The Penn HealthX Podcast

Todays episode is a conversation I had with Dr. Ravi Parikh who is a Heme/Onc fellow at Penn. He received his MD from Harvard and his MPP from the Kennedy School. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Brigham. Dr. Parikh gave our first (and unfortunately probably only) in-person seminar series talk this semester. He spoke about Machine Learning in healthcare, some of the projects he is involved with to better identify patients who would benefit from having a “serious illness conversation” and the challenges of bias. He joined me to talk about this topic further. In the episode, we discuss his background, the decision to get an MPP degree, artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, some of his research interests, and what he is most looking forward to in the future of medicine and oncology. - Ryan O'Keefe Footnotes: Ravi’s Bio https://ldi.upenn.edu/expert/ravi-parikh-md One of Ravi’s Recent Publications on ML in Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S155171442030029X?via%3Dihub

In this episode, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. James Buxton – all the way from across the pond in London. James is an MBA colleague of mine and a physician from the U.K who was training to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. In the episode we discuss how the coronavirus has impacted him these last few weeks and how he may soon be called to the frontlines in the U.K. We also discuss how we became interested in surgery, why he decided to get a business degree in the U.S, what he’s learned about the U.S healthcare system, and how he plans to use his degree in the future in both the business and medical worlds. It was a fun episode to record, and I’m looking forward to featuring more of my Wharton classmates on this show in the near future! Host: Ryan O'Keefe, MD/MBA Candidate Footnotes James’ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-buxton-138a93139/

In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Richard Baron. Dr. Baron is currently the president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine, or ABIM. He received his MD from Yale and completed his internal medicine residency at NYU-Bellevue Medical Center. He served a 3-year obligation in the National Health Service Corps in rural Tennessee, practiced general internal medicine and geriatrics for almost 30 years at Greenhouse Internists, served as the CMO of Health Partners, a Medicaid HMO in Philadelphia, and was the Group Director of Seamless Care Models at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. In the episode, we discuss how his interest in English informed his career trajectory, some memories from training at Bellevue and practicing in rural Tennessee, and the difference between working in leadership for an HMO, and for the government. We also discuss the ABIM, and the increasing issue of the public rejecting expertise, how that impacts the medical field, and steps the ABIM is taking to address it and maintain the trust of patients. Show Notes Dr. Baron’s Bio https://abimfoundation.org/person/richard-j-baron-md-president-and-ceo From the Journal of a Leper – John Updike https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1976/07/19/from-the-journal-of-a-leper The Message in the Bottle – How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with The Other - Walker Percy https://www.amazon.com/Message-Bottle-Queer-Language-Other/dp/0312254016

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. David Nash. Dr. Nash is the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health in Philadelphia. He completed his MD at the University of Rochester, and his internal medicine residency at Graduate Hospital of University of Pennsylvania. He was a RWJ Clinical scholar, and through this program completed an WBA with the Wharton School. He has been on faculty at Jefferson for nearly 30 years. He is widely regarded to be a “pioneer” in the world of population health, and he has many interests including health policy, quality and safety, outcomes management, and health reform. Dr. Nash has served on many national committees, and has sat on the board of a number of public and private organizations. He has written many blog posts about these areas which you can find on MedPage, and he is a frequently asked to share his thoughts in public speaking events and live webinars. In this episode, we spoke about his education and training, the pivotal role one of his mentors played in has advancement, the value of his MBA degree, founding the school of Population Health at Jefferson, and some topics in the Population health space. I was hoping to cover so many more topics, but unfortunately, we had to limit this episode due to time constraints. However, I’m excited that Dr. Nash and I will be recording another episode soon to continue the conversation about Population Health, and to discuss the challenges of measures and reporting outcomes in healthcare. Show Notes Dr. Nash’s Bio https://www.jefferson.edu/university/population-health/faculty/nash.html Dr. Nash’s Blog Posts - MedPage https://www.medpagetoday.com/columns/focusonpolicy/np_3

