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Episode #260: This week on Balance Your Life podcast I am joined by Dr. Jeff Gross. Dr. Gross graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He contributed to virology research during his studies. After graduating, he undertook a residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center. He then pursued a Fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics at the University of New Mexico. A trained neurological surgeon, he specializes in athletic injuries and spine procedures, and offers longevity and biohacking consultations. Since 2020, Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leadingNeurological Surgeon. He also received HealthTap's 2022Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in theU.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, focusing on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The mission for ReCELLebrate emphasizes offering modern biochemical treatments and considering surgery as a last resort. On this episode we talk about stem cells; how they canbenefit us, any side effects or implications when using them, and how we can use them to optimize our health. We also discuss the use of peptides, “cheat codes” and biohacks for optimizing health and wellness, and so much more! Spread the love by sharing this podcast with your friends and family! Don't forget to subscribe to the channel so you never miss an episode, and I would love if you took a moment to rate and review the show!Support the show by making a donation to Balance by Meghan and Balance Your Life Podcast. Show Supporthere. -------------------------------------Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | WebsiteTo Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.comConnect with Dr. Gross: Website | Instagram ------------------------------------------Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.----------------------------------------- Access the Yoga Mama Journey: Journey to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy and Baby Program and Guide here.--------------------------------------------Shop My Favourites: Where I share and link my favourite products, brands, skincare, beauty and wellness products (with discount codes!)------------------------------------------Energybits is giving all Balance Your Life podcast listeners 20% off when you use code MEGHAN at checkout on any of their products online. Use the link in the show notes to get your bag of algae tablets today. Click here.
In this episode we speak with Dr. Jeffrey Gross about how stem cells are being used for reversing aging and to optimizing overall wellness. Dr. Gross graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1992 from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He contributed to virology research during his studies. After graduating, he undertook a residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center until 1997. He then pursued a Fellowship and Chief Residency in Spinal Biomechanics at the University of New Mexico until 1999. Licensed in California and Nevada, Dr. Gross has SPINE practices in Orange County and Henderson, Nevada. A trained neurological surgeon, he specializes in athletic injuries and spine procedures and offers longevity and biohacking consultations. He achieved board certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of several prestigious medical societies. He has written textbooks and articles in his area of expertise and is a peer-reviewer for the state of California and a scientific journal. Since 2020, Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leading Neurological Surgeon. He also received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, focusing on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. Learning Points: • What are stem cells and exosomes? • How are stem cells being used in regenerate and longevity medicine? • How can lifestyle choices amplify the longevity effects of regenerative treatments? Social Media: https://recellebrate.com/ https://www.instagram.com/recellebrate/ https://www.tiktok.com/@recellebrate https://www.youtube.com/@stemcellwhisperer https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-gross-md-5605605/
On today's episode of The Wholesome Fertility Podcast, I speak to Dr. Jeff Gross, a top Neurosurgeon who has a background specializing in athletic injuries and spine procedures. Dr. Jeff shares his journey from spinal neurosurgery to the forefront of regenerative medicine, focusing on the transformative potential of stem cells and exosomes. He explains the science behind stem cells, their applications in treating joint degeneration, and their role in anti-aging and fertility. Dr. Jeff also discusses the regulatory landscape, the cost of treatments, and the exciting future of stem cell research, including innovative approaches to enhance mitochondrial function which has a lot of promise when it comes to egg and sperm health. Takeaways Stem cells can be used to treat various conditions, including inflammation. Accumulation of inflammation is a key factor in aging and conception challenges. Exosomes may play a significant role in the benefits of stem cell therapy. Regenerative medicine is evolving rapidly, with new research emerging. The cost of stem cell treatments can vary but is becoming more accessible. Stem cells are sourced from well-regulated donor programs in the US. Direct injection of stem cells may yield higher doses than IV administration. Future research may explore the use of exosomes in fertility treatments. Dr. Jeff emphasizes the importance of personalized treatment plans. Guest Bio: Dr. Jeffrey Gross graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1992 from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He contributed to virology research during his studies. After graduating, he undertook a residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center until 1997. He then pursued a Fellowship and Chief Residency in Spinal Biomechanics at the University of New Mexico until 1999. Licensed in California and Nevada, Dr. Gross has SPINE practices in Orange County and Henderson, Nevada. A trained neurological surgeon, he specializes in athletic injuries and spine procedures, and offers longevity and biohacking consultations. He achieved board certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of several prestigious medical societies. He has written textbooks and articles in his area of expertise and is a peer-reviewer for the state of California and a scientific journal. Since 2020, Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leading Neurological Surgeon. He also received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, focusing on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The mission for ReCELLebrate emphasizes offering modern biochemical treatments and considering surgery as a last resort. Websites: https://recellebrate.com/ https://www.instagram.com/recellebrate/ https://www.tiktok.com/@recellebrate https://www.youtube.com/@stemcellwhisperer https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-gross-md-5605605/ For more information about Michelle, visit: www.michelleoravitz.com The Wholesome FertilityFacebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/ Check out Michelle's Latest Book: The Way of Fertility! https://www.michelleoravitz.com/thewayoffertility Instagram: @thewholesomelotusfertility Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewholesomelotus/ Transcript: Michelle (00:00) Welcome to the podcast, Dr. Jeff. Dr. Jeff (00:03) Thank you so much for having me. Nice to see you. Michelle (00:06) Nice to see you as well. So you definitely have a very long, impressive background. So I'd love for you to share your story on how you got to really to the anti-aging stem cells work that you do, So I'd love to just get a quick background so the listeners can hear. Dr. Jeff (00:26) Sure, thank you for that. It was by accident of sorts, maybe directed accident because I was practicing as a spinal neurosurgeon, taking care mainly of neck and back trouble, some other neurological issues, nerve problems, things like that. But my practice was highly consultative, a lot of opinions, second opinions. I was seeing patients who had neck and back problems that were perhaps... mistreated or not fully treated elsewhere. And I was kind of, I was kind of a catchall for that. But my patients came to me one at a time. And these are patients that had tried different things and they just didn't work adequately. Like physical therapy, like anti-inflammatories, like rest, like, you know, chiropractic, acupuncture, maybe spinal epidural injections or things like that. And they'd come in and say, well, you know, help for a minute, but just wasn't enough. I'm still having a lot of trouble with my neck or back or pinch nerve or whatever. And I say, well, the next thing on the menu is to talk about surgical options. And they'd say, well, I'm not that bad. So wait a minute. Okay, good. Cause I was hoping you would say you're not ready for that. Cause I really didn't want to offer that to you. Cause I've always been on the slow to operate side of things. So, a lot of them would say, well, how about lasers or how about. Michelle (01:37) Mm-hmm, yeah. Dr. Jeff (01:52) herbs or how about cannabis or how about stem cells? And I heard the stem cell one more than once and chance favors the prepared mind. So my undergraduate background is in molecular cell biology, which is kind of the stem cell, know, root of stem cell biology. And, you know, when you get whisked off from undergraduate to med school and residency and practice, you don't really get to apply that cool science. So the nerd part of me took over and said, I wonder what's happened in all these years since I went to undergraduate, you know? So instead of going to the Stodgy Neurosurgeon Convention every year, or more than one, where the same people pat themselves on the back for saying the same things for decades, I decided I'm going to open my mind and start going to stem cell and regenerative medicine meetings. Michelle (02:46) Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (02:46) So I can offer this to my spine patients. So I did that and I not only brought back a new tool to offer them, but it blossomed into so much more. You can't get access to regenerative medicine, stem cell medicine, and I'm using those phrases sort of interchangeably here, and not say, I'll help your knee or your ankle or your shoulder or your... autoimmune issues or other hyper inflamed states. Or, you you read more and you see accumulation of inflammation is really the aging process. And if you can fight against inflammation accumulating, you're fighting against aging. So the whole anti-aging umbrella opened up and here I am, you know, six years later where spinal medicine is only a small percentage of my practice and I love it. Michelle (03:33) Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's great. So, so for people listening, some people might be like, okay, I kind of heard about stem cells, but what exactly are they? So just for people listening for the first time, we're really not understanding that aspect of like what they are. Cause we hear about it a lot. And over the years, like you said, stem cell research has really drastically changed and has gone into so many different things. Sometimes we hear about like Dr. Jeff (03:45) So. Yeah. Michelle (04:12) you know, back in the day about them growing a liver, like, you know, the possibility of growing organs through stem cells. for people who are really new to this, I would love for you to break it down. Dr. Jeff (04:15) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. sure, let's do stem cell 101. That's great. and being a fertility podcast, this is relevant probably more than any other area of medicine because fertility and creating an embryo is, you know, creating a group of stem cells that divide and grow