First in Human

The CEO Whose Company is Eliminating the Need for Skin Biopsies

What if diagnosing skin lesions didn’t require a scalpel — or even a biopsy at all? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Gabriel Sanchez, MIT-trained engine

Doctors Said "Just Live With It." Her Team Built a $1B Startup Instead

Menopause isn’t gentle. For many women, it’s a physiological shockwave — flipping sleep, mood, metabolism, cognition, sexual health, and long-term disease risk all at onc

Why This CEO Is Building an EKG for the Gut - Literally

You might be surprised to learn that a particle physicist — someone who knows how to work with massive particle accelerators slamming atoms together — is building a compa

3 Startups, 1 Rule: Building Companies from the ICU's Clues

What does it really take to decide what’s worth building in healthcare? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Dr. Ryan Van Wert, ICU physician and serial hea

Nothing in the OR Was Built For His Patient.

It’s one thing to talk about innovation. It’s another to realize, mid-surgery, that nothing in the room was designed for your patient.In this episode of First in Human, I

$150M Raised. A Blood Test Reshaping Sepsis Care.

Sepsis is one of medicine’s most dangerous guessing games. Patients arrive with vague symptoms. Clinicians rely on instinct. And too often, the ones who look “okay” are t

Doctors Laughed at His Prototype. Now Millions Use It.

What does it take to reinvent one of the most iconic tools in medicine? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Connor Landgraf, co-founder and CEO of Eko Heal

She Replaced an $80,000 Machine With a High-Tech Sticker

How do you fight a disease that hides until it’s almost too late? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Maria Artunduaga, founder of Samay, whose work began with a moment

Premature Babies Were Being Protected With Literal Tape. This CEO Saw a Better Way.

An innovator’s first step into the clinical environment - in this case, an ICU built for the world’s tiniest babies - can change everything. In this episode of First in H

They Chose the Problem Every Medtech Company Ran From. It Paid Off.

Some problems in medicine see so many failed attempts that they start to feel untouchable. Teams learn to move on, investors grow wary, and the problem becomes its own wa

Why a Serial Medtech Founder Is Betting on Bathrooms

What happens when a serial medtech founder takes on one of the most overlooked problems in public health: the simple act of finding a clean, safe place to go to the bathr

How One Med Student’s Frustration Launched a Global Company

What if medical education felt less like memorization, and more like discovery?In this episode of First in Human, we sit down with Shiv Gaglani, the founder of Osmosis, t

The Hidden Condition That Inspired a Startup

What happens when two innovators take on a condition no one talks about - but that quietly shapes how people connect? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with V

Office Hours: How to Share Your Big Idea - Without Losing It

Ever wondered how to talk about your invention without your idea being stolen? In this episode of First in Human, we sit down with Jessica Hudak - mechanical engineer tur

Turning Noise Into Opportunity: The Treble Health Story

What happens when you combine clinical credibility, a patient problem that’s flown under the radar, and a founder mindset? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down w

An App Store for Surgery? This Founder is Making AI Surgery Robots

What happens when you bring Silicon Valley thinking into the operating room? In this episode of First in Human, host Dr. David Hindin sits down with Nick Damiano, co-foun

From Cath Lab to Creativity: How a Cardiologist Became an Innovator

What does it take for a physician to cross the bridge from medicine into health tech innovation? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Dr. Farzad Azimpour -

How One Text Message Turned This Doctor into Medtronic's CMO

What happens when a text from a stranger changes your career?In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Dr. Austin Chiang, Chief Medical Officer at Medtronic and

Using AI in the ER to Catch Heart Attacks Faster

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Maya Yiadom and Dr. Gabrielle Bunney to unpack how real AI gets built, tested, and safely deployed in health care. We go inside the e

Welcome to First in Human: Stories Transforming the Future of Medicine

#001 Ever wonder how people actually break into health tech? Not the buzzwords or corporate decks - but the real stories. The moments of spark, uncertainty, and bold acti