BIOGRAPHY


Josh Feldstein

President & Chief Executive Officer

CAVA Robotics International, LLC

Applied Health Economist | Hospital and Med-Tech Market Access & Commercialization Strategist

Josh Feldstein is an applied health economist, healthcare strategist, and C-level advisor with more than 30 years of experience helping medical-surgical device, pharmaceutical, and healthcare technology companies develop market access, commercialization, business, and clinical-economic strategies.

Josh has worked with start-ups, middle-market companies, Fortune 100 healthcare organizations, major US and EU health systems, and global healthcare companies. His clients have included Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Pfizer, Abbott, Alcon, Sanofi, Pharmacia AB, Karl Storz, CooperVision, Accuray, and C.R. Bard. He has engaged with many of the largest, most sophisticated hospital systems in the United States, including Sutter Health, Advocate Health Care, UNC Health, Catholic Health System, McLaren Health Care, Barnes-Jewish, and many others.


Josh's key differentiator is his ability to evaluate healthcare from both the clinical and business / operational perspectives. He understands how physicians, surgeons, value analysis teams, supply chain, and ORs actually work, and can help his clients understand the financial, management, and strategic priorities of CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and CMOs. The result is achieving adoption of new technologies and products. As an applied health economist, he helps translate clinical evidence and product capabilities into compelling economic value propositions addressing cost-effectiveness, clinical workflow optimization, and return on investment. 


In addition to his US market experience, Josh has advised organizations across multiple international markets with emphasis on Europe and Germany. His international perspective allows him to support companies who desire to enter the US market, and reciprocally assist US firms enter XUS environments.


Josh Feldstein founded CAVA Robotics in 2011 and serves as its President. He has authored two books, a dozen peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters, and serves as Health Economics Editor for American Health and Drug Benefits. He holds a B.A. in Pre-Law English, cum laude, from Queens College, City University of New York, has completed graduate studies in business, and speaks C-1 level German.

SELECTED MEASURABLE RESULTS

BY THE  NUMBERS

$50M

Revenue generated/influenced

EU

Market expansion in multiple EU markets

7

Products/technologies commercialized

11

Markets entered

SELECTED MEASURABLE RESULTS

BY THE  NUMBERS

$50M

Revenue generated/influenced

EU

Market expansion in multiple EU markets

7

Products/technologies commercialized

11

Markets entered

Josh helps clients turn their healthcare technologies into a high-performing clinical, operational, and economic enterprises.

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Sample Journal Publications

Pursuing Elimination of Hepatitis C in Egypt

The Silicone Breast Implant Controversy

Robotic Surgery: The Secrets to World Class Performance

Robotic hysterectomy compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy: is it still more costly to perform?

Senhance surgical system in benign hysterectomy: A real‐world comparative assessment...

Financial Optimization of a Robotic Program (Springer Textbook Ch 14)

Financial Optimization of a Robotic Program (Deutsch Version)

Nutrition QI Program Reduces Patient LOS

Insurance Companies’ Perspectives on the Orphan Drug Pipeline

Cost of ownership assessment for a da Vinci robot based on US real‐world data

Achieving robotic program best practice performance and cost versus laparoscopy

Health Services Utilization and Cost of Retinitis Pigmentosa

30-Day Readmission of Malnourished Patients on QI Program

Budget Impact of Hospital QI Program

Discover how CAVA’s innovative, hospital-trusted, Online Cost-Effectiveness, Budget Impact, and Markov Modeling, analytics, research and publications can help drive objective demonstration of the value proposition of your medical-surgical device and pharmaceutical and brands to hospital purchasers, clinical decision makers, and payers