Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 9, 2001
MANUEL (MANNY) A. VILLAFAA is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
ATS Medical, Inc. Prior to joining ATS, he was Latin American Sales
Manager for Medtronic, Inc. from 1967-1971; Founder of Cardiac
Pacemakers, Inc./Guidant, from 1972-1976; Founder of St. Jude Medical,
Inc., from 1976-1982; co-Founder, GV Medical, Inc., from 1982-1987. He
was Chairman, Founder & CEO for CABG Medical, Inc. (a company in the
field of cardiovascular surgery in the start-up phase). Profile
Medical?
Mr. Villafaa: ATS Medical was founded by a group of individuals who had
developed the St. Jude heart valve,