into a fetus who's made of all stem cells, right? And then, Michelle (04:28) Hahaha Right. Dr. Jeff (04:54) then that fetus is born and it's a baby and the baby grows for 18, 20, 25 years, whatever. And that growth requires stem cells. And then after that, an adult has to maintain, has to replace, has to restore, has to regenerate and that requires stem cells. So what are these? They are cells from which other cells arise, from which other cells stem from. Okay? So, and they are... Michelle (05:20) Mm. Dr. Jeff (05:24) They are powerful because there are different types, right? We throw out the phrase stem cells, but when you're a one cell or a two cell or a four cell embryo, you have these omnipotent cells. They can form any part of your body. They are amazingly powerful. As those divide and differentiate, meaning take on some specific characteristics, they become less powerful and more directed, and those are called pluripotent. And a pluripotent might be able to regrow a limb. And as you, as you, and many of your listeners probably know, there are certain species that can still do that. Like a starfish, you cut off a leg of a starfish, it can regrow it. Or a tail of a lizard or a limb of an axolotl, which is a strain iguana like creature from Mexico. So there are many examples in biology where these pluripotent stem cells can be called upon. And you mentioned maybe regrowing a liver someday. that will probably require some knowledge of pluripotent stem cells, which are being looked at. However, after these stem cells sort of retain, we bank them in our body as adults, those are called multipotent. So they can't regrow a limb, they can't regrow an organ per se, although they can replace some organ cells and regenerate. And you were always replacing cells, we're replacing skin cells and you know, hair follicles and all kinds of things that require stem cells. If you have an injury and you cut yourself, you, require stem cells to help come repair that. and you know, we make new blood cells all the time that requires stem cells in our bone marrow. So we are using our stem cells. This is not new. We just know more about it now. And the whole move in regenerative medicine is, is to take Michelle (07:03) Mm. Dr. Jeff (07:19) a lesson from that biology and use it strategically to help somebody do something they need. Michelle (07:27) So interesting. So give us a couple of examples on how it works in the body. Like for somebody who needs it, for example, whereas like a therapy. Dr. Jeff (07:34) Well, the- Right. So the low hanging fruit as an example, are joint degeneration. Also called arthritis or osteoarthritis vaguely, or some people it's called bone on bone if it's bad enough. Right. And these are your painful joints. It could be from an old injury, an old arthroscopic surgery. It could be from just, you know, accumulated wear and tear. And this is a problem with the joints where the cartilage is, you know, down and the joint is painful. You can't use it as well stiffness, et cetera. And it slows people down. And when you slow people down, particularly in their older years, they're less mobile and then they can't maintain their bones, their bone density, AKA, you know, the one way to fight osteoporosis is weight bearing exercise. So if you can't, if your joints hurt, you're not going to do it. And muscle mass, cause both bone density and muscle mass are correlated with longevity. So if you keep moving. You maintain your muscles and bones, you'll live longer statistically. So in any event, we want to preserve joints. And that's kind of why I got into this field. I'm a structural guy of the spine and it easily extrapolates to the other joints. And most of the research, the well-published research comes from knees and other joints. And just parenthetically, most of the good published research that we follow, because we're not just shooting from the hip here. We do shoot some hips, but it comes from Asia and Europe. The United States is behind, although we can do these things. And, you know, we can talk about that later, but the short of it is we have a really good track record of helping people with degenerated joints in reducing pain and improving function. And we do have some examples with where we've done some MRIs. Michelle (09:09) Ha ha ha! Dr. Jeff (09:37) before and after and the after MRIs have shown some regrowth of like knee cartilage, for example, and things like that. you know, we're not allowed to make any claims because we're not yet approved for marketing claims, but I can show examples and I have to say like you invest in stocks, know, past performance does not guarantee future results or something like that, but in medicine, never, yeah, yeah. Michelle (10:01) Right, and each person is different and unique. Yeah. Dr. Jeff (10:05) But anyway, it's better, listen, if you want to try to avoid a joint replacement surgery, it's worth looking into. So whether it's spine or joints, so that's the easy stuff. Low hanging fruit, I call it. The other stuff is anything with an inflammatory problem in your body can potentially have benefits from regenerative medicine on its face being a natural anti-inflammatory. So for example, autoimmune problems with hyperinflammation. You know, like rheumatoid arthritis, thyroiditis, inflammatory bowel syndromes, MS, things that have an inflammatory component. Also, most diseases of aging are diseases of inflammation. So coronary artery disease, Alzheimer's, things like this, all have an inflammatory component. And this allows me to overlap into your area is there are some causes of fertility. issues that have an inflammatory component, whether it's a uterine issue or ovarian failure. And sometimes fighting that inflammation, whether it's through lifestyle changes, diet, exercise, mindfulness, sleep, reducing mental stress, all those things can help reduce the inflammation and help potentially lead to successful pregnancy. The same can go for use of regenerative biologics like stem cells, and they're not the only thing we use. And there are wonderful publications. And before we got on this, I refreshed my knowledge by doing a little homework. And there are even newer publications on use of these things to improve fertility. Now, most of these are from China because they are way ahead of us. But that doesn't mean they can't be applied here outside of China. Michelle (12:01) Interesting. So interesting. So how do they get these stem cells? Dr. Jeff (12:07) So stem cells and other related biologic material in the US comes from a well-regulated donor program. Typically the donors are women who are planning to have a C-section. Some of the labs even recruit the donors in the first trimester, make sure they're having a healthy pregnancy, they're not using substances they shouldn't be using, they take their prenatal vitamins, they're not in any high-risk behaviors. And at the time of the C-section, they simply, and once the mother is congratulated with her new baby, they take the amniotic fluid, they take the umbilical cord, they take the placenta and they put them on ice in a sterile fashion and they go to an FDA compliant certified lab that can test and screen the materials, make sure there's nothing in there, no diseases, no problems, and then make it available to clinics and end users like myself. So there are myths that all kinds of crazy stuff are happening out there, but not here in the US. We use highly regulated donor processes. Michelle (13:19) When you have the stem cells from donors, can they be multiplied or is it just like a finite amount? Whatever is there is there. Dr. Jeff (13:28) They can be, there are labs that put them in culture, would let them grow and divide and that's one thing that can be done. Now, just like anything, a copy of a copy of a copy tends to lose its vitality. So, things like telomere length, which is an aging marker, that changes with each division of a cell. So I don't like to use a divided material. Michelle (13:50) Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (13:58) I use just fresh first pass stuff. Maybe your listeners are a little young for this, but there's a really funny movie called Multiplicity, where Michael Keaton clones himself, and each clone is a little bit wonkier than the original. if you want a good laugh, yeah, check out that movie. But in short, I prefer the actual native original self. Michelle (14:15) Comedy used to be so much better. Right. Got it. Is this similar to cord blood, you know, when they, when the baby's born and they say, do you, you know, you can opt to do that and then store Dr. Jeff (14:27) When we do self, Yeah, let's tap into that for just a second and unpack it if it's okay. know, historically you would be offered to donate or not donate, but store your umbilical cord. And the purpose of that was, God forbid your child gets leukemia in seven years, you have a matched set of cells that they culture, they do divide. Michelle (15:01) Mm-hmm. Right. Dr. Jeff (15:02) and replace the child's bone marrow, you don't have to worry about a donor or a match. Now you can do that and you can also use, in some labs we'll use those umbilical cord cells as a source for any other future purpose, whether it's a joint problem or what have you, they're now doing that. In fact, you can use that for family members as well. So the reasons for a bank in your umbilical cord, and they probably won't tell you in the pamphlet, because it's not yet approved for marketing claims. Michelle (15:19) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (15:31) is much more than just, you know, just in case there's a case of leukemia, you need a full bone marrow replacement. Michelle (15:39) So interesting. how, when you do have the stem cells, first of all, it must cost a fortune, it sounds like, it's limited. It's not something that you, because you're depending on donors. Dr. Jeff (15:52) No, well, there's a little bit more to it. And that, and I keep using the phrase stem cells and other biologics. Let's, let's talk about other biologics for a minute because some of these other biologics are less expensive and here in the U S it's, it's affordable. You don't have to necessarily leave the country and go to go to central America or, you know, Hong Kong to get this or Europe. A lot of the professional athletes historically went to Europe, but they're, they're getting it here, here in the U S too. Michelle (15:59) Okay. Mm-hmm. that's good. Dr. Jeff (16:22) But we found out that if we gave you stem cells, let's say you came over and I hooked up an IV and we gave you stem cells, in 10 to 14 days, those would be out of your system. However, the benefits would go on for weeks or months or even some of the benefits would be prolonged. So why is that? If the stem cells are gone, what's going on? Well, it turns out the stem cells aren't really doing all the work. The stem cells are delivering cell to cell communicating and influential Michelle (16:31) Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (16:52) biomolecules, peptides, growth factors, small RNAs from cell, from the stem cells to your cells, reinvigorating and activating your cells to do that work. And those, those communication packets are called extracellular vesicles or for short exosomes. And you may have seen this, a lot of estheticians use them. You know, they can do the atom to your microneedle facial. Michelle (17:11) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (17:20) It's sort of an advanced vampire facial with these exosomes. So the exosomes are probably doing most of the work that the stem cells were doing. And there are advantages. They penetrate tissue better. They're easier to store and handle. They'll cross the blood brain barrier if you want them in your brain and nervous system. And they're less than half the price of stem cells. So we can do things that used to cost, you know, 20, $30,000 out of this country. for less than half of that here, because the big cost is the materials, these