FastWave Medical

Get ready for another fellows-themed interview, this time with Dr. Geoffrey Barnes, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan specializing in cardiovascular and vascular medicine. In this interview, Dr. Barnes candidly talks about his first year out of fellowship, how he eventually built a network of mentors, and insights he’s gleaned about the economics of healthcare. When Dr. Barnes said that his favorite activity was watching Disney movies with his daughter, we tracked down Adassa, the voice of Delores in Encanto, to send him a shoutout. Not only did she thank Dr. Barnes on our behalf for this interview, but also sang  ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ for his daughter. Don’t miss out this sweet moment in the video! 👇🏼 Here’s a teaser on the full conversation: ❓FastWave Medical: You’re well-published and have participated in a lot of medical research. What advice would you give to younger physicians interested in getting more involved with clinical trials? 💡Dr. Barnes: I recommend two things. First, make connections with faculty at your training center. Find out who’s leading projects that you can get involved in. Team up with someone who's doing something you're interested in or get them to support an idea you have. Second, build your network both inside and outside your institution. Connect on social media, go to national society meetings, and get involved in committees. Those connections with other leaders, both peers and mentors, are critical for opening up opportunities to be part of a paper, get involved in a trial, or anything else. Make a real effort to build your network. Check out the full interview with Dr. Barnes here: https://lnkd.in/gPNFrZJ3 

“As interventional cardiologists, we celebrate innovations, especially those for the heart and legs, that enable us to lead the battle against cardiovascular disease.  We can confidently say more frequently now, ‘There’s something we can do for you.’” Such a great quote to wrap up a really fun piece drafted by Drs. Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI and Art Lee that was featured in USA TODAY! 🗞️ In the article, Drs. Kaki and Lee discuss technology breakthroughs that are transforming heart health in both the heart and legs, including a call-out to what we’re working on at FastWave! 🫀 Here’s a link to the full story: https://lnkd.in/g4Bnyrju 

We’re back with a new fellows-themed interview featuring Dr. Kellie Brown, Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Chair of the Vascular Surgery Board, and a distinguished fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery. In this interview, she shares her top-10 list of what she wished she knew earlier in her career and candidly speaks about how to bridge knowledge gaps, strategies for teaching in the OR, and more. When Dr. Brown mentioned her favorite movie is The Sound of Music, which she loved watching with her late mom, we knew we had to make it special. So, we got Angela Cartwright, who plays Brigitta Von Trapp, to thank Dr. Brown with a cheerful "so long, farewell." Check it out below! 👇🏼 Here’s a teaser on the full conversation: ❓FastWave Medical: Successfully transitioning from research to educating other vascular surgeons requires a specific skill set. Any particular strategies that have contributed to your success in peer-to-peer training? 💡Dr. Brown: I’ve learned to talk a lot in the operating room about my decision-making process. Every step is a choice: where to clamp, patch or repair, stent or balloon, etc... I verbalize these options to explain my thought process. This encourages questions and helps trainees follow along. It also enabled them to understand that we don’t always know whether we’re doing the right thing while we’re doing it. Check out the full interview with Dr. Brown here: https://lnkd.in/gkDsq2Av

Here’s one of our co-founders, JC Sun, presenting the FastWave story and the #IVL milestones we’ve achieved in short order at the recent #OPCI2024 conference. 🎥 Huge thank you to Drs. Nelson Bernardo, Evan Shlofmitz, Richard Shlofmitz, Allen Jeremias, MD, MSc, Ziad Ali and Lawrence Garcia for inviting us to share our  journey on this prestigious platform. And big shoutout to Fernando Arturo Sosa and Jaimee Bracco Krumholz for putting on such a spectacular event! 🙌🏼 A warm thanks to Dr. Arthur Lee as well for making the introductions to the OPCI team.🤝 Stay tuned for more exciting updates on our progress!

We are thrilled to announce the successful 30-day results from the first-in-human (FIH) study of our advanced peripheral intravascular lithotripsy (#IVL) system! 🎉 This study demonstrates the safety and feasibility of FastWave’s IVL technology in treating patients with moderate to severe calcific disease in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. 👨🏽⚕️ 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝘀. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: “The overall improvement in the patients treated in the FastWave FIH study is really encouraging and provides compelling evidence supporting the feasibility and safety of the FastWave IVL system for further evaluation in a larger patient population in the U.S.”   - Dr. Miguel Montero Baker, Medical Director, HOPE Vascular and Podiatry “I am impressed by the performance of the FastWave peripheral IVL catheter – it’s both highly deliverable and easy to use. Achieving a 94% mean percent residual diameter stenosis reduction at the end of the procedure is equally impressive and the 30-day follow-up results reinforce the initial procedure’s success.” - Venkatesh Ramaiah MD, FACS, Founder of Pulse Cardiovascular and Chief of Complex Vascular Services and Network Director of Vascular Services HonorHealth 🧑🏼💻 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗘𝗢:  "The procedural data from the initial intervention and the 30-day results reinforce our confidence in the FastWave IVL system's potential to pave the way for a peripheral pivotal trial in the U.S. On behalf of the rest of our team, I’d like to express our sincere gratitude to the Principal Investigators for their exceptional clinical work and collaboration with the FastWave team in sharing these 30-day data.” - Scott Nelson, co-founder and CEO of FastWave Medical 📰 See the full release here: https://lnkd.in/gynhXit8

