In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Mark Royer, M.D., an ENT surgeon in private practice and the Co-Founder of ENT Surgery Solutions, the largest ENT surgery specific staffing company. Dr. Royer gives an overview of his clinical practice and the inspiration for starting ENT surgery Solutions. He gives the listeners background on how locums opportunities usually work, how one is paid, who covers the malpractice, and the scope of practice. Dr. Royer gives an overview of the operations, growth, and future plans for his business. Lastly, Dr. Royer provides advice for doctors interested in locums work, specifically what to look for in locums companies, contracts, and hospitals. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Mark Royer, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markroyermd/ ENT Surgery Solutions Website: https://www.entlocums.com/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour   DaVinci Healthcare Website: https://www.davincihealthcare.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincihealthcare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/davincihealthcare/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinci_healthcare/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaVinci_Health

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Eugene Borukhovich, a serial entrepreneur, podcast host, and Co-Founder & COO of Your Coach, a digital health coaching platform. Eugene gives an overview of his 20+ year experience in the healthtech industry and how he became involved with Your Coach. He discusses what a health coach does, certification process, and how health coaches help their clients. Eugene gives an overview of how Your Coach helps health coaches organize their services and efficiently and effectively engage with their clients. Lastly, Eugene discusses the podcasts he hosts featuring digital health entrepreneurs and innovators (linked below).  *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Eugene Borukhovich LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/healtheugene/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HealthEugene Your Coach Website: https://yourcoach.health/ DTx Podcast: https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/dtx-podcast/ Shot of Digital Health Podcast: https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/show/shot-of-digital-health-therapy/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour   DaVinci Healthcare Website: https://www.davincihealthcare.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincihealthcare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/davincihealthcare/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinci_healthcare/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaVinci_Health

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Austin Poole, a General Partner at BIP Ventures, a venture capital firm in Atlanta, GA focused on B2B software and tech-enabled service businesses in the healthcare space. Austin gives an overview of the types and stages of companies BIP Ventures focused their investments in. Austin describes which companies have been a good fit for BIP Ventures and how those companies have been able to succeed. He also gives advice for start-up founders in terms of determining the right time to invest, finding the right investment partners, and pitching a company. Lastly, Austin discusses how he thinks healthcare IT platforms and tech-enabled services companies will make a positive impact on healthcare in the coming years. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Austin Poole LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinmpoole/ BIP Ventures Website: https://www.bipventures.vc/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour   DaVinci Healthcare Website: https://www.davincihealthcare.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincihealthcare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/davincihealthcare/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinci_healthcare/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaVinci_Health

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews David Shulkin, M.D. who served as the 9th Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs under Presidents Obama and Trump, former hospital system CEO, and current digital health advisor. Dr. Shulkin begins by describing his journey to becoming involved in hospital administration and his roles as Chief Medical Officer and CEO at multiple health systems. He then describes his appointment as the 9th Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama, a role he continued into the Trump administration. Dr. Shulkin gives an overview of his role as Secretary of the VA and the key initiatives he focused on during his tenure, including improving access to care and mental health for veterans. Now Dr. Shulkin uses his experience as both a private sector healthcare executive and VA Secretary to advise companies working on innovative technology that will impact healthcare. Lastly, Dr. Shulkin gives his advice to companies looking to bring their technology to both private and public healthcare systems. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   David Shulkin, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidshulkin/ Shulkin Solutions Website: https://shulkinsolutions.com/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour   DaVinci Healthcare Website: https://www.davincihealthcare.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincihealthcare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/davincihealthcare/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinci_healthcare/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaVinci_Health

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Raihan Faroqui, M.D., serial digital health entrepreneur and advisor that is currently the Head of Medical Affairs at Guaranteed, a HealthTech company focused on modernizing  end-of-life care. Dr. Faroqui discusses his path from practicing internal medicine to advising and helping start digital health companies. He also discusses his transition from clinical medicine to working full time in start-ups and how he utilizes his clinical experience to help companies developing new medical technology. Dr. Faroqui gives an overview of how Guaranteed is leveraging technology to modernize hospice care and make end-of-life care a better experience for patients and their families. Lastly, Dr. Faroqui gives his thoughts on current trends in healthcare and how innovation in digital health will help improve healthcare in the near future. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Raihan Faroqui, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raihanfaroqui/ Guaranteed Website: https://www.onguaranteed.com/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour   DaVinci Healthcare Website: https://www.davincihealthcare.net YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincihealthcare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/davincihealthcare/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinci_healthcare/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaVinci_Health

