Introduction to Medicine

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Frank Fischer


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Frank Fischer

President & CEO
NeuroPace, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA

Frank Fischer has more than more than 20 years of senior management experience in the medical device industry. He joined NeuroPace as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2000 and has served on the Company’s Board of Directors since 1998. Prior to joining NeuroPace, Mr. Fischer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Heartport, Inc., a cardiac surgery company, from May 1998 until September 1999 and served on Heartport’s Board of Directors. Mr. Fischer was President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ventritex, Inc., a company that pioneered implantable cardiac defibrillators, from 1987 until the sale of the company to St. Jude Medical, Inc. in early 1997. Before joining Ventritex, he spent ten years in various management positions at Cordis Corporation in the cardiac and neurosurgical device areas, serving most recently as President of the Implantable Products Division. Prior to that, he spent seven years with General Electric Company in a variety of operating positions. Mr. Fischer holds an M.S. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Currently, he serves on the boards of several privately held medical device companies.

 

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