Personalized medicine is a medical model that uses medical decisions, practices, interventions and/or products that are tailored to the individual patient based on their predicted response or risk of disease.
RSK Medical Inc. brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, progressive learning and keen responsiveness as a medical device supplier and is dedicated to providing innovative and disruptive medical device technologies to the Canadian clinical community. These provide clinicians and hospitals with improved outcomes, preventative and therapeutic long-term care for their patients.
Based on strong clinical data and engineering, our products create and deliver substantial economic value to the health care system.
Latest News
Nationwide distribution agreement for the Angel® Catheter
Nationwide distribution agreement for the Angel® Catheter
November 11th, 2024
RSK Medical is pleased to announce a nationwide distribution agreement with Mermaid Medical for their Angel® Catheter – the first FDA-cleared IVC filter approved for prophylactic use. With a unique design that ensures both immediate PE protection and guaranteed retrieval, the Angel® Catheter offers critical support during high-risk periods.
Mermaid Medical is a Danish company that distributes and develops medical devices primarily within interventional radiology and the vascular system.
Read more: Mermaid Medical’s website
Nationwide distribution agreement for the Myval Octacor THV
Nationwide distribution agreement for the Myval Octacor THV
August 1st, 2024
We are pleased to announce our new nationwide distribution agreement with Meril Life Sciences for their interventional structural cardiology products. The Myval Octacor THV will be our first Meril device offering unique and differentiated therapy which aligns well with our company philosophy. The Myval Octacor device has been implanted in over 16,000 patients. The Myval device is not approved for use in Canada at present.
Read more about The Myval Octacor THV.
ABYRX- MONTAGE Sternal Bone Putty
ABYRX- MONTAGE Sternal Bone Putty
June 26th, 2024
RSK Medical Inc. is pleased to announce the representation of MONTAGE XT, a settable, resorbable, hemostatic bone putty manufactured by Abyrx Inc. for sternal closure after open heart surgery to be used with sternotomy wires and/or sternal plates.
This bioabsorbable polymer is Health Canada and FDA cleared with over 35,000 patient applications in cranial, spinal, and orthopedic procedures.
Packaged as two putties, it forms a uniform putty when mixed for at least 45 seconds, hardening within 4 minutes. It adheres and expands up to 10% into surrounding porosity, resorbing during bone remodeling over a year.
Our People
Scott Kadwell
Scott Kadwell is the PRESIDENT of RSK Medical Inc. With over 40+ years in the cardiovascular medical device business in Canada, he has held senior national business and marketing management positions with many of the largest global medical device companies such as SulzerMedica, Guidant, BSC, Medtronic and Sorin Group while residing in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto.
The cardiovascular specialities related to his experience have been in the fields of interventional cardiology and radiology, electrophysiology, cardiac surgery and vascular/ endovascular therapies.
Scott was formerly an active member at MEDEC Association participating in a number of committees to develop policies, therapy awareness and financial reimbursement for new device technologies.
Greg Whitwham
Greg Whitwham is the “DIRECTOR of Sales” in a full-time consultant role to RSK Medical Inc. Greg is responsible for sales nationwide across the interventional cardiology, radiology and vascular/cardiac surgery product areas.
Greg joined the RSK Medical team with significant medical device industry experience working for companies like Getinge as a Territory Manager, Olympus Corporation as Marketing Manager and Product Manager and Stryker as a Product Manager.
His educational background comes from the University of Western Ontario (London) including both a Bachelor of Engineering Science (Mechanical) and a Bachelor of Science (Medical Biophysics).
Dr. Frederick Kozak
Dr. Frederick Kozak is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist at BC Children’s Hospital and Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of British Columbia. In his career of over twenty years, Dr. Kozak has been extensively involved as a clinician, researcher, medical educator and administrator.
His main clinical area of interest is hearing loss in the pediatric population and he is the Surgical/Medical Director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program in B.C. He has published over 40 peer reviewed publications and he has presented his research and educational expertise locally, nationally and internationally. His extensive involvement in administrative committees includes being Vice-Chair and Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee for Children’s and Women’s Hospital of BC from 2002-2007.
Dr. Kozak has provided consultation to several pharmaceutical and device manufacturers over the past 20 years.
Gordon Collins
Gordon Collins is a Business Advisor, Executive Coach and Facilitator. Gordon is the president and founder of The Coaching Network based in Oakville, Ontario. He is also an associate with SGA – a consulting firm specializing in developing ‘C-Suite’ influencing capabilities globally and an adjunct faculty member of the Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership – University of Ottawa.
Gordon specializes in developing Business Effectiveness – through building leadership capability, creating team alignment and designing innovative approaches to creating competitive advantage. He has in-depth experience in the Private, Public and Non Profit sectors as well as a global practice across North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa.
Gordon has provided consultation to a large number of medical device, biotech and pharmaceutical companies across North America and Europe over the past 20 years.
