Innovate and Elevate
Episodes
1993: The Year Women Entered Clinical Trials & Why This Matters for Human Health (With Jessica Federer)
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happened in 1993 still affects medicine today. That was the year women were required to be included in NIH-funded clinical trials, a shift that h...
Shapeshifting Human Health: One Medical’s 30 Year Journey with Former CEO Amir Dan Rubin
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it really take to build a healthcare company that lasts?In this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon Kedar sits down with Amir Dan Rubin,...
Redefining Risk with Dr. Michael Rubin: On Entrepreneurship, Career Decisions, and Building Venture Capital in Human Health
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the opening episode of Season 3, host Sharon Kedar speaks with Dr. Mike Rubin about following scientific curiosity across disciplines. Mike reflect...
Building a Better Menopause System: Insights from One Medical’s Dr. Erin Duralde
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Innovate & Elevate, Sharon speaks with Dr. Erin Duralde, internist and Medical Director for Women’s Health and Menopause Care...
8 Days After the FDA: Breaking Down HRT and Breast Cancer Risk with Dr. Corinne Menn
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Innovate & Elevate, Sharon sits down with Dr. Corinne Menn, an OB-GYN, menopause specialist, and breast cancer survivor, to unp...
Special Episode with Dr. Kelly Casperson on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do only 5% of women in America use hormone therapy today, when so many did just two decades ago? In this special live episode, host Sharon Kedar s...
Menopause is Hot with Joanna Strober, CEO of Midi Health
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a successful professional is dismissed by her doctor, given sleeping pills for severe perimenopause symptoms, and instead decides to...
My Personal HRT Protocol with Dr. Rachel Rubin, Urologist and Sexual Medicine Specialist
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if aging wasn't about being discarded, but about reclaiming your dignity and power? In this powerful episode of Innovate and Elevate, host Sharon...
The New Testosterone Story with Dr. Kelly Casperson, Urologist
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything you thought you knew about testosterone was completely wrong? This episode of Innovate and Elevate features a groundbreaking conver...
The Truth About Bones and Estrogen with Dr Vonda Wright, Orthopedic Surgeon
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aging is inevitable, but decline is not. This episode of Innovate and Elevate features a powerful conversation with Dr. Vonda Wright, an orthopedic su...
About the Podcast Season 2: Women's Health, Longevity, and HRT
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to redefine what it means to age with power and dignity. On the Innovate and Elevate podcast, we go beyond surface-level symptoms to expose ...
Single Digits: The Business Case for WHAM with Carolee Lee, Founder & CEO of WHAM
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Innovate & Elevate, Sharon Kedar is joined by Carolee Lee, Founder and CEO of Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM). Carolee s...
The Strength Within: Beyond Imposter Syndrome with Shelley Zalis, Founder and CEO of The Female Quotient
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon is joined by Shelley Zalis, Founder and CEO of The Female Quotient, a media and experience company tha...
Healthier America: ARPA-H and the Return on Investment for the American People with Dr. Renee Wegrzyn
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon Kedar is joined by Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, the inaugural director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency ...
Closing The $1 Trillion Women’s Health Gap with Lucy Pérez
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon welcomes Lucy Pérez, a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and Coleader of the McKinsey Health I...
Harnessing The Power of Profit: The Business Case for Women’s Health Startups with Erin Lambroza
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sharon is joined by Erin Lambroza, Vice President of L Catterton, a consumer-focused private equity firm. Erin holds Director roles o...
Matters of the Heart: What Women Need to Know with Dr. Natalie Bello
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sharon is joined by Dr. Natalie Bello, Director of Hypertension Research, Staff Physician and Associate Professor of Cardiology at Ce...
Mice Don’t Menstruate: Reimagining Women’s Health Using Organ Chips with Dr. Donald Ingber
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sharon is joined by Dr. Donald Ingber, Founding Director at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Universit...
Dare to Dream: An Ultrasound Bra For Breast Health with Dr. Canan Dagdeviren
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Canan Dagdeviren is Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the Conformable De...
Co-Pilot Your Breast Health with Dr. Rachel Brem
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon is joined by Dr. Rachel Brem. Dr. Brem is board-certified in Diagnostic Radiology. She is a Professor ...
Mammography is Essential and Quality Matters with Dr. Janet Storella
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon is joined by Dr. Janet Storella, Medical Director of Breastlink Maryland at RadNet. Dr. Storella is a ...
Treat Your Body As If You Were Pregnant with Dr. Kathryn Rexrode, Chief of Women’s Health at BWH
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Innovate and Elevate, Sharon is joined by Dr. Kathyrn Rexrode, Chief of the Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medic...