Ms. Katz-Pek returned to active management of Accumed in October 2011 and became president and CEO of Accumed Systems, Inc. in June 2012. Ms. Katz-Pek has been a member of the Accumed Board since 1996.
In 1993, she assisted with the sale of the Everest™ balloon inflation device to Medtronic, and was president of Accumed from 1997–2000, leading the company to the receipt of initial grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for development of the Thermal Sensing System.
During that period, Accumed brought to market the Accumed Wrist Positioning Splint and Radial Artery Hemostasis Band. Ms. Katz-Pek was the lead negotiator for Accumed in the sale of the wrist splint technology to Vascular Solutions, Inc. in June 2012.
