This week, James is joined by Charlotte Manisty, Professor of Cardiology at University College London, cardiac MRI specialist, and clinical lead for Cardio-Oncology at Barts Heart Centre. Charlotte is also a director and co-founder of MyCardium AI, a UCL spinout revolutionising cardiovascular scanning. By leveraging clinician-developed AI, MyCardium AI enhances the accuracy, precision, and consistency of diagnostic imaging, driving innovative treatments to improve patient outcomes. http://www.my...
Feb 19, 2025•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Umang Patel, Chief Clinical Information Officer at Microsoft. As a Paediatric Doctor at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and the former Managing Director - Value Based Care and Director of Clinical Strategy at Babylon Health, Umang has 15 years of experience in clinical practice, health technology, and business leadership. He is passionate about leveraging the power of data, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing to transform healthcare delivery and improve...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week James is joined by... another James, Scarlet CEO and co-founder James Dewar. He co-founded Scarlet with Jamie Cox in 2021 to hasten the transition to universally accessible and affordable healthcare. After graduating with a Masters in AI & Machine Learning from Imperial College, he worked as a Data Scientist before meeting Jamie and starting Scarlet. He has spent nearly four years developing Scarlet into Europe's only software & AI-specialised Notified Body, which certifies med...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Pete Grinbergs, a physiotherapist by background and the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of EQL. Pete began his career in professional sports before founding a nationwide physiotherapy chain. He later co-founded EQL and developed Phio, a digital MSK solution that improves health outcomes for people with MSK conditions by creating self-service assessment and management tools that enable rapid access to the best available care. https://www.eql.ai/ Apply to be a gu...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week James is joined by Dr Josh Au Yeung. Josh is a neurology registrar at King's College Hospital NHS Trust, academic researcher, AI clinical specialist and co-host of the Dev & Doc: AI for healthcare Podcast. He has a deep knowledge and passion for implementing, researching, and evaluating emerging technologies and AI for healthcare. Connect with Josh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-joshua-auyeung/?originalSubdomain=uk Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Hea...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Ashish Patel, Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets Group. After beginning his career as an intensive care doctor in London, Ashish has now spent more than a decade as an operator, investor, and advisor to multiple high-growth companies. At Houlihan Lokey he specialises in private capital markets transactions and is responsible for delivering minority equity solutions, including growth capital and structured equity. Apply to be a guest: www.thehealth...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Peter Rezkalla: a paediatrician, actor, and social media sensation known as "Doctor Disney," with over 50 million views. Combining his musical theatre expertise with his medical knowledge, Peter creates engaging and educational videos to support parents, families, healthcare professionals, and children. By integrating media, theatre, and healthtech, Peter is pioneering a new approach to holistic healthcare—one that transcends traditional medicine and empowers commun...
Jan 02, 2025•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr. Kerstin Papenfuss, Director of Pharma at Deep Science Ventures. Deep Science Ventures is pioneering a new approach to building healthtech companies from the ground up, focusing on four key outcomes: restorative cultivation, scaling intelligence, reversing global heating, and curative therapeutics. Kerstin has over a decade of experience in leadership roles at impact-driven organisations advancing medicine and therapeutics and has been leading the pharma sector a...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Claus Jensen, a technologist turned storyteller. Claus has spent the last 10 years working on healthcare transformation at Teladoc Health with virtual care at scale, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and CVS Health. His expertise lies in transition and growth at the intersection between business, technology and people. Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claustorpjensen/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: ww...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by George Murgatroyd, VP of Digital Technologies, a leading med-tech unit within Medtronic. He has over 20 years of experience working within the NHS, currently working to define the company’s digital ecosystem. Medtronic believes technology is key to transforming a healthcare system in crisis, revitalising patient care and creating an operating room fit for the future. Learn more: https://www.medtronic.com/uk-en/index.html Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Cosmo Feilding Mellen, drug development entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Beckley Psytech. Beckley Psytech is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company working to improve the lives of people living with neuropsychiatric disorders by developing effective and rapid-acting psychedelic medicines. Learn more: https://www.beckleypsytech.com/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch wit...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Sunday, James is joined by Nara Moripen, co-founder and CEO of Pal as she gives us her quick tips for entrepreneurs. 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 at somx.health...
Nov 24, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Nara Moripen, the co-founder & CEO of Pal. Pal is a digital palliative care solution that helps families navigate the world of serious illness, and gives them the practical tools and support needed to care for their loved ones. Learn more: http://www.palhelps.com 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 com...
Nov 22, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Devika Wood, Chief Commercial Officer at Brain+, pioneers of digitised cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia and with a mission to bring the best-in-class dementia therapies to all. With a Masters in Public Health from Imperial College London and over thirteen years of experience across healthcare, life sciences, and investment sectors, Devika began her career at Google and subsequently joined Babylon as one of their first hires, later founding Vida in 2016 and...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr. Meriem Sefta, PhD, Chief Diagnostics Officer at Owkin. Owkin is the first end-to-end AI-biotech company on a mission to understand complex biology and ensure every patient gets the right treatment using AI trained on world-class patient data through privacy-enhancing technologies. Learn more: https://www.owkin.com/diagnostics-approach Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with J...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by George McBride, co-founder and COO of Clerkenwell Health a psychedelic-specialty clinical research organisation and site network headquartered in London. George is a commercial barrister turned drug policy reform advocate and entrepreneur. He's played in a key role in the campaign to legalise medical cannabis in the UK at the NGO Volteface before founding Europe’s leading cannabis advisory firm, Hanway Associates and industry conference Cannabis Europa. Learn more a...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Sokratis Papafloratos, CEO and founder of Numan. After founding and exiting previous companies, Sokratis founded Numan in 2018 to provide men with access to treatment for erectile dysfunction. His journey towards founding the company was fuelled by a personal realisation of the underserved nature of men's health and a desire to leverage technology for positive behavioural change and destigmatisation. Six years later, Numan has scaled and evolved into the UK’s bigges...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast This Sunday, Charlie Wells, Founder and CEO of HelloSelf gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs. 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 at somx.health...
