Dr. Mark Kroll to speak at March 30 meeting

Dr. Mark Kroll will be the program speaker at the Thursday, March 30, Rotary Club of Edina meeting. Kroll is the retired chief technology officer and senior vice president at St. Jude Medical, and holds more than 340 U.S. patents for medical devices.

Dr. Mark Kroll is one of the most prolific inventors of medical devices in the world. About one million humans have his patents in their bodies. In fact, all implantable defibrillators sold have at least one licensed Kroll patent.

He is the c0-author of five books and has lectured in more than 30 countries on topics including defibrillation, invention process, electrical safety and medical device startups.

Kroll is a adjunct professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is also a distinguished guest faculty for UCLA's Creativity and Innovation program.