Make It So with Dr. Robert Groves

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Dr. Brent James, a pioneer in healthcare quality improvement who helped bring W. Edwards Deming’s quality improvement principles into clinical care at Intermountain Healthcare. Dr. James shares how reducing unnecessary care, addressing clinical variation, and using evidence-based practices can improve patient outcomes while significantly loweri...

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Dr. Spencer Kubo, a cardiologist and healthcare innovator whose career has spanned academic medicine, clinical research, medical device development, and digital health. Dr. Kubo began his career on the faculty at the University of Minnesota, where he conducted research, taught, cared for patients, and served as medical director of the heart fai...

In this episode, Dr. David Bray, a technologist and former federal government executive who works with the Stimson Center, offers a thought-provoking perspective on how technology is reshaping healthcare, government, and society. Drawing on his experience at the intersection of technology, policy, and complex systems, David explores why our most difficult challenges are rarely technological at the...

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Dr. Brandon Rosenhan, a physician, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist working at the intersection of medicine, innovation, and healthcare. Brandon began his career in pulmonary and critical care medicine before developing and co-founding PenBlade, a company focused on creating a safer surgical scalpel. After building and ultimately selling th...

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Chris Van Buren, an AI engineer who has spent his career building the systems and products that turn powerful AI models into real-world applications. Chris began working in AI and machine learning at Duke before joining Lenovo, where he quickly became focused on applying large language models to customer support and building agentic systems for...

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Paul Battle, a veteran technology executive, healthcare entrepreneur, and co-founder of Medome, an AI-powered platform designed to help patients take ownership of their health information and reduce the risk of medical misdiagnosis. After a successful 25-year career with IBM and Lenovo, Paul returned to healthcare following the loss of his late...

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from Nathan Bays, a healthcare investor, advisor, and strategist with a unique perspective at the intersection of healthcare delivery, policy, technology, and capital. Nathan began his career as a healthcare attorney before joining the Health Management Academy, where he worked closely with healthcare leaders and helped build a policy advisory busin...

In this episode we have the opportunity to learn from one of the most successful and accomplished voices in healthcare. Dr. Robert Pearl is a Yale and Stanford trained surgeon who devoted his early career to the compassionate mission of offering his skills to people all over the world who suffered from cleft lip and palate regardless of their ability to pay. He went on to join Kaiser Permanente wh...

In this episode of “Make It So,” Dr. Robert Groves has the privilege of sitting down with Scott Becker. Scott is a Harvard Law graduate and a Partner at McGuireWoods, and he has repeatedly been recognized as among the best healthcare attorneys in the US. But Scott didn’t stop there. In fact, he may be even better known nationally as the successful and respected founder and publisher of Becker’s Ho...

In our debut episode, host Dr. Robert Groves sits down with Kaushik Vaswanathan, CEO and co-founder of Promptwell, to explore why patient engagement remains healthcare’s holy grail — and how AI-driven outreach is finally moving the needle. From a near-medical-school pivot to 7x enrollment gains, Kaushik shares the story behind Promptwell’s technology, the power of relationship-building in healthca...