Cardiovascular Technologies to be Highlighted at 5th Annual Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit...( CEOs Venture Capitalists Medical and...),Health

CEOs, Venture Capitalists, Medical and Media Leaders Speakers and Panels;

Live Surgeries and 'Top 10' Innovations List to be Featured

CLEVELAND, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleveland Clinic will host its annual Medical Innovation Summit, an international gathering of health care, business and media leaders to examine trends in medical innovation and cardiovascular technologies, Oct. 1-3.

The 2007 Medical Innovation Summit will feature:

-- Nationally Recognized Speakers and Panelists: Sidney Taurel, Eli

Lilly; George Buckley, 3M; Bill Hawkins, Medtronic; Stephen Hemsley,

UnitedHealth Group; Tony Zook, AstraZeneca; and many other CEOs, top

venture investors, medical leaders and network correspondents will

explore top technology issues in cardiovascular medicine including

drug-eluting stents, stem cells, personalized care, wellness,

implantable devices, and treating arrhythmias of the heart. A complete

list of speakers is available online at

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/innovations/summit/.

-- "Top 10" Health Care Innovations: Cleveland Clinic clinicians and

researchers will announce and discuss their second annual selection of

the "Top 10" medical innovations they expect to have a significant

impact in 2008.

-- Live Surgeries: Two live, interactive surgeries will illustrate state

of the art treatments for cardiovascular disease. Surgeries will be

broadcast in the Bank of America Conference Center of the

InterContinental Hotel Cleveland each morning at 7:30 a.m.

This marks the fifth year Cleveland Clinic has hosted this international gathering of industry decision-makers to dissect advances revolutionizing health care and accelerate the application of life-saving cardiovascular technologies. The 2007 Me
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