The Stanford Biodesign Innovation Program, in cooperation with Windhover Information, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and PricewaterhouseCoopers, presents a unique opportunity to hear Michael Mussallem, interviewed by David Cassak, Managing Partner, Windhover Information.
Michael A. Mussallem is chairman and chief executive officer of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the world's leader in heart valve technologies. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards leverages its research, design, development and marketing expertise through five main product categories: Heart Valve Therapy, Critical Care, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Therapy, and Percutaneous Heart Valve Interventions.
Mussallem has headed Edwards Lifesciences since it was spun off from Baxter International Inc. and began operating as an independent, publicly traded company (NYSE:EW) in April 2000. Previously, he was responsible for the worldwide operations of both Baxter's CardioVascular business, which he had headed since 1995, and its Biopharmaceuticals business, which he had been appointed to lead in 1998.
Mussallem joined Baxter in 1979 and progressed through a variety of increasingly responsible positions in manufacturing, engineering and product development. He was named president of Baxter's Critical Care Division in 1993, and group vice president of Baxter's Surgical Group in 1994. From 1996 through 1998, he chaired Baxter's Asia-Pacific Board, which coordinated all of Baxter's regional initiatives. Previously, he worked for Union Carbide.
Mussallem currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Advanced Medical Optics (AMO) Inc. He also serves on the board of directors of the California Healthcare Institute, the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), where he also chairs the International Committee, and OCTANe. Mussallem is also a member of the business roundtable of the Keck Graduate Institute and a member of the UCI Chief Executive Roundtable. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1974 and an honorary doctorate in 1999 from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.