Oct 14, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Charlie Wells, Founder and CEO of HelloSelf. In what he calls his ‘before life’ Charlie studied neurobiology at Oxford before moving to London to work in healthcare marketing, then in 2011 a life-threatening brain haemorrhage changed everything. After surviving a coma and pioneering surgery, Charlie decided to make the most of his second chance, focusing on personal well-being, relationships and making a positive impact. HelloSelf was founded off the back of this, r...
Oct 11, 2024•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Vicky Demas, the CEO of identifeye HEALTH. Vicky has more than 20 years of experience developing and launching healthcare products. She joined identifeye HEALTH after leading the development of new products for GRAIL, a cancer screening company. identifeye HEALTH aims to harness health insights from the human eye to promote overall health and well-being using automation and advanced AI. Get in touch with Vicky via her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasiliki-v...
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr Anna Klepchukova, Chief Medical Officer at women's health unicorn Flo Health. Anna is a qualified M.D. with specialist expertise in anesthesiologist and intensive care. Coupled with a degree in Marketing, Anna has worked extensively across pharma taking on the role of Marketing Manager at Takeda before joining Flo Health as Chief Medical officer in 2017. Learn more: https://flo.health/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pige...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr Thomas Fuchs, Founder and Chief Scientist at Paige, a healthtech company using the power of AI to drive a new era of cancer discovery and treatment. Paige is the first company to receive FDA approval for a clinical AI application in digital pathology. It's cloud-based platform transforms pathologists’ workflow and increases diagnostic confidence as well as productivity on a global scale. Learn more: https://paige.ai/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast....
Sep 18, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr Matt Wilson, former NHS doctor and Anaesthesiologist, and founder and CEO of uMed. uMed's mission is to improve the lives of those living with disease by enabling access to the data and insights needed to bring new therapies and innovations to patients. uMed's platform – which is embedded across a global network of healthcare institutions – combines routinely collected EMR data with outcomes collected directly from patients at-home. This provides researchers with...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr Malte Gerhold, Director of Innovation and Improvement at The Health Foundation, an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. Malte leads the Foundation’s work to support radical innovation and improvement in health and care services, providing insights, practical resources and funding to enable change, including through new technologies and data. Malte is also a trustee of the Alzheimer’s Society, a member...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Mati Gill, an experienced healthcare innovation leader and CEO of AION Labs. Mati founded AION Labs after serving more than a decade as a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals. AION Labs is a first-of-its-kind venture studio comprising global pharma, technology and investment leaders, united in a mission to create and adopt groundbreaking new AI technologies that will transform the process of drug discovery and development for the benefit of people worldwide. Get...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Roeland Decorte, Founder and CEO of Decorte Future Industries, a deep tech company that uses groundbreaking artificial intelligence to extract health data from sound. Roeland has a PhD in Ancient Code-breaking from the University of Cambridge and expertise that spans mechanical engineering, prototyping, AI-driven healthtech, manufacturing, and biometric sensing. Learn more: https://decorte.co.uk/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healtht...
Aug 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr. Sioned Fôn Jones, an award-winning Scientist with a Master of Science in Chemistry and a PhD in Biophysics. She was listed on the 2024 Forbes Under 30 list and was a recipient of the 2023 Potts Medal for her outstanding contribution to science. In 2019, Sioned founded BoobyBiome, a biotech company leveraging their knowledge of the breast milk microbiome to revolutionise infant health. Learn more: http://www.boobybiome.com Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpo...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by the UK's top former TV executive Neil Smith. Neil is the CEO and Founder of Mettle, a mental fitness app co-founded with adventurer Bear Grylls and Dr Alex George (UK Government’s Mental Health Ambassador). At this time of crisis, Mettle is revolutionising men’s mental health by giving them the permission and tools they need to be happier, healthier and more successful, for the good of all. Learn more: Bemettle.com Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com S...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr Toby Basey-Fisher, CEO & Founder of Entia, an oncology service provider supporting more effective cancer care by predicting and preventing treatment side effects. Having seen family members struggle with the challenges of poorly personalised cancer therapy, Toby founded Entia to change this. He received his PhD in Biomedical Physics from Imperial College London where he also holds an honorary lectureship. Toby has served as a board member at BIVDA and is a Bl...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Liam Cahill, Founder of Together Digital a company that helps organisations build more meaningful, purposeful and rewarding relationships with their audiences, workers and society. Liam has a background in digital technology, systems thinking, org strategy and all things health. He previously co-founded an impactful, nationally respected social enterprise that supports the NHS to improve care around medicines and prescribing. Over the years, he has advised a range o...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
