The Health Technology Podcast

Joe Urban, CEO, Potrero Medical Potrero Medical, Inc. is a predictive health company transforming patient care using predictive analytics for early detection of critical illnesses. As a spinout of medical device incubator Theranova LLC, Potrero Medical was founded with a mission to improve patient care with the latest advances in artificial intelligence and machine insights. Potrero Medical is hea...

Amanda French, Co-Founder and CEO, Cadence Digital Amanda is the co-founder and CEO of Cadence Digital – a reproductive health company focused on empowering women to understand and control their birth control. She was a 2016-2017 Innovation Fellow at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. Amanda began her career at Edwards Lifesciences, where through the Technical Development Program she gained...

Carl Schoellhammer, Founder and COO, Suono Bio A former student of MIT professor Robert Langer, Carl invented a pill that can inject drugs directly into the gastrointestinal tract. His mPill is a small plastic devices covered with tiny needles and a protective coating that dissolves. The invention, platform technology to deliver therapeutic molecules independent of formulation, helped him win the...

Alex Tilson, Founder & CEO, Loma Vista Medical & Neptune Medical Alex Tilson is the founder and CEO of Neptune Medical. Alex has spent the last twenty- five years leading high performance teams that build innovative, world-class products, including solar powered race vehicles (Stanford University, across the U.S. 2x and across Australia), film industry animatronic special effects (Edge Innovations...

Russ Branaghan, President & Chief Scientist, Research Collective Dr. Russell J. Branaghan is founder and scientific advisor at Research Collective. Russ enjoys teaching, mentoring and research as a Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors at Arizona State University and as a long-standing Visiting Professor at Northwestern University. Russ is also integrated in the human factors arena,...

Daniel Burnett, MD, CEO & Founder, Theranova Dr. Burnett received his M.D. from Duke University and concurrently obtained an M.B.A. from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Since 2006 Dr. Burnett has raised, or helped raise, over $100MM for the seven TheraNova spinouts- BAROnova, Sequana Medical (formerly Novashunt), Velomedix, EMKinetics, Channel Medsystems, Potrero Medical, and Consano Medical. He...

Evan Luxon, CEO & Co-Founder, Centese Evan has experience in the design, testing, and manufacture of medical devices, having worked at early-stage medical device companies in various roles spanning engineering and management. Evan is Co-Founder and CEO of Centese (formerly Esculon), a Nebraska-based TheraNova spinout developing next-generation systems for surgical drainage.

Juan-Pablo Mas, Partner, Action Potential Venture Capital Juan-Pablo is a partner at Action Potential Venture Capital in Palo Alto, CA, and invests in companies that are pioneering bioelectronic medicines and neuromodulation technologies. Juan-Pablo was previously an investor at Lightstone Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures, where he focused on therapeutic medical devices, mobile health, and bioph...

David Kim, MD, CEO, DigiTx Partners David is the CEO of DigiTx Partners, bringing both business and clinical expertise to venture capital with an extensive background practicing medicine and building healthcare software companies. Most recently, Dr. Kim served as the COO of Lumiata, a venture-backed predictive analytics company positioned at the intersection of data science and medical science. Pr...

Nick Damiano, CEO & Co-Founder, Zenflow Nick Damiano, CEO and co-founder of Zenflow, is an experienced healthcare entrepreneur who has spent 12 years developing innovative medical device and digital health solutions. He earned his MS/BS from Stanford University and spent a year as a Stanford Biodesign Fellow.       Shreya Mehta, CTO & Co-Founder, Zenflow Shreya Mehta, CTO and co-founder, was the T...

Eric M. Stone, CEO & Co-Founder, Velano Vascular Eric M. Stone is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Velano Vascular. A patient advocate and serial healthcare entrepreneur, Stone currently serves as National Trustee and a Committee Chair of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Prior to Velano, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Molecular Health, and...

Josh Makower, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates Josh Makower is a General Partner on NEA's healthcare team leading their medtech/healthtech practice. Josh is also the Founder and Executive Chairman of ExploraMed, a medical device incubator that has created 8 companies over the past 20 years. Notable transactions from the ExploraMed portfolio include NeoTract, acquired by Teleflex in 2017,...

Maryam Ziaei, CEO & Co-Founder, iSono Health Maryam Ziaei is passionate about connected medical devices and digital health platforms that empower consumers to both monitor and make smart decisions about their health. She has over 15 years of experience in product development, with a focus on design and manufacturing sensors. Before co-founding iSono Health, she worked at Sandia labs, Integrated De...

Robert Chang, Co-Founder, President, & CEO, MVRx Robert Chang is co-founder, president, and CEO of MVRx. A medical device entrepreneur and innovator, Robert developed and championed the company's technology now known as the ARTO System from its beginnings to the current late-stage global clinical trials. Rob is a hands-on manager and enjoys working with teams to achieve unimaginable objectives. Ro...

Mehrdad Farhangnia, Founder & CEO, Track Medical Mehrdad joined Roxwood Medical at its formation in 2011, bringing with him a successful track record of launching novel medical devices. The company has since raised three rounds of private equity financing to support its rapid growth. It was acquired by BTG International in 2018. Mehrdad has over two decades of technical and commercial experience,...

Evan Anderson, CEO & Board Member, Luma Therapeutics Evan Anderson, CEO and Board Member of Luma Therapeutics, has 17 years of experience in early stage product and market development. He completed the Stanford Biodesign Fellowship in 2004 and was first manager of R&D and then distribution sales at Spiracur (acquired by Acelity). From the Luma Therapeutics website: We are a medical device company...

Kirsten Carroll, Vice President, Strategic Development, Imperative Care Kirsten Carroll holds over 15 years of experience in product development, marketing, strategy and business development for medical devices in stroke care. In November 2017, she joined Imperative Care (an Incept Company), working under the leadership of Fred Khosravi. Prior to her new role, Kirsten was the Senior Director of St...

Michael Seres, Founder & CEO, 11 Health Michael Seres, the Founder/ CEO of 11 Health and Technologies Limited, was diagnosed with the incurable bowel condition, Crohn's Disease at the age of 12. After over 20 operations and an intestinal failure, Michael became the 11th person to undergo a small bowel transplant at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, UK, which included becoming a stoma patient. Addi...

Derek Herrera, Founder & CTO, Spinal Singularity Former Marine Special Operations Officer now working to create change as an entrepreneur in the medical device Industry. Passionate about utilizing advanced technology to create meaningful products to improve people's lives. An ethical, hard-working leader with proven performance in building successful teams able to accomplish the most challenging o...

Adam Schoen, Partner, Brown Rudnick Adam Schoen advises life science and medical device companies regarding implementation of a patent strategy to further business objectives and business goals. Adam’s practice encompasses patent preparation and prosecution, portfolio development, product clearance, freedom to operate analysis and intellectual property due diligence. Adam works with public and pri...