The MedTech Podcast

#107 Catching Disease Five Years Early with Caroline Vissers: Walking Away From Faculty, Why Investors Avoid Diagnostics and Rethinking When We Diagnose

Caroline Vissers, co-founder of Immunectra and a former UCSF faculty member, who walked away from a lab of her own to build a company. Working alongside scientific co-fou

#106 What Notified Bodies Actually Look For with Sandy Wright: Why SaMD Submissions Fail, the EU AI Act and Getting to Market Faster

Sandy Wright, Head of Devices at Scarlet, the first notified body built specifically around software as a medical device. A former doctor who moved from clinical practice

#105 Inside the Transplant Industry with Tom Daulton: The Device Keeping Donated Organs Alive, Why the US Dominates Transplants and Building in a Niche Market

Tom Daulton, CEO of Organ Recovery Systems, who has spent over 40 years in interventional medicine and building healthcare companies. Twelve months ago he knew very littl

#104 From Investor to Inventor with Joanna Nathan: Rethinking Early Stage Lung Cancer Surgery, Raising Capital and the Changing Face of the Disease

Joanna Nathan, CEO and co-founder of Prana Surgical, adjunct professor at Rice University and a former MedTech investor who spent years at the J&J MedTech Center for Devi

#103 Why Faster Is Not Always Better with Basant Bajpai: EU MDR vs FDA, the GCC Regulatory Landscape and Where Innovators Get Stuck

Dr. ⁠Basant Bajpai⁠ CEO of ⁠Compliance MedQRA⁠, a UAE-based consulting company specializing in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, AI governance and compliance for med

#102 The End of the Amyloid Era with Isaac Stoner: Treating Alzheimer's as a Disease of the Immune System

Isaac Stoner, CEO of MindImmune Therapeutics, a drug discovery company pioneering a new class of medicines for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.

#101 When Great Technology Is Not Enough with Shai Policker: Why most MedTech Startups Still Fail, Venture Studios vs VC and the Israeli Edge

Shai Policker, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Edge Medical Ventures, a medtech venture studio and fund focused on developing and investing in medical devices that add

#100 Early Stage vs Commercial MedTech with Cristiano Fontana: The 97% of MedTech Nobody Talks About, Getting Innovation to Market and What MedTech Conferences Are Getting Wrong

Cristiano Fontana, founder and CEO of Three Bridges, a Milan-based advisory firm helping early-stage MedTech companies navigate the full journey from innovation to market

#99 Stop Calling It AI: Machine Learning, LLMs and the Truth About Healthcare Automation with Manish Patel

Dr. Manish Patel, co-founder and CEO of Jiva.ai and Chair of the AI Subcommittee at the BIA, where he advises the UK Government on AI policy, data privacy and healthcare

#98 The Hidden Cost of Bad MedTech Strategy: Women’s Health, Reimbursement and What Founders Miss with Jordan Pollack

Jordan Pollack, biomedical engineer, entrepreneur and CEO of Sub-Q Bionics. Jordan began his career at Boston Scientific, later founded VeinWay in Israel and is now focus

#97 Beyond Ablation For Pain Management: Diagnostic-First FDA Strategy, Dual-Use Electrodes and the The Next Wave of Neurotechnology with Dave Rosa

Dave Rosa, CEO and President of NeuroOne, medtech entrepreneur, board member and former executive at St. Jude Medical, Boston Scientific and C.R. Bard. With three decades

#96 Decentralising Healthcare: Hospital Buying, AI as Augmented Intelligence and Clinical Adoption with Dr. Amel Havkic

Dr. Amel Havkic, founder of EvoMed Consulting and a lung and critical care specialist, hospital clinical lead. Amel works at the intersection of bedside medicine and MedT

#95 The Future of Acne Treatment: At Home Injections, Teledermatology and Building ClearPen with Rick Bente

Rick Bente, co-founder and CEO of Indomo, the company behind ClearPen, an investigational at home corticosteroid injection for inflammatory acne. Rick brings over two dec

#94 Reinventing Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM): Molecular Wearables, Micro Sensors and Building SAVA with Renato Circi

Renato (Ren) Circi, co-founder of SAVA, a London based MedTech company building a new generation of minimally invasive continuous glucose monitors and molecular wearables

#93 How QMSR Is Reshaping U.S. MedTech: ISO 13485, FDA Inspections and AI in Auditing with Dr. Yuan Li

Dr. Yuan Li, Director of Medical Business at DQS and a former medical device auditor with deep expertise across orthopaedic manufacturing and regulatory systems. In this

#92 From NASA to SaMD: Building Galen Data with Chris DuPont: Risk, Resilience & Regulatory Realities

Chris DuPont, a seasoned MedTech engineer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Galen Data, which was acquired by Matrix One in late 2024. With a background in aerospace softw

#91 Ending Trial and Error Cancer Care with Jim Foote: Functional Precision Medicine, AI and Personalised Oncology

Jim Foote, CEO and Founder of First Ascent Biomedical a pioneer in functional precision medicine (FPM) that aims to eliminate guesswork from cancer treatment. After los

#90 The Metabolic Signal You’re Probably Ignoring with Jari Närhi: NAD Testing, Longevity & Cellular Health

Jari Närhi, Co-Founder and CEO of NADMED, a University of Helsinki spin-out revolutionising how we understand and monitor NAD levels. With a background in mechanical engi

#89 Reframing Fertility with Kirsten Karchmer: AI, Cycle Health, and FemTech’s Untapped Potential

Kirsten Karchmer, founder of Conceivable, is one of North America's first reproductive acupuncturists. With a career spanning clinical practice, software development and

#88 Hydrogel Tech and Lab Automation with Sinan Golhan: Hydrogel Robotics, Startup Fundraising and Battlefield Medicine

Sinan Gölhan, Founder and CEO of GelTech is helping scientists develop life-saving hydrogel treatments faster through automation. From cancer-fighting gels to battlefield