Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future

In episode 17 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary meets with Vanderbilt University Medical Center epidemiologist and health policy expert, Dr. Melissa McPheeters, to discuss the role of public health in innovation.

In Episode 16 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary sits down with Dr. Kevin Johnson to discuss the role of informatics in health care innovation.

Dr. Johnson is the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Currently, he is in the Council of Councils for the National Institutes of Health, and also holds leadership positions with the National Library of Medicine, the National Academy of Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics. His research interests relate to developing and encouraging the adoption of clinical transformation systems to improve patient safety and compliance. He has also developed computer-based documentation systems for point-of-care.

In Episode 15 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary sits down with Dr. Andrew Ibrahim, surgeon at the University of Michigan and Chief Medical Officer at HOK Architects, to discuss health care design, visual abstracts and the relationship between health care and architecture.

In Episode 14 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary sits down with Dr. Amy Patel, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Medical Director of Women's Imaging at Liberty Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Together, they discuss the role of social media in health care, and how it may benefit medical student and patient education.

In Episode 13 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary sits down with Kevin Ward, M.D., Professor of Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, and Executive Director of the Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, to talk about how to foster innovation in academia.

In Episode 12 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary sits down with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine student Shelby Payne to discuss how her experiences with juvenile diabetes and as a collegiate level soccer player influenced her career in medicine. Shelby shares how she applied lessons in teamwork to her time in medical school, and how she's using innovation to hack old medical device technology to improve her own diabetes management.

In Episode 11 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care’s Future," host Reed Omary sits down with Dr. André Churchwell, Professor of Medicine, Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, and Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Associate Dean for Diversity Affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, to discuss how listeners might incorporate creativity into their learning and/or teaching styles.

In Episode 10 of ‘Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care’s Future.’ host Reed Omary sits down with Nashville-based venture capitalist Monique Villa. Her startup experience spans venture capital, strategy, business development, and operations, and she has worked closely with a wide range of talent from student entrepreneurs to global leaders. She is currently Founder of ModernCapital and an investor at Mucker Capital.

In Episode 09 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary, sits down with Cheri Canon, M.D., Professor and Chair of Radiology and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Cheri is a trained abdominal radiologist, and has served in a variety of leadership positions for the American Board of Radiology, American College of Radiology. Together, they discuss leadership skills, gender bias and how to advance women in leadership roles.

In Episode 08 of "Innovation Activists: Designing Health Care's Future," host Dr. Reed Omary sits down with Dr. Neil Mehta, internal medicine physician and Assistant Dean of Education Informatics and Technology at the Cleveland Clinic, to discuss how technology can be used to enhance learning in health care.