Dr. Martin Leon: Three Ways to Stimulate U.S. Medical Innovation

Martin Leon, MD and director of New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center’s interventional vascular therapy department, said evolution, reorganization and globalization can stimulate medical innovation in the U.S., according to a MassDevice report.

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Speaking at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics symposium last week in San Francisco, Dr. Leon said medical device makers need to recognize that the healthcare environment has changed and adapt with it. He also stressed the importance of creating a stronger community of physician scientists.

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