Tech Tonics

An infectiously exuberant champion of science, sharing, and entrepreneurship, Atul Butte is the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor at the UCSF School of Medicine. Among the questions we explore on this episode of Tech Tonics: can the irresistible [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: While Designing the Clinic of the Future In New York, Joel Dudley Remains…Tech Tonics: Zak Kohane On Medicine and ComputersTech Tonics: Darshak Sanghavi, Public Health PediatricianTech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Katherine Chou – How A Quintessential Googler Wraps Her (Deep) Mind…

If anyone can bridge the gap between technology and health, it just might be Amy Abernethy , oncologist and technologist, who has led the charge, first at Duke and now at Flatiron, for rethinking the way we collect and [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Katherine Chou – How A Quintessential Googler Wraps Her (Deep) Mind…Tech Tonics: Atul Butte – When it Comes to Data, More is MoreTech Tonics: The Most Interesting Man in Silicon ValleyTech Tonics: Dorit Donoviel, To Infinity and Beyond

Dr. Christine Cassel never set out to be a doctor but a chance encounter between a kindly navy corpsman and her unexpectedly broken leg took her down the road to medicine. Over the years she has undergone an evolution from [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: Rasu Shrestha – Living Inside the Culture ClashTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into ActionTech Tonics: Rachel Francine and the Many Applications of Music TherapyTech Tonics: Ken Tarkoff – Back to the Future of Medicine in a Brave New World of Data

For many, music as medicine has long been put in that category of things that seem nice but not like “real medicine” We all know that music can make us feel better individually, but there is an accumulating body of [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into ActionTech Tonics: Rasu Shrestha – Living Inside the Culture ClashTech Tonics: Margaret Laws, Where Non-Profit & For-Profit Healthcare Innovation CollideTech Tonics: Martin Kelly, Conductor of a Global Orchestra of Entrepreneurship

From the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, to the desert of Arizona, to the Eden that is Palo Alto, to his current home in the greatest city on earth, Joel Dudley has followed his interests and instincts to become a pioneer [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Atul Butte – When it Comes to Data, More is MoreTech Tonics: Zak Kohane On Medicine and ComputersTech Tonics: Amalio Telenti, International Man of (Genetic) MysteryTech Tonics: David Van Sickle, Drummer… Digital Health PioneerTech Tonics: Dorit Donoviel, To Infinity and Beyond

From tinkering with computers as a kid, to matriculating at Johns Hopkins while his peers were entering 11th grade, to his PhD in physics, to his current work at drug discovery at Regeneron, Jeff Reid has always embraced his [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Zak Kohane On Medicine and ComputersTech Tonics: Amalio Telenti, International Man of (Genetic) MysteryTech Tonics: Chris Benko, From Fortune 100 to Fortune SeekerTech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Merck’s Robert Plenge on Human Biology and Social Media

Margaret Laws has been working at the intersection of the for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare world for many years. This world has had an explosion of activity to find solutions to major public health and personal health challenges; according to Margaret, [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Jan Bruce and the Science of ResilienceTech Tonics: Deneen Vojta – Skating to Where the Healthcare Puck is GoingTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into ActionTech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: 2016 Preview

Deneen Vojta has played virtually every possible position in the healthcare world. She has at various times been a physician, an entrepreneur and a payer. Today it’s a hat trick, bringing all three of these roles together to bring new [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Margaret Laws, Where Non-Profit & For-Profit Healthcare Innovation CollideTech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: Jan Bruce and the Science of ResilienceTech Tonics: Rasu Shrestha – Living Inside the Culture ClashTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into Action

The son of Eastern European immigrants, Zak Kohane was born and raised in Switzerland; he then came to the United States where he’s nurtured a passion for medicine and computers to become one of the nation’s leading thinkers, innovators, and [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Data Scientist Eric Perakslis, “I Build Stuff.”Tech Tonics: Atul Butte – When it Comes to Data, More is MoreTech Tonics: Dorit Donoviel, To Infinity and BeyondTech Tonics: While Designing the Clinic of the Future In New York, Joel Dudley Remains…Tech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New Therapies

Glen de Vries grew up in Manhattan, a nerdy kid who admired Richard Feynman, loved his TRS-80, and went to Carnegie Mellon University planning to study chemistry and computer science. A summer of molecular biology inspired him to switch his [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Merck’s Robert Plenge on Human Biology and Social MediaTech Tonics: Chris Benko, From Fortune 100 to Fortune SeekerTech Tonics: Dorit Donoviel, To Infinity and BeyondTech Tonics: The Most Interesting Man in Silicon Valley

