Dermatology isn’t just lotions and potions🧙; it’s more about AI, equity, and a patient-led healthcare than you think. On this episode of How It's Med, we welcome Dr. Art Papier, artist and printmaker, dermatologist, and co-founder and CEO of VisualDx. This conversation wasn’t only skin-deep, though; we talked about the…
Miguel Testa, former VP of Engineering at Vial, describes how to improve the process of decision making in life so as to make advances in one's career. He highlights the importance of timely and smart decision selection, so as to maximise your output from your decisions and make progress in…
As the VP of Engineering at a clinical trials and drug discovery company, and with an educational background in non-medical sciences, Miguel Testa might not seem like the right fit to work where he does. But he explains what his job is exactly, and also gives his advice to anyone…
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. Chat GPT is everyone's best friend now. But how will AI affect the healthcare industry? More importantly, how will artificial intelligence enhance and improve how clinical trials are conducted and how will it change drug discovery processes? Miguel Testa answers these questions and many more in…
How does vertical integration work in the field of clinical trials and how is it different from other approaches in the same field? Miguel Testa, former VP Engineering at Vial, one of Canada's leading clinical trials company, answers the question about the processes being undertaken at his company and how…
Miguel Testa, former VP Engineering at Vial, talks about his early days in the field of clinical trials and what difficulties he had to face in the initial phase of his career. Check out our entire conversation with him on your podcast platforms, and give us a rating if you…
No more paperwork? One platform instead of 6? Less patient and provider frustration? That's what the future of clinical trials and drug development looks like with Vial at the helm. This time around, we chatted with former VP Engineering of Vial, Miguel Testa. Miguel shared a little bit about his…
Meet Cody, Bernie and Sharon - the bots who are taking up all administrative work so that physicians don't have to. Learn more about how these bots are reducing physician burnout by eliminating the need for physicians to undertake redundant tasks in the healthcare ecosystem. Mohamed Alarakhia is the CEO…
Michele Marzola, who is the co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, talks about other interesting projects in the field of healthcare and health-tech where he has invested and is looking forward to the success of the same. Check out our entire conversation with Michele Marzola on your podcast platforms, and give us…
Michele Marzola explains the conditions which a surgical robot built for remote surgery must be able to survive under. These are extremely adverse conditions and so the robots must also be sturdy enough to weather the extreme conditions they are put to use in. Michele Marzola is the co-founder and…
Michele Marzola is the co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, a company that is building robots to be employed in surgery while being remotely operated by surgeons who might be sitting a 1000 miles away. Michele also believes that there is a use-case of these surgical robots in wars and on battlefronts,…
How do co-founders of a new venture, who are from different professional backgrounds feel about the money and investments side of their business? Michele Marzola, co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, talks about one such conversation he had with a scientific co-founder about the influx and availability of money for a new…
Leaving his high-paying job as a young executive at IBM, Michele Marzola chose to build robots for surgery, which don't take away the jobs of surgeons, but instead make their jobs easier, more risk-free and much more precision oriented. Michele Marzola is currently the Chairman of the Board over at…
Epigenetics is the field of study which determines how behavioural and environmental changes can in turn affect changes in how genes work. It is a really intriguing field of study, and with further development of health technology as well as artificial intelligence, may also result in the complete reversal of…
Physician burnout is a big problem in Canada which needs to be immediately addressed. Along with that, for healthcare businesses and the public at large, it is also pertinent to maintain a tangible return on investment (ROI) for both the businesses and the average payer. So how can these two…
Rishad Usmani, the founder of HealthTech Investors, has a piece of advice for physicians wanting to leave medicine and take up consultancy roles in start-ups. His short answer? Don't. Rishad also says that rather than joining emerging businesses and start-ups and offering their advice for free, physicians should look for…
Rishad Usmani is the founder of HealthTech Investors, a clinician centric investment company. HealthTech Investors not only act as angel investors for health-tech start-ups, but also offer investor education and aim to build a community of people working for the advancement of healthcare overall. To know more about Rishad Usmani…
Rishad Usmani is the founder of HealthTech Investors, a clinician centric investment company. HealthTech Investors not only act as angel investors for health-tech start-ups, but also offer investor education and aim to build a community of people working for the advancement of healthcare overall. To know more about Rishad Usmani…
Scott Phillips shares with us some of the stories of success and failures during the lifetime of his company, StarFish Medical. There are always ups and downs in any start-up, and that's what Scott says as well. StarFish Medical is one of Canada's leading medical device design service provider. To…
Scott Phillips, the co-founder and CEO of StarFish Medical, talks about doctors and clinicians who choose to enter the med-tech field, and the difficulties they tend to face after that. StarFish Medical is one of Canada's leading medical device design service provider. To know more about them and Scott Phillips,…
Scott Phillips is the founder and CEO of Canada's leading medical device design company, StarFish Medical. Starting out as an engineer, Scott has been in the medical device industry for over two decades now and with StarFish, he has revolutionised the medical device design service industry. To know more about…
Linh Le is the founding partner of BUYO Bioplastics, a company that converts bio-waste and plant-based materials into naturally biodegradable plastics. An advocate for a sustainable future, Linh is also the go-to patents guy at the University of British Columbia in Canada. To know more about Linh's work with BUYO,…
Sven Jungmann, co-founder and CEO of Halitus GmbH, remembers a story when he got really frustrated and talked to his mentor, who replied to him a uniquely funny yet inspiring way. Check out our entire conversation with him on your podcast platforms, and give us a rating if you like…
Sven tells us about how it is difficult to imbibe the lessons learnt in an entrepreneurial world in a hospital setting. There are various practices and accepted norms in a business setting that would not work at all in the field of healthcare, and it is important for people who…