Welcome to the Penn HealthX Podcast. For those who are new listeners, we seek to interview students, faculty, and leaders working at the intersection of business and medicine at Penn and beyond. Penn HealthX is a student run organization at the Perelman School of Medicine that organizes a speaker series, funds internships and startup companies, and hosts an annual conference, among other things. You can learn more at PennHealthX.com. In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Justin Barad, the Founder and CEO of Osso VR. Osso VR is a validated fully immersive surgical training platform. Osso is an incredibly exciting company that is revolutionizing training in orthopedic surgery and other surgical fields. In the discussion, we chat about how Justin decided to become a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, how he started Osso, and some specific lessons he’s learned along the way. It’s a great episode for anyone interested in health tech, entrepreneurship, MedEd, or surgery. Show Notes Justin’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbaradmd Osso VR Website https://ossovr.com/ Osso Clinical Trial – Intramedullary Nailing https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32035854 Time’s Best Inventions 2019 https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2019/5733053/osso-vr/

Today’s episode is a conversation I had with Elliot Stein while he was still a student here at Penn. Elliot had previously been involved with the leadership of HealthX, and, as you will see, interacted with just about every branch of HealthX during his time as a student. Since then, he began a prelim year at Pennsylvania Hospital and will be completing a residency in Interventional Radiology at UCSF. In the episode, we hit on his interest in IR, the Masters of Translational Research, or MTR, that Penn offers, his involvement with HealthX Labs, how he managed to co-found two companies as a student, and what you can do with the many funding opportunities on campus. Lots of great information, especially for those interested in entrepreneurship.

Today’s episode is one we recorded a while back with Neil Patel. At the time, Neil was the president of HealthX, with dreams of matching into ENT. He did just that, and is now an ENT resident at UCSF. In the conversation, we discuss his time as an undergraduate at Penn in the Vagelos program, his experience as a life science consultant, his decision to pursue a master’s in translational research, and why he chose ENT.

This episode is a discussion I had with a colleague of mine at Penn, John Bernabei. He is an MD/PhD student interested in neurosurgery and shared with us of some details about his research in applying machine learning to better understand and treat epilepsy. We talk about his time at Duke, how he became interested in both neuroscience and computer science, and we wrap up with a discussion about Black Fynn, an innovative company founded by his mentor Dr. Brian Litt to apply machine learning to better understand neurological diseases. Keep an eye out for many more future episodes in the coming weeks and months. Dr. Brian Litt https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p6213 BlackFynn https://www.blackfynn.com/about/

Hello and welcome back to the Penn HealthX Podcast! My name is Ryan O’Keefe, and I’m now a 4th year MD/MBA student at The Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School. I, along with occasional co-host Logan Brock, am also currently the co-president of Penn HealthX. Movin’ up in the world. We are incredibly excited for a new semester with a fresh board of HealthX Vice Presidents. You’ll be meeting a few of them soon! I’m currently in my year out studying business – but don’t let anyone fool you, it’s not all fun and games. It’s been incredibly busy - but am so happy to be back creating episodes with both students, and leaders working at the intersection of medicine, business, and innovation. This has been an exciting year for HealthX , as we are now officially endowed and will be funded in perpetuity. Thank you so much from all of us at Penn HealthX to Roderick Wong who graduated from Penn Med in 2003 and is now managing partner at RTW Investments for his continued support of our program, and for seeing the value in helping medical students to learn about healthcare management, entrepreneurship and technology. Since our founding in 2013, HealthX has hosted over 100 lectures, funded 23 non-traditional internships, provided non-dilutive funding for 13 student-founded startup companies, hosted 4 conferences with over 650 tickets sold, and last but not least, created 40 podcast episodes. And soon to be 41! And thank you to Dr. Slevin, Dr. Anand, and Dr. Wills for joining Rod and supporting Penn HealthX. You are all giving us the opportunity to expand our programming for students. It’s with your gracious support that the spirit of HealthX continues to flourish. Here’s to many more accomplishments – and podcasts - on the horizon. For the next few episodes, we’re reaching back into the vault to upload some content we recorded a while back but never released. Though the guests are in slightly different places, the conversations are timeless, and as interesting as ever! Thank you to all of the listeners for your support as we put out the last 40 episodes. It’s good to be back.

