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MedTech Trailblazers

Dec 21, 2021

While he needs no introduction, it’s always an honor to list Dr. Tom Fogarty’s many accomplishments over his nearly eight-decade career as one of the medical device industry’s most prolific inventors. Dr. Fogarty has had a profound and lasting impact on patients, on healthcare, on innovation on our industry and...


Nov 30, 2021

Dubbed as a “walking encyclopedia of medtech experiences, innovations and impact,” Hanson Gifford, CEO and managing director of The Foundry, has been directly involved with or founded over 30 companies in the past 40 years.

In this episode, he rejoins Andrew Cleeland, CEO of Fogarty Innovation, as he shares his...


Nov 16, 2021

Hanson Gifford, CEO and managing partner of The Foundry, is perhaps best known as a co-founder of this iconic Silicon Valley-based incubator that has blazed the path for numerous successful medtech companies, developing cutting-edge treatments that address a broad range of large, unmet clinical needs.

In this episode,...


Oct 26, 2021

Jan Garfinkle, founder and managing partner of Arboretum Ventures, rejoins Andrew Cleeland as she shares the reasons behind launching the firm and the grit it took to get the company started.

Jan also discusses the pivotal role she played at the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) to help ensure...


Oct 12, 2021

Jan Garfinkle, founder and managing partner of Arboretum Ventures, has played a key role in multiple foundational companies in the medtech industry. Today, she supports the early-medtech ecosystem at the firm with a mission that is similar to Fogarty Innovation's: driving down the costs of healthcare through...