Meg welcomes Natalie Douglas, an award-winning healthcare specialist, an experienced entrepreneur, CEO, board director, and investor. She is the founder of Lucidity LLC and RealiTi Health, as well as chairman of the board for Entia Ltd and TidalSense. She is also an investor and advisor for many portfolio companies, such as Ceek Women’s Health, RwHealth, Vitaccess. In this episode, Natalie shares her experience in various leadership roles in life sciences, pharma services, medical devices, digital, SAS, and data analytics. She discusses various challenges and some of the innovative solutions she’s led as a private equity-backed CEO, building a global market, fem tech, and the next era of the healthcare landscape.Natalie was honored with “Pharma Voice Top 100,” “Health Investor Power Top 50,” “Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Finalist),” “First Woman in Business Services Awards,” and “The Sunday Times Fast Track in the following categories over multiple years:  Top Track, Buyout Track, Profit Track.” Further Reading:https://www.lucidityllc.com/#FounderPharmaVoice: Exploring New FrontiersManaging Data From Disparate and Siloed SourcesEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, Markala Comfort, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2024 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Nancy G. Brinker, the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and The Promise Fund of Florida. Nancy was also United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2001 to 2003 and Chief of Protocol of the United States from 2007 to the end of the George W. Bush administration. Nancy walks us through her personal experience with her sister Suzy's battle with breast cancer and how that great loss inspired her to dedicate her life to fighting the disease, creating Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Meg and Nancy discuss Nancy’s current work with the Promise Fund of Florida, a nonprofit dedicated to improving access to breast and cervical cancer screenings. She explains her restlessness and desire for faster progress, leading her to create a new model of care that focuses on early detection and treatment for underserved populations. Nancy highlights the importance of patient navigators and partnerships with federally qualified healthcare centers in providing comprehensive care. Further Reading:https://nancybrinker.com/about/Promise Fund of FloridaSusan G. KomenPromise Me: How A Sister’s Love Launched The Global Movement To End Breast CancerEditSignEditSignForty is the new 50 when it comes to breast cancer screening for womenEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, Markala Comfort, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2024 The Krinsky Company

"If you live in a county that's designated as 'rural,' your healthcare outcomes are far worse, to the tune of 23% higher mortality. In these rural markets, hospital closures...rural health clinic closures are increasing at an exceeding rate. There's half the number of primary care doctors and about an eighth or a tenth the number of specialty care doctors. And 10% of all rural counties have zero healthcare services whatsoever." -Dr. Jennifer SchneiderMeg welcomes Dr. Jennifer Schneider, Co-Founder and CEO of Homeward Health, a technology-enabled, community-based healthcare provider delivering high-quality care to those who lack access, specifically rural Americans and the Medicare population. Discussion topics:  Leveraging technology and AI to make healthcare delivery more equitable Dr. Schneider’s personal experiences receiving care in rural USThe differences in cultures of careHow a care model focused on partnership, rather than competition, can help fill service gapsFemale leadershipGender gaps in ownership, payment equity, and value perceptionHomegrown, an initiative from Homeward working to mitigate these issues through mutual learning and supportFurther Reading:https://homewardhealth.com/Decoding Health Signals: Silicon Valley’s Consumer-First Approach to a New Era of HealthABC 13 Grand Rapids, MI: "Hope Delivered," Matt Gard.Rite Aid And Homeward Partner To Support Seniors In Underserved CommunitiesHomeward to Rearchitect Rural Healthcare for 60 Million AmericansEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2023 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Liz Beatty, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Inato, a marketplace that enables clinical researchers and sponsors to make clinical research more inclusive and accessible for patients no matter who they are or where they live. Inato also increases clinical trial efficiency by enabling all community sites to offer the right trials to their patients. Meg and Liz discuss the problems with the traditional clinical trial landscape, the role of the doctor and care team in the process, the difficulties for patients in accessing the right clinical trials, and how Inato is bridging this gap while increasing speed and efficiency for drug discovery research. Liz also explains the importance of research and community-based practices, leveraging technology, her mentorship experience, and