The Healthtech Podcast

On today's episode Alex and James are joined by Dr Sohaib Imtiaz M.D., MPH, VP of Innovation at Owaves, a company that aims to optimize your circadian rhythm through calendar-tracked lifestyle modification. Sohaib is a board-certified physician in lifestyle medicine from the United Kingdom who ranked among the top 10 students nationally in statistics, business studies, and information technology. He focuses on lifestyle medicine while exploring technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Sohaib chose to study in his hometown of Manchester in order to prioritize his well-being and relationships. He believes in prevention and in ‘Supra-Health,’ the ability to optimize our health. The team discuss the journey of transitioning from clinician to entrepreneur, public health and lifestyle medicine. https://twitter.com/digitald0ctor https://owaves.com For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

Stephen Bourke is cofounder of the UK medicines-management and digital pharmacy app, Echo. Not wanting to be defined by his own medical condition, Stephen, a lifelong patient, embarked on a journey to build a solution that empowers patients and puts them in control of their medications, improving adherence rates and making life with a chronic condition much easier. Since its creation in 2016, Echo has gone on to scale nationally and has helped tens of thousands of people to stay well. With Stephen’s firm belief in patient centred-design, along with his background in branding and a team comprised of alumni from Apple, Lyst, Hello Fresh and Badoo, they might have proved that you can, in fact, make a medicines app sexy. We chat design, disruption and digitising the UK health service. Notes: Stephen mentions The Spine, which, for those that don't know, supports the IT infrastructure for health and social care in England, joining together over 23,000 healthcare IT systems in 20,500 organisations. For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

James is joined by Will Stoddart, a Medical and Tech CEO, with experience founding, growing and scaling Werlabs, a rapidly expanding healthcare internet business based out of Stockholm, Sweden. Prior to Werlabs, Will was a founder, along with his twin brother, at Haploflow; focusing on helping individuals make decisions based on data from wearables. Will has experience across software engineering, medicine and finance - plus a few war stories on founding, raising financing and managing very different cultures: think medicine vs product vs marketing. Currently, Will is founding a new consumer healthcare company that is focusing on monitoring, educating and treating age-related decline in functionality. They cover Will's background, overcoming tragedy, his companies, motivations and passion to solve problems in health. Will gives a practical guide to starting a company, setting up a board, how to streamline the process, mentoring and being mentored and also explains why the tech ecosystem in Stockholm is so powerful. Podcast references: - Monkeyglandin.com - How To Stay Young, BBC - The Hidden 40%, Andreessen Horowitz - Physician Innovators, Andreessen Horowitz - The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz - Daniel Eck, CEO of Spotify - Jonas Norlander, Founder of Avito - Bridgewater's Ray Dalio On The Value Of Embracing Your Weaknesses For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo a5JLhnPM0MwY7xN93CU1

James is joined by Alex Gilbert who currently manages large Life Sciences Partnerships at Medopad, one of the UK’s highest-growth digital health companies. Alex is an experienced “Jack of all trades” who has been working within the Digital Health industry alongside healthcare, pharmaceutical and tech organisations. Through his experience at Medopad, he has launched national projects, defined product proposition and helped grow the company from 8 to >100 people. His passion is the use of technology to empower and engage the patient to take control of their care. The team talk about Alex's background, how he got into digital health, the value of partnerships with the likes of Apple, Medopad's $28M raise, how Alex has helped Medopad scale internationally and Alex's view on the future of the healthtech sector. www.medopad.com For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

This week, James is joined by Zoe Peden, an experienced healthtech entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist at Ananda Impact Ventures. They discuss Zoe’s journey as founder of social care startup, MyChoicePad; how being driven by impact led her to VC and what she looks for in companies as an investor. Zoe holds an undergraduate degree from LSE, an MBA from Henley Business School and is a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School. She has a particular interest in deep technology for impact and now looks to invest in companies that address social challenges in vital areas such as education, health, consumption and the ageing population. www.ananda.vc  For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

This week James is joined by Charlie Regis the co-founder of Styliff Tech. Styliff is an award winning London & Slovenia based development company who pride themselves on perfecting technology in style. Charlie became European Doubles Champion in Tennis with co-founder Lucas in 2012. He worked at Bastion PR Agency in sports sponsorship and earned his BSc in International Business from Loughbrough University.  For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

This week James is joined by Eric M. Fish who is the Senior Vice President of Legal Services at the Federation of State Medical Boards and serves as the general counsel for the organization. Eric also assists in the FSMB's federal and state advocacy efforts, analyzing legislation and healthcare trends, and consulting on the development of model policies for state medical boards. His current work includes exploring how regulated industries and healthcare will respond to the integration of artificial intelligence, as well as pioneering the use of new technologies to improve the licensure and credentialing process. For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

Alex and James are joined by Jonathan Knight co-founder of Perfect Ward, an app that makes health and quality inspections easy and effective, across hospitals, care homes and community services. Jonathan has a background in management consultancy, specifically healthcare consulting and founded Perfect Ward to solve key issues he identified with the inspections reporting chain. We talk about the service side of healthcare, quality improvement and staying focused in the face of emerging technology. https://www.perfectward.com/ For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

Alex, James and Nathan are joined by Dr Chris Whittle CEO and Founder of Q doctor an online video doctor service providing safe, secure, instant and easy to use video GP consultations from your PC or smartphone. Q doctor supports GP practices directly and has been declared safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after a full inspection. The team discuss the journey of an early founder, selling into public health systems and ensuring that technology companies put policy and patient safety first. For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo

Alex and James are joined by Dr Umang Patel, partnerships and clinical director at Babylon Healthcare who's mission is to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth. At Babylon, Umang spends his time making sure that safe, effective and personalised healthcare is available to everyone, everywhere. Umang is also an NHS Paediatrician, he can be found treating children at Frimley Park Hospital on Fridays. The team talk about saving money and the costs of delivering healthcare, what makes a good healthcare company and the importance of culture when companies scale. www.babylonhealth.com For more information and content, check out our website www.hs.ventures. You can follow us on Twitter @HSVenture, on Instagram @hs.ventures, on Linkedin at HS. and you can email us at info@hs.live  You can get our host, Dr. James Somauroo, at www.jamessomauroo.com and you can follow him on Twitter @jamessomauroo, on Instagram @j_soms and on Linkedin at james-somauroo