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Ralph Sutton

Managing Director
Healthcare Investment Banking
+1 212.271.3775
rsutton@tweisel.com


Ralph Sutton is a Managing Director in Healthcare Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, focused on the medical device and medical technology industry sectors. Ralph joined the firm in 2008 and is based in New York. He has over 15 years of experience in Healthcare Investment Banking. Prior to joining the firm, Ralph was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns. Previously he was a Director at Citigroup and a Vice President at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. He received a BS degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.
ATEC PIPE $10.0 USD 6/5/09
Pioneer Surgical Technology
-- PP $15.0 USD 12/16/08
Volcano Corp.
VOLC FO $113.8 USD 10/17/07
Viasys Healthcare/Cardinal Health
-- M&A $1,444.5 USD 6/28/07
Asthmatx Inc./Olympus Medical Systems
-- PP $50.0 USD 5/15/07
ev3 Inc.
EVVV FO $166.2 USD 4/19/07
Volcano Corp.
VOLC FO $144.5 USD 12/7/06
Volcano Corp.
VOLC IPO $62.6 USD 6/14/06
Boston Scientific/Guidant
-- M&A $24,633.0 USD 4/21/06
Accellent Inc.
-- HY $705.0 USD 11/22/05
ev3 Inc.
EVVV IPO $167.7 USD 6/16/05
Hudson RCI/Teleflex, Inc.
-- M&A $460.0 USD 5/17/04
VWR International/Clayton Dubilier & Rice
-- M&A $1,650.0 USD 4/7/04
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
KCI IPO $621.0 USD 3/11/04
Hillenbrand Industries/Mediq
-- M&A $330.0 USD 2/2/04
Hillenbrand Industries/Advanced Respiratory
-- M&A $103.0 USD 10/20/03

TWP transactions indicated in bold.