Passionate Pioneers with Mike Biselli

Passionate Pioneers with Mike Biselli

Passionate Pioneers with Mike Biselli, a nationally ranked healthcare and innovation podcast, and a member of the Health Podcast Network, highlights the innovators, the game changers, and the pioneers who are deeply passionate and relentless in valiantly solving the problems our healthcare industry is facing.

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October 12, 2026 • 30 mins

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Healthcare innovation and associate wellbeing are too often treated as separate missions, but the most forward-thinking health systems know they must move together.

Dr. Daniel Marchalik is proving exactly that as both Medi...

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Millions of people are prescribed GLP-1 medications only to quit within months, not because the medication doesn't work, but because standard dosing is setting them up to fail.

Dr. Ian Justl Ellis, Founder, CEO, and Lead Ph...

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Breakthroughs in drug discovery don't come from any single discipline.

They come from the rare few who have built deep expertise across multiple domains and know how to bring those layers together.

Tara Austraat-Churik is ...

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Children with special healthcare needs make up just 20% of the pediatric population, yet account for nearly half of all pediatric health spending, navigating a fragmented system that too often fails them.

George Boghos, CE...

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American healthcare is at a crossroads, and the decisions we make now will define the health of generations to come.

Dr. Marschall Runge has spent more than four decades at the center of that challenge, serving as former CE...

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Millions of people are prescribed GLP-1 medications and then left entirely on their own, navigating confusion, stigma, and unanswered questions with no structured support in sight.

Aja Beckett, Founder and CEO of Shotsy, i...

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Mobility is foundational to life itself, yet musculoskeletal conditions quietly rob millions of people of the very movement that makes living worthwhile.

Dr. Bryan Kelly, President and CEO of HSS, is leading a bold answer t...

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Precision diagnostics and precision care are not two separate steps. They are a single, continuous system, and treating them otherwise is costing health plans time, money, and patient outcomes.

Dr. Bill Kerr, Co-Founder and...

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Too many independent practices are being sold not because they failed, but because they never had the systems to succeed on their own terms.

Paul Vigario is tackling this reality as founder and CEO of SurfCT.

For over 25 yea...

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Physician shortages, relentless reimbursement cuts, and rising burnout are quietly destabilizing the hospitals that communities depend on most.

Dr. John Birkmeyer is confronting these challenges head-on as president of Soun...

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Healthcare in America is at a crossroads, where the systems built to heal people must now reimagine what it truly means to care for an aging and increasingly complex population.

Dr. Patrick McGill, Network President and CE...

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Pharmaceutical launches are among the most complex, high-stakes endeavors in all of healthcare, and the difference between winning and losing often comes down to whether the right intelligence reaches the right people at t...

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Nearly 24 million Americans over 50 now live alone — and that number is only growing.

Our next guest, Nicole Brackett, is on the frontlines of solving this defining challenge as Director of Quality and Care Delivery a...

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Hospital operations shouldn't run on reactive chaos- they should anticipate bottlenecks before they cascade.

Our next guest, John D'Alessandro, founder of Amplefi, has spent nearly two decades proving this is possible.

Wit...

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The prescription journey has become one of healthcare's most frustrating operational bottlenecks – fragmented pricing, disconnected systems, and zero transparency when it matters most.

Our next guest, Joseph Kleiman, ...

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Trust is the foundation of every great relationship — and no one knows that better than Dr. Darryl Stickel.

As Founder and CEO of Trust Unlimited, Darryl has spent over two decades transforming how leaders build deepe...

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Stress is the missing vital sign that determines whether treatments succeed or fail.

Our next guest, Dr. Andrew Holman, is tackling this challenge as CEO of Inmedix. With 25 years of clinical experience as a practicing rheu...

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Clinical trials are the gateway to getting life-saving therapies to patients, yet traditional research methods often create barriers that slow progress and limit participation.

Our next guest, Dr. Pamela Tenaerts, is tackli...

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Geography should never determine whether a patient lives or dies.

Our next guest, Dr. Sarah Matt, is on a mission to make that vision a reality.

A surgeon turned health technology strategist, Sarah has spent over two decades...

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Healthcare still doesn't truly know "who is who" — and that identity crisis is costing health systems patients, trust, and growth.

Our next guest, Clay Ritchey, is tackling this challenge head-on as CEO of Verato.

With...

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