The medical device company iRhythm has been described as that rarest of all breeds – a digital health company with an actual, viable business model behind it. On today’s Tech Tonics podcast, we’re delighted to welcome Uday Kumar, the cardiologist [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Deborah Kilpatrick – Calling AudiblesTech Tonics: O-K K-A-R-D-I-A, The Dave Albert StoryTech Tonics: Patients are why technology mattersTech Tonics: Chris Benko, From Fortune 100 to Fortune SeekerTech Tonics: The Most Interesting Man in Silicon Valley

“I build stuff” is how data scientist Eric Perakslis modestly describes his breathless career, a journey that’s taken him from industry to academia and back again, with a brief stop at the FDA. Eric’s first job after college was at [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Amalio Telenti, International Man of (Genetic) MysteryTech Tonics: Zak Kohane On Medicine and ComputersTech Tonics: Merck’s Robert Plenge on Human Biology and Social MediaTech Tonics: Chris Benko, From Fortune 100 to Fortune SeekerTech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New Therapies

When you ask Jan Bruce where she grew up, she says “in the media business.” Jan worked early on in the magazine and then digital media sectors, backing into the health and wellness category through opportunity. She planned a career [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Margaret Laws, Where Non-Profit & For-Profit Healthcare Innovation CollideTech Tonics: Deneen Vojta – Skating to Where the Healthcare Puck is GoingTech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: Rasu Shrestha – Living Inside the Culture ClashTech Tonics: Jody Holtzman of AARP – Innovation is Not Only for the Young

Jessica Mega, an accomplished cardiologist and now Chief Medical Officer at Alphabet’s Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences), says she joined the venerable Silicon Valley company to help patients. According to Jess, physicians who love patients need to lean into [See the full post…] Related Posts:The Lean On Me Stroke PodcastTech Tonics: Ken Tarkoff – Back to the Future of Medicine in a Brave New World of DataTech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: Matthew Stoudt – Real Empathy in a Virtual WorldTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into Action

Deborah Kilpatrick grew up on a family farm in rural Georgia; her dad was a teacher and football coach; she describes life in her town as “very Friday Night Lights.” With a passion for math and science, Deb decided to [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Patients are why technology mattersTech Tonics: iRhythm’s Uday Kumar… What Makes Him TickTech Tonics: Katherine Chou – How A Quintessential Googler Wraps Her (Deep) Mind…Tech Tonics: Chris Benko, From Fortune 100 to Fortune SeekerTech Tonics: Taha Kass-Hout – OpenFDA, Open Mind, Open Heart

Reports suggest that today there are between 1.2 to 2.6 million legal medical marijuana users in the U.S. But as we know, there is great controversy about medical marijuana as a “legitimate” medical intervention due to its history as an [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Deneen Vojta – Skating to Where the Healthcare Puck is GoingTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into ActionTech Tonics: Rasu Shrestha – Living Inside the Culture ClashTech Tonics: Margaret Laws, Where Non-Profit & For-Profit Healthcare Innovation CollideTech Tonics: Rachel Francine and the Many Applications of Music Therapy

Chris Benko first joined Merck when he was but a lad of eighteen, rising through the ranks in HR and talent management to become one of the youngest VPs in the history of the organization, at the age of 34. [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Merck’s Robert Plenge on Human Biology and Social MediaTech Tonics: iRhythm’s Uday Kumar… What Makes Him TickTech Tonics: When Companies Go AwryTech Tonics: Diego Miralles – Physician, Scientist, Drug Developer, Humanist

Susannah Fox eloquently described her job as U.S. HHS Chief Technology Officer – a role which just came to an end in the transition to a new administration – as “helping Health and Human Service (HHS) leadership harness the power [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Patients are why technology mattersTech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Taha Kass-Hout – OpenFDA, Open Mind, Open HeartTech Tonics: David Van Sickle, Drummer… Digital Health PioneerTech Tonics: Chris Benko, From Fortune 100 to Fortune Seeker

Many entrepreneurs and investors on our podcast advise would-be innovators to focus on the problem to be solved, rather than become wrapped up in a particular technology. “Your solution,” VC Dave McClure famously warned entrepreneurs, “Is not my problem.” On [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: iRhythm’s Uday Kumar… What Makes Him TickTech Tonics: Kara Dennis and the Development of New TherapiesTech Tonics: Katherine Chou – How A Quintessential Googler Wraps Her (Deep) Mind…Tech Tonics: When Companies Go AwryTech Tonics: Gini Deshpande, @biotechfounder

Rasu Shrestha, MD, is one of those doctors who found his way from medicine to technology. As he puts it, he rolled downhill from his birthplace in Kathmandu, Nepal, across many continents and into medical school in India. But Rasu [See the full post…] Related Posts:Tech Tonics: Deneen Vojta – Skating to Where the Healthcare Puck is GoingTech Tonics: Jan Bruce and the Science of ResilienceTech Tonics: Jack Barrette – Turning Patient Expertise into ActionTech Tonics: The Intersection of Medicine and MarijuanaTech Tonics: Rachel Francine and the Many Applications of Music Therapy