Big Picture Medicine
Episodes
#054 Becoming a Superconnector — Will Gibbs (Octopus Ventures)
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can you become a superconnector? Will Gibbs leads the Future of Health team at Octopus Ventures; one of the largest Venture Capital firms in Europ...
#053 Chasing Failure — Dr Mala Mawkin (Cellen)
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to become addicted to failure? Dr Mala Mawkin is a Doctor, Head of Market Development at Cellen and hosts the Royal Society of Medic...
#052 Digital Twins in Clinical Trials — Dr Charles Fisher (CEO Unlearn.ai)
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can you use digital twins for faster clinical trials requiring fewer patients? Dr Charles Fisher is the CEO and Founder of Unlearn.ai — which us...
#051 Surgeon -> VC — Dr Benedict Evans (InHealth Ventures)
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is VC and how do I raise it? Dr Benedict Evans was set on becoming an orthopaedic surgeon, before he fell out of love with Medicine and saw a sys...
#050 Imperial -> McKinsey -> Mayo Clinic (US) — Dr Ikram Haq
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What's the difference between UK and US medical training? Dr Ikram Haq trained at Imperial College Medical School, interning at McKinsey before starti...
#049 AI Therapy and Going Viral — Ross Harper (CEO Limbic)
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you automate therapy? Ross Harper studied both Neuroscience (Cambridge) and Mathematical Modelling (UCL) — combining the two into his lovechild:...
#048 Decision Making in Health Leadership — Prof Sam Shah
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make good decisions in health leadership? Professor Sam Shah is founder of the Faculty of Digital Health, Chief Medical Strategy Officer at...
#047 Longevity: The Disposable Soma Hypothesis — Prof Tom Kirkwood CBE
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can you extend life? Professor Tom Kirkwood is Emeritus Professor at Newcastle University where he headed the Institute for Ageing and Health. He ...
#046 Radiology -> Venture Capital — Dr Fiona Pathiraja (Crista Galli Ventures)
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are the pros and cons of VC funding as a doctorpreneur? Dr Fiona Pathiraja was a Consultant Radiologist at UCLH and is now Founder and Managing D...
#045 Former Special Advisor to the Health Secretary — Richard Sloggett
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So it's your first day as Health Secretary — what do you do!? Richard Sloggett was former Special Advisor to the Health Secretary (Matt Hancock) dur...
#044 Rare Disease AI — Rudy Benfredj (CEO Mendelian)
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can we use models to diagnose patients with rare diseases earlier? Rudy Benfredj is Co-founder and CEO of Mendelian; who are helping doctors find ...
#043 Brain Computer Interfaces — Prof Karl Friston
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Karl Friston is the most frequently cited neuroscientist in the world. Some of his most fascinating ideas centre around brain imaging, and o...
#042 Spatial Cognition — Prof Hugo Spiers (SpiersLab)
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can you learn from studying the brains of London cabbies? Hugo Spiers is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. He studies how we remember, ...
#041 Leadership Shorts: Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram BEM
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to be a d**k to be a good leader? Here's what Dr Nadine said... Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram BEM is a plastic surgeon and CEO of Proximie — a...
#040 Leadership Shorts: Dr Eric Topol
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to be a d**k to be a good leader? Here's what Dr Eric Topol said... Dr Eric Topol is in the top 10 most cited doctors in the history of Me...
#039 Do You Need to be a D**k to be a Good Leader? (Series Launch)
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Look around and you’ll be surrounded by let’s face it... d**ks. Not just in politics and business — but also in Medicine. We’re taught lots ab...
#038 Ferraris to Fitness — Dr Yusef Smith (Propane Fitness)
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why switch from Investment Banking to Medicine? Dr Yusef Smith is a doctor, competitive gymnast and powerlifter. In a previous life, he was an investm...
#037 Deliveroo for Drugs — Stephen Bourke (Co-Founder Echo)
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Bourke is the co-founder of Echo; the online pharmacy. If you haven’t heard of Echo, it’s a bit like Deliveroo for your medication. It del...
#036 My Notes on Leadership and Success — Sir Bruce Keogh (Former National Medical Director)
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Bruce Keogh was National Medical Director for over a decade — leading clinical policy and strategy as well as being responsible for clinical lea...
