Foundation Medical bridges the gap between manufacturers and hospitals to bring life-saving products to the hands that heal. As a long-term medical device representative, our goal is to ensure mutual success for caregivers and equipment providers alike.
Our vast medical field experience means that we can address caregivers’ concerns, discuss practical applications of new technologies and provide real-world product training, all while introducing the highest quality medical devices to the marketplace and building lasting client relationships.
At Foundation Medical, our mission is to connect the best medical device producers with the best patient care providers, improving clinical outcomes, increasing efficiency and developing win-win supply chain relationships.
The Foundation Medical Management Team
Don H. Shirley – President
As the founder of Foundation Medical, Don Shirley boasts more than 30 years experience in the medical device industry. He has demonstrated success selling the value of high cost, high margin equipment to the acute care hospital market in the United States and Canada, and has led world-class sales teams that consistently meet and exceed financial performance goals. His past responsibilities have included sales and training roles with Johnson & Johnson, various senior level sales roles with American Medical Systems and more than 20 years of sales and sales management experience with Hill-Rom, culminating in a senior vice president role overseeing all North American sales.
Shirley expertly develops and maintains excellent working relationships with customers at the “C-suite” level, providing business solutions and creating win-win relationships. A skilled negotiator with experience working with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs), Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs), health care facilities and health systems, he is a proven sales leader within the industry. Shirley provides direction and leadership in the marketing and sales of products encompassing acute care, critical care, patient room environments and outpatient surgery centers. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina.