Best Healthegy Podcasts (2024)

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Episode: 185 - Rodney Perkins Discusses Navigating Entrepreneurship and ‘Maintaining the Machine’ 1:11:07

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In this month’s episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Rodney Perkins, M.D., serial medtech inventor and founder of several companies, including Collagen Corporation and Laserscope. Perkins delves into his extensive history as one of the industry’s most prolific and successful entrepreneurs whose inventions have helped shape many med…

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Episode: 184 - Amr Salahieh on the Keys to Successful Entrepreneurship 56:28

2M ago56:28

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Starting a company is an intimidating feat. Starting multiple companies is even scarier. In this month’s episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Amr Salahieh, founder and CEO of Shifamed, about his extensive experiences of entrepreneurship in the medtech ecosystem. As the founder of several companies, including Sadra Medical, Maya Med…

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Episode: 167 - Generative AI in Healthcare: Hype or Hope? 50:17

2M ago50:17

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At the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit WEST 2024, leaders of the AI technology industry discussed the tangible progress that’s been made, identified which tools are useful (and not so useful), and charted the realities—and sensationalism—around how generative AI will reshape the future of health systems, care delivery, and personalized treatme…

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Episode:183 - Dr. Nolan Williams on New Approaches to Treating Major Depressive Disorder 58:45

4M ago58:45

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Though the stigma around mental illnesses has lessened, there is an ongoing mental health crisis affecting the country—and the rest of the world. In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Nolan Williams, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, about how electrical signaling abnormal…

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Episode: 182 - Justin Klein on Building the Medtech Ecosystem 46:37

5M ago46:37

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How does one decide to invest in the right company? In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Justin Klein, MD, JD, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Vensana Capital, about how he uses his legal background to determine the best investment strategy, how he found his way into the medtech industry, and which areas of medicine fasc…

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Episode: 166 - Andrew Adams On How to Find the Right Opportunities to Invest 28:30

5M ago28:30

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When is the best time to make an investment? In the healthcare industry, this can be tricky to determine. In this episode of Breaking Health, host Steve Krupa speaks with Andrew Adams, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Oak HC/FT, about organizing capital into the right companies, where the healthcare industry is going in terms of deployment of tec…

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Episode: 181 - Keegan Harper On Overcoming Hardships And Finding Your Talent 58:02

6M ago58:02

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How does one navigate the difficult road of entrepreneurship? How do you find the right industry for you? In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with serial founder and med device CEO Keegan Harper, about overcoming the challenges of being your own boss and finding what you’re good at. Harper discusses what inspired him to become …

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Episode: 165 - Kyle Kiser Talks About Providing Patients Access To Medication Information And “Real Time Benefits” 26:45

6M ago26:45

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When patients receive prescriptions, many find themselves at a loss over the lack of information on the medications’ clinical uses, costs, and more. In this episode of Breaking Health, host Steve Krupa speaks with Kyle Kiser, CEO of Arrive Health, about giving patients the ability to access information on medications to help them make better health…

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Episode: 180 - From Conception to Commercialization, Jane Chao and Ceribell Are Changing Lives With This Neuromonitoring Breakthrough 49:06

7M ago49:06

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Ceribell’s rapid seizure triage product for critical care received FDA’s Breakthrough Designation with an exclusive New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) from CMS. Everything about the ClarityPro product—from the innovative EEG headband to the EEG recorder and physician portal has been engineered to enable quick detection and response to non-convuls…

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Episode: 164 - Navigating Healthcare Rates with Price Transparency 26:53

9M ago26:53

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From sports goods salesman and stand-up comedian to co-founder and CEO of a software company, Chris Severn is helping patients by providing price transparency in healthcare through an easy-to-use platform. In this episode of Breaking Health, host Steve Krupa speaks with Severn about how he got the idea for a service that provided patients with upfr…

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Episode: 179 - Overcoming Valuation Overhang – Implications on Raising Capital and Exits 51:38

9M ago51:38

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How has the bullishness of 2016-2022 impacted public markets and private companies? In this special episode of Medtech Talk, we share Geoff Pardo’s Medtech MVP 2023 panel, featuring Tak G Cheung, Partner at New Enterprise Associates; J.P. Peltier, Managing Director of Global Head, Healthcare Investment Banking at Piper Sandler; Michael Ryan, VP of …

