The Team

President, John DeHaan Foundation

Medical Director, Senior Cardiologist, Professor, and Flight Surgeon at the Minnesota Cardiovascular Research Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Center for Applied Vascular Biology and Interventions - Mayo Foundation, Mayo Medical School, and the US Air Force.

With over 500 peer-reviewed publications and more than 200 patents, Dr. Schwartz is the inventor/co-inventor of several industry-leading devices, including the Watchman LAA implant (Boston Scientific) and the Safari TAVR guidewire.

Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Fellowship

University of Colorado, Denver, Doctorate

Master of Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Engineering Physics

Director of Structural Heart at Atrium Health

TAVR Clinician and Proctor, with over 2,000 TAVR procedures performed.

Key Opinion Leader (KOL) and advisor for Medtronic, Edwards, Boston Scientific, and Abbott. Frequent speaker at global Structural Heart conferences.

Chief Fellow Cardiovascular, Bio Design Innovation, Interventional Cardiology

Chief Medical Resident, Adult/Congenital Heart Disease

Biomedical Engineering at Stanford University School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Minneapolis Heart Institute, University of Minnesota, and Northwestern University

Medical Device Industry Executive with 23+ years of leadership experience. Currently, he directs Global Business Development for Invibio Implantable Biomaterials AIMD, Heart Failure & Structural Heart.

Previously, Ron served as VP of Marketing, Executive Director of Structural Heart, and Director of Innovation at Caresyntax AI, Synovis (Baxter), Omni-tract Surgical (Integra Neuro), Lake Region Medical (Integer), Heraeus, and CPC (Dover Corp).

He has led the development and licensing of devices to Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott, and J&J.

Ron holds patents in surgical and piezoelectric, sensor-based catheters, and guidewires.