For our next fellows-themed interviews, we bring you insights from Dr. Eric J. Keller, interventional radiologist at Stanford Health Care and founder of the Applied Ethics in IR working group. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Interventional Initiative. In this interview, Dr. Keller talks about how your first year in practice feels like your second fellowship, how to engage in innovative research, the intricate relationship between the clinical and business aspects of healthcare, and more. When Dr. Keller said his favorite movie was Full Metal Jacket, we were able to get Tim Colceri, who plays the door gunner in the movie, to thank Eric for his contribution to the education of medical residents and fellows. Tim shares a few of his iconic lines from the movie, which you should definitely check out below.👇🏼 Here’s a teaser on the full conversation: ❓FastWave Medical: So-called “turf wars” are inevitable in almost any workplace setting, including healthcare. How do you approach this challenge and what’s your advice for graduating residents and fellows? 💡Dr. Keller: I actually studied interspecialty turf wars for years as a graduate student. I would say that disciplines and territories in healthcare are naturally going to overlap, ebb, and flow. You maintain your “turf” not by claiming you’re entitled to it but by demonstrating that you are best equipped to be there. Often, the teams that “compete” most effectively are multidisciplinary. We all have different strengths and weaknesses in our training, so I think remaining humble about what you can learn from others and how you can collaborate is key. I once had an interviewee put it like this: competition in healthcare should be Bears vs. Vikings, not linemen vs. wide receivers or IRs vs. vascular surgeons. Check out the full interview with Dr. Keller here: https://lnkd.in/gzHephkh

Thanks, Fatherly, for the coverage on #IVL and FastWave! And we concur that IVL is indeed the cool kid on the block! 😎 👨🏽⚕️ Here are a few quotes by a few renowned physicians featured in the article: “As patients age and present with complicating diagnoses like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, treating calcific artery disease has only become more prevalent and more challenging. With IVL, we have a powerful tool that can help us achieve the best possible outcomes and improve the quality of life for our patients.” - Farouc Jaffer, MD, PhD, Director, Coronary Intervention at Massachusetts General Hospital and  Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “Existing IVL technology has unquestionably marked a significant leap forward in our ability to treat calcified arterial lesions, but it also has significant limitations, such as deliverability, pulse count, and balloon durability. FastWave’s innovative approach addresses these limitations head-on. I am genuinely excited to see the impact this technology will have on patient outcomes and the future of our practice.” -  Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI, St. John’s Medical Center. Here’s our CEO Scott Nelson’s thoughts: “We're thrilled by the overwhelmingly positive reception to what we’re building and our team’s rapid progression from milestone to milestone. We’ll keep this momentum going to empower as many physicians as possible with advanced IVL technology.” Check out the full piece 👇🏽

Another month, another patent! 🎉 We’re pumped to announce that FastWave was recently granted its fifth utility patent for our next-generation #IVL technology. FastWave's advanced IVL platform, bolstered by this latest patent, addresses gaps in existing technology with the aim of improving ease of use and treatment efficiency. 👨🏼⚕️𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆: “FastWave's IVL systems have been designed with physician input to deliver meaningful improvements for the management of calcific disease, which is one of the most difficult challenges we face in treating blood flow-limiting vascular blockages. I am excited to witness FastWave’s team making tremendous advancements with their IVL technology, supported by a growing IP portfolio.” -  Dr. Peter Schneider, Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 🧑🏼💻 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗘𝗢 Scott Nelson:   “This issuance of FastWave’s fifth patent from the USPTO marks another milestone for our company and demonstrates clear progress with our unique IVL portfolio. The FastWave team highly values the collaboration with our medical advisors, translating real-world insights into compelling clinical solutions for the benefit of physicians and their patients.” 📰 See the full release here: https://lnkd.in/d2kc9QFc 

Here’s our CEO Scott Nelson’s interview with the one and only Dr. Bill Lombardi, renowned interventional cardiologist and host of ‘Journey to Better’. In this episode, Scott shares the ‘why’ behind FastWave and the strides our team has made in the IVL space, the role of a CEO as a decision-making machine, the life of entrepreneurs living in Edge City, and how to identify the right capital for your startup idea. Here are a few quotes from Scott: "The best CEOs understand that momentum is crucial and you need to be making decision after decision after decision. And hopefully, most of those are good, but undoubtedly, there are some decisions that you're going to get wrong, but the key is just making them decisively and quickly." "Be okay with reaching really, really far. And in most cases, the key is to have a team or people around you that are willing to go just as far. I mentioned @Justin Mares earlier, but he’s shared this concept where a lot of the best entrepreneurs that he knows live in a place called Edge City. And it's this ecosystem where they're always on the edge. They're always thinking about not only what can be done, but what really ought to be the thing that we're doing." Check out the full interview below. 👇🏼 And huge thanks to Dr. Lombardi for having Scott on the show!

We’re excited to share our latest fellows-themed interview with Dr. Samin K. Sharma, a renowned cardiologist who has performed some of the highest numbers of complex coronary interventions in the U.S. He is the Director of Interventional Cardiology at The Mount Sinai Hospital and the founder of the CCC Symposium and CCC Live, popular offline and online events dedicated to the education of cardiologists worldwide. In this discussion, Dr. Sharma talks about how to embark on collaborative research, build goodwill, and earn the respect of your colleagues. Dr. Sharma is a big Bollywood fan, so we got Indian television veteran and Bollywood star Micky Makhija to record a short message for him. Check it out below! 👇🏼 Here’s a teaser on the full conversation with Dr. Sharma: ❓FastWave Medical: Do you have any advice for improving presentation skills for those earlier in their careers who aspire to present data on stage but aren't quite confident yet? 💡Dr. Sharma: After you've practiced on your own, the next step is to rehearse in front of a colleague, preferably someone who doesn't intimidate you. This could be a junior colleague, or maybe a nurse or tech. But also, ask them to ask you questions. This helps build confidence. It’s important to not only have a well-prepared presentation but also to be ready for any questions that might come up. Check out the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ga828HZM