The Magic of Innovation: An Interview with Billy Cohn, MD

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A world-renowned cardiac surgeon, Billy Cohn has also been developing important new cardiovascular devices for several decades, earning a reputation as one of the leading physician entrepreneurs. Now, as head of J&J’s Center for Device Innovation, Cohn is expanding his influence and role in technology development, working on both his own creations as well as those of a host of promising start-ups.

When Johnson & Johnson set about to recruit someone to lead its new Center for Device Innovation (CDI), a program designed to foster early-stage medical device innovation located on the sprawling campus of Houston’s Texas Medical Center, there may have been other candidates considered, but no one seems quite so appropriate a choice as Billy Cohn, MD.

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