent 11 years at General Electric Healthcare. During his career he served on the Board of Directors of LifeCell, Bioventus, and the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), and he founded MedTechVets, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects veterans with industry mentors to find careers in the medtech industry.

TEAMFund, a 501(c)(3) Public Charity and a For-Profit Impact Fund whose
mission is to enhance patient access to medical technology in low resource settings, announced at The AdvaMed® Medtech Conference, the release of their fourth Annual Impact Report.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association® (AdvaMed®), the world’s largest trade association representing medical device manufacturers, urged the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue its proposed Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) rule. The proposal has enormous potential to ease health disparities by setting a predictable pathway to national Medicare coverage for new medical devices and diagnostic tools.