biologics. So what does it cost was your original question, but now that you know we're using these exosomes preferentially in a lot of these cases. And by the way, as an aside, all stem cells, sorry, start over, all cells make exosomes. We're using stem cell derived exosomes from amniotic fluid, which is quite abundant. So there are really no cells in this. Michelle (18:11) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (18:19) There's no matching that needs to be done. and it's, it's wonderful. So, the, you know, for example, treating a knee, if we're trying to repair a knee, help someone heal a knee, we're asking their cells to do the work. We're just providing the, the, the re-instruction to tap back into the original factory that made that joint in the first place. And something that like that is kind of two doses of biologics, one above one below the knee. the injection, the facility and everything where we do it as sterile. All that is, you know, in the nine to 12,000, depending on what we're doing. So it's not, it's not crazy. And IVs, if we do an IV, that's anywhere from like 4,000 to 8,500, depending on the dose. Michelle (18:54) Mm-hmm. And how many times would somebody have to do that? Dr. Jeff (19:07) Maybe once. Usually the joints are one and done and then they go back to their normal wear and tear. So is it possible someone's going to come back in in 20 years and need it again maybe, but that's okay. We follow a French protocol that has published 15 year follow-up and we follow that protocol how they do it. And they've had over 82 % of the patients had wonderful results at the 15 year mark. We're waiting for them to publish the 20 year mark. Michelle (19:10) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (19:35) So we're not making this up. We're just duplicating what's already been done and good science that's out there. Michelle (19:42) And for inflammatory conditions, autoimmune conditions, or even fertility, well, you know, because it's secondary to that a lot of times. Do you use IV? So really get it right into the bloodstream. Okay. Dr. Jeff (19:51) Right, right. Yeah, I would definitely. yeah. Yeah. And that's how we approach anti-aging anyway. People are biohackers, anti-agers that come in. This is what we do. And we, we do an IV. We, we try to figure out a dose that makes sense for that person based on the budget and their age and maybe their inflammatory markers and their blood tests and other things. And then we see how long it lasts. And some people get a year, two years. Some people get, you know, six months. Some people come in preventively and do every three months a lower dose. just, we customize it for the individual. Michelle (20:33) And that crosses the blood brain barrier. So it's good for brain health, really for just everything. The system. Dr. Jeff (20:37) Yeah. Anywhere there's an inflammatory burden, we'll do it. But exosomes do cross the blood-brain barrier. And let me go off script here for a second. For listeners that have been pregnant before, in later trimesters, a pregnant woman has glowing skin and her hair is growing wonderfully. And typically, there's not a lot of joint pain, maybe Michelle (20:43) Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (21:06) low back pain from carrying the weight, why is that woman in, you know, not having this great skin and all that, it's because that woman is getting a daily dose of stem cell derived exosomes because they also not only cross the blood brain barrier, they cross the placental barrier. So what we do is almost simulate that in a single dose. Michelle (21:25) Mm-hmm. Got it. That's so interesting. in that case, when you are doing IV, is that also one and done? Dr. Jeff (21:37) No, like I was saying, it depends on what benefits someone gets and for how long they last. It could be depending on the person's need. Now, if it's someone who's got an inflammatory problem and they're just trying to get pregnant, could be a one and done. If it's someone that has benefited from it and wants to do it repetitively, then we would help support that and make it available. Michelle (21:43) I see. Mm-hmm. Done. Have you heard of this being used and injected directly into like uterus or those areas or is it typically more like IV? Dr. Jeff (22:11) So not into the uterus, although there are examples in men of injecting the testes where they're not producing adequate sperm counts. I think IV would be a first. So I didn't read anything about ovarian injection yet. Could that be coming? Possibly. IV is obviously an easier thing to do. So I would try the IV first. But you're right, you're going to get a higher dose if you inject directly. Michelle (22:20) Mm-hmm. Or ovaries maybe? Mm-hmm. Dr. Jeff (22:40) That might be something to look at. haven't done it. We do have some sexual health shots we do at the exosomes now where we do P shots and O shots for men and women respectively for improvement in sensation, lubrication, that kind of. Michelle (22:53) Mm-hmm. I know that they do PRP with the ovaries and I think also uterus. So that's why I was asking because it's kind of similar, you doesn't have the same exact substance, but it's the idea of stimulating. Dr. Jeff (23:14) No, I completely agree with that. PRP is basically a very lower, it's the lowest end self-donated regenerative medicine. And it probably contains some cells and some exosomes in there. Michelle (23:21) Mm-hmm. Right. So interesting. that's really fascinating. for you specifically, like if people wanted to work with you, do they have to come visit you, your office, where you are? Dr. Jeff (23:38) Not necessarily. So, you know, most of what we do, we start out remotely. The vast majority of my patients come from somewhere other than Las Vegas, where I'm located, actually Henderson, Nevada, which is a suburb of Las Vegas. Most people start remotely. We do a lot of the blood tests or if they need MRIs or what have you remotely, and we only invite them to come to town if there's a reason to come to town. We do have some other colleagues in other parts of the states too that can do IVs. things like that so we can sometimes refer. Yeah. Michelle (24:09) Mm-hmm. It's really fascinating. It seems like state of the art. It's like the new thing that's coming out. Dr. Jeff (24:13) and It's a, and there are things coming. if you'll allow me to just jump there for a second. you know, we are working on some projects here at, at my practice. one of them involves exosomes that are stuffed with extra mitochondria. And for those of you that don't know, that's a small part within the cell. It's kind of a cell within the cell. we learned in high school biology, it was the powerhouse of the cell. made the energy, but it actually does much more. Michelle (24:22) of course. Yeah. Hmm Dr. Jeff (24:46) And some causes of infertility relate to poor mitochondrial activity in the cells of the ovaries and things like that. So we're looking at exosomes that could be overstuffed with, that can donate more mitochondria. So that could be very useful. There are many other reasons to do that as well. And then we're even involved in a project that may be useful to help patients with cancer. And this is a particular exosome. that comes from a certain type of immune cell, a T cell in our body, whose job is to identify, circulate around the body, identify, and then selectively remove or kill an abnormal cell like a cancer cell. So imagine that as an augmentative therapy or even as a preventative. Yeah, so we're hot on that trail. That's coming soon to a, to a re-celebrate clinic near you. Michelle (25:36) That's fantastic. I love that. That's awesome. That's really amazing. And what have you seen so far in regards to fertility? you seen people do this treatment and it work? with fertility, there's so many different reasons for why. I mean, it could be so many different. It's really a range of underlying conditions, but what have you noticed so far? Dr. Jeff (26:03) Correct. So honestly, I don't have a fertility practice that's pretty far afield from what I do. I do a lot of structural work, a lot of joints, a lot of spine. We do some autoimmune and a few other things. But I have talked to colleagues, fertility specialists in the past, and we've talked about exosomes. I was at a biohacking conference in Texas last year. Michelle (26:11) Yeah. Dr. Jeff (26:32) the Dave Asprey event and someone came up to me and asked me about fertility. So I know it's on my radar. It's just not something we put out there necessarily. had one gentleman that had low sperm count. We had talked about doing something for him, but he didn't do it yet. Michelle (26:34) Mm-hmm. But have you seen or through colleagues or any studies that have shown even just IV, doing this with IV that it's helped? Dr. Jeff (27:00) I've only read the abstract of some of the Chinese studies because we don't always get the full article translated. But most of those studies speak to direct injection. They have a lot of animal studies. So I don't have information on the clinical use of... Michelle (27:07) Okay. Dr. Jeff (27:25) exosomes personally for fertility, but I know that others have talked to me about it. So it's being done. And I, I did look it up online before we met today and you can actually find, there was a clinic in Europe that was advertising it for this purpose for fertility. Yeah. Michelle (27:31) Mm-hmm. Interesting. Yeah, which I'm sure people don't really have to go all the way to Europe. I'm sure also if you get the IV and your body's going through this anti-aging and your mitochondria are benefiting and also, which is very much linked to aging eggs. So you want to like revitalize and reawaken and also lower inflammation that also helps with egg quality and sperm quality. Dr. Jeff (27:54) and Michelle (28:08) So this is just definitely something that I found when I saw you, I was like, this is really interesting. I think that it's something that people should be hearing about. And I'm sure I wouldn't be surprised if in the future, a lot of fertility clinics are going to start looking into this as well. Dr. Jeff (28:26) Yeah, no, the one that was advertising is an international fertility group, I think, in Eastern Europe. And they specifically have a webpage on this. Now, we can't have those webpages here in the US because we are not yet approved for marketing claims. Michelle (28:32) Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Right. It's so interesting how all that works. But yeah, this is great. This is a really interesting topic and really great information. I love like cutting edge stuff. I love that it's kind of like to be continued because you're still like, You already have learned so much, but of course, there's so much more coming, which is exciting. I find it really exciting. Dr. Jeff (29:00) Yeah. I do too. have this renewed interest. know, I'm, I'm a self admitted nerd. So this is, gets me back into things that are very exciting. I don't get to do the same thing day after day anymore. that's, that's. Michelle (29:19) I love that. Yeah, for sure. So awesome. So for people who want to learn more about you and what you do, how can they find you? Dr. Jeff (29:30) Check out Re-Celebrate because you're celebrating the renewal of your cells. That's spelled R-E-C-E-L-L-E-B-R-A-T-E. And that is our website is recelebrate.com. Instagram is recelebrate at recelebrate it. LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, but just type in recelebrate, you'll find it. Michelle (29:52) Awesome. And you'll find it also in the episode notes. So I'll share all the links in there, as well as information about Dr. Jeff. So this is a great conversation. This is really, really great. And I appreciate you coming on and explaining it so nicely and really breaking it down for us, you know, people that don't have that background. So thank you so much for coming on today, Dr. Jeff. Dr. Jeff (30:03) Yeah. you It's been my pleasure, thank you for having me.
