DigisectionJun 27, 2021
#11 Brian Dolan: AI, mathematics, and the future of technology.
Brian Dolan is a Los Angeles-based mathematician, inventor, and cyberneticist.
Brian excels at translating complex business problems into tractable mathematical solutions.
He leverages 10 years of C-level experience with premier brands such as MySpace, Ya-hoo, Greenplum, and Deep6 AI. He also advises multiple companies from seed to growth stage.
Currently, Brian leads Verdant AI an innovation lab and startup studio that advances technological breakthroughs in AI with a special focus on health and ecology.
We talked about how AI reflects the culture of our civilization, the best approaches for creating MVPs of AI-related products, and the future of technology.
#10 Aline Noizet: Building digital health communities.
Aline Noizet is a connector by heart. She is passionate about innovation and new technologies applied to healthcare.
Aline is the founder of Digital Health Connector, a boutique consulting firm focused on digital health, and the co-founder of Digital Health Innovators Barcelona, a successful local community that has been bringing together the actors of the digital health ecosystem for the past 9 years. Aline has strong international experience working with startups, helping them scale up and connect with corporate companies. She was the Program Manager for Bayer G4A (Grants4Apps) and Business Development Director for Health 2.0. Aline is also actively supporting Frontiers Health, SXSW, Medica, and Vision Health Pioneers.
We talked about building communities, accelerators, pitching, and networking in digital health.
Links to things mentioned by Aline:
Events
Frontiers Health: https://www.frontiers.health/
DTx Europe: https://www.dtxeurope.com/
DTx East: https://www.dtxeast.com/
DTx West: https://www.dtxwest.com/
eHealth University: https://www.universite-esante.com/en/
HLTH: http://www.hlth.com/
Giant Health: https://www.giant.health/
Exponential Medicine: https://exponential.singularityu.org/medicine/
Barcelona Health Hub Summit: https://bhhsummit.com/
Communities:
One HealthTech: https://www.onehealthtech.com/
FemTech Focus: https://femtechfocus.org/
Barcelona Health Hub: https://barcelonahealthhub.com/
#9 Carmen Rios and Marc Recasens: Virtual Reality applications in mental health.
Carmen Rios is the Vice President International at Limbix, and Marc Recasens serves as Clinical Director at Limbix and Research Director at BehaVR. Limbix creates digital therapeutics for adolescent mental health, and BehaVR builds VR experiences to educate, motivate, and activate healthy behavior.
We talked about the future of VR in mental health, the most significant use cases, and the role of education in overcoming the stigma of mental illness.
#8 - Eugene Borukhovich: Digital Therapeutics.
Eugene Boruchovich is a serial intra and entrepreneur, executive, venture builder, speaker & board advisor with a focus in digital health. Eugene is a Chairman and COO at YourCoach Health. Prior to YourCoach, Eugene served as a Global Head of Digital Health at Bayer. He has also co-founded and sold a doctor rating startup and a consulting company.
Eugene is one of the kindest and most inspiring people I had the pleasure to meet in the digital health ecosystem.
You can listen to his Digital Therapeutics Edition with Eugene Borukhovich podcast here.
#7 - Peter Orzechowski: Creating a virtual General Practitioner.
Peter Orzechowski is the founder and CEO of Infermedica. Peter’s team creates AI-powered healthcare solutions that help doctors deliver efficient, safe, and reliable care to their patients. Infermedica performed over 7M health checkups, supports 18 languages, and the diagnostic engine reached a 93% accuracy rate.
We talked about creating a virtual GP, healthcare b2b market, fundraising, and more!
#6 - Aviel Ginzburg: Simply Measured, Voice AI interfaces, and putting founders first.
Aviel Ginzburg is a General Partner at Founders' Co-op and former Managing Director of the Alexa Accelerator. In 2010 Aviel co-founded Simply Measured, one of Founders' Co-op's first investments, and was later backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, and MHS capital. When Simply Measured sold to Sprout Social at the end of 2017, Aviel transitioned into his current role as General Partner.
Aviel is one of the most intelligent, sincere, and colorful investors I know.
#5 - Nyota Pieh, MD: The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and implications for telehealth solutions.
Dr. Nyota Pieh is a Psychiatrist and Behavioral Health Regional Lead at CareMore Health in Washington, D.C.
This episode is a great overview of the most important problems in the mental health space. It also provides many interesting insights and perspectives on how psychiatry and daily clinical practice changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#4 - Frank Westermann: Creating consumer health apps that users love - the MySugr story.
Frank Westermann founded MySugr, a company trying to simplify life with diabetes. Frank wanted to build a product to help himself and ended up helping over 3M people with diabetes around the globe! In 2017, MySugr was acquired by Roche and keeps growing.
We talked about creating consumer health apps that users love, running customer development, and more!
#3 - Matt Buder Shapiro: Navigating healthcare payments and transforming the patient experience.
Matt Buder Shapiro is the Chief Marketing Officer of Vytalize Health, a new kind of Medicare Accountable Care Organization powering primary care practices with bold financial incentives and smart technology.
Vytalize helps over 600 providers and manages more than $1 billion in medical spending. Matt previously was the Founder and CMO of MedPilot, which Vytalize Health acquired after helping navigate over 1 million patients through their healthcare experience.
We talked about navigating healthcare payments, changing the patient experience, choosing your cofounders, and how to do marketing without a budget.
#2 - Nathan Treloar: The digital front door, conversational AI, and bots.
Nathan Treloar is the founder, President & COO of Orbita. Orbita specializes in developing conversational AI for healthcare and life sciences. We talked about the digital front door for healthcare providers, building voice AI teams, and whether bots should go to med school.
#1 - Guillaume de Zwirek: The future of patient communication.
Guillaume de Zwirek is the founder and CEO of WELL, a company that built a digital solution helping healthcare providers to unify the full life cycle of patient interactions. We talked about the future of patient communication, new interfaces, how to run a medical Turing test, and more!
Introduction: Digisection hosted by Oskar Kiwic, MD
Oskar talks about his personal journey and shares the purpose behind the Digisection podcast.