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Walt Baxter is a Distinguished Scientist in the Cardiac Rhythm Management business at Medtronic. Walt’s expertise includes medical device kinematics and deformation in vivo—he used calibrated high-speed cineradiography to make early measurements of implanted cardiac lead deformation. Walt obtained a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego.
Ryan Lahm is a Senior Engineering Manager in the Cardiac Rhythm Management business at Medtronic. Ryan is an expert in measuring interactions between medical devices and anatomy—he used some of the first contrast-enhanced volumetric medical images (primarily MRI and CT) to measure how cardiac anatomy interacts with permanently implanted leads and catheters. Ryan obtained a bachelor's degree in Physics from Bethel University and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Both editors have served patients through their work in the medical technology industry for over 25 years.