Are you ready to reverse chronic conditions and extend your health and vitality? Welcome This Week's Guest Dr. Jeff Dr. Gross is a leading Neurological Surgeon. He received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, focusing on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The mission for ReCELLebrate… The post Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cells and the Future of Healing With Dr. Jeff |236 appeared first on Melissa Vogel.
In this episode of the Healthy, Wealthy, and Smart podcast, host Dr. Karen Litzy welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Gross, founder of ReCELLebrate and a pioneer in the field of regenerative medicine. They discuss the concept of regenerative medicine, stem cell treatments, and their applications in healthcare. Dr. Gross shares his journey from being a neurosurgeon to exploring regenerative medicine and how it allows him to tap back into his undergraduate background in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He highlights the need for innovation in the medical field and the potential of regenerative medicine to revolutionize healthcare practices. Tune in to learn more about this exciting field and its possibilities for improving patient outcomes. Show notes: [00:03:21] Stem cell treatments. [00:04:16] What are stem cells? [00:09:17] Regenerative medicine and joint problems. [00:14:04] Regenerative medicine for joint replacement. [00:18:17] Surgery and its necessity. [00:24:31-00:24:41] Biohacking and its benefits. [00:30:08] Trusting regenerative medicine doctors. [00:33:28] Expanding clinic with satellite. More About Dr. Gross: Dr. Gross graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1992 from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He contributed to virology research during his studies. After graduating, he undertook a residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center until 1997. He then pursued a Fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics at the University of New Mexico until 1999. Licensed in California and Nevada, Dr. Gross has SPINE practices in Orange County and Henderson, Nevada. A trained neurological surgeon, he specializes in athletic injuries and spine procedures, and offers longevity and biohacking consultations. He's certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of several prestigious surgical societies. Since 2020, Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leading Neurological Surgeon. He also received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, focusing on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The mission for ReCELLebrate emphasizes offering modern biochemical treatments and considering surgery as a last resort. Resources from this Episode: ReCELLebrate Website Dr. Gross on LinkedIn ReCELLebrate TikTok ReCELLebrate Instagram Dr. Gross YouTube Jane Sponsorship Information: Book a one-on-one demo here Mention the code LITZY1MO for a free month Follow Dr. Karen Litzy on Social Media: Karen's Twitter Karen's Instagram Karen's LinkedIn Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: YouTube Website Apple Podcast Spotify SoundCloud Stitcher iHeart Radio
If you're intrigued by the intersection of healthcare and technology, two crucial elements should guide your attention: innovation and adaptability. Sean Mehra, with his unique blend of a biomedical engineering and pre-medicine background from Yale, coupled with an MBA from Stanford, perfectly embodies these traits. As a co-founder of HealthTap, a groundbreaking virtual healthcare platform, Sean navigated the unlikely journey from the captivating realm of online gaming to the transformative world of digital health. His expertise and vision have played a pivotal role in reimagining how we access and interact with healthcare services in the modern era. HealthTap stands as a testament to Sean's ability to marry reliable, personalized healthcare with the convenience and reach of the internet – a concept once considered a distant dream. In this episode, we discuss the nuances of creating a new healthcare delivery model, overcoming challenges, and shaping the future of health through technology. Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org.
The feisty side of fifty is just the time to focus on making improvements to our health and wellbeing. Each of us wants to remain strong and healthy for as long as possible. And that's where Dr. Jeffrey Gross can really help. Dr. Jeffrey Gross is a trained neurological surgeon who specialized in athletic injuries and spine procedures. Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leading Neurological Surgeon, and he has received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Yet, in addition to this aspect of his distinguished career, Dr. Gross is a pioneer in the field of regenerative medicine and has transformed thousands of lives by transitioning from traditional surgical methods to the innovative use of stem cells. To these ends, Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, and now his practice focuses on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. We are fortunate to have Dr. Gross join us to share all about his amazing work that promises so much to enhance the lives of us boomers. If you care about aging well and spending many more happy years with your children and grandchildren, you won't want to miss this one!
Chronic back or joint pain and looking for non-surgical pain relief? Recent injury that you want to heal up quicky? Wanting to look and feel amazing and wondering how you can take your health to the next level? Curious about the regenerative effects of stem cell therapy, exosomes and peptides? Dr. Jeffrey Gross, MD is a neurological surgeon specilizing in athletic injuries and spine procedures, in addition to longevity and biohacking therapies. He's certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of several prestigious surgical societies. Since 2020, Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leading Neurological Surgeon. He also received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate to focus on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. In this episode of The Health Fix Podcast, Dr. Jannine Krause interviews Dr. Jeffrey Gross on how he's using modern biochemical treatments to help folks looking to improve their longevity and vitality as well as for those interested in non-surgical options for chronic pain and injuries. What You'll Learn In This Episode: How stem cell therapy gives your body information to restore & repair Why you need healthy stem cells for best effect & how they are being harvested What you can do to activate your own healthy stem cells How stem cells are paired with regenerative biologics like PRP (platelet rich plasma) for rejuvenation Why stem cells from fat tissue aren't the best option for repair and regeneration How exosomes are being used to activate stem cells and boost cell communication and enhance rejuvenation What it looks like to use exosomes, IV therapy and stem cells for longevity How targeting bones helps the body restore cartilage in joints The connection between bone density and longevity Advances in dry eye syndrome Investments for regenerative therapies Resources From The Show: Dr. Gross's Website - ReCELLebrate - https://recellebrate.com/ Mention The Health Fix Podcast and for a complimentary consult ReCELLebrate on Instagram
ReCELLebrate The Power of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine with Dr. Jeffrey Gross Hello beautiful humans, thank you for listening and supporting the Thrive Forever Fit Show. It truly means the world to me that you take time out of your precious day to listen to me ramble and rant about things I found entertaining, engaging, and meaningful. Show Sponsor: SpaStar www.spastar.net The Get Ready Wrap™ is spa-inspired and made for virtually every body. Designed with comfort and eco-elegance in mind - no velcro, snaps, or bulky material that take up too much room in your closet, laundry, or suitcase. This luxury spa wrap is perfect for spa treatments, beauty rituals, special occasions, getting ready, makeup tutorials, travel, by the pool, and the gym bag.Discount Code to Save 15% Off Your Get Ready Wrap: THRIVE15 “ReCELLebrate” The Power of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine with Dr. Jeffrey Gross Dr. Gross graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in biochemistry and molecular cell biology. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 1992 from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He contributed to virology research during his studies. After graduating, he undertook a residency in neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center until 1997. He then pursued a Fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics at the University of New Mexico until 1999. Licensed in California and Nevada, Dr. Gross has SPINE practices in Orange County and Henderson, Nevada. A trained neurological surgeon, he specializes in athletic injuries and spine procedures, and offers longevity and biohacking consultations. He's certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and is a member of several prestigious surgical societies. Since 2020, Top Doctor recognized Dr. Gross as a leading Neurological Surgeon. He also received HealthTap's 2022 Top Doctor Award as a top Neurological Surgeon in the U.S. Dr. Gross founded ReCELLebrate, focusing on anti-aging and regenerative medicine. The mission for ReCELLebrate emphasizes offering modern biochemical treatments and considering surgery as a last resort. Social Media Links and Website: Website: https://recellebrate.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/recellebrate/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@recellebrate LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-gross-md-5605605/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stemcellwhisperer Mission of the conversation: To discuss the transformative potential of regenerative medicine guiding the audience on how to prolong and enhance the quality of their health span with stem cells while emphasizing the significance of ensuring that our quality of health matches our years. Stay tuned for our upcoming episodes, where we'll continue to explore themes that inspire personal development and positive change. You are capable, and your journey matters. If you love the show, it would mean the world to me if you'd like it, share it, and review it. That's the only way I can help more people and continue to fulfill my mission of helping others overcome pain and start living a life of peaceful passion. Links: Thrive Forever Fit Supplements Thrive Forever Fit Coaching Program Thrive Fitness Studio FREE Facebook Group: Wellness Lab Best Selling Books: The Overweight Mind The Purpose of Pain