In this episode, we speak with J.C Lopez who graduated from Penn Med last year, and now works in Business Development at Genentech. In the episode, we talk about water polo, learning how to be a leader, the experience and challenges of starting a medical device company as a medical student, the value of an MBA, interning for Genentech, the decision to forgo residency. For those who don’t know, the conversations we have for these episodes begin way before we hit record and go on long after we stop. In this case, I began talking with JC about how being married impacted how he made decisions, especially his decision to move to California after graduation. I felt like it was an important enough topic to record quickly for a few minutes and tack on at the end. Angiio (no longer operational) https://www.linkedin.com/company/angiio-llc/ Genentech https://www.gene.com/ JC's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jclopez004

In this episode Ryan and Neil are joined by Penn HealthX’s third and final founder, Jacqui Soegaard. Jacqui is currently a general surgery resident here at Penn. In the episode we discuss growing up in Puerto Rico, her time at MIT, her perspective on co-founding HealthX, how she ended up taking a year off to do a clinical informatics internship that she crafted, choosing surgery, things that have surprised her about being a resident, and some opportunities she is looking forward to in the future. Enjoy.

We're back! In this episode we are back to our HealthX founders series, with Diane Dao. When this episode was recorded, she was in her first year of anesthesia residency here at Penn. In the conversation we talk about the role her parents had on her career trajectory and how she ended up choosing anesthesia, her decision to get an MPH, an article she wrote about cooking, and a bit more of the story of founding HealthX. Diane's Kevin MD Article https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/12/cooking-just-doctor-ordered.html

Today’s episode is one we recorded a long time ago with Dan O’Connor, one of the three founders of HealthX! Dan is now a dermatology resident at Harvard. In the episode, we chat about how he got interested in computer science, entrepreneurship, as well as some of his previous experiences as a medical scribe, an academic researcher, and founding a company to make the resident evaluation process more streamlined. His research uncovered some interesting findings focusing on gender bias in the evaluation process. We also chat about the process of founding HealthX, the goals of the program, and what he hopes to do with these skills in the future. Many of the future episodes we’ll put up in the next few months have been a long time coming, as we recorded them over the last year. While the interviewees are further along in their training and careers, the discussions we had are timeless and there are many takeaways and interesting tidbits to help you on your own career path! The next two episodes with be with Diane Dao and Jacqui Soegaard, who were the other two founders of HealthX! Other episodes on the horizon include topics such as medical law, neurosurgery medical devices, how consulting and medicine overlap. Lots to look forward to! To skip to founding HealthX, go to minute 32:00 Dan’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-o-connor-73602b5b/

This episode is one we recorded a while back with Lizz Card and Joy Obayemi who are also third year medical students. In it, we discuss the work they did in Tanzania at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, performing research with a focus on global surgery. First, we hear a little bit about each of their backgrounds, and then we jump into some of their projects, including looking into the repercussions medical bills have on mental health, and the role of traditional bone setters in the Tanzanian health system. We also discuss what it was like traveling to Africa, and about some of their unforgettable memories, including a close call with a hippo. The Penn Global Surgery Group is hosting a conference on November 17th at the Perelman School of medicine for those interested. The Penn Global Surgery Symposium https://www.med.upenn.edu/pennglobalsurgerygroup/upcoming-events.html Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre https://www.kcmc.ac.tz/ Geoff Tabin https://www.cureblindness.org/who-we-are/founders/geoff-tabin-md Dr. Sheth and Global Ortho http://www.globalortho.org/archives/our_team/neilsheth Lizz's Art! http://cargocollective.com/lizzcard?fbclid=IwAR0SB68-_6bDxogbog5-fiND_EqUxpmgCmOOvx9MLKwDvZSa0A1Ay7ftoqs https://www.facebook.com/lizzcardartist/

Today’s episode is Part 2 of a conversation Logan and I had with Dr. Shivan Mehta, who is the Associate Chief Innovation Officer at Penn Medicine. A gastroenterologist by training, Dr. Mehta is also the Director of Operations at the Penn Center for Healthcare Innovation, and works with the Leonard Davis Institute Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics. He received his MD, MBA and Masters in Health Policy all from Penn. We had a great conversation with topics ranging from his background, The Center for Healthcare Innovation, and behavioral economics research and how it can be used to improve patient care. In Part 2 we discuss more of his work and the role of behavioral economics in healthcare. Links Part 1 https://soundcloud.com/pennhealthxpodcast/34-dr-shivan-mehta-part-1-using-behavioral-economics-to-improve-healthcare Dr. Mehta's Bio healthcareinnovation.upenn.edu/bio/shiva…-mba-mshp