Industry Fellows
IEM Industry Fellows serve as ambassadors of medical technology companies to the University of Minnesota. They explore and pursue collaborative research initiatives, communicate industry needs to UMN faculty and UMN expertise to industry, and participate at IEM events.
IEM Industry Fellows are nominated by IEM faculty members who work closely with industry and are selected by IEM’s Executive Committee.
2022
Daniel Sigg, MD, Medtronic
Maria Miller, W.L. Gore
David Black, Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner
Danny Gelfman, Medtronic
2021
Roxanne Gil, Engagement and Education Scout, Medtronic
Farzad Azimpour, MD, V.P. of Strategic Innovation, Advanced Technology, Edwards Lifesciences
2020
Riki Banerjee, Sr. Engineering Director, Therapy Delivery Systems - Neuromodulation, Synchron
Daniel Carlson, Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Recombinetics
Kimberly A. Chaffin, PE, PhD, Sr. Distinguished Scientist, Technical Fellow, Bakken Fellow, SSO, Science and Technology, Medtronic
Quan Ni, VP Research and Clinical Affairs, Inspire Medical Systems
Erika Ross, Director, R&D Applied Research, Abbott Neuromodulation, Abbott
2019
Dawn Bardot, PhD, Director, Cloud-based Service Technologies, Abiomed
Mark Hjelle, Senior Product Line Manager, Heraeus Medical Components
Adrienne Watson, PhD, Vice President of Research and Development, Recombinetics
Heather Webb, Front End Innovation Manager, 3M
2018
Jesus A. Cabrera, MD, PhD, Senior Principal Architect, Smiths Medical
Seb Giwa, PhD, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ossium Health
Mark Palmer, MD, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Medtronic
Teresa A. Whitman, PhD, Senior Research Manager, Medtronic
2017
Sarah Ahlberg, PhD, Research Manager, Medtronic
Michael Eggen, PhD, Principal Scientist, Medtronic
Sean O’Neil, VP of Enterprise Architecture, Optum
Patrick Parks, MD, PhD, Medical Director, 3M Critical and Chronic Care Solutions Division
2016
Ed Hedblom, PharmD, Director of Clinical Research, 3M
Alexander Hill, PhD, Research Director, Medtronic
Ken Merdan, Senior Research and Development Fellow, Boston Scientific
Satish Ramadhyani, PhD, Technical Lead, Galil Medical
Kemal Schankereli, CEO, Avalon Medical Ltd.
2015
Bruce Forsyth, PhD, Research Fellow, Boston Scientific
Gary Leo Hansen, PhD, Director of Scientific Affairs, RespirTech
David M. Knapp, PhD, VP of Research and Development, Boston Scientific
Jaydeep Kokate, PhD, Engineering Director, Boston Scientific
SuPing Lyu, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Medtronic
Rick D. McVenes, Former Senior Director of Research and Technology, Medtronic
Eric N. Rudie, Founder and CTO, Deneverx LLC
Cynthia Thatcher Clague, PhD, Director, Resolution Medical