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- Jan 5, 202654 min
#57 - Reimagining care for metabolic disorders - Ihsan Almarzooqi - meta[bolic]
Which care models will handle the scourge of metabolic disorders? Beyond the societal questions raised by this public health phenomenon, the real concern is whether traditional care models are capable of managing this group of conditions effectively and sustainably. This largely because traditional care models are episodic and put little focus on behaviour change that is dearly needed to reverse the trend. Among those who have realized it and are striving for alternatives, Ihsan Almarzooqi and his team at meta[bolic] stand out. Based in Dubai, they have developed and deployed a unique care model, which they aim to replicate in Europe, starting with the UK. Their approach blends cutting-edge diagnostics, remote monitoring, and a care pathway involving frequent interactions with medical staff—enough to drive long-term behavioural change. And its efficacy has been demonstrated through numerous studies published since its inception. Beyond this hybrid care model, what is striking about Ihsan and the meta[bolic] philosophy is their relentless focus on improving outcomes for patients and incorporating the latest care innovations to raise the bar. Up to the point of reducing their operational margin to extend their knowledge of each patient, as long as it improves the level of care. In this episode, we discuss what makes this care pathway unique, its implementation, the results, and how we can leverage traditional reimbursement schemes while still delivering a continuous and outcome-oriented care experience. An inspiring and thought-provoking conversation on what care models for metabolic disorders can be, despite the constraints posed by most health systems! Timeline: 00:00:00 - What led Ihsan to pioneer new care delivery models 00:06:03 - The extent of the metabolic diseases pandemic 00:10:39 - Why traditional care models fail to address metabolic diseases 00:16:49 - The components that make up the meta[bolic] care model 00:23:37 - How the meta[bolic] care model is funded in the UAE 00:30:57 - Ihsan’s philosophy about evidence generation and how it is lived at meta[bolic] 00:33:28 - Scaling the meta[bolic] model to other geographies beyond the UAE 00:38:45 - How to keep patients engaged throughout their care journey 00:41:55 - Ihsan’s wishes for the democratization of value-based care What we also talked about with Ihsan: Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) GLP-1 agonists Labcorp p-Tau217 VO2 max test PromarkerD test As mentioned by Ihsan during the episode, you can have a read at Ground Truths by Dr. Eric Topol and his recent book Super Agers, an encyclopedia of the latest medical knowledge around longevity. Ihsan also recommends listening to Dr. Peter Attia’s podcast The Drive, which investigates everything from exercise and nutritional biochemistry to cardiovascular health, cancer, cognitive health, mental and emotional well-being, and beyond. You may also read Ihsan’s publication in NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery alongside Hala Zakaria, and Ali Hashemi, on their hybrid care model to manage diabetes in the UAE. You can get in touch with Ihsan via LinkedIn, and follow meta[bolic]’s activities on their website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. ✉️ If you want to give me feedback on the episode or suggest potential guests, contact me over LinkedIn or via email! ⭐️ And if you liked the episode, please share it, subscribe to the podcast, and leave a 5-star review on streaming platforms! 🙏 You can also support my work by doing a PayPal donation @ImpulsePodcast! 👍 Lastly, don’t forget to follow our activities on LinkedIn and our website!
- Jan 5, 20266 min
[SNIPPET] - Ihsan Almarzooqi on creating a new experience for metabolic health care
To discover the whole episode, type "#57 - Reimagining care for metabolic disorders - Ihsan Almarzooqi - meta[bolic]" on your preferred streaming platform.
