Med Tech Gurus

Gurus In this episode we have an amazing guest. Mr. Punit Singh Soni, CEO of Suki joins us. Suki is a technology company that provides  AI powered voice recognition for healthcare. Punit brings some amazing insights as he discusses some of the biggest challenges of introducing a technology into the healthcare space. As an angel investor Punit also discusses the key ingredients to get the attention...

Mr. Keith Palmer World Wide Vice- President of Hip Reconstruction at  Depuy Synthes is our Guru today. Keith delivers continually through this episode. Keith gets into the best practices of keeping people moving towards the goal and why it is important to be grounded in the mission! Keith discusses that good ideas come from all directions from bottom up to top down and you must keep a feedback loo...

Mr. Stephen Manley, CTO of Druva brings such terrific insights as our Guru today. As our med tech becomes more connect Cyber security should be on all of our minds! Stephen gets into what the bad guys are thinking and doing. He discusses why we should always be vigilant. Stephen goes further he gets into what some of the biggest challenges are today. His discussion on data sprawl and why healthcar...

Gurus Bradley Dillon COO of Luxonis offers some amazing insights in this episode. Bradley discusses managing a kickstarter campaign to keeping innovation rolling in a fast paced and competitive environment! You love how Bradley describes the creative process and how they leapfrog their own technology  before their competition does. Gurus you will enjoy how Bradley brings so many ideas and best pra...

Gurus Neha Rastogi, founder and COO at Agasta reinforces some age old advice in this episode, "if you can dream it" you can make it happen. Neha also explains that if you can design a product that can just save one life you can save many. Gurus Neha provides so many insights in this episode it is no wonder she was named one of Forbes most Audacious Women! 

Gurus you are going to love what Dr. Ruchi Thanawala has to bring in this episode. Dr. Thanawala is a thoracic surgeon at Oregon Health & Science University. Along with that is co-founder at Firefly   She gets into why it has never been a better time to be a healthcare entrepreneur. She does discuss however why starting a company from scratch is so hard. Ruchi goes deeper into this and points out ...

In this episode Guru's we have Dr. Pritesh Shah. Pritesh is a Pharm. D. and Chief Commercial Officer at Novocure . Pritesh has worked and advised startups as well as some of the largest global organizations in the healthcare space. He helps us by comparing and contrasting what a product launch takes with each type of company. Pritesh also gets into why failure if handled correctly can actually be...

Guru's you are going to love our guest in this episode! Mr. Ben Oyler Co-Founder of Nectar brings us terrific insights as to why the key word is education! Ben gets into why you really need to drill down into "who is your customer" and "who is paying the bill". Once you have defined these key aspects the rest of your plans will fall into place. Ben doesn't stop there; he gets into the specifics as...

Guru's this is an amazing episode! Our guest Mr. Matthew Collier is CEO of Sutherland Healthcare. Matthew has an amazing background and delivers some amazing insights and lessons on innovation and where digital health is heading. Matthew discusses why it is so difficult for healthcare systems to engage with labor saving systems. Then he gets into a playbook on selling your innovations to the payer...

I am so excited to have such amazing Gurus on this episode : Zane Hammoud, MD Chief of General Thoracic Surgery Ascension Providence Hospital System and Tom O'Brien Worldwide President of J & J Ethicon Endomechanical Division. This is a follow up episode from episode #143 where Tom was with us to discuss innovation and the importance of data in product development. This episode builds on that as T...

Gurus, Ms. Shefali Shah Global Vice President of Market Value and Commercial Effectiveness at Mindmaze is with us today. Let me tell you Shefali really delivers in this episode. She discuss why you need to develop a value story first and how it will help your team scale. However, it doesn't stop there, Shefali takes us through the importance of the patient journey and why that is at the center of...

Gurus, in this episode we have João Magalhães co-founder and CTO of knok healthcare . João takes us through an amazing journey of product development and best practices. He gets into the key aspects of observing the users and why that is important. Why it is so important to develop a culture of experimentation. Then why your team needs to be ready to adapt fast. Gurus, fasten your safety belts as...

