The Episodes
The team behind Innovation4Alpha work to bring you interesting guests and content centered on innovation in tech, healthcare, leadership and venture investing. If there is someone or something you think we ought to cover on the show, by all means let us know.
Getting Why Right: Colorado Medical Society (213)
Bryan Campbell leads the Colorado Medical Society and started of his mission going back to the fundamental question of why CMS exists. How can it best serve its physician members?[...]
Fluo Labs: The Future of Allergy Relief (212)
Fluo Labs, Inc. is a premarket clinical stage medical device company pursuing innovative technology to provide drug-free relief of nasal allergy (i.e. hay fever) symptoms. They are inventing a whole[...]
ConveyMed: The podcasting app for medical professionals (211)
ConveyMED is an Ed Tech Marketplace and the first podcast platform designed specifically for Professional Education. Busy physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other professionals want the convenience of a mobile audio[...]
John Pigott, MD FACS – Surgeon, Entrepreneur, Head of Innovation – Promedica (209)
John P. Pigott, MD, FACS, currently serves as Chief Innovations Officer/Strategic Business Development for ProMedica and ProMedica Innovations, where he works with thought leaders from across the health system to[...]
David Yakobi, MD – Insights On Serving as a Physician Advisor to Startups (208)
David Yakobi, MD is a Board Certified Cardiac Surgeon and specialist in Cardiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine, Hemodynamics, and Physiology. Dr. Yakobi has vast experience in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD),[...]
Saralyn Mark, MD – Human centered design on Earth and in Space (207)
Saralyn Mark, MD, a world renowned leader in women’s health, is an endocrinologist, geriatrician and women’s health specialist. She was the first Senior Medical Advisor to the Office on Women’s[...]
Michael Meighen, MD – Optimizing Health (206)
Dr. Michael Meighen is a physician who is board certified in Physiatry and Pain Medicine. He is the author of #1 Best Selling Book "A New You: Using the Body's[...]
Jaffar Raza, MD – Opportunities, Cost Management and Technology (205)
Jaffar Raza, MD is a board certified Interventional Cardiologist affiliated with Lenox Hill, Hackensack and Holy name hospitals. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at United Health Services Hospitals[...]
David Finkel, Founder/CEO of Maui Mastermind (Part 3) (204)
David Finkel is the Founder and CEO of Maui Mastermind®, one of the world’s premier business[...]
Doug Freedberg, MD – Orthopedic Surgeon / Sports Medicine (203)
Doug Freedberg, MD is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon (with sports medicine subspecialty certification) specializing in knee[...]
David Finkel, Founder/CEO of Maui Mastermind (Part 2) (202)
David Finkel is the Founder and CEO of Maui Mastermind®, one of the world’s premier business[...]
Amir Baluch, MD – Side Hustle MD (201)
Amir Baluch, MD, is an investor, serial entrepreneur, and fund manager at BioWise Capital. Dr. Baluch has ten years experience in private equity and securities with series 22 and 63,[...]
David Finkel, Founder/CEO of Maui Mastermind (Part 1) (030)
David Finkel is the Founder and CEO of Maui Mastermind®, one of the world’s premier business[...]
Physician, Innovator & Advisor – Ramin Rafie, MD (028)
Ramin Rafie, MD is an Internist trained in Geriatric, Hospice & Palliative Medicine.
Matan Magril – Innovator, Investor and Guide (027)
One of the most creative, insightful and articulate startup leaders in the industry, Matan Magril is always fascinating to talk with. At 22, he launched the full-scale event production and[...]
Clinician Innovator: Asheesh Gupta, MD (026)
Dr. Gupta is very active working with innovative startups across medical device and digital health and serves as a Sr. Clinical Advisor with AngelMD and as a member of the[...]
Startup Profile: Embrace Prevention Care (024)
Embrace Prevention Care provides Personal Prevention Care to older adults with heart failure and other chronic conditions to help them take healthy actions that reduce preventable hospital stays. They partner[...]
Will Walker – Hall Venture Partners (025)
Hall Venture Partners is the venture fund sponsored by and investing alongside the Hall Family. The Halls are a 3rd generation family office that operates a massive incubation campus in[...]