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Episode: 178 - Doug Godshall’s Business Growth Through Sales Strategies and Leadership 1:02:13

10M ago1:02:13

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Doug Godshall, President and CEO of Shockwave Medical, started off selling T-shirts as an engineering student. Today, he leads the most successful high-growth medtech company in the last twenty years. In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Godshall, who discusses his start in medical devices, experiences in a major medtech co…

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Episode: 163 - Women, Families, and Health: Understanding the Market, Its Impact, and How You Measure Success 44:03

10M ago44:03

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For the past few years, digital health has made great strides in providing new ways of healthcare access for patients. But this also means new challenges and obstacles have emerged. This year, at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, leaders in women’s health talked about how they and their companies are finding ways to help patients access hea…

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Episode: 177 - Launching a New Category of Orthopedics: Moximed’s Journey and Trial Results 57:20

11M ago57:20

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In his early education Anton Clifford was advised against focusing on both science and economics. But he’s put that education to good use in his entrepreneurial career. With a foundation in engineering, Clifford quickly turned to medical devices. First in his native Ireland and later in the US with Abbott Laboratories, Clifford got firsthand experi…

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Episode: 176 - Stacey Pugh Combines Bedside Background with Market Experience to Affect Change for Type 2 Diabetes 56:46

12M ago56:46

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With a background as a trauma nurse and experience running clinical research programs, Stacey Pugh brought quite a bit of patient-focused experience with her when she shifted to industry. After several roles in the neurovascular space, now she’s leading the charge at Endogenix, which is using pulsed electric fields to treat Type 2 Diabetes. She and…

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Episode: 162 - Creating Market Pathways for Effective, Validated Digital Therapeutics 29:41

1y ago29:41

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Kamal Jethwani began his medical training in India and soon found himself more intrigued by solving of the administrative issues around care delivery. This interest came to a head when he found himself on the front lines of crisis response when his 10-bed emergency department received—and treated—1,700 patients in 72 hours. Afterward, Jethwani real…

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Episode: 161 - Tomorrow Health CEO Vijay Kedar on the Coordination and Delivery of High-Quality and High-Efficiency Home Healthcare in Today’s Medical Landscape 30:10

1y ago30:10

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Vijay Kedar, co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow Health, was raised in a family of physicians, often joking that he was “pre-med coming out of the womb.” However, it wasn’t until he took on managing his mother's care through stage III colorectal cancer and acute respiratory distress syndrome that the idea for Tomorrow Health was born. In this episode, K…

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Episode: 175 - Marine Raider Turned CEO Leverages Advanced Technology to Design Novel Urological Diagnostic Devices 58:18

1y ago58:18

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Derek Herrera, founder and CEO of Bright Uro, grew up in a military family with a curious mind and a skill for building things. After graduating, he entered the Naval Academy, studied systems engineering and robotics, and became a Special Operations Marine Raider. When an injury left him paralyzed from the waist down, he launched a new career to im…

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Episode: 160 - A. J. Loiacono on Capital Rx’s Mission to Remodel the American Drug Pricing System as a Tech-Based Pharmacy Benefit Manager 38:43

1y ago38:43

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AJ Loiacono’s experience in supply chain consulting for pharmaceutical manufacturing afforded him a world-class education in supply chain logistics, drug pricing, and software implementation. However, it wasn’t until he worked with healthcare payers that he realized the glaring problems in the U.S. drug pricing system and that pharmacy benefit mana…

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Episode: 174 - Lisa Anderson on Paragonix Technologies’ Revolutionary Organ Transplant Preservation and Transport Device 1:00:44

1y ago1:00:44

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Growing up in Austria as the daughter of two physicians, Lisa Anderson, co-founder and CEO of Paragonix Technologies, spent many evenings around the dinner table discussing patient care with her parents. After pursuing advanced studies in biomedical sciences and medical genetics, Anderson ventured back into patient care and launched a donor organ p…

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Episode: 173 - A Continued Conversation: Fred Khosravi on Transforming a Medical Invention to an Exceptional Innovation 1:18:44

1+ y ago1:18:44

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Fred Khosravi, chairman and CEO of Imperative Care, returns to the podcast for another engaging conversation with host Geoff Pardo about his personal and professional experiences in the medtech space. He speaks about the elements of preparedness that help entrepreneurs seize new opportunities, the importance of maintaining intellectual honesty in o…