Gurus, you will love Dr. Benjamin Wang. He is a MD Entrepreneur and the founder and CMO of NEVAP. He takes us through how he was observing patients developing ventilator acquired pneumonia and wanted to do something about it. The solution wasn't easy, he and his team had to be persistent. Eventually they were accepted into the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and his product...

Gurus, Jeff Chu CTO at Simbex really delivers in this episode. Jeff gets into some of the keys of innovation. Such as, did you ask enough people? Did you really ask the right question? Jeff gets into why innovation is a great thing, however too much innovation can also cause issues. Listen in as Jeff really delivers in this episode!

Gurus, what does it take to earn the patients trust? In this episode we have Mr. Brian Maurer, Co-Founder at Bristle an oral health and microbiome company. Brian gets into why we as a society silo healthcare and what he and his team are trying to do to address that. Brian also gets into how an organization can remain innovative and continue to bring cutting edge research into the marketplace. Bria...

Gurus, In this episode we have two terrific and accomplished Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Russell Nevins & Dr. David Backstein. Not only are they terrific and innovative surgeons but they are also innovative med tech innovators! Together the co-founded Arthrolense . So not only do we discuss that very innovative company, but we also get into the best practices on commercializing medical device innovat...

Gurus, Cody Simmons is the CEO of DermaSensor and he brings some terrific insights regarding the challenges and opportunities for a CEO in a scaling med tech company in todays environment. He discusses the key aspects of developing a culture of innovation and why a start up needs to hire the best business athletes. Cody also gets into some of the bigger challenges facing start-ups. Such as reimbur...

Gurus, In this episode we have Mr. Shahram Sharif with us. Shahram is the Chief Business officer at Huma Therapeutics .  Shahram brings some very interesting insights as he discusses some of the challenges with the adoption of digital solutions in healthcare. He also gets into the art & science of investor relationships. Especially the importance of building these relationships when you don't need...

Gurus, Dr. Dima Gazda, Founder and CEO of Esper Bionics, is our guest in this Episode. Dima is an MD that has launched several companies in a variety of fields before launching Esper Bionics. One thing unique about Dima is that once a company is up and running he steps aside as CEO and brings in outside talent. Dima gets into the importance of having the right team and allowing them the freedom to...

Gurus, In this episode we have Mr. Tom O'Brien Worldwide President at J & J Ethicon Endomechanical Div. This episode is so rich in content you are going to want to listen to it multiple times. Tom gets into so many great discussions. You will love the playbook he lays out on how to use data! Along with that the importance of data in innovation. Tom doesn't stop there; he delivers some terrific ins...

Gurus, Mr. Mifan Careem is with us in this episode. Mifan is the Vice President and Global Head of Solutuons Architechture at WSO2. Mifan has had significant leadership roles at some very innovative organizations. Mifan brings us some very interesting insights into key adoption criteria for a new technology. He discusses why it is important to get all the stakeholders involved in a new product dev...

Gurus in this episode we have Mr. Scott Alexander with us. Scott is the CEO of Jairus a specialty healthcare marketing company. Scott brings us some interesting insights based on his experience leading innovative initiatives at a major healthcare system and also at a  regional GPO. Gurus Scott has been on all sides of innovation from supply chain then to the healthcare system and now with industry...

Gurus in this episode we have  Mr. Adrian Adams , CEO and Board Chair of Impel Pharmaceuticals with us. Adrian has led several pharm companies as CEO and Board Chair in his career. With this terrific background and leadership, he gets into the key aspects of developing a long term vision and how to sustain innovation. You love his discussion and why the focus on the patient and the patient journey...

Gurus in this episode we have  Ms. Cathy Skinner, CEO of NxGenPort. Cathy brings some unique insights on building a culture of innovation, the lessons learned when a start up doesn't make it and more. Gurus you will love Cathy's methods of interviewing potential investors and why they would be a good fit for her company. Gurus Cathy really delivers as our Guru in this episode.

Gurus in this episode we have  Mr. Richard Vincent CEO and Co-Founder of FundamentalVR .  You are going to love this episode as Richard gets into the future of surgical training. It builds on Episode #75 when we had Dr Rapheal Grossman one of FudamentalVR advisors on our show. Richard gets into some of the pitfalls of applied technology development and why you should always strive for simplicity....