Healthscape

In this episode Samuel Ethiopia discusses digital health, the challenges of starting a business, and how AI is improving outcomes in healthcare.

Samuel is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of DocSpera. DocSpera is a venture backed pre and post-operative care coordination platform that addresses care continuum challenges facing procedural specialists and operating room professionals. Prior to founding to DocSpera, Samuel worked at Yahoo and Strategy&. Samuel is alum of Kellogg’s MMM program, where he earned an MBA and Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University. Additionally, Samuel has a B.S. in in Chemical Engineering from UC Davis.

In this episode AJ Joseph discusses his career journey before and after Kellogg, the role of generics in the healthcare market, and quality and innovation in generics.

AJ is the Vice President of Institutional Market Development and Corporate Development at Lupin Pharmaceuticals. Lupin is a leading global generics pharmaceutical company and the third largest pharmaceutical company in the U.S. by prescriptions filled. AJ is a Kellogg alum and also holds a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois and an MS in Exercise Physiology from the University of Miami. Prior to his role at Lupin, AJ worked in business development roles at Becton, Dickinson and Company and at Hospira.

In this episode, Healthscape interviews Sinai Chicago's President & Chief Executive Officer, Karen Teitelbaum. Sinai Chicago is an urban teaching healthcare system comprised of four hospitals, 800 physician medical staff, over 3000 caregivers, an epidemiology research institute, and a community institute, serving 1.5 million people who live in Chicago’s West and Southwest Side. Karen also serves on the boards of America’s Essential Hospitals, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Advantia Health, and Blink Science. She is passionate about community-based health and recently gave a talk about community-centric healthcare innovation at TEDxWrigleyville (check it out here: https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_teitelbaum_community_based_innovation_for_health_stat)!

Karen has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from University at Buffalo, a Master in Arts in Speech and Language Pathology from Northwestern, and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

For our debut episode, Healthscape interviews Kellogg Professor Craig Garthwaite. Professor Garthwaite discusses the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on the healthcare industry, healthcare policy, and the Healthcare at Kellogg program.

Professor Garthwaite is the Herman R. Smith Research Professor in Hospital and Health Services, a Professor of Strategy, and the Director of the Program on Healthcare at Kellogg. He is an applied economist whose research examines the business of healthcare with a focus on the interaction between private firms and public policies.