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Episode: 159 - Dr. Jennifer Schneider on Homeward Health’s Mission to Bring Affordable and Accessible 19:05

1+ y ago19:05

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Dr. Schneider’s interest in medicine began when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a preteen living in a small rural Minnesota town. After becoming a physician, her journey to CEO started with a return to her roots and a desire to help decrease the exorbitantly high mortality rates observed in rural communities across the nation. In this epi…

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Episode 172: Fred Khosravi on Using ‘Forces of Good’ to Transform the Medtech Space 49:40

1+ y ago49:40

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This month host Geoff Pardo speaks with one of the most prolific entrepreneurs in the medtech industry, Fred Khosravi, chairman and CEO of Imperative Care, about the path that led him to start over 24 healthtech startups. Khosravi recounts leaving Iran at 17 and studying mechanical engineering at Tennessee Tech. He talks about his first experiences…

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Episode 171: Viz.ai CEO Chris Mansi on Artificial Intelligence and Increasing Patient Access to Life-Saving Treatments 54:36

1+ y ago54:36

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As a trained neurosurgeon, Dr. Chris Mansi is familiar with the challenges patients face in accessing lifesaving treatments. After earning an MBA from Stanford and enrolling in their Biodesign Medical Innovation track, he learned to develop multifaceted and technology-based solutions to improve healthcare workflows. In this episode, host Geoff Pard…

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Episode: 158 - HLM General Partner Steve Tolle on How to Spot a Winning Investment and the Ever-Changing Needs in the Tech-Enabled Healthcare Space 33:12

1+ y ago33:12

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From working nights in the Prudential mailroom during college to securing leadership roles at big names like IBM Watson Health, Allscripts, and Pfizer, Steve Tolle, now general partner at HLM Venture Partners, has seen it all. With a multi-faceted skill set and a wealth of knowledge in technology and healthcare, he eventually transitioned from an o…

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Episode: 170 - Stanford Professor Dr. Joshua Makower Talks Multidisciplinary Innovation in the Medical Device and Consumer Product Markets 1:02:18

1+ y ago1:02:18

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Dr. Josh Makower is one of the few multidisciplinary leaders making a tremendous and broad-reaching impact on the medical device and consumer product industries. As an inventor, professor, CEO, and venture capitalist with experiences in medicine, bioengineering, business, and big pharma, Makower has led the charge in creating some of the most uniqu…

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Episode: 169 - Andy Doraiswamy, CEO of Koya Medical, Talks Mountaineering, Meditation, and Management 53:31

1+ y ago53:31

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Before he began his Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering, Andy Doraiswamy bought a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia to explore and “find himself.” He was successful: discovering a love for mountain climbing’s physical and mental challenges and developing a practice of meditation that has proven helpful in both climbing and commerce. Since leavin…

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Episode: 157 - Dr. Julian Harris on How ConcertoCare Reshapes Healthcare Delivery and Provides Holistic Care to Vulnerable and Senior Patients with Multiple Complex Conditions 35:39

1+ y ago35:39

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Healthcare’s most vulnerable patients meet a fragmented system when they seek to simultaneously address chronic comorbidities, behavioral health challenges, and social needs (i.e., navigating access to food, transportation, and housing). In response, ConcertoCare employs a multidisciplinary team and offers an integrated approach to clinical care, b…

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Episode 156: CEO Siva Namasivayam on Cohere Health’s Mission to Use Digital Health Technology for the Transformation of Utilization Management into Proper Care Management 35:28

2y ago35:28

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Payers and providers spend unnecessary time and energy approving medical and diagnostic procedures. CEO and Co-Founder Siva Namasivayam, believing that the digital health market has yet to leverage the full power of technology, launched Cohere Health in 2019 to transform utilization management into proper care management. Cohere Health employs indi…

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Episode: 155 - Bill Taranto on Merck’s Global Health Innovation (GHI) Fund and Using Multiple Assets with Groundbreaking Technology to Solve Major Digital Health Problems 33:59

2y ago33:59

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When Bill Taranto pitched the Global Health Innovation (GHI) Fund, he envisioned an independent venture that mimicked a private firm but maintained the backing and power of a big health company. The Fund's partnership with Merck allows them to make groundbreaking investments in the digital health space. Following what is often known as "ecosystem i…

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Episode: 168 - Alleviant Medical CEO Adam Berman on the No-Implant Device Treating Diastolic Heart Failure 56:32

