E154: Navigating a Career from Renal Medicine to Tech CEO - Dr Tim Ringrose (Co-founder and CEO Cognitant, Ex-CEO Doctors.net.uk)


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Mar 13 2024 42 mins  

In this week’s episode Tim shares his journey of leaving medicine just as he was about to become a renal consultant to eventually becoming the CEO of Doctors.net.uk and now co-founder of Cognitant which is an award-winning patient engagement platform and community.


We discussed:


🔍 Motivations to study medicine

🚪 Leaving medicine just before becoming a renal consultant

🔄 Transitioning from a clinical career to CEO of Doctors.net.uk

🏁 The early adopters of Doctors.net and commercialising

💪 Why persistence is an underrated skill

💼 The difficulties of an advertising business model

🔍 Being acquired by M3 and life at a large corporate

🌱 The origin story of Cognitant and the value behind co-creating patient education

💰 Selling to the NHS, ‘pilotitis’ and contracts

📈 Staying up to date with the latest advances in healthtech 📊 The value of data within the NHS


Dr Tim Ringrose is the CEO and Co-founder of Cognitant, ex-CEO of Doctors.net.uk, President of The Digital Health Section (RSM), Advisor and NED to multiple healthtech companies.



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