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Eric Gantwerker, M.D., pediatric otolaryngologist and VP, Medical Director at Level Ex, a company developing video games for medical education. He is also a Co-Host of the Backtable Innovation Podcast. Dr.. Gantwerker gives the listeners an overview of his practice as a pediatric otolaryngologist and how he balances his clinical work with his endeavors in medical education and entrepreneurship. Dr. Gantwerker gives an overview of Level Ex, a video game studio company developing games to educate physicians and healthcare workers. Dr. Gantwerker oversees all the medical and educational functions of the company and discusses how video games have been shown to be effective learning tools for knowledge retention and development of skills. He discusses the business model of Level Ex consisting of allowing the games to be played for free on any device and partnering with healthcare companies looking to have their products or services featured in Level Ex’s games. Lastly, Dr. Gantwerker discusses Level Ex’s acquisition by BrainLab and what Level Ex is developing in the near future. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Level Ex Website: https://www.levelex.com/ Eric Gantwerker, MD LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drericgant/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Dr. Rock Adkins and Dr. Kasie Adkins, husband and wife and Co-Founders of STAT Careers, a healthcare recruitment platform that helps healthcare professionals and hospitals find the best fit for jobs. Rock and Kasie practice interventional radiology and Mohs surgery, respectively, and have faced a number of frustrations and challenges with the physician job market. They discuss how these experiences served as the inspiration for starting STAT Careers. On the platform healthcare professionals select 50 preferences they have for their ideal job and the hospitals post jobs also with 50 preferences selected. Subsequently, their proprietary algorithm finds potential matches for both the hospitals and potential employees. Drs. Adkins hope STAT Careers will make the healthcare job market more transparent and decrease turnover. Lastly, Drs. Adkins describe how they balance their busy lives of 2 practicing physicians, family life, and a growing startup. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   STAT Careers Website: https://statcareers.com/ Rock Adkins, II, DO LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rockadkins/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Grenville Thynne, CEO of NeuroFlex, a Virtual Reality (VR) platform that assesses brain health and vestibular function. Grenville discusses how his family, which owns hospitals in Australia, became involved with NeuroFlex to help accelerate its growth. The NeuroFlex platform is currently used as a concussion assessment tool by multiple professional and collegiate sports teams and leagues in Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including the National Rugby League (NRL) in Australia. Grenville walks through how to integrate a medical device into an athletic team and University athletic programs. Grenville also discusses how NeuroFlex is being developed to assess concussion and head injury in the emergency room, vestibular disorders, and traumatic brain injury in soldiers.  *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   NeuroFlex Website: https://www.neuroflex.io/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Ian Koons, a serial healthcare entrepreneur and Co-Founder and CEO of Karoo Health, a digital platform that deploys a value-based approach for cardiovascular care. Ian gives an overview of Karoo's digital platform which acts as an extension of cardiologists to give patients comprehensive health coaching for dietary management, smoking cessation, and other lifestyle modifications. Additionally, the Karoo platform provides patient monitoring for cardiology practices that integrates into the electronic medical record (EMR) to help identify patients at risk for an exacerbation of their disease possibly requiring an emergency room visit. Ian announces Karoo's recent successful oversubscribed $3.4 million fund raise and provides advice for medtech entrepreneurs looking to raise capital from venture capital. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Karoo Health Website: https://www.karoohealth.com/ Ian Koons LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iankoons/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, an emergency medicine physician, serial HealthTech entrepreneur, author, and venture capitalist. Dr. Shufeldt tells the listeners about his early entrepreneurial journey starting multiple businesses and what he learned from those experiences. He goes on to discuss starting NextCare Urgent Care, an urgent care company with over 100 clinics in multiple states that was eventually acquired. Dr. Shufeldt also discusses his telemedicine company, MeMD, which was acquired recently by WalMart. Dr. Shufeldt is now a venture capitalist as a managing director at Xcellerant Ventures, a firm focusing on early stage healthtech and medtech startups. Dr. Shufeldt provides advice for choosing your co-founders, when to seek outside funding, proper timing and execution for scaling a business, and how to plan for an acquisition. Lastly, Dr. Shufeldt discusses his book and podcast Entrepreneur Rx and his flying experience as a longtime pilot. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-shufeldt/ Website: https://www.johnshufeldtmd.com/ Xcellerant Ventures: https://www.xcellerantventures.com/ Entrepreneur Rx Podcast: https://www.johnshufeldtmd.com/entrepreneur-rx-podcast/ Entrepreneur Rx Book: https://www.johnshufeldtmd.com/entrepreneur-rx-by-john-shufeldt-md/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Amir Bozorgzadeh, Co-Founder and CEO of Virtuleap, a virtual reality platform with applications for treating cognitive disorders and learning challenges. Amir discusses the evolution of virtual reality technology and the enormous potential to impact both healthcare and education, the 2 main areas of interest at Virtuleap. Amir describes Virtuleap's VR platform consisting of virtual games and exercises designed to improve cognition and learning. Amir also discusses how Virtuleap is currently working with leading healthcare institutions, like the VA Health Care System and the Pacific Brain Health Center, to validate their solution as an effective diagnostic and treatment for attention deficit and cognitive decline. Amir tells the listeners how Virtuleap is focused on partnering with leading researchers to provide the highest level of evidence supporting their platform's ability to help patients. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Amir Bozorgzadeh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirboz/ Virtuleap Website: https://virtuleap.com/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Amit Mehta, M.D., an interventional radiologist, serial medtech entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Dr. Mehta tells the the listeners about how he became interested in medical innovation as an interventional radiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and went on to start Intrinsic Imaging, a company that provides diagnostic imaging services for clinical trials investigating pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and clinical artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. Intrinsic Imaging exited in 2021. Dr. Mehta discusses how became initially interested in investing in startups and started one of his current roles as General Partner at Builders VC, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco investing in a variety of spaces. Dr. Mehta discusses how he has invented multiple medical devices and all that is involved in getting an early stage medical device company off the ground. Dr. Mehta provides the listeners with advice for starting and building a medtech company from both his perspective as a founder and that of an investor. Dr. Mehta also provides advice for physician entrepreneurs and how they can use their clinical experience to advise and/or start a medtech company. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Amit Mehta, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dramehta/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Danny Goel, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon and Co-Founder and CEO of Precision OS, a virtual reality surgical simulation and training platform. Dr. Goel discusses how Precision OS is a platform used by surgeons and residents to learn new procedures, refine surgical skills, and demo new medical devices. Precision OS has recently released the first surgical training virtual reality curriculum to allow surgical simulation with their platform to be integrated in to residency programs to help residents practice and refine surgical skills. Precision OS has also enabled medical device companies to train surgeons and sales staff on how to use their portfolio of medical devices. Dr. Goel also discusses the importance of building a great team, especially with co-founders that compliment your skill sets. Lastly, Dr. Goel discusses how he balances his orthopaedic surgical practice with running Precision OS and how they enhance each other. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Danny Goel, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-goel-md-aa7b62a4/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCshoulder   Precision OS Website: https://www.precisionostech.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrecisionOSVR LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/precisionos/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Tamir Wolf, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Founder and CEO of Theator, a digital platform using AI and computer vision to help improve surgical care, optimize processes, and reduce variation in surgical outcomes. Dr. Wolf tells the listeners about his previous career as a trauma surgeon in the Israeli equivalent of US Navy Seal Team 6 and how his career transitioned toward medical innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Wolf discusses how when he learned about the disparities in surgical outcomes and care a single city of the US, he was inspired to start Theator to help improve surgical outcomes. Dr. Wolf partnered with Co-Founders experienced in tech development and created the Theator platform, which analyzes surgical video footage using AI and computer vision to provide insights into key decision points, eventful steps, and important milestones during the procedure. Theator has already been implemented across several hospital systems, including the Mayo Clinic, with the intent of equalizing outcomes, identifying areas of improvement, and improving education for surgical residents and practicing surgeons looking to expand their skillset. Lastly, Dr. Wolf discusses the importance of finding Co-Founders and team members that compliment your skill and how to provide the right balance of oversight and freedom for team members to do their best work. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions   Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Tamir Wolf, M.D., Ph.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamirwolf Theator Website: https://theator.io/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Gail Lebovic, M.D., surgeon, serial medical device entrepreneur that has started and exited 8 companies. Dr. Lebovic is currently Founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Innovations. Dr. Lebovic tells the listeners about her journey as a surgeon that became heavily involved in inventing and commercializing medical devices mainly focused on improving oncologic care and reconstructive surgery for women with breast cancer. Dr. Lebovic discusses how she has applied her experience with her prior companies toward her current device, NasoClenz, a medical device with patent cleaning solution for cleaning the nose. Dr. Lebovic explains using the Academic Mindset for developing a medical device and how her company performed clinical studies demonstrating the efficacy of NasoClenz for reducing infection for surgical patients. Dr. Lebovic also discusses how her team has developed NasoClenz to be an over the counter consumer product that is available on Amazon and in stores. Lastly, Dr. Lebovic provides advice for entrepreneurs on finding business partners, using research to develop devices, and building a great team. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Gail Lebovic, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaillebovic/ Silicon Valley Innovations Website: https://svi-inc.com/ NasoClenz Website: https://nasoclenz.