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Shadan Brings Multi-Perspective View Of Medtech To AdvaMed Accel Chair Post

Device tax, reimbursement predictability and empowering women in the medtech industry are some of Martha Shadan's top priorities for her two-year term as board chair of AdvaMed Accel, the small-company-advocacy arm of the trade group.

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Taking the reins of the AdvaMed Accel board, industry veteran Martha Shadan has multiple priorities on her mind for smaller medtech companies, including fighting for more predictability on the reimbursement side, permanently ending the 2.3% medical device excise tax and continuing her work to empower more women to take leadership positions.

Shadan is as seasoned executive in the medtech industry. With three decades of experience in the life-sciences industry, she stepped up to the plate as chair of AdvaMed's Accel board of directors for a two-year term at the end of March

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