ARTICLE SUMMARY:
It is appropriate that two long-time friends and industry giants, Tom Fogarty and Mike Mussallem, have teamed up to launch an innovation prize in the name of the pioneering surgeon/inventor/entrepreneur.
For the better part of the last half century, the name Dr. Tom Fogarty has been virtually synonymous with innovation in medical devices. Now, Mountain View, CA-based Fogarty Innovation, Fogarty’s namesake incubator, is institutionalizing that relationship with the launch of a new award to be given annually called the Thomas J. Fogarty Innovation Prize.
Open by application to all comers, the award recognizes the development and commercialization of a life-changing medical technology. The winner will be selected based on the recommendation of an advisory board made up of distinguished medtech executives, including Dorothy Abel; K. Angela Macfarlane;Mike Mussallem; Asha Nayak, MD, PhD; Carla Pugh, MD, PhD; Bill Starling; and Allan Will.
