In this episode of Ortho Innovation Talks, Nitin Goyal, MD, chief science, technology and innovation officer at Zimmer Biomet (ZB) shares his journey from the OR to the medtech industry.

Dr. Goyal oversees ZB’s global innovation, medical education, clinical affairs, and reimbursement strategy. He tells host Tom Salemi about his passion for building solutions to address clinical challenges and improve the surgical experience.

Goyal’s own innovations landed him leadership positions at managed care powerhouse, UnitedHealthcare, followed by medtech giant, ZB. Goyal describes how his pursuit of “making an outsized impact” on orthopedic care brought him to ZB, where he leads the global innovation, medical education, and clinical affairs functions.

In this talk, he’ll discuss how ZB incorporates smart implants that track and report mobility data, to big data analytics that guide clinical decision-making throughout the episode of care. Goyal explains why he believes we’re at an inflection point in orthopedics and how ZB intends to lead the way.

Thank you to our season one sponsors, Millstone Medical and AcuityMD, for supporting this podcast. To learn more about our episode sponsor, Millstone Medical, please visit http://millstonemedical.com.

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In this episode of AbbottTalks, Sandra Lesenfants, SVP of Abbott’s structural heart business, discusses the latest advancements in structural heart care, focusing on Abbott's transformative TriClip device for tricuspid regurgitation.

Lesenfants highlights Abbott’s commitment to patient-centered innovation, emphasizing the importance of creating solutions that meet patients’ needs through safe and effective technologies. She also shares Abbott’s approach to expanding access to minimally invasive therapies, particularly in underserved populations worldwide, and the role of physician partnerships in advancing structural heart interventions.

Lastly, Lesenfants underscores the company’s efforts to increase diversity in clinical trials, noting the importance of intentional inclusivity across gender and ethnicity to better serve diverse patient populations.

Thank you to Confluent Medical Technologies for sponsoring this episode of AbbottTalks. For more information on how Confluent Medical works with medical device companies, visit https://confluentmedical.com/.

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Abbott’s Lesenfants shares TriClip progress, patient-centered innovation & clinical trial diversity

The DeviceTalks Podcast Network delivers news, insights and commentary from MedTech industry leaders, primarily from the largest OEMs in healthcare. Our podcasts will inspire MedTech professionals to create better MedTech devices and companies.

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