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UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Electrophysiologist Talha Farid, MD, holds a set of Abbott AVEIR DR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker devices. Implanted into the upper and lower chambers of the heart, these devices communicate and pace the heart without the use of lead wires. Dr. Farid is one of the first cardiologists in Iowa, and the only one in Cedar Rapids, who is trained to implant the AVEIR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system.

St. Luke’s performs Cedar Rapids’ first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker implant

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has performed Cedar Rapids’ first implant of the AVEIR DR, the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system. The procedure was completed by electrophysiologist Dr. Talha Farid, the first in the city to be trained…

Collins Aerospace leader seeks to calm merger jitters

Phil Jasper, president of Collins Aerospace’s Mission Systems division.   By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Collins…

Diversity Straight Up: The Pilot

The Corridor Business Journal is proud to introduce its latest podcast, “Diversity Straight Up,” with…

Celebrating the best of the Corridor’s C-suite

This year’s C-Suite Award winners, from left: Lucas Kuhlmann, ACT; Sue Freeman, GreenState Credit Union;…

New CBJ podcast aims to broaden ‘diversity’

Diversity Straight Up hosts Sarika Bhakta and Anthony Arrington. PHOTO BEN HIGH   By Christine…

(Un)Hired Help: Reflecting on a year of workforce reporting

This marks the conclusion of the CBJ’s members-only series exploring the causes and symptoms of…

CBJ Q&A: Kevin O’Brien

Kevin O’Brien President, Creative Management Inc. O’Brien Family McDonald’s   By Dave DeWitte [email protected] O’Brien…

Target sets a (smaller) bullseye on Iowa City

Target is opening smaller-format stores at a rapid pace, including this one in Minneapolis’ Uptown…

CIVCO tops 2019’s Coolest Places to Work

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] When CIVCO Medical Solutions chose a “Brady Bunch” theme for its…

Spotix grills up a tasty workplace culture

The Spotix team poses for a group photo outside the company’s North Liberty headquarters. The…

Corridor’s coolest small company puts creativity first

The Fusionfarm team shows off their cheer in last year’s Christmas photo. The agency has…

Corridor retailers offer clothes with a cause

Black “Jack” Oxford shirt by Taylor Stitch ($98) and brown Huarache sandals By Nisolo ($138).…

Corridor retailers offer clothes with a cause

Black “Jack” Oxford shirt by Taylor Stitch ($98) and brown Huarache sandals By Nisolo ($138).…

Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Paul Burmeister

Iowa alum Paul Burmeister conducts an interview for NBC Sports, where he now serves as…

A survival guide for the part-time MBA

Associate Professor Alice Wang teaches a marketing class in the part-time MBA program at the…

Cedar Ridge distills rock star whiskey with Slipknot

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] When Jeff Quint, owner and founder of Cedar Ridge Distillery, got…