The MedTech Podcast

Dr Mark Kestner is the Chief Innovation Officer of MediGuru, a software platform for enabling Telemedicine solutions

Mark started his career within biomedical engineering eventually going on to apply for medical school at the University of Michigan, USA. Upon the completion of his degree instead of beginning his practise of medicine within Michigan, he decided to conduct his fourth year of residency at the US Army which led to him moving to West Germany. Mark worked through various different roles throughout his career and eventually began private practise as a trauma critical care surgeon but had quickly come to the realisation that a change was needed in the healthcare system which began his journey towards telemedicine solutions. In this episode he discusses the current status of Telemedicine and the challenges in regards to its growth, how Mediguru differs from other telemedicine platforms presently on the market, his journey into healthcare, what he learnt from travelling and working around different states within the USA and his interest of first edition modern fiction books.

Get in touch with Dr Mark Kestner - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkestnermd/ 

Find out more about Mediguru - https://www.mediguru.com/

View his recent publications - https://disruptmagazine.com/this-medical-platform-is-helping-minority-communities/ & https://exeleonmagazine.com/mark-kestner-benchmarks-in-telemedicine/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Dr Qasim Ali Butt is the founder of Your Kidneys Your Health, an Interventional Nephrologist, Health Content Creator and a Scientific Advisor to Healthcare startups.

Qasim is an expert when it comes to Kidney Health, having worked for many years within both clinical and interventional nephrology. For the past four years he has been running his own YouTube channel “Your Kidneys Your Health” in addition to creating content on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram with the aim to educate people on Kidney Health in addition to various different health tips and innovations within the health care industry.

In this episode he discusses the concept of value-based medicine, developments within AI and Machine Learning and the impact this will have on the physician patient relationship, his advice for medical students and the various opportunities that have arisen as a result of his content creation.

Get in touch with Dr Qasim Ali Butt - https://www.linkedin.com/in/qasimbuttmd/or follow him on YouTube and Instagram: https://www.youtube.com/c/YourKidneysYourHealthwithDrQasimButtMD/ & https://www.instagram.com/qasimbuttmd/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Richard Houlihan is the founder of EirMed, a company specialising in EUDAMED training & support, he was part of the original team at the European Commission who managed, designed, and led the development of EUDAMED.

Richard has considerable knowledge when it comes to EUDAMED, the current European database on medical devices. He started his career in IT working as a programmer going into project management and had spent over 8 years working within the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium helping build the EUDAMED system. In this episode he discusses why the EUDAMED system was created, the issues the medical device industry currently faces, the challenges the new Medical Device Regulation and Brexit has brought into the EU and why companies are not currently allocating resources to learning about this new system.

Get in touch with Richard Houlihan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-houlihan/ or https://eudamed.com/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Ahmed came up with the idea of Syntr during his studies at the University of California Irvine with his team initially bootstrapping the business to now finally having funding to successfully bring his product SyntrFuge onto the market, a device used for micro sizing of adipose tissue for body contouring. In this episode he discusses the sacrifices him and his team had to make to grow the business, the challenges he faced as a young entrepreneur, his advice for students looking to enter the field and what he learnt from his failures early on during his journey.

Get in touch with Ahmed Zobi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-zobi-4b210855/ or https://www.syntrtechnologies.com/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Rick Rowan started his career as a real estate entrepreneur in Syndey, Australia. Since then he went on to form his own company NuroKor Bioelectronics in London, UK which focuses on wearable personal medical devices with further applications for Animal Health and Femtech. In this episode he discusses the development of Artificial Intelligence, the common misconceptions in bioelectronics, current opportunities in the market, advice for new businesses and his ambitions for the companies future.

Get in touch with Rick Rowan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-rowan/ or https://nurokor.co.uk/ or https://www.nurokor.com/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Ladan has a wealth of knowledge in the Neurotech space and has been running his own podcast in this field for over 4 years, he studied Nanobiophysics in Germany whilst completing his Master thesis in India and has travelled to over 100 different countries around the world and now resides in Florida whilst he completes his PhD. In this episode he discusses the controversial side of neural implants, the challenges of funding for companies in this sector, the hottest areas of focus in this space, the lessons he learned as an avid traveller and his unusual but interesting hobbies.  

Get in touch with Ladan Jiracek - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ladan-jiracek-37273237/ or https://neuralimplantpodcast.com/ or https://travelwisdompodcast.com/  

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/  

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Yoshinaga Kazutaka is a medical doctor based in Japan and founder of Melp, an online medical questionnaire application. Yoshinaga graduated from medical school in 2014 and it was during his studies he began researching brain development which led to the idea of his latest startup for developing an ear-EEG based platform. In this episode he discusses how he got into medical entrepreneurship, the current demands within the Japanese medical market with a significant elderly population, differences in regulation in Japan and his ambitions for his future ventures.

Get in touch with Yoshinaga Kazutaka - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kazu098/ or https://monshin.melp.life/en/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Mike Pogose is a Senior Quality & Regulatory Consultant at Hardian Health, a digital health consultancy specialising in Clinical, Regulatory, Health Economics and Investment. Mike has been in the MedTech industry for several years initially starting as an engineer in industrial metrology and mechatronics. In this episode he discusses how software medical devices are regulated around the world, the unique challenges a SaMD product faces in comparison to traditional devices, his advice for software companies and his journey starting as a software and systems engineer, eventually transitioning into MedTech.

Get in touch with Mike Pogose - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpogose/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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Joe Mullings is the founder of The Mullings Group, the worlds leading search firm in medical devices and TMGPulse, a MedTech news website. Joe has been in the industry for over 3 decades, his clients vary from multi-billion dollar companies to early-stage startups involved in various different technologies including but not limited to Surgical Robotics, Telehealth and AI. In this episode he shares with us what he has learned travelling the world, meeting with different MedTech companies through his television series on TrueFuture.TV, his predictions for the future and his advice for young people looking to enter the industry. 

Get in touch with Joe - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joemullings/ or https://mullingsgroup.com/ 

Watch his TV Series here - https://truefuture.tv/ 

Follow Joe on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JoeMullings293 

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Dr Hugh Harvey is the Managing Director of Hardian Health a digital health consultancy specialising in Clinical, Regulatory, Health Economics and Investment. Hugh has been working in the medical space for over 13 years previously specialising within Radiology and is now more focused on AI and Machine Learning Medical Devices. In this episode he shares with us the future of AI seperating hype from reality, the challenges AI companies face when trying to gain market access and his journey from Radiology to AI & Digital Health alongside his advice for young people looking to enter the industry.

Get in touch with Hugh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hugh-harvey-58a470112/ or https://hardianhealth.com/

Get in touch with me - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

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