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Episode 188 - Interview with Medtech MVP 2024 Award Recipient Raymond W. Cohen

Medtech Talk - June 25, 2024 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
In this special episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo interviews Raymond W. Cohen, CEO of Axonics and winner of the Medtech MVP 2024 Award. The MVP Award recognizes an individual for extraordinary contributions to a medtech company that has successfully advanced an important new product and ...

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Episode: 187 - Lessons From an Early-Stage Medtech Investor

Medtech Talk - May 28, 2024 17:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Darshana Zaveri, founder & managing partner of Catalyst Health Ventures, about her entry and journey to medtech and venture capital. Zaveri discusses how she approached her first deal, why treating others with kindness and dignity is ...

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Episode: 186 - Conor Hanley Discusses Leadership, Assimilating Perspectives, and Raising Capital

Medtech Talk - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo and Conor Hanley, PhD, CEO of FIRE1, discuss various topics ranging from leadership to entrepreneurship to raising funds. Hanely also talks about lessons learned about raising capital at BiancaMed, how he keeps investors on the same page, how he ...

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Episode: 185 - Rodney Perkins Discusses Navigating Entrepreneurship and ‘Maintaining the Machine’

Medtech Talk - March 27, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
In this month’s episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Rodney Perkins, M.D., serial medtech inventor and founder of several companies, including Collagen Corporation and Laserscope. Perkins delves into his extensive history as one of the industry’s most prolific and successful ent...

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Episode: 184 - Amr Salahieh on the Keys to Successful Entrepreneurship

Medtech Talk - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Starting a company is an intimidating feat. Starting multiple companies is even scarier. In this month’s episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Amr Salahieh, founder and CEO of Shifamed, about his extensive experiences of entrepreneurship in the medtech ecosystem. As the founder o...

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Episode:183 - Dr. Nolan Williams on New Approaches to Treating Major Depressive Disorder

Medtech Talk - December 19, 2023 15:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Though the stigma around mental illnesses has lessened, there is an ongoing mental health crisis affecting the country—and the rest of the world. In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Nolan Williams, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanfo...

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Episode: 182 - Justin Klein on Building the Medtech Ecosystem

Medtech Talk - November 21, 2023 13:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
How does one decide to invest in the right company? In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Justin Klein, MD, JD, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Vensana Capital, about how he uses his legal background to determine the best investment strategy, how he found his way into ...

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Episode: 181 - Keegan Harper On Overcoming Hardships And Finding Your Talent

Medtech Talk - October 31, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
How does one navigate the difficult road of entrepreneurship? How do you find the right industry for you? In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with serial founder and med device CEO Keegan Harper, about overcoming the challenges of being your own boss and finding what you’re ...

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Episode: 180 - From Conception to Commercialization, Jane Chao and Ceribell Are Changing Lives With This Neuromonitoring Breakthrough

Medtech Talk - September 19, 2023 14:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Ceribell’s rapid seizure triage product for critical care received FDA’s Breakthrough Designation with an exclusive New Technology Add-on Payment (NTAP) from CMS. Everything about the ClarityPro product—from the innovative EEG headband to the EEG recorder and physician portal has been engineered...

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Episode: 179 - Overcoming Valuation Overhang – Implications on Raising Capital and Exits

Medtech Talk - July 18, 2023 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
How has the bullishness of 2016-2022 impacted public markets and private companies? In this special episode of Medtech Talk, we share Geoff Pardo’s Medtech MVP 2023 panel, featuring Tak G Cheung, Partner at New Enterprise Associates; J.P. Peltier, Managing Director of Global Head, Healthcare Inv...

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Episode: 178 - Doug Godshall’s Business Growth Through Sales Strategies and Leadership

Medtech Talk - June 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Doug Godshall, President and CEO of Shockwave Medical, started off selling T-shirts as an engineering student. Today, he leads the most successful high-growth medtech company in the last twenty years. In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Godshall, who discusses his start...

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Episode: 177 - Launching a New Category of Orthopedics: Moximed’s Journey and Trial Results

Medtech Talk - May 24, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
In his early education Anton Clifford was advised against focusing on both science and economics. But he’s put that education to good use in his entrepreneurial career. With a foundation in engineering, Clifford quickly turned to medical devices. First in his native Ireland and later in the US w...

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Episode: 176 - Stacey Pugh Combines Bedside Background with Market Experience to Affect Change for Type 2 Diabetes

Medtech Talk - April 26, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
With a background as a trauma nurse and experience running clinical research programs, Stacey Pugh brought quite a bit of patient-focused experience with her when she shifted to industry. After several roles in the neurovascular space, now she’s leading the charge at Endogenix, which is using pu...

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Episode: 175 - Marine Raider Turned CEO Leverages Advanced Technology to Design Novel Urological Diagnostic Devices

Medtech Talk - March 21, 2023 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Derek Herrera, founder and CEO of Bright Uro, grew up in a military family with a curious mind and a skill for building things. After graduating, he entered the Naval Academy, studied systems engineering and robotics, and became a Special Operations Marine Raider. When an injury left him paralyz...

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Episode: 174 - Lisa Anderson on Paragonix Technologies’ Revolutionary Organ Transplant Preservation and Transport Device

Medtech Talk - February 21, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Growing up in Austria as the daughter of two physicians, Lisa Anderson, co-founder and CEO of Paragonix Technologies, spent many evenings around the dinner table discussing patient care with her parents. After pursuing advanced studies in biomedical sciences and medical genetics, Anderson ventur...

