Medical Tubing + Extrusion 
covers the latest trends related to catheter development and other tubing and extrusion news. We report on FDA clearances, approvals and Class I recalls for devices with tubing-related delivery systems, stents and more.
This publication also covers the technological advancements and developments of the manufacturing processes such as extrusion and injection molding, components such as connectors and seals, as well as a variety of materials like silicone. Other areas of focus include research and development, innovation, industry suppliers, tubing technologies delivering life-saving medtech and the extrusions used in manufacturing.
Our readers include engineers, medtech manufacturing decision makers, product development engineers and others within the life science marketplace.
Medical Tubing + Extrusion serves the medical device industry, including OEMs and other major medtech companies that are leading research and development within the catheter delivery system space.
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Meet the Team
Chris Newmarker
Executive Editor, Life Sciences
A professional journalist of 18 years, Chris Newmarker is a veteran of UBM (now Informa) and The Associated Press whose career has taken him from Ohio to Virginia, New Jersey and, most recently, Minnesota. He’s covered a wide variety of subjects, but his focus over the past decade has been business and technology. He presently manages WTWH Media life science news websites and publications including MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and more. Mr. Newmarker holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Ohio State University.
Jim Hammerand
Managing Editor, Life Sciences
Jim Hammerand has nearly two decades of professional journalism experience spanning newspapers, magazines, websites, radio and TV news. For nearly a decade, he reported and edited business news for American City Business Journals as a reporter and digital editor at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and then managing editor of the Puget Sound Business Journal in Seattle. Mr. Hammerand holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota. He is based near Seattle in Edmonds, Washington, where he and his family live.
Danielle Kirsh
Senior Editor, Life Sciences
Danielle Kirsh is an award-winning journalist and senior editor for Medical Design & Outsourcing, MassDevice, and Medical Tubing + Extrusion, and the founder of Women in Medtech and lead editor for Big 100. She received her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and mass communication from Norfolk State University and is pursuing her master’s in global strategic communications at the University of Florida.
Sean Whooley
Associate Editor, Life Sciences
Sean Whooley is a reporter who traded in the high school sports beat for the medical device beat in August 2019. He spent time covering sports in Twin Falls, Idaho, before returning to his native Massachusetts to report on high school athletics at The Eagle-Tribune. He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Vice President, Life Sciences
Mary Ann Cooke has more than 25 years of medical device sales, marketing and education experience. Prior to joining MassDevice, she worked for U.S. Surgical, and Abbott Diagnostics in multiple positions. During her tenure at U.S. Surgical she worked in a variety of positions including Senior Director of Centers of Excellence where she managed 40 major medical centers that received funding from U.S. Surgical for surgeon and resident training, product development, journal publications, education grants, and development of new technology. Ms. Cooke holds a Bachelor of Science from Ball State University.
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