Marshall S. Stanton

Marshall Stanton is a senior executive in healthcare focusing on medical devices, including management of worldwide businesses with >$1B revenue. His experience has included P/L management, launching new products and therapies, negotiating with FDA and CMS (Medicare), acquisition and integration of companies, and leading clinical research organizations. Dr. Stanton began his career at the Mayo Clinic as a cardiologist, where he was on staff for 10 years and as an associate professor of Medicine. He has been a board member of medical device and services companies, a hospital, and academic institutions. Presently, Dr. Stanton is senior VP, of Clinical Research, and CMO at Artivion (formerly CryoLife), where he joined in March 2021.

Prior to joining Artivion, Marshall spent 21 years at Medtronic as a CO and senior VP. While there, he was president of the $1.3B pain therapies business unit, general manager of the $1.4B implantable defibrillator business, and general manager of the Japan cardiac rhythm management and external defibrillator businesses. He also led clinical research departments including that of the $8B cardiac and vascular group. In addition to mentoring many employees, he was a member of the leadership team of the Medtronic Women’s Network. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia.