Value of Technology Hill Event
AdvaMed's Value of Technology Reception
Cannon House Office Building
June 20, 2007
AdvaMed hosted an enormously successful Capitol Hill reception on June 20 as part of our Value of Technology public awareness campaign. More than 450 people attended the event, People Who Make Progress You Can See, including 16 Members of Congress and 175 congressional and committee staff representing more than 100 congressional offices. Our celebrity guest, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Jane Seymour, shared her story of how she benefited from minimally invasive back surgery and delighted the crowd with anecdotes of her father, a physician and medical device innovator. Event attendees were quite interested in viewing the exciting exhibits and hearing the personal stories of patients whose lives have been transformed by medical technology.
The Cannon Caucus Room was filled to capacity for the Value of Technology (VOT) event
AdvaMed President and CEO Stephen J. Ubl discussed the role of medical technology in reducing the cost of disease
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), center, received his 2007 Champion of MedTech Innovation award from Jane Seymour and VOT Board Committee Chair Jim Mazzo of Advanced Medical Optics
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) was presented his 2007 Champion of MedTech Innovation award from Jane Seymour and AdvaMed Chairman Edward Ludwig of BD
Jane Seymour visits with Dr. James Zucherman, physician and spinal implant inventor, representing Kyphon
Joaquin Wolff of VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies explains his company’s technology to Jane Seymour
Thirty-seven AdvaMed companies displayed the latest medical technology innovations at the event
Eight companies provided patient/physician pairs to share their stories of how medical technology has impacted their lives, including, spinal cord injury patient Brandon Ingram, his wife Aisha and Dr. Beverly Walters, representing Cyberkinetics
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