PrepMD Graduates Second Session of Students

21 New Graduates Enter the Medical Device Industry as Trained Professionals PrepMD, a leading post graduate training and placement service in the medical device field, announced the graduation of its second session of trainees. The 21 graduates exit the 6-month program job ready and prequalified for careers as specialists in the field of Cardiac Rhythm Management. More than half of the second session trainees have secured positions at the largest medical device manufacturers in the industry including Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Sorin Group, Biotronik and St. Jude Medical prior to graduating. “We are thrilled to congratulate our second group of trainees at PrepMD on their recent graduation,” said Co-Founder and Managing Partner Matt O’Neal. “Professionals trained at PrepMD are entering an exciting, rewarding and lucrative field. This teaching model is also beneficial to employers because it provides a more efficient and cost effective way of training medical device specialists.” Students of PrepMD have the added benefit of career counseling and placement with over 85 percent of graduates being placed in the top companies in the medical device and healthcare industries. While many trainees have been placed at large medical device companies, a portion of the graduates have also been selected to work in health care settings managing pacemaker clinics and other practices. “We couldn’t be more pleased with the success facing our students upon graduating from PrepMD,” said Co-Founder and Managing Partner Bob Mattioli. “Our primary goal is to thoroughly prepare trainees for a career in Cardiac Rhythm Management or Electrophysiology, and our success rate of placing over 85 percent of graduates in the field is a testament to the efficiency of this model.” Students received approximately 1,000 hours of classroom instruction at PrepMD’s Braintree, Mass. campus on a range of topics including: cardiac anatomy and physiology, conduction system, EKG interpretation, programming, and troubleshooting of implantable pacemakers and defibrillators. The classroom instruction is complemented with hands-on work at PrepMD’s simulation labs designed to replicate actual procedure and clinic rooms. After completing classroom instruction, students complete PrepMD’s 13-week clinical rotation program in major medical centers around the greater Boston area. The recent graduates from PrepMD’s second session are: California * Kurtis Strang, Santa Barbara Illinois * Jocelyn Gonzalez, Chicago Massachusetts * Shana Ackles, Plainville * Hussam Almuayad, Boston * George Baird, Boston * Allison Clark, Raynham * David Delprete, Duxbury * Jodi Delprete, Duxbury * James Finn, Boston * Stacia Gillen, Carver * Ashley Johnson, Boston * Eric Klanderman, Attleboro * Anthony Monette, Spencer * Angela Moynihan, Somerville * Andrew Peebles, Pembroke * Jake Reynolds, Attleboro * Ashley Wilkinson, Duxbury Michigan * Jessica Traverse, East Lansing Minnesota * Ali Carlston, Minneapolis North Carolina * Jason Kindler, Charlotte * Drew Williams, Greenville About PrepMD PrepMD LLC (www.prepmd.com) is a post graduate training and placement service focused on delivering curriculum and educational support, specifically designed to prepare students for furthering careers in the medical device and healthcare industries. Founded by former professionals in the medical device field with more than 60 years total experience, PrepMD enrolls qualified applicants into a six-month program that gives them the training and skills required for high paying jobs with medical device manufacturers. PrepMD also serves as a career counseling and placement program where graduates move on to positions with a base level salary package averaging $100,000. Currently, PrepMD dedicates its educational resources to a course of study addressing the Cardiac Rhythm Management and Cardiac Electrophysiology sectors of the healthcare industry. This course of study is conducted within a state-of-the-art training facility in Braintree, Mass. and within observational sessions conducted among major medical centers throughout the Boston area.