MedTechVets Announces Veteran Placement Partnership with Insulet

Thousands of K-12 students returning to school this fall will face a cell phone use ban during instructional hours. Diabetes monitoring deserves an exception.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a new op-ed in The Washington Times, Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, laid out medtech’s vital role in the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, calling for policies that ensure faster, broader access to lifesaving medtech.

Explore how U.S. medtech manufacturing drives $250B in output, supports 3M jobs, leads in R&D, and fuels global exports.

AdvaMed’s 2024 Medtech Showcase on Capitol Hill featured 37 companies and 40+ innovations, connecting medtech leaders with U.S. policymakers.

AdvaMed’s annual Medtech Showcase and Reception on Capitol Hill seeks to inform a core audience: the members of the Congress and their staff who enact the policies that help our member companies reach patients with their transformative medtech.

Maria Artunduaga’s grandmother never smoked. However, like many members of her generation, she was exposed to second-hand cigarette smoke much of her life. When she developed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung monitoring technologies were inadequate. Maria’s grandmother lived until age 90, but the last years of her life were exhausting and limiting. Going to mass once a week was all she could endure.

MedTechVets, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting military veterans in transitioning into careers in the medical technology sector, proudly announces Mary McLoughlin will be consulting as Strategic Advisor effective July 1, 2024. With an extensive background in both healthcare policy and corporate leadership, Mary McLoughlin brings over 30 years of experience to MedTechVets. “As a former colleague, I have worked with Mary for 17 years and I know that she is intelligent, articulate and will provide strategic insight to help more veterans find careers with purpose in the Medical Technology Industry,” said Steve Mapa, President and Executive Director of MedTechVets.

Steve Mapa earned an engineering management degree at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Army during the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, as a second lieutenant. After active duty, looking for work, he found his military leadership experience didn’t register with private sector employers. At the time, in the early 1990s, programs to help veterans shift to private sector positions didn’t exist. “It was really quite the challenge to transition and find a career with purpose,” Steve told me on the Medtech POV podcast.