The Healthtech Podcast

Nov 12 2024 379 ep. 43 mins 138

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The Healthtech Podcast covers the latest in health and technology through interviews with disruptive healthtech startups and leaders. Whether you’re a patient, founder, investor or simply interested in healthtech, The Healthtech Podcast has it covered. 🌍 Listeners in over 150 countries. 🎙 New episode every week. 🗣 Hosted by Dr James Somauroo. www.thehealthtechpodcast.com | www.somx.health | www.jamessomauroo.com

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#374 From Idea to Impact: The Ultimate Startup Founders’ Playbook with Devika Wood, CCO of Brain+

Nov 12 2024 63 mins

This week, James is joined by Devika Wood, Chief Commercial Officer at Brain+, pioneers of digitised cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia and with a mission to bring the best-in-class dementia therapies to all. With a Masters in Public Health from Imperial College London and over thirteen years of experience across healthcare, life sciences, and investment sectors, Devika beg

#373 Digitising Pathology: Why AI is the Future of Cancer Treatment with Meriem Sefta from Owkin

Nov 06 2024 65 mins

This week, James is joined by Dr. Meriem Sefta, PhD, Chief Diagnostics Officer at Owkin. Owkin is the first end-to-end AI-biotech company on a mission to understand complex biology and ensure every patient gets the right treatment using AI trained on world-class patient data through privacy-enhancing technologies.Learn more: https://www.owkin.com/diagnostics-approachApply to be a g

#372 Breaking Barriers in Psychedelic Drug Research with George McBride founder of Clerkenwell Health

Oct 29 2024 73 mins

This week, James is joined by George McBride, co-founder and COO of Clerkenwell Health a psychedelic-specialty clinical research organisation and site network headquartered in London. George is a commercial barrister turned drug policy reform advocate and entrepreneur. He's played in a key role in the campaign to legalise medical cannabis in the UK at the NGO Volteface before found

#371 Mens Health Defined: Tackling Weight Loss and Wellness with Sokratis Papafloratos CEO of Numan

Oct 28 2024 82 mins

This week, James is joined by Sokratis Papafloratos, CEO and founder of Numan. After founding and exiting previous companies, Sokratis founded Numan in 2018 to provide men with access to treatment for erectile dysfunction. His journey towards founding the company was fuelled by a personal realisation of the underserved nature of men's health and a desire to leverage technology for

#370 Quick Tips for Entrepreneurs, with Charlie Wells

Oct 13 2024 10 mins

This Sunday, Charlie Wells, Founder and CEO of HelloSelf gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs.Apply to be a guest: www.thehealthtechpodcast.comSubscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦:www.healthtechpigeon.comGet in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.comLearn more about SomX for your healthtech company at somx.health

#369 Personalised Therapy: How Technology is Changing Mental Health Care with Charlie Wells, CEO of HelloSelf

Oct 11 2024 95 mins

This week, James is joined by Charlie Wells, Founder and CEO of HelloSelf. In what he calls his ‘before life’ Charlie studied neurobiology at Oxford before moving to London to work in healthcare marketing, then in 2011 a life-threatening brain haemorrhage changed everything. After surviving a coma and pioneering surgery, Charlie decided to make the most of his second chance, fo

#368 How AI and Retinal Imaging Are the Key to Better Preventative Healthcare with Vicky Demas, CEO of Identifeye HEALTH

Oct 05 2024 63 mins

This week, James is joined by Vicky Demas, the CEO of identifeye HEALTH. Vicky has more than 20 years of experience developing and launching healthcare products. She joined identifeye HEALTH after leading the development of new products for GRAIL, a cancer screening company. identifeye HEALTH aims to harness health insights from the human eye to promote overall health and well-bein

#367 Journey to becoming the CMO of a billion-dollar femtech company with Anna Klepchukova from Flo Health

Sep 25 2024 76 mins

This week, James is joined by Dr Anna Klepchukova, Chief Medical Officer at women's health unicorn Flo Health. Anna is a qualified M.D. with specialist expertise in anesthesiologist and intensive care. Coupled with a degree in Marketing, Anna has worked extensively across pharma taking on the role of Marketing Manager at Takeda before joining Flo Health as Chief Medical officer in

#366 The Rise of Computational Pathology: How AI is Shaping Cancer Diagnosis with Thomas Fuchs, CEO of Paige.AI

Sep 17 2024 51 mins

This week, James is joined by Dr Thomas Fuchs, Founder and Chief Scientist at Paige, a healthtech company using the power of AI to drive a new era of cancer discovery and treatment. Paige is the first company to receive FDA approval for a clinical AI application in digital pathology.It's cloud-based platform transforms pathologists’ workflow and increases diagnostic confidence as

#365 The untold benefits of data collection and sharing with Matt Wilson, CEO of uMed

Sep 06 2024 76 mins

This week, James is joined by Dr Matt Wilson, former NHS doctor and Anaesthesiologist, and founder and CEO of uMed. uMed's mission is to improve the lives of those living with disease by enabling access to the data and insights needed to bring new therapies and innovations to patients. uMed's platform – which is embedded across a global network of healthcare institutions – comb