- Dec 10, 202554 min
#56 - Building the one clinical AI assistant - Ali Parsa - Quadrivia
What will our interactions with our healthcare system look like in the age of AI? Whether you are a patient, a doctor, or any other stakeholder in that system, the question is worth asking. In a world where healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, it is clear we need a radical solution to reverse the trend. The broader challenge is to restore the balance between demand and supply of care, limited by our capacity to train new doctors. Among those relentlessly working on this task are Ali Parsa and his team at Quadrivia. A true veteran of healthcare entrepreneurship, Ali founded Circle Health Group, now the largest chain of private hospitals in the UK, and Babylon Health, the fallen European digital health unicorn that once pioneered the use of AI for remote medicine, symptom checking, and patient triage. Despite all the highs and lows and whatever may have been said about his journey, Ali remains driven by the same mission: making healthcare more accessible and affordable at scale. Today, his efforts are focused on building Qu, which he aims to establish as the gold standard for clinical AI assistants, serving patients, doctors, and the broader ecosystem of actors in the space. In this episode, Ali reveals the inner workings of this formidable tool, showcasing its ability to automate repetitive tasks that healthcare professionals face daily, and the opportunity it offers patients by being available around the clock to advise, educate, and ensure continuous medical supervision. We also discuss the key role of healthcare professionals in the validation of Qu, how to approach the risks and European regulations to make it widely available, and finally, the time and caution required to confidently integrate AI into patients' lives and routine clinical practice. A fascinating conversation that outlines the future of our interactions with the healthcare world! Timeline: 00:00:00 - Ali’s journey as an entrepreneur building healthcare institutions and digital health solutions 00:11:52 - Why healthcare is not affordable nor accessible in the current system 00:16:17 - The interactions where AI will play a crucial role in healthcare (including a demo of Qu!) 00:25:06 - An approach to validate clinically the behaviour of AI in healthcare 00:29:54 - Ali’s observations on the current struggles around AI regulation in healthcare 00:37:22 - Making AI customisable to accommodate different clinical care practices for similar use cases 00:40:01 - Judging a clinical AI’s performance relative to the real performance of healthcare professionals 00:45:10 - Ali’s ambition and Quadrivia’s plans for the next few years What we also talked about with Ali: Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Bakul Patel FDA Lovable Modality Partnership We cited with Ali some of the past episodes of the series: #47 - Pushing responsible AI in health - Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite - HealthAI As mentioned by Ali during the episode, you can have a read at Thinking Machines Lab’s publication “Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference” from September 2025, to dive deep into the nondeterminism problem around the use of LLMs. You can get in touch with Ali via LinkedIn, and follow Quadrivia’s activities on their website and on LinkedIn. ✉️ If you want to give me feedback on the episode or suggest potential guests, contact me over LinkedIn or via email! ⭐️ And if you liked the episode, please share it, subscribe to the podcast, and leave a 5-star review on streaming platforms! 🙏 You can also support my work by doing a PayPal donation @ImpulsePodcast! 👍 Lastly, don’t forget to follow our activities on LinkedIn and our website!
- Dec 9, 20256 min
[SNIPPET] - Ali Parsa on ways to validate AI models in clinical practice
To discover the whole episode, type "#56 - Building the one clinical AI assistant - Ali Parsa - Quadrivia" on your preferred streaming platform.
- Nov 30, 202547 min
#55 - Reinventing organ transportation - Lisa Anderson - Paragonix Technologies
Do you know how organs are traditionally transported for transplantation purposes? In a cooler filled with ice. When I learned that this approach was the most widespread method, I admit I was quite shocked... We talk here about "living" organs whose preservation is crucial for the success of their transplant! And as you can imagine, these transplants are often vital. The good news is: some people have racked their brains and rolled up their sleeves to change all that! And one of them is none other than Lisa Anderson, Co-Founder and President of Paragonix Technologies. With her team, she has literally redefined how organs could be transported, wiping the slate clean of an archaic, despite standard method. Last year, their technology was named one of TIME’s 200 Best Inventions in the Medical Care category. A technology that allows organs to be preserved and monitored under ideal conditions of temperature, pressure, and perfusion. Since its creation in 2010, the company has enabled the transport of over 10,000 hearts, lungs, kidneys, livers, and pancreases combined to date. A paradigm shift, which not only allows for better preservation of these tissues during transport but is also accompanied by a surprising improvement in transplant