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  • How do you take that first step and balance clinical duties with non-clinical interests? What specific advances in biotech could have the potential to revolutionize clinical treatment in the near future? What factors are you optimizing for in your career plan? Join this episode as Dr. Sam Kessel answers these questions and more and shares his story!

    Sam completed his intern year in internal medicine. He was an associate for multiple angel networks, performing part-time due diligence on medical startups during medical training. He then went on to become a Consultant at LEK Consulting. He is now an associate at Locust Walk, where he works with various biotech companies using cutting-edge technologies to help them find partners and funding. He hosts the Nucleate Signal podcast and interviews folks who are the next generation of leaders in biotech.

    He got his Bachelor's from Tufts University, MD from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

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  • How can we, as MDs, ensure better representation of low-resource countries in the digital healthcare movement? What are the means to enhancing healthcare access through AI-led digital acceleration? How can you generate building blocks to guide your entrepreneurial journey? Dr. Alice Jacobs, CEO of Convergence Group, answers all these questions and more.

    Alice is a physician and entrepreneur. She leads the Convergence Group, which works on improving access to and delivery of healthcare through AI-led digital acceleration. She founded her first company, IntelligentMDx, after losing a patient from a staph infection. She has worked with leading venture funds, including Third Rock Ventures/MIT/Bob Langer, GE Ventures, and GreyBird Ventures. She spent two years as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Caltech, guiding efforts to build the next generation of deep technology solutions.

    She was recognized by Scientific American as one of the top 50 innovators and by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, a 40 under 40 award by the Boston Business Journal, and for Healthcare Innovation in Clinical Diagnostics by Frost & Sullivan.

    She holds a BA in Art History, a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford with Honors in Developmental Neurobiology, and an MD from Harvard Medical School.

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  • What did you optimize for when choosing the first position outside the clinical path? What are the challenges that M.D.s could encounter when leaving clinical medicine? What is the role of immigrant mentality in building risk tolerance? Dr. Shehnaaz answers!

    Dr. Shehnaaz Suliman is a visionary physician, drug developer, and dealmaker with over 25 years of experience reshaping the biotech landscape. She is C.E.O. and board member at ReCode Therapeutics, an integrated genetic medicines company located in California that works on developing disease-modifying therapeutics using its powerful L.N.P. delivery technology to target organs and tissues beyond the liver. She was formerly president and C.O.O. at Alector, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Her professional experience began in 2001. Since then, Shehnaaz has changed six roles and seven companies, such as Theravance Biopharma, Genentech, Roche Partnering, Gilead Sciences, Lehman Brothers and Petkevich & Partners, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, and 10X Genomics.

    Dr. Suliman received her M.D. from the University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa. She also holds an M.B.A., with distinction, and an M.Phil. in development studies from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She was named one of the 2017 Fiercest Women in Life Sciences and one of the National Diversity Council’s Power 50 in 2021 (Most Influential Women in Business). Recently, Shehnaaz was featured on the 2023 Forbes 50 over 50 and was recognized as the 2023 Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

  • Dive into a seasoned venture capitalist's mind as they look at today's landscape! Dr. Farzad Soleimani is sharing valuable insights on:

    Hands-on exposure to fields such as engineering and businessThe skills and capabilities needed for success outside clinical medicineThe role of dual degree programs like MD/MBA What do the best founding teams have in common 

    Farzad is the Healthcare Partner at 1984 Ventures, having seeded companies such as Trusted Health, Deep Scribe, Health Note, and Signos. He is the founder of eTherapi, a pioneering telemedicine company, and the founding co-director of the Texas Medical Center Biodesign Innovation Program. He started his investing career at MohrDavidow Ventures and continued to work at a number of innovation startups, such as Pocket Naloxone, Hansen Medical, and IGAN Biosciences.

    Farzad completed his residency training at Baylor and earned his MBA, MD, MS, and BS from Stanford University. He is on faculty at Baylor Medical School, Rice Business School, and Rice Bioengineering Department.

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  • Unlocking Hyper-Personalized Learning in Medicine! Join us for an insightful chat with Dr. Sievert Weiss, co-founder of AMBOSS. Discover how digital tools create tailored learning experiences for aspiring medical professionals.

