Medical Design & Outsourcing covers the technical advances fueling innovation in the design, development and contract manufacturing aspects of medical devices and equipment.
In addition to posting several staff-written stories per day, we publish a print edition seven times a year with themes such as leadership in medtech, enabling technologies, hot topics, contract manufacturing, women in medtech, the medical device equipment handbook and the Big 100, an in-depth look at the biggest medtech companies in the world.
The print editions (also available online) include staff-written features and columns as well as contributions from experts across the industry.
Our readers span the medtech industry, including OEMs, contract manufacturers, researchers, regulators, design engineers, executive teams and patent attorneys.
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Medical Design & Outsourcing is a MassDevice-affiliated medical device industry news website, owned by Cleveland-based WTWH Media. We stand by journalistic ethics to provide the most up-to-date, accurate and fairly reported information for our readers.
Jim Hammerand
Managing Editor, Life Sciences
Jim Hammerand has nearly two decades of professional journalism experience spanning newspapers, magazines, websites, radio and TV news. For nearly a decade, he reported and edited business news for American City Business Journals as a reporter and digital editor at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and then managing editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal in Seattle. Mr. Hammerand holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. He is based near Seattle in Edmonds, Washington, where he and his family live. Follow him on LinkedIn here.
Chris Newmarker
Editor in chief, Life Sciences
A professional journalist of 18 years, Chris Newmarker is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He presently manages WTWH Media life science news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. Mr. Newmarker holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University. Follow him on LinkedIn here.
Danielle Kirsh
Senior Editor, Life Sciences
Danielle Kirsh received a bachelor’s degree in mass communication and broadcast journalism from Norfolk State University in 2015. She joined WTWH Media in 2016, working on the medical brands. Follow her on LinkedIn here.
Mary Ann Cooke
Vice President, Life Sciences
Mary Ann Cooke has more than 25 years of medical device sales, marketing and education experience. Prior to joining Medical Design & Outsourcing, she worked for U.S. Surgical, and Abbott Diagnostics in multiple positions. During her tenure at U.S. Surgical she worked in a variety of positions including Senior Director of Centers of Excellence where she managed 40 major medical centers that received funding from U.S. Surgical for surgeon and resident training, product development, journal publications, education grants, and development of new technology. Ms. Cooke holds a Bachelor of Science from Ball State University.
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