Podcast

September 28, 2022

In this episode, Jason Fontana, vice president coronary and renal denervation marketing and strategy at Medtronic, will walk us through Medtronic’s successful entry into the drug-eluting stent market over a decade ago with the Endeavor DES, the first modular drug-eluting stent.

August 31, 2022

In this episode, two senior leaders from the Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Services operating unit at Medtronic share the group’s vision of “turning data into the right therapy.” Sanjiv Arora, vice president of business development & strategy, and Leo Rapallini, vice president of research & development, explain how trail-blazing technologies like the LINQ family of ICMs are a great tool in measuring infrequent – but important – cardiac events.

August 10, 2022

In this episode, Dr. Laura Mauri shares the career path that started with an early interest in medicine brought, at least partly, by her mother’s cancer diagnosis. Mauri directed that interest in caring for patients – and an innate ability to keep cool under pressure – to become an interventional cardiologist, a career that led her to appreciate the benefits of new technologies.

July 20, 2022

In this episode of the MedtronicTalks Podcast, Mike Hess, vice president of corporate technology and innovation at Medtronic, will introduce listeners to Design for Reliability & Manufacturability, a design framework that equips engineers, designers and others with a set of standards that ensure new devices are designed right from the start.

July 6, 2022

In this episode, we’ll learn how Medtronic is working to build a stronger supply chain that will allow it to build an inventory capable of keeping critical medical devices flowing to customers.

June 15, 2022

Ruchika Singhal, president of Medtronic LABS, says she grew up in Medtronic, starting her career as an engineer. But her professional life really began when she took over Medtronic LABS, a non-profit quasi-independent arm with a mission of bringing better healthcare to more people worldwide.

May 25, 2022

This episode of MedtronicTalks explores the company’s efforts to flag the multiple sources of healthcare inequity wrought by racial, geographic or economic differences in the U.S.

May 18, 2022

In this episode, Jennifer McVean, MD, medical affairs director at Medtronic’s diabetes business, shares how a devastating childhood diagnosis started her on her mission to help people with diabetes.

April 20, 2022

In this episode, Austin L. Chiang, MD, explains why he brought his sizable social media following to Medtronic, where he serves as chief medical officer of the Gastrointestinal business. Chiang says his decision is directly tied to his excitement about Medtronic’s growing suite of GI products including the AI-powered GI Genius and the swallowable PillCam.

April 6, 2022

In this episode of the MedtronicTalks Podcast, Frank Chan, president of patient monitoring, explains how the pressures of the pandemic accelerated Medtronic’s development of patient monitoring systems that allowed for remote connection between caregiver and patient.