Ira Pastor
Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show
Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us - Host - Ira S. Pastor
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Episodes
Dr. Douglas G. Adler, MD - Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, AdventHealth Porter - Leading The Transluminal Medicine Revolution 12.10.2025 1:09:22
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Douglas G. Adler, MD, F.A.C.G., A.G.A.F., F.A.S.G.E. ( https://douglasgadler.com/ ) is Director of the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, AdventHealth Porter in Denver, Colorado ( https://www.adventhealth.com/find-doctor/doctor/douglas-adler-md-1891748687 ). Dr. Adler is also the Editor-in-Chief of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ( https://www.giejournal.org/ ). Prior to...
Dr. Michael McCullar, PhD - CEO, RegCell - Restoring Self Tolerance To The Immune System 10.10.2025 47:54
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Michael McCullar, PhD is Chief Executive Officer of RegCell ( https://regcellbio.com/ ), a biotechnology company has developed a best-in-class proprietary platform that allows the generation of epigenetically reprogrammed antigen-specific regulatory T-cells (Tregs) that are stable in vivo and maintain a high degree of functionality (S/F-Epigen-Tregs) to restore immune toleran...
Dr. Brian Grierson, Ph.D. - Director of Fusion Energy Technologies, General Atomics - Bringing the Power of the Stars to Earth 09.10.2025 1:00:07
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Brian A. Grierson, Ph. D. is a leading physicist and engineer in magnetic fusion energy and is currently Director of Fusion Energy Technologies at General Atomics ( https://www.ga.com/ ) in San Diego. In this role, he leads the technical vision, design strategy, and integration of plasma physics, engineering, diagnostics, and tritium fuel‐cycle technologies for fusion pilot‐pl...
Dr. Aliza Apple, Ph.D. - VP, Catalyze360 AI/ML and Global Head, Lilly TuneLab, Eli Lilly - Accelerating Promising Biotech Innovation 09.10.2025 44:31
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Aliza Apple, Ph. D. is a Vice President of Catalyze360 AI ( https://www.lilly.com/science/partners/catalyze-360 ) and Global Head of Lilly TuneLab ( https://tunelab.lilly.com/ ) at Eli Lilly where she leads the strategy, build and launch of Lilly’s external-facing AI/ML efforts for drug discovery. Lilly Catalyze360 represents a comprehensive approach to enabling the early-stag...
Dr. Leonard Petrucelli, PhD - Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic - Strategies For Complicated Neurodegenerative Disorders 08.10.2025 51:51
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Leonard Petrucelli, PhD ( https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/petrucelli-leonard-ph-d/bio-00027816 ), is a leading translational neuroscientist and Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic — Jacksonville, where he leads the Neurodegenerative Diseases Laboratory ( https://www.mayo.edu/research/labs/neurodegenerative-diseases/overview ). Dr. Petrucelli’s lab...
Dr. Robert Allen, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer, Invivyd - Protection From Serious Viral Infectious Diseases 06.10.2025 47:29
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Robert Allen, PhD is Chief Scientific Officer of Invivyd ( https://www.invivyd.com/ ), a biopharmaceutical company devoted to delivering protection from serious viral infectious diseases, beginning with SARS-CoV-2, by deploying a proprietary integrated technology platform, to create best in class monoclonal antibodies. Dr. Allen brings over 30 years of experience across the in...
Dr. Mark Lloyd Davies - Global Head, Strategic Partnerships and Resource Group, Johnson & Johnson - Strategic Public-Private Partnerships To Transform Lives 30.09.2025 39:18
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mark Lloyd Davies, Ph. D. is the Global Head for the Strategic Partnerships and Resource Group at Johnson & Johnson ( https://www.jnj.com/ ) where he leads a global team that forges novel strategic public-private partnerships to secure collaborations that accelerate groundbreaking R&D, advances strategies that widen access to care for patients and health systems worldw...
Wade Demmer - VP, R&D, Medtronic - The Future Of Pacemaker Technologies 26.09.2025 43:58
Send us Fan Mail Wade Demmer is Vice President of Research & Development at Medtronic where he is responsible for the development of new generations of pacemakers ( https://www.medtronic.com/en-us/l/patients/treatments-therapies/pacemakers.html ). With extensive expertise in medical technology and innovation, he leads the company's R&D efforts to develop cutting-edge healthcare soluti...
