DeviceTalks Weekly

Ep 302 - Inner Logic CEO Porras explains how autonomous surgery can save us from looming surgeon shortage

In 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 training to become a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins when he began questioning the limits of surgeon training. He realized that even better training wouldn't solve the larger problem: there aren't enough surgeons to provide the care patients need. That realization eventually led Porras to entrepreneurship and Inner Logic,

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Ep 301 - Medtronic’s Grubb on Bringing a Structuralist Perspective to a Growing Structural Heart Portfolio

In 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 fulfilled her childhood ambition of becoming a cardiac surgeon and an interventionalist.In this episode, Dr. Grubb discusses how structural heart has transformed over the past two decades and why she believes the field is approaching another major disruption. She explores the future of transcatheter therapies, the growing r

Ep 300 - How Mobia Medical’s Stroke Recovery Mission Muscled It Past MedTech’s Public Market Malaise

In 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 IPO. Mobia Medical’s implantable pulse generator promotes motor skill recovery in patients who have suffered a stroke. The company’s early commercial success has generated modest revenue, but Foust tells host Tom Salemi that “not all revenue is the same,” explaining why a large, untapped and growing market won over vent

Ep 299 - Surgical Robotics Recap: Steve Bell on SRS, Karl Storz’s Gaudet and Sovato CEO Brian Miller

In 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 Intuitive and now CEO of Sovato, discusses the potential of telesurgery, a promising capability of surgical robotic systems that could save lives while reducing costs and improving efficiency across the healthcare system. In our FOMO interview, Christy Gaudet, global head of solutions at Karl Storz, explains the company's

Ep 298 - Is Fractyl poised to create a new MedTech market by helping former GLP-1 users keep weight off?

In 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 Fractyl shifted its focus from treating type 2 diabetes to helping former GLP-1 users maintain their weight loss with Revita, an outpatient endoscopic procedure designed to target the root causes of metabolic disease in the duodenum. He also shares new clinical data, the strategy behind Fractyl's pivotal trial, the company

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Ep 297 - J&J MedTech’s Devi Govender wants to change the lives – and the language – of heart recovery patients

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Managing Editor Kayleen Brown sits down with Johnson & Johnson MedTech Heart Recovery Worldwide President Devi Govender at DeviceTalks Boston. Govender shares how a deeply personal family experience shaped her mission to transform cardiovascular care. She reflects on Abiomed's integration into Johnson & Johnson, the evolution of heart recovery therapies, and why the industry must shift its mindset from treating "heart failure" to enabling "heart

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Ep 296 - XCATH’s Eduardo Fonseca on Building a Mission Driven Culture Behind a Robotic Stroke Revolution

In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom explores the breakthrough technologies—and the unique culture—driving one of MedTech's most ambitious missions with XCATH CEO Eduardo Fonseca. The conversation goes well beyond robotics. Fonseca explains why XCATH hires for humility as much as talent, how a culture of relentless experimentation and "carefrontation" fuels innovation, and why great MedTech companies are built by teams, not lone geniuses.  You'll also hear the remarkable story behind

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Ep 295 - Can Calyxo CEO Catanese Lead New Company Down Familiar Tract to Build Another Urology Powerhouse

In 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 system designed to simplify kidney stone removal. Catanese previously helped build Neotract, a urology startup that was acquired by Teleflex for more than $1 billion. Now, he's leading another potential gamechanger and may have his sights set on an IPO. Speaking of gamechangers, HistoSonics continues to shatter fundraising ex

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Ep 294 - Reeve Stoffer Explains Why a Reset Might Have Been the Best Thing for Recor Medical and Renal Denervation

In 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 joined the company shortly before the bottom fell out of the renal denervation market in 2014. This interview picks up from that point and follows Recor's pursuit of FDA approval to where denervation technology may be applied next. This week’s FOMO features a portion of a keynote interview with Manny Villafaña, MedTech l

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Ep 293 - Intuitive's Hutton on Why the Surgical Robotics Leader Is Taking Aim at Cardiac Surgery Again

In 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 surgery. Intuitive famously aimed for the heart at its outset but pivoted when cardiac surgery proved too complicated. Today, heart patients and surgeons are pushing for minimally invasive procedures, and Hutton, a former cardiac surgery OR nurse, has been tapped to lead the company’s push into an increasingly competitive spe

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Ep 292 - Lisa Earnhardt on Abbott’s Innovation Strategy and the Future of Patient-Centered Care

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Lisa Earnhardt, Executive Vice President and Group, President, Medical Devices, Abbott. Earnhardt shared her views on Abbott’s advances in electrophysiology, pacemakers, and other technologies in this interview, which was conducted at DeviceTalks Minnesota. In our sponsor interview ATL Medical CEO Jim Fitzgerald unpacks the meaning of its Manufacturing for Life philosophy with Managing Editor Kayleen Brown. For more in

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Ep 291 - DeviceTalks Boston Wrap Up with the Editors (and Many Special Guests!)