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Episode: 173 - A Continued Conversation: Fred Khosravi on Transforming a Medical Invention to an Exceptional Innovation

Medtech Talk - January 17, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Fred Khosravi, chairman and CEO of Imperative Care, returns to the podcast for another engaging conversation with host Geoff Pardo about his personal and professional experiences in the medtech space. He speaks about the elements of preparedness that help entrepreneurs seize new opportunities, t...

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Episode 172: Fred Khosravi on Using ‘Forces of Good’ to Transform the Medtech Space 

Medtech Talk - November 22, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
This month host Geoff Pardo speaks with one of the most prolific entrepreneurs in the medtech industry, Fred Khosravi, chairman and CEO of Imperative Care, about the path that led him to start over 24 healthtech startups. Khosravi recounts leaving Iran at 17 and studying mechanical engineering a...

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Episode 171: Viz.ai CEO Chris Mansi on Artificial Intelligence and Increasing Patient Access to Life-Saving Treatments

Medtech Talk - October 18, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
As a trained neurosurgeon, Dr. Chris Mansi is familiar with the challenges patients face in accessing lifesaving treatments. After earning an MBA from Stanford and enrolling in their Biodesign Medical Innovation track, he learned to develop multifaceted and technology-based solutions to improve ...

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What's the difference between Laparoscopic vs. Open Incisional Hernia Repair

Health Charcha - October 03, 2022 12:42 - 20 minutes
In this episode, we have with us Dr Parthasarthi, COO, Lead Consultant, department of Hernia Surgery and Upper GI and Robotics Surgery at Gem Hospital, Tamil Nadu to help us understand the difference between Laparoscopic vs. Open Incisional Hernia Repair.

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Episode: 170 - Stanford Professor Dr. Joshua Makower Talks Multidisciplinary Innovation in the Medical Device and Consumer Product Markets

Medtech Talk - September 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Dr. Josh Makower is one of the few multidisciplinary leaders making a tremendous and broad-reaching impact on the medical device and consumer product industries. As an inventor, professor, CEO, and venture capitalist with experiences in medicine, bioengineering, business, and big pharma, Makower...

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Episode: 170 - Stanford Professor Dr. Joshua Makower Talks Multidisciplinary Innovation in the Medical Device and Consumer Product Markets

Medtech Talk - September 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Dr. Josh Makower is one of the few multidisciplinary leaders making a tremendous and broad-reaching impact on the medical device and consumer product industries. As an inventor, professor, CEO, and venture capitalist with experiences in medicine, bioengineering, business, and big pharma, Makower...

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Tackling Infertility in Women suffering from Morbid Obesity

Health Charcha - August 26, 2022 13:42 - 23 minutes
Obesity is increasingly being recognized as a worldwide epidemic. According to National Family Health Survey-5, one out of every four Indians is now obese. Obesity has risen from 21% to 24% among women and 19% to 23% among men on a national level. To answer the most commonly asked questions abou...

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Episode: 169 - Andy Doraiswamy, CEO of Koya Medical, Talks Mountaineering, Meditation, and Management

Medtech Talk - August 23, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Before he began his Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering, Andy Doraiswamy bought a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia to explore and “find himself.” He was successful: discovering a love for mountain climbing’s physical and mental challenges and developing a practice of meditation that has prov...

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Episode: 169 - Andy Doraiswamy, CEO of Koya Medical, Talks Mountaineering, Meditation, and Management

Medtech Talk - August 23, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 56 ratings
Before he began his Ph.D. program in biomedical engineering, Andy Doraiswamy bought a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia to explore and “find himself.” He was successful: discovering a love for mountain climbing’s physical and mental challenges and developing a practice of meditation that has prov...

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Young Hearts Run Free | Dealing with Congenital Heart Disease

Health Charcha - July 05, 2022 00:30 - 21 minutes
In this episode, host Deepti Ahuja spoke with Dr. R. Krishna Kumar, Head of Department | Professor, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi about Congenital Heart Disease and how prevalent it is. Tune in to know more!

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Heart Health in the times of Corona | How safe is TAVI

Health Charcha - July 03, 2022 01:30 - 22 minutes
In this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja spoke with Dr Harinder K Bali, MBBS, MD(Medicine) and DM (Cardiology) about the special kinds of safety measures after the minimally invasive procedure that the patients and their families need to keep in mind during the pandemic. Tune in to kn...

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I am Ironman | What is TAVI?

Health Charcha - July 01, 2022 07:32 - 22 minutes
In this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja spoke with Dr Kaushal Pandey, Sr. Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, P.D Hinduja Hospital and Research Centre, Mahim about what does a TAVI procedure involve and what happens after one undergoes the TAVI procedure? Tune in to know more!

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Listen to your heart, they say | Diagnosis & Treatment of AS

Health Charcha - June 29, 2022 07:44 - 31 minutes
In this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. Ashwin B. Mehta, HOD & Director Cardiology, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai about the kind of tests that are performed to diagnose Aortic Stenosis and what if our loved ones have had the prognosis of having AS. Tune in ...

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All about Aortic Stenosis

Health Charcha - June 29, 2022 07:40 - 19 minutes
A healthy heart beats around 100,000 times a day. Your heart’s job is to supply oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. It does that by pumping blood through four heart chambers with the help of four heart valves that open and close with every heartbeat. The aortic valve controls blood as it f...

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Brain Tumor Recovery | Will I ever be myself again?

Health Charcha - June 28, 2022 08:02 - 18 minutes
In this episode of Health Charcha, host Deepti Ahuja talks to Dr. CE Deopujari, Neurosurgeon in Bombay Hospital Marine Lines, Mumbai about how can a patient improve his quality of life with the available modern techniques and what are some of the therapeutic ways that can help the patient after s...

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