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Welcome to The DEVICE Girls—where women and people in all medical and healthcare professions find their power and leave inspired!Hosted by medical sales reps Sarah Kruse (robotics) and Haley Gibson (spine), we dive into career growth, patient impact, industry insights, and…
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The Heart Beat 5 Times… Then Stopped (opens the original)
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What happens to a donor heart after it leaves the body, and what does it feel like to be the person responsible for getting it to its recipient? In this episode of Device Girls, Sarah and Haley sit down with Alan O’Donnell, a pediatric heart procurement and congenital heart reconstruction PA, for a look inside a side of organ donation most people will never see. Alan walks through the heart procurement and transplant process, the race against the clock once a heart is removed, and the responsibi
The Organ Donation Conversation Nobody Wants to Have (opens the original)
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Lindley and Ashley, we’re going even deeper into the realities of organ donation — including the questions most people don’t think to ask until they’re suddenly faced with an impossible decision. This episode isn’t about convincing you to become an organ donor or telling you not to be one. It’s about understanding the process, knowing your options, and having the conversations with your family before you ever need them. We talk about the difference between brai
Before You Become an Organ Donor, Watch This (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Device Girls, Sarah and Haley sit down with lead organ transplant coordinator Lindley Amsel and honorary Device Girl Ashley Duncan for an unfiltered conversation about the world of organ donation and transplantation. Lindley has worked on both sides of the process, from organ procurement to coordinating transplants, and she takes us behind the scenes of a system most people will hopefully never have to encounter firsthand. They break down how organs are matched and allocat
The Overlooked Way Surgical Professionals Are Making More Money (opens the original)
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What happens when you stop playing it safe and decide to bet on yourself? In this episode of The Device Girls, Sarah and Haley sit down with Dan Payson, CEO and co-founder of All-Stars Surgical Assist, to talk about his journey from the clinical side of healthcare to med device sales, running a neurosurgery practice, and ultimately stepping into entrepreneurship. Dan shares why leaving a successful, comfortable career became one of the best decisions he ever made—and what he learned about risk,
From Ice Buckets to ECMO: 43 Years of Heart Surgery with Lee Aldridge (opens the original)
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What did heart surgery look like before modern technology, advanced monitoring, and standardized protocols? Lee Aldridge spent more than 43 years in perfusion and witnessed the field evolve from the early days of heart-lung machines to the technology used today. In this episode, he joins the Device Girls to share the stories behind that evolution, including equipment adjusted with wrenches, ice used to stop the heart, 61-hour shifts, early ECMO and LVAD technology, and the trial and error that h
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