Karen Isaacs

Karen Isaacs serves as the Vice President of R&D & Engineering at Mammotome since December 2023. Previously, Karen held various roles at Ethicon, Inc., including R&D Director of Front End Innovation and R&D Project Director for Pipeline & Innovation in Surgical Robotics from April 2019 to December 2023. Prior experience includes serving as R&D Project Director for Surgical Robotics with Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group and Artech Information Systems, and Technical Director at Exatherm, focusing on treatments for late-stage lung cancer. Earlier roles at Ethicon Endo-Surgery included Project Director, Lead Design Engineer, and Design Engineer, leading cross-functional teams in advanced surgical tool development. Karen holds a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.