This week, James is joined by Dr. Shubs Upadhyay, Director of Medical Quality at global health company Ada. An NHS GP and a digital health enthusiast, Shubs is a strong advocate for the potential of technology to support clinicians with patient care and to empower individuals to be more proactive about their health. He is the Clinical Evaluation WG Co-chair of the ITU/WHO Focus Group AI for Health, focused on global benchmarking for AI solutions in healthcare, and the co-creator of Docolabs.io, ...
Jul 01, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Inflow was born when founders Seb Issacs, Levi Epstein and Dr. Sachs came together on a mission to help every person with ADHD reach their full potential. ADHD is a neurological difference that usually persists for life. Conservative estimates suggest that it affects 5% of the US population and costs nearly $15,000 per person per year. Inflow was created to offer another way; a sustainable, accessible and cost-effective solution for those who need support. We want to help as many people as possi...
Jun 27, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Joel Gujral, founder of mental health startup MYNDUP. Joel founded MYNDUP after experiencing his own mental health struggles, brought on by spending months in and out of hospital with an undiagnosed physical illness. MYNDUP aims to end the "one-size-fits-all" approach to mental health, by ensuring that people have access to support from professionals across the entire mental health spectrum. Get in touch with Joel at joel@myndup.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦...
Jun 24, 2021•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Dr. Shaka Bahadu, a Healthcare operations expert, clinical informatics, and COO and co-founder of Cipher Skin gives James his quick tips for entrepreneurs. Get in touch with Shaka: shaka@cipherskin.com or info@cipherskin.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Jun 20, 2021•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr. Shaka Bahadu, a Healthcare operations expert, clinical informatics, and COO and co-founder of Cipher Skin. Shaka holds a doctorate in Medicine from the Joan & Sanford Weill Medical College of Cornell, and an MBA from Stanford Business School. Using his expertise, he helps lead Cipher Skin, a technology startup that is on a mission to predict and analyze structural failures in the body and give data in real time to help prevent your next injury. Get in touch ...
Jun 17, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Dr Mark Kotter, a stem cell biologist and neurosurgeon at the University of Cambridge gives us his quick tips for entrepeneurs. He is the founder and CEO of bit.bio, who have developed opti-ox, a benchmark technology for the efficient and consistent production of human cells for use in research, drug development, and cell therapy. He also founded cultured meat startup Meatable. Get in touch with Mark : info@bit.bio Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touc...
Jun 13, 2021•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week James is joined by Dr Mark Kotter, a stem cell biologist and neurosurgeon at the University of Cambridge. He is the founder and CEO of bit.bio, who have developed opti-ox, a benchmark technology for the efficient and consistent production of human cells for use in research, drug development, and cell therapy. He also founded cultured meat startup Meatable. Get in touch with Mark : info@bit.bio Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.c...
Jun 10, 2021•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Kyle Gatier, a ‘simple salesman’ who has been fortunate enough to be inspired by some great people, and to have nurtured a passion for healthcare that has turned into a stubborn belief that we can all be empowered to do more to care for our health. Over the past decade he has helped healthcare organisations through innovations in: digital healthcare;population health management;technology;and data & analytics, and been on a journey that has seen him move from co...
Jun 06, 2021•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Edmund Farrar, co-founder of digital health startup Oto gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs. Get in touch with Edmund: ed@ joinoto.com I LinkedIn @edmundfarrar Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Jun 03, 2021•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dr Edmund Farrar, co-founder of digital health startup Oto. Ed spent 6 years as an RAF doctor. During this time he realised the scale of the problem of tinnitus, a debilitating condition affecting 1 in 8 people. This led him to found Oto, a digital therapeutics company that allows anyone to instantly access affordable tinnitus treatment. Get in touch with Edmund: ed@ joinoto.com I LinkedIn @edmundfarrar Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get...
May 30, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Sara E. Berger, Research Staff Member and Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscientist at IBM Research. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from Macalester College. Sara's background lies in systems and cognitive neuroscience, with an emphasis on chronic pain conditions and psychology. In the past, she has focused on identifying, quantifying and predicting changes in acute and chronic pain in both animal...
May 27, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Kavi Misri, Founder and CEO of Rose gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs. Get in touch with Kavi: Instagram: rosementalhealth Twitter: @RoseMHealth LinkedIn: Rose: Smarter Mental Health Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
May 23, 2021•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week I'm joined by Kavi Misri, Founder and CEO of Rose. After accessing mental health services for the first time, and the inefficiencies that became apparent Kavi decided to transform the way mental health care is delivered. Instagram: rosementalhealth Twitter: @RoseMHealth LinkedIn: Rose: Smarter Mental Health Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
May 20, 2021•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Dan Vahdat, the CEO and Founder of global digital health company Huma gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs. Get in contact with Dan: dan@huma.com or https://huma.com/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
May 16, 2021•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by one of the UK's leading robotic surgeons, Mr Prasanna Sooriakumaran. He is known by his initials PS for short, and is a world leader in robotic surgery and prostate cancer care. He has published over 150 papers in medical journals on his robotic surgical techniques and research studies, and is frequently invited all over the world to teach other surgeons and doctors on his innovations. As well as his NHS consultant robotic surgeon appointment in London, PS also work...
May 13, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Dan Vahdat, the CEO and Founder of global digital health company Huma which, not-for-profit, is helping double Covid-19 clinical capacity for hospitals across the UK, Germany and the UAE using digital wards. The company uses people's phones, digital biomarkers and connected sensors, to collect and share patient data with their clinicians and researchers. They already help with Covid and are now tackling the patient waiting list backlog by helping care for patients b...
May 09, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ms Harjit Gill is the CEO of APACMed. Founded in 2014, the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) is the only regional association to provide a unified voice for the medical technology industry in Asia Pacific. The association represents manufacturers and suppliers of medical equipment, devices and in-vitro diagnostics, industry associations and other key stakeholders associated with the medical technology industry in Asia Pacific. Their mission is to improve the standards of care...
May 06, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week, James is joined by Patrick Howie, Founder and CEO of MediFind. MediFind was founded one-year ago on Rare Disease Day to help patients struggling with a complex health problem. Their simple mission is to give these patients the one thing they need most - time. MediFind does this by helping patients identify and access experts, new treatments, and available clinical trials for their specific health condition.
May 02, 2021•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Simon Rowland, Global Medical Director at GSK Consumer Healthcare gives James his Quick Tips for entrepreneurs. GSK is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. Get in contact with Simon: linkedin.com/in/simonrowland05 Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Apr 29, 2021•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jonathan Bingham is CEO of Janeiro Digital, a business transformation and technology consultancy that helps enterprises dream bigger and transform faster. Throughout his career, Jonathan has been at the forefront of every major technology shift, helping businesses solve big problems, innovate and compete. Today, Jonathan leads Janeiro Digital’s mission to help business seize the transformative power of the decentralized web. Working closely with Sir Tim Berners-Lee and his Solid platform, Janeir...
Apr 28, 2021•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week James is joined by Simon Rowland, Global Medical Director at GSK Consumer Healthcare. GSK is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. Get in contact with Simon: linkedin.com/in/simonrowland05 Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Apr 25, 2021•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: matthew.edgar1@nhs.net Subscribe ...
Apr 22, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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: alivecor@highwirepr.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk...
Apr 18, 2021•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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: connor@ekohealth.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦 www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in...
Apr 08, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
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