Professor Eyal Zimlichman, MD - Chief Transformation, Innovation and AI Officer, Sheba Medical Center - Disruptive Innovation To Redesign Healthcare 25.09.2025 48:25
Send us Fan Mail Professor Eyal Zimlichman, MD is an internal medicine physician, a health care executive and a researcher focused on assessing and improving health care quality and value, patient engagement and patient safety. Professor Zimlichman is currently Chief Transformation, Innovation and AI Officer at Sheba Medical Center ( https://www.shebaonline.org/ ), the largest hospital system in I...
Bilu Huang - CSO, Fuzhuang Therapeutics - Conquering Aging Via The Telomere DNA And Ribosomal DNA Co-Regulation Model For Cell Senescence (TRCS) 20.09.2025 1:02:56
Send us Fan Mail Bilu Huang ( https://biluhuang.com/ ) is a visionary scientist dedicated to finding solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. His interdisciplinary work spans multiple fields, including biological aging, dinosaur extinction theories, geoengineering for carbon removal, and controlled nuclear fusion technology. Born in Sanming City, Fujian Province, Huang is...
Dr. Brigitte Robertson, MD - CMO, Adial Pharmaceuticals - Combating Alcohol Use Disorder 20.09.2025 57:45
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Brigitte Robertson, MD ( https://www.adial.com/team/brigette-roberston-md/ ) is Chief Medical Officer of Adial Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharma company focused on developing therapies for the treatment of addiction and related diseases, specifically Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). In the U.S. alone, an estimated 35 million people suffer from AUD, resulting in significan...
Dr. Karen Knudsen - CEO, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy - Turning All Cancers Into Curable Diseases 19.09.2025 1:07:20
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Karen Knudsen, MBA, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer of The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy ( PICI - https://www.parkerici.org/ ), a 501c3 nonprofit organization driving the next generation of cancer treatment by accelerating the development of breakthrough immune therapies to turn all cancers into curable diseases. Dr. Knudsen most recently served as the Chief Ex...
Ayah Hamdan - Head of Health, Plug and Play Tech Center - Solving Pressing Challenges In Healthcare 18.09.2025 45:35
Send us Fan Mail Ayah Hamdan is the Head of Health, at Plug and Play Tech Center ( https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ ), where she spearheads strategies that bring together startups, corporations, and investors to solve some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare. Plug and Play Tech Center is one of the world’s largest innovation platforms and startup accelerators, headquartered in Sil...
Dr. Stephanie Psaki, Ph.D. - CSIS / Brown University - Global Health And National Security 17.09.2025 52:13
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Stephanie Psaki, Ph. D. is a public health leader with expertise at the intersection of national security, global health, and equity who is currently both a Senior Advisor, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS - https://www.csis.org/people/stephanie-psaki ) and a distinguished senior fellow at Brown School of Public Health ( https:...
Alex Haro - CEO - Hubble Network Inc. - Launching A Global Bluetooth Space Network 17.09.2025 51:28
Send us Fan Mail Alex Haro is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Chairman of Hubble Network Inc. ( https://hubble.com/ ), a startup building the first global satellite network capable of communicating directly with standard Bluetooth devices—enabling connectivity anywhere on Earth, even without cellular coverage, creating a satellite-enabled IoT platform. Alex is also the Co-Fo...
Dr. Adam Rogers, MD - CEO, NervGen Pharma - Innovative Treatments For Nervous System Repair 16.09.2025 30:20
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Adam Rogers, MD is Chief Executive Officer of NervGen Pharma Corp. ( https://nervgen.com/ ) a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to developing innovative treatments to enable nervous system repair in the settings of traumatic injury and disease. NervGen’s lead drug candidate, NVG-291, is being evaluated in mid stage clinical trials in an initial target indication, spinal...