"Always start with a comprehensive plan. Know your goals, target audience, and metrics before diving into content creation." Micro-Moments Matter In today's digital era, decision-making happens in micro-moments. These are instances when users turn to a device to learn something, do something, discover something, watch something, or buy something. As a content marketer, understanding and capitalising on these moments can set your campaign apart. Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR) AR and VR technologies can take your content marketing to the next level. They provide immersive experiences, leading to deeper engagement. For example, IKEA's AR app allows customers to see how furniture would look in their homes before making a purchase. Voice Search Optimization With the rise of smart speakers and voice assistants, optimising content for voice search is becoming increasingly important. This includes using more conversational language and long-tail keywords, as voice searches are typically longer and more natural-sounding than text searches. Semantic SEO Search engines are getting better at understanding context and user intent. Rather than focusing on single keywords, semantic SEO involves optimising content based on themes and the user's intent. This includes using related keywords, synonyms, and close variants in your content. Content Atomisation This is the practice of taking a piece of content (like a blog post or a report) and breaking it down into smaller, standalone pieces of content (like social media posts, infographics, or video shorts) that can be distributed across different platforms. Chatbots for Content Delivery Chatbots can deliver personalised content to users at scale. They can be used to offer content recommendations, answer FAQs, or even deliver a complete content series. For example, HealthTap's Dr. A.I. chatbot provides personalised health education based on the user's health profile. Advanced AI Models ChatGPT et al, are revolutionising content creation and customer service. They can generate human-like text, answer queries, and provide explanations, which can be helpful in creating and tailoring content for specific needs. Top Tip: “Use AI to automate content creation research, freeing up time to focus on creativity and more strategic tasks.” Knowledge and Learning With the change in Linkedin's algorithm, prioritise value-added learning content above promotional or sales messages. “To maximise your reach, it's time to share ‘knowledge and advice.'” Entrepreneur Magazine
November 21, 2022: Drex DeFord, Executive Healthcare Strategist at CrowdStrike joins Bill for the news. Meta faces mounting questions from Congress on health data privacy as hospitals remove Facebook tracker. Deepfake video of Zelenskyy could be 'tip of the iceberg' in info war, experts warn. Oracle Cerner to close 2 Kansas City-area campuses. And a deep dive on some Big Tech healthcare partnerships. Amazon Pharmacy and Florida Blue. University of Rochester and Sectra. Samsung and HealthTap. Microsoft and Haleon. JDRF and AWS.Key Points:God bless the cybersecurity pros in healthcare right now As Mike Tyson says, everybody has a plan until they get punched in the faceDue diligence in M&As is way different than the actual putting together of thingsCrowdStrikeStories:Meta faces mounting questions from Congress on health data privacy as hospitals remove Facebook tracker - Stat NewsDeepfake video of Zelenskyy could be 'tip of the iceberg' in info war, experts warn - NPROracle Cerner to close 2 Kansas City-area campuses - Beckers9 Big Tech healthcare partnerships - BeckersSign up for our webinar: How to Modernize Your Data Platform in Healthcare: The Right Fit for Every Unique Health System - Wednesday December 7 2022: 1pm ET / 10am PT. Subscribe: https://www.thisweekhealth.com/subscribe/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisweekhealthLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ThisWeekHealth
Sean Mehra, Co-Founder & CEO at HealthTap joins our host, Jared S. Taylor to discuss: HealthTap & Samsung's new partnership What this means for HealthTap What this means for Patients What's next? To learn more about HealthTap use the links below:- Website - LinkedInTo learn more about Samsung use the links below:- Website - LinkedInThis episode is presented by Sage Growth Partners.Sage Growth Partners accelerates commercial success for healthcare organizations through a singular focus on growth. The company helps its clients thrive amid the complexities of a rapidly changing marketplace with deep domain expertise and an integrated application of research, strategy, and marketing. For more information, please go to www.sage-growth.com & follow Sage Growth Partners on social media - @sagegrowthpartnersProduced by Slice of Healthcare.Also, be sure to follow us on our social channels:- Website - Facebook - LinkedIn - Twitter - YouTube - Newsletter
Karl Jacob is a serial entrepreneur who has been building, advising, and investing in companies for the last 20 years. During his career, Karl has raised 23 rounds of financing from a wide range of investors, including True Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Richard Branson's Virgin Group, Microsoft, eBay, Integral Partners, Norwest Ventures, Greylock, Benchmark Capital, FT Ventures, Ignition Partners and Vulcan Ventures. Many of Karl's companies have been successfully acquired, including Dimension X, acquired by Microsoft; Keen/Ingenio, acquired by AT&T; Cloudmark, acquired by ProofPoint; and Coveroo, acquired by Zazzle. Across his various tenures as a start-up CEO, Karl has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in investor returns and up to $150 million in revenue per year. In 2005 he joined Facebook as one of its first advisors and has gone on to advise several other companies. Karl is also a prolific angel investor and mentor for start-up companies including Mayvenn, June, Healthtap, Everlane, Skillshare, Rescale, Memsql, Haven, Shippo and many others. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California's Engineering School, where he sits on its board of counselors.
In episode fifty-three, we speak with Sean Mehra the Co-Founder & CEO at HealthTap about telehealth, how they are increasing primary care provider access, and his love of digital art.
Meet the Guests:This episode showcases three guests previously featured on Day Zero. Mike McSherry is the CEO of Xealth, a platform that facilitates clinicians prescribing digital health tools to patients, tracking usage, and improving digital health recommendations. Brandon Weber is the co-founder and CEO of Nava, a benefits brokerage firm that facilitates high quality healthcare to employers. Sean Mehra is the founder and CEO of HealthTap, a virtual-first, affordable urgent and primary care clinic. Key Insights:Healthcare presents a unique ecosystem for entrepreneurs. No market is as complicated, regulated, and confusing as healthcare.Advancing Technology. Entrepreneurism in healthcareis extra challenging because healthcare often lags in adopting new technology. A hospital may have cutting edge MRIs, and yet still use fax machines. Unpredictable adoption can be due variable reimbursement plans, conflicting incentives, and government regulations. (1:39)Fixing the Bottleneck. There is a huge explosion of innovation on the supply side of healthcare, but it is not reaching buyers. Part of the bottleneck is in the benefits brokerage industry. Brandon thinks the future might already be here, it's just not evenly distributed. (3:30)Expanding the Production Possibility Frontier. In the next 5-10 years, Sean predicts that technology innovation will make supply and demand transactions more efficient, such as telehealth better connecting patients to providers, and make supply itself more efficient, like AI and algorithms to help providers. (5:39)
Sean is founder and CEO of HealthTap which makes primary care affordable and easy to access for all Americans. In this episode we discuss:HealthTap's virtual primary care clinic Affordable solution for all Americans regardless of whether they have insuranceHow it works from user experience to business modelTypes of conditions and issues that can be treated through primary careHow HealthTap approaches different use cases and care scenariosBuilding a healthcare product and company How to get early tractionImportance of patience and resilienceMaximizing luck surface areaBeing early to telehealth and growing with the marketImpact of pandemic to tele-healthExploring multiple business models in healthcare Connecting consumers online with 90k physiciansBuilding a trusted Doctor powered UGC powerhouseLeveraging UGC to build a subscription telehealth businessWhat makes for a great subscription in healthcareOpportunity size around content and telehealth SaaSHow they built a content machine onlineUser experience decisions that drove engagement and qualityRegulatory challenges when innovating in healthcareHow Sean has remained engaged building HealthTap for over a decadeImpact of pandemic— what was over-hyped and what acceleratedClosing questions Most talented person Sean has worked with and whyWhats something you believe that would surprise most peopleWho Sean's heroes are and what inspires himWhat superpowers do you lean on day to dayLinksFollow Sean on TwitterRead more about HealthTapHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to give feedback — it only takes a minute.
Sean is founder and CEO of HealthTap which makes primary care affordable and easy to access for all Americans. In this episode we discuss:HealthTap's virtual primary care clinic Affordable solution for all Americans regardless of whether they have insuranceHow it works from user experience to business modelTypes of conditions and issues that can be treated through primary careHow HealthTap approaches different use cases and care scenariosBuilding a healthcare product and company How to get early tractionImportance of patience and resilienceMaximizing luck surface areaBeing early to telehealth and growing with the marketImpact of pandemic to tele-healthExploring multiple business models in healthcare Connecting consumers online with 90k physiciansBuilding a trusted Doctor powered UGC powerhouseLeveraging UGC to build a subscription telehealth businessWhat makes for a great subscription in healthcareOpportunity size around content and telehealth SaaSHow they built a content machine onlineUser experience decisions that drove engagement and qualityRegulatory challenges when innovating in healthcareHow Sean has remained engaged building HealthTap for over a decadeImpact of pandemic— what was over-hyped and what acceleratedClosing questions Most talented person Sean has worked with and whyWhats something you believe that would surprise most peopleWho Sean's heroes are and what inspires himWhat superpowers do you lean on day to dayLinksFollow Sean on TwitterRead more about HealthTapHit subscribe to keep up with new episodes!Follow Ashish and Zane on Twitter for summariesClick here to give feedback — it only takes a minute.
