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Five-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and Orthopedic Surgeon Eric Heiden to Speak at AdvaMed 2008
Published in Managed Care Business Week, September 30th, 2008
Eric Heiden, world renowned speed skater, cyclist and orthopedic surgeon, will be a featured keynote speaker at AdvaMed 2008, the MedTech Conference. The most successful speed skater in history, Heiden won five individual gold medals and set four Olympic records during the 1980 winter games in Lake Placid, New York. In 1985, Dr. Heiden went on to win the U.S. Cycling Championship and competed in the 1986 Tour de France. Dr. Heiden's Olympic Gold medals were eventually used to help fund his medical school education to become an orthopedic surgeon.
"We are honored to have an Olympic champion and world-class orthopedic surgeon join the list of distinguished speakers at...
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