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In this episode, we chat with Eren Bali, the Co-Founder & CEO of Carbon Health. Carbon Health is a technology-enabled healthcare provider with a mission to make high-quality healthcare accessible to everyone. Carbon Health meets patients where they are, providing seamless, accessible healthcare to patients across a variety of access points.

Nita Sommers is an Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures focused on health care. Nita has spent over 20 years working in the health technology sector, with a passion for early-stage, high growth companies transforming health care. She was an early member of the R&D team at athenahealth, which went public in 2007. Additionally, she was one of the first executives at Castlight Health and later manage...

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, we interview Sid Viswanathan, Co-Founder and President of Truepill. Starting with its pharmacy-driven APIs and since moving into telehealth and at-home lab diagnostics, Truepill has been building healthcare infrastructure for the modern (and future) world. This infrastructure is already working behind the scenes to power several consumer-focused healthcare com...

In this episode, we interview Andrew Dudum, the Founder & CEO of Hims & Hers. Hims & Hers is a digital health company focused on destigmatizing health and wellness conditions while making it easier for everyone to access quality care. Since launching in November 2017, Hims & Hers has raised approximately $260MM in funding from investors including Oaktree Capital, Maverick, IVP, among others, and i...

In this episode, we interview Nate Maslak, Co-Founder and CEO of Ribbon Health. Ribbon is breaking the long-standing barrier of complex and challenging provider data by identifying and delivering the most accurate, comprehensive data on providers, facilities, insurance plans, and cost and quality measures through a seamless API layer. These products together help health plans design up-to-date net...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Casey Means, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Levels Health. Levels is a metabolic health company that empowers individuals to radically optimize their health and wellbeing by providing real-time continuous glucose biofeedback coupled with machine learning driven insights to inform personalized diet and lifestyle choices. We discuss th...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Stephanie Strong, CEO and Founder of Boulder Care. We discuss Stephanie's amazing entrepreneurial journey, Boulder's evidence-based model of care, access deregulations during COVID, go to market and partnerships with your first pilot, and tactical advice for first time healthcare entrepreneurs.

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we interview Paul Martino, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of VillageMD. Founded in 2013 with backers including Oak HC/FT and Kinnevik, VillageMD is a leading provider of healthcare for organizations moving toward a primary care-led, high-value clinical model. VillageMD works with physician groups, independent practice associations, and health systems to i...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Julie Yoo, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. Julie Yoo leads investments in healthcare technology, with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we access, pay for, and experience the healthcare system. We c...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we interview Kate Ryder, Founder & CEO at Maven Clinic, the largest telemedicine provider for family health and women, who control 80% of healthcare decisions in a $3.5 trillion healthcare industry. Besides the market dollar potential, Maven Clinic addresses critical gaps in maternity care. The U.S. maternal mortality rate has steadily increased since 2000, wh...

While they remain an incredibly stigmatized group of patients, those suffering from substance use disorders (SUDs) are finally finding a new breed of treatment centers focused on whole-person care. Eleanor Health is at the forefront of this movement, working to scale an innovative, tech-enabled, and peer-supported platform that supports patients through their recovery by aligning incentives in a v...

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, we interview Nancy Brown, General Partner at Oak HC/FT, a growth venture capital firm where she focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in Healthcare. Oak HC/FT's latest fund raised $800M in 2019, and currently has $1.9B under management. We cover Oak HC/FT's investment philosophy, how investing and the pace of healthcare innovation has...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Lora interviews Anmol Madan, Chief Data Scientist of Livongo, where he is responsible for machine learning and data science across all of Livongo's products and services, to help people be the best versions of themselves. Livongo empowers people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, beginning with diabetes and now including hypertension,...

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In this episode, we interview Halle Tecco, Co-Founder and CEO of Natalist. Halle and Lora discuss Halle's career path, which includes founding Rock Health and teaching a digital health course at Columbia Business School. Halle also shares her insights on leading an organization during COVID-19, including her approach to celebrating important company milestones and how to get it right.

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviews Dan Brillman and Taylor Justice, Co-Founders of Unite Us, an outcome-focused technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. Based out of New York, Unite Us has raised a total of $45M after their latest Series B round in March 2019, led by prominent healthcare investors Oak HC/FT, Define Ventur...

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Vivien interviewsEric Kinariwala, Founder and CEO of Capsule, a technology company rebuilding the $425 billion pharmacy industry from the inside out with an emotionally resonant experience, and technology that enables customized outcomes for doctors, hospitals, insurers, and manufacturers. Based out of New York, Capsule has raised $270M from investors such as...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, Lora interviews Dr. Melynda Barnes, Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Ro. Lora and Dr. Barnes discuss why Ro's mission and why the company views telemedicine as such a critical component of clinical care in the future (spoiler alert: Ro is not trying to replace in-person visits!). They also talk about Dr. Barnes' transition from clinical practice to...

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast we interview Dan Trigub, Head of Uber Health, the technology giant Uber’s bid on the multi-billion dollar non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) market. Uber Health's goal is to increase access to transportation to reduce patient no-shows, recapturing lost revenue and helping underserved populations manage their care plans. Uber has over 1,000 partnerships...

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, we interview Jack Stoddard about his entrepreneurial journey with Accolade, his impressive leadership, as well as his thoughts on Big Tech entering healthcare and new models of care. Jack is a senior operating leader with over two decades of experience applying technology, data science, people, and design thinking to improve the healthcare for the consumer, el...

In this episode of The Pulse podcast, we interview Nancy Yu, Cofounder and CEO of RDMD, about making drug research, development and commercialization faster, cheaper, and better. Backed by Lux Capital and Village Global, RDMD is a healthcare technology company dedicated to accelerating treatments for patients with rare diseases.

In this episode, we interview Fred Ronnau (WG ’08), Chief Technology Officer at RubiconMD. Fred graduated from the University of Arizona in 1999 with a degree in Industrial Engineering and spent time in big tech before pivoting to consulting for providers. He earned his MBA at the Wharton School, where he majored in Healthcare Management, and worked at Intel, McKesson, and Cigna before joining Rub...

In this episode, we interview Florian Otto, Co-Founder and CEO of Cedar. Cedar is deploying the best in technology to power a more meaningful patient experience. The company started off by tackling billing, creating a more seamless and transparent manner in which patients can pay their medical bills. Cedar is on an ultimate mission to make the patient experience as easy as ordering something from...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we interview Derek Newell, SVP of Commercial at Virta Health. Virta is the first clinically-proven treatment to safely and sustainably reverse type 2 diabetes (T2D) without medications or surgery. Derek Newell joined Virta in 2019 and brings with him a 20-year successful track record of growing and leading innovative healthcare technology and service companies...

In this episode of The Pulse Podcast, we interview Abner Mason, the Founder and CEO of ConsejoSano. Founded in 2014, ConsejoSano is the only patient engagement and care navigation solution designed to help clients activate their multicultural patient and member populations to better engage with the healthcare system. Abner Mason has held several leadership roles including at Workplace Wellness Cou...