Big Picture Medicine

How could better understanding your internal state improve your mental health? Dr David Plans is a lecturer in Organisational Neuroscience and CEO of BioBeats; a company on a mission to free people from mental suffering. He’s completing his second PhD in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and has raised over $6M to turn his academic research into a bustling company. This is a really interesting conversation in which I’m completely out of my depth. We start by discussing David’s story and his view of hustle culture and how enhancing peoples’ interoception (which is loosely defined as understanding the internal state of your body) could improve their mental health. Thank you to Elise Plans for the music you hear. Find Dr David Plans BioBeats: https://biobeats.com David's Personal Website: http://www.davidplans.com You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

Professor Shafi Ahmed is the world’s most watched surgeon.  He has live-streamed operations using Google Glass, the Snapchat Spectacles — and even virtual reality technology. He’s really at the cutting edge of surgical innovation so it was a real privilege to speak to him. He is the co-founder of Medical Realities; a company which specialises in surgical VR and AR tech. He has spoken at Wired Health, TEDx — he leads charity work in his native Bangladesh, he’s setting up a hospital of the future in Bolivia. He has consulted for Google, PwC, Roche — he has advised the NHS on the Long Term Plan and was awarded the Future NHS Award by members of Parliament in 2018. Find Professor Shafi Ahmed Website: https://surgeon.ai Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShafiAhmed5 Wired Health Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vftA-_c1hYc You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

How do you enact systems-level change within the NHS? Dr Owain Hughes was an ENT registrar before he decided to do something bold: fix NHS referrals. But systems-level solutions aren't as simple as just making an app... here's how Cinapsis did it. Find Dr Owain Hughes: Cinapsis: https://www.cinapsis.org Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owainrhyshughes You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

What would you be working on if you were a medical student today? Dr Eric Topol is in the top 10 most cited doctors in the history of Medicine. He is a cardiologist, geneticist and digital medicine expert — and was commissioned by the UK’s Health Secretary to write a report to prepare the NHS for the digital future: The Topol Review. Dr Topol has three best selling books on the future of Medicine: the Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Patient Will See you Now and Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. This conversation was a lot of fun — hope you enjoy. Find Dr Eric Topol: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricTopol You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

How do you forge your own career path as a doctor? Dr James Somauroo is a former anaesthetics/ICU doctor and the founder of the healthtech agency: somX. He writes for Forbes and is also the host of the Health-tech podcast — the biggest podcast in this space with listeners in over 100 countries. Find Dr James Somauroo: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-somauroo/ The Health-tech Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-health-tech-podcast/id1438968893 somX: https://somx.co.uk You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

How did a Paediatrician become the Managing Director of NHS Services at Babylon Health?  We talk about Umang's advice for medics entering the business world, how to keep your clinical job, Babylon's validation and some incredible advice on crafting your own story. —————— Find Dr Umang Patel: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drumangpatel/ You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

How do you achieve peak performance as a medical student, doctor or clinical academic? Professor Neil Sebire works at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London — the country's leading childrens' research hospital. He's published over 700 peer reviewed papers, has a h-index of 88 and 32,000+ citations. Here's everything he's learnt along the way. —————— Find Professor Sebire: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-sebire-64780435/ You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

Cellen is bringing medical cannabis to UK patients. I spoke to Dr Benjamin Viaris de Lesegno who is a French-trained NHS doctor as well as the co-founder and CMO of Cellen. The first half of this conversation covers the landscape of medical cannabis in the UK and its clinical need. We then talk about Benjamin's advice for fellow doctorpreneurs — and why 45 might be the best age to found your startup. Harvard Business Review article mentioned: https://hbr.org/2018/07/research-the-average-age-of-a-successful-startup-founder-is-45 —————— Find Benjamin: Cellen: https://www.cellenhealth.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-viaris-de-lesegno-52833161/ You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

How do you run a successful startup and code academy — all whilst completing your final year at Imperial College Medical School? Harvinder Power is the co-founder and CEO of Motics — a company which brings physiotherapy into the digital era. He was the winner at the Kickstart Global Incubator, the McKinsey Venture Academy, the UCL VC Fund amongst many other accolades. In this conversation, I tease out the trials and tribulations of a medical student entrepreneur. We talk about how he started Motics, how you convince patients to do something they're not doing and what medics can learn from engineers and marketers. —————— Find Harvinder: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harvinder-power-70800b124/ Motics: https://www.motics.co.uk CodeMD: https://www.codemd.co.uk You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io

Ali has reached medic nirvana. He has over 770,000 YouTube subscribers, a successful business (6med), one of my favourite podcasts (Not Overthinking It) and is an all round wise man. He's managed to diversify so that Medicine is not his livelihood — it's a hobby he can approach on his own terms. His content started with advice for prospective and fledgling medical students — although he has now expanded into tech, productivity and entrepreneurship. You're going to love this episode if you're a wannabe creative, entrepreneur or want to get out of Medicine's rat race and play your own game. I've been chasing Ali for a long time because I knew he would provide so much value. He doesn't disappoint. —————— Find Ali Website/Newsletter: https://aliabdaal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Sepharoth64/videos Not Overthinking It Podcast: https://www.notoverthinking.com Instagram: @AliAbdaal // Twitter @AliAbdaal You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io