The Healthtech Podcast

This week, James is joined by Dr. Dom Pimenta, CEO of TORTUS, a generative AI startup building a next generation assistant for doctors. https://tortus.ai Dom is a UK-trained and practicing physician, and an AI healthcare academic with 16 years of clinical experience. He co-founded TORTUS in the LD19 cohort of Entrepreneur First. Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Health...

We take a look back at episode 311, where James welcome Dom Raban, co-founder and CEO of Xploro. In this clip, Dom and James share their insights on gamification as a means to education, moving the adoption frontier forwards, and the importance of addressing fundamental needs before developing complex technology, with the simplest solutions sometimes being the most effective of all.   Xploro is a...

Harry Lykostratis is an innovative software developer, start-up founder and practising orthopaedic surgeon, with a particular interest in all things digital, specifically designing effective and safe care pathways, data analysis and AI. Merging his extensive background in healthcare within the NHS together with his passion for software engineering led to the development of Pathpoint - an interoper...

This week, James is joined by Gian Seehra. A previous biotech entrepreneur where he raised $16m and a previous investor at Octopus Ventures in the health team. He now helps tech founders raise venture capital by helping them building fundraising operating systems. Founders have gone on to raise over $150,000,000 doing this. http://www.gianseehra.me Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com...

This week we look back at episode 293, where James and Thomas discuss the recent surge in public understanding of nutrition and the microbiome, the remaining knowledge gap, and the need to be wary of "cowboy" companies mistaking correlation for causation. Thomas Gurry is a computational biologist and co-founder of myota, a prebiotic supplement tailored to improve gut health https://myotahealth.com...

This week we're revisiting episode 302, where James and Sasha covered some of challenges women encounter in business, unpacking issues such as gender stereotypes in leadership roles and the pressure to conform to masculine traits, as well as highlighting the unique benefits women bring to the table. Sasha is the co-founder of Ally Health, a platform to connect patients and practitioners effectivel...

Dr Harvinder Power is a medical doctor, and the co-founder and CEO at Motics. Born out of a frustration with the current state of physiotherapy, Harvinder and his co-founder developed the technology to enhance the physiotherapy experience, allowing users to transform their phone into a personal physiotherapy assistant, with AI-powered insights to track progress and optimise movements, and real-tim...

Leo Grady who is internationally recognized for his work to deliver AI in healthcare for 20 years at pioneering bay area startups (HeartFlow), multinational medical companies (Siemens) and, most recently, as CEO of Paige.ai. As CEO of Paige, Leo led the company to become an industry leader, internationally launching groundbreaking products and receiving the first-ever FDA approval for an AI produc...

Dr Karan Rajan is an NHS surgeon and clinical lecturer at The University of Sunderland Medical School. However, he is also a social media educator, with over 5.2 million followers on TikTok, dispelling popular medical myths and working to make health, science and medicine engaging, entertaining, and accessible to a wide audience. Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healt...

Hamish Grierson is CEO of the personal diagnostics and health platform, Thriva, which he set up in 2016 with co-founders, Eliot Brooks and Tom Livesey. Thriva's core mission is to put better health in people’s hands with affordable, clinical-grade testing based on the latest research. Thriva has helped over 650,000 people across the UK proactively manage their health. Its at-home testing kits can...

Mark E Watson III is an entrepreneur, BioTech investor, advisor and philanthropist. His portfolio companies range from the fastest-growing physician-dispensed skincare brand (Alasting Skincare) to a platform predicting patient responses to oncology therapeutics (Xsphera Biosciences), as well as several InsureTech startups in the US. An alumnus of Harvard Business School and YPO Presidents' Program...

Yonatan Adiri is the founder and CEO of Healthy.io, the global leader in providing platforms and services that offer at-home clinical-grade digital health solutions, including transforming the smartphone camera into an FDA-grade medical device. Recently selected as one of Fortune's 10 innovators shaping the future of health and listed in Time Magazine's 2018 "50 most influential people in healthca...

