This week, James is joined by Matt Edgar from NHS Digital. As the national partner to the health and social care system, NHS Digital is all about improving lives through data and technology. Matt's role there is Associate Director of Design and User Research, He works with more than 100 user-centred design specialists who uncover user needs to fully understand complex problems, and craft products and services that deliver better outcomes. Get in touch with Matt: [email protected] Subscribe ...
Apr 22, 2021•40 min
James is once again joined by Dr David Albert, MD and founder of AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal ECG. On this episode David gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs and start ups but I'd thoroughly recommend going back and listening to his full episode Ep #188 The Story of AliveCor. Get in contact with David: [email protected] Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Apr 18, 2021•4 min
David E. Albert, MD, is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal ECG. Dr. Albert is an Oklahoma native and a physician, inventor and serial entrepreneur who has developed life-saving technologies and products over the last 30 years, turning a number of those innovations into tech startups. Today, he is a founder of three technology companies, InnovAlarm, Lifetone Technology, and AliveCor. His previous startups include Corazonix Corp (sold to Ar...
Apr 15, 2021•46 min
Dr. Monte Hunter, M.D. is an orthopedic sports medicine surgery specialist at Augusta University Medical Center. He holds multiple titles, including the Henry Distinguished Chair of Orthopedics and the Satcher Distinguished Chair in Sports Medicine, both in Orthopedic Surgery. He is also the Department Chair Professor for Orthopedic Surgery at Augusta University. Before joining Augusta University, he worked as a team physician for Wake Forest University and for UCLA intercollegiate teams. Hunter...
Apr 11, 2021•45 min
Thomas Vande Casteele is CEO and co-founder at Awell Health and was a guest a couple of months ago. He's back on this bonus episode commenting on the news that the WHO has launched its first SMART Guideline, a landmark effort to accelerate the availability and impact of WHO health and data recommendations within digital systems at the country level, starting with antenatal care. Thomas is perfectly positioned to tell us all about the significance of this news based on his work with Awell. Get in...
Apr 09, 2021•17 min
This week, James is joined by Connor Landgraf, CEO and co-founder of Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company. Eko is elevating the way clinicians detect and monitor cardiac and respiratory disease by bringing together advanced sensors, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Connor shares his quick tips with us for entrepreneurs entering the health tech space. Get in touch with Connor at: [email protected] Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦 www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in...
Apr 08, 2021•47 min
This week, James is joined by Adam Odessky, an engineer who founded Sensely after his first-hand experiences of helping to coordinate the healthcare of his grandmother. A virtual health assistant platform, Sensely today collaborates with insurers all over the world to help deliver superior experiences to their member bases, while simultaneously increasing enterprise efficiencies. Get in touch with Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamodessky/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpig...
Apr 04, 2021•46 min
This week I am joined by Ellington West, Founder and CEO of Sonavi Labs Inc, the creator of Feelix a noise-cancelling, audio-enhancing, smart Stethoscope. Ellington was tipped as one of the 25 Women to Watch in Healthcare in 2020 by the Baltimore Sun. Ellington is also the daughter of Dr James West, a researcher and inventor in microphone and audio science and technology. Get in touch with Ellington: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellington-west-2b228363/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.heal...
Apr 01, 2021•49 min
Andy Magill qualified as a Physiotherapist, working professionally in the public and private sector in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand before leaving clinical practice to join Vitality where he currently holds the position as Head Vitality Coach. Andy and his team are responsible for engaging in innovative ways with Vitality members to educate, equip and inspire them to make positive changes in their health behaviours. Vitality is a financial services company who offer health, life, investme...
Mar 28, 2021•50 min
Arvind Tewari is the Chief Operating Officer of Oxford VR. After studying a BSc and MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Oxford, Arvind worked in M&A at Rothschild focussing on global Consumer and Healthcare businesses. He then worked in private equity during which time he invested over $500m of capital and held numerous Board positions to accelerate the growth of businesses through strategic clarity and operational excellence. At Oxford VR he leads on go to market and product strat...
