Episodes

Raising money, publishing pivotal research, building valuable alliances, all for the improvement of people with motor-neuron diseases. Sidney Collin and De Oro Device’s NexStride is a game-changer indeed. On part 2 of our conversation with Sidney Col...

Tricking the brain via audio-visual cues to make it send signals via a different set of neurons and make the body move a certain way. Sounds a lot like hypnosis, doesn’t it? Well it might not be hypnosis, but it …

Do healthcare VC’s carry a bad rep in medical circles?👨‍⚕️ Anish Kaushal says no, and he has got his reasoning spot-on! On part 2 of our conversation with Anish Kaushal, investment analyst at Amplitude VC and founder of A Niche …

If you were given the option to move abroad, pursue an entire degree, come back and face the tribulations of getting a job related to your degree, and then FINALLY decide to pursue something completely different, would you take it?🤔 …

To build a business based entirely on user inputs and feedback takes some guts, and evidently, Yair Saperstein has got plenty of it. On part 2 of this week’s episode of Physician Founded, Yair Saperstein, the co-founder of AvoMD, tells …

To bring changes to the system, you gotta get into it first. And that’s exactly what Yair Saperstein has does, and continues to do with an unbridled passion for the field of healthcare. Join us on the latest episode of …

Building meaningful connections with businesses they’re funding is just one of the ways that Katie Greene and Thin Air Labs differentiate themselves by. And it does yield fruitful results, as Katie elucidates the impact that her work has created so …

Making the shift from academia to entrepreneurship isn’t easy, especially if you’re knee-deep in the field of medical research. However, Katie Greene did manage to find a way to make it possible. On our latest episode of Med Tech Talks, …

Shifting careers after being diagnosed with a serious illness is a mammoth task, and not everyone call pull it off. Luckily, Crystal Phillips’s skating experience definitely helped her manoeuvre her way through it. Rejoin us on part two of this …

How do you go from being an Olympic speed-skater⛸ to building a neurological research foundation and sitting on the board of a VC firm? Well if you ask Crystal Phillips how she did it, she’d tell you that she just …

Giving Tony Hawk🛹 a run for his money by performing a 180° career flip… sounds like a fair metaphor for Jehangir Appoo’s illustrious career. On part 2 of Geoffrey and Abdo’s conversation with Dr. Jehangir Appoo, we find out about …

If the sight of blood🩸 made you feel queasy, would you still want to become a surgeon?👨‍⚕️ On this week’s episode of Physician Founded, we chat with Dr. Jehangir Appoo, MD and founding partner of AIoT Health, a venture capital …

If the answer was financial nurturing and astute business guidance, what would the question look like?🤔 If you ask Dr. Nina Vellani, she would tell you that it’s the role an angel investor plays in the life cycle of a …

How many virus cultures in a lab are too many virus cultures in a lab? According to Dr. Nina Vellani, there are never too many of them! On this week’s episode of Med Tech Talks, Geoffrey Ching chats candidly with …

When you think of scaling up medical innovation, think of LHS Labs! This time around, on part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Harvey Hawes, find out about the inception of LHS Labs and what they aim to do. Dr. …

A trauma surgeon, an innovative problem solver and a humanitarian, when you combine these three things, you get Dr. Harvey Hawes! Join us on part 1 of our enthralling conversation with Dr. Harvey Hawes, founder and Chief Medical Officer at …

🖨️ How can 3D printing help with cancer research? A hint from Dr Karolina Valente: think small - about as small as your tiniest blood vessels! 🩸 This time, on part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Karolina Valente, founder …

🐀 Move over lab rats, 3D printers are here to take your jobs 🤖 3-D printing microvasculature for cancer drug testing is no longer the stuff of Gray’s Anatomy - in Part 1 of Geoffrey Ching’s conversation with Dr. Karolina …

🍽️ From dinner table to 100,000 users 📈 in a few months, sending a Bat-signal 🦇 across the globe for help on curious cases - how did Josh Landy and the Figure 1 team accomplish so much in so little …

🖥️ Programmers have StackOverflow, doctors have Figure1 👩‍⚕️. Technology has allowed us to share our experiences with others at a scale larger than ever before, and it has great benefits for professionals in every field. This week, we talk to …

The technological revolution 🤖 has happened. How do we ensure widespread adoption of technology in healthcare 🏥? According to our guest Michael Fergusson, the onus is on healthcare workers.👩‍⚕️ Join us as Geoff and Abdo continue the conversation with Mic...

Digitally driven behavior change - that’s the nefarious realm of Facebook and Black Mirror. Right? 😨 Michael Ferugsson, and his team disagree. They believe that instead, ethical behavior change driven by Lifeplan, a HIPAA and PIPEDA compliant application...

💵$308 billion yearly - yet not all Canadians 🇨🇦 can get the healthcare they need or expect. Can Canadian innovation backed by VCs such help solve this? 🤔 What does MD, Senior Director of the Health-Tech Ecosystem at @Mars Discovery …

What do 🎙️ Podcasting, 💊 pain medicine, and… 🏦 Venture Capital have in common? The answer? @Dr. Amol Deshpande. What goes into making a multitalented physician into a health-tech venture capitalist? @Geoffrey Ching learned about that this week with @Dr. …