"The shifts in the financial markets, international forces and the 2008 election will have enormous impact on the future of new technology in healthcare. The Medical Innovation Summit provides unrivaled insights, exceptional networking and actionable takeaways for anyone who cares about medical innovation."
- Tim Ring, CR Bard
Past Speakers include:
CEOS of GE, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Abbott, AstraZeneca, Amgen, Boston Scientific, 3M, Medtronic and Edwards Lifesciences; partners from top venture firms, heads of Government agencies and top clinicians.
IN MEMORIAM
Andrew C. Novick, MD
1948 - 2008


Cleveland, Ohio  |  InterContinental Hotel & Bank of America Conference Center

Past Summits

2007   |   2006    |    2005    |    2004    |    2003

2004 LIST OF SPEAKERS:

  • Olav B. Bergheim, General Partner, Domain Associates
  • Jim Broderick MD, General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
  • Jane L. Campbell, Mayor, City of Cleveland
  • Ken Charhut, President & CEO, Orqis Medical
  • Clayton M. Christensen, Robert & Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
  • Delos M. Cosgrove, CEO and President, CCF
  • Michael J. Coyle, President, St. Jude Medical, Cardiac Rhythm Management
  • Lester M. Crawford DVM PhD, Acting Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Col. William C. DeVries MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • Ronald W. Dollens, President & CEO, Guidant
  • Dave Drachman, President & CEO, AtriCure
  • Juan Enriquez, Chairman & CEO, Biotechonomy
  • Mario J. Garcia MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
  • A. Marc Gillinov MD, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, CCF
  • Roy Greenberg MD, Vascular Surgery, CCF
  • William A. Hawkins III, President & COO, Medtronic
  • Guy J. LeBeau MD, Company Group Chairman, Cordis
  • P. Richard Lunsford, President & CEO, Acorn Cardiovascular
  • Bruce W. Lytle MD, Chairman Dept. of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, CCF
  • Mark Maciejewski, CEO, Symphony Medical
  • Mark B. McClellan MD PhD, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Charles L. McIntosh MD PhD, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Cook Group
  • A. Malachi Mixon III, Chairman & CEO, Invacare; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, CCF
  • Michael A. Mussallem, Chairman & CEO, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
  • Roger S. Newton PhD, Senior Vice President, Esperion Therapeutics
  • Steven S. Nissen MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
  • Kenneth Ouriel MD, Chairman Division of Surgery, CCF
  • Marc S. Penn MD PhD, Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
  • Ferolyn Powell, CEO, Evalve
  • Erich R. Reinhardt D.Eng, President & CEO, Siemens Medical Solutions
  • Timothy M. Ring, Chairman & CEO, C.R. Bard
  • Kevin Sharer, Chairman & CEO, Amgen
  • Nicholas G. Smedira MD, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, CCF
  • James M. Sweeney, Chairman & CEO, Cardionet
  • Bob Taft, Governor, State of Ohio
  • James R. Tobin, President & CEO, Boston Scientific
  • Eric J. Topol MD, Provost & Chief Academic Officer, CCF; Chairman Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
  • Robert D. Walter, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Cardinal Health
  • Patrick L. Whitlow MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
  • Bruce L. Wilkoff MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
  • Jay S. Yadav MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF

2004 AGENDA:

Monday, October 18, 2004
1:00 - 9:00 P.M. Registration
4:00 - 4:15 P.M. Welcome

A. Malachi Mixon III
Chairman and CEO, Invacare;
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D.
CEO and President, The Cleveland Clinic
4:15 - 5:15 P.M. The AMGEN Experience

Kevin Sharer
Chairman and CEO, AMGEN

5:15 - 6:15 P.M. Taxus: How do we get so lucky?
The Harder We Worked, the Luckier We Got!


James R. Tobin, Chairman and CEO, Boston Scientific The unique challenges associated with the development of combination drug/device technologies. The impact of approach, infrastructure and mind set. Owning the organization strategy of ‘not being first but being best’.
6:30 - 10:30 P.M. Opening Reception, Dinner and Entertainment
Watch the Cleveland Cavaliers play the New Jersey Nets at Gund Arena, followed by a reception with Cavaliers General Manager Jim Paxson and select players and staff.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004
6:30 A.M – 2:00 P.M. Registration
7:00 – 8:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:20 A.M. The Honorable Bob Taft
Governor of Ohio

State of Cardiology
Eric J. Topol, M.D., Provost and Chief Academic Officer; Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic
This address includes critical trends in cardiology, new therapies, diagnostics and clinical approaches; and their impact on per-patient expenses.
8:20 – 9:50 A.M. Cardiovascular Innovation in Action
Panel moderated by Eric J. Topol, M.D.:
Marc S. Penn, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, CCF
Patrick L. Whitlow, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
Ferolyn Powell, CEO, Evalve
Bruce L. Wilkoff, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
Michael J. Coyle, President, St. Jude Medical CRMD
Mario J. Garcia, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
9:50 – 10:20 A.M. Break
10:20 – 11:00 A.M. A Case Study in Cardiovascular Therapy

Steve S. Nissen, M.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, CCF
Roger S. Newton, Ph.D., CEO, Esperion
11:00 – 11:50 A.M. Speeding Cardiovascular Innovation in an Uncertain Environment

Guy J. Lebeau M.D., Company Group Chairman, Cordis
Jay S. Yadav, M.D., Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
12:00 - 1:15 P.M. Lunch

The Honorable Jane L. Campbell, Mayor
The City of Cleveland, Ohio

A Policy Environment that Encourages Medical Innovation
Ronald W. Dollens, President and CEO, Guidant

How do today’s health policies both encourage and discourage medical innovation.
1:15 – 2:10 P.M. Lessons in Innovation: A Case Study in Heart Failure

William A. Hawkins III, President and COO, Medtronic
2:10 – 2:25 P.M. The State of Cardiac Surgery

Bruce W. Lytle, M.D., Chairman, Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic
2:25 – 3:25 P.M. Surgical Innovation in Action

Panel moderated by Bruce W. Lytle, M.D.:

Marc Gillinov, M.D., Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, CCF
Dave Drachman, President and CEO, AtriCure
Nick G. Smedira, M.D., Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, CCF
P. Richard Lunsford, President and CEO, Acorn Cardiovascular
Roy Greenberg, M.D., Vascular Surgery, CCF
Charles McIntosh, M.D., Ph.D., CTO, Cook Group
3:25 – 3:55 P.M. Break
3:55 - 4:30 P.M. The Biomedical Century: New Technology, New Evidence, New Costs
Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. , Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services

New scientific approaches allow for more individualized, effective treatments based on a fundamental understanding of how diseases affect individual patients. The challenge of making health care decisions based on sound evidence of benefits and costs for individual patients may determine whether we realize the potential for better medical care in the 21st century.
4:30 – 5:10 P.M. Cardiovascular Innovation in International Markets: Challenges and Opportunities
Michael A. Mussallem, Chairman and CEO, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
While cardiovascular disease is projected to remain the leading cause of death in the world for decades to come, investment in cardiovascular care varies widely around the globe. Mr. Mussallem will discuss the environmental and cultural factors required for successful cardiovascular innovation, as well as the potential for disruptive technologies to serve the growing, high-need patient population.
5:10 - 5:50 P.M.

Fostering Innovation Through Integration

Robert D. Walter, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Cardinal Health

The pace of innovation and need to continually serve customers is unyielding in the $4 trillion global healthcare market. Cardinal Health has quietly built its business by fostering a culture that thrives on the rate of change in healthcare, rapidly adding new products and services, acquiring new capabilities and innovating in strategic areas of process, technology and service delivery. In his presentation, Robert D. Walter provides examples and discusses the lessons he has learned that have enabled Cardinal Health to become the preeminent ‘healthcare to healthcare’ provider in this vast marketplace.

6:00 – 7:00 P.M. Welcome Reception
Hosted by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
7:00 P.M. Dinner

Remaking Health Care Innovation
Clayton M. Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Wednesday, October 20, 2004
6:30 – 9:00 A.M. Registration
6:30 – 7:30 A.M.

Continental Breakfast

7:30 - 9:00 A.M. Live Surgery Moderated by Kenneth Ouriel, M.D.,
Chairman, Division of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic

Innovation in Practice: Side-by-Side Comparison of Traditional Surgeries with New Minimally Invasive Counterparts
9:00 – 9:45 A.M.

Juan Enriquez
Chairman and CEO, Biotechonomy

9:45 - 10:15 A.M. Break
10:15 - 11:00 A.M. Success in the Midst of Savage Competition

Timothy M. Ring, President and CEO, C.R. Bard
11:00 - 12:00 P.M. The Challenge in the Commercialization of Cardiovascular Technology
Panel moderated by Harry T. Rein, General Partner
Foundation Medical Partners and includes:

Olav B. Bergheim, General Partner, Domain Associates
Jim Broderick, M.D., General Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
Mark Maciejewski, CEO, Symphony Medical
Jim M. Sweeney, CEO, Cardionet
Ken Charhut, President and CEO, Orqis
12:15 – 1:15 P.M. Lunch

FDA’s Initiatives to Stimulate Medical Innovation
Lester M. Crawford, D.V.M., Ph.D. Acting Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Crawford addresses the agency’s recent efforts to encourage new drug and device development and manufacturing through regulation reform and by identifying and addressing hazards that cause the failure of candidate drugs/devices to demonstrate safety and effectiveness.
1:15 – 2:00 P.M. New Imaging Technologies and Impact in Underlying Economics

Erich R. Reinhardt, D.Eng.
Group President and CEO, Siemens Medical Solutions
Many innovative technologies, for example CT and MR, have emerged in the past few decades. These technologies have fundamentally changed medical diagnostics and helped to increase the quality of healthcare and reduce its cost.
Mr. Reinhardt will focus on the potential for innovation in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies to continue to improve healthcare efficiency, and especially address the promising role of molecular medicine.
2:00 – 2:45 P.M. Regulatory Approval: A Case Study with an Historical Perspective

Col. William C. DeVries, M.D.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
3:00 – 3:30 P.M.

Wrap Up