Still wondering when and where to get started on your innovator journey? This episode is your playbook. 

Dr Turki details his journey of device innovation including various steps of idea generation, prototyping, research and commercialization. 

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Can you innovate? How can clinical practice fuel innovation? Where are ideas born? Which Ideas should you work on?

Meet Dr Andy Tau, GI hospitalist  at Austin Gastroenterology and proud innovator of a novel overtube device that was presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2024. 

Through this podcast you will know more about  : 
1. Transcending problems through innovations
2. Finding time to innovate 
3. Journey of a device from idea to DDW sharktank! 

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Curious on how to get started on a path  to device development or medical innovation?  

Meet the Digestive Disease week 2023 Shark Tank winner for medical devices: Dr Venkata Akshintala
He  is an advance endoscopist, innovator and associate professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. 
Profile:  https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/venkata-akshintala

He is making wakes in the world of research and device innovation. 
In this episode we discuss various resources and methods that can help a doctor in training pursue their interests in medical innovation.  

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Dr Austin Chiang, MD, MPH is the chief medical officer at Medtronics- GI, Assistant professor and the director for Bariatric Endoscopy at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. 

He is a social media celebrity, and a staunch healthcare advocate. He has carved out a unique path for himself that never existed before.  

How does did he master it all? 


Twitter: @AustinChiangMD

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Dr Mandy Armitage:  Professional medical writer ! 
* Medical director of Editorial services at Good Rx, 
* Founder:  Armitage medical writing and consulting company LLC 
* Author “From clinical practice to medical writing”

Do you love to write? Ever thought of making it as your career? Learn from the journey of Dr Armitage, from a doctor to starting her own medical company! 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandyarmitage/ 
Her company: https://www.armitagemedicalwriting.com/ 

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 Dr. Adler is the director of the Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy at Porter Adventist Hospital, Centura Health in Denver, Colorado. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the flagship journal of American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 

Dr. Adler was also the GI Fellowship Program Director and a tenured professor of Medicine at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine for seven years. He has published 500 peer reviewed articles, 8 textbooks on gastroenterology and has more than 50 articles on history, aviation, aerospace, and astronomy.

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Dr Heidi Moawad: Neurologist, author, physician consultant for the insurance industry and much more.  She has written the book: "Careers beyond Clinical Medicine" to help clinicians navigate the world outside of clinical medicine. 

More about her: shorturl.at/HKOX0 (LinkedIn)
Her Website: http://www.nonclinicaldoctors.com/ 
The book: Amazon: shorturl.at/eFOPZ

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Dr Mena Boules has an exceptionally successful career as the Executive medical director for Gastroenterology at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. He transitioned his career from training in general surgery to the pharmaceutical industry. His period of metamorphosis was full of uncertainties, risks and rejections. Finally, he was able to pursue his true calling. 

Dr Boules shares with us his journey, invaluable life lessons and anecdotes. 

You can find him on
LinkedIn: shorturl.at/ckrsT 
Twitter: @MenaBoulesMD1

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Does private practice mean the end of research career? How late is too late to become an entrepreneur? 

Meet Dr Lawrence Kosinski! He has a career in Gastroenterology that spans 38 years! He is the partner of Illinois Gastroenterology group, founder of Sonar MD and a past member of the Governing board of the American Gastroenterology Association. 

Join me as he walks us through his life's journey, his career as a gastroenterologist, entrepreneur, innovator and thought leader.  More about him: https://sonarmd.com/about-us/

You can also check out  his  podcast: "The scope with Dr K." 

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Everything starts with the action potential! 

Meet our first Zebra MD-  Dr Abbas Mandviwala. He is an academic hospitalist at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH and the founder of MedContRx:-a physician-led contract negotiation company that has helped hundred's of doctors get the best out of their salary negotiation.  You can find more here  https://www.medcontrx.com/ 

Host: Achintya Singh 

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