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The Healthtech Podcast

The Healthtech Podcast covers the latest in health and technology through interviews with disruptive healthtech startups and leaders. Whether you’re a patient, founder, investor or simply interested in healthtech, The Healthtech Podcast has it covered.

🌍 Listeners in over 150 countries.
🎙 New episode every week.
🗣 Hosted by Dr James Somauroo.

www.thehealthtechpodcast.com | www.somx.health | www.jamessomauroo.com

Medicine Technology Tech Health Health & Fitness
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
44 minutes
Episodes
425
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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#340 What is a Chief Medical Officer? And how do I become/hire one? With Benjamin Viaris De Lesegno

#340 What is a Chief Medical Officer? And how do I become/hire one? With Benjamin Viaris De Lesegno

This week, James is joined by Benjamin Viaris De Lesegno, NHS consultant, humanitarian doctor, and co-founder of Leva Clinic. 

Leva Clinic is the first CQC registered online clinic for patients with c…

01:09:57  |   Wed 06 Mar 2024
#339 Working in healthcare is a privilege, with Francesca Wuttke CEO of nen

#339 Working in healthcare is a privilege, with Francesca Wuttke CEO of nen

Francesca Wuttke is the founder and CEO of nen, a digital health company founded to help children with cancer, their families, and HCPs with pain management. nen offers a novel mission-driven approac…

01:16:53  |   Thu 22 Feb 2024
#338 How do you start a biotech company from nothing? With Vishal Doshi from AUM Biosciences

#338 How do you start a biotech company from nothing? With Vishal Doshi from AUM Biosciences

We take a look back at episode 270, when James welcomed Vishal Doshi, Founder of AUM Biosciences. In this clip, Vishal shares his experiences as a first-time entrepreneur in the biotech industry, and…

00:18:43  |   Wed 14 Feb 2024
#337 The Power of Purpose, Vision, and Identity in Challenging Times with Emil Hewage from BIOS

#337 The Power of Purpose, Vision, and Identity in Challenging Times with Emil Hewage from BIOS

We take a look back at episode 307, when James welcomed Emil Hewage, CEO of BIOS Health. 

In this clip, Emil and James share their insights into leading a team through challenges, the importance of pu…

00:20:38  |   Fri 09 Feb 2024
#336 When does AI become human? With Dr Dom Pimenta

#336 When does AI become human? With Dr Dom Pimenta

This week, James is joined by Dr. Dom Pimenta, CEO of TORTUS, a generative AI startup building a next generation assistant for doctors. https://tortus.ai

Dom is a UK-trained and practicing physician, …

01:07:25  |   Thu 01 Feb 2024
#335 Turning a parent's worst nightmare into impact and joy, with Dom Raban from Xploro

#335 Turning a parent's worst nightmare into impact and joy, with Dom Raban from Xploro

We take a look back at episode 311, where James welcome Dom Raban, co-founder and CEO of Xploro. In this clip, Dom and James share their insights on gamification as a means to education, moving the a…

00:25:41  |   Mon 29 Jan 2024
#334 How to bootstrap a massive, impactful healthtech company - with Harry Lykostratis from Open Medical

#334 How to bootstrap a massive, impactful healthtech company - with Harry Lykostratis from Open Medical

Harry Lykostratis is an innovative software developer, start-up founder and practising orthopaedic surgeon, with a particular interest in all things digital, specifically designing effective and safe…

01:15:19  |   Wed 17 Jan 2024
#333 Unlocking VC Funding: Secrets and strategies from entrepreneur and investor Gian Seehra

#333 Unlocking VC Funding: Secrets and strategies from entrepreneur and investor Gian Seehra

This week, James is joined by Gian Seehra. A previous biotech entrepreneur where he raised $16m and a previous investor at Octopus Ventures in the health team. He now helps tech founders raise ventur…

01:07:06  |   Wed 10 Jan 2024
#332 The dangers of the microbiome hype & the need for scientific rigour

#332 The dangers of the microbiome hype & the need for scientific rigour

This week we look back at episode 293, where James and Thomas discuss the recent surge in public understanding of nutrition and the microbiome, the remaining knowledge gap, and the need to be wary of…

00:18:24  |   Fri 08 Dec 2023
#331 Gender stereotypes and leadership: rejecting the pressure to conform with Sasha Tory from Ally Health

#331 Gender stereotypes and leadership: rejecting the pressure to conform with Sasha Tory from Ally Health

This week we're revisiting episode 302, where James and Sasha covered some of challenges women encounter in business, unpacking issues such as gender stereotypes in leadership roles and the pressure …

00:25:32  |   Wed 29 Nov 2023
#330 What has AI taught us about being human?

#330 What has AI taught us about being human?

Dr Harvinder Power is a medical doctor, and the co-founder and CEO at Motics. Born out of a frustration with the current state of physiotherapy, Harvinder and his co-founder developed the technology …

01:01:18  |   Wed 22 Nov 2023
#329 Combining LLMs and the microbiome for truly personalised health, with Leo Grady from Jona

#329 Combining LLMs and the microbiome for truly personalised health, with Leo Grady from Jona

Leo Grady who is internationally recognized for his work to deliver AI in healthcare for 20 years at pioneering bay area startups (HeartFlow), multinational medical companies (Siemens) and, most rece…

01:14:34  |   Wed 15 Nov 2023
#328 Does 8M followers make you a healthtech entrepreneur? Is an influencer a new, tech-enabled public health doctor? With Dr Karan Rajan

#328 Does 8M followers make you a healthtech entrepreneur? Is an influencer a new, tech-enabled public health doctor? With Dr Karan Rajan

Dr Karan Rajan is an NHS surgeon and clinical lecturer at The University of Sunderland Medical School. However, he is also a social media educator, with over 5.2 million followers on TikTok, dispelli…

01:09:34  |   Wed 08 Nov 2023
#327 Diagnostics, Data and a Department of Health Contract, with Hamish Grierson

#327 Diagnostics, Data and a Department of Health Contract, with Hamish Grierson

Hamish Grierson is CEO of the personal diagnostics and health platform, Thriva, which he set up in 2016 with co-founders, Eliot Brooks and Tom Livesey. Thriva's core mission is to put better health i…

00:55:38  |   Wed 01 Nov 2023
#326 Profit vs. Passion: The Delicate Balance in Healthcare Investments with Mark E Watson III from Aquila Capital Partners

#326 Profit vs. Passion: The Delicate Balance in Healthcare Investments with Mark E Watson III from Aquila Capital Partners

Mark E Watson III is an entrepreneur, BioTech investor, advisor and philanthropist. His portfolio companies range from the fastest-growing physician-dispensed skincare brand (Alasting Skincare) to a …

01:05:01  |   Wed 25 Oct 2023
#325 Advising world leaders to world-leading AI, with Yonatan Adiri from Healthy.io

#325 Advising world leaders to world-leading AI, with Yonatan Adiri from Healthy.io

Yonatan Adiri is the founder and CEO of Healthy.io, the global leader in providing platforms and services that offer at-home clinical-grade digital health solutions, including transforming the smartp…

00:59:45  |   Wed 18 Oct 2023
#324 Connection, people and innovating insurance, with Lukasz Rzeczkowski from Trustedoctor

#324 Connection, people and innovating insurance, with Lukasz Rzeczkowski from Trustedoctor

Lukasz is a founder of Trustedoctor (founded in 2016), a digital health platform infrastructure for medical providers, insurers and employers focused on virtual care in specialised medicine. Trustedo…

01:26:34  |   Wed 11 Oct 2023
#323 Is it unethical NOT to be using AI in healthcare? With Dr Dom Pimenta from TORTUS

#323 Is it unethical NOT to be using AI in healthcare? With Dr Dom Pimenta from TORTUS

This week, James is joined by Dr Dom Pimenta, CEO of TORTUS, an AI healthtech company co founded with Christopher Tan at Entrepreneur First in London in Nov 2022: https://tortus.ai


Dom was formerly th…

01:06:14  |   Wed 04 Oct 2023
#322 From patient to founder: redefining cancer care with Vann CEO Ani Haykuni

#322 From patient to founder: redefining cancer care with Vann CEO Ani Haykuni

This week, James is joined by Ani Haykuni, an engineer by background, a two-time cancer thriver and founder and CEO of Vann. Ani has an MBA from Oxford University and MPS from State University of New…

00:59:09  |   Wed 27 Sep 2023
#321 The role of technology in adolescent wellbeing with Jo Goodall, co-founder CEO of Luna

#321 The role of technology in adolescent wellbeing with Jo Goodall, co-founder CEO of Luna

This week James is joined by Jo Goodall, co-founder of Luna, a digital health app dedicated to empowering teenagers and improving physical and mental wellbeing. Jo sheds light on Luna's role in provi…

01:01:39  |   Wed 20 Sep 2023
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