ATLANTA, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CardioMEMS,
Inc., an Atlanta-based medical device company that has
developed and is commercializing a proprietary wireless sensing and
communication technology for the human body, announced today that
its founder and CEO,
Jay Yadav, M.D., is a finalist for the 25th annual 2011
Business Person of the Year Awards in the Experienced Entrepreneur
category. The awards are sponsored by the Metro Atlanta Chamber and
the Atlanta Business Chronicle and will be presented at a
luncheon on Wednesday, June 15 at the Loews Hotel in Atlanta.

In its 25th year, the Business Person of the Year Awards honor
outstanding small business professionals from the metro Atlanta
area. Dr. Yadav is a finalist in the “Experienced Entrepreneur”
category, which recognizes achievement by an entrepreneur who has
owned a business for at least five years and has demonstrated
exemplary business achievement, customer growth, community
leadership, industry influence and entrepreneurial success in the
past year. The award also acknowledges a business owner who has
earned public recognition and serves as a mentor for other
entrepreneurs.

Dr. Yadav, an interventional cardiologist, founded CardioMEMS in
2000 to develop new devices for the treatment of chronic
cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure. Dr. Yadav’s most
recent success is the Champion™ Heart Failure Monitoring
System, the first permanently implantable, wireless, battery-free
device that provides crucial cardiac information from home for
patients suffering from heart failure.  In 2010, CardioMEMS
completed its clinical trial for the Champion System, demonstrating
a 38% reduction in heart failure related hospitalizations.

More information on the 2011 Business Person of the Year Awards
and the luncheon on June 15 can be found at
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