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Nov. 26, 2023

Medical informatics and dermatology with a sprinkle of AI - Med Tech Talks with Art Papier

Dermatology isn’t just lotions and potions🧙; it’s more about AI, equity, and a patient-led healthcare than you think. On this episode of How It's Med, we welcome 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…

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Nov. 21, 2023

How to improve your decision making process to advance your career? #shorts

Miguel Testa, former VP of Engineering at Vial, describes how to improve the process of decision making in life so as to make advances in one's career. He highlights the importance of timely and smart decision selection, so as to maximise your output from your decisions and make progress in…

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Nov. 20, 2023

What does an engineering executive do at a health-tech company? Med Tech Talks with Miguel Testa

As the VP of Engineering at a clinical trials and drug discovery company, and with an educational background in non-medical sciences, Miguel Testa might not seem like the right fit to work where he does. But he explains what his job is exactly, and also gives his advice to anyone…

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Nov. 18, 2023

AI in medicine - how will it change the face of healthcare? Med Tech Talks with Miguel Testa

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. Chat GPT is everyone's best friend now. But how will AI affect the healthcare industry? More importantly, how will artificial intelligence enhance and improve how clinical trials are conducted and how will it change drug discovery processes? Miguel Testa answers these questions and many more in…

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Nov. 16, 2023

Vertical integration in the field of medicine and clinical trials - gamechanger? #shorts

How does vertical integration work in the field of clinical trials and how is it different from other approaches in the same field? Miguel Testa, former VP Engineering at Vial, one of Canada's leading clinical trials company, answers the question about the processes being undertaken at his company and how…

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Nov. 15, 2023

Entering the world of clinical trials with Miguel Testa

Miguel Testa, former VP Engineering at Vial, talks about his early days in the field of clinical trials and what difficulties he had to face in the initial phase of his career. Check out our entire conversation with him on your podcast platforms, and give us a rating if you…

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Nov. 14, 2023

The future of clinical trials🔍🔬 | Med Tech Talks with Miguel Testa

No more paperwork? One platform instead of 6? Less patient and provider frustration? That's what the future of clinical trials and drug development looks like with Vial at the helm. This time around, we chatted with former VP Engineering of Vial, Miguel Testa. Miguel shared a little bit about his…

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Oct. 18, 2023

A family of bots🤖👨‍👩‍👦 helping doctors work better👨‍⚕️ | Med Tech Talks with Mohamed Alarakhia

Meet Cody, Bernie and Sharon - the bots who are taking up all administrative work so that physicians don't have to. Learn more about how these bots are reducing physician burnout by eliminating the need for physicians to undertake redundant tasks in the healthcare ecosystem. Mohamed Alarakhia is the CEO…

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Oct. 11, 2023

Biotech, mental health and other exciting projects for Michele | Med Tech Talks with Michele Marzola

Michele Marzola, who is the co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, talks about other interesting projects in the field of healthcare and health-tech where he has invested and is looking forward to the success of the same. Check out our entire conversation with Michele Marzola on your podcast platforms, and give us…

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Oct. 10, 2023

🔨Building a surgical robot🤖 for all conditions | Med Tech Talks with Michele Marzola. #shorts

Michele Marzola explains the conditions which a surgical robot built for remote surgery must be able to survive under. These are extremely adverse conditions and so the robots must also be sturdy enough to weather the extreme conditions they are put to use in. Michele Marzola is the co-founder and…

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Oct. 10, 2023

Deploying robots🤖 on the warfront ⚠ | Med Tech Talks with Michele Marzola

Michele Marzola is the co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, a company that is building robots to be employed in surgery while being remotely operated by surgeons who might be sitting a 1000 miles away. Michele also believes that there is a use-case of these surgical robots in wars and on battlefronts,…

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Oct. 9, 2023

💸Money talks between scientific co-founders | Med Tech Talks with Michele Marzola. #shorts

How do co-founders of a new venture, who are from different professional backgrounds feel about the money and investments side of their business? Michele Marzola, co-founder of XSurgical Robotics, talks about one such conversation he had with a scientific co-founder about the influx and availability of money for a new…

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Oct. 9, 2023

Are robots🤖 going to take away the jobs of our surgeons👨‍⚕️? Med Tech Talks with Michele Marzola.

