The Scalpels & Spreadsheets Podcast

AI is reshaping every stage of the pharmaceutical value chain, from discovering new medicines to delivering better outcomes for patients. The companies that lead won't simply adopt better models. They'll rethink how they operate.

Gabriele Ricci (Chief Data & Technology Officer, Takeda) joins Aman Desai to discuss how one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical companies is scaling AI, data, and digital technologies acro...

The doctor's office is no longer the default entry point into healthcare. So what comes next?

Royan Kamyar, MD (Founder & CEO, Owaves), Dr. Sohaib Imtiaz, MD, MPH (Chief Medical Officer, People Inc.), Dr. Erin Nance, MD (Founder & CEO, TakeAway MD and FeelBetr Health), Dr. Hillary Lin, MD (Co-Founder & CEO, CareCore), and Alina Zolotareva, RDN (Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, VO Health) join Brittany Si...

Most healthcare AI conversations focus on what was built. This one focused on what it actually takes to get it into the hands of people who need it.

Kerry Weinberg (Founder & CEO of PhenoML), Vitalay Fomin (Co-Founder & CEO of Numenos AI), Timothy Martens (Co-Founder of Vaark Ventures; Chief Medical Officer of uCTRL), and Nyamitse-Calvin Mahinda (Founder & CEO of Vital Audio) join Brittany Sigler (Founder of Bright Signa...

What does it take to move healthcare AI from theory to operation?

Martin Seneviratne, Co-CEO of R37 at R1, joins Brittany Sigler, Founder of Bright Signal Consulting, for a fireside conversation exploring what it takes to deploy AI inside one of healthcare's most complex operational environments. After leaving DeepMind to co-found an AI-native healthcare startup, Martin now helps bring cutting-edge machine learning into the workflow...

Building one of Canada's leading AI-driven genetic medicines platform companies didn't happen without hard decisions, failed bets, and the willingness to pivot.

Tom Masterson, Chief Operating Officer at Deep Genomics, joins Aman Desai to share the company's journey from early machine learning models to becoming a leader in AI-powered drug discovery. He reflects on the pivotal decisions that shaped Deep Genomics, including a ...

Bettina Xue Griffen, a Commercial Lawyer at Fasken, joins for a fireside chat on the legal and commercial realities of selling into healthcare. Drawing from her experience helping startups and scaleups navigate enterprise contracts, Bettina shares practical strategies for structuring pilot agreements, negotiating with healthcare organizations, pricing pilots, and avoiding the "pilot purgatory" that prevents many promising partnersh...

AI has become the biggest conversation in healthcare, but what does it mean if you already have a product in the market? Do you pivot to compete with AI native companies or stay steady? On the other side, will the speed and adaptability of AI-first startups remain an advantage as the technology matures?

Bruno Ferrari (Head of Innovation at Light-it), Otto Sipe (Co-Founder & CEO of Photon Health), and Vikas Sharma (Direct...

CEO of HealthAI, Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite joins the S&S Podcast at Web Summit for a Special Edition to discuss the transformative role of AI in healthcare. Medical Doctor and former lawmaker, Dr. Ricardo Leite is the Founder and President of UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health and Chair of NOVA Center for Global Health. 

In this podcast with Vijesh Vijayan, Ricardo discusses drug discovery, governance...

Nadav Shimoni, a physician turned investor is the Managing Partner at A-Squared Ventures, an early-stage digital health fund spanning Tel Aviv & NYC. He joins Moran Snir, a serial genomics entrepreneur and currently the co-founder & CEO of Nest Genomics, on stage for a fireside where both share their perspectives of a journey between a founder and investor of a growing healthcare company. 

Nadav and Moran explor...

Miriam Paramore, Founder & CEO of RxUtility sits down with us to chat about why drug prices should be more affordable and why she is building in this space.

In this conversation, Miriam covers the evolution of healthcare technology and its impact on prescription affordability, including what drives out-of-pocket drug costs. Miriam also discusses the launch of Mimi, the RxUtility AI companion, the role of partnerships and...

Kathleen Eva, Investor at StandUp Ventures, is joined by Stephanie Mouchbahani-Constance, Principal at KLI Capital, for a live conversation on what founders need to know about fundraising in 2026.

Together, they unpack shifting investor expectations, AI-driven startup economics, changing growth benchmarks, defensibility, and the mistakes founders still make when raising capital. This episode offers a candid look inside the current v...

Anmol Nagpal is the founder and CEO of Nospharma, a pre-clinical therapeutics company developing innovative treatments for rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. 

Prior to this, Anmol was a founder in residence at District 3 where he coached several early-stage founders and worked with them on their venture’s strategy plans. 

In this episode, Anmol shares how he spun out research from McGill univer...

Shafiq Vallani (Head of Canada at Redesign Health) is a seasoned venture capital investor, now supporting the next generation of healthcare ventures in Canada. He has built a reputation for identifying high-potential startups and driving them towards operational excellence and market leadership with his work at Redesign Health, a venture studio.

In this episode, Shafiq shares a candid look at what it takes to build in Canadian healt...

Tim Clarke (CEO of tc Health Consulting) is a former Chief Innovation Officer at Aon Hewitt for Health & Benefits. He now draws from 20 years of experience to support local and international healthcare ventures looking to grow revenue streams in private healthcare. In this episode, Tim shares key lessons for early-stage healthtech founders on identifying the right customers, engaging payers, prescribers, and users effectively, ...

As part of the Montreal Healthtech Social held on November 27, we were joined by Naomi Goldapple, the Senior Vice President of Data and Intelligence at AlayaCare, where she leads AI and data strategy to transform home healthcare. 

With a non-linear career spanning IBM, multiple startups, and even a community cafe, she’s known for making bold moves that drive real impact in health tech. She talks about the challenges of na...

As part of the NYC Healthtech Social held on October 27, Vinodh Balaraman, a serial entrepreneur and Founder of Kolate AI, joined us for a fireside chat on how AI can improve clinical development and drug decision-making. Kolate AI is a precision medicine platform that predicts patient-level clinical events and therapy responses.

The conversation explores why nearly 90% of clinical development fails, how limited visibility into pati...

As part of the NYC Healthtech Social held in October 2025, Jomi Cubol, Head of Design at Photon Health, joined us for a thoughtful conversation on why good design isn’t optional — even in healthcare.

Jomi breaks down how he thinks about design by drawing parallels with the hospitality industry, exploring how empathy, anticipation, and user delight can transform healthcare experiences. He dives into how to think about des...