Meet Sean Mehra:Sean Mehra is the founder and CEO of HealthTap, a virtual-first, affordable urgent and primary care clinic. He is also a board member for Infocon Systems. Previously, Sean was the founder and CEO of PayoutHub and GXStudios. He was also the founder and a member of the operating board for the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute. Sean received a Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering from Yale University, and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Key Insights:Sean Mehra succinctly describes the state of the healthcare economy, and explores how entrepreneurs should best approach innovation.Defining the Market. Sean boils down healthcare to two parties: providers and consumers. To make true disruptive change in healthcare, solutions much directly speak to those two parties. Too much healthcare innovation caters to middlemen or ancillary institutions. (1:54)Expanding the Production Possibility Frontier. In the next 5-10 years, Sean predicts that technology will make supply and demand transactions more efficient, such as telehealth better connecting patients to providers, and make supply itself more efficient, like AI and algorithms to help providers. (8:38)The Art of Problem Solving. Great companies often don't follow a straight line to success, rather it's a circuitous path. It is important for entrepreneurs to be fluid and adaptable, as the market, team, and business model can evolve. Things rarely work out perfectly the first time. (16:30)This episode is hosted by Marcus Osborne. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Day Zero and the former Senior Vice President for Walmart.Relevant Links:Learn more about HealthTapFollow Sean on Twitter“HealthTap Announces Sean Mehra as Chief Executive Officer”
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to drastically disrupt the healthcare industry. At the same time, it has shone a light on the most pressing issues within its ecosystem, setting in motion the beginning of a new era of crucial changes and innovation. In this session, Dr Alagia and Dr Wohlgemuth discuss: The key role played by Quest in response to the COVID-19 pandemic How Quest is applying its COVID-19 learnings to accelerate change across the healthcare industry The unique ways in which the effectiveness of the healthcare system has and can be further improved through a consumer-centric care approach, a strategy enforced at Quest Innovation around implementation science and strategic population health solutions available to engage consumers across all healthcare entities About our guest Jay G. Wohlgemuth, MD, is senior vice president, R&D, medical and chief medical officer for Quest Diagnostics. Based at Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute in San Juan Capistrano, California, Dr Wohlgemuth is responsible for Research & Development, Medical Affairs, and Medical/Lab Quality. In addition, he is responsible for improving outcomes for employees who use our health benefits. Dr Wohlgemuth has many years of experience in medical diagnostics and research and development. He rejoined Quest in 2016 from HealthTap, a health information start-up, where he served as senior vice president and chief healthcare officer. Prior to that, he was senior vice president, R&D, medical and chief scientific officer with Quest. Dr Wohlgemuth originally joined us in 2009 from Genentech, where he was director, clinical diagnostics, ITGR (immunology, tissue growth and repair) and global development team leader for ocrulizumab. He also served as vice president, R&D for VIA Pharmaceuticals and as chief medical officer for the molecular diagnostics company XDx, a company he co-founded. Dr Wohlgemuth also served as vice president, R&D for XDx. For his work at XDx, he was awarded Technology Pioneer 2005 at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He serves on the board of directors for the Personalized Medicine Coalition, Diagnostic Labs of Oklahoma, and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Charitable Foundation. Dr Wohlgemuth earned his bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard College and his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine, where he also served a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine. ------------------------------ Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors, and improve healthcare management. Quest Diagnostics annually serves 1 in 3 adult Americans and half the physicians and hospitals in the United States, and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions that transform lives. More information is available at www.QuestDiagnostics.com
“It's astonishing how many health-related questions are asked on Google every day,” observes Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge. “What we set out to do at HealthTap was create a place where people could get trusted answers.” On this episode of Raise the Line, learn about Dr. Rutledge's longstanding interest in the potential of technology to assist in healthcare delivery. Hear how Dr. Rutledge and his team saw early on the opportunity to deliver healthcare through mobile and electronic devices, and followed through to create a pioneering firm in the virtual healthcare space. Tune in to discover HealthTap's unique question-and-answer interface that features physician crowdsourcing and a peer review process, and hear about their virtual primary care clinic, where patients can have a long-term relationship with a doctor of their choice. Plus, learn why Dr. Rutledge believes technology can enable the interactions that are fundamental to the doctor-patient relationship, and why he envisions a huge role for a consistent virtual care platform in the field.
When Sean Mehra started his education at Yale he wanted to become a doctor, helping people and saving lives. His career path changed when he discovered some shortcomings within the current healthcare structure. Motivated to improve the inefficiencies he had witnessed, Sean pivoted into... video games? While an unlikely choice, Sean managed a small team and in doing so, shifted his aspirations from med school to business school. In his first year at Stanford's MBA program, Sean became a founding member of HealthTap and fell in love with the company that mirrored his desire to care for more patients in less time. Today, Sean is the CEO of HealthTap and is working to make healthcare more accessible to all. Read more about Sean at Startup Blogpost: https://startupblogpost.com/its-the-journey-not-just-the-destination/ Check out HealthTap: https://www.healthtap.com/
Our guest: Sean Mehra, Founder & COO at HealthTap. "HealthTap provides real-time access to high-quality, affordable healthcare." In this episode, we discussed: - His background - Why HealthTap - The underappreciated/underserved portion of America that is growing - How to get people to want to try an application when they are not sick - How people don't talk enough about the importance of web search in the healthcare patient journey - ...and much more! Our sponsors for this episode are BlocHealth, Curation Health & ChenMed. BlocHealth is building the ecosystem of services and solutions to power the future of healthcare. For more information, please go to www.blochealth.com and be sure to follow BlocHealth on social media - @blochealth "Curation Health's advanced clinical decision support platform seamlessly integrates into the electronic health record and leverages more than 750 proven clinical and quality rules. With this intelligent point-of-care platform, you can power a scalable risk adjustment process and amplify quality program performance." For more information, please go to www.curationhealthcare.com and be sure to follow Curation Health on social media - @curationhealth "ChenMed brings concierge-style medicine and better health outcomes to the neediest populations – moderate-to-low income seniors with complex chronic diseases. Operating over 50 medical centers in eight states, we are known to our patients as Dedicated Senior Medical Center, Chen Senior Medical Center, or JenCare Senior Medical Center." For more information, please go to www.chenmed.com and be sure to follow ChenMed on social media - @chenmed To learn more about HealthTap please use the links below: - Website - LinkedIn - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook - Instagram Also, be sure to follow Slice of Healthcare on our social channels: - Website - Facebook - LinkedIn - Twitter - YouTube - Newsletter
This episode features an interview with Evan Kirstel, a B2B thought leader, top technology influencer, and enterprise industry insider. Evan’s business, eViRa Health, acts as a social media partner to clients in the healthcare industry to grow massive global audiences and deepen user engagement. We talk with Evan about how he paired his expertise in social media with the healthcare industry, and helped revolutionize the future of healthcare tech.3 Takeaways:The pandemic has created a great shift in the healthcare industry towards the adoption of new technologies, including virtual care.People are already gathering their own health data through wearables, which could be helpful to doctors.Incorporating tech into the patient experience empowers patients to manage their conditions.Key Quotes:“We need to make patients the center of care, strengthen the doctor-patient or nurse-patient relationships, and empower patients with data, insights, advice, guidance and education.”“We’re generating all of this data around ourselves from wearables to virtual care to remote patient monitoring. And getting all that data into systems in a clean way that doctors and researchers can use to gather insights is so important.”“Over the pandemic, we've seen virtual care and telehealth go from like 1% utilization to like 35, 40%. So if there's a light at the end of the tunnel, maybe it's been some of the adoption of these new technologies.”Bio:Evan is a tech influencer and social media mastermind. He has racked up more than 500,000 followers across Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, and has helped companies like Samsung, IBM and HealthTap increase their brand visibility to reach massive audiences across social media platforms.Thanks to our friendsTruth Be Known is brought to you by Talend, a leader in data integration and data integrity, enabling every company to find clarity amidst the chaos. Talend Data Fabric brings together in a single platform all the necessary capabilities that ensure enterprise data is complete, clean, compliant, and readily available to everyone who needs it throughout the organization. Learn more at Talend.com.
The YPO Leadership Development Network is one with the rest of the world in celebrating Women's Month here on the Leader of Leaders Podcast! Join Diana Daniels (YPO Greater Europe) as she converses with Mari Baker ( YPO San Francisco Gold ) Aside from being an active member and officer of YPO, Mari is recognized today as one of the more prominent executives in Silicon Valley. She serves on multiple boards, consulting and advising startups in the region such as Cozi, Velti, and HealthTap. However, her true passion can be seen in her work with a group called Women 2.0 - a media group that creates content and events dedicated to training the next generation of leaders in technology. Tune in as Diana and Mari talk about the role of women in advancing technology and society. This is Episode 3 of the Leader of Leaders Podcast: Women in Leadership.
Scott Stevens is a journalist, posting regularly on health and alcohol issues for online news services and is a founding influencer at the world's largest medical portal, HealthTap. Stevens blends intensive evidence based research, wit, journalistic objectivity, blunt personal dialogue and no-nonsense business perspective in his five award-winning health and addiction books. 'Look What Dragged the Cat In: The Rise of an Opioid Crisis', was presented at the 2018 Addiction Therapy and Clinical Reports Conference in Paris (which Stevens chaired), Addiction Science 2018 in London, and The International Clinical Psychology Conference in Amsterdam. Stevens' work has appeared on CNN, Fox, NBC, CBS, and ABC. His first two white papers made waves as the country begins what he calls “a shift in alcohol policy and public dialogue from what people think alcohol does FOR them to what it does TO them.” The first white paper is called “Six Signs the Next 10 Years For The Alcohol Biz Will Be Like The Last 20 For Tobacco.” The second was “How Others' Alcohol Use Became Your Business: Toxin-omics.” Both were Alcohologist.com exclusives in early 2016.
The decade of the 2010s shelled hospitals and first responders with an explosion of opioid-related illness, injury, and death. Preventable drug overdoses tallied 54,793 lives lost in 2016 – an increase of 391 percent since 1999. Accidental drug overdose deaths increased 327 percent over the same period. The majority of OD deaths (38,000) involve opioids. The drug category most frequently involved in opioid overdoses and growing at the fastest pace includes fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and . The fentanyl category of opioids accounted for nearly half of opioid-related deaths. The dirty cat in the litter, heroin, accounted for the second highest number of deaths, claiming 14,606 lives. Legislative attempts to curb the use of potentially lethal drugs resemble shooting an arrow and then drawing a target around where it hit. Locking up dealers and traffickers, creating prescription databases and prescribing limits, and promoting Narcan availability all deal with control of the supply and its aftermath. The demand is unchanged. Within a cultural adoration of the buzz, our current crisis can only be curbed by control of the demand. If a drug user wants a drug, they will get that drug. It's the American freedom thing. Scott Stevens is a journalist, posting regularly on health and alcohol issues for online news services, and is a founding influencer at the world's largest medical portal, HealthTap. He blends intensive evidence-based research, wit, journalistic objectivity, blunt personal dialogue and no-nonsense business perspective in his four award-winning health and addiction books. Join Scott Stevens and me on Tuesday, March 5, 10-11 A.M. CT US. We will be having a conversation about his life’s journey, and his latest book, Look What Dragged the Cat in: The Rise of an Opioid Crisis.
