First in Human
Episodes
$150M Raised. A Blood Test Reshaping Sepsis Care.
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sepsis is one of medicine’s most dangerous guessing games. Patients arrive with vague symptoms. Clinicians rely on instinct. And too often, the ones...
$150M Raised. A Blood Test Reshaping Sepsis Care.
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sepsis is one of medicine’s most dangerous guessing games. Patients arrive with vague symptoms. Clinicians rely on instinct. And too often, the ones...
Nothing in the OR Was Built for His Patient
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing to talk about innovation. It’s another to realize, mid-surgery, that nothing in the room was designed for your patient. In this epi...
Reinventing the Stethoscope: The Eko Health Story
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to reinvent one of the most iconic tools in medicine? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Connor Landgraf, co-fo...
A Deadly Lung Disease, a Eureka Moment, and the Startup Ready to Change Everything
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you fight a disease that hides until it’s almost too late? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Maria Artunduaga, founder of Samay, whos...
The Startup That Tackled a Deadly Risk for the World's Tiniest Babies
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An innovator’s first step into the clinical environment - in this case, an ICU built for the world’s tiniest babies - can change everything. ...
How Two Founders Turned an Unsolvable ICU Problem into a Medtech Breakthrough
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some problems in medicine see so many failed attempts that they start to feel untouchable. Teams learn to move on, investors grow wary, and the proble...
Why a Serial Medtech Founder Is Betting on Bathrooms
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a serial medtech founder takes on one of the most overlooked problems in public health: the simple act of finding a clean, safe plac...
How One Med Student’s Frustration Launched a Global Company
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if medical education felt less like memorization, and more like discovery?In this episode of First in Human, we sit down with Shiv Gaglani, the f...
The Hidden Condition That Inspired a Startup
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when two innovators take on a condition no one talks about - but that quietly shapes how people connect? In this episode of First in...
How to Share Your Big Idea - Without Losing It
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how to talk about your invention without your idea being stolen? In this episode of First in Human, we sit down with Jessica Hudak - mec...
Turning Noise Into Opportunity: The Treble Health Story
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you combine clinical credibility, a patient problem that’s flown under the radar, and a founder mindset? In this episode of First ...
An App Store for Surgery? This Founder is Making AI Surgery Robots
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you bring Silicon Valley thinking into the operating room? In this episode of First in Human, host Dr. David Hindin sits down with N...
From Cath Lab to Creativity: How a Cardiologist Became an Innovator
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take for a physician to cross the bridge from medicine into health tech innovation? In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Dr...
How One Text Message Turned This Doctor into Medtronic's CMO
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a text from a stranger changes your career?In this episode of First in Human, I sit down with Dr. Austin Chiang, Chief Medical Offic...
Using AI in the ER to Catch Heart Attacks Faster
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Maya Yiadom and Dr. Gabrielle Bunney to unpack how real AI gets built, tested, and safely deployed in health care...
Welcome to First in Human: Stories Transforming the Future of Medicine
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
#001 Ever wonder how people actually break into health tech? Not the buzzwords or corporate decks - but the real stories. The moments of spark, uncert...