Joseph Sapiente

Joseph joins MDIC with over 37 years of medical device experience in quality and regulatory compliance, product registration, continuous improvement and new product development and innovation. Joseph has led Quality Operations and Compliance at Medtronic. He has held executive leadership roles in quality, regulatory, clinical affairs and professional medical education and training at Covidien, Tyco HealthCare and US Surgical. He led the Quality Begins with Me culture initiative for Covidien and the enterprise – wide QBWM role out at Medtronic.

Before joining MDIC, Joseph was the Vice President of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Surgical, Breast, Skeletal Health, for Hologic, Inc., manufacturers of life saving and life enhancing technologies in women’s health including, Breast Heath, Skeletal, Gyn Surgical and Diagnostic Solutions. In addition to his role at Hologic, Joseph served as Industry Chair and Steering Committee Chair of MDIC’s Case for Quality collaborative community and AdvaMed Case for Quality Working Group. Joseph has been an active member of the Case for Quality program at MDIC since 2012.