the impact she hopes to make in the future.Further Reading:InatoLiz Beatty on CVS' recent exit from clinical researchWhy diversify clinical trials?Cameron, D., Willoughby, C., Messer, D., Lux, M., Aitken, M., & Getz, K. (2020). Assessing Participation Burden in Clinical Trials: Introducing the Patient Friction Coefficient. Clinical therapeutics, 42(8), e150–e159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.06.015 Episode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2023 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Anna Lindow, CEO + Co-Founder at Brave Health, a virtual mental health provider dedicated to helping people thrive by engaging them in high-quality, affordable, and easily accessible mental health care.Meg and Anna discuss the supply and demand imbalance for mental health services, especially for Medicaid recipients and other underserved populations. Anna also reflects on her experience building Brave Health, the support they’ve received, and how technology has helped them scale and evolve according to patient density and need. She also shares the importance of cultivating teams and lessons from past work experiences.Further Reading:Brave HealthWorking together to make a difference in maternal mental healthAnna Lindow: Developing Alumnae Who Care About the FutureCan Telehealth Close the Mental Healthcare Gap?Brave Health Doubles Down on Expanding Medicaid Behavioral Health ModelChanging the Landscape of Women’s Health: Founders and CEOs Sound OffBrave Health and MedArrive Team to Bring Virtual Mental Health to Most Vulnerable Medicaid PopulationsBrave Health Expands to 18 States, Announces First Value-Based Care AgreementBrave Health and The Doula Network Partner to Support Maternal Mental Health for Medicaid PopulationsEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2023 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Miruna Sasu, President and CEO of COTA, an RWE service founded by doctors, engineers, and data scientists to create clarity from fragmented and often inaccessible real-world data to provide a comprehensive picture of cancer that can be used to advance carepaths and research.Meg and Miruna discuss utilizing patient-generated data, difficulties with EMR, the drug development and clinical trial processes, as well as ethical considerations and patient burden. Miruna reflects on her own personal experience with cancer diagnoses for both of her primary caregivers: her grandparents. She also shares her mentorship experience and provides advice to get involved and take control of your care as a patient.Further Reading:Antimicrobial Nectar Inhibits a Florally Transmitted Pathogen of a Wild Cucurbita PepoFloral Transmission of Erwinia tracheiphila by cucumber beetles in a wild Cucurbita pepoIndirect costs of a nontarget pathogen mitigate the direct benefits of a virus-resistant transgene in wild CucurbitaCOTA and Google Partner to Use Natural Language Processing to Harness Unstructured Datahttps://cotahealthcare.com/blog/Episode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2023 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Lori Daugherty, CEO of Ascellus, a physical and behavioral health provider for injured workers that provides customized treatment options through CBT practices, as well as medical care for injured workers. With a network of over 1,500 licensed clinicians nationwide, Ascellus works to improve resilience, health outcomes, and reduce costs for workers’ compensation claims and minimize time spent away from work.Meg and Lori discuss the barriers to mental health care access, the needs of employees, how Ascellus bridges this gap, and how the healthcare ecosystem can follow. Lori reflects on her 30 years of experience, her leadership and ways to cultivate leadership in others, what she’s proud of, and how the landscape has changed post-COVID.Lori is experienced in Medicaid, Medicare Part B, third-party contracting, administration, client services (both public and private), and working with early-stage healthcare companies to develop their infrastructure and maximize growth. She is also a member of the Tampa Bay Business Journal Leadership Trust, where she shares her expertise and inspires future leaders in the field, much like those who have helped inspire her.Further Reading: WCRI Study: Psychosocial Factors Can Act as Barriers to Recovery - WorkCompWire Improving Outcomes for Work-Related Concussions: A Mental He... : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (lww.com)https://journals.lww.com/joem/pages/results.aspx?txtKeywords=Addressing+mental+health+factors Episode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2023 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Inna Plumb, Co-Founder and COO of MedArrive. MedArrive enables healthcare providers to seamlessly extend care services into the home, unlocking access to high-quality healthcare for more people at a fraction of the cost. MedArrive’s fully integrated care management platform allows providers and payors to bridge the virtual care gap by marrying physician-led telemedicine with hands-on care from EMS professionals.MedArrive has