Lukasz is a founder of Trustedoctor (founded in 2016), a digital health platform infrastructure for medical providers, insurers and employers focused on virtual care in specialised medicine. Trustedoctor merged with Further in 2020 creating the world's first digitally enabled cancer insurance with over 4m policies holders in 35 countries. Since exiting, he now I am now focuses on the applications...

This week, James is joined by Dr Dom Pimenta, CEO of TORTUS, an AI healthtech company co founded with Christopher Tan at Entrepreneur First in London in Nov 2022: https://tortus.ai Dom was formerly the lead specialty research physician at Richmond Research Institute, running clinical trials in digital health and AI, publishing original research in everything from in-human physiology studies to art...

This week, James is joined by Ani Haykuni, an engineer by background, a two-time cancer thriver and founder and CEO of Vann. Ani has an MBA from Oxford University and MPS from State University of New York and Syracuse University (New York). Ani developed Vann after her second cancer diagnosis to help unite people affected by cancer from around the world and help improve cancer care and research. B...

This week James is joined by Jo Goodall, co-founder of Luna, a digital health app dedicated to empowering teenagers and improving physical and mental wellbeing. Jo sheds light on Luna's role in providing a safe space for teens to ask questions, access expert content, and gain a deeper understanding of themselves. Dive into crucial topics such as teen mental health, the impact of technology, and th...

This week, James is joined by Daniel Nathrath, CEO and co-founder of Ada Health. Ada is a global health company founded by doctors, scientists, and industry pioneers to create new possibilities for personal health and transform knowledge into better outcomes. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years’ experience in high-growth markets and technological transformation. During his career, he ha...

This week, James is joined by Kalle Conneryd-Lundgren from Kry Livi- Europe's largest digital healthcare provider which has today delivered over 8 million patient appointments and has over 54 health clinics in France, Sweden and Norway. Kalle is a self-confessed ‘coding clinician nerd’ and ‘sneaker geek’ with a large collection of colourful trainers to his name. Kalle is driven by a passion for ho...

Julian Nesbitt, Founder of Dr Julian Medical Group Ltd. Julian has a background as a doctor and still practices as a GP and founded the company to improve access to mental healthcare through using technology. www.dr-julian.com Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about...

Hamzah Selim is the Co-Founder & CEO of mindstep. Mindstep is creating a new care standard for cognitive health by providing AI-driven neurodiagnostics, screening for relevant risk factors, and comprehensive interventions. Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com Learn more about...

This week, James is joined by Dr Guido Baechler, CEO and Director at Mainz Biomed, a leading developer of market-ready molecular genetic diagnostic solutions for life-threatening conditions. The Company's flagship product is ColoAlert, an accurate, non-invasive, and easy-to-use early detection test for colorectal cancer. Guido has 30 years of global experience leading public & private life sci...

This week, James is joined by Ahmed Wobi, Co-founder of Tonus Tech, who is pioneering machine learning techniques to sensor fusion technology that improves human longevity through mobility augmentation. After graduating from Oxford University with honours in Neuroscience, Ahmed completed his medical training in Imperial College London and specialised in Radiology. Prior to Tonus, he founded a diab...

Piotr Orzechowski is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Infermedica, one of the leading AI health companies dedicated to improving the process of preliminary symptom analysis and digital triage. Infermedica’s goal is to increase healthcare accessibility, minimize the rate of misdiagnosis and streamline costs of providing quality care. Infermedica's platform has been used by over 13 million...

This week, James is joined by Dr. Marc Taub, PhD, Divisional Vice President of Technical Operations for Abbott’s Diabetes Care business. Since joining the global healthcare company in 2004, Dr. Taub has been one of the driving forces behind the development of the FreeStyle Libre system, a sensor-based glucose monitoring solution that gives people the precise data and unique insights needed to bett...

Join us for a fascinating bonus episode as we delve into the exciting and nerve-wracking world of newly graduated junior doctors as they step into the wards of UK hospitals in August, taking on the role of Foundation Year 1 (FY1) doctors. Host James, along with NHS cardiologist and computer scientist Rob Brisk, discuss the specific anxieties that come with being a junior doctor. Will, a current FY...