Med Tech Talks Ep.62: Dr. Amol Deshpande Pt. 1

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. Amol Deshpande, the host of @Reboot Health. With 15 years of experience as a physician, an MBA, and quite a string of involvement with and health tech consulting and startups Amol, the co-chair of @HaloHealth, is putting his skills and experience to the test as the Senior Director of the Health-Tech Ecosystem at @Mars Discovery District.

1:38-6:22 - From chronic pain to a Senior Director at MaRS Discovery District - how did Amol start the journey that led him to where he is today?

6:52-9:33 - Healthtech? What’s an MBA got to do with that? Amol lays this conundrum bare for us to ponder.

10:09 -14:54 - Can innovation be taught? Should it be taught in medical education? Amol gives his two cents.

15:35-20:03 - Practicing medicine for almost 15 years helped him to learn the most valuable lesson which is to learn to align treatment and approach based on a person-to-person’s particular medical condition.

20:42-23:31 - From podcasting to venture capital to managing a health-tech ecosystem at Canada’s leading innovation center - now that’s range. Amol talks about how each of these roles fascinated him in their own unique ways.

23:51 - 26:30 - Why support founders and learners instead of starting a company of his own? Amol lays his rationale out for us to hear.

26:57-29:49 - HaloHealth? AiOT? How do these organizaitons support investment in Canadian medical innovation?