John C. McCormickManaging DirectorMr. McCormick’s primary responsibilities are in private equity investing and as a senior member of the HealthpointCapital research team. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Scient'x, S.A. He has been publishing regularly on the orthopedics industry and medical technology for five years with principal areas of focus being spine surgery, sports medicine and capital markets analysis. Prior to the formation of HealthpointCapital, Mr. McCormick spent six years in the private equity field as a Principal at BPI Capital Partners, LLC, beginning in 1996 as Finance Director of Physician Support Systems, Inc. (PSS). He became a Principal at BPI Capital after the successful sale of PSS. Between 1991 and 1994, Mr. McCormick was an Associate with Baker Nye, LP, a $600 million private investment fund dedicated to merger arbitrage, special situations and private equity. In addition, he worked one year on-site in a senior operating role at a Baker Nye portfolio company. Mr. McCormick started his career as a macroeconomic and financial analyst at the World Bank in Washington, DC. He is a member of the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute. Mr. McCormick received a BSc. with honors from London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management. Recent Articles by John McCormick
Notes from the Spine Arthroplasty Meeting MAY 14, 2008The Spine Arthroplasty Society ("SAS") conference continues to be the forward thinking spine conference. The meeting's growing clinical stature and technology flare attracts surgeons and companies from around the globe seeking to bring cutting edge technologies to the market and... more CMS Proposes 2009 Payment Increases APR 15, 2008On Friday, CMS released its draft 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System, and the document indicates significant payment increases for orthopedic procedures. The rate at which the payments are increasing is also up when compared to 2008. Per the proposal: -Spine... more AAOS Compendium: Acquisitions, Product Launches and Clinical Updates MAR 11, 2008As always, last week's AAOS conference brought a flurry of press releases. To recap: Acquisitions Wright Medical Group announced plans to acquire INBONE Technologies for an initial $24.0 million payment plus additional milestone payments. Product Launches Biologics ETEX launched Beta-bsm... more Stem Cells are Here and Now FEB 29, 2008This week we attended Robin Young's packed-to-the-gills Stem Cell Summit in New York along with many of the industry's leading scientists and executives. The takeaway was loud and clear: the path to commercialization of this technology is happening faster than... more MAKO Surgical Goes Public FEB 17, 2008On Thursday of last week, MAKO Surgical Corp went public. The Company, which makes robotic arms for minimally inveasive knee surgery, raised an impressive $51 million in capital selling at $10 a share. Although it lost some ground on the... more |
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