Kayleen Brown

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Medical technology journalist and Managing Editor at DeviceTalks. Six series I host or co-host, the stages I have moderated since 2016, and bylined reporting across five publications.

Guests have included leaders from Medtronic, Abbott, Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences, GE HealthCare, Stryker, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Intuitive, Dexcom, Hologic and Baxter International, alongside the founders of more than forty early stage medical device companies.

6Shows hosted
80+Episodes hosted
100+Leaders interviewed
60+MedTech companies
5Publications
Kayleen Brown recording a studio interview on the DeviceTalks Podcast Network set

Shows

Shows I host

Six series, hosted or co-hosted end to end.

Meet the Innovators video series artwork, MedTech Strategist

Meet the Innovators

Host · Video series · MedTech Strategist

A founder interview series for MedTech Strategist. Twenty four early stage medical device companies, each explaining the problem they set out to solve. Every episode was also published as a written interview on MedTech Strategist.

View 24 episodes of Meet the Innovators
AbbottTalks podcast artwork, DeviceTalks Podcast Network

AbbottTalks

Co-Host · Podcast · DeviceTalks

A long running conversation with Abbott engineers, clinicians and executives about cardiac rhythm management, structural heart, vascular, neuromodulation and diabetes care.

View 18 episodes of AbbottTalks
Women in MedTech podcast artwork, DeviceTalks Podcast Network

Women in MedTech

Host · Podcast · DeviceTalks

Leadership and product development conversations with women running medtech teams at Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, Intuitive, Boston Scientific, Biolinq and others.

View 12 episodes of Women in MedTech
FOMO, Future of MedTech Opportunities video series artwork, DeviceTalks

FOMO: Future of MedTech Opportunities

Host · Video series · DeviceTalks

Short forward looking interviews on where a technology goes next. Guests have come from Dexcom, Boston Scientific, Baxter International, Stanford University, Cirtec Medical, Novanta and AcuityMD.

View 12 episodes of FOMO
DeviceTalks AI video podcast artwork, DeviceTalks Podcast Network

DeviceTalks AI

Host · Video podcast · DeviceTalks

How artificial intelligence and machine learning are actually being deployed in medical devices, with chief AI officers and engineering leaders from Medtronic, GE HealthCare, Hologic, Asensus Surgical, Sanofi and Microsoft.

View 9 episodes of DeviceTalks AI
Kayleen Brown interviewing a guest in the DeviceTalks podcast studio

DeviceTalks Spotlight

Host · Webcast · DeviceTalks

A supplier focused webcast series recorded for DeviceTalks, covering sterilization, biocompatibility, test and measurement and contract manufacturing.

View 6 episodes of DeviceTalks Spotlight

Meet the Innovators, hosted by Kayleen Brown and published by MedTech Strategist

AbbottTalks, co-hosted by Kayleen Brown and published by DeviceTalks

Women in MedTech, hosted by Kayleen Brown and published by DeviceTalks

Kayleen Brown delivering opening remarks at the Women in MedTech Breakfast, DeviceTalks Minnesota, May 2025 Keynote · 6:26

Women in MedTech Breakfast at DeviceTalks Minnesota, Opening Remarks

DeviceTalks Minnesota · May 1, 2025 · Published by DeviceTalks on YouTube

On stage

On stage

I have been moderating keynote interviews and panels at medtech conferences since 2016, on stages in San Francisco, Boston and Minnesota, and internationally in Dublin and Paris.

10+Keynotes
30+Panels moderated
2016Since

From the stage

Photography by DeviceTalks

Kayleen Brown speaking with a microphone on stage at DeviceTalks Minnesota
Kayleen Brown moderating a five person panel on the main stage at DeviceTalks Boston
Kayleen Brown interviewing a guest on stage at the DeviceTalks West Innovation and Industry Forum
Kayleen Brown listening during a panel discussion at DeviceTalks Boston
Kayleen Brown on a panel at the MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit in San Francisco
Kayleen Brown speaking from the podium at DeviceTalks Boston
Kayleen Brown opening the Women in MedTech Breakfast at DeviceTalks Boston
Kayleen Brown moderating a session for a full room at the DeviceTalks West Innovation and Industry Forum
Most of my stage work is not public. Conference sessions at DeviceTalks are recorded for registered attendees only, so they do not appear here. The sessions below were released publicly by DeviceTalks.

Written

Written work

Bylined reporting and analysis on medical technology and the business of healthcare.

43Articles
5Publications
2021Since
Kayleen Brown asking a question from the audience at DeviceTalks Minnesota
Newsweek Medical Design and Outsourcing MedTech Strategist MassDevice TMG360 Media
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Kayleen Brown and Tom Salemi recording DeviceTalks Weekly live at a DeviceTalks conference

Segment host

Segment Host

Recurring segments inside the DeviceTalks Weekly podcast, including keynote interviews recorded live at DeviceTalks Boston, DeviceTalks Minnesota and DeviceTalks West. Published by DeviceTalks.

40+Segments
12Keynote interviews
2023Since
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Keynote interviews on DeviceTalks Weekly, 12 episodes

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Guest Appearances

Shows and panels I was invited onto.

Kayleen Brown recording an episode of Careers On The Line with Joe Mullings

Careers On The Line

The Mullings Group, hosted by Joe Mullings. On building the Meet the Innovators series for MedTech Strategist.

About this work and who owns it. Most of what you see here was produced for DeviceTalks, a brand of Arrowfly LLC, where I work as Managing Editor. I do not own this content and it is shown here with permission. The Meet the Innovators series was produced for and is owned by MedTech Strategist. Everything else belongs to the publication named beside it. All rights remain with Arrowfly LLC, MedTech Strategist, Newsweek, Medical Design & Outsourcing and MassDevice respectively. Every item links to its original source and no audio, video or artwork is hosted on this site.

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