Med Tech Gurus
Med Tech Gurus is a podcast dedicated to helping medical device executives stay on the leading edge of their industry. Whether you're looking to grow your sales team, commercialize new devices, set up national accounts, or improve your clinical performances, this podcast is designed to help. Each episode features an interview with a thought leader or practitioner, discussing topics like: sales force, innovation, patient outcomes, emerging technologies, supply chain, group purchasing organizations, device launches, value analysis, biotech, and more.
Episodes
What if AI isn't software anymore?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Scott Schell, MD, PhD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer at Cognizant, to explore one of the most important questions in healthcare AI: Who is responsible when the model is wrong?
Scott argues that as AI begins reviewing charts, drafting communications, processing claims, and influencing cli...
What if the biggest risk in AI isn't the technology—it's the system behind it?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Henna Karna, Co-Founder and President of NeuroVitals, to explore why artificial intelligence doesn't fix broken organizations—it accelerates whatever already exists.
Drawing on leadership experience at Google, AXA, and AIG, Henna...
What if the biggest bottleneck in MedTech innovation isn't science—but compliance?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Zahra Timsah, Founder and CEO of i-GENTIC AI, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming FDA readiness, regulatory operations, and healthcare compliance.
With experience spanning oncology research, drug discovery, engin...
Everyone wants to apply AI to drug development.
But what if the smartest place to start isn't the technology at all—it's the bottleneck.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Anastasia Christianson, former innovation and AI leader at Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, now Managing Principal at EPAM Systems, to explore how artificial intelligence can m...
Everyone is racing to add AI to healthcare.
But what if the bigger problem isn't adopting AI… it's the fragmented systems underneath it?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Nader Fathi, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Enlil, to explore why the future of MedTech innovation may depend less on adding more intelligence—and more on creating integr...
Clinical efficacy doesn't matter if the patient won't use the device.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Anat Shani, biomedical engineer and CEO of Synchrony Medical, to explore a critical but often overlooked truth in MedTech: adherence is everything.
Anat led the development of Liberty, a patient-centered airway clearance device designed to help indiv...
Is the future of MedTech innovation shifting away from devices—and toward manufacturing?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Mark Freitas, Managing Director and Life Sciences Leader at Alvarez & Marsal, to explore a major shift happening in MedTech: capital is moving away from traditional device acquisitions and toward advanced manufacturing platforms and CDMOs.
Cybersecurity in healthcare is no longer an IT issue—it's a patient safety issue.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Skip Sorrels, Field CTO and Chief Information Security Officer at Claroty, to explore how cyber threats are evolving from data breaches into full-scale clinical and operational disruptions.
With a unique background as both an ICU nu...
Why do breakthrough medical technologies still fail to get adopted?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with David Neale, Co-Founder and CEO of Argá MedTech, to explore what it really takes to bring a differentiated cardiac technology from concept to clinical adoption.
Argá is advancing next-generation pulsed field ablation (PFA) for the treatment of at...
What does it really mean to put the patient at the center of healthcare innovation?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Stephanie Hunter-Banks of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, a leader in medical learning, patient engagement, and rare disease advocacy. But what makes this conversation truly powerful is that Stephanie doesn't just study the patient journey—she lives it.
In rare disease, time isn't money—it's lives.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Dr. Rob Freishtat, physician-scientist, former President and Co-Founder of Uncommon Cures, and board member of the Foundation for mRNA Medicines, to explore how clinical trial design is being rewritten for rare and ultra-rare conditions.
Traditional randomized, placeb...
What if the future of surgical training doesn't happen in the operating room?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Dr. Danny Goel, orthopedic surgeon, clinical professor at the University of British Columbia, and CEO & co-founder of Precision OS, to explore how virtual reality and AI are transforming surgical education.
Today's training environment is...
Great technology doesn't win—visibility does.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Lauren Schafer, Founder of Lakehouse Digital Media, to explore why so many MedTech and life sciences companies struggle to gain traction—not because of weak innovation, but because of weak visibility and storytelling.
Lauren works with founders and leadership te...
Access to care remains one of healthcare's biggest challenges—especially in physical therapy, where patients often travel hours for a single appointment.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Dr. Ashok Gupta, founder and CEO of TheraNow, a rapidly growing virtual physical therapy platform that has treated more than 70,000 patients nationwide through a network of over 400...
What if the future of interventional cardiology isn't just better devices—but robotic precision?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Dr. Philippe Bencteux, founder and president of RoboCath, a pioneering company developing robotic platforms designed to transform cardiovascular and neurovascular interventions.
A neuroradiologist turned entrepreneur,...
AI can analyze data faster than any human—but strategy still requires judgment.
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Joe Luminiello, Founder and CEO of RCG Intel, a competitive intelligence firm operating at the intersection of healthcare, biopharma, and AI-driven decision making. With more than 40 years of life sciences leadership experience—including helping lau...
AI can detect lung nodules in milliseconds—so why hasn't radiology been transformed?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Khan Siddiqui, radiologist, serial entrepreneur, and CEO of HOPPR, to unpack why most AI tools in medical imaging struggle to survive beyond pilot studies.
Dr. Siddiqui explains that detection isn't the real problem—workflo...
What if one of pediatrics' most common emergency procedures hasn't meaningfully evolved in over a century?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Bob Cooper, CEO of SMoLTAP, to explore how a simple but powerful positioning innovation is transforming infant lumbar punctures.
For decades, pediatric spinal taps have relied on manual restraint, inconsistent pos...
Why do so many MedTech innovations fail to gain traction—even when the technology works exactly as designed?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we're joined by Erin Rollenhagen, Founder and CEO of People-Friendly Tech, UX strategist, and author of Love at First Launch. With experience leading over 200 successful technology launches across healthcare and other regulated industries, Eri...
Why do hospitals invest millions in clinical innovation—yet still struggle to move patients down the hall?
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Dr. David Crabb, emergency physician and CEO of Rovex, to explore one of healthcare's most overlooked operational challenges: patient transport. Drawing on his dual experience in frontline emergency medicine and clinical informa...
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