Join Marney Reid and Anne Roen as they discuss the steps to authentically managing within the matrix of large organizations, building a national physician network, moving from a sales role into surgeon relations, and the nuances of consulting with industry in the Med Tech space.

Ann Roen

Vice President, Professional Relations and Fellows Strategy

Smith+Nephew

Ann Roen joined Smith+Nephew in 2022 as VP, Professional Relations and Fellows Strategy within Global Medical Education. In this position, Ann is responsible for assuring a positive and compliant experience for all HCPs engaged with Smith+Nephew. She leads the global Professional Affairs function responsible for all aspects of HCP contracts, honoraria, royalty payments, grants and donations, as well as the Global Meeting Operations team responsible for creating a world-class customer experience for all faculty and attendees at our programs. Additionally, Ann is responsible for defining and executing the strategy for how Smith+Nephew educates and engages Residents and Fellows within the Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Trauma space.

Prior to Smith+Nephew, Ann lead Professional Relations and Program Operations at Medtronic for the Cardiac Rhythm Management business where she was responsible for the Fellows Strategy, Advisory Boards, Program Operations and Physician Relations.

Ann has held various market development, Sales and Sales leadership roles within the healthcare space for organizations such as GE Healthcare and Abiomed.

Ann holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Marketing and Communications from St. Catherine University and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.

You can connect with Ann at:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-roen-0491834/

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Join Marney Reid and Armen Bakirtzian as they discuss how to take a concept for a product or service and take it through the pre and post-revenue process, and into a successful business.

Armen Bakirtzian

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Intellijoint Surgical

Co-Founder

Medical Innovation Xchange (MIX)

Armen Bakirtzian is the co-founder and CEO of Intellijoint Surgical, a Kitchener based medical device company focusing on improving patient outcomes in joint replacement surgery.

Intellijoint Surgical is a spinoff of an engineering design project Armen and his co-founders completed as part of their Bachelor degrees in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Upon graduation, Armen completed his Masters in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Intellijoint Surgical was then founded in 2010 to commercialize their technology, called intellijoint HIP™. Intellijoint Surgical now offers a suite of products to assist orthopaedic surgeons and was awarded the #1 fastest growing tech company in Canada by Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 50™ Companies List.

Armen has been selected to represent Canada at G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance Summits and further, he was awarded with a Future Entrepreneurial Leader of Canada (FuEL) award.

Armen also spearheaded the creation of MIX- Medical Innovation Xchange, Canada’s first industry-led innovative hub dedicated to helping medtech companies scale within Canada.

About Intellijoint Surgical

Intellijoint Surgical® develops and commercializes surgical planning & navigation solutions for total hip and knee joint replacements. It is committed to improving patients’ lives by providing every surgeon with effective, easy-to-use technology. Intellijoint’s technology is used by top orthopaedic institutions and surgeons globally.

You can connect with Armen and his team at:

• https://www.intellijointsurgical.com/about/
• https://www.intellijointsurgical.com/leadership-team/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/intellijointsurgical

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Join Marney Reid and Janet Carlson as they discuss building an Orthopaedic surgery concierge medical practice. Their discussion covers how to approach this practice model, infrastructure and process changes needed, and how to set yourself up for success.

Janet Carlson MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE

Executive Director of ASCs

Commonwealth Pain & Spine

Janet Carlson is a distinguished healthcare professional and an accomplished leader in both clinical and operations-based roles in the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) setting. With a relentless commitment to delivering exceptional patient care, Janet has made significant contributions to the ASC industry throughout her career.

Janet has played a pivotal role in establishing and developing multi-specialty ASCs in various regions where her visionary leadership and expertise in healthcare administration have been instrumental in the success and growth of those centers. Janet’s strategic insights and ability to build strong teams and engage her physician partners has enabled her to create thriving ASCs that prioritize patient safety, efficiency and positive surgical outcomes.

Janet Carlson has helped both Orthopaedic and Spine surgeons plan, create, implement and operationalize concierge medicine in the ASC space. A few of these surgeons have had tremendous success with the international travel patient sub-set.

You can connect with Janet at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-carlson-msn/

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