Authors

Mr. Schorr is Founder of Patient Power which owns patientpower.info and patientpower.eu websites and produces and syndicates news and empowerment video content for cancer patients worldwide. A medical journalist and two-time cancer survivor, he is also the chairman of the board of a non-profit, The Patient Empowerment Network, developing novels online and mobile applications for […]

Dafne Schröer is serving as the Vice Chair of the Evidence and Payer workgroup of MedTech Europe. She is a Health Economic and Market Access manager Value-Based Health Care for the EMEA region at Johnson and Johnson. In this role, her focus is on Value-Based Health Care and Outcomes Based Agreements.

Dr. Jürgen Schulze became a board member of EDMA in 2003 and was elected as the Association’s President in 2009. Beside his board position in MedTech Europe he is also on the board of the German National Association VDGH since 1997 and has been elected President from 2007 to 2009. Dr. Schulze is the CEO […]

Randy Schwemmin is the Director of Technical Operations at D-Rev, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that delivers products to improve the health and increase the income of people living on less than $4 a day. He has 20 years of experience in product development, manufacturing, and supply chain from roles at biotechnology, medical device, and aerospace […]

Markus Schwertfeger is Senior Director Medical Affairs at Roche Diagnostics. He has over 20 years of experience in biopharmaceutical and the medtech industry working in various local, regional, and global Medical Affairs roles. He led teams who launched innovative drugs and managed drug portfolios in various disease areas (cardiovascular, thrombosis, diabetes, metabolism, lipids, neurology, pain, bone, sepsis, […]

Iain is the Lead Analyst for the Global Life Sciences Center at EY. In this role Iain leads the ideation process for EY’s Global Life Sciences Center, working collaboratively with clients, EY practitioners and other industry stakeholders to develop EY’s points of view on the industry. Before joining EY, Iain was Managing Editor, Thought Leadership […]

Luca Segantini is executive director of the International Society of Nephrology (www.theisn.org), a global humanitarian organization devoted to advancing kidney care and to bridging gaps between the developed and the developing world. Luca joined ISN in 2009, and, together with the Society team, helped ISN deliver two very successful congresses in Vancouver and Hong Kong, […]

Since October 1st, 2014 Kurt Seiler is Global Head of Compliance at Roche Diabetes Care. He has built up a global Compliance Organization and Compliance Processes throughout this global Business.   In 26 years with Roche he has held many executive management positions around the world: Chief Information Officer Roche Diabetes Care, based in Basel, […]

Jessica Shull is a Strategic Adviser to the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. She is also Digital Health Manager on clinical trials and digital projects for respiratory disease at Bellvitge Hospital in Barcelona. She worked 13+ years with the WHO on digital health for global health system strengthening and epidemic response. Consultancies include World Bank, mHealth app […]

Chair of Eucomed Cardiac Rhythm Management Telemonitoring Group

Hylke Sieders suffers from a spinal cord injury and shares what impact such injury has on him and his family. He would like to set up a foundation for spinal cord research and be more in touch with manufacturers to help innovate the current medical technologies for people living with a spinal cord injury. He […]

Andreas is a Senior Director and a member of the European Medical Technology Competence Center within the global Life Sciences division of Simon-Kucher. He is based in Cologne. After an apprenticeship at Siemens Healthcare, Andreas received his degree (diploma) in Industrial Engineering at the TU-Darmstadt (Germany). His studies focused on marketing, international project management, controlling […]