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The Healthtech Podcast

Dr. James Somauroowww.thehealthtechpodcast.com
The Healthtech Podcast covers the latest in health and technology through interviews with disruptive healthtech startups and leaders. Whether you’re a patient, founder, investor or simply interested in healthtech, The Healthtech Podcast has it covered. 🌍 Listeners in over 150 countries. 🎙 New episode every week. 🗣 Hosted by Dr James Somauroo. www.thehealthtechpodcast.com | www.somx.health | www.jamessomauroo.com

Episodes

#277 Top tips for clinicians moving into the world of healthtech, with Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones

This week James is joined by Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones to dive into some top tips for clinicians moving into the world of healthtech. Abeyna is the co-founder and CEO of Medic Footprints, who are on a mission to connect a global community of talented doctors with the best in diverse career opportunities. Whether you're a healthtech guru or just getting started, prepare for some great take-away knowledge and advice. Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon �...

Oct 20, 202214 min

#276 What healthtech investors are looking for in founders, with Will Gibbs at Octopus Ventures

This week we hear from healthtech VC, Will Gibbs at Octopus Ventures, on the key things investors are looking for in founders, and how they actually support them. Will coordinate's the Health team at Octopus, who back founders that are transforming the health industry - from digital therapeutics to biotechnology. Think healthtech unicorns like Elvie and Big Health. If there's anyone that can give the best insider tips for founders looking for their next raise, it's him. Apply to be a guest: www....

Oct 12, 202215 min

#275 The Story of Adam Hunter, Chief Commercial Officer at Phlo Pharmacy

This week, James is joined by Adam Hunter, Chief Commercial Officer at Phlo Pharmacy, a digital pharmacy using cutting edge software to deliver same-day NHS prescriptions. As a qualified Scots law solicitor specialising in corporate law, Adam bridged his legal background and ambition to work in business through The Saltire Foundation Fellowship Programme. Equipped with an insider perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing a broad range of companies, Adam joined Phlo Pharmacy as Chief...

Oct 05, 20221 hr 1 min

#274 The Story of Patchwork Health with Dr Anas Nader👨‍⚕️

This week, James is joined by Dr Anas Nader. Anas is an A&E doctor and co-founder and CEO of Patchwork Health, which is helping healthcare organisations deliver sustainable workforce planning and giving all healthcare staff access to flexible work. They are currently working with over 70 NHS sites and have saved the NHS an estimated £40 million to date, while enabling almost 3 million hours to be staffed sustainably each year. Anas LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/naderanas Apply to be a...

Sep 28, 202246 min

#273 The Story of Albion VC with Christoph Ruedig

In this week's episode, James is joined by Christoph Ruedig, veteran healthtech investor and Partner at AlbionVC. A trained medical doctor and ex-strategy consultant with Bain & Company, Christoph has been investing in digital health and life sciences companies since 2006. We hear how to navigate the journey from physician, to successful VC - the challenges, the key learnings and why consultants make great investors. Christoph's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cruedig/ Apply to be a gu...

Sep 22, 202244 min

#272 The Story of Healthily with CEO Matteo Berlucchi

This week James talks to serial digital entrepreneur CEO Matteo Berlucchi. Matteo has 27 years of experience launching and growing consumer platforms. Healthily is the last venture by Matteo, the first AI platform to help consumers find the health information and advice they need to make better choices free of charge. Prepare his exclusive predictions for healthtech in the future, a fascinating journey to become a successful founder, and much more... Matteo’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/i...

Sep 14, 202256 min

#271 The Story of Mindset Health with Chris Naoumidis

To kick off the first episode of season 3, James is joined by Chris Naoumidis, the co-founder of Mindset Health, who is building a portfolio of digital therapeutic apps using hypnosis-based techniques to tackle underserved health conditions. After going through Startmate, Y Combinator and raising over $8m, he now leads a team of 30 people on the mission to help a billion people manage their health by unlocking the power of their minds. Mindset Health’s first product Nerva, focused on irritable b...

Sep 07, 202241 min

#270 The Story Of Vishal Doshi, the Founder of AUM Biosciences

This week, James is joined by Vishal Doshi, the Founder of AUM Biosciences, an Award-winning oncology focused biotech company. The company aims to reshape the drug development landscape in oncology to deliver pioneering and affordable targeted drugs across a broad spectrum of cancers. Through its robust strategic collaborations with leading academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotech companies globally, AUM is now leading an ecosystem of multi-modality line up of small molecule targeted th...

May 19, 202249 min

#269 The Story of Concentric Health with CEO Dr Dafydd Loughran ⭕

This week James is joined by Dr Dafydd Loughran, a surgeon by training and now CEO of Concentric Health - the market leading digital consent to treatment application seeing rapid adoption to support the record surgical backlogs being seen internationally. Trivia: James and Daf previously worked together clinically in operating theaters in Wales! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafloughran Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpi...

