DeviceTalks Podcast Network
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About this podcast
The DeviceTalks Podcast Network is the ultimate destination for all things #MedTech. By subscribing to this single feed, you’ll gain access to every podcast in our diverse and growing portfolio—more than a dozen unique shows featuring senior leaders, groundbreaking technology insights, and in-depth discussions on the most important topics in the medical device industry.
Each episode dives deep into critical areas like business strategy, market trends, surgical robotics, orthopedics, structural heart, neurology, and beyond. You’ll hear from leading voices at top companies—ranging from major OEMs to innovative startups—sharing their solutions, stories, and strategies for tackling the industry’s biggest challenges.
Our Lineup of Shows Includes:
• DeviceTalks Weekly
• AbbottTalks
• Boston Scientific Talks
• DeviceTalks AI
• IntuitiveTalks
• MedtechWOMEN Talks
• MedtronicTalks
• Neuro Innovation Talks: J&J MedTech Neurovascular
• Structural Heart Talks: Edwards Lifesciences
• Ortho Innovation Talks: Enovis & Zimmer Biomet
• StrykerTalks
Why Subscribe?
Subscribing here means you’ll never miss an update from any of our shows. Whether you want a broad overview of the entire industry or prefer to tune into a specific series, this single feed has you covered.
If you discover a favorite topic, you can always subscribe to that individual show’s feed for a more tailored experience.
Meet Your Hosts:
• Tom Salemi, Editorial Director, DeviceTalks
• Kayleen Brown, Managing Editor, DeviceTalks
#DeviceTalks, Where Device Makers Connect.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 487 episodes
- How Zimmer Biomet will use AI and robotics to lighten the load on orthopedic surgeons · 52 minIn this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Senior Editor Conor Hale sits down with Jonathan Vigdorchik, MD, the chief science, technology and medical affairs officer at Zimmer…
- Acting on Evidence and Shaping What Comes Next — Medtronic’s Linnea Burman · 54 minThe evidence doesn’t always point toward the outcome you hoped for. Leadership means acting on it anyway. Leadership means being prepared to act on evidence, even when it points…
- A note from Kayleen, we'll be back next week! · 1 minI hope we're still friends. Be back next week, promise!
- Prana Surgical’s CEO Wants to Bring a Lumpectomy Approach to Lung Surgery · 1 h 2 minIn this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Kayleen Brown talks with Joanna Nathan, CEO and Co-Founder of Prana Surgical, about why catching lung nodules earlier requires a…
- After FDA Authorization, J&J’s Robotic Surgery President Looks Ahead to OTTAVA’s Commercial Rollout · 44 minIn 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…
- Designing for the Whole Picture — Cala Health’s Deanna Harshbarger · 57 minBetter 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…
- How the CST Unit Builds With Purpose — Medtronic’s Melaine DiLuzio · 58 minThe 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…
- Preceptis CEO Dave Carey on Hummingbird and Helping Kids Avoid the Trauma of Anesthesia · 54 minIn 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…
- J&J MedTech's Polyphonic Lead Explains Why Surgical Intelligence Is the Next Big Shift in the OR · 53 minIn this episode, MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker interviews Shan Jegatheeswaran, Global President, Polyphonic, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, about what’s to come after the…
- Xeltis CEO Schutte on Building a Business Around Tech that Helps the Body Build New Blood Vessels · 1 h 6 minIn 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…
- Knowing What “Good” Looks Like — Astrin Biosciences’ Jaime LaMontagne · 48 minThe 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…
- Inner Logic CEO Porras explains how autonomous surgery can save us from looming surgeon shortage · 1 h 1 minIn 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…
- Medtronic’s Grubb on Bringing a Structuralist Perspective to a Growing Structural Heart Portfolio · 1 h 14 minIn 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…
- How Mobia Medical’s Stroke Recovery Mission Muscled It Past MedTech’s Public Market Malaise · 1 h 9 minIn 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…
- Surgical Robotics Recap: Steve Bell on SRS, Karl Storz’s Gaudet and Sovato CEO Brian Miller · 1 h 12 minIn 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…
- Is Fractyl poised to create a new MedTech market by helping former GLP-1 users keep weight off? · 41 minIn 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…
- J&J MedTech’s Devi Govender wants to change the lives – and the language – of heart recovery patients · 1 h 17 minIn this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Managing Editor Kayleen Brown sits down with Johnson & Johnson MedTech Heart Recovery Worldwide President Devi Govender at…
- XCATH’s Eduardo Fonseca on Building a Mission Driven Culture Behind a Robotic Stroke Revolution · 1 h 10 minIn 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…
