Varian Medical Systems
Health technology companywww.varian.com
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Sep 30, 2026
Suresh de SilvaHOST
Vy has built an exceptional career in medical technology leadership.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
She was one of the youngest vice presidents at Varian Medical Systems, and today she oversees one of the most diverse and dynamic healthcare regions in the world.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
Siemens Healthineers is globally recognized for its leadership in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, advanced therapies, and digital health innovation.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
In today's conversation, we will begin by exploring Vy's leadership journey from her early executive roles at Varian Medical Systems to leading the Asia Pacific region for Siemens Healthineers.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
We'll discuss why Siemens Healthineers is widely regarded as a global re- leader in radiological equipment, innovation, and service, and what differentiates your organization in today's rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
A key focus will be the role of artificial intelligence, training, and collaboration in expanding sustainable diagnostic capacity, particularly in underserved and emerging markets.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
Vy, let's start off with the question about yourself, if you don't mind.
Suresh de SilvaHOST
As indicated during my introduction, you've achieved a lot in your career.
Adriana SantosGUEST
It's very similar to US because we have the same machines.
Adriana SantosGUEST
For example, in Brazil, the first machine that we have is from Varian.
Adriana SantosGUEST
Uh, we have a lot of TrueBeams.
Adriana SantosGUEST
Uh, i- in São Paulo, especially São Paulo, we have, uh, two different machines.
JeffHOST
So how, how, what about if you needed to get, like, a new machine, or if you wanted to upgrade your technology, is that a challenge for you to, you know, go through the health system to, to say, "Hey, we need this because it's, you know, it's for, best for the patient"?
Adriana SantosGUEST
Uh, it's a challenge.
Adriana SantosGUEST
Uh, but, uh, a couple years ago, uh, we have a partnership, uh, between, um, the, um, National Institute of Health from Brazil with, uh, Varian Technology, Varian Systems, and they, uh, bought about more than, uh, 100 machines, uh, with new technology.
Adriana SantosGUEST
For me, uh, especially, it's a challenging when you have a, a, a new technology, uh, but it's good because you always learning.
Nick ZacharopoulosGUEST
So the original patents for this technology back in 2010, I ended shipping it around.
Nick ZacharopoulosGUEST
Like, I, I brought it to Varian, I brought it to Siemens, I brought it to Elekta at the time, and nobody was interested.
Nick ZacharopoulosGUEST
And, and other things pulled me in different directions, so I kind of just, I let it sit for a while until, again, another strange event.
Nick ZacharopoulosGUEST
2019, I was at Astro and I was meeting with the at, at the time, the CEO of Elekta, and he was late because he had-- I think they got some really bad news about losing a b- a deal because of their isocenter quality.
Doug McHoneyHOST
So this was originally a 2024 tax court case, and then in April of 2026, the tax court issued another opinion addressing the consequences of the original decision and this 245 cap A related to the DRD.
Doug McHoneyHOST
So maybe tell us about the Varian Medical Systems case and what's at play here.
Laura WilliamsGUEST
Yeah, so this is the first tax court case major tax court case that applied the Loper-Bright standard, right? So we had Loper-Bright in June of 24.
Laura WilliamsGUEST
This came out in August of 24.