    Sievert is a physician by training and a self-taught med-ed-tech co-founder who is notoriously curious to explore ways to improve healthcare and has an interest in public and global health issues. In 2012, right after graduation, he co-founded AMBOSS, a German medical technology company. Their mission is to improve global health by empowering physicians worldwide to apply the best care possible. Today, more than 2 million healthcare professionals in over 170 countries rely on AMBOSS. Sievert studied medicine in Germany, Portugal, and Brazil. He studied at the University of Göttingen.

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  • How should physicians navigate the distinction between physicians as citizens vs. physicians as professionals as it relates to policy advocacy? How can we rally different social norms and regulatory frameworks toward the intended change point? How would clinical practice ignite and foster advocacy work?

    In this episode, Dr. Ana Cristina González Vélez answers all these questions and delves into her journey of advocating for women’s reproductive rights! 

    Ana Cristina González Vélez is a Colombian reproductive rights activist and medical doctor. She is a known international researcher, advocate, and expert in the field of sexual and reproductive health as well as gender equality. She is the founder and active member of La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres, Colombia, the team coordinator of the Feminist group Mercosur, and the founder and coordinator of the Medical Group for the Right to Decide in Colombia.

    Ana holds an MD from Pontifical Bolivarian University in Colombia, a master’s degree in social health research from the Center for Study on State and Society in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Ph.D. in Bioethics from Fiocruz Foundation in Brazil. She is currently a Fellow at the Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health.

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  • How can you get involved in shaping healthcare policy rather than just be shaped by it? How can policy work make you a better clinician and a better advocate for your patients? What are hospital "never events"? 

    Join our 47th episode featuring a panel discussion with Dr. Farzad Mostashari and Adam Beckman.

    Dr. Farzad Mostashari has spent his career at the forefront of healthcare policy and health information technology. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aledade, a primary care enablement company that partners with independent private care practitioners to transition to value-based care and, as a result, maintain their independence. Dr. Mostashari received his MD from Yale University School of Medicine and his Masters in Population Health from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. He did an internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.

    Adam Beckman was a joint MD-MBA student at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School. Adam took a leave of absence from his MD/MBA program at Harvard Medical School in 2021 to serve as a special advisor to US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. In 2022, he was featured on Forbes' 30 healthcare leaders under 30. Adam holds a Bachelor Of Arts/Science from Yale University. He finished his MD-MBA programs at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School in May 2023.

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  • What are outcome-based payment agreements or VBAs, and how can MDs develop innovative financing models? What do the next few years hold for VBAs in therapeutics and diagnostics? How can we mentor young doctors looking to venture off the beaten path? Join us as Dr. Micahel Sherman answers these questions and discusses mentorship, supporting VBAs, the Inflation Reduction Act, and many other topics.

    Michael is currently a Venture Partner at RA Capital. Michael is formerly an executive vice president and the chief medical officer at Point32Health, formed by the merger of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan. Michael is known as a pioneer in developing outcomes-based payment agreements and bringing novel interventions to patients. He signed the first outcomes-based contract for a gene therapy in the US.

    Michael holds an M.D. from Yale University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • How important is it for physicians to be translators who can merge technology with healthcare? What are the characteristics that make the Singaporean healthcare system unique on a global level? How can we foster a better teamwork mentality across physicians? In this episode, Dr. Zubin Daruwalla explores these topics and more!

    Zubin Daruwalla is the PwC Singapore Health Industries Leader and sits on PwC’s Global Health Leadership Team. He is also a Co-Founder of HiruX. He has delivered over 100 talks and presentations, including multiple keynotes in more than 12 countries and across 5 continents.

    After graduating with honors from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2005, Zubin commenced and continued his practice of medicine in Dublin. He subsequently pursued a career in orthopedic surgery. He was awarded the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (MRCSI) in 2008, followed by a Master's in Orthopedic Surgery (MCh, Orth) in 2010.

    Named one of the most influential and emerging voices in the global health industry in 2021 and the Top 50 Most Influential Voices of Healthcare in 2022, he hopes to help bridge the gap between the technical and clinical sides of digital health.