more than 20k highly-skilled EMS providers in its national network, and services span dozens of clinical use cases, including chronic condition management, transitional care, readmission prevention, urgent care, vaccinations, palliative care, and more.In this exciting conversation, Meg and Inna discuss MedArrive’s unique approach to care in the home, the inspiration behind the company, Inna’s unusual path to a career in healthcare, her immigration to the US, her dedication to mentoring, and much more. Inna Plumb is the COO and Co-Founder of MedArrive. She was a founding partner at Redesign Health, where she helped to build a variety of healthcare companies including Calibrate and Vault, while also leading the Venture Building team. She has a strong background in Operations and Finance, having led the Supply Chain team at Blue Apron and starting her career as a banker at Evercore Partners and subsequently an investor at Soros Fund Management.More on Things DiscussedBlue ApronReDesign HealthEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2023 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes, Vivian DeWoskin, VP of Strategy and Head of Life Sciences at Komodo Health.Meg and Vivian discuss Komodo Health, which brings together large amounts of anonymized, linked patient-level data used to understand how patients navigate their care journey in the real world; Komodo Health’s “Healthcare Map;” data and rare diseases; access to clinical research; Komodo’s ability to reduce the time to diagnosis for challenging conditions; increasing diversity in clinical research patient populations; Vivian’s background in and love of Neuroscience; her mentors and mentees; and much more. —With two years under her belt overseeing commercial operations at Komodo, where she is responsible for helping the world’s leading life sciences companies tap into real-world patient data to spot gaps in care, identify sweet spots for new drug development and improve provider engagement strategies, DeWoskin also hosts female mentorship groups aiming to emulate her own impressive career mentors in helping women succeed in the sciences.Further Reading: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Stephanie Trunzo, SVP and GM of Oracle Health.Oracle Health provides cloud solution systems for health insurance, healthcare providers, virtual care, electronic health record systems, and public health. Stephanie leads the P&L across strategy, product, services, sales, support, and operations. Oracle Health connects clinical, operational and financial data to improve care and advanced decision-making around health and wellbeing. In one of the largest mergers this year, Oracle acquired Cerner, an electronic health record company. Meg and Stephanie discuss the unique benefits of the Oracle Health/Cerner merger; the journey to more equitable care; the promise of increased integration of health data; the future of predictive AI modeling in healthcare; and some of the ways Stephanie is working to address the gender gap in healthcare leadership.  Further Reading: PointSourceEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Shahrzad Yavari, COVAX Cold & Supply Chain Consultant at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Gavi is an organization working to improve vaccination efforts globally.Shahrzad is a public health strategist and avid women’s rights advocate who has dedicated much of her efforts to creating opportunities for women globally. Her background in psychology helped to shape her interest in community-driven solutions for various challenges in the healthcare and education sectors, among others.Her most recent achievements include her work with Gavi, where COVAX has been a lifeline in vaccination efforts for many countries, responsible for delivering more than 1 billion vaccines worldwide. She also established and scaled an innovative vaccine cold chain program installed in over 17,000 health facilities across 23 countries.In this episode, Meg and Shahrzad discuss the complex network working to solve disparities in equitable vaccination efforts; the Cold Chain and Shahrzad’s relevant expertise; her upbringing and how that affected her career path; her advice for those entering the field; and more.Producer Calvin Marty joins Meg to tell Shahrzad’s story in a new format.  Further Reading: GaviCovaxPaul FarmerUrban Health Resource CentreEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, Medina Sabic, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. All music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

