10 women medtech leaders you should know

March 23, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

Mary Szela

President and CEO, Surefire Medical

Mary Szela, president and CEO of Surefire Medical [Image from LinkedIn]

Mary Szela has served as Surefire Medical’s president and CEO since January.

Prior to her arrival to Surefire Medical, Szela was CEO of Novelion Therapeutics, CEO of Melinta Pharmaceuticals and senior VP of global strategic marketing and services at Abbott Laboratories. She has also served as a board member for Novo Nordisk, Suneva Medical and Coherus BioSciences.

Szela received her bachelor degree in nursing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She went on to get her masters of business administration from the same university.

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Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master's in global strategic communications at the University of Florida. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at dkirsh@wtwhmedia.com.