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  • Join us as Lincoln Nadauld, CEO of Culmination Bio, delves into the crucial role of genomics-powered precision medicine in Oncology research. Discover the main challenges hindering the adoption of precision medicine in clinical oncology. Gain insights on effectively managing your time between clinical medicine and the industry. Don't miss Lincoln's inspiring journey!

    Lincoln Nadauld is the CEO of Culmination Bio, a biotech company leveraging unique data sets from diverse biosamples containing vast biological data enriched with clinical data.

    He was VP and Chief of Precision Health and Academics at Intermountain Healthcare, where he led precision health across 24 hospitals and 200 clinics, overseeing Graduate Medical Education. He is the co-founder of Clarified Precision Medicine as well as Guidance Genome.

    Lincoln graduated from Bountiful High School. He played rugby while getting his undergraduate degree at BYU, his Doctor of Medicine, and his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Utah. Then he did his clinical training in oncology at Stanford University.

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  • What factors must we overcome for healthcare Machine Learning to reach its full potential? How can LMICs globally be included in the healthcare informatics and data ecosystem?
    Join this episode as Dr. Leo Anthony Celi answers these questions and talks about the future of AI in health!

    Leo is the Clinical Research Director and Principal Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory of Computational Physiology and a Staff Physician at the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He holds an MPH in Clinical Effectiveness from Harvard University School of Public Health, an MSc in Biomedical Informatics from MIT, and an MD in Medicine from the University of the Philippines.

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  • How does one identify the market opportunity and the go-to-market strategy? And how can one drive market adoption while being a practicing physician? What is the current state of medical education? And how can it improve to unleash the creative potential of doctors? David Grew addresses these questions and other topics on our 42nd episode.

    David is the founder of PRIMR, an application that allows physicians to provide patients with digitally recorded, personalized explanations regarding their medical conditions and treatments.

    David is a Connecticut-based radiation oncologist practicing at Trinity Health of New England. He holds an MD from Tulane University School of Medicine and an MPH from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

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  • What are some of the inflection points that are needed to unlock the commercial side of the market of digital therapeutics? How can MDs demonstrate that they’ll add value in areas of interest to a prospective employer? In our 41st episode with Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, we answer all these questions and more!

    Andrey is Managing Partner at Social Innovation Ventures. He was the CMO of the US Medicaid Program, where he helped Medicaid develop its opioid strategy, plant the foundation for becoming a learning organization, and move toward data-driven policymaking. He also advocated for accurate, accountable, and ethical dissemination of information from the government to the public. Andrey holds an MD from Boston University School of Medicine and undergraduate degrees in Chemistry and Psychology. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Andrey completed his pediatrics residency training in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital, where he was a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School.

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  • How to optimize telehealth and digital medicine to create a helpful layer of privacy? How to protect your competitive edge in the market? How to address the needs of a sensitive market such as women's sexual health? In our 40th episode, we discuss those topics and more with Dr. Lyndsey Harper.

    Lyndsey is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, an Associate Professor of Ob/Gyn for Texas A&M College of Medicine, a Fellow of The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. Lyndsey is the Founder and CEO of Rosy Wellness, a sexual Wellness app that started in 2019 which connects women who have sexual health concerns with hope, community, and research-backed solutions. She has been named Forbes Top 53 Women Disrupting Healthcare, People Newspapers’ 20 Under 40, a Top Innovator in North Texas for 2020, and a DBJ Top Women in Technology honoree.

    Dr. Harper earned a BS in Microbiology and an MD from The University of Arkansas. Dr. Harper completed an OB-GYN residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She is now an Ob-Gyn Hospitalist at Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas.

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  • Why is the cross-pollination of ideas so important in healthcare? How and when to jump into entrepreneurship? What is perceptual AI? How to use video games for good? How to promote wellness through esports? In this episode, we answer all these questions and more with Dr. Khizer Khaderi, MD, MPH.

    Khizer is a Neuro-Ophthalmic surgeon. He is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, the Director/Founder of the Stanford Human Perception Laboratory (HPL) and the Stanford Vision Performance Center (VPC), and faculty at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. Khizer is an advisor to Magic Leap, NBA, Aerie Pharma, the Global Esports Federation, CompHealth Global, and the World Health Organization. He is the Founder of Vizzario, a perceptual AI company. He graduated from the University of Utah in 2002 and did a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Arizona.

