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New AdvaMed Chair Lobo: Devices Has A Good Story To Tell

Nadim Yared Will Be A Hard Act To Follow For New AdvaMed Chair Kevin Lobo

 
• By Ashley Yeo

A whirlwind two-year stint as chair of the US medtech industry association, AdvaMed, came to end this month for CVRx’e energetic CEO Nadim Yared. Incoming chair, Stryker’s Kevin Lobo, comes from an altogether much larger concern, but he will continue Yared’s legacy of supporting SMEs, as well as bringing his own agenda to the role.

Stryker CEO Kevin Lobo
Kevin Lobo, CEO of Stryker and new AdvaMed chair • Source: Advamed/Stryker

CVRX CEO Nadim Yared will be a hard act to follow as AdvaMed chair, as his list of accomplishments over the past two years, as well as his ability to maintain the spotlight on the medtech industry in the US and beyond, have shown. In Kevin Lobo, CEO of Stryker Corp., the industry has a leader who will continue to push back the boundaries for SMEs, as well as developing his own agenda points.

Lobo’s two-year tenure was announced on March 27, and he knows that the 2012 medical device excise tax will continue...

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