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July 31, 2024

Kestra Medical Technologies

Cohen

Kestra Medical Technologies, a privately held wearable medical device and digital healthcare company, named Raymond Cohen to the board of directors as a new independent board director. Cohen is an accredited public company director with more than 40 years of life sciences industry experience. He currently serves as CEO and board member at Irvine, CA-based Axonics, a global medtech company Cohen cofounded in late 2013 and took public in October 2018. Earlier this year, Axonics agreed to be acquired by Boston Scientific for $3.7 billion. Cohen also serves as an independent director of SoniVie, a clinical-stage company developing a device treatment for hypertension and BiVACOR, a clinical-stage company developing a Total Artificial Heart. Cohen received the 2024 MedTech MVP Award and was also named Businessperson of the Year by the Orange County Business Journal. In 2021, Cohen received a lifetime achievement award from SoCal Bio for his four decades of work in medical technology. In 2020, Cohen was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young for the Southwest U.S.




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