Fayer Chronicles Her Journey in Medtech to Improve Women ’s Health

Marissa Fayer, a 20-year medtech executive, entrepreneur, and philanthropist stopped in to speak with MD+DI about the changes she has seen in healthcare and how women have helped shaped the medtech industry. She is the CEO and founder of non-profit HERHealthEQ and the president of advisory firm Fayer Consulting LLC,. MD+DI: You’ve made a tremendous impact in the healthcare industry – but tell me what led you to this field? Also, when you started your career how did the landscape in the profession look? Was it particularly diverse? How has it changed since you first started? You’ve worked with some pretty big players in the industry. Fayer: I have always been in the Medtech and medical device industry my entire career. I was recruited by a company right after university and never looked back. The industry is always growing, innovating, and changing which I felt was interesting. I also saw the impact of being able to help improve people’s lives in an indirect but meaningful way. The industry has certainly changed a lot, for the better. Healthcare generally does skew towards a more female-focused environment, but that wasn’t necessarily the case in the manufacturing and operations side of the business in a Medtech company. I knew I was always going to be among a small group of women, which was both hard and motivating at the same time. Over the past 20 years, it has changed sign...
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