- Can Calyxo CEO Catanese Lead New Company Down Familiar Tract to Build Another Urology Powerhouse · 1 h 15 minIn 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…
- Reeve Stoffer Explains Why a Reset Might Have Been the Best Thing for Recor Medical and Renal Denervation · 1 h 1 minIn 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…
- Intuitive's Hutton on Why the Surgical Robotics Leader Is Taking Aim at Cardiac Surgery Again · 1 h 2 minIn 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…
- Lisa Earnhardt on Abbott’s Innovation Strategy and the Future of Patient-Centered Care · 1 h 14 minIn this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Lisa Earnhardt, Executive Vice President and Group, President, Medical Devices, Abbott. Earnhardt…
- A Focused View of EDOF™ Technology from a GI Clinician · 34 minIn 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…
- DeviceTalks Boston Wrap Up with the Editors (and Many Special Guests!) · 35 minIn 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…
- Axoft is building a BCI success story in Massachusetts; MassMEDIC's Johnson on MedTech’s future · 1 h 8 minIn 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…
- High-Stakes Decision-Making is an Art – Boston Scientific, Cryosa, Provation · 1 h 7 minIn 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…
- DeviceTalks Boston Preview Episode – Four of the Many Amazing Voices You’ll Hear May 27-28 · 44 minIn 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…
- Perfuze CEO lays out the challenge – and the promise – of building a new stroke aspiration device · 1 h 8 minIn 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…
- Here’s why YOU should join us at DeviceTalks Minnesota on May 4 · 33 minIn 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…
- SetPoint’s CEO Simhambhatla gives DT Minn preview on bringing neurotechnologies to new markets · 1 h 17 minIn 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…
- Michael Carter explains how robotics, AI, and navigation tech are reshaping Medtronic CST’s mission · 1 h 4 minIn this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Michael Carter, SVP, President, Cranial & Spinal Technologies about the company’s deployment of…
- Patients Are the Co-Designer — Plexāā’s Gaele Lalahy · 55 minIn 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…
- OrthAlign CEO Eric Timko on the Opportunity for Fast Followers in Surgical Robotics · 1 h 3 minIn 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…
- New Pharaoh CEO Amaza Reitmeier explains why now’s the time to take a leap and lead a CSF startup · 57 minIn 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…
- Can Abbott’s connected neuromodulation platforms improve life for chronic pain and movement disorder patients? · 45 minIn 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…
- Why Medtronic is leaning into AI, new technology, and partnerships to expand monitoring reach · 56 minIn 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…
- Distalmotion CEO explains how Dexter fits into an evolving view on surgical robotics · 57 minIn 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…
- CEO Stephen From Is Building Tested Strategies into a New Plan to Put Vicarious Surgical Back on Track · 1 h 6 minIn 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…
- How Stryker’s Smart Hospital platform is supporting professionals on healthcare’s frontlines · 59 minIn 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…
- Armor Medical’s wearable could give earlier warnings of severe hemorrhaging before it’s too late · 1 h 30 minIn 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…
- How one venture firm is working to unlock MedTech; Where J&J/Shockwave is taking IVL next · 1 h 22 minIn 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…
- Understanding The Unconventional Strategy That’s Driving Pulse Biosciences’ Recent Success · 1 h 11 minIn 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…
- How CathWorks Drew from Many Voices to Improve Cardiac Care, Build a Quick Path to Acquisition · 1 h 13 minIn 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…
- Medtronic Neuro’s New CMO seeks impact over intimacy; Anteris' CEO lays out the path forward · 57 minIn 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…
- Jupiter Endo Eyes Soft Answer for Hard Problem, Advancing New Strategies for MedTech Manufacturing · 1 h 14 minIn 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…
- Widening MedTech’s Wars Against Migraines, Cardiac Fibrillation · 1 h 13 minIn 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…
- Curiosity is a Strategy — Biolinq’s Rebecca Gottlieb · 1 h 6 minInnovation 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…
- Clearing Brain Clots, Funding Startups, and Making MedTech Sustainable · 1 h 25 minHAPPY 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…
- Editors (and CEO) pick top news and newsmakers of 2025! FOMO: Oath Surgical promises ASC change · 1 h 18 minHappy 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…
- May the best robot win – Medtronic’s Hugo RAS ready to compete for surgical business in the US · 1 h 18 minIn 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…
