Josh Makower, MD, literally wrote (or co-wrote) the book on Medtech Innovation. Makower is a general partner in New Enterprise Associates most recent fund, but he’s worked with the firm as a Venture Partner or EIR since 1995. Makower founded ExploraMed I, II, III, and IV Inc., a se-ries of NEA portfolio medical device incubators based on the West Coast that have created eight companies over the past 20 years. He also is co-founder of Stanford’s Biodesign Innova-tion Program.