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About the Program
9th Largest
Canada has the World's 9th Largest Medical Technology Market
1500+ Companies
Canada is Home to over 1500 MedTech Companies
36,000 Employed
Canadian MedTech Companies Employ 36,000 Canadians
A Growing Industry
Advancements in medical technology improve the lives of Canadians everyday by providing more accurate diagnoses, enhancing treatments, reducing disabilities, and delivering better medical care.
Medical technology provides more accurate diagnoses, enhancing treatments, reducing disabilities, and delivering better medical care.
9th Largest Market
Canada has the ninth largest medical technology market – and with an aging population, it’s a market that’s projected to grow steadily over the next decade.
At the center of this economic growth is the need for new talent skilled in the area of medical technologies.
Skills Training
While Canada is known for its highly educated population, we have a shortage of skilled and experienced employees in the medtech sector.
The MedTech Talent Accelerator program aims to solve this problem by advancing skills development and training in medical technologies.
Advisory Board
Noel Courage
Bereskin & Parr LLP | Partner | Chair
Brian Lewis
Founder | President, Brian Lewis and Associates In
Colin Foster
Health Canada| Medical Devices Bureau;
Director | Bureau of Device Licensing Services at Health Canada
Linda Maxwell
Toronto Metropolitan University & St Michael's Hospital | Director, Biomedical Zone
Isabel Galiana
Saccade Analytics | CEO
Andre Tremblay
Agile MV | Partner,
Chief Technology Officer
Gareth Davies
Baylis Medical | R&D Director, Advanced Development
Brian Kalis
Accenture | Managing Director, Health Strategy
Desmond Hirson
Desmond Hirson
Moleculight | Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Waldman
Toronto Metropolitan University | Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science | Academic & RU Lead | Ex-officio
Ahmad Haidar
McGill University | Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | McGill Academic Lead | Ex-officio
M. Adnan Syed
Toronto Metropolitan University | Director,
MedTech Talent Accelerator,
Administrative Lead | Ex-officio
Jesse Ehrlick
McGill University | Program Manager,
MedTech Talent Accelerator | Ex-officio
Mary Susan Thomson
Toronto Metropolitan University | Program Manager,
MedTech Talent Accelerator | Ex-officio
Academic Team
Stephen Waldman
Toronto Metropolitan University | Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
Ahmad Haidar
McGill University | Biomedical Engineering,
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Mark Driscoll
McGill University | Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Robert Kearney
McGill University | Biomedical Engineering,
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
April Khademi
Toronto Metropolitan University | Electrical & Computer Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
Miranda Kirby
Toronto Metropolitan University | Physics,
Faculty of Science
Sara Mahshid
McGill University | Bioengineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Maryam Tabrizian
McGill University | Biomedical Engineering,
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Mark Towler
Toronto Metropolitan University | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
Scott Tsai
Toronto Metropolitan University | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
Administrative Team
Ahmad Haidar
McGill University | Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Stephen Waldman
Toronto Metropolitan University | Chemical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science
M. Adnan Syed
Toronto Metropolitan University | Director,
MedTech Talent Accelerator
Mary Susan Thomson
Toronto Metropolitan University | Program Manager,
MedTech Talent Accelerator
Roumaan Issemdar
McGill University | Program Manager, MedTech Talent Accelerator
Jesse Ehrlick
McGill University | Past Program Manager, MedTech Talent Accelerator
Melissa Saldutto
Toronto Metropolitan University | Project Manager Assistant,
MedTech Talent Accelerator
Bianca Perry
Toronto Metropolitan University |
Past Project Manager Assistant,
MedTech Talent Accelerator
Rabeh Siddiqi
Toronto Metropolitan University |
Past Project Manager Assistant,
MedTech Talent Accelerator
Ilsa Khan
Ilsa Khan
Toronto Metropolitan University | Past Project Manager Assistant,
MedTech Talent Accelerator
Industry Partners
Industry Partners
Andre Bertam
Helpware | CEO
Robert Brooks
SensOR | CEO
Matt Brunsting
CellScale | Technical Support
Dorin Cioraca
SciCan | Director of Special Projects
Collin Foster
Health Canada | Medical Devices Bureau
Bibiani Garcia-Bailo
NutriGenomics | Director, R&D
Donal Gerson
pnuVax | CEO
Colin Harding
Iris Techologies | CEO
Desmond Hirson
VentriPoint | President
Etienne Legace
Agile MV | Managing Director
Brian Lewis
MEDEC | CEO
Wayne Li
NextupCare | CEO
Dan Lichtman
Inter-medico | CEO
Guido Mitchell
Roche Diabetes Care | Country Manager
Julia Peng
VivaVax | CEO
David Rempel
Perimeter Medical | R&D Lead and Founder
Mojgan Rezvani
Humber Collage | School of Health Sciences
Zach Rothbart
DashMD | CEO
Gennadi Saiko
Oxilight | CEO
Ben Sainsbury
Marion Surgical | CEO
Peter Scarrott
Trudell Medical International | Director of Product Development
Fazilla Seker
Molli Surgical | CEO
Eliav Shaked
RetiSpec | CEO
Brent Shelley
Baylis Medical | Director, Project Management
Beau Standish
7D Surgical | CEO
Jamie Tremaine
Gesture | CEO
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We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).