Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> June 29, 2015

Interview with the CEO and Director: Viveve Medical Inc. (VIVMF)

Patricia Scheller
Patricia Scheller is Chief Executive Officer and Director of Viveve Medical Inc. Ms. Scheller’s commitment to the health care industry spans more than 25 years. Prior to joining Viveve, she served as the CEO of Prescient Medical, Inc. — PMI — a privately held company that developed diagnostic imaging catheters and coronary stents designed to reduce deaths from heart attacks. Before PMI, she was the CEO of SomaLogic, a molecular diagnostic company dedicated to developing protein signature arrays. Ms. Scheller also managed several business units at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, a Johnson & Johnson company, and served in key executive positions at Dade Behring, a clinical diagnostics firm. In addition, she was Director of Cardiology Systems at Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company renowned for pioneering vascular disease treatments. There, she was responsible for launching the PALMAZ-SCHATZ balloon-expandable stent, the first stent to achieve over a billion dollars in sales. Ms. Scheller received a B.S. in engineering degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University, and completed executive business education programs at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University and Northwestern University.     Profile
TWST: Could you provide an overview of the company, including information about when you began?

Ms. Scheller: Viveve Medical is a company focused on women's health. The company was