outcomes, and helps democratise access to them. We talk about all of this with Lisa, from the complexity of developing such a system to the change management required to lead to its acceptance in the medical field. And everything that this changes for the patients who benefit from it every day. A conversation that dusts off a long-established medical practice and lifts the veil on a unique MedTech success story! Timeline: 00:00:00 - How Lisa got into the transplantation and organ transportation space 00:05:54 - The criticality of organ preservation before a graft 00:08:27 - The parameters to control when transporting organs 00:11:38 - The benefits of improved organ preservation on graft success 00:19:01 - Paragonix Technologies’ clients and commercial models 00:21:20 - Sustainability considerations in the organ transportation business 00:25:29 - Paragonix Technologies’ plans for geographic expansion 00:28:00 - The journey from A to Z of an organ between its donor and recipient 00:30:56 - Changing practices and mindsets around organ transportation 00:33:20 - The engineering challenges around the creation of Paragonix Technologies’ first products 00:40:07 - Matching better the demand and supply of organ transplants What we also talked about with Lisa: Getinge As mentioned by Lisa during the episode, you can have a read at Paragonix Technologies’ latest publications here and find out more about their products and technology on their website. You can get in touch with Lisa via LinkedIn, and follow Paragonix Technologies’ activities on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and YouTube. ✉️ If you want to give me feedback on the episode or suggest potential guests, contact me over LinkedIn or via email! ⭐️ And if you liked the episode, please share it, subscribe to the podcast, and leave a 5-star review on streaming platforms! 🙏 You can also support my work by doing a PayPal donation @ImpulsePodcast! 👍 Lastly, don’t forget to follow our activities on LinkedIn and our website!
- Nov 30, 20254 min
[SNIPPET] - Lisa Anderson on the critical parameters for organ preservation
To discover the whole episode, type "#55 - Reinventing organ transportation - Lisa Anderson - Paragonix Technologies" on your preferred streaming platform.
- Nov 24, 202548 min
#54 - Making the smartphone a psychiatrist - Hannes Klöpper - HelloBetter
While studies have yet to prove a direct causal link, the correlation between smartphone use and declining mental health is well-established, a trend especially concerning among young people. But what if the same technology contributing to the problem could also be the solution? It turns out the therapeutic potential of our smartphones for mental health is no longer up for debate, and one company at the forefront of this revolution is HelloBetter. In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of digital cognitive behavioural therapy with Hannes Klöpper, its Co-Founder and CEO. Hannes breaks down how his team developed one of the world's most extensive portfolios of digital mental health therapies, covering conditions from depression and burnout to panic attacks and vaginismus. These treatments demonstrate how digital-first solutions can be remarkably effective, prescribable by healthcare professionals, and accessible anytime, anywhere. We also explore the game-changing potential of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in mental health, and how they are opening new frontiers for preventing and detecting mental health symptoms early! Timeline: 00:00:00 - What drew Hannes to the cause of HelloBetter 00:05:55 - The power of delivering cognitive behavioural therapy through a smartphone 00:11:50 - How HelloBetter supports patients as an intervention for mental health distress 00:16:20 - The mental health conditions for which HelloBetter provides digital therapeutic programs 00:20:24 - How the therapeutic performance of HelloBetter’s programs is evaluated 00:25:39 - The duality of smartphones as vectors of mental illnesses and vehicles for their treatment. 00:28:54 - What AI and LLMs change for mental health care 00:39:15 - How Hannes keeps his own mental health in check What we also talked about with Hannes: Vaginismus Panic attacks ChatGPT Technical University of Munich Stanford University As mentioned by Hannes during the episode, you can have a read at Exits & Outcomes, Second Opinion, and Healthtech Off The Record, three newsletters that provide in-depth insights and news about the healthtech business. You can get in touch with Hannes via LinkedIn, and follow HelloBetter’s activities on their website, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook. ✉️ If you want to give me feedback on the episode or suggest potential guests, contact me over LinkedIn or via email! ⭐️ And if you liked the episode, please share it, subscribe to the podcast, and leave a 5-star review on streaming platforms! 🙏 You can also support my work by doing a PayPal donation @ImpulsePodcast! 👍 Lastly, don’t forget to follow our activities on LinkedIn and our website!
- Nov 24, 20252 min
[SNIPPET] - Hannes Klöpper on the limitations of traditional LLMs for mental health support
To discover the whole episode, type "#54 - Making the smartphone a psychiatrist - Hannes Klöpper - HelloBetter" on your preferred streaming platform.
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