Healthcare >> Analyst Interviews >> July 13, 1998

Medical Technology Stocks : David A. Gruber – Piper Jaffray

DAVID A. GRUBER is a Senior Vice President with Lehman Brothers, where he heads the Medical Technology Group. He was previously associated with Piper Jaffray, Vector Securities, and Sanford C. Bernstein & Company. Prior to entering the securities industry, Dr. Gruber spent nine years at Bristol-Meyers Squibb. He is a graduate of a six-year combined BS/MD program at the City College of New York at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He also earned his MBA from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. Dr. Gruber completed a three-year Kellogg Foundation National Fellowship in 1993. Profile
TWST: Let's start with your approach to medical technology, which you

describe as a franchise approach. What do you mean by this?

Dr. Gruber: We define a medical franchise as a broad base