Memphis medical device sector boasts nearly $4.1 billion impact
Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Beverly Robertson takes notes before speaking at the Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference at the FedEx Institute of Technology Sept. 20, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A new report shows the Greater Memphis area’s medical device industry, which has a nearly $4.1 billion yearly impact on the local economy, added nearly 2,000 jobs and grew its economic output by $1.4 billion since 2015.
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Greater Memphis Medical Device Council Greater Memphis Chamber medical device industry Beverly Robertson Gwyn FisherAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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