MedTalkcracy

MedTalkcracy

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MedTalkcracy episodes

  • Feeling lost in medtech? Listen to this ft. Omar M. Khateeb

    Omar M. Khateeb is Helping MedTech Companies Grow Sales & Drive Product Adoption Using Social Media. He started out in medical school but quickly decided to drop out and pursue medtech. He lead multiple healthcare robotics companies through IPO and set the mold for Growth Managers in healthcare companies. What does he credit his success to? Reading books, in this episode he gives top 3 book recommendations for persons in college and for those already into their careers. 

    Timestamps:

    5:50 - Why I started my own company
    7:03 - Why clinicians are turning to Social Media to leverage their opportunities
    7:30 - Two most important platforms for recent grads
    9:00 - How to optimize your LinkedIn profile as a student
    12:00 - Obsessing over the journey, being patient and not believing in a plan B
    13:29 - Relating Elon Musk’s journey to your
    16:15 - Why following your passion is terrible advice
    19:00 - Mentoring young minds such as @Henry Peck
    22:00 - should you start your company right out of college ?
    26:30 - Fast tracking your life by investing in yourself
    28:50 - Betting $10K on himself over a phone call when he didn’t have the money
    29:51 - Power of Books
    31:29 - Top 3 books for young adults
    34:00 - Leveling up your life
    35:05 - Using 48 laws of power to your advantage
    39:12 - Getting paid your worth in MedTech

    Check out Omar Khateeb's content here!

    49 min
  • #16 - Redesigning healthcare to be a well-care system, slow adoption of A.I. in healthcare today ft. Priyanka Mathur, MD

    Dr. Priyanka Mathur vision is to help transform healthcare from a ‘Sick Care’ model to a data-driven, ‘Predictive Model’ using the science of AI and machine learning. The result: ‘Precision Medicine’ and quality healthcare that’s affordable and accessible to everyone— regardless of insurance or socio-economic status.

    A frequent speaker on the healthcare circuit, Dr. Mathur is a healthcare visionary who believes that every individual and family desires to take charge of their health—but often lack the time, money and tools. Thus, Dr. Mathur has created an innovative health app that helps individuals and entire families take control of their health— by making prescriptions affordable, treatment manageable and personal/family health data accessible and shareable on-demand—in one, easy-to-use mobile app that fits in one’s pocket. MediPocket.

    Timestamps:

    1:45 - The sickcare system that exists today vs. the well care system of tomorrow
    5:30 - What Dr. Priyanka learnt from being a doctor in Russia, India and the US
    6:27 - Why she decided to become a founder of a healthtech startup  6:54 - The mission of Medipocket - Your Health in your pocket  
    10:15 - Doctors need to work in tandem with technologists to create healthcare platforms
    12:43 - The three levels of care - primary, secondary and tertiary + the differences 21:08 - Why doctors are slow adopters of software healthtech products   
    27:04 - If you want to be a healthtech innovator you have to understand the healthcare industry
    30:00 - Worrying less and Enjoying more - the Medphilosophy question


    32 min
  • Letting Robots Take Control in the OR ft. Saiman Shetty

    Through Tesla, Lyft and Nuro, Saiman Shetty has built cool, empathy driven, impactful products for 5+ years.

    He started as an engineer writing code, got curious, and grew into more holistic roles like systems design, then technical management, and product. Curiosity shaped his journey all along! 😌

    Saiman prides himself on having an engineer's mind, a designer's intuition and an entrepreneur's vision. Startups that he founded have won awards at several prestigious competitions, incubation at top Silicon Valley incubators like Plug and Play, and recognition from top ranking figures like Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.

    Find Saiman here

    Timestamps:

    0:55 - Saiman’s journey into tech

    2:23 - the best technical skills don’t make the best products

    4:01 - using resources around you to develop designer intuition

    5:50 - the woes of dealing with immigration while having a post grad job

    6:33 - Alternative immigration paths for persons who want to work in the US

    8:12 - The nuances of robots taking over the world

    10:27 - ai in healthcare

    13:40 - but what exactly is artificial intelligence

    15:00 - why developing trust in robotics is healthcare’s biggest challenge over the next decade

    17:30 - how to get a job in ai

    19:30 - work for companies with the a mission that inspires you

    20:59 - have evidence of your kickass work

    23:10 - Saiman’s Medphilosophy

    28 min
  • Opening the Door to Better Care ft. Nick Desai

    If your food, groceries and fitness can brought right into your home via teleservices, why can't your doctor come visit you by the push of a button on an app? Well... Heal makes that possible. 

    Nick Desai is the Founder and former CEO of Heal - the category-defining leader in home-centric primary care. Heal has been deemed one of the most disruptive technologies by CNBC and in this episode Nick details exactly why. 

    Timestamps

    Innovation is birthed through inherent necessity
    Founding story of Heal - 1:15
    Types of medtech engineers behind heal - 4:14
    The future of the $4 Trillion medtech industry - 8:23
    How to start you medtech business - 16:54
    How engineering benefits a founder - 19:33

    Reach out to Nick on Linkedin!