May 12, 20221 hr 11 min

#268 The Story of Amazon Web Services with Dr Taha Kass-Hout, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Machine Learning

This week, James is joined by Dr. Taha Kass-Hout, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Machine Learning at Amazon Web Services. Dr. Kass-Hout leads the Health AI strategy and efforts, including Amazon Comprehend Medical and Amazon Health Lake. He works with teams at Amazon responsible for developing the science, technology, and scale for COVID-19 lab testing, including Amazon’s first FDA authorization for testing our associates—now offered to the public for at-home testing. A physician and bioi...

May 05, 202234 min

#267 The Story of Opeeka with Dr. Kate Cordell, CEO and fellow co-founder Ken Knecht.

This week I'm joined by Dr. Kate Cordell, CEO, Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder at Opeeka and CMO and fellow co-founder Ken Knecht. Dr. Cordell is a nationwide thought leader for behavioral health technology, integrating data systems to support a whole-person approach to care. She has built models for federal, state, county, healthcare providers and community-based agencies to convert behavioral health and social program data into decisions and decisions into positive outcomes. Ken is a v...

Apr 28, 202241 min

#266 Quick Tips with CEO Dr Tom Oakley from Feedback PLC

Dr Tom Oakley CEO of Feedback PLC gives James his quick tips for entrepreneurs. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drthomasoakley/?originalSubdomain=uk Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company: https://www.somx.co.uk/...

Apr 24, 20222 min

#265 The Story of Feedback PLC with CEO Dr Tom Oakley 🥼

This week James is joined by Dr Tom Oakley, CEO of Feedback PLC. Tom joined Feedback PLC in 2019 and quickly recognised that the technology that drove its current services Texrad and Cadran had the potential to revolutionise the ways clinicians engage and communicate with each other. At which point Bleepa was born. Bleepa is a medical imaging communications app, that allows clinicians to view and share patient specific data (images, notes, reports) using any internet-connected device, enabling c...

Apr 21, 202245 min

#264 The Story of Tech Mahindra with Chief Innovation Officer Nikhil Malhotra

This week James is joined by Nikhil Malhotra, Chief Innovation Officer and creator of Makers Lab, a unique Thin-q-bator space within Tech Mahindra. With 20+ years of experience Nikhil has been a researcher all his life and is now leading the growth of AI, machine learning, robotics and quantum research within Tech Mahindra. Nikhil’s area of personal research helps explain how quantum computing and neuroscience has inspired the growth of AI and how the two fields can merge in the future. LinkedIn...

Apr 14, 202245 min

#263 The Story of Medic Footprints with Founder Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones 👣

This week James is joined by Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones an Occupational Health Physician and Founder of Medic Footprints. Medic Footprints is a doctor-led organisation on a mission to dramatically elevate health outcomes in the world by connecting ambitious high growth companies with the best in medical talent. This week we discuss the growing demand for doctors as leaders in health tech companies and effective ways to find the best ones that will help scale your company. LinkedIn: https://www.lin...

Apr 07, 202237 min

#262 The Story of Flo Health with Dr Claudia Pastides 🤰

This week James is joined by Dr Claudia Pastides a General Practitioner by background and now a full-time Medical Advisor at Flo Health. She spent 12 years working as a doctor and has always had an interest in writing and marketing. Flo is the world’s leading women’s health app with over 220 M users. Flo aims to build a better future for female health and supports women during their entire reproductive life cycle: from first periods to perimenopause, from pregnancy to young moms. LinkedIn: https...

Mar 31, 202246 min

#261 The Story of Medwise.ai with CEO Dr. Keith Tsui 🩺

This week James is joined by Dr. Keith Tsui, CEO and Co-founder of Medwise.ai. Medwise.ai is an innovation that supports clinicians to answer questions faster than ever before. They recently tailored the platform for Covid 19. Keith is a medical doctor and his mission is to empower every healthcare professional to do their best work and provide better care for their patients. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkeithtsui/?originalSubdomain=uk Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com...

Mar 24, 202254 min

#260 Patient-Safety-Tech with Yesh Pulijala, Founder and CEO of Scalpel 🏥

This week James speaks to Yesh Pulijala, Founder and CEO of Scalpel. Scalpel is a healthcare services company that automates surgical protocols using sensor-driven event detection technology. Yesh is passionate about building tools that improve surgery. He has six years of interdisciplinary experience in healthcare and technology. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yeshwanthp/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in...

Jan 16, 202233 min

#259 The Story of Wellthy Therapeutics with CEO Abhishek Shah 🤗

This week James is joined by CEO Abhishek Shah from Wellthy Therapeutics. Abhishek is changing the way people with chronic conditions experience care. A second-generation healthcare entrepreneur, he previously co-led an early stage fund as a venture capitalist. He holds a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinshah/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe t...

