Medical Device Investor Panel
Tuesday, November 10
1:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Featuring: The MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers

Moderator:

Michael Hedge, Shareholder, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Michael A. Hedge’s practice focuses on securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, venture capital, corporate governance and commercial transactions, representing both public and private companies in the life sciences and technology industries.

Mr. Hedge received his J.D. in 2000 form the University of California, Los Angeles, where he completed the Business Law Program. He received his B.S. in accounting, cum laude, at California State University, Northridge, in 1997. Mr. Hedge is a member of the State Bar of California and the Orange County Bar Association, and he served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1993 to 1999.

Speakers:

Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty

Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty is an internationally recognized cardiovascular surgeon, inventor, entrepreneur and investor. Throughout his career, he has been involved with a wide spectrum of innovations in business and technology. He has served as founder, Chairman or board member for more than 30 medical device companies, the majority of which were based on devices designed and developed by his company, Fogarty Engineering Inc.

Dr. Fogarty has published more than 180 scientific articles and textbook chapters in the fields of general and cardiovascular surgery, and is the author or co-author of more than 125 patents and patent applications. His patents include the industry standard Fogarty Balloon Embolectomy Catheter  and the widely used AneuRx AAA Stent Graft System.

Dr. Fogarty is currently Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Stanford University. Previously, he held the positions of President of the Medical Staff at Stanford University Medical Center and Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sequoia Medical Center. He recently added the Fogarty Institute of Innovation at El Camino Hospital.

In addition to his work in the medical field, Dr. Fogarty is an accomplished investor. He founded and serves as Managing Director of Emergent Medical Partners LLP. He also was a founder and general partner at Three Arch Partners, and served as a general partner in five successive Three Arch venture funds.

Dr. Fogarty is the recipient of countless awards and honors, including the Jacobson Innovation Award presented by the American College of Surgeons and the 2000 Lemelson-MIT prize for Invention and Innovation. In December 2001, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame. Dr. Fogarty received a Bachelor of Science degree from Xavier University and a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati. He completed his residency at the University of Oregon.

Michael Buck, Divisional Vice President, Abbott Ventures

Mike has nearly 20 years of experience in the medical device industry.  He is currently the Vice President of Abbott Ventures, Inc., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories.  Abbott recently formed this new venture group seeking to make investments in companies with technologies and developmental products of strategic interest to Abbott. It will manage an investment fund that will allow Abbott to take equity positions in companies doing promising work within Abbott’s current markets, and in others that Abbott may choose to enter in the future.  Mike joined Abbott as a result of Abbott’s acquisition of Guidant’s Vascular business in 2006.  While at Guidant, Mike held various sales management and business development titles.  Prior to joining Guidant in 2002, he also held various positions with Boston Scientific, Novoste, and Smith & Nephew Endoscopy.  Mike earned a BA in Economics from the University of Iowa.

Milt McColl, Venture Partner, New Leaf

Milt McColl joined New Leaf as a Venture Partner in April 2007. Prior to joining New Leaf, Milt was President of the Neurovascular Division of Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC). Milt initially joined BSC in 2001 following the acquisition of Embolic Protection, Inc (EPI) where he served as Vice President and General Manager for the Embolic Protection Franchise, part of the Interventional Cardiology division of BSC. Milt joined EPI in 2000 as one of the first employees assuming the position of Vice President of Clinical, Regulatory and Quality Affairs and Medical Director. During his time there he managed the design, implementation and successful completion of the FIRE Clinical trial, an 800 patient pivotal study which led to the FDA clearance of the FilterWire EX™ Device. Previously, Milt was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Genitope, Inc. an early stage biotechnology company focusing on patient-specific therapies for lymphoma which eventually became publically traded. Before joining Genitope, Milt was President and Chief Executive Officer of CSFluids, Inc. (later renamed Eunio), a development-stage company offering a surgical treatment for Alzheimer's Disease. Prior to that he was Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Quality Affairs, Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Gynecare, Inc. (eventually acquired by Johnson and Johnson) and Director of Marketing for Origin Medsystems (acquired by Guidant Corporation).

Milt began his career as a professional football player with the San Francisco Forty-Niners and Los Angeles Raiders from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of two Super Bowl Championship teams for the Forty-Niners and was a special team’s captain.

Milt earned a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University and his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine.

J.P. Peltier, Managing Director, Piper Jaffray

J.P. Peltier is a Managing Director and member of the Health Care Team at Piper Jaffray. Peltier has 10 years of investment banking experience at Piper Jaffray focused exclusively on the medical technology sector. Peltier provides medical technology clients a full range of investment banking services from equity and debt financing to merger and acquisition advisory. Peltier’s prior experience includes five years at HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary serving in a merger and acquisition advisory role and leading the mortgage banking division.

Peltier graduated from the University of St. Thomas and received a Master of Business Administration degree from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

Jay Watkins, Managing Director, De Novo Ventures

Jay is a Managing Director at De Novo Ventures. Prior to joining De Novo in 2002, Jay was a co-founder of Origin Medsystems, a venture-funded medical technology start-up that was purchased by Eli Lilly & Company in 1992. When Eli Lilly divested its medical device businesses to form Guidant in 1995, he became a member of the corporation’s management committee, serving in this role from 1995-2002. During this time, he served as president of numerous divisions, including the Minimally Invasive Surgery Group. In addition, Jay was the President of Compass, Guidant Corporation’s corporate business development and new ventures group. Prior to founding Origin, Jay held management positions in several start-ups, including Microgenics Corporation, and was a consultant with the international consulting firm of McKinsey & Company. He has been a member of the board of directors of several public companies, including Gynecare, Cardiogenesis, and Rita Medical. Jay received his MBA from Harvard University and his undergraduate degree from Stanford University.
 
Jay sits on the boards of EBR Systems, PhotoThera, Pulmonx, Sierra Surgical, Synergeyes and Ventus Medical. He also represented De Novo on investments in Lumend and Hansen Medical.