#035 The Clinician Scientist — Dr Joe Ledsam (Google/DeepMind)
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does a doctor start working for DeepMind/Google? 🤖 Joe Ledsam is a Clinician Scientist at Google Japan after formerly working at DeepMind...
#034 The Doctor Policymaker — Dr Simon Eccles (Deputy CEO NHS X & CCIO Health and Care)
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Simon Eccles is the Chief Clinical Information Officer for Health and Care and Deputy CEO of NHS X. Amongst many responsibilities, he’s accountab...
#033 You Need to Learn How to Code — Dr Josh Case
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why should doctors learn how to code? Josh is really cool. He’s an Australian doctor on a big mission — to empower medics with code. Josh recently...
#032 AI, Academia and Business — Prof Geraint Rees (Pro-Vice-Provost AI at UCL)
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Where are the dark horses in medical AI? 🐴 Professor Geraint Rees is the Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at UCL, Pro-Vice-Provost of AI ...
#031 The NHS Clinical Entrepreneur — Prof Tony Young OBE
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do we want a Silicon Valley for healthcare? Professor Tony Young is the National Clinical Director for Innovation at NHS England, co-founder of the UK...
#030 AI Too Smart for Clinical Trials: SPIRIT-AI and CONSORT-AI — Professor Alastair Deniston and Dr Xiao Liu
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A paper published in the Lancet Digital Health found that less than 1% of clinical AI studies reviewed were of sufficient quality to have confidence i...
#029 Life of a Doctor-CEO — Dr Ben Maruthappu MBE (CEO Cera Care)
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's it like running a company which has raised $90M? Dr Ben Maruthappu is the co-founder and CEO of Cera Care — a technology enabled home care co...
#028 The Benevolent Leader 😇 — Professor David Lomas (Vice Provost Health UCL)
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to be a silverback gorilla to be a good leader? 🦍 Professor David Lomas is the Vice Provost (Health) at University College London...
#027 The Digital ENT Surgeon — Dr Krishan Ramdoo (CEO TympaHealth)
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want the granular step-by-step on how to launch your own MedTech startup? Dr Krishan Ramdoo was an ENT Surgeon before co-founding TympaHealth; ...
#026 The AI Radiologist — Dr Hugh Harvey (Hardian Health)
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does the future radiologist look like? What does everyone get wrong when regulating their AI startup? Dr Hugh Harvey trained as a consultant radi...
#025 How to Get Published — Dr Azeem Alam BEM (Co Founder BiteMedicine)
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You're an average medical student with no connections — how do you get published!? *Congratulations to Azeem who was awarded the British Empire Meda...
#024 The Augmented Reality Surgeon 🖲 — Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram BEM (CEO Proximie)
08 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can a surgeon assist in an operation across the world — using their web browser? Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram BEM is a plastic surgeon and CEO of Pro...
#023 BioBeats 🎶 — Dr David Plans (CEO BioBeats)
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How could better understanding your internal state improve your mental health? Dr David Plans is a lecturer in Organisational Neuroscience and CEO of ...
#022 The VR Surgeon 🥽 — Professor Shafi Ahmed
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Shafi Ahmed is the world’s most watched surgeon. He has live-streamed operations using Google Glass, the Snapchat Spectacles — and...
#021 NHS Referrals are Broken — Dr Owain Hughes (CEO Cinapsis)
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you enact systems-level change within the NHS? Dr Owain Hughes was an ENT registrar before he decided to do something bold: fix NHS referrals. ...
#020 Deep Medicine 🚀 — Dr Eric Topol
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What would you be working on if you were a medical student today? Dr Eric Topol is in the top 10 most cited doctors in the history of Medicine. He is ...
#019 Personal Branding and Forging Your Own Career Path — Dr James Somauroo (somX)
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you forge your own career path as a doctor? Dr James Somauroo is a former anaesthetics/ICU doctor and the founder of the healthtech agency: som...
#018 Babylon and the Business World — Dr Umang Patel (Director of NHS Services Babylon Health)
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How did a Paediatrician become the Managing Director of NHS Services at Babylon Health? We talk about Umang's advice for medics entering the bus...