Jan 13, 202248 min

#258 Quick Tips with Dr. Tarlochan Toor, Director of New Wellness Partnerships & Propositions at Holland&Barrett 🌿

This week our Quick Tips for entrepreneurs come from Dr Tarlochan Toor, Director of New Wellness Partnerships and Propositions at Holland and Barrett. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtarlochantoor/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company: https://www.somx.co.uk/...

Jan 09, 20228 min

#257 The Story of Holland & Barrett with Dr. Tarlochan Toor, Director of New Wellness Partnerships & Propositions🌿

This week James is joined by Dr Tarlochan Toor, Director of New Wellness Partnerships and Propositions at Holland & Barrett. Dr Toor is a board certified primary care physician, spending 10+ years working across medicine, surgery & primary care. He is passionate about wellness, innovation and entrepreneurship. As Director of Partnerships & Propositions at H&B he loves to connect with potential partners, entrepreneurs and individuals in the wellness space. LinkedIn: https://www.li...

Jan 06, 202245 min

#256 The Story of Wellframe with co-founder Dr Trishan Panch 🇺🇸

This week James is joined by Dr. Trishan Panch, co-founder and chief innovation officer at Wellframe. Wellframe fixes the two biggest problems with American health insurance: The patient experience, and the rising cost of care . LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-trishan-panch-365b801a Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech compan...

Dec 16, 202149 min

#255 Quick Tips with CBO Martin Gouldstone from Sensyne Health 🌿

This week James is joined by Martin Gouldstone, CBO at Sensyne Health with his Quick Tips for health tech entrepreneurs. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgouldstone/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company: https://www.somx.co.uk/...

Dec 12, 20213 min

#254 The Story of Sensyne Health with Chief Business Officer Martin Gouldstone 🌿

This week I'm joined by Martin Gouldstone, CBO at Sensyne Health. Martin is a 30-year life-sciences veteran in business development and corporate finance with deep experience in sourcing and closing major strategic collaborations in both the digital health and pharmaceutical industries. He joined Sensyne from Syneos where he was Global SVP Capital Solutions at Syneos One and has held senior positions at BenevolentAI, as Chief Business Officer, BDO as Head of Life Sciences in the UK, Results Heal...

Dec 09, 202145 min

#253 The Story of DigitalHealth.London with Programme Director Jenny Thomas ⚕️

This week I'm joined by Jenny Thomas, Programme Director of DigitalHealth.London. Jenny has been pivotal in driving the growth of DigitalHealth.London from a start-up itself to an organisation that today has supported hundreds of health tech entrepreneurs to refine and scale their solutions, and which now supports NHS staff to deliver important digital transformation projects and works with academics and industry to improve evidence generation in digital health. Jenny has a background in healthc...

Dec 05, 202144 min

#252 The Story of RCube Health with CEO Ravi Janapureddy 🧠

This week I'm joined by Ravi Janapureddy, CEO and Co-Founder of RCube Health. RCube Health is on a mission to provide affordable effective solutions to promote good mental health and well-being. Ravi is a healthcare entrepreneur, product leader and ex-management consultant with significant corporate experience in telecommunications and financial services. He is passionate about social enterprise, personal development and mental health. Ravi is a computer science engineer with M.S from the Univer...

Dec 02, 202143 min

#251 Quick Tips with machine learning engineer Max Antson from Feebris ⚙️

This week Max Antson a machine learning engineer from Feebris gives us his quick tips. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-antson-542975101/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company: https://www.somx.co.uk/...

Nov 28, 20218 min

#250 The Story of Feebris with Machine Learning Engineer Max Antson ⚙️

This week James is joined by Max Antson a machine learning engineer from Feebris. Feebris are a company transforming community care using AI-guided tools to support carers to give more effective care to vulnerable patients. Max is on an AI-powered mission to achieve this goal! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-antson-542975101/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Lea...

Nov 25, 202146 min

#249 The Story of Data Language with CTO Julian Everett 💬

This week, James is joined by Julian Everett, CTO of Data Language, to discuss the digital transformation Data Language has delivered for Cochrane, the global not-for-profit whose mission is to put evidence at the heart of health decision-making and how other healthcare organisations could benefit from emerging technologies and in particular AI. Julian Everett is a technical architect with 15 years experience of designing and building distributed data platforms. Prior to co-founding Data Languag...

Nov 21, 202148 min

#248 Quick tips with VP Katie Weimer from 3D Systems 🖨️

This week Katie Weimer from 3D Systems gives us her quick tips for health-tech entrepreneurs. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-weimer/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James : www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about SomX for your healthtech company: https://www.somx.co.uk/...

Nov 18, 20215 min