Leaving his high-paying job as a young executive at IBM, Michele Marzola chose to build robots for surgery, which don't take away the jobs of surgeons, but instead make their jobs easier, more risk-free and much more precision oriented. Michele Marzola is currently the Chairman of the Board over at…

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Oct. 1, 2023

Epigenetics🧬and the increasing use of AI🤖 in medicine | Med Tech Talks with Rishad Usmani.

Epigenetics is the field of study which determines how behavioural and environmental changes can in turn affect changes in how genes work. It is a really intriguing field of study, and with further development of health technology as well as artificial intelligence, may also result in the complete reversal of…

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Sept. 30, 2023

How to tackle physician burnout and maintain financial stability | Med Tech Talks with Rishad Usmani

Physician burnout is a big problem in Canada which needs to be immediately addressed. Along with that, for healthcare businesses and the public at large, it is also pertinent to maintain a tangible return on investment (ROI) for both the businesses and the average payer. So how can these two…

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Sept. 29, 2023

Should physicians take up consultant roles for emerging startups? Med Tech Talks with Rishad Usmani.

Rishad Usmani, the founder of HealthTech Investors, has a piece of advice for physicians wanting to leave medicine and take up consultancy roles in start-ups. His short answer? Don't. Rishad also says that rather than joining emerging businesses and start-ups and offering their advice for free, physicians should look for…

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Sept. 23, 2023

Failing an entry-level English language exam 😩 | Med Tech Talks with Rishad Usmani. #shorts

Rishad Usmani is the founder of HealthTech Investors, a clinician centric investment company. HealthTech Investors not only act as angel investors for health-tech start-ups, but also offer investor education and aim to build a community of people working for the advancement of healthcare overall. To know more about Rishad Usmani…

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Sept. 20, 2023

Money💰 Tech👨‍💻 and Medicine💊| Med Tech Talks with Rishad Usmani.

Rishad Usmani is the founder of HealthTech Investors, a clinician centric investment company. HealthTech Investors not only act as angel investors for health-tech start-ups, but also offer investor education and aim to build a community of people working for the advancement of healthcare overall. To know more about Rishad Usmani…

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Sept. 19, 2023

Stories from successes and failures in a business | Med Tech Talks with Scott Phillips

Scott Phillips shares with us some of the stories of success and failures during the lifetime of his company, StarFish Medical. There are always ups and downs in any start-up, and that's what Scott says as well. StarFish Medical is one of Canada's leading medical device design service provider. To…

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Sept. 18, 2023

👨‍⚕️Doctors in med-tech🔬, the good and the bad | Med Tech Talks with Scott Phillips.

Scott Phillips, the co-founder and CEO of StarFish Medical, talks about doctors and clinicians who choose to enter the med-tech field, and the difficulties they tend to face after that. StarFish Medical is one of Canada's leading medical device design service provider. To know more about them and Scott Phillips,…

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Sept. 13, 2023

If you need a medical device designed, look no further🧐 | Med Tech Talks with Scott Phillips.

Scott Phillips is the founder and CEO of Canada's leading medical device design company, StarFish Medical. Starting out as an engineer, Scott has been in the medical device industry for over two decades now and with StarFish, he has revolutionised the medical device design service industry. To know more about…

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Sept. 12, 2023

Fantastic Patents and How to Get Them | Med Tech Talks with Linh Le.

Linh Le is the founding partner of BUYO Bioplastics, a company that converts bio-waste and plant-based materials into naturally biodegradable plastics. An advocate for a sustainable future, Linh is also the go-to patents guy at the University of British Columbia in Canada. To know more about Linh's work with BUYO,…

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Sept. 11, 2023

An unethical doctor?👀 | Med Tech Talks with Sven Jungmann. #shorts

Sven Jungmann, co-founder and CEO of Halitus GmbH, remembers a story when he got really frustrated and talked to his mentor, who replied to him a uniquely funny yet inspiring way. Check out our entire conversation with him on your podcast platforms, and give us a rating if you like…

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Sept. 11, 2023

The difference between running a business and working in healthcare | Med Tech Talks - Sven Jungmann

Sven tells us about how it is difficult to imbibe the lessons learnt in an entrepreneurial world in a hospital setting. There are various practices and accepted norms in a business setting that would not work at all in the field of healthcare, and it is important for people who…

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