Catarina Mård Löwenadler

Catarina Mård Löwenadler is the Chief Executive Officer at Dignitana. Dignitana is a Swedish MedTech company that produces The DigniCap Scalp Cooling System, an FDA-cleared medical device to minimize hair loss from chemotherapy.

Catarina is a visionary leader with extensive operations management experience in medical device and retail/home furnishing fields. She was previously the Vice President of Global Business Development for Ottobock, an international orthopedic technology company, and CEO of Empower Health Care Solutions, an OSSUR company, providing international reference data for clinical trials and reimbursement models in the United States. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in various leadership roles at IKEA of ​​Sweden. 

Dignitana is a Swedish MedTech company that produces The DigniCap Scalp Cooling System, an FDA-cleared medical device to minimize hair loss from chemotherapy. Available in the United States since 2016, 94% of DigniCap patients say they would recommend this life-changing treatment to others. DigniCap’s proven approach to reduce chemotherapy-induced alopecia has been used successfully by thousands of patients worldwide to maintain privacy, self-esteem, and control during a critical period of cancer treatment. DigniCap was invented in 1996 by an oncology nurse in Sweden, with the name inspired by the Latin word dignitas, meaning dignity. The company is dedicated to ensuring that every patient can maintain dignity and quality of life during and after cancer treatment.

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