Episode 198: The Biodesign Blueprint: Decoding the Future of Medical Innovation

The EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

Jonathan is joined by Joshua Makower, Director and Co-Founder of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, Stanford University, California, USA. The pair navigate fascinating themes, from Makower’s passion for music and his band, Still Trust, to innovative strategies for controlling rising healthcare costs through innovation. Makower offers perspectives on AI in healthcare, and the associated challenges with regulating these new technologies.

Use the following timestamps to navigate the topics discussed in this episode:

(00:00)-Introduction

(03:05)-A passion for music

(06:11)-From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to medical school

(08:50)-The Biodesign process

(19:37)-Driving technology from mind to marketplace

(23:25)-Doctors engaging with industry

(27:52)-The ExploraMed incubator

(31:07)-Josh’s current work

(34:27)-The importance of failure

(36:16)-Perspectives on artificial intelligence in healthcare

(39:05)-Healthcare innovation horizons

(40:37)-Medical technology regulation

(46:00)-Josh’s three wishes for the future of healthcare