Mar 21, 2021•38 min
This week, James is joined by Connor Landgraf, CEO and co-founder of Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company. Eko is elevating the way clinicians detect and monitor cardiac and respiratory disease by bringing together advanced sensors, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Connor shares his quick tips with us for entrepreneurs entering the health tech space. Get in touch with Connor at: [email protected] Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦 www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in...
Mar 18, 2021•7 min
Dr Abdullah Albeyatt i is the CEO and Co-Founder of Medicalchain . Medicalchain is a company that uses blockchain technology to store health records securely. By digitizing health records, Medicalchain aims to empower patients and create a more comprehensive healthcare experience. And, myclinic.com uses Medicalchain technology to allow patients to communicate directly with doctors and share their health records for online consultations. Dr Albeyatti graduated from Imperial College London as a do...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 3 min
This week, James is joined by Vishaal Virani, a doctor by background now working in digital health. After spending a couple of years in the NHS Vishaal spent some time in healthcare strategy consulting. He then moved into digital health, working at Ada Health, an AI-powered symptom assessment technology. He is now developing digital health innovations for RB, which owns brands such as Nurofen, Gaviscon and Durex. He is also a co-founder of Doctorpreneurs, the global community of healthcare innov...
Mar 07, 2021•42 min
Mymee Dyhrenberg, is CEO of Mymee. Mymee is changing lives with a patient- and data-centric approach to tackling autoimmune disease, based on helping people identify their unique individualized triggers. The results of their new clinical study in lupus patients was just published in JMIR - showing clinically significant and meaningful improvements in Quality of Life among patients. Get in touch with Mette: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mettedyhrberg https://www.mymee.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech P...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min
This week I'm joined again by Sina Habibi, co-founder and CEO of Cognetivity Neurosciences. He holds a PhD in Engineering from University of Cambridge and has experience in Ultra-precision Engineering, Nano-technology, product management, and high-tech consultancy. Sina was on the podcast a couple of years ago and has made awesome progress, pivoting through challenges and he explains all on the episode today. Get in touch with Sina: [email protected] Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.hea...
Feb 28, 2021•40 min
Dr Harro Stokman is CEO & Founder of Kepler Vision Technologies, an Amsterdam-based health-tech start-up which uses artificial intelligence to look after the well-being of humans at night through vision-based body language recognition software. Kepler Vision's mission is to make the job of nurses operating in elderly care homes less stressful and more enjoyable by freeing them to focus on providing care through real-time body language recognition. A spin-off company from the University of Am...
Feb 25, 2021•41 min
On this week's Sunday Session, we're asking the question: why has remote monitoring failed? The technology has been around for years, so why isn't remote monitoring ubiquitous across healthcare right now? Are poor quality signals and lack of good-enough AI the answer? My guest is Elina Naydenova. Elina is a biomedical & AI engineer, with a PhD in Machine Learning for Healthcare Innovation from Oxford University. She is the CEO & co-founder of Feebris – a company whose AI-powered platform...
Feb 21, 2021•23 min
This week, James is joined by Geoff von Maltzahn, CEO and co-founder at Tessera Therapeutics. Tessera is an early-stage biotech start-up that launched this summer with $50M in financing to pioneer a new category in ‘gene writing.’ Going even further than CRISPR, Tessera’s gene writing technology presents the potential to cure genetic disorders, cancers, and even infectious diseases like COVID-19. Geoffrey was awarded a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and medical physics from MIT. Get in touch wi...
Feb 18, 2021•46 min
This week on my Sunday Session I'm joined by Mimi Billing Senior reporter at @siftedeu . Mimi writes about European health-tech and innovation in the Nordics. Previously at @didigital_se . Get in Touch with Mimi: @MimiBilling on Twitter Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Feb 14, 2021•47 min
This week I'm joined by Arturo Sanchez, founder and CEO of Sofia, a Mexican competitor to European digital health platforms, taking aim at the Mexican health insurance and primary care sectors. In the $65bn USD Mexican healthcare sector, 91% of private spending is paid out of pocket, with too many people forced to pay extraordinary costs for care and pressures on access to primary services. Arturo Sanchez is hoping to change that with a new digital service bringing care to patients at a lower co...
Feb 11, 2021•48 min
My Sunday Session this week is with Martin Blinder, CEO and founder of Tictrac (a leading health engagement company). In this podcast Martin gives us his top tips for entrepreneurs. You can listen to his full chat with me on episode #170. Get in touch with Martin: https://tictrac.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Feb 08, 2021•2 min
Martîn Blinder is the CEO and founder of Tictrac. Tictrac is a personalized digital health and wellness platform designed to empower individuals to take greater control of their wellbeing. Martîn recently appeared on Sky News to discuss the increased demand in HealthTech tools and why now is a pivotal moment for health and wellbeing. He believes that the workplace of the future will not just be about ensuring a productive team, but supporting the health and wellbeing needs of staff. Get in touch...
Feb 04, 2021•44 min
On this weeks Sunday Session I'm joined by Mala Mawkin, Head of Market Development at pain management start-up Cellen. Cellen launched the UK's first online chronic pain clinic. Mala was featured on Forbes 30 Under 30, Vogue UK 10 Rising Female Stars 2018 and Women of the Future UK Awards Finalist 2019. Get in touch with Mala: www.malamawkin.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk
Jan 31, 2021•27 min
Rudy Benfredj is co-founder and CEO at Mendelian . Mendelian aim to help doctors diagnose rare diseases faster using their MendelScan software. Rudy is a Computer Scientist graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Engineering during which he worked under the supervision of Dr. Aldo Faisal in the bioengineering faculty and Prof. Marek Sergot, Head of the Logic and Artificial Intelligence department. Passionate about health, he moved to Tel Aviv to work at the Israeli med tech diagn...
Jan 28, 2021•43 min
On this week’s Sunday Session I'm joined by Nader Alaghband, co-founder & CEO of Ampersand Health. Ampersand have just launched a brand new digital therapeutic into the NHS for people suffering with inflammatory arthritis and on this episode, Nader explains all... Get in touch with Nader: https://ampersandhealth.co.uk Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk
Jan 24, 2021•15 min
On this weeks Sunday Session I chat to Aditya Nori, lead of the Health Intelligence theme at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where their mission is to transform the practice of medicine via trusted and human-centred AI. In the past, Aditya has developed AI-based productivity tools for cancer treatment ( The InnerEye Project ), and also explored various synergies between programming languages and machine learning which inspired new perspectives in formal verification, probabilistic programming, and...
Jan 17, 2021•34 min
Exo ’s CEO and Co-Founder, Sandeep Akkaraju. Exo (pronounced “Echo”) is a health information and devices company with an initial aim to reinvent ultrasound. Currently, 75% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to any form of medical imaging. If made available, basic medical imaging could help solve many life-saving issues, including accurate diagnoses of COVID-19. Akkaraju recently led Exo through a Series B+ fundraising round, bringing the total to nearly $100 million in funding to date...
Jan 14, 2021•50 min
This weeks Sunday Session is a preview of an upcoming episode with CEO of Mymee, Mette Dyhrberg. Mette is changing lives with a patient- and data-centric approach to tackling autoimmune disease, based on helping people identify their unique individualized triggers. She shares with us some tips for health tech entrepreneurs. Get in touch with Mette: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mettedyhrberg/ https://www.mymee.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦 https://www.healthtechpigeon.com/ Get in touch: w...
Jan 10, 2021•4 min
Tom Whicher is founder of DrDoctor & an NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow . Tom is a biomedical engineer by background and worked for a management consulting firm before identifying an opportunity to improve hospital outpatient appointment bookings. In 2012, he launched his own company, DrDoctor, which aims to improve communication around scheduling outpatient appointments between patients and hospitals. Get in touch with Tom: https://www.drdoctor.co.uk/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: ww...
Jan 07, 2021•45 min
On this week's Sunday Session, I chat again to Elliott Engers, CEO and Co-Founder of Infinity Health. In 2015 following a conversation with an NHS doctor who was battling with paper based task lists Elliott saw a technical challenge a start-up he could really contribute to. He set out to make task management safer and more efficient whilst improving clinicians’ experience of their crucial, high-pressure roles; Infinity Health was born. Get in Touch : https://infinity.health/elliott-engers Subscr...
Jan 03, 2021•33 min