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  • How important is it to have a teamwork mentality in medicine? What values does humanitarian work add to someone’s perspective, and how can it affect their entrepreneurial career? How can we, as MDs, take action steps towards better care at the end of the day and make a positive influence in the most straightforward ways? This episode answers all these questions and more as we explore Dr. Naji Gehchan’s journey of growing up and working in settings of war and tension and how he overcame these challenges.

    Naji is the co-founder of Sohati, a healthcare startup serving the Middle East, and the host of the podcast “SpreadLove In Organizations,” where he interviews leaders from across the globe on their personal stories and how they spread love in their organizations for people to feel safe to thrive and deliver positive impact for the company’s stakeholders. He holds an executive MBA from MIT Sloan.

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  • What additional barriers often affect women and minorities and make the medical journey even harder? How can we employ the stories of women of color to motivate aspiring female physicians and physicians of color? In our next episode, we answer these questions and explore the story of Jasmine Brown, who dedicated her academic research at the University of Oxford to explore the lives of pioneering African American female physicians. We discuss her recently published book “TWICE AS HARD”


    Jasmine is an MD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis, then an MPhil in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at the University of Oxford supported by the Rhodes Trust. She has been involved in advocacy work for many years helping minority students get involved in research. Jasmine just released her first book, “TWICE AS HARD”. The book covers the history of Black women physicians in the US from the civil war to the 21st century.

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  • How do we channel efforts toward curing preventable blindness? What is the influence of social media with a wide audience in bringing light to certain issues and making a profound impact on the ground? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Jeffrey Levenson about curing needless blindness, his latest collaboration with MrBeast to restore eyesight for 1000 patients, the role of private philanthropy and government in healthcare, the different viewpoints regarding the collaboration, and the role of social media in highlighting specific issues.  Jeff is a board-certified ophthalmologist and the Chief Medical Officer of SEE International, which is a non-profit humanitarian organization that seeks to provide eyecare services to anyone in need of them, regardless of their background or ability to pay. He is also the medical director of Levenson Eye Associates in Jacksonville, Florida. He is active with several charitable medical organizations, including Volunteers in Medicine, Vision is Priceless, and We Care Jacksonville. He recently joined efforts with the famous YouTuber MrBeast to restore eyesight for 1000 patients, a project that yielded varying reactions and raised great interest and 100 million views! If you've found our podcast helpful, buy us a coffee! 

  • What can we contribute to the different areas of healthcare? And how can we as MDs demonstrate added value in areas beyond clinical care? How can you contribute to important decisions that drive the future of the sector? How essential are AI and machine learning for the process, and the future of medicine in general? In this episode, we answer all these questions and more through an enlightening talk with our guest, Dr. Jonathan Ng, CEO of Iterative Health.


    Jonathan is the CEO of Iterative Health, a pioneer in applying artificial intelligence-based precision medicine to gastroenterology to establish a new standard of care for the detection and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases.


    Jonathan is Chairman of Children of Cambodia (Singapore), a nonprofit organization that aims to improve the lives of children and families in Cambodia by providing better healthcare facilities. He specifically worked to advance comprehensive medical education solutions in Cambodia and South East Asia.
    He is the Co-Founder of Optimimed Pte Ltd, a research and experimental development on medical technologies business-based company located in Singapore. Previously, he was a medical officer at the Hospital Services Division in the Ministry of Health, Singapore.


    Jonathan holds an MD from the National University of Singapore, an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MPA in healthcare policy from Harvard Kennedy School.

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  • How to venture early off the beaten path? How to gain multiple skills and still focus on investments in healthcare and life sciences from early to growth stages? How to venture in the domain of healthcare technologies and accumulate experience in heakthcare IT startups?

    And many more questions are to be answered in today's episode with Morgan Cheatham.

    Cheatham. Morgan is a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners, a global venture capital firm with over $19 billion in assets under management, where he focuses on investments in healthcare.

    Morgan was accepted to medical school at age 17 and was working as a data scientist at a healthcare startup by age 19. Morgan is pursuing his medical degree at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a B.S. in neuroeconomics

    Recently, Morgan was featured on Forbes List 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital (2023).

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