Meg welcomes Eliza Sternlicht, Co-Founder and COO of MediCircle, a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical redistribution startup. Eliza Sternlicht is not only a startup co-founder with a rich history of working to solve medical issues and disparities, she’s a senior in college at Brown University. At such a young age, Eliza already has an enviable resume full of noble causes tackled.Her most recent project is MediCircle, a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical redistributor. They connect unused, unexpired oral cancer medications with charitable clinics where patients can receive them, free of charge.On today’s show, Meg and Eliza discuss Eliza's history of working to solve medical issues and disparities over the course of both her high school and college years; how she and co-founder, Jack Schaeffer, discovered the issue of unused, wasted cancer medication which led to the founding of MediCircle; Danny Worshay's class and book, "See, Solve, Scale," and how it informed MediCircle’s inception; Eliza's rich and varied family endeavors; her advice for young startups; and much more. Further Reading: Brown UniversityBear DensDanny WarshayNelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Brown Venture PrizeMediCircle Reinvests Winnings Into Pilot ProgramEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

Meg speaks with Jayme Ambrose, CEO of Adobe Care & Wellness, an innovative healthcare solution company that focuses on customizing programs for insurance groups, providers, hospitals, and families.Meg and Jayme discuss Jayme’s background as a psychiatric nurse and workers compensation case manager; Adobe’s focus on social determinants and proactive care; the inverse relationship between quality of life and health costs; health access for the rural community; Adobe’s “human touch” mission; their app, Maslow; the “Nurse Mindset;” and much more. About Jayme Ambrose:Jayme Ambrose is CEO of Adobe Care & Wellness, an innovative healthcare solution company that focuses on customizing programs for insurance groups, providers, hospitals, and families. Adobe Care & Wellness germinated from a class project for her doctorate, in which Jayme created a holistic and integrative healthcare model. In 2021, Jayme received Phoenix Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award for the Innovator category.Prior to launching Adobe Care and Wellness, Jayme was the Vice President of Clinical Services at The Beech Group. She is a member of the Case Management Society of America and was previously a board member. Jayme is also an active member of the Arizona Nursing Association. Jayme holds a Bachelor of Science and Master’s of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University, and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University.Further Reading: Adobe Care & WellnessMaslow’s Hierarchy of NeedsHEIHealth Current, AZA Woman of No ImportanceEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

On the first episode of Season 2 of The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare, Meg Escobosa is joined by Eileen Maus, CEO of Renovia Inc.Meg and Eileen discuss the inspiration for Eileen’s passion for women’s health, starting a career in healthcare in the 80’s and 90’s, and the truth about urinary incontinence and its stigmatization. They also talk about the unique benefits of digital therapeutics compared to traditional therapies, how Covid drove a major innovation in Renovia’s approach to clinical trials, the unique benefits of a women-led organization, and optimism’s role in entrepreneurship and innovation.-----------Eileen Maus, CEO of Renovia, Inc., brings 20 years of healthcare experience to Renovia, a women-led company developing digital therapeutics for women’s pelvic floor disorders. Renovia’s flagship product, the leva® Pelvic Health System, is an FDA-cleared prescription device that can help women strengthen their pelvic floor muscles effectively to treat stress, mixed, and urgency urinary incontinence, including overactive bladder.Eileen grew her passion for women’s health at CYTYC Corporation, which is now Hologic, where as Vice President of Commercial Operations in the Surgical Division, she was a key contributor to its rapid growth from $8 to $700 million. Eileen also served as chief commercial officer for Constitutional Medical Investors, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA.Further Reading:Renovia Inc.Leva®Digital Therapeutics AllianceHologicNovasureThinprep Pap Smear-----------The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced by Meg Escobosa, Calvin Marty, Chelsea Ho, and Wendy Nielsen.Edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

On Episode 10, the final episode of Season 1 of The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare, Meg is joined by Deborah DiSanzo, President of Best Buy Health. Meg and Deborah discuss the untold origins of the podcast. Deborah speaks of her early days with Apollo Computer and the surprising turn her career path took leading her to Hewlett Packard, Philips Healthcare, and IBM Watson Health. Deborah explains the strategic variables and decisions they faced in entering the automated external defibrillator market and what she values most about her teaching appointment at Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health. DiSanzo also shares her vision for the role Best Buy Health will play in enabling healthcare in the home.About Deborah DiSanzoAs President of Best Buy Health, Deborah Disanzo is responsible for the company's health strategy, with a particular focus on bringing health technology into the home. With more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of healthcare and technology, Deborah was