Nancy Hairston

Nancy Hairston is President and CEO of MedCAD, a medical technology company built on an innovative approach to the design and production of patient-matched medical devices. Harnessing precise imaging, surgical experience, and proprietary biomedical engineering technologies, MedCAD creates personalized, patient-matched medical devices and surgical plans for cranial defects, oral surgery, CMF trauma and reconstruction surgical procedures. The approach is 100% patient-customized, with every implant and every procedure planned and manufactured in-house in cooperation with a patient’s attending surgical team. By minimizing surgical complexity and procedure time, MedCAD technology enables superior patient outcomes throughout intervention, rehabilitation, and recovery.

Posts by Nancy Hairston

MedCity Influencers

Why Settle for Acceptable Versus Optimal Outcomes?

New 3D printed technology makes lower extremity surgeons architects of restoration, not adaptation.

MedCity Influencers

How Recent Changes in ‘Patient-Matched’ Technology Are Reshaping the Future of Surgical Care

The evolution of patient-matched medical devices represents more than just innovation in manufacturing and design. It marks a shift in clinical philosophy. Instead of shaping patients to fit implants, clinicians and device developers are harnessing technology to shape treatments around the individual.

Where Will AI Deployment Benefit Payers the Most?

We are taking a look at how health insurers are using AI, defining success, and managing cybersecurity risks. Give us your opinions by completing our brief, anonymous survey.

Automation Didn’t Dehumanize Care. Bad Systems Did.

We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring.

By Michael Blackman, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health®

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Why Pharma Companies Should Look To Social Media For Better Patient Insight

Healthcare decision-makers, especially at pharmaceutical companies, must prioritize patient input. Data collected from social media listening is a significant step in the right direction.

By Rohit Marwah

Closing the Quality-Affordability Gap in Workplace Mental Health

In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.

By Stephanie Baum

Nancy Hairston

Posts by Nancy Hairston

Why Settle for Acceptable Versus Optimal Outcomes?

How Recent Changes in ‘Patient-Matched’ Technology Are Reshaping the Future of Surgical Care

Where Will AI Deployment Benefit Payers the Most?

Tiny Health Secures $33M to Expand Microbiome Testing

Unite Us, Instacart Link Care Coordination and Grocery Benefits to Scale Food-as-Medicine

AstraZeneca Places a $2B Bet on a Summit Therapeutics Cancer Drug