On this episode of the Telehealth 20, we welcome Sean Mehra, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of HealthTap. HealthTap provides consumer-friendly virtual access to quality primary healthcare. HealthTap’s doctor-trained, augmented intelligence system personalizes users’ care and enables an instant connection to doctors and their knowledge from across 147 specialties. HealthTap serves employers, health systems, and insurance companies around the world. Leveraging the wisdom of more than 100,000 doctors, hundreds of millions of users trust HealthTap to deliver high-quality information and care 24/7 by mobile or web. YouTube video version of this episode can be found at https://youtu.be/2cuWy31eDkc
On this episode of the Telehealth 20, we welcome Sean Mehra, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of HealthTap. HealthTap provides consumer-friendly virtual access to quality primary healthcare. HealthTap’s doctor-trained, augmented intelligence system personalizes users’ care and enables an instant connection to doctors and their knowledge from across 147 specialties. HealthTap serves employers, health systems, and insurance companies around the world. Leveraging the wisdom of more than 100,000 doctors, hundreds of millions of users trust HealthTap to deliver high-quality information and care 24/7 by mobile or web. YouTube of this episode is available at https://youtu.be/2cuWy31eDkc
HealthTap was founded about eight years ago with the goal of improving the accessibility of quality healthcare advice, guidance, and the right type of medical care at the right time. With more and more people turning to their mobile devices and an increasing reliance on social media these days, what better platform for a healthcare resource than a mobile application? As the co-founder of HealthTap, Dr. Geoff Rutledge figured there wasn't one, and he's been delighted with the progress and success that he's seen so far. HealthTap allows anyone who has a question about their health to immediately receive an answer pulled from the largest library of content from doctors. And if a user has a new or unique question, they can simply submit it and receive a tailored response from a physician within a matter of a few hours--all at no cost. To date, over six billion answers have been provided by doctors via HealthTap. Do you need to go to the ER? Should you schedule an appointment with your primary doctor tomorrow? Or would you be better served by scheduling an appointment with a specialist in a few weeks? Many of us find ourselves asking these questions, and until now, not everyone has had a way of getting a quick and reliable answer. And this is just the first level of guidance provided by HealthTap; once a user has been directed to the right level of care, HealthTap will guide them through the process of actually receiving that care. With over 140,000 doctors signed up on the HealthTap platform and several on call in 47 states, users can find some peace of mind in knowing that with the tap of a button, they can speak with a physician in less than one minute. This is unlike anything that's been done before and holds great promise for patients and the healthcare industry in general--not just in this country, but around the world. Tune in and visit healthtap.com to learn more.
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The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Keith Rabois is an investment partner at Khosla Ventures where he has led investments in Stripe, Thoughtspot, HealthTap and Teespring among many others. He also started OpenDoor, which aims to transform the process of selling a home through technology. Keith's unparalleled operational track record does not stop there as he has forged several of the most important new social and commerce platforms over the last decade holding key roles at LinkedIn, Paypal and being COO at Square. As a board member, Keith guided Yelp [NYSE: YELP] and Xoom [NASDAQ: XOOM] from inception to successful IPOs. Simultaneously, he also invested in other like-minded entrepreneurs with early stakes in YouTube [acquired by GOOG], Yammer [acquired by MSFT], Palantir, Lyft, AirBnB, Eventbrite and Quora. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Keith made the move from key executive at LinkedIn, Paypal and Square to being a VC with Khosla? 2.) Question from Lee Hower: What were the biggest learnings from playing a key role at LinkedIn, Paypal and Square? How do they compare to learning from Slide, a not so successful project? Does one learn more from success or failure? 3.) Question from Jason Lemkin: How can founders assess the potential of their teams? How long is it possible to allow individuals to stretch to their roles? What are the signs that people are either exceeding or falling below expectations? 4.) Eric Yuan @ Zoom has previously illustrated the importance to me of sustainable growth. What is Keith's view of this? Why does he not like this term? What are his thoughts on the key constraints on growth for most startups? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Keith’s Fave Book: The Upside of Stress Keith's Fave Blog: Stratechery Keith’s Most Recent Investment: Forward As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Keith on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Eight is a sleep innovation company. With their latest product, the Eight Smart Mattress, being a bed that literally tells you how well you slept last night, paired with an intelligent sensor cover that measures the quality of your sleep and delivers a daily sleep report. In order to bring you the best product, Eight used anonymized sleep data and feedback from over 10,000 people, to understand which materials and types of mattresses give customers the best sleep resulting in their unique blend of four responsive and high-density foam layers plus one layer of proprietary technology that helps people track and improve their sleep. You can check it out on Eightsleep.com – and if you use the code 20VC you will get a whopping 20% discount! FullContact provides the ability to organize your contacts, gain rich insights into them and therefore build deep relationships. With features like automatically identifying and merging duplicate contacts to the ability to snap a photo of a business card and FullContact will transcribe them for you, so no more lost and loose business cards at events. It is with these features just being the tip of the iceberg, FullContact really is the best all in one solution for contact management and you can check them out on fullcontact.com.
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Emily Melton is partner at DFJ, where she focuses on consumer and mobile technology, as well as healthcare technologies and marketplaces. Emily has made investments in the likes of BetterUp, Elation Health, Livongo, Redfin, Shift, and Wellframe. Early in Emily's career, she sourced investments in Box (NYSE: BOX), Meebo (Google), Kudo (Google), RichRelevance, and Flux (MTV Networks). She was also an advisor to Pulse Network (LinkedIn), Healthtap, and Poshmark. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Emily made her way into the wonderful world of VC following her meeting with Tim Draper? 2.) How does Emily view the importance of pattern recognition? Why does Emily believe that you should not invest from patterns? What is the difference between a pattern and an investing fad? 3.) Why does Emily hate analogies? Why does she believe it is simplistic thinking? How can this be mitigated for startup founders in describing their company? 4.) How does Emily view the portfolio approach to risk in venture? What questions need to be asked to determine the potential outcome of the business? 5.) Why does Emily get concerned by the rise of the 'celebrity investor'? How can investors build their brand in the proliferated world of early stage startup investing? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Emily’s Fave Book: Mindset by Carol Dweck, A Theory of Justice by John Rawls Emily’s Most Recent Investment: BetterUp As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. The Simba Hybrid. The most advanced mattress in the world. With a unique combination of two thousand five hundred conical pocket springs and responsive memory foam, it offers the perfect support for two people. A mattress that responds to you and your partner’s sleeping patterns. Delivered free, with a one hundred night sleep trial, free returns and a ten year guarantee. Start your free trial at simbasleep.com Cirrus Insight is a plugin for sales pros who use Gmail and Outlook. It automatically updates activities in Salesforce so you don’t have to. It was named #41 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies, and it has more than 1,700 customer reviews on the Salesforce AppExchange. Today, it serves over 150,000 sales people across 5,000 organizations using Gmail, Outlook, iPhone, iPad, and Android. Cirrus Insight is perfect for sales, support, and success teams who want to save time, schedule 3x more appointments, track email opens and much more with Salesforce information at their fingertips in the inbox. www.cirrusinsight.com/20VC