Featured Investor: Matt Patsky, CEO of Trillium Asset Management (021)
Matt Patsky is CEO and Lead Portfolio Manager of the Trillium ESG Global Equity strategy and Portfolio Manager of the Trillium Sustainable Opportunities strategy. Matt has over three decades of[...]
Dental Disruptor – Elims (017)
Elims is a social impact company that combines seriously effective oral care + real sustainability. They[...]
Innovative Family Office Led by Katherine Hill Ritchie (016)
Katherine Hill Ritchie has extensive background running single family offices including a strong emphasis on sourcing alternative investments. Her most recent role involves both investment sourcing and project sourcing for[...]
Introducing Yuri Sernande – Innovation4Alpha Executive Producer
At the vortext of healthcare innovation and venture finance is the Innovation4Alpha Podcast. Join Host Tobin Arthur and his occasional guest hosts, as they interview interesting startups, clinicians and investors[...]
Innovation4Alpha Kick-Off
At the vortext of healthcare innovation and venture finance is the Innovation4Alpha Podcast. Join Host Tobin Arthur and his occasional guest hosts, as they interview interesting startups, clinicians and investors[...]
Venture Investing for Physicians (002)
In this episode, host Tobin Arthur is joined by colleague Michael Schmanske in a discussion with DJ Verret, MD, a plastic surgeon and seasoned startup investor. Dr. Verret shares his[...]
Startup Profile: Cooler Heads (003)
In this episode, host Tobin Arthur is joined by colleagues Katie Richardson, MD and Mike Schmanske interviewing startup Founder Kate Dilligan of Cooler Heads. Kate shares how her personal experience[...]
Startup Profile: Spect (004)
Mike Ricci leads Spect, a Y Combinator startup focused on combining eye-care diagnostics and artificial intelligence.
Startup Profile: RiskLD (005)
RiskLD is a physician-led startup out of Cleveland focused on improving maternity outcomes.
Healthcare Impact Investing Summit and ESG Investing (006)
On July 13, 2021, AngelMD held the Healthcare Impact Investing Summit with a coalition of partners all focused on improving innovation in healthcare. The event was born out of frustration[...]
Andrew Malloy on Family Office Impact Investing (007)
Andrew Malloy spent a career on Wall Street and also happens to be part of a 3rd generation family office created because of his family's successful history in the retail[...]
Featured Startup: AvodahMed (015)
AvodahMed is an advanced technology company improving quality care for patients and healthcare providers. They provide a unique solution that embeds AI throughout live video conferencing with computer vision, real-time[...]
Featured Family Office / Incubator: Hall Venture Partners (014)
Hall Venture Partners is located at a state-of-the-art Hall Labs innovation campus in Provo, Utah. Hall Venture Partners was established to address the growing demand by investors for curated opportunities[...]
Innovator: Unity Stoakes, Startup Health (013)
Unity Stoakes is the Co-Founder of the Startup Health organization now in its 10th year. The group centralizes their focus on 12 "Moonshots" which are based on key areas of[...]
Clinician Innovator and Investor: Jeremy Krell, DMD (012)
Dr. Krell is a fascinating general dentist with a combined business background. He is currently the Head of Marketing at Simplifeye, based in NYC, and the Chief Marketing Officer of[...]
Startup Profile: Eyetamins (011)
Eyetamins is a healthcare technology and life sciences company focused on therapeutics and consumer innovations in the $200B eye health and wellness space. They launched the company with natural supplements[...]
Startup Profile: SurgiQuality (010)
Chronic pain affects the mental health of young people and it requires continuous and complex self-management that often fails. Happyr Health supports teens with chronic conditions and their families by[...]
Startup Profile: Happyr Health (009)
Chronic pain affects the mental health of young people and it requires continuous and complex self-management that often fails. Happyr Health supports teens with chronic conditions and their families by[...]
Startup Profile: Recalibrate Solutions (008)
Recalibrate Solutions (RS) is creating a stethoscope for stress health monitoring of kids. It’s a 5-minute, disposable cortisol test that helps identify kids suffering from toxic stress and get them[...]