previously CEO of Philips Healthcare and held management positions at Hewlett Packard and Apollo Computer.At Philips, she and her team brought consumer-grade automated external defibrillators to the market, making them first available in public places, then ultimately into the homes of Americans across the country. At IBM Watson health, she helped launch artificial intelligence offerings designed to help doctors, researchers, healthcare providers, pharmacists and insurers better serve patients around the world. Deborah is also an instructor at the Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health.Further Reading:Philips HeartStartPhilips Cardiology InformaticsUniversity of Pittsburgh Center for AI Innovation in Medical ImagingDana-Farber Cancer InstituteMD Anderson Cancer CenterCorrie Barry, CEO Best BuyThe HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company by David Packard (212 pages, Harper Business, 1995)Episode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

On Episode 9 of The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare, Meg is joined by Dr. Sabine Linn, professor of translational oncology focusing on breast cancer at Utrecht University and a practicing medical oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute.The two discuss Dr. Linn's work in biomarker research, the immunological aspects of breast cancer, advancements in cancer diagnostics and how they can help personalize cancer treatment, the patience and perseverance necessary to complete cancer research studies, Dr. Linn's love of sports as meditation, her vision for achieving equality in her field and beyond, and much more. About Dr. Sabine LinnDr. Sabine Linn is a professor of translational oncology focusing on breast cancer at Utrecht University and a practicing medical oncologist at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. She received her Ph.D. on multidrug resistance in solid tumors from the Free University of Amsterdam. Dr. Linn was awarded a Dutch Cancer Society Research Fellowship in 2000 and developed two conditional knock-out mouse models, for both non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer, in close collaboration with Dr. Ralph Meuwissen in the laboratory of Dr. A.J. Berns at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam.She has also been a group leader at the Division of Molecular Pathology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute since 2005, where she and her research group focus on the molecular dissection of breast cancer by differential drug sensitivity.Further Reading:Mouse model for lung tumorigenesisSummary of Dr. Linn’s ResearchKate Raworth and Doughnut EconomicsWe Should All Be FeministsNo More Boys and GirlsEdith Eger: The Choice and The GiftEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

On Episode 8 of The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare, Meg is joined by Elena Sini, Group CIO of GVM Care & Research in Milan, Italy. The two discuss Elena’s background as CIO in both the public and private sectors, her role in founding the HIMSS Italian Community, the security and privacy of health data, the power of building a personal and professional network, teaching healthcare IT in an ever-changing world, and more. About Elena Sini:Elena Sini holds 20 years of experience acquired from top-tiered Italian public and private healthcare providers, including the IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori and Instituto Clinico Humanitas. Since 2019, Elena has served as Group CIO at GVM Care & Research, one of the leading private Italian healthcare groups.Elena is a member of the HIMSS Board of Directors and of the HIMSS EMEA Advisory Board. She is also the founder and committee member of the HIMSS Italian Community.Elena has been an adjunct professor since 2003 and a guest lecturer at prominent Italian Universities. She is co-author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals and has been awarded for implementing digital innovation projects in healthcare in Italy and by European bodies.Prior to joining health IT, Elena held research roles in the media and television broadcasting industry with the RAI Research Centre and Canal+ Group.She holds a master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Pisa, and has completed post-graduate courses at the MIP - School of Management - Politecnico di Milano.LinkedInFurther Reading:GVM Care & ResearchHIMSS EuropeHIMSS Italian CommunityInstituto Clinico HumanitasEuropean Union Agency for CybersecurityEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

