The Healthtech Podcast

James is once again joined by Dr David Albert, MD and founder of AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal ECG.  On this episode David gives us his quick tips for entrepreneurs and start ups but I'd thoroughly recommend going back and listening to his full episode Ep #188 The Story of AliveCor. Get in contact with David:alivecor@highwirepr.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com  Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

David E. Albert, MD, is the founder and Chief Medical Officer of AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal ECG. Dr. Albert is an Oklahoma native and a physician, inventor and serial entrepreneur who has developed life-saving technologies and products over the last 30 years, turning a number of those innovations into tech startups. Today, he is a founder of three technology companies, InnovAlarm, Lifetone Technology, and AliveCor. His previous startups include Corazonix Corp (sold to Arrhythmia Research Technology) and Data Critical (sold to GE). Dr. Albert left GE in 2004 as Chief Scientist of GE Cardiology to disrupt several new markets. Get in Touch with David: www.alivecor.com YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Pip8qLfPs Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

Dr. Monte Hunter, M.D. is an orthopedic sports medicine surgery specialist at Augusta University Medical Center. He holds multiple titles, including the Henry Distinguished Chair of Orthopedics and the Satcher Distinguished Chair in Sports Medicine, both in Orthopedic Surgery. He is also the Department Chair Professor for Orthopedic Surgery at Augusta University. Before joining Augusta University, he worked as a team physician for Wake Forest University and for UCLA intercollegiate teams. Hunter also served as the physician for the Italian team training for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA. Augusta University is a world-class healthcare network offering the most comprehensive care in its region. Patients receive the compassionate care they deserve along with leading-edge research and technologies not found anywhere else in the area. Get in touch with Dr Hunter: https://www.augustahealth.org/provider/monte-hunter Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

Thomas Vande Casteele, CEO and co-founder at Awell Health, discusses the WHO's shift to digital guidelines. He highlights challenges in applying global recommendations, the importance of adapting pathways based on local realities, and the advantages of using digital platforms like Awell. The podcast explores the transition from text-based guidelines to machine-readable adaptive requirements and the World Health Organization's approach to digitizing care pathways.

This week, James is joined by Connor Landgraf, CEO and co-founder of Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company. Eko is elevating the way clinicians detect and monitor cardiac and respiratory disease by bringing together advanced sensors, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Connor shares his quick tips with us for entrepreneurs entering the health tech space. Get in touch with Connor at: connor@ekohealth.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

This week, James is joined by Adam Odessky, an engineer who founded Sensely after his first-hand experiences of helping to coordinate the healthcare of his grandmother. A virtual health assistant platform, Sensely today collaborates with insurers all over the world to help deliver superior experiences to their member bases, while simultaneously increasing enterprise efficiencies. Get in touch with Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamodessky/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com  Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

This week I am joined by Ellington West, Founder and CEO of Sonavi Labs Inc, the creator of Feelix a noise-cancelling, audio-enhancing, smart Stethoscope. Ellington was tipped as one of the 25 Women to Watch in Healthcare in 2020 by the Baltimore Sun. Ellington is also the daughter of Dr James West, a researcher and inventor in microphone and audio science and technology. Get in touch with Ellington: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellington-west-2b228363/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com  Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk  

Andy Magill qualified as a Physiotherapist, working professionally in the public and private sector in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand before leaving clinical practice to join Vitality where he currently holds the position as Head Vitality Coach. Andy and his team are responsible for engaging in innovative ways with Vitality members to educate, equip and inspire them to make positive changes in their health behaviours. Vitality is a financial services company who offer health, life, investment and most recently car insurance products to its members, all underpinned by a world leading healthy living programme which aims to get members healthier and enhance and protect their lives. Get in touch with Andy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magillandrew/ or andy.magill@vitality.co.uk Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

Arvind Tewari is the Chief Operating Officer of Oxford VR. After studying a BSc and MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Oxford, Arvind worked in M&A at Rothschild focussing on global Consumer and Healthcare businesses. He then worked in private equity during which time he invested over $500m of capital and held numerous Board positions to accelerate the growth of businesses through strategic clarity and operational excellence. At Oxford VR he leads on go to market and product strategy, internal and external operations and business development. Oxford VR is a leading digital therapeutics businesses focussed on treating individuals with severe mental illnesses using clinically-validated virtual reality technology. The business is focussed on the US, UK and Greater China markets where it is working with partners to validate and deploy its VR solutions. Get in Touch with Arvind Tewari: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxford-vr-limited/ Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

This week, James is joined by Connor Landgraf, CEO and co-founder of Eko, a cardiopulmonary digital health company. Eko is elevating the way clinicians detect and monitor cardiac and respiratory disease by bringing together advanced sensors, patient and provider software, and AI-powered analysis. Connor shares his quick tips with us for entrepreneurs entering the health tech space. Get in touch with Connor at: connor@ekohealth.com Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk