The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health

In this episode of The Pulse, I sat down with Aidan Dewar, co-founder and CEO of Nourish, to talk about one of the most underleveraged opportunities in healthcare: treating chronic disease through nutrition and lifestyle change. Nourish has built the largest network of registered dietitians in the United States and layered virtual physician care, lab testing, and medication management (including G...

In our latest episode of The Pulse, I sat down with Ellen Rudolph, co-founder and CEO of WellTheory, a company rebuilding autoimmune care through a root-cause, longitudinal approach. Ellen shares her personal journey from patient to founder, why traditional healthcare continues to fail millions living with autoimmune conditions, and how WellTheory is creating a more personalized and evidence-based...

In this episode of The Pulse , I sat down with Lauren Makler , co-founder and CEO of Cofertility , to talk about one of the most personal and overlooked challenges in women's health: the cost and complexity of egg freezing and donation. Lauren's career is a study in conviction - from launching Uber Health to channeling a deeply personal health journey into a company reshaping third-party r...

In this episode, I chatted with Priyanka Jain, Co-Founder and CEO of Evvy. Evvy is tackling that challenge by starting with one of the most overlooked areas in medicine: the vaginal microbiome. While vaginal discomfort is one of the leading reasons women seek healthcare, it remains a space shaped by stigma, poor diagnostics, and treatments that too often miss the mark. In our conversation, we expl...

In this episode of The Pulse , I had the opportunity to sit down with Giovanni Colella, MD - a psychiatrist and experienced healthcare entrepreneur - to discuss his journey from clinical care to company-building, and what it takes to design care models for healthcare’s most complex populations. Over the past several decades, Giovanni has co-founded several influential healthcare companies, includi...

In this episode of The Pulse, I sat down with Rahul Naidoo , co-founder and CEO of Superscript , an early-stage health tech company on a mission to redefine the financial experience in healthcare for both patients and providers. Founded in 2021, Superscript spent nearly three years in R&D building what Rahul calls “healthcare’s first pricing protocol” — technology that turns surprise, after-th...

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jake Sussman , co-founder and CEO of Marble Health , a company building a new model of mental health care for children and teens. Jake shared why the youth mental health crisis demands a fundamentally different approach than adult care - and how Marble is using schools, insurance-aligned incentives, and thoughtfully applied technology to exp...

In this episode, I sat down with Felicity Yost, Co-Founder and CEO of Tia. Tia is a modern women’s health company that combines virtual and in-person clinics to deliver integrated, whole-body care for women, spanning primary care, gynecology, mental health, fertility, perimenopause and menopause, and more. Founded in 2017, Tia has raised roughly $150 million in funding from leading investors, as i...

In our latest episode of The Pulse, I sat down with Samir Malik , founder of firsthand , a company pioneering a trust-first, peer-led model to reach individuals whom the traditional behavioral health system has failed to reach. Samir shared powerful insights on why trust is the missing ingredient in serious mental illness (SMI) care and how firsthand is rebuilding it through lived experience, comm...

In this episode, I sat down with Emma Silverman , Partner at TMV , to explore her path into venture and TMV’s purpose-driven origin story. We discuss TMV’s health & bio thesis, notable investments such as Slingshot AI and Elion, and Emma’s recent research on the promise and tension of clinical AI adoption across health systems and payers. She also shares practical advice for early-stage founde...

In this episode of the podcast, I sat down with Marta Bralic Kerns , founder and CEO of Pomelo Care , a virtual-first maternity care company delivering high-quality, personalized care to pregnant people and newborns across the United States. Pomelo’s mission is to improve outcomes in maternal and infant health through proactive, data-informed, and accessible care. Marta and I spoke about her path...

Mike Roaldi , President of Cityblock Health , joins us on the Pulse for our latest episode. Cityblock Health is a valued-based primary care company on a mission to radically improve health outcomes for Medicaid and dually eligible populations across the U.S. Cityblock Health is one of the most ambitious care delivery companies today, serving its eligible populations with a tech-enabled, community-...

Obesity and weight loss are among the most significant and complex challenges facing healthcare today. In our latest episode of The Pulse, we sat down with Evan Richardson, CEO and founder of Form Health, a pioneering virtual obesity medicine clinic. Richardson shared compelling insights about how Form Health is revolutionizing the obesity treatment landscape by delivering personalized, quality ca...

