Join the UCSF Rosenman Institute as we sit down with the most inspiring innovators in the healthtech industry. Our guests are creating technologies that save and improve patients’ lives. Listen in as they share their journeys, career insights, and invaluable lessons learned. Be inspired by the best and brightest in healthtech as they discuss their contributions to the future of healthcare.
Episodes
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Our guest today, Lorin Gu, is literally putting his money where his mouth is. As the founder of Recharge Capital, he invests thematically and focuses on important issues like women’s health.
Lorin is an investment expert and has previously worked with Cyrus Capital and the Blackstone Group. He’s also the founder of the Recharge Foundation and the Founding Chair of the Global Future Council at the Peterson Institute of International Economics.
In this episode, we talk about how he uses investment to change the world for the better — and how you might be able to do the same thing.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
At the UCSF Rosenman Institute, we aim to uplift entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities because we know firsthand how important diversity is. Our guest today is Nada Hanafi. She’s also part of the fight to make our community more equal.
Nada is an incredible industry leader with a fantastic career. Today, she serves as the Board Director at Medtech Colors, as well as the CSO of Experien. Nada’s resume also includes 12 years at the FDA and a strong history in women’s health.
Today, I pick her brain about the regulatory questions you might have. She also tells some of her career stories, and talks about how we all can promote diversity in the industry we love.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Healthtech isn’t just about science, it’s also about communications. As a company, you have a story to tell. And our podcast guest today, Maureen Shaffer, might just teach you how to tell your story well enough, so people really sit up and listen.
Maureen is the founder and CEO of Mingletoe LLC, and a sales expert in the field of healthtech. As CEO, she engineers winning marketing strategies for healthtech companies. She’s also served in marketing leadership positions at Converge Medical, AtriCure, and Flowonix Medical.
In this episode, she shares some of her experiences to help entrepreneurs like you make your story great.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Memora is a name you should remember, because it’s headed towards being the care support platform of the future. Our guest today, Manav Sevak, founded Memora in 2017 originally to help people remember to take their medication, but today it has grown to so much more.
Today, Memora’s platform aims to make all complex care delivery systems simple, not just the ones centered on medication.
In addition to his work as a founder and CEO, Manav has researched at MIT, Harvard, and the US Center for Disease Control. And in 2022, he was recognized in the Forces 30 under 30 list.
In this episode, we discuss his meteoric rise, his company’s ethos, and the lessons he’d like to pass on to other entrepreneurs.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Why are drug prescriptions so expensive? The answer is complicated and involves payers, providers, and patients. And even industry professionals sometimes have a hard time explaining it.
Our guest today, Kyle Kiser, is working towards making these expensive prescriptions a thing of the past. Kyle is the CEO and founder of Arrive Health (formerly RxRevu), a “real-time prescription benefits service.” By allowing patients to have a say in their prescriptions, Arrive Health is aiming to make good health more accessible to everyone.
In this episode, he tells us how he got to where he is and how other entrepreneurs can do the same.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Investors are important people to listen to in this industry. They’re the ones whose opinions mean you get funded, or not. That’s why Julie Wroblewski is our podcast guest in this week's episode.
Julie is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Magnify Ventures. She has more than a decade of investing experience under her belt, including leading the venture capital investment portfolio at Pivotal Ventures. Julie’s work combines investment with a drive for social change and improvement.
Especially for our listeners in early-stage start-ups, she has a lot of really good lessons for you in this episode. But all of what she has to say is important for everyone else, too.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
If you’re not a leader, you can learn. At least, you can if you listen to a couple of key lessons from our podcast episode with Rajit Kamal.
Rajit is the Worldwide President for Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction at Johnson & Johnson. In his career with Johnson & Johnson since 2008, he’s held a number of prestigious leadership roles. Some of those include Vice President Asia Pacific, Vice President and Global Franchise Leader of Knee Replacement, and Senior Director for Strategy and Commercial Initiatives.
Today, we go through Rajit’s long and fascinating leadership journey. It’s taken him through many companies and roles, and has a lot of lessons for entrepreneurs at every stage.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
What does a depressed person sound like? I don’t know, and neither does any living person. But Kintsugi’s AI technology does.
Our guest today, Prentice Tom is the CMO of Kintsugi Health, a company developing this revolutionary way of diagnosing mental health disorders. Before his work with Kintsugi, Prentice led groundbreaking mental health programs at Vituity, and served as the president of Galen Inpatient Physicians.
He’s an extremely qualified doctor with a degree from Harvard, a residency at Johns Hopkins, and experience at MIT.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Our guest today is a real political maverick as well as an incredible business leader. Anne Tumlinson started her career in government working as a healthcare advisor to the one and only Congressman John Lewis. Today, she is the Founder and CEO of ATI Advisory, and the founder of Daughterhood. Both organizations aim to address aging and disability issues in our country.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of issues.
In this episode, Anne walks us through the scope of the problem, but she also talks about a lot of solutions. And some of these solutions, she’s already built.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
One of the subjects we keep coming back to here on the Health Technology Podcast is healthcare inequities. COVID-19 revealed a lot of very stark racial inequities in our systems. And a lot of our podcast guests are out there doing the incredibly difficult work of addressing these disparities. Our podcast guest Marcus Whitney is one of them.
Marcus created Jumpstart Nova in 2020 to fund historically underfunded Black startups. He was also a founding partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, CEO of Health Further conference, and co-founder of Trilliant Health. All that, and the best-selling author of “Create and Orchestrate”.
In this episode, we discuss how to navigate the industry, and what lessons you can take from his amazing career.
Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek