Canadian Hospital Specialties Limited Joins AdvaMed®, the World’s Leading Medical Technology Trade Association

In a new video developed in partnership with Patients Rising, AdvaMed’s Peter Weems, Vice President of Imaging Government Affairs and Policy Strategy, explains why the Health Tech Investment Act is critical to expanding patient access to FDA-authorized AI-enabled medical devices.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today announced that Brian Blaser, president and CEO of QuidelOrtho, will serve as the next chair of the AdvaMedDx Division Board of Directors, succeeding Thierry Bernard, CEO of QIAGEN. AdvaMedDx represents more than 70 manufacturers of the innovative in vitro diagnostic (IVD) tests critical to patient care. 

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today announced that Rich Fabian, president and CEO of FUJIFILM Sonosite, will serve as the chair of the Medical Imaging division’s board of directors. He will succeed David Pacitti, CEO of Avanos Medical and former president and head of the Americas at Siemens Healthineers, the inaugural division board chair.  

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today announced that Robert Cohen, vice president, innovation and technology, orthopaedic group at Stryker, will be the next chair of the AdvaMed Digital Health Tech Board of Directors. He succeeds Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, global chief science and technology officer at GE HealthCare, who served as the inaugural chair of the board overseeing the then-newly created division.  

WASHINGTON, D.C.—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today announced Michael “Mick” Farrell, chairman and CEO of Resmed Inc. (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD), the leading health technology company focused on sleep, breathing, and care delivered in the home, will be the next chair of the AdvaMed Board of Directors. Farrell will serve a two-year term beginning in January 2026.

Imagine walking just 10 yards from your front door to the mailbox and becoming so winded, you feel like you might faint. Or imagine your heart beating so chaotically that its chambers don’t empty blood properly, creating clots that could lead to a stroke, yet you have zero symptoms and no idea you’re at risk.

WASHINGTON—AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, is pleased to announce Charles Fleischman as the first-ever recipient of the AdvaMedDx Lifetime of Leadership & Service Award. 

As patient advocates, we’ve witnessed countless stories of hope deferred and lives put on hold while Medicare beneficiaries wait several years for access to breakthrough medical technologies that the FDA has already deemed safe and effective. This unacceptable delay between innovation and access must end. Innovation does not benefit patients without coverage.