In 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 Whooley and Skyler Rivera highlighted discussions on new technologies, personal stories, Boston’s ecosystem, and the power of MedTech. Joining them on the panel were special guests Saul Marquez of the Outcomes Rocket, Etienne Nichols of Greenlight Guru and Holly Scott of The Mullings Group.   3:51 – Happy Birthday Kayle

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Ep 290 - Axoft is building a BCI success story in Massachusetts; MassMEDIC's Johnson on MedTech’s future

In 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 breakthroughs powering the next generation of neural implants. Le Floch shares how his background in materials science led to the development of “Fleuron,” Axoft’s soft, flexible implant material designed to better match the brain’s delicate tissue and reduce long-term damage caused by traditional rigid implants. The conv

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Ep 289 - DeviceTalks Boston Preview Episode – Four of the Many Amazing Voices You’ll Hear May 27-28

In 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 the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. First, Tom Salemi and Mike Moore, partner at The Mullings Group, visits with Christian Howell, CEO of Cognito Therapeutics. Howell will be speaking at DeviceTalks Boston about the neuro company’s clinical, fund-raising and partnering success. Howell also shares insights into Co

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Ep 288 - Perfuze CEO lays out the challenge – and the promise – of building a new stroke aspiration device

In 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. Allen and his co-founder already executed one successful exit earlier in their careers. Can they find success again with Perfuze? This episode is sponsored by DeviceTalks Boston. Go to Boston.DeviceTalks.com to register. Use the code DTW25 to save 25%. MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker opens up the podcast with this wee

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Ep 287 - Here’s why YOU should join us at DeviceTalks Minnesota on May 4

In 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 Center! If you haven’t registered, use the code DTW25 to save 25% off the price of registration, visit https://minnesota.devicetalks.com/. MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker also delivers this week’s top newsmakers on the pages of MassDevice—HRS 2026, Johnson & Johnson, Stryker, Medtronic, and Teleflex. *** Enjoy the sho

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Ep 286 - SetPoint’s CEO Simhambhatla gives DT Minn preview on bringing neurotechnologies to new markets

In 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 during the Bringing NeuroTechnologies to New Markets panel. As he explains in this interview, Simhambhatla—an experienced MedTech executive—was initially skeptical of SetPoint’s potential after being invited to lead the company. But the more he read, the more he became convinced the vagal stimulator could help fight infl

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Ep 285 - Michael Carter Explains how robotics, AI, and navigation tech are reshaping Medtronic CST’s mission

In this episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Host Tom Salemi interviews Michael Carter, SVP, President, Cranial & Spinal Technologies about the company’s deployment of robotics, AI and other tech. Managing Editor Kayleen Brown hosts Etienne Nichols, Head of Industry Insights & Education, Greenlight Guru, on this weeks’ FOMO. MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker highlights the MassDevice newsmakers – Stereotaxis, Robocath, Prosomnus, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Avanos Medical, Stryker and Ampli

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Ep 284 - OrthAlign CEO Eric Timko on the Opportunity for Fast Followers in Surgical Robotics

In 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 orthopedics. He also shares sage advice from his father—words that ultimately led him to a career in medical devices.This episode is sponsored by DeviceTalks Minnesota. Register at Minnesota.DeviceTalks.com and use the code DTW25 to save 25% off registration.In this week’s Newmarker’s Newsmakers, Host Tom Salemi shares his experien

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Ep 283 - New Pharaoh CEO Amaza Reitmeier explains why now’s the time to take a leap and lead a CSF startup

In 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 Pharaoh Neuro, a company developing a novel approach to treating stroke patients by removing harmful blood from cerebrospinal fluid. Reitmeier shares lessons from her own career and her mentors on timing big moves, learning what you don’t know, and why some of MedTech’s biggest opportunities remain hidden in plain sight. This

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