#017 The Effectivity Masterclass 💯 — Professor Neil Sebire
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you achieve peak performance as a medical student, doctor or clinical academic? Professor Neil Sebire works at the Great Ormond Street Hospital...
#016 Medical Cannabis 101 — Dr Benjamin Viaris de Lesegno (CMO Cellen)
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cellen is bringing medical cannabis to UK patients. I spoke to Dr Benjamin Viaris de Lesegno who is a French-trained NHS doctor as well as the co-foun...
#015 Medical Student Entrepreneurship — Dr Harvinder Power (CEO Motics)
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you run a successful startup and code academy — all whilst completing your final year at Imperial College Medical School? Harvinder Power is ...
#014 Ali Abdaal on Building a YouTube Empire, Personal Branding and Passive Income as a Medic — Dr Ali Abdaal®
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ali has reached medic nirvana. He has over 770,000 YouTube subscribers, a successful business (6med), one of my favourite podcasts (Not Overthinking I...
#013 Quit Genius: Medical Student to Y Combinator, 1 Million Users and Silicon Valley — Dr Sarim Siddiqui (Co-Founder Quit Genius)
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you convert an idea in medical school into a company that just raised $11M and has over 1 million users? Sarim, Yusuf and Maroof were three med...
#012 Management Consulting for Medics, Digital Health and Why You Need a Performance Coach — Dr Charlotte Lee (UK Director Big Health)
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's management consulting really like (all expensed trips to Vegas)!? How do you get your digital health solution into the NHS? And why do so many ...
#011 Validation over Valuation: An Oncologist's Battle Against Babylon Health — Dr David Watkins aka @DrMurphy11
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Isn't it strange when everyone is raving about something — but you just — don't get it? That's the position Dr David Watkins (@DrMurphy11) found h...
#010: Collaborating with DeepMind and How to Get into MedTech — Dr Pearse Keane (Moorfields Eye Hospital)
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you get into MedTech and collaborate with DeepMind/Google Health to lead world-renowned Deep Learning research? All to help stop people from go...
#009 The First Brit in Space and the Peculiar Doctor-Astronaut Relationship — Helen Sharman OBE
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered if astronauts are honest with their doctors? Or what it feels like to look out of the window at Earth? Helen Sharman was the first Briti...
#008 Machine Learning for Medics 101 🤖 — Dr Chris Lovejoy (Doctor and Data Scientist )
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What’s AI? What’s machine learning? What’s deep learning? This week’s episode is a crash course on machine learning for medics. Dr Chris Lovej...
#007 The Logistics of Buying PPE from China — Dr Alisa Pearlstone (NHS Hero Support)
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are the realities of trying to procure PPE during a pandemic? As the government has given the NHS a 'blank cheque' to fight against COVID-19 — ...
#006 Scuba Masks and PPE 🤿 — Mr Ryan Kerstein (Oxford Inspired)
18 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you when hospitals are running out of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and your colleagues are at risk? Ryan and his team at Oxford Inspire...
#005 Prediction Models for Diagnosis and Prognosis of COVID-19 (BMJ Paper) — Professor Laure Wynants (Maastricht University)
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm going to go out on a limb and say that AI isn't going to get us out of the covid-19 crisis." Natasha Loder, Health Policy Editor at the Economist...
#004 Predicting the Future of COVID-19 Using Epidemiological Models — Dr James Hay (Computational Epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health)
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Curious about how the UK made the decision to the lock the country down? It was made using epidemiological models. One research team has been particul...
#003 AlzEye, Deep Fakes and the Eye as a Window Into the Soul — Dr Siegfried Wagner (Moorfields Eye Hospital)
15 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can 2 million retinal images and a machine-learning algorithm achieve? Early-detection of Alzheimers—at least that's what Dr Siegfried Wagner a...
#002 AI in Paediatrics and Pathology — Professor Neil Sebire (Chief Research Information Officer at GOSH)
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A professor of Pathology who has accepted his impending redundancy from AI image recognition—Professor Neil Sebire is also the Chief Research Inform...
#001 Blockchain and What Doctors Should Know About It — Dr Abdullah Albeyatti (CEO MedicalChain)
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Blockchain (the technology behind Bitcoin) can be difficult to understand. It's been surrounded by cultish hype and it's not immediately obvious how i...