{"id":9458,"date":"2024-11-25T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/about\/leadership\/susan-peterson\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:36:06","slug":"susan-peterson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/about\/leadership\/susan-peterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_c46a203734e1ca92998577c004b47d1f\" class=\"block block--secondary-header wysiwyg_styles u-darkMode u-bgColor_primary\" aria-labelledby=\"block_c46a203734e1ca92998577c004b47d1f-heading\" aria-describedby=\"block_c46a203734e1ca92998577c004b47d1f-subheading\">\n\t<div class=\"secondary-header-container\" style=\"--alignment:center\">\n\t\t<h1 id=\"block_c46a203734e1ca92998577c004b47d1f-heading\" class=\"heading\">Susan Peterson, PhD<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 id=\"block_c46a203734e1ca92998577c004b47d1f-subheading\" class=\"sub-heading\">VP, Research & Development<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section\n\tid=\"block_32961ea4331172f950cf5b7b3f27dd7d\"\n\tclass=\"block block--spacer-with-optional-divider \"\n\taria-label=\"Spacer section with optional divider\">\n\t<div class=\"spacer-with-optional-divider-container container\">\n\n\t\t<!-- Space Above -->\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"space-above\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"--aboveDesktop: 30px; --aboveMobile: 20px;\"\n\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\trole=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- Optional Divider -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Space Below -->\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"space-below\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"--belowDesktop: 0px; --belowMobile: 0px;\"\n\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\trole=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_151032b055e4eb7b0009064c583c9dce\" class=\"block block--wysiwyg wysiwyg_styles u-bgColorNone container\">\n\t<div class=\"u-wysiwyg u-animation\">\n\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11350 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Susan_Peterson_headshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"510\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Susan_Peterson_headshot.png 556w, https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Susan_Peterson_headshot-300x275.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 556px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 556\/510;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Susan serves as Shockwave Medical\u2019s Vice President for R&D pipeline activities. She joined Shockwave in May 2021 as Director for R&D.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Shockwave, Susan worked in R&D for Medtronic Vascular over 16 \u00bd years across roles of increasing responsibility, leading device development including drug-eluting stents, aortic stent grafts, drug-coated balloons and endovascular arteriovenous fistula creation.\u202f Susan also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cambridge, collaborating with the medical school and department of engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Susan earned her Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Cambridge, England, where she attended as a Marshall Scholar, and her B.S.E. degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_c00f8204e629f342bebaee35e27813a5\" class=\"block block--cta-button-bar text_colors \">\n\t<div class=\"cta-button-bar--container\">\n\t\t<h2 id=\"block_c00f8204e629f342bebaee35e27813a5-heading\" class=\"heading\">\n\t\t\tLearn More About Shockwave Medical\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"cta-button-bar--links-container\" role=\"list\" aria-label=\"Call-to-action buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"resource-list--link\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<a data-atom=\"button\" class=\"on-blue btn--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/shockwavemedical.com\/en-eu\/about\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"About Us - link to page\" >About Us<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa-sharp fa-arrow-right fa-solid\"><\/i><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan serves as Shockwave Medical&#8217;s Vice President for R&#038;D pipeline activities. 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