9 women medtech leaders you need to know

 

Women account for 50.8% of the U.S. population, yet they only represent 14.8%  of all CEOs in the U.S., according to the Center for American Progress. About 78.4% of healthcare industry workers – but only 34.3% of all surgeons and physicians and 15.9% of medical school deans – are women, the center reports.

And according to a 2012 Forbes article, only 4% of healthcare CEOs are women.

March is Women’s History Month and today is International Women’s Day.

In honor of both, here are 9 women leaders who are trailblazing a path in the medical device industry.

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