
MedCity Pivot
We are at a watershed moment in healthcare. The entire industry is being compelled to question old assumptions and chart a new path forward - in a word, we need to pivot. This podcast hosted by the editorial team at MedCity News will highlight the strategies, the companies and the personalities spearheading this monumental transformation.
Latest episodes

Aug 30, 2021 • 31min
MedCity Reporters Share Best Practices on Pitching and Interviewing
Reporters at MedCity News discuss their coverage areas interests and share what pitches are interesting and what is not. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/

Jul 29, 2021 • 24min
A conversation with Sarah Boyce, CEO of Avidity Biosciences
Arundhati interviewed Sarah Boyce, CEO of Avidity Biosciences. In October 2019, Sarah Boyce joined Avidity as President and CEO, and she serves as a member of the board of directors. Ms. Boyce brings to Avidity extensive operational, commercial and leadership experience in the life sciences industry and has built global organizations, bringing a number of innovative therapies including Tegsedi®, Waylivra®, Soliris®, Gleevec® and Tasigna® to patients. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Sarah Boyce https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-boyce-7775808/ http://www.aviditybiosciences.com/about-us/

Jun 29, 2021 • 36min
Transforming the Culture of Physicians with Dr. Robert Pearl
Arundhati interviewed Dr. Robert Pearl who has written a book about how physician culture needs to be urgently reformed to benefit both patients and the healthcare industry. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Dr. Robert Pearl drrobertpearl@gmail.com https://robertpearlmd.com/uncaring/

May 25, 2021 • 28min
Best Practices and Upcoming Regulations for Machine Learning in Healthcare with Dr. Erich Huang
Arundhati interviewed Dr. Erich Huang, Chief Data Officer for Quality at Duke Health, and the Director of Duke Forge. They talk about why more hospitals are implementing machine learning tools for healthcare, and the challenges of ensuring these models do not yield biased results. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Dr. Erich Huang https://forge.duke.edu/erich-s-huang-md-phd https://www.linkedin.com/in/erichhuang/

Apr 12, 2021 • 35min
Care Navigation with Glen Tullman
Arundhati interviewed Glen Tullman to talk about his new venture and how he wants to transform the employee benefits and care navigation market. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/

Mar 24, 2021 • 22min
The World of Drug Discovery with Ho Cho
Arundhati interviewed Ho Cho, senior vice president of Discovery Biotherapeutics at BMS talking about drug discovery and the interesting therapies that BMS is developing to treat myeloma and lupus. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Ho Cho https://www.linkedin.com/in/ho-cho-9173162/

Feb 25, 2021 • 25min
The Future of Diagnostics with Sean Slovenski
Arundhati interviews Sean Slovenski, CEO of BioiQ, and they talk about how Covid-19 has affected the world of diagnostics and at-home testing. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Sean Slovenski sslovenski@bioiq.com tj@thinkrevivehealth.com

Jan 27, 2021 • 28min
A Physician's Perspective of Virtual Care
Arundhati interviewed Dr. Ami Bhatt, a cardiologist with Mass General Brigham, about the value of virtual care. Dr. Ami Bhatt specializes in lifelong care and empowerment of Teens and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. He addresses valve problems, heart failure, multidisciplinary surgery, arrhythmia, pregnancy, transition, telemedicine & wellness programs. Dr. Bhatt is an active clinical cardiologist, clinical investigator, and educator. She graduated from Harvard University, obtained her doctoral degree from Yale School of Medicine, and then trained at BWH. She works at the Children's Hospital of Boston and Mass General in internal medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, and adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Dr. Ami Bhatt abhatt@mgh.harvard.edu

Dec 17, 2020 • 28min
Discussing Vaccine Preparedness with CVS Health
Arundhati interviewed Sree Chaguturu, chief medical officer of CVS Caremark and they discussed Covid-19 testing and vaccine distribution among other things. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Sree Chaguturu https://twitter.com/chaguturu?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreekanth-chaguturu-9929ab4

Nov 30, 2020 • 26min
Blood Diagnostics Using Computer Vision
Arundhati interviewed Daniel Levner, co-founder of Sight Diagnostics, to talk about how machine learning can transform the field of complete blood count testing. Episode Resources Connect with Arundhati Parmar aparmar@medcitynews.com https://twitter.com/aparmarbb?lang=en https://medcitynews.com/ Connect with Daniel Levner https://www.sightdx.com/international https://www.linkedin.com/company/sight-diagnostics/ levner@sightdx.com judy@sightdx.com