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"State of the Industry" Address Announced! |
| Posted by JointVentures on Sep 22 2009 |
| Event News >> News Flash |
“State of the Industry” Address
at JointVentures to be given by
Michael Matson, CFA
Senior Analyst, Medical Device Equity Research,
Wells Fargo Securities
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 • 8:15 to 8:45 a.m.
A leading Wall Street analyst, Michael Matson will provide valuable insight on the "bone-chilling" effects of healthcare reform and attempt to quantify its pending impact on the orthopedic and spine markets.
Important topics that will be covered:
- What are the aspects of reform that you can leverage to grow your ortho/spine business?
- How can increased coverage for the uninsured drive revenues?
- Comparative effectiveness: What is the impact on innovation?
- Reimbursement changes: Are price cuts looming?
- What is the net effect of reform on ortho/spine?
Mr. Matson is a Director and Senior Equity Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities covering the Medical Technology/Devices sector. He joined the firm in 2004 as an associate analyst and has more than eight years of industry and sell-side medical device experience. He currently covers 16 medical device companies including 11 orthopedics and spine companies.
He started at Stryker as a design engineer; and returned to Stryker after business school and worked in marketing as a product manager on a knee-implant product line. He was ranked No. 4 in the Medical Equipment and Supplies industry in The Wall Street Journal’s 2006 Best on the Street Stock Picking survey and No. 2 stock picker in the Health Care Equipment and Supplies industry in the Financial Times’ 2007 World’s Top Analysts report. Mr. Matson earned a BS in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University and an MBA with a health care concentration from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business and is a CFA charterholder. He is also a U.S. patent holder for a medical device invention (U.S. patent #6,919,914).
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