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasoclenz/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/nasoclenz/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews John Adler, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery at Stanford University, inventor of the CyberKnife, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Accuray, and Co-Founder and CEO of Cureus and Zap Surgical. Dr. Adler tells the story of how he became inspired to develop radiosurgery technology while doing a fellowship in Sweden with Dr. Leksell, father of radiosurgery. Dr. Adler discusses how he invented the CyberKnife technology through starting his first company Accuray. He also talks about balancing his medical innovation endeavors with a busy neurosurgery practice at Stanford and how to conduct innovation projects within an academic hospital. Dr. Adler provides advice for aspiring entrepreneurs on find the right business partners, raising money, and how to execute at each stage. Lastly, Dr. Adler discusses his latest companies, Cureus and Zap Surgical.  *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   John Adler, M.D. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-adler-1875b95 Cureus Website: https://www.cureus.com Zap Surgical Website: https://zapsurgical.com   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Mehdi Maghsoodnia, a serial entrepreneur that is currently Co-Founder and CEO of 1health, a digital health company with a centralized digital platform for diagnostic tests. Mehdi discusses his previous work in tech companies in Silicon Valley and how he has taken that experience to create 1health into an efficient digital infrastructure for ordering, receiving, and analyzing diagnostics. The 1health platform allows for more diagnostic tests to be available to physicians and patients from more vendors to enable wider access and lower costs. Mehdi also discusses how 1health is working on ways to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into their platform to generate novel analyses of healthcare data that can be used to improve patient care. Lastly, Mehdi gives advice for medtech entrepreneurs on picking which ideas to pursue, how to carefully select your co-founders,  and how to build a team that can execute your vision. *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Mehdi Maghsoodnia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmaghsoodnia/ 1health Website: https://1health.io/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Shan Padda, a serial medtech entrepreneur that is currently Founder and CEO of Harvard MedTech, a company that has developed a virtual reality (VR) treatment program for patients with chronic pain and/or that experienced previous trauma. Shan describes the neuroscience and clinical development behind Harvard MedTech's VR headset and home-based treatment program. Shan also gives an overview of how Harvard MedTech brought their technology to market and was able to gain rapid market adoption with excellent patient outcomes despite initial skepticism. Lastly, Shan gives advice for medtech entrepreneurs on raising funds, building an advisory board, how to bring a product to market, and how to build a great team.   *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Shan Padda LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shan-padda-51b3348 Harvard MedTech Website: https://harvardmedtech.com/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, MD interviews Harvey Castro MD, MBA, an emergency medicine physician, serial entrepreneur, digital health advisor, and author of multiple books, including his latest book ChatGPT and Healthcare. Dr. Castro gives an overview of his career path that began as an emergency medicine physician at a county hospital in Dallas, TX before going on to starting his system of independent emergency rooms, a medical billing company, and a medical staffing company. He sold those companies and now works as a Chief Clinical Operations Officer at a telemedicine company ViTel Health and serves as an advisor to multiple digital health startups. Dr. Castro discusses his latest books about ChatGPT's applications in healthcare and how ChatGPT can empower both physicians and patients. Dr. Cooper and Dr. Castro have a fun discussion around some of the potential ethical questions facing ChatGPT and future applications. Dr. Castro's book is available at the link below.   *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Harvey Castro, MD, MBA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harveycastromd/ ChatGPT and Healthcare Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08DRVVT5K/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=e7445f95-1147-405a-9ef7-c93523d8f12a&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr Website: https://www.harveycastromd.info/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harveycastromd/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarveycastroMD   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci MedTech YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davincimedtech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davincimedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavinciMedtech Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/

In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Seth Bogner, serial entrepeneur and Chairman and CEO of HeartPoint Global, a company developing innovative, minimally-invasive medical devices for heart patients. Seth gives an overview of HeartPoint's device that is an endovascular alternative to surgical pulmonary banding to help reduce excessive pulmonary blood flow and decrease pressure. Specifically, HeartPoint's endovascular stent device is placed in the pulmonary artery and has a patented adjustable system allowing the device to adjust blood flow and pressure opening a wide array of indications including congenital heart defects and left heart failure. The device can be adjusted at anytime after implantation. Seth discusses how this device is an effective and low cost alternative to open surgical procedures that many patients in developing countries do not have access to. Seth and his global team at HeartPoint are working about to launch their first in-human trials with HeartPoint's device in both developing and developed countries. Seth gives an overview of gaining regulatory approval for a medical device on a global scale. Lastly, Seth discusses how HeartPoint's device was developed from the physician's perspective and made to be easily used allowing easy adoptability across the world.   *Views expressed in this podcast are those of the individuals, not their respective institutions Thank you to our sponsor Doc2Doc Lending, the Personal Lending platform designed for Doctors, by Doctors. Check out https://doc2doclending.com/davinci to learn more today.   Seth Bogner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bogner-873b5613 HeartPoint Global Website: https://www.heartpointglobal.com/   The DaVinci Hour Podcast Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/the-davinci-hour LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-davinci-hour/ DaVinci Academy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaVinciAcademyMed/ Website: https://www.dviacademy.com/