Professor Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD - Shaping The Future Of Personalized Medicine 15.09.2025 1:17:01
Send us Fan Mail Professor Dragan Primorac, MD., PhD ( https://www.draganprimorac.com/ ) is a globally recognized physician-scientist whose work spans personalized medicine, regenerative therapies, and forensic genetics. From 2003 to 2009 Prof. Primorac served as the Minister of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. The Ministry of Science and Education of Croatia is the mini...
Dr. Juho Jalkanen, MD, Ph.D. - CEO, Faron Pharmaceuticals - Tackling Cancers Via Novel Immunotherapies 12.09.2025 34:49
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Juho Jalkanen, M.D., Ph. D. is CEO and Founder of Faron Pharmaceuticals ( https://faron.com/ ), is a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on creating innovative cancer treatments that leverage the patient’s own immune system. The Company’s lead asset bexmarilimab is currently being investigated in clinical trials as a potential therapy for patients with he...
Annalee Kruger - President, Care Right Inc. - Navigating Family Caregiver Burnout 12.09.2025 1:12:08
Send us Fan Mail Annalee Kruger is the President of Care Right Inc. ( https://carerightinc.com/ ), a consultancy providing corporate training and consulting services for organizations wanting to learn more about aging, family caregiving, dementia, end-of-life, as well as direct to consumer family caregivers who are realizing caregiving without a plan is not safe, nor sustainable. Annalee has spent...
Dr. Torkil Færø, MD - The Pulse Cure: Balance Stress, Optimize Health, Live Longer 12.09.2025 50:44
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Torkil Færø, MD ( https://thepulsecure.com/ ) is a Norwegian medical doctor, author, documentary filmmaker and photographer whose work sits at the intersection of frontline medicine and practical preventive health. As a clinician who received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from University of Oslo, he’s served as both a general practitioner and emergency-room physician, and in 1...
Dr. Neal Baer, MD - Harvard Medical School - Media, Medicine & Global Health 10.09.2025 1:04:57
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Neal Baer, MD ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Baer ) is an award-winning showrunner, television writer/producer, physician, author, and a public health advocate and expert. Dr. Baer lectures on Global Health and Social Medicine and is the Co-Director of the master’s degree program in Media, Medicine, and Health at Harvard Medical School ( https://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/facu...
Dr. Michael Lebenstein-Gumovski, Ph.D. - Sklifosovsky Clinical and Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, Moscow - Spinal Cord Restoration, Head Transplants & Beyond 10.09.2025 2:08:02
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Michael Lebenstein-Gumovski, Ph. D. is Senior Scientific Officer and Neurosurgeon, in the Neurosurgery Department, of the Sklifosovsky Clinical and Research Institute for Emergency Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation ( https://sklif.mos.ru/ ), where his team is engaged in both neurosurgical and experimental practice, conducting advanced research in the field of spinal cord in...
Cristina Durán - President, Evinova - Accelerating Better Health Outcomes 08.09.2025 44:56
Send us Fan Mail Cristina Durán is President of Evinova ( https://evinova.com/ ), a healthtech company empowering global life sciences organizations to accelerate better health outcomes with a suite of globally scaled digital health solutions, empowering sites, sponsors and contract research organizations to optimize the entire clinical development lifecycle. Prior to launching Evinova in November...
Professor Dr. Anders Hviid - Statens Serum Institut - Reassuring The Public About Vaccine Safety With Rigorous, Evidence-Based Research 03.09.2025 54:32
Send us Fan Mail Professor Dr. Anders Hviid ( https://en.ssi.dk/about-us/contact/employees/a/anders-peter-hviid-aii ) is Head of Department and Professor of Epidemiology at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark — one of the world’s foremost public health and infectious disease research centers. Professor Dr. Hviid has dedicated his career to using large-scale population data to answer...
Kurt Avery - Founder & President, Sawyer Products - Clean Water For The World 30.08.2025 38:09
Send us Fan Mail Kurt Avery is the Founder and Owner of Sawyer Products ( https://www.sawyer.com/) and currently serves as President. Sawyer is a leading provider of high-performance outdoor protection products, specializing in water filtration, insect repellents, sunscreens, and first aid solutions. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Safety Harbor, Florida, Sawyer is committed to safeguardin...
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