Episodes

How do you go from being an Olympic speed-skater⛸ to building a neurological research foundation and sitting on the board of a VC firm? Well if you ask Crystal Phillips how she did it, she’d tell you that she just …

Giving Tony Hawk🛹 a run for his money by performing a 180° career flip… sounds like a fair metaphor for Jehangir Appoo’s illustrious career. On part 2 of Geoffrey and Abdo’s conversation with Dr. Jehangir Appoo, we find out about …

If the sight of blood🩸 made you feel queasy, would you still want to become a surgeon?👨‍⚕️ On this week’s episode of Physician Founded, we chat with Dr. Jehangir Appoo, MD and founding partner of AIoT Health, a venture capital …

If the answer was financial nurturing and astute business guidance, what would the question look like?🤔 If you ask Dr. Nina Vellani, she would tell you that it’s the role an angel investor plays in the life cycle of a …

How many virus cultures in a lab are too many virus cultures in a lab? According to Dr. Nina Vellani, there are never too many of them! On this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks, Geoffrey Ching chats candidly with …

When you think of scaling up medical innovation, think of LHS Labs! This time around, on part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Harvey Hawes, find out about the inception of LHS Labs and what they aim to do. Dr. …

A trauma surgeon, an innovative problem solver and a humanitarian, when you combine these three things, you get Dr. Harvey Hawes! Join us on part 1 of our enthralling conversation with Dr. Harvey Hawes, founder and Chief Medical Officer at …

🖨️ How can 3D printing help with cancer research? A hint from Dr Karolina Valente: think small - about as small as your tiniest blood vessels! 🩸 This time, on part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Karolina Valente, founder …

🐀 Move over lab rats, 3D printers are here to take your jobs 🤖 3-D printing microvasculature for cancer drug testing is no longer the stuff of Gray’s Anatomy - in Part 1 of Geoffrey Ching’s conversation with Dr. Karolina …

🍽️ From dinner table to 100,000 users 📈 in a few months, sending a Bat-signal 🦇 across the globe for help on curious cases - how did Josh Landy and the Figure 1 team accomplish so much in so little …

🖥️ Programmers have StackOverflow, doctors have Figure1 👩‍⚕️. Technology has allowed us to share our experiences with others at a scale larger than ever before, and it has great benefits for professionals in every field. This week, we talk to …

The technological revolution 🤖 has happened. How do we ensure widespread adoption of technology in healthcare 🏥? According to our guest Michael Fergusson, the onus is on healthcare workers.👩‍⚕️ Join us as Geoff and Abdo continue the conversation with Mic...

Digitally driven behavior change - that’s the nefarious realm of Facebook and Black Mirror. Right? 😨 Michael Ferugsson, and his team disagree. They believe that instead, ethical behavior change driven by Lifeplan, a HIPAA and PIPEDA compliant application...

💵$308 billion yearly - yet not all Canadians 🇨🇦 can get the healthcare they need or expect. Can Canadian innovation backed by VCs such help solve this? 🤔 What does MD, Senior Director of the Health-Tech Ecosystem at @Mars Discovery …

What do 🎙️ Podcasting, 💊 pain medicine, and… 🏦 Venture Capital have in common? The answer? @Dr. Amol Deshpande. What goes into making a multitalented physician into a health-tech venture capitalist? @Geoffrey Ching learned about that this week with @Dr. …

What would you brave to solve your gut problems? Colonoscopy? 🔭 A pill? 💊 This week, rejoin our conversation with Dr. Zain Kassam, co-founder of Finch Therapeutics, a Massachussetts based unicorn focusing microbiome therapeutics. Learn more about his exh...

💩 Fecal microbiota 🦠, the Queen 👑, and a unicorn 🦄 - what do they all have in common? Geoffrey Ching chatted with Dr. Zain Kassam, co-founder of Finch Therapeutics - a Massachussetts based unicorn focused on microbiome therapeutics. Zain …

💊 Med tech 📟 or 💊 med teach 🧑‍🏫? What did Dr. Teresa Chan choose? Let’s hear from Teresa Chan and Geoffrey Ching in part 2 of their conversation where they talk about the GridLockED team’s GALA 2021 award winning …

🌶️Are kids better at managing an emergency department than physicians?🌶️ Dr. Teresa Chan surprised us with the answer to this question. Developed by teachers and trainers at McMaster University, GridLockED is a simulation game that will take you through ...

“We have Bernie, the bot that burns out so that physicians don’t have to” - Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, Managing Director of the eHealth Centre of Excellence. This week, we had the privilege of talking to Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, the Managing …

Osteoporosis and stones might break your bones, but Dr. Bilbily and the 16Bit AI team hope to prevent that. This week, we had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Alexander Bilbily about the rollercoaster journey he and his cofounder Dr. …

“It’s embarrassing. And it’s not just embarrassing..but it’s a disservice to our patients because we’re causing harm by not adopting tools for communication and better sharing of information.” On this episode of How Its Med, we chat with Dr. Sam …

Seafood or see food? Next time you take a picture of your delicious meal for the ‘gram, check out RxFood powered by Inner Analytics; the application turns these snapshots into a report on your nutrition for your physician to prevent …

“One of the things that really saw us through was not accepting the common parlance of 'that cant be done.” On this episode, @Dr. Daniel Schwartz, previous CEO and Co-Founder of @QxMD, reflects on how his team developed tools to …