Bluestock Talk

What if one of the most overlooked skills in healthcare leadership isn't strategy, fundraising, or operations? What if it's empathy? In this episode of Bluestock Talk , Allison is joined by Denise Bronner, PhD , founder of Empactful Ventures , board advisor, consultant, and former academic researcher, for a thoughtful conversation about leadership, collaboration, and the human side of innovation....

What happens when a MedTech company successfully gets through FDA? That is often when the real work begins. In this episode of Bluestock Talk , Allison is joined by reimbursement expert Mark Domyahn , Partner at JD Lymon Group (and Bluestocking Health Advisory Board member), to explore one of the most important (and frequently misunderstood) aspects of MedTech commercialization: getting paid. As M...

What happens when women’s healthcare is finally treated not as a niche category… but as one of the biggest opportunities in healthcare innovation? In this episode of Bluestock Talk , Allison is joined by Bethany Corbin , healthcare attorney, FemTech advocate, author of The FemTech Revolution , and founder of FemInnovation, to explore the rapidly evolving world of women’s health technology. Bethany...

What if one of the biggest challenges in healthcare is not treating disease… but preventing it before symptoms ever begin? In this episode of Bluestock Talk , Allison is joined by Dr. Pradeep Natarajan , preventive cardiologist, physician scientist, and leader in cardiovascular genetics at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, to explore how genomics, wearable technologies, an...

What if one of the most powerful tools in pediatric healthcare is not a device at all, but something much more fundamental? Play. In this episode of Bluestock Talk, Allison is joined by Mary Jenner, RN, BSNS, CTSS , former pediatric oncology nurse and founder of The Butterfly Pig , to explore how play is transforming the healthcare experience for children and families. Mary shares the moment that...

Brilliant medical technologies are invented every year though many never reach patients. Why? In this episode of Bluestock Talk, Allison sits down with Dr. Adam Brown , physician, healthcare strategist, and founder of ABIG Health , to unpack one of the most misunderstood challenges in MedTech innovation: the long and complicated journey from idea to real-world adoption. Dr. Brown explains how he i...

What if one of the most powerful forces shaping healthcare is not a technology at all, but the words we use to describe it? In this episode of Bluestock Talk , Allison sits down with Dr. Taylor Nichols , emergency physician, addiction medicine specialist, and healthcare policy advocate, to explore how language, culture, and innovation intersect in modern medicine. Together they discuss how the wor...

What if one of the most powerful tools in MedTech isn’t a device at all… but a story? In this episode of Bluestock Talk, Allison sits down with Cameron Kit: filmmaker, founder of Yo-Yos, and one of the sharpest storytellers working in healthcare and MedTech today. Together, they talk about: Why storytelling is essential in healthcare innovation How patient voice can shape better products earlier W...

What happens when a trauma surgeon, innovator, and storyteller sits down to talk about how medicine actually moves forward? In this episode of Bluestock Talk, Allison sits down with Dr. David Hindin: trauma surgeon, entrepreneur, host of the First in Human podcast, and Associate Director of the Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellowship. Together they explore two forces that quietly shape modern health...

How do we actually know what’s true online? In this premiere episode of Bluestock Talk, Allison sits down with Vanessa Otero , founder of Ad Fontes Media and creator of the Media Bias Chart, to unpack truth, bias, and the skills we all need to navigate today’s chaotic information landscape. Vanessa explains the RELI framework for evaluating truth and why evidence, not vibes, is the most important...