In this week’s episode of The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare, Meg Escobosa is joined by Lisa Emery, CIO at The Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust.Meg and Lisa discuss the surprising similarities between biomedical science and healthcare IT, the power of leading by letting go, the skills needed to successfully deliver on a digital transformation programme, her advice for effective communication with clinical leaders and what Lisa’s learned from past mistakes.About Lisa EmeryLisa Emery is Chief Information Officer at The Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust, where she oversees the digital transformation programme and is Chair of the NHS London CIO Council. Lisa has held multiple roles within the NHS including CIO and IM&T Strategy Programme Director at West Hertfordshire NHS Trust. Lisa has spent over 30 years in healthcare. She began her career as a biomedical scientist and thanks to an interest and passion for technology she ultimately transitioned to healthcare IT. Further Reading: National Health Service (NHS)The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustWest Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS TrustEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

Meg speaks with Dr. Luna Gargani, Cardiologist and Researcher at the University of Pisa in Pisa, Italy.As an advocate and pioneer of point-of-care lung ultrasound, Luna has played a key role in bringing this technology full-circle. Meg and Luna talk about the dramatic impact one key mentor made in her career, why, despite much resistance, Luna was confident a novel technology she was researching would one day become widely accepted, and the value of carefully choosing what to focus one’s research on especially if, like Luna, you are naturally curious and passionate about making an impact in a wide variety of challenges in healthcare.Sostenitrice e pioniera dell’ecografia polmonare point-of-care, la dott.ssa Gargani ha avuto l’opportunità di vedere questa tecnologia svilupparsi dagli esordi più incerti fino a prosperare. Meg e Luna parlano non solo del ruolo cruciale che un mentore ha avuto nello sviluppo personale e professionale della dottoressa, ma anche del motivo per cui, nonostante le molte resistenze, Luna era sicura che quella nuova tecnologia che stava investigando sarebbe stata un giorno ampiamente accettata. Infine, si confrontano sull’importanza di scegliere scrupolosamente l’oggetto della propria ricerca soprattutto se, come Luna, si e’ curiosi di natura ed intenzionati ad avere un impatto concreto nel vasto spettro di sfide che si profilano nel settore sanitario.Luna Gargani, MD is a Cardiologist and Researcher at the University of Pisa in Pisa, Italy. At the time of this recording, she had been Senior Researcher for the Institute of Clinical Physiology of the National Research Council for 18 years.Dr. Gargani’s research focuses on cardiovascular imaging and point-of-care echocardiography. She is a pioneer in lung ultrasound, a recognized expert on the topic and was a member of the committee that wrote the first set of international, evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound. Further Reading: University of Pisa Clinical Physiology Institute CNR - PisaHandsonechoFirst International Consensus Conference Expert Committee on Pleural and Lung UltrasoundAmerican Heart Association Study by Dr. Sarah Zaman, Elizabeth Shaw and Sonya Burgess,in Australia Originally published 19 Feb 2019Lung ultrasound for the early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia: an international multicenter study Epub 2021 Mar Eugenio Picano Episode CreditsThe Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. ©2022 The Krinsky Company

The Game-Changing Women of HealthcareEpisode 5 - Dr. Shikha Anand: Upscaling Health in ContextToday, on Episode 5 of the podcast, Meg speaks with Dr. Shikha Anand, Chief Medical Officer, Withings.Meg and Shikha discuss Shikha’s enduring drive to build a better healthcare system that fits patients’ lives; how she surprised herself after a fruitful and fulfilling career in non-profit health; what she learned about making an impact; the opportunities for healthcare in the home; the importance of peer mentorship; and her framework for what she looks for in new hires.About Shikha Anand, MD, MPH:Shikha Anand, MD, MPH, is currently Chief Medical Officer, Withings. In this role, Shikha leads Withing’s clinical strategy, overseeing research and regulatory processes and developing solutions for medical professionals.  Dr. Anand has over 15 years of experience developing innovations and systems that improve health. Her leadership experience includes public health, research, consumer health technology, and clinical informatics. Before joining Withings, Anand served as the Chief Medical Officer at Well, a personalized guide and consumer health platform powered by a proprietary, AI-driven “health engine” to help members reach their health goals. She also led health innovation initiatives at Federally Qualified Health Centers, Aetna/ CVS, with state and federal agencies, and Walmart’s Care Clinics.Shikha completed a general pediatrics fellowship and a Master's in Public Health at Boston University School of Medicine.LinkedIn Further Reading: WithingsRetinitis Pigmentosa Whittier Street Health CenterWalmart ClinicsAetna CVSNICHQWholesome Wave Veggie Rx ProgramEpisode Credits: The Game-Changing Women of Healthcare is a production of The Krinsky Company. Hosted by Meg Escobosa. Produced, edited, engineered, and mixed by Calvin Marty. Theme music composed and performed by Calvin Marty. Intro and outro voiced by John Parsons. Cover art by Paul Huber. ©2021 The Krinsky Company