The Healthtech Podcast

Dr. James Somauroo•www.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

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Episodes

#451: A new biomarker for depression? Ben Finlay

This week, James is joined by Ben Finlay, Partner at Stratt and Advisor to Ranvier.ai, to dig into why mental health is still diagnosed by questionnaire - and what a taste test, a blood biomarker and a continuum view of neurological wellness could change. Ben shares the science behind Ranvier's objective mood measurement, the journey from early intervention in depression through to staving off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and a candid look at where pharma, policy and AI are heading next. Connect...

Jun 17, 2026•1 hr 1 min

#450 : Prof Shafi Ahmed: What it takes to get a "yes" inside the NHS

This week, James is joined by Professor Shafi Ahmed — Consultant Surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, futurist, and author of Intelligent: The Evolution of AI Transforming Healthcare — for a candid look at what it actually takes to innovate inside a system designed to resist change. From streaming a live colectomy on Google Glass to 14,500 students in 118 countries, to walking away from 80% of his pay at the peak of his clinical career, Shafi shares the relationships, leadership and reflection ...

Jun 10, 2026•1 hr 18 min

#449: 9.2 Million People Can't Sleep... and the NHS Isn't Ready | Dr Tom Chambers, Theta Sleep

This week, James is joined by Dr Tom Chambers, anaesthetist and Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer of Theta Sleep, to unpack why an estimated 9.2 million people in the UK are living with undiagnosed sleep apnoea. They get into why sleep medicine is so fragmented, why CPAP has an image problem, and how shifting diagnosis and treatment into the home could fix a supply-and-demand crisis the NHS isn't built for. A candid look at building a clinical business while still working as an NHS doctor. ...

Jun 03, 2026•1 hr 4 min

#448 We need £2M to rebuild women's health from scratch

This week, James is joined by Dr Sujitha Selvarajah, co-founder of Hesta Health, who recently closed a £2M pre-seed round to rebuild postnatal care from the ground up. They get into why most of the women's health gap has nothing to do with reproductive health, why new mothers are abandoned at the moment their care needs spike, and what it actually takes to build healthcare that's both clinically excellent and humane. Connect with Sujitha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsujitha/ Learn more: https:...

May 27, 2026•1 hr 15 min

#447: Can You Build Europe's Biggest Clinic in Just Five Years?

In this episode, James is joined by Ranjan Singh, who built HealthHero by acquiring six companies in nine months during lockdown. Now covering 35 million patients across four countries and delivering nearly five million consultations a year, it's Europe's largest digital clinic, with three consecutive outstanding CQC ratings to back up the scale. In this episode, he talks James through the acquisition-led playbook, a care coordination service that cut A&E admissions by 85%, and what an AI-fi...

May 20, 2026•1 hr 2 min

#446: Is AI giving clinicians empathy back?

This week, James is joined by Dr Kishan Rees, Senior Director for Global Video & Digital Content Strategy at Bayer, to unpack why healthcare's communication problem is now its biggest patient-safety problem. They get into medical misinformation, why patients are turning to AI chatbots over clinicians, and what pharma can learn from broadcast journalism. Connect with Kishan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkishanrees/ Learn more about Bayer: https://www.bayer.com Apply to be a guest: www.thehea...

May 13, 2026•1 hr 8 min

#445: Why is your wearable shaming you?

This week, James is joined by Dr Tiril Elstad, medical doctor, yoga teacher, and founder and CEO of Endor Global, to explore why chronic stress may be our generation's biggest health risk - and why most wearables are making the problem worse. They get into the science of heart rate variability, the gap between data and actual behaviour change, and why the real opportunity in preventive health lies in reaching the middle 75%, not the biohacking elite. Connect with Tiril: https://www.linkedin.com/...

May 06, 2026•1 hr 11 min

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