2021 Speakers
Leaders, executives and trailblazers who spoke at last year’s MedTech Innovation Forum.
Richard Afable, MD, MPH, FACP
President & Board Chair, BeWellOC
Bruce Albala, PhD
Associate Dean, Innovation & Clinical Trials, UCI School of Medicine Director, UCI Center for Clinical Research
Barry Arbuckle
President & CEO, Memorial Care
Suzzette Arnal
Director, Product Management, Hematopathology and Coagulation, Quest Diagnostics
Rema Awad
Partner K&L Gates
Joseph Boyd
Global Head of Sales & Marketing, Avellino Labs
Matt Bresnahan
Partner, Patents and Innovations, Wilson Sonsini
Milo Bissin
Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Len Brandt
Brandt Ventures
Chris Brennan
Performance Specialist, Insperity
David Byram
Managing Director, Value, Access & Medical, Syneos Health Consulting
Bill Carpou
CEO, Octane
Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS
Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, The Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence and Innovation Institute, Medical Director, CHOC Children’s Heart Failure Program
Ruey-Kang Chang, MD, MPH
Founder & CEO, QT Medical
Daniel Chow, MD, MBA
Co-Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine, UCI School of Medicine
Brad Conlan
CEO, Bimini Health
Tom Cowan
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Mary Edwards
Vice President, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs, Surgical Structural Heart, Edwards Lifesciences
I. Obi Emeruwa, MD, MBA
Clinical Instructor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA & Translational Director, UCLA Biodesign
Nathan Eskstein
Senior Account Executive, Greenlight Guru
Malvina B. Eydelman, MD
Expert Medical Officer, Senior Medical Advisor and Director, Office of Ophthalmic, Anesthesia, Respiratory, ENT, & Dental Devices, FDA
Dave Ferrera
CEO, RC Medical
Kiarash Golshani, MD
Vice Chair of Administrative Affairs, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery
Maneesh Goyal
Chief Operating Officer, Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic
Ajay Gupta, PhD
Co-Founder, President, Chairman & CEO, Celestial Therapeutics
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil
Chair & Stanley van den Noort Professor of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
Cherie Henket
Sr. Vice President, Global Human Resources, MicroVention
Michael Howell
Chief Scientific Officer, DermTech
Krasi Hristov
Head of Research & Development, Mentor Worldwide LLC
Chris Huff
Chief Strategy Officer, Kofax
Omar Ishrak
Former CEO & Chairman of the Board, Medtronic
Vineet Johnson
Founder & CEO, IRegained Inc.
Naveen Jonathan, PhD, LMFT
Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Marriage & Family Therapy, Crean College of Health & Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University
Edward S. Kim, MBA, MD, FACP, FASCO
Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope Orange County, Vice Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope National Medical Center
Ryan Keefer
Partner, PwC
Heidi Kershaw
Founder & CEO, Square In The Eye
Santosh Kesari, MD, PhD, FANA, NBPS
Providence Southern California
Karin Koch
Managing Director, University Lab Partners
Karla Kraft
Shareholder, Stradling
John Laschinger, MD
VP of Medical Affairs, Advanced Technology, Edwards Lifesciences
Mark Leahey
President & CEO, Medical Device Manufacturers Association
Sabing Lee
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Evan Levine
CEO & Chairman, PsyBio Therapeutics
Dr. Andrew Lyon
Founding Dean of the Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler School of Engineering, Chapman University
Josh Makower, MD, MBA
Boston Scientific Applied Biomedical Engineering Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Medicine and Engineering & Director and Co-Founder, Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
Stephanie Manson Brown, MD, MBBS, MRCS, MFPM
Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, Aesthetic Medicine, Allergan Aesthetics at AbbVie
Phil Martie
Founder & CEO, Nicolette Inc.
James V. (Jim) Mazzo
Executive Chairman, Neurotech, Chief Executive Officer, Avellino Labs, Advisor, Zeiss, Advisor, Bain Consulting, Board Member, Centricity Vision Inc.
Jennifer McCaney, PhD
Executive Director, UCLA Biodesign
Tiffany McDowell
Principal, People Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Jonathan Menkes
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Henry Miller
Global Managing Partner, Life Sciences, Diversified Executive Search
Tom Mitro
President & CEO, Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Ramin Mousavi
CEO, Cathworks
Joseph Muldoon
CEO & Chairman of the Board, Fast Biomedical
Azadeh Nasibi, MBA
Vice President, Business Development, Strategy, & Integration | Neurovascular, Medtornic
Hideo Nawata
Senior Manager, Teijin Pharma
Danny Nguyen, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research,
Davis Nordell
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Senior Analyst and Tax Senior Manager, RSM
Delilah Panio
Vice President, US Capital Formation, TMX Group
John Parker
Founder & CEO, Springhood Ventures
Georgette Pascale
Executive Vice President, PR & Social at PRECISIONeffect
Tim Pratt
Executive Director, Clinical Development, Syneos Health
Susanna Rustad
Chief Procurement Officer, Executive Director, Virtual Care, UCI Health
Terence Sanger, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, CHOC
Brent Saunders
Executive Chairman, The Beauty Health Company and Former Chairman & CEO, Allergan
Alyssa Scholz, IIDA, NCIDQ
Principal, Co-Global Healthcare Practice Area Leader, Gensler
Yona Shtern
CEO, Hapbee
Nikki Sidi
Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing, Surgical, Johnson & Johnson Vision
Earl Slee
Vice President, Technology, Strategy and Business Development, Medtronic Brain Therapies, Irvine, CA (Retired, Oct 2020)
Brian Slizgi
Partner, Pharmaceutical R&D Advisory, PwC
Nia Stefani
CEO, Xnergy Financial LLC
Jeffrey Steinfeld
Securities Litigation Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP
Sharief Taraman, MD, DABPN, DABPM, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer, Cognoa, Chief of Neurology, CHOC Children’s
Frantz Tiffeau Jr.
Senior Director, Global Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Edwards Lifesciences
Linnette Torres
Vice President of Quality, Edwards Lifesciences
Erik van der Burg
Co-Founder & CEO, Venova Medical
Joris van der Heijden, PhD
Bio Services Program Manager, StarFish Medical
Shant Vartanian, MD
Co-Founder & CMO, Venova Medical
Jeffry Weinhuff
Managing Partner, Visionary Venture Fund
Mitch Wexler
Managing Partner, Irvine, Los Angeles, & San Diego, Fragomen Worldwide
Thierry Weissenburger
Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles
Scott Whitcup, MD
Founder & CEO, Akrivista and Whitecap Biosciences
Clay Wilemon
President & COO, APATICS
David Winter, PhD
Catalyst Project Officer, BARDA
Jane Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO, Remmie Health