The Healthtech Podcast

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 lea...

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 behavio...

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

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 w...

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 automati...

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 mor...

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 producti...

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 colle...

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, inclu...

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 w...

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...

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 revolut...

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 successfu...

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...

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 support...

This week, James is joined by Sam Toole who is a Partner at Primary, where he spearheads new enterprise and healthcare investments. The Nantucket native and Hamilton alum was previously the GM of Physician Marketplace for Nomad Health, where he helped lead the company’s sales team from seed through a Series B. Sam’s entrepreneurial career started as the founder of ACK Surf, a surf school on the is...

Dimitry Tran is a medical technologist with a decade of experience in healthcare startups, international hospital operations, and NGOs. As co-founder of Harrison.ai and Annalise.ai – clinician-led AI medical technology companies – he addresses some of the most significant issues in healthcare today, aiding clinicians in making accurate diagnoses and treating patients faster. Learn more: https://an...

This week we're revisiting the very first Healthtech Podcast Live event where James was joined by Dr Karan Rajan, NHS Surgeon, clinical lecturer and social media content creator. With over five million followers, Dr Karan is on a mission to tackle healthcare misinformation and share his knowledge and expertise with the general public in an educational and accessible way. Apply to be a guest: www.t...

This week, we're throwing it back to episode #309, where James was joined by Ghalib Khan, CEO of Written Medicine.  Hollie and Adama from the SomX team explore the barriers to healthcare access and how Written Medicine is working to overcome them by translating medical information into languages that patients can understand. Learn more about Written Medicine: https://writtenmedicine.com/ Apply to...

This week, James is joined by Benedikt von Thüngen, founder and CEO of Sanome, a company that collaborates closely with selected hospital trusts to translate their data into clinically actionable insights. Sanome aims to build a clinical co-pilot that supports clinicians in making earlier and better decisions.  https://sanome.com/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Heal...

This week, James is joined by Tess Cosad, Co-founder & CEO of Béa Fertility. Béa is on a mission to transform the fertility industry, launching a modern take on an old clinical technology to deliver fertility treatment that works, for 1/20th the cost of IVF. Béa's first baby is coming May 2024. https://beafertility.com/ Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech...

This week, James is joined by Sara Siegal, Global Health Care Sector Leader at Deloitte. Drawing on her 20 years of experience at Deloitte, Sara shares her perspective on managing healthtech innovation networks in the UK. She highlights the value of varied backgrounds in healthcare leadership, the challenges and potential of AI in the NHS, and the complexity of implementing innovative solutions at...

This week James is joined by Dr Keith Grimes, a Digital Health Specialist, Clinical Product Manager, and experienced General Practitioner with over 25 years of experience in primary care and medical leadership. Utilising his passion for AI and Digital Health technology, Keith has successfully led clinicians and product teams to deliver world-class data-driven products at Babylon such as Symptom Ch...

This week, we're revisiting our very first Healthtech Podcast Live event where James was joined by Dr Helen O'Neill Founder and CEO of Hertility. As a lecturer in reproductive and molecular genetics and a leading expert in reproductive science, Helen founded Hertility with the goal to bring reproductive science out of the lab and into the hands of every single women worldwide.  Learn more about He...

This week, James is joined by Dr. Raminderpal Singh, CEO of Incubate Bio and leading advocate for HitchhikersAI.org . With over 30 years of experience in the US and Europe, Raminderpal has excelled in both the semiconductor and healthcare industries. As CEO of Incubate Bio, Raminderpal is dedicated to revolutionising drug discovery through advanced computational methods. His mission is to expedite...