    23 min
  • Entering the decade of the kidney and how medtech can cause real change ft. Dr. Qasim Ali Butt

    Dr. Qasim has been practicing clinical nephrology for over ten years and this passion can be seen in his online social media content where he stands by "Your Kidney Your Health" which communicates key kidney health tips and concepts in an easy-to-digest format. Another interesting part of Dr. Qasim's career is that he is a scientific advisor at two Medtech startups in the kidney space. This episode really covers the landscape of kidney health around the world and how someone interested in getting into medtech can cause real change, according to Dr. Qasim we are entering the decade of the kidney, the most complex human organ second to the brain and as always, hope you enjoy.

    Check out Dr. Qasim here

    Check us out on social media:

    Instagram

    Co-Founders of Medtalkcracy:

    Alia Myers
    Zion Maynard

    29 min
  • Using Bioink to 3D Print Living Tissues

    Stephanie Willerth, the CEO of biotech start-up Axolotl Biosciences based in Victoria, British Columbia Canada has created a novel bioink that is allowing researchers throughout the world to 3D bioprint organoids. This technology is certainly changing medicine and may very well disrupt traditional mechanical artificial organs. Imagine a world where a patient’s bad kidney could be scanned, fixed in software, bioprinted and seamlessly transplanted. The work Stephanie and her team is doing, will get us there and that’s why I asked, What happens when What if becomes What is.


    Interested in joining Axolotl Biosciences right now? 

    They are hiring students so check here for more information: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://app.riipen.com/projects/KVbllpzE/details__;!!J6yheUxL!btu8KvO7aEcj6kZM-zalV-92Pg94IzMtGLG1jej_gUOYaoQGJ8ZXWv4zTwDl6uozLY4$

    Stephanie's LinkedIN

    Cofounders of Medtalkcracy:

    Alia Myers
    Zion Maynard

    18 min
  • Creating a Disease-Free World ft. Hitesh Mehta

    Hitesh Mehta is the co-founder of Nutromics an Australian med-tech start-up. The Nutromics Biosensor Platform is

    solving some of the biggest healthcare challenges we face today. Their wearable sensor and software solutions will reimagine how we prevent chronic disease and manage acute conditions. The Nutromics vision is a world with zero preventable deaths due to a lack of timely biological patient data. In this episode Hitesh outlines how exactly Nutromics will do this and more:
    6:36 - Hitesh details his background and the founding story of Nutromics
    8:13 - Molecular targeting and how Nutromics will use it to revolutionize healthcare
    10:56 - The technology behind their CMM wearable device
    13:04 - What important health data can be learned from monitoring patients' interstitial fluid
    14:45 - The Lab on Skin approach to measuring electrochemical signatures
    16:15 - Electrochemical signaling and developing sensor technology to read these signals
    20:00 - How to join Nutromics and global recruitment
    23:21 - Transition from a sick-care to a healthcare system

    Reach out to Hitesh here

    Learn more about Nutromics at their website: http://www.nutromics.com.au/

    Stay up to date with medtalkcracy on socials!

    Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter

    Co-Founders:

    Zion Maynard
    Alia Myers

    26 min
  • Encouraging Meaningful Conversation ft. Hannah Sennik

    Hannah Sennik is the co-founder of Rekammend, a Toronto based medtech start-up that provides opportunities for individuals with speech and language disorders to engage in meaningful conversation. Their main product Reka personalizes the communication experience for clients and increases their overall independencer. In this episode we dive into Rekammend's founding story, their technology and hear all about what they're doing to begin their first round testing in April 2021. Hannah has also completed medtech internships at Apple, Synaptive Medical and Intellijoint, she summarizes what she's learnt from all these experiences to lead her company. Let us know what you think! As always, keep Medtekking. 

    Reach out to Hannah here!

    Know someone who may benefit from Reka? Check out their website rekammend.com for more information.

    Let's continue the conversation, reach out to the co-founders:

    Alia Myers
    Zion Maynard

    Medtalkcracy socials:

    LinkedIn
    Instagram
    Twitter

    24 min
  • What is MedTech? ft. Giovanni Lauricella
    Giovanni Lauricella, also know as Mister MedTech has lead global medtech startup talent acquisition in the industry for a decade. His extensive network of MedTech professionals gives him insight into the minds of many MedTech Innovators. Giovanni shares that with us today. In this episode we breakdown the MedTech industry and differentiate it from biopharma,Giovanni also gets into the MedTech hubs around the world and gives his take on which city is the the Silicon Valley of MedTech, where the market is heading and how young entrepreneurs can raise capital.
    31 min
  • The Future of Safer Surgeries ft. Amr Abdelgawad

    Post-operative complications plague many high-risk patients. NERv, a Canadian based start-up, is leading the charge to overcome this huge problem. In this episode, hear from Co-Founder and COO at NERv Amr Abdelgawad as he walks us through the company's founding story, their mission and clinical staging of their biochip. Amr even gives key insight to what internships they are hiring for to drive the mission forward. As always hope you enjoy. 

    Interested in being apart of the future of surgeries? Reach out to Amr and read up more on NERv:

    Amr's LinkedIn
    NERV's company site

    Co-Founders:

    Alia  Myers
    Zion Maynard 

    Follow us on social media: LinkedIn Instagram Twitter

    21 min

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