Yih Wei Chen

Yih Wei Chen is the Director of Strategic Marketing at Aerin Medical. Yih has over 18 years of experience in the medical device industry, including in global marketing, business development, and strategy.

Chen started their career as an Associate Scientist at Johnson & Johnson, where they worked for four years on research projects in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Yih then transitioned to Genentech, where they worked as a Research Assistant for one year. In 2010, they were an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow at JC Penney.

In 2011, Chen began working in marketing at Abbott Laboratories. Yih interned in the vascular division, designing and executing a strategic market assessment of the Southeast Asia region. Yih then transitioned to Medtronic, where they worked for seven years in the brain therapies division on strategic planning, market and competitive intelligence, market and financial modeling, and external partnerships and relationship management.

In 2019, Chen joined Stryker as a Global Marketing Manager in the Neurovascular division, where they focused on IntraCranial Atherosclerotic Disease (ICAD). Yih left Stryker in 2021 to join Aerin Medical as Director of Strategic Marketing.

Yih Wei Chen has a MS in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan- School for Environment and Sustainability, an MBA from the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and a BS in Biology, Economics from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

They work with and Vasey Hargreaves - Senior Director, Commercial Marketing. Yih Wei Chen reports to Natalie Shlafman, VP, Marketing.