Medical Device Career Training and Placement Company to Graduate 175th Student Maintaining 94% Placement Rate

Braintree, MA - September 30, 2014 - PrepMD, a leading post graduate training and placement service in the medical device field, announced today that it will graduate its 175th student on October 3rd, 2014. Since seating its first class of students in 2010, PrepMD has placed 94% percent of its graduates in new careers as medical device clinical specialists. “We are excited to once again be graduating a strong class of trained professionals to support the growing population of patients receiving medical device therapy. These graduates will step into rewarding careers in the medical device industry that require significant technical training. When we look at the climate that all career seekers face today, we are pleased to be maintaining our 94% placement rate,” said Bob Mattioli, PrepMD co-founder and managing partner. “This class has already had more than 70% of its students with job offers in hand before they even walk across the stage.” PrepMD, now in its fourth year, has placed trainees in careers in the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) field at the largest medical device manufacturers in the industry such as Boston Scientific, Sorin Group, BIOTRONIK, Medtronic, Stereotaxis, and St. Jude Medical, as well as start-up and growth companies like Impulse Dynamics, PrepMD Professionals, and Topera Inc. In addition, trainees have also been selected to work in healthcare settings managing pacemaker clinics and other practices. PrepMD has a revolutionary business model that is beneficial to both employers as well as graduates by providing a more efficient and cost-effective way of training medical device specialists. “To date, we have had students from over 35 different states attend one of our 13 sessions. Over 80 hiring managers have come to PrepMD to recruit our career candidates who have taken jobs in over 30 different states,” said Matt O’Neal, PrepMD co-founder and managing partner. “It is clear that industry is embracing PrepMD’s training model, which is built around specialized knowledge central to the medical device industry. With the added benefit of career placement services that we provide, it is a true win for both the career candidate and the hiring company.” Graduates receive 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 the actual procedure and clinic rooms. After completing classroom instruction, students complete PrepMD’s clinical rotations program in major medical centers around the greater Boston area. About PrepMD PrepMD LLC 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 earning on average $90,000 and more. 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.