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The Healthtech Podcast

Dr. James Somauroo
NHS
Health Technology
AI In Healthcare
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Healthtech
Healthcare
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Patient Care
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Obesity
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The Healthtech Podcast covers the latest in health and technology through interviews with disruptive healthtech startups and leaders. Whether you’re a patient, founder, investor or simply interested in healthtech, The Healthtech Podcast has it covered. 🌍 Listeners in over 150 countries. 🎙 New episode every week. 🗣 Hosted by Dr James Somauroo. www.thehealthtechpodcast.com | www.somx.health | www... more

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Steve Burnell is managing director of Tenmile, the health technology and biotech investment business Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Tattarang set up with a 250 million dollar allocation. He is also a PhD marine ecologist who spent his twenties putting s... more

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Ross Drynan has spent twelve years at the intersection of technology and healthcare, almost all of it in go to market, including building the go to market that took a small dental software company to international market leadership. He now runs We Do... more

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Nader Alaghband co-founded Ampersand Health with two NHS gastroenterologists, Dr Gareth Parkes and Dr Bu Hayee, and has spent about eight years building it. His argument here is uncomfortable and worth hearing. Too much of a hospital appointment is s... more

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Dr Nikita Kanani MBE is Global Medical Director at Neko Health and still a practising NHS GP. Before Neko she was medical director for primary care at NHS England, through the pandemic and the vaccine rollout, and she and Dr James Somauroo start ther... more

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Recent Guests

Steve Burnell
Managing Director of Tenmile
Tenmile
Episode: #465: Lessons from running a $250M healthtech & biotech fund, with Steve Burnell from Tenmile
Ross Drynan
Founder and CEO of We Don't Consult
We Don't Consult
Episode: #464 How to go to market in healthtech - Ross Drynan from We Don’t Consult
Nikita Kanani
Global Medical Director at Neko, NHS GP and former NHS England leader
Neko
Episode: #462: Dr Nikita Kanani, Global Medical Director at Neko - Neko's Year 3 Prevention data & Insights from 80,000 scans
Deborah Cohen
Medically trained investigative journalist, ex-science editor at ITV News, ex-health correspondent at BBC Newsnight
BMJ, BBC, ITV
Episode: #461: Deborah Cohen, BBC & ITV journalist: Has the Internet Hijacked Our Health?
Martin Ratz
Co-founder of Doccla
Doccla
Episode: #459: What if we monitored everyone that leaves hospital care?
Reza Razavi
Professor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Science at King's College London; honorary consultant pediatric cardiologist; CEO of Fraiya
Fraiya (ultrasound AI company)
Episode: #456: Half of babies with heart problems are missed - AI in ultrasound is changing that
Steve Bulera
Chief Scientific Officer for Safety Assessment and Toxicology at Charles River Laboratories
Charles River Laboratories
Episode: #455: Is animal testing in drug development on its way out?
Shravan Nageswaran
Co-founder and CEO of Atman Labs
Atman Labs
Episode: #453: Why "can AI replace doctors?" is the wrong question. Shravan Nageswaran, Atman Labs
Ben Finlay
Partner at Stratt, advisor to romva.ai, former Medtronic executive
Stratt; romva.ai; Medtronic
Episode: #451: A new biomarker for depression?

Host

James Somauroo
Host of Healthtech content focusing on healthtech startups, leaders, and disruptive technologies.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 100 ratings
  • Getting better and better

    Fascinating guests with important subjects

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Fjkirby
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Love this show!

    The Healthtech Podcast never disappoints! Dr. James consistently offers compelling conversations about the latest innovations in the healthcare space. If you're an entrepreneur or founder who wants to make a difference in this arena, or just a consumer with an interest in what's on the horizon in the health tech space, this is the podcast you should be listening to.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Arlie K
    United States5 years ago
  • I wish the presenter could interject less

    Inspiring nonetheless

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Angry laundry user
    United Kingdom5 years ago
  • Authentic and inspiring

    Seems to me like this podcast gets better especially now more women contributing great stories. Thanks James

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Lincs_SC
    United Kingdom5 years ago
  • great motivation for health tech founders

    Discovered this podcast after hearing Dr Somauroo on the Big Picture Medicine podcast. Loved his advice for healthcare entrepreneurs on finding problems in the hospital to tackle and how he got started fixing printers for his colleagues. As a former software engineer and indie hacker doc we’re hoping to build something worth interviewing sometime. Great interviews and guests!

    Gerald @ GrepMed

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Gerads
    United States6 years ago

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#462: Dr Nikita Kanani, Global Medical Director at Neko - Neko's Year 3 Prevention data & Insights from 80,000 scans
Q: How do you see private-public partnerships evolving, particularly in pathways from private scans back into NHS care?
Partnerships should enable seamless referrals and shared care, where patients can obtain specialist follow-up within NHS pathways while preserving patient access, trust, and clinician involvement, not just dumping patients back into the NHS without support.
#462: Dr Nikita Kanani, Global Medical Director at Neko - Neko's Year 3 Prevention data & Insights from 80,000 scans
Q: What does the year-three data say about worried well vs. life-threatening findings, and how does that influence your approach to prevention?
The data shows only about 1% of scans reveal life-threatening conditions each year, confirming that the program catches meaningful health issues without a flood of false positives, and it guides ongoing R&D and targeted interventions.
#462: Dr Nikita Kanani, Global Medical Director at Neko - Neko's Year 3 Prevention data & Insights from 80,000 scans
Q: So preventative health. You're an NHS GP. What did preventative health mean to you before joining Neko? And what has it meant to you since joining Neko?
Prevention has always been about keeping people well and accessible care; at Neko, it translates into scalable, data-driven prevention with equitable access, bridging public and private sectors to deliver proactive health checks and follow-up care when needed.
#456: Half of babies with heart problems are missed - AI in ultrasound is changing that
Q: Can we fix this postcode lottery where some places you might end up with 80% of kids not being picked up?
The guest explains that antenatal screening and coordinated care pathways are essential, and his work aims to standardize detection through AI-assisted scanning that acts as a second check, improving consistency and outcomes.
#453: Why "can AI replace doctors?" is the wrong question. Shravan Nageswaran, Atman Labs
Q: What are the regulatory and benchmarking considerations for autonomous diagnosis?
Determinism, explainability, and safety are key; we aim to verify the system's interactions, ground decisions in a knowledge graph, and design real-world clinical studies to establish credible benchmarks.

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What is The Healthtech Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The episodes cover a wide range of healthtech topics, from AI and automation in diagnostics to regulatory challenges, clinical workflows, and patient-centered digital health solutions. Discussions frequently center on practical implementation, real-world evidence, and the balance between innovation, safety, and access within healthcare systems. Notable throughlines include AI-enabled diagnostics, regulatory evolution for iterative medical devices, and the alignment of technology with clinician workflows and patient outcomes. The format often blends founder journeys with concrete use cases, giving potential listeners actionable perspectives on bringing healthtech innovations to market and patients to better care. A standout aspect is the emp... more

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Recent guests on The Healthtech Podcast include:

1. Steve Burnell
2. Ross Drynan
3. Nikita Kanani
4. Deborah Cohen
5. Martin Ratz
6. Reza Razavi
7. Steve Bulera
8. Shravan Nageswaran

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