David Cassak
David Cassak has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to co-founding Innovation In Medtech, LLC, he served as Vice President, Content and Managing Director, Medical Devices for Elsevier Business Intelligence, a Reed Elsevier Company, now part of Informa Business Information, where he wrote extensively on the medical device industry for Windhover’s monthly publications, IN VIVO and START-UP. He is also a frequent speaker before various companies and industry trade groups.
Prior to joining Elsevier, David Cassak worked for nearly 20 years at Windhover Information Inc., a company he founded with his business partner, Roger Longman, which spun out the publications business of The Wilkerson Group, a leading management consulting firm at the time. Long known for publishing IN VIVO, widely recognised as the premier provider of business intelligence in the healthcare industry, Windhover launched a number of other successful publications, including START-UP: Emerging Medical Ventures, and The RPM Report: Regulation • Policy • Market Access.
In 2004, Windhover acquired Medtech Insight, Inc., which published the MEDTECH INSIGHT: Medical Technology Market Intelligence newsletter. While at Windhover / EBI, David also organised and produced numerous conferences around the world, including the Investment in Innovation (In3) medical device partnering conference series, as well as such pharma-focused conferences as Pharmaceutical Strategic Alliances, Euro-Biotech and BIO- Windhover. In 2008, Windhover was acquired by Elsevier, which formed Elsevier Business Intelligence, combining the products of Windhover and F-D-C Reports, publishers of The Gray Sheet and The Pink Sheet, among other industry newsletters.
Latest contributions
PCR Innovators Day - Follow-up and technology updates
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
In this EuroPCR 2022 session, find out more about how mastering heart failure treatment by empowering physicians and patients, discover a novel approach for fluid removal, an adjustable interatrial shunt system, and much more!
PCR Innovators Day - Competition for the Jon DeHaan Award
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Best-graded contributions for the Innovators Day were considered for this competition. Among them, find out more about transcatheter calcium modifying treatment of the stenotic aortic valve, capture technology for treating mitral regurgitation, or transcatheter microwave renal denervation guided by aorticorenal ganglion pacing.
PCR Innovators Day - Jon DeHaan Award winner announcement
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
After a look back at the winners of previous editions, find out who the finalists are for 2022 before the suspense is lifted and the winners are finally revealed.
Innovations in simulation-based training, procedural planning, monitoring and robotic PCI
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
In this session, find out more about telemedicine, mixed reality technology in CTO proctoring, new-human grade simulator for ViV procedure planning, distance proctoring for transseptal TMVR, stent positioning assistance system, and robotic PCI.
Roundtable discussion - Adapting Innovation to new (or shifting) economic incentives
20 May 2019 – From PCR Innovators Day 2019
Have you ever not used a technology on a patient simply because it's expensive? That's the question experts are debating on at this interesting roundtable discussion during PCR innovators day 2019. Watch to find out more!
Mitral and tricuspid interventions
20 May 2019 – From PCR Innovators Day 2019
Consult this session to learn more about the disruptive technologies developed by 4C Medical Technologies, Epygon and Tau-PNU, allowing a better treatment of mitral regurgitation.
Closing remarks - PCR Innovators Day 2019
20 May 2019 – From PCR Innovators Day 2019
Consult this session to discover the closing remarks on PCR Innovators Day 2019, regarding the presentations of innovative technologies: Cavis Technologies' WireCath, CorFlow Therapeutics, Procerion and GENOSS.
PCR Innovators Day Steering commitee
09 Jan 2017
Join the major actors in the field of innovation in interventional cardiology! Find out about the Steering Committee