In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Rekha Kumar , Chief Medical Officer of Found . Found is one of the first telehealth startups focused on comprehensive obesity care. Since its founding, it has raised over $130 million and was valued at $600 million as of 2022. At the heart of their mission is combining medical treatment — including access to weight-loss medications like GLP-1s — with behavior c...

In this episode, I sat down with Caroline Xie , General Partner at ICONIQ Growth . ICONIQ Growth is the venture arm of ICONIQ, a leading investment firm backing exceptional technology leaders who are building category-defining businesses. Caroline leads investments in healthcare technology, and since joining ICONIQ, has helped manage over $1.7 billion in investments. We dive deep into her personal...

In this episode of The Pulse, I had the pleasure of speaking with Othman Laraki, the co-founder and CEO of Color Health - a company on a mission to transform cancer care through a digital-first, population-level approach. With a background spanning Google, Twitter, and a string of successful startups, Othman has spent the past decade building one of the most ambitious models in healthcare: a natio...

In this episode of The Pulse, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. James Lu, co-founder and CEO of Helix - a precision medicine company using genomics to power preventive care. With over $270 million raised and partnerships spanning major U.S. health systems, Helix is at the forefront of turning DNA into an actionable health asset.

In this episode of The Pulse, I sat down with Dr. Adam Wolfberg, Chief Medical Officer of Virta Health, a company pioneering a new approach to tackling metabolic disease. Virta Health has a mission to reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity through nutrition-first treatment and tech-enabled care. We discussed Adam’s unconventional journey from news reporter to startup exec, Virta’s science-backed outc...

In this episode, I sat down with Autumn-Kyoko (AK) Cushman, co-founder and CEO of ShiftRx, a platform using generative AI to transform pharmacy staffing. Backed by investors like Work-Bench, Inflect Health, Tau Ventures, and Opal Ventures, ShiftRx is tackling one of healthcare’s biggest challenges - staffing shortages - by empowering providers with more control, flexibility, and financial stabilit...

In this episode, I sat down with Michael Meng, co-founder and CEO of Stellar Health. Founded in 2018, Stellar Health is redefining value-based care delivery for primary care teams.  Through Stellar's industry-leading micro-incentive platform, providers and their care teams using Stellar receive in-workflow prompts to close care and quality gaps efficiently. Every value-based care activity is r...

Our guest on this episode is ⁠ Jim Pursley⁠, President of ⁠Hinge Health⁠ . Founded in 2014, Hinge Health is revolutionizing musculoskeletal (MSK) care by combining virtual physical therapy, wearable technology, and multidisciplinary care teams. Through AI-powered motion tracking, real-time exercise guidance, and personalized health coaching, Hinge Health is improving outcomes for patients while re...

Our guest on this episode is ⁠ Mike Uchrin⁠ , Co-founder and CEO of ⁠ Monogram Health⁠ . Founded in 2019, Monogram Health is revolutionizing kidney care through its value based, in-home care model, improving outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) as well as related polychronic conditions. By integrating evidence-based clinical protocols and pers...

In this episode, I sat down with Dr. Neel Shah , Chief Medical Officer of Maven Clinic , the world’s largest digital clinic for women’s and family health. Dr. Shah is a practicing obstetrician and a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School where he previously served as a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology. Dr. Shah joined Maven in 2021 with a mission to expand and di...

In this episode, I sat down with Jared Dauman, co-founder and Head of Operations for Soda Health. Founded in 2021, Soda Health is a healthcare technology company focused on reducing health inequities. Soda Health uses technology to simplify healthcare transactions, similar to retail purchases, using debit cards. This approach aims to bridge the gap between medical claims and retail payments, ensur...

Founded in 2017, Paige is a digital pathology software provider that uses AI to improve cancer diagnoses. Paige was the first ever company to earn FDA approval for an AI-based product, and they are currently collaborating with Microsoft to build the world’s largest image-based AI cancer model. In this episode, Dr. Moye and I discuss Paige’s origin as a spin-out from Memorial Sloan Kettering, the r...