The Medical Alley Podcast (Presented by MentorMate)

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Rosina Samadani, the president and CEO of Oculogica. Rosina shares about Oculogica, which uses eye tracking to diagnose various aspects of brain health. Learn more about the founding of the company by Rosina's sister, Dr. Uzman Samadani, and hear about the plans Oculogica has for 2022 and beyond with its FDA-cleared EyeBOX device. Send us a m...

Medical Alley continues to put its stamp on the biotech world. Many innovative biotech companies who are working to address some of the biggest challenges in healthcare call Medical Alley home. As the Medical Alley Association aims to shine a light on our region's place as a biotech hotspot, we will be releasing content throughout the year to profile those innovators. This podcast is a replay...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Ken Londoner, the Founder and CEO of BioSig Technologies. Ken is a medical device veteran, but previously had a career as an investor on Wall Street. He shares more about his journey to founding BioSig Technologies, discusses the work BioSig does in signal processing, and much more. Send us a message! Follow Medical Alley on social media on Linked...

Join us for a conversation with the Medical Alley Association's Frank Jaskulke as he's joined by Jenna Senger and Mike Nathan, co-founders of Mendota Health. Jenna and Mike share more about Mendota Health, a mobile clinic that offers in-home wound care treatment. As the COVID-19 pandemic has created a shift to in-home care, those needing advanced wound care have been no exception — espec...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America, accounting for about 1 in 4 fatalities each year. This sobering statistic has remained largely unchanged for decades within populations of color, particularly for Black Americans. To help uncover how we’ve arrived at this point and where to go from here, the Medical Alley Association has partnered with the Association of Black Cardiologists (...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Jovan Reyerson, the Vice President Global Medical & Scientific Affairs Strategy & Operations, Olympus Corporations of the Americas. Jovan shares more about Olympus' healthcare business, which now accounts for 86% of the company's revenue. She also talks about how her background as a nurse has helped her career as she's trans...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and John Fraser, the CEO of Treatment.com. This is John's third healthcare company he's started, and shares some insights on how the startup scene has changed over the years. He also talks more about the AI architecture used by Treatment.com to help automate the diagnostic process for primary care doctors, and discusses what it's like t...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Dr. Luqman Lawal, the Vice President of Health Equity for Bright Health Group. Dr. Lawal shares more about his personal journey that led him to ultimately develop a passion for advocating for health equity, which stemmed from his childhood growing up in Nigeria and seeing the vast gap in healthcare outcomes between the "haves and the have not...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Marek Ciolko, the co-founder and co-CEO of health benefits company Gravie. Marek is our first repeat guest on the Medical Alley Podcast. It's been a big year for Gravie — including a big Series D raise in 2021, among other notable milestones — so Marek shares more about the growth Gravie has experienced. He also dives deeper into Gravie Comfo...

The Medical Alley Association has partnered with the Association of Black Cardiologists and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association for a three-part content series that shines a light on the reality of current health disparities and identify ways we can create more equitable healthcare solutions. The first two installments are podcast episodes, and the series will conclude with a live web...

The Medical Alley Association has partnered with the Association of Black Cardiologists and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association for a three-part content series that shines a light on the reality of current health disparities and identify ways we can create more equitable healthcare solutions. The first two installments are podcast episodes, and the series will conclude with a live web...

The pandemic, The Great Resignation, wage inflation, remote work, hybrid work: the factors impacting recruiting and retaining great people are more complex than ever. And still, people want purpose, empowerment, good pay and benefits, and good management. As 2022 approaches let’s discuss what we have learned, how we are adapting, and what lies ahead when building and keeping great teams. Send us a...

Join us as our Frank Jaskulke sits down with Josh Ludwig of ScaleReady to learn more about this 1-year-old company that was formed from three partner organizations (Bio-Techne, Fresenius Kabi, and Wilson Wolf). Josh and Frank also dive into the future of cell and gene therapy manufacturing, discuss the biotechnology scene in Minnesota, and much more. Send us a message! Follow Medical Alley on soci...

Join us for a conversation with the Medical Alley Association's Jamie Oyen and Neurovine co-founder and CEO Dr. Ashleigh Kennedy, who shares more about the company's history and the work it's doing to help treat concussions and other brain-related injuries. Dr. Kennedy touches on the subject of artificial intelligence and talks more about why brain health is such a personal matter f...

To start off 2022, we take a look back at the top 5 most popular episodes of the Medical Alley Podcast in 2021. This episode will give some of the highlights from each of those five episodes. The full episodes of these and the rest of the Medical Alley Podcast episodes can be found at medicalalleypodcast.org. Send us a message! Follow Medical Alley on social media on LinkedIn , Facebook , X and In...

As we approach the new year, we take a moment to reflect on all of the successes throughout Medical Alley in 2021. On this special edition of the Medical Alley Podcast, several MAA staff members join to recap the year that was in the Global Epicenter of Health Innovation and Care. From the launching of Medical Alley Starts to legislative wins at the capitol, to a new President and CEO of the Medic...

Jon Pearce studied Russian, worked at a pioneer of Medical Alley's digital health ecosystem, Provation, and started Zipnosis, which successfully exited to Bright Health in 2021. An entrepreneur's story is always unique and always insightful. Ask Me Anything: Medical Alley Starts (AMA: MAS) features innovators, investors, and industry leaders sharing their views on business and how to bes...

As 2021 comes to a close, Medical Alley Association’s Policy and Advocacy Mangers Gabriela Spence and Jessica Young sit down to reflect on the state and federal legislative sessions. Listen as they share the huge policy successes seen at the state level, how MAA has expanded our federal efforts, and ways we will continue elevating Medical Alley as the Global Epicenter of Health Innovation and Care...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskluke and Dave Rosa, President and CEO of NeuroOne Medical Technologies Corporation. Dave shares more about the innovation happening at NeuroOne, which develops thin high-definition film electrodes that can be used for numerous neurological conditions including epilepsy. Send us a message! Follow Medical Alley on social media on LinkedIn , Facebook , X and...

Social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on existing inequities impacting the health outcomes of vulnerable communities. There is an urgency for strategic and equitable investments in these communities so that we can create a systemic approach to addressing healthcare disparities. Community-based organizations focused on the public health of residents play a critical role in comb...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Dr. Marc Gorelick, the President and CEO of Children's Minnesota. As the leader of a hospital system that focuses exclusively on kids, Dr. Gorelick shares his unique perspectives on many topics surrounding pediatric health. Among those discussed in our conversation are the increase in mental health issues among children, how the COVID pandemi...

Social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on existing inequities impacting the health outcomes of vulnerable communities. There is an urgency for strategic and equitable investments in these communities so that we can create a systemic approach to addressing healthcare disparities. Community-based organizations focused on the public health of residents play a critical role in comb...

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Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Aimee Garza, the founder and CEO of CoraVie Medical. Founded in 2020, CoraVie has developed an implantable device that provides continuous monitoring of blood pressure. Aimee shares the story of her journey as an entrepreneur, talks more about the technology CoraVie developed, discusses the importance of women-founded startups, and much more. Send...

Join us for a conversation with Frank Jaskulke and Sophie Park, the Managing Director of G4A Investments and Partnerships at Bayer. Sophie shares about G4A, which has been around for nearly a decade as part of Bayer, and how she and her team are involved in early-stage investments in digital health companies. Send us a message! Follow Medical Alley on social media on LinkedIn , Facebook , X and In...