How does photography work? Johnny's Leica MP that we used as a prop (Steve Huff Photo) How does a camera work? (Tech, How Stuff Works) When were cameras invented? It depends...400BC if you count the ancient Chinese 'camera obscura' (Wikipedia) The camera obscura...who needs TV? (Wikipedia) The first proper photograph apparently took 8 hours to expose, credited to Joseph Nicephore Niépce, 1820s (University of California, Santa Barbara) 130-year-old plate camera captures pictures of modern Britain (but you must stand still for 15 minutes) (Daily Mail Australia) How the human eye works: It's a 'camera-type eye' (livescience) Why do your pupils get bigger in the dark? (Wonderopolis) What is a lens? (Explain That Stuff!) Cameras, lenses & how photography works (How-To Geek) Understanding camera lenses (Cambridge in Colour) What is exposure? (Cambridge in Colour) Squinting helps you focus - it narrows the 'aperture' of your eye (Wired) What is an aperture? (Wikipedia) A dicussion about wide aperture & unfocused light rays (Photography StackExchange) Principal focal length (HyperPhysics, Georgia State University) Understanding focal length (Nikon) Depth of field: How 'deep' is the amount of stuff that's in focus (Cambridge in Colour) As this photo of Elon Musk shows, a professional portrait usually focuses on the face & blurs the background (Feedoxy) "A lens typically has a set of marked 'f-stops' that the f-number can be set to" (Wikipedia) Pic: As your f-number increases, your aperture gets smaller & less light gets in (Wikipedia) Free f-stop chart (Tech Radar) Pic: Example of a Leica camera showing the f-stops on the lens, 2.4, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11 (Leicaphilia) Super groovy pinhole glasses that claim to strengthen your eyes (HealthTap) Diagram of light rays going through a wide & narrow aperture (Photography Life) Understanding shutter speed: A beginner's guide (Photography Life) Pic: Example of a shutter speed dial on a film camera (Roger & Frances) Pic: This is what Johnny's 'curtain shutter' looks like - the bit that reveals the 35 mm film segment (photo.net) What is a camera shutter? (Wikipedia) A history of shutter types (Early Photography) What is 35 mm film? (Wikipedia) F1.0 lenses are super expensive & rare - this is what the photos look like...kinda nice hey? (Fstoppers) What is a prime lens? i.e. they don't zoom (B&H) Why are some lenses so expensive? (Photography Life) What is infinity focus? (School of Digital Photography) Who killed infinity focus? (B&H) The Man Who Knew Infinity (IMDb) The amazing mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Wikipedia) Sally Gunnell (Wikipedia) Uluru (Wikipedia) Photographs of ocean waves captured with a long lens & slow shutter (PetaPixel) The secret to photographing hummingbirds (B&H) Slow motion footage of bullets going through stuff (DrDaveBilliards, YouTube) Femto-photography: Visualising photons in motion at a trillion frames per second (MIT) Film speed is a measure of its sensitivity to light (Wikipedia) ISO has been the standard for speed/sensitivity since 1974 (Wikipedia) How to make & use a pinhole camera (Kodak) Some thoughts on why people never smiled in old photos (Vox) How film works: Black & white vs colour (Kodak) What is slide film? (I Still Shoot Film) Some lovely slide films shot on Fuji Velvia (I Still Shoot Film) Some lovely slide films shot on Fuji Provia (I Still Shoot Film) Some lovely slide films shot on Kodak Ektachrome (I Still Shoot Film) A handy PDF guide on how to develop black & white film yourself (Ilford) How does photographic paper work? (Wikipedia) How do digital cameras work? (Tech, How Stuff Works) Digital camera sensors: Backs up Johnny's 'buckets of photons' analogy (Cambridge in Colour) Why more megapixels isn't always better (Gizmodo) Baaaaaall pit! (Kids'nShape) The 72 ppi web resolution myth (Photoshop Essentials) The iPhone 6S has a 12 megapixel camera (Apple) Introduction to medium format photography (I Still Shoot Film) Why medium format is so gorgeous (Reframe, Gizmodo) Phase One medium format digital cameras: May set you back up to $55K (CNET) Polaroid cameras (Polaroid Australia) How does a Polaroid camera work? (Tech in our everyday life) The Impossible Project: "Reinventing instant film from scratch" (IMPOSSIBLE) Guy Ritchie (bio.) Pic: Thingy that magnifies negatives so you can see what will be in your photo if you develop it (eBay) Pic: Nessie (CNN) Marked up photos show how iconic prints were edited in the darkroom (PetaPixel) Old timey flash bulbs (Camerapedia) ISO: How high can you go? Apparently up to 409,600 these days! (DIGITALPhotoPro) Common slide film seems to be around 50 or 100 ISO, but there's mention of higher numbers (120 Studio) Old timey photographic plates had very low ISO numbers: This example is 5 (Fstoppers) Daguerreotype: "The first publicly announced photographic process" (Wikipedia) Old timey photographic plates (Wikipedia) Places that still offer film processing in Melbourne (urbanlight) Cheeky review? (If we may be so bold) It'd be amazing if you gave us a short review...it'll make us easier to find in iTunes: Click here for instructions. You're the best! 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Digital Snake Oil, the Meeker Report, and a ChatBot chat with Klick Health's Michael Spitz. This episode of Get Social Health digs into digital trends with Spitz, VP of Digital Strategy for Klick Health. Spitz (that's what he goes by) really knows his stuff! Join us for a far-ranging conversation about Digital Health on Get Social Health. Listen to our conversation or drop in at the time stamps below. 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Meet Michael Spitz, VP Strategy for Klick Health 01:15 Damnit Janet and Spitz 01:55 The Klick Wire 04:35 Meterologist of Digital Health 05:50 Digital Strategy or Traditional Strategy 07:09 B2C or B2B? 08:07 Klick Health 09:48 Deep bench at Klick Health? 10:47 Consumer - Patient - Population Health 16:28 Snake Oil and Digital Health 21:33 Young people excited about digital health 22:48 Digital trends - when are they client ready? Klick Labs 25:27 Geofencing in healthcare 26:21 C-Suite, Digital Technology and implementing new ideas 28:23 Trust 30:49 ChatBots (finally!) 36:26 Where is the medical info coming from that's being served? Healthtap 43:40 Mary Meeker's Internet Report 46:31 Pharma - If it ain't broke... 47:44 Innovators lead the way 50:38 Digital health is transformative 51:35 Links to content are in the show notes 52:12 Social Media Tip: Samantha Pierce - Get your leaders in social media 52:42 Subscribe to the podcast! Mary Meeker: Blog post by Michael Spitz ChatBots: "I, Healthtbot" blog post by Michael Spitz Find Michael Spitz: LinkedIn Twitter Klick website
Ron Gutman, CEO and founder of HealthTap, sits down with StartUp Health Co-Founder and President, Unity Stoakes to discuss HealthTap's mission, apply technology to healthcare and the importance of passion in building your company. GUEST: Ron Gutman, HealthTap HOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health LOCATION: Wearable Tech + Digital Health Conference, San Francisco, CA IN THIS EPISODE: The Mission of HealthTap Applying Technology to Healthcare Passion, Passion, Passion
We invited Gary to the program to talk about HealthTap's beginnings, as well as their new initiative, the Health Care Operating System, and how it helps to create an “intelligent triage system.” Today, advisors who want to help their clients bend the trend while simultaneously dealing with ever-increasing personal responsibility amounts have some really amazing tools at their disposal. It isn't just advisors or employers who are the drivers in this "new normal" so we asked Gary about how the evolution of consumer expectations and the advent of mobile technology are creating an unparalleled opportunity for the transformation of everything from the conventional physician practice to patient's on-demand access. Get full show notes and more information here: http://bit.ly/1IfejtO
Dr. Ferdowsi is a Magna Cum Laude Founding Physician at Healthtap, a web service that connects a medical expert network of over 69,000 high quality US doctors with people seeking answers to their health related questions. He is also the founding physician at Concierge Medical Services, a concierge based medical service that provides patients with home-based, compassionate care with an unwavering commitment to excellence for their healthcare needs. Dr. Ferdowsi completed his undergraduate studies at Emory University with B.S. in Biological Anthropology in 1999, and attended Midwestern University for his postgraduate medical studies, graduating with D.O. in Osteopathic Medicine in 2003. After completing his internship year, Dr. Ferdowsi attended Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an anesthesiology resident until 2006. After Vanderbilt University, Dr. Ferdowsi completed his residency in Family Medicine in 2008 in Miami, and has since been practicing in a variety of urgent care, family medicine, and sports medicine roles in different capacities from attending physician to medical director. Contact info:sahba@medicast.cowww.twitter.com/drferdowsiwww.linkedin.com/in/conciergedoc 00:00 Sahba gives an overview of Medicast, where Sahba is Chief Medical Officer.00:45 How Medicast started as a direct-to-consumer model and transitioned to the being the first mobile platform that allows a direct interaction between patients and providers.02:00 How Medicast partners with Provider Organizations.04:10 What Medicast provides as a competitive advantage.04:15 Defining “Optimize Logistics.”05:30 How Medicast integrates into EHR and handles other logistics in order to create more efficiency and reduce errors.07:30 How Medicast works on the provider side, in terms of scheduling and patient visits.08:40 The flexibility that Medicast offers providers.09:00 Sahba's recommendation for Health Systems to provide more flexible schedules for healthcare providers.13:00 What the Health Systems that now work with Medicast were looking to accomplish when they first approached Medicast.14:40 From an industry perspective, how a Health System benefits from home-health, primary care visits.16:30 What data that Medicast gathers and how this can help educate and improve the health of individual patients and users.21:00 The back-end of the Medicast system, its specification and what this looks like.24:45 The importance of customer service for Medicast.26:50 The three reasons a Health System would move towards a home-health model via a platform like Medicast.31:00 Why the Medicast co-pay is higher than a typical co-pay and the value-based reasoning behind that.35:00 You can find out more information at www.medicast.com: Medicast is looking to expand out to more Healthcare providers, Health Systems, Hospitals, etc.
Ron Gutman, founder and CEO of digital-health startup HealthTap, dares entrepreneurs to enjoy, not just endure, the journey by doing something that matters deeply to many people. A serial entrepreneur, inventor and big believer in the power of positivity, Gutman also describes how the heart of success is understanding human need at a granular level.
Ron Gutman, founder and CEO of digital-health startup HealthTap, dares entrepreneurs to enjoy, not just endure, the journey by doing something that matters deeply to many people. A serial entrepreneur, inventor and big believer in the power of positivity, Gutman also describes how the heart of success is understanding human need at a granular level.
Ron Gutman, founder and CEO of digital-health startup HealthTap, dares entrepreneurs to enjoy, not just endure, the journey by doing something that matters deeply to many people. A serial entrepreneur, inventor and big believer in the power of positivity, Gutman also describes how the heart of success is understanding human need at a granular level.
Adam, Robert and Katie: HealthTap’s success and impact on healthcare marketing, where people use their mobile devices most and why it matters, and more.
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