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Victor Stefanescu

Reporter | Newsroom
Phone: (612) 673-1764

Victor Stefanescu covers medical technology startups and large companies such as Medtronic for the business section. He reports on new inventions, patients’ experiences with medical devices and the businesses behind med-tech in Minnesota.


Stefanescu previously covered the business of food, aviation and real estate for news outlets in the Northeast and St. Louis, his hometown. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he studied communication and led the independent student newspaper, The Heights.
Recent content from Victor Stefanescu
Plymouth-based startup HistoSonics, which created a targeted ultrasound system designed to destroy liver tumors, received a $90 million contract to pr

Minn. startup HistoSonics awarded $90 million for tumor-fighting tech at VA

The Plymouth-based company's novel ultrasound system destroys and liquefies liver tumors.
Chris Campbell looks through a magnifying glass at a sensor with 32 microscopic laboratories that can monitor air quality, detect harmful chemicals, d

Native of St. Paul's Rondo neighborhood used NASA tech to revive shuttered company

Simpli-Fi Automation, the company Christopher Campbell founded, licensed federal innovations intended for space exploration and deployed them in the health care realm, developing products that use breath analysis to detect diseases.
Solventum's headquarters on the 3M campus in Maplewood.

3M spinoff Solventum considers selling filtration business: report

The company reported the business generated $238 million in the most recent financial quarter.
A Boston Scientific Corporation logo is displayed in Massachusetts in July 2010. (AP file photo.) ORG XMIT: MIN2018051422163682

Boston Scientific lifts sales outlook, notes key approval of AFib device with Minnesota ties

The med-tech company with approximately 9,400 employees in Minnesota posted profit and sales that beat Wall Street's expectations.
Medtronic's operational headquarters are in Fridley.

Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps recalled over shorter-than-expected battery life

Patients urged to carry extra batteries as Medtronic recall affects 24,595 insulin pumps that may stop delivering insulin sooner than expected.
The language-selection page for health and fitness app Gumbo, which is used to break down language barriers in health care.

American Heart Association recognizes Twin Cities startups using AI to improve health equity

CorRen is focusing on peripheral artery disease detection, while Gumbo aims to break down language barriers in health care.
Abbott's plant in Plymouth in 2021.

Abbott Labs sales boosted by double-digit medical devices growth

The CEO at the Illinois-based company with operations in Minnesota expects earning to return to a pre-pandemic profit model despite less demand for COVID-19 tests.