The Healthtech Podcast

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#428 How to fix Global Health without a quantum computer: Madeleine Ballard from CHIC

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 • Duration 01:16:09

This week, James is joined on the podcast by Dr Madeleine Ballard, CEO of the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC). CHIC is a global movement making professional community health workers the norm worldwide by changing guidelines, funding, and policy.

Connect with Madeleine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeleineballard/

Learn more about CHIC: https://joinchic.org/

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#427 Taking wearable biosensors to the next level: Rafaël Michali from Sava

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 01:06:11

James is joined by Rafaël Michali, co-founder and co-CEO of SAVA. SAVA is redefining the way people interact with their health by developing the most advanced biosensing technology science has to offer, capable of accessing bodily information in a painless, real-time and affordable way.

Connect with Rafaël: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafa%C3%ABl-michali-656136101/

Learn more: https://www.sava.health/

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#418 Sonia Szamocki, CEO at 32Co: What if every GP had a specialist on speed dial?

Thursday, October 9, 2025 • Duration 01:06:27

In this episode, James is joined by Dr. Sonia Szamocki - former A&E doctor, BCG consultant, and now founder & CEO of 32Co - to explore how healthcare can finally unlock the full potential of its clinical workforce. Sonia shares her journey from frontline medicine to building a platform that helps generalists deliver specialist-level care, starting with dentistry and now expanding into sleep medicine.

Together, they dig into:

Why modern treatments fail without the right flow of information
How 32Co builds trust between generalists and specialists
The hidden emotional and structural barriers to clinician adoption
Why AI isn’t the whole answer - and where the human connection still matters

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00:00 Sonia's Journey: From Medicine to Entrepreneurship
02:59 The Role of Technology in Healthcare
05:56 Building a MedTech Solution for Patient Care
08:56 Challenges in Healthcare Adoption
12:03 Creating Access to Specialist Care
14:56 The Importance of Human Connection in Healthcare
18:08 Expanding into Sleep Health
20:50 The Complexity of Healthcare Structures
23:58 Trust and Information Flow in Healthcare
32:47 Building Trust in Healthcare
35:51 Innovations in Sleep Apnea Treatment
41:10 Bridging Gaps in Healthcare
46:01 The Role of AI in Healthcare
01:00:40 Entrepreneurship Journey and Insights

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

Monday, January 29, 2024 • Duration 25:40

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 adoption frontier forwards, and the importance of addressing fundamental needs before developing complex technology, with the simplest solutions sometimes being the most effective of all.

Xploro is a digital therapeutics platform that uses augmented reality, artificial intelligence and games to reduce anxiety for young patients going to hospital.

https://xploro.health/

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

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 • Duration 01:15:18

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 care pathways, data analysis and AI. Merging his extensive background in healthcare within the NHS together with his passion for software engineering led to the development of Pathpoint - an interoperable digital system for workflow management.

https://www.openmedical.co.uk/

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

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 • Duration 01:07:05

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 venture capital by helping them building fundraising operating systems. Founders have gone on to raise over $150,000,000 doing this.

http://www.gianseehra.me

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

Friday, December 8, 2023 • Duration 18:23

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 "cowboy" companies mistaking correlation for causation. Thomas Gurry is a computational biologist and co-founder of myota, a prebiotic supplement tailored to improve gut health

https://myotahealth.com/

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

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 • Duration 25:31

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 to conform to masculine traits, as well as highlighting the unique benefits women bring to the table. Sasha is the co-founder of Ally Health, a platform to connect patients and practitioners effectively to relieve pressure from the health ecosystem whilst delivering better patient outcomes.

https://allyhealth.co.uk/

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#330 What has AI taught us about being human?

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 • Duration 01:01:17

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 to enhance the physiotherapy experience, allowing users to transform their phone into a personal physiotherapy assistant, with AI-powered insights to track progress and optimise movements, and real-time feedback. Harvinder is also the founder of the CodeMD initiative, which improves access to coding skills in healthcare and brings technology experts and healthcare professionals together.

https://motics.co.uk/

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

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 • Duration 01:14:33

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 recently, as CEO of Paige.ai. As CEO of Paige, Leo led the company to become an industry leader, internationally launching groundbreaking products and receiving the first-ever FDA approval for an AI product in pathology. Leo is currently CEO in Residence with Breyer Capital and the Founder and CEO of Jona.
https://www.jona.health

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