2y ago56:32

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Host Geoff Pardo talks with Adam Berman, CEO of Alleviant Medical, about the groundbreaking device treating heart failure without hardware or permanent implants. The Alleviant device mitigates shortness of breath in patients with diastolic heart failure by leaving behind a shunt cut from interatrial septum tissue. The shunt moves blood from the lef…

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Episode 154: Dan Brillman on Unite Us’ Impressive Mission to Bridge the Gap Between Americans and Access to Social and Health Services 23:49

2y ago23:49

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After several deployments in the Middle East as a US Air Force Pilot, Unite Us CEO Dan Brillman served as a trusted confidant and aid to fellow veterans looking to secure housing, employment, sustenance, and healthcare. However, he became increasingly frustrated with the fragmented and ineffective system most veterans navigate to secure social serv…

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Episode: 153 - Panel Discussion on Access and Transformations in Complex and Specialty Care 31:48

2y ago31:48

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While the pandemic may have dramatically advanced our virtual care ambitions, even pre-pandemic many people noted that care outside of the hospital resulted in improved outcomes for some groups of patients. In a recent conversation at the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, leaders in care delivery for a variety of patient needs—as well as payer …

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Episode: 167 - M&A, IPO or SPAC: CEOs Share Exit Strategies and Lessons Learned Along the Way 1:01:32

2y ago1:01:32

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Geoff Pardo and three successful medtech CEOs who exited their companies through a different pathway— M&A, IPO, and SPAC—discuss the pros and cons of each. While market volatility is a given, Bruce Shook, Former President & CEO, Intact Vascular and Vesper Medical; Clint Carnell, Co-Founder & Chairman, OrangeTwist; Former CEO, BeautyHealth; and Lesl…

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Episode 152: Sid Viswanathan on Truepill’s Vision for Virtual Healthcare and Finding New Passions to Drive Entrepreneurial Success 24:05

2y ago24:05

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Sid Viswanathan doesn’t believe that a pre-existing passion is essential to entrepreneurial success, instead he recommends choosing an area with plenty to learn. “Find something you can spend a lot of time obsessing over,” he told the Breaking Health podcast. When he co-founded Truepill, Viswanathan didn’t know much about healthcare, but now it is …

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Episode 151: Enam Noor Talks About Insightin Health’s Vision to Use Healthcare Data As An Asset to Drive the Next Best Action for Customer Health 27:04

2y ago27:04

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Enam Noor has been an entrepreneur since he graduated from college with a degree in computer programming. After honing his skills in digital analytics and digital workflow, he’s taking what he learned and applying it to the healthcare field. His company, Insightin Health, brings vast healthcare data to bear on care decision-making, empowering healt…

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Episode 166: Nicole Walker on Diversity, Leadership, and Falling in Love with the Deal 56:11

2y ago56:11

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Nicole J. Walker brings far more diversity than just her race and gender to her role as managing partner at Arboretum Ventures. Her background was in operations and engineering, and she knows her perspective has given her valuable insight into the businesses she works with. Walker also credits her team with asking hard questions, applying different…

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Episode 150: Entrepreneur Panel Explores the Market—and the Medicine—Driving Behavioral Health 58:18

2y ago58:18

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Reimbursement coverage for behavioral health services hit a milestone in 2008 when Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) which required insurers to equalize coverage for behavioral health and medical health benefits in terms of co-pays, deductibles, lifetime caps and access to providers. Fast forward to present …

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Episode 165: Dr. Aaron Kaplan— Still Making Music, A Clinician’s Perspective on Innovation 54:45

2+ y ago54:45

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Dr. Aaron Kaplan has several startups and many years of cardiology practice under his belt, and he is uniquely positioned to give a physician’s perspective on the medical device startup space and how big ideas actually impact the clinic. As a practicing interventional cardiologist and Director of Clinical Research, Heart & Vascular Center, at Dartm…

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Episode 149: Founder & CEO Lucienne Ide of Rimidi Has a Vision for Value-Based Care That Truly Empowers Patients and Physicians To Achieve Continuous Care 22:58

2+ y ago22:58

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“A lot has happened in healthcare in the past two years,” Lucienne Ide, Founder and CEO of Rimidi, says. “We went from a miniscule adoption of telemedicine—much less remote monitoring—to now everybody’s looking at the future and saying, ‘This is here to stay. How are we going to do it in a scalable and sustainable way?’” Rimidi has the plan. Ide’s …

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Episode 148: Special Episode: The Evolving Site of Care Landscape & The New Frontier of Care at Home 1:03:02

2+ y ago1:03:02

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Doctors making house calls might seem like a relic of the past, but the act of caring for patients in their own home is experiencing a revival. Only this time, it’s highly dependent on technology. This special episode features a panel discussion from a Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (DHIS) Spotlight Episode earlier this year. Moderated by Ell…

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Episode 164: Kurt Azarbarzin, Revolutionizing Surgery 52:42

2+ y ago52:42

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Kurt Azarbarzin grew up valuing discipline, hard work and a can-do attitude, and he credits much of his success to continuing to work and live by those principles. Having moved to the United States from Tehran, Iran in late 1970's as a senior in High School, Kurt was fortunate to live with an American family who knew his own family well. He enjoyed…

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Episode 163: Venture Investing in a Post-COVID World 41:20

2+ y ago41:20

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The pandemic has certainly affected many aspects of life, but what about the medtech industry? Specifically for this audience, did COVID impact medtech investment strategy? As part of the recent Medtech MVP conference, host Geoff Pardo moderated a panel interview with four medtech investors to tackle that question and many more: Carter McNabb, Mana…

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Episode 162: Bernie Haffey on Cutting Through to High Performance 1:07:29

2+ y ago1:07:29

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Bernie Haffey started his career as a high school physics teacher, then decided to go to business school. He remained interested in science and technology though, so he started working in the medtech industry at Hewlett-Packard’s Medical Products Group before transferring to Mentor Corp. After rising in the ranks at Mentor, Bernie then joined Summi…

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Episode 147: Chairman & CEO Walter Jin on how Pager is Providing a “Doctor-in-the-Family” Experience so People can Easily Find Care, Get Care, and Follow Up 32:02

2+ y ago32:02

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Like many healthtech leaders, Walter Jin didn’t start his career in this industry. He began as an investment banker and then joined what was a much smaller Carlyle Group based in Washington DC in the 90’s. The firm had originally focused on aerospace defense but wanted to diversify, and since Walter happened to be doing healthcare deals for them, h…

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Episode 161: Amar Sawhney on Finding the Right Chemistry for Entrepreneurial Success 1:05:08

2+ y ago1:05:08

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Now a seasoned medtech entrepreneur and leader, Amar Sawhney first became interested in the industry starting in graduate school. He was studying chemical engineering and developing biodegradable polymers for adhesion prevention and hydrogels for light-activated polymerization within the body. He and his advisor were then approached by Mayfield Fun…

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Episode 146: Founder and CEO John Kao on how Alignment Healthcare is Taking Care of Seniors like You’d Want Your Parents Treated 34:01

2+ y ago34:01

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John Kao is a seasoned entrepreneur and executive. After beginning his career at FHP International, he then started four other companies in succession: Secure Horizons USA, PacifiCare Health Systems, The TriZetto Group, and CareMore Medical Enterprises, before then being compelled to found Alignment Healthcare. Alignment’s origin is a bit more pers…

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Episode 145: Co-Founder and CEO Mark Frank on how SonderMind is Making Mental Health More Accessible and Widely Utilized 32:30

3y ago32:30

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Mark Frank has what he calls “professional ADD.” He naturally likes trying different things and building new skills, which is ultimately what led him to become an entrepreneur. Even while serving in the Army after college, Mark still found entrepreneurial aspects as a platoon leader; after all, he was responsible for everything his unit either did …

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Episode 160: Securing Coverage and Payment for Your Innovative Medical Device: Advice from the Experts 1:04:46

3y ago1:04:46

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Navigating the ever-changing sea of medtech reimbursement is never easy, particularly with the recent swings in policies pertaining to breakthrough devices. As part of the continued Medtech Talk Digital Discussion Series, host Geoff Pardo moderates a panel interview with three medtech reimbursement experts to look at strategies for obtaining reimbu…

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Episode 144: Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Raphael Rakowski on how Medically Home is Providing High Acuity, Complex Care at Home 28:24

3y ago28:24

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After losing his Holocaust-survivor dad as a result of three medical errors at a US academic hospital, Raphael Rakowski was driven to start Medically Home. Trained as an engineer who then successfully launched a few prior companies, Raphael was prepared to try to address the problem of high fixed cost burdens at medical facilities that he felt affe…

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