How It’s Med

Welcome back to this episode of How Its Med. This time, Geoff’s joined by Michael Millar - CEO and Founder of Verto Inc. Between exploring Verto's multi-year journey of Verto to get to where it is today, to understanding what underlies Michael's unique journey from public sector healthcare technology insider to academic and into the startup world - with technology concepts lent from the energy sector, we do a deep dive into Michael...

Ultrasound is all the rage in acute care, but miniaturized ultrasound has use cases that can save hospitals thousands of dollars and patients days of stress and unnecessary treatment by preventing ICU admissions. So what makes it so hard to bring a device that delivers exactly these benefits to market? On this episode, Geoff and Joe talk about:

- The challenges of aligning key decision makers with different priorities during any h...

Patient flow is critical in these times of 18 hour waits in the emergency room; but what does a sticker on your neck have to do with it all?

Welcome back to this episode of How It’s Med. This time around, Geoff’s joined by Joe Eibl, co-founder and CEO of Flosonics. Other than debating as to whether or note Joe truly is Batman, we delved into how a project on mining tailings analysis led to a startup that could minimize preventable ...

How closely are medical education and ensuring excellent patient flow tied? According to Dr. Art Papier, more than you would think.

On this episode of How its Med, we rejoin Dr. Art Papier, co-founder and CEO of VisualDx. Beyond equity in skincare diagnostics, Dr. Papier shared the work that VisualDx is doing now to leverage medical informatics and AI - not just in the hands of clinicians, but also in those of patients, to ensure e...

Dermatology isn’t just lotions and potions 🧙; it’s more about AI, equity, and a patient-led healthcare than you think. 🤯

Welcome back to this episode of How Its Med. This time, Geoff’s joined by 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 origins of the company in medical informatics 🤖, the disappointing pace ...

What do engineers have to do with drug discovery and development, a job which primarily employs chemists, biologists and clinical researchers? How does Vial aim to transform the ways of drug discovery and clinical trials? And how will AI help in all of this?

Welcome to part two of our conversation with Miguel Testa on Med Tech Talks. As we delve deeper into Vial’s work and Miguel’s role at the company, we find out the answers to ou...

Pursuing an engineering degree and ending up working at a clinical trial software company. That’s the short version of Miguel Testa’s professional journey.

Welcome to a new episode of Med Tech Talks. This week, we sit down to talk with Miguel Testa, former VP of Engineering at Vial. Learn more about how a clinical trial software company works, what are the challenges of leading a cross-disciplinary team and how drug development can...

Last time, we talked about the beginnings of Mohamed’s incredible journey into medicine. From there on, he’s come a long way to where he is today, lowering the day-to-day workload of physicians across Canada.

Welcome to the second part of our conversation with Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia on Med Tech Talks. Learn more about the procurement process of new technologies in the healthcare system in Canada, and why we need more innovation proc...

From his background in biochemistry and computer science to his motivation for studying medicine, to building the eHealth Centre of Excellence, Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia is no short of stories.

This time around, we chat with Dr. Mohamed Alarakhia, the CEO of the eHealth Centre of Excellence and currently also serving on the Board of Directors of Digital Health Canada. Geoff and Mohamed talk about the reasons Mohamed got into the field ...

Engineers vs. Doctors. Is it actually that big of a conflict? Geof Auchinleck certainly does not agree. According to him, the two professions need to work very closely together for the increment of the healthcare system at large.

On part 2 of Med Tech Talks with Geof Auchinleck, he and our Geoff discuss his professional journey as a biomedical engineer, how he came to co-found Claris Healthcare, and the impact that it aims to creat...

Robots🤖 in surgery🩺 is a pretty normal thing now. But what about when they were introduced to the healthcare industry? How did it happen? And how has technology, as a whole, impacted the healthcare industry?

On this episode of Med Tech Talks, we sit down with Geof Auchinleck, the co-founder and CEO of Claris Healthcare, and find out the answers to the questions above. Geof, “the barcode guy”, shares his stories from the 70s and 8...

Like a phoenix arising out of a heap of ashes, the metaphorical equivalent of that is the birth of a robust and dynamic healthcare system from a heap of paper records buried somewhere in a hospital in South Africa. That is the short version of the evolution of T6 Health Systems.

On part 2 of this episode of Med Tech Talks with Morad Hameed, we delve deeper into his professional life, as Geoffrey Ching chats more about T6 Health Sys...

While trauma care and public health may not initially appear inter-related, Dr. Morad convincingly elaborates how they are.

On the first part of this week's Med Tech Talks, Geoffrey Ching engages with Dr. Morad Hameed, trauma surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital, and also the Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of T6 Health Systems. Their discussion spans a wide array of topics, including Morad's formative experiences in the medi...

Are robots going to take our jobs?🤖

Welcome back to the second part of our conversation with Michele Marzola, the co-founder and CEO of XSurgical Robotics. This time, Geoffrey gets into the nitty-gritties of Michele’s work, and how surgical robotics, instead of their perceived idea of taking away human jobs, are in reality facilitating much better outcomes, in the context of assisting surgeons to perform complicated surgeries with...

Taking a robot from a spaceship🚀 and employing it in a surgery🏥

Welcome to this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks. This time, we chat with Michele Marzola, an engineer, an MBA, an ex-consultant, and now a life-sciences investor. Michele is a co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, a company that specializes in building robots for surgery.

Geoff and Michele talk at length about Michele’s early days at IBM, his foray into investment and h...

Two health-tech bros, talking nerd stuff. That is basically what this episode is.

Welcome back to our conversation with Rishad Usmani MD, founder of HealthTech Investors. On this week’s Med Tech Talks, Geoffrey and Rishad get technical. Really, really, technical. From ROIs to hybrid healthcare models to epigenetics, it’s a wild ride throughout the episode.

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It’s difficult enough focusing on one thing to do, let alone four. But somehow Rishad manages to do it really really well and with quite some ease.

Welcome to part one of this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks. This time, we chat with Rishad Usmani, who is a doctor, a start-up founder, an investor, a podcaster, and so much more. Rishad has had quite an eventful journey so far, about which he talks at length with our host, Geoffrey C...

Healthcare entrepreneurship and healthcare professionals might not see eye-to-eye on a variety of topics, but the one thing they both have in common is the advancement of healthcare and the elevation of patient care around the world.

Welcome back to our conversation with Dr. Sven Jungmann, co-founder and CEO of Halitus GmbH. In this week’s episode, Sven discusses about his progression from residency to entrepreneurship, the challen...

A master career juggler, who somehow manages to impact more and more people through his marvellous field of work. We are talking about a pioneer of digital healthcare entrepreneurship in Europe, Dr. Sven Jungmann.

In this week’s episode, we talk to Sven about his dream of joining the armed forces and why he deviated from that to venture into healthcare. Sven also gives his straightforward opinions about the importance of impact in ...