Big Picture Medicine Mustafa Sultan

How could better understanding your internal state improve your mental health?

Dr David Plans is a lecturer in Organisational Neuroscience and CEO of BioBeats; a company on a mission to free people from mental suffering. He’s completing his second PhD in Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and has raised over $6M to turn his academic research into a bustling company.

This is a really interesting conversation in which I’m completely out of my depth. We start by discussing David’s story and his view of hustle culture and how enhancing peoples’ interoception (which is loosely defined as understanding the internal state of your body) could improve their mental health.

Thank you to Elise Plans for the music you hear.

Find Dr David Plans

BioBeats: https://biobeats.com

David's Personal Website: http://www.davidplans.com

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Professor Shafi Ahmed is the world’s most watched surgeon. 

He has live-streamed operations using Google Glass, the Snapchat Spectacles — and even virtual reality technology. He’s really at the cutting edge of surgical innovation so it was a real privilege to speak to him.

He is the co-founder of Medical Realities; a company which specialises in surgical VR and AR tech. He has spoken at Wired Health, TEDx — he leads charity work in his native Bangladesh, he’s setting up a hospital of the future in Bolivia.

He has consulted for Google, PwC, Roche — he has advised the NHS on the Long Term Plan and was awarded the Future NHS Award by members of Parliament in 2018.

Find Professor Shafi Ahmed

Website: https://surgeon.ai

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShafiAhmed5

Wired Health Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vftA-_c1hYc

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How do you enact systems-level change within the NHS?

Dr Owain Hughes was an ENT registrar before he decided to do something bold: fix NHS referrals. But systems-level solutions aren't as simple as just making an app... here's how Cinapsis did it.

Find Dr Owain Hughes:

Cinapsis: https://www.cinapsis.org

Twitter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owainrhyshughes

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What would you be working on if you were a medical student today?

Dr Eric Topol is in the top 10 most cited doctors in the history of Medicine. He is a cardiologist, geneticist and digital medicine expert — and was commissioned by the UK’s Health Secretary to write a report to prepare the NHS for the digital future: The Topol Review.

Dr Topol has three best selling books on the future of Medicine: the Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Patient Will See you Now and Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. This conversation was a lot of fun — hope you enjoy.

Find Dr Eric Topol:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricTopol

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How do you forge your own career path as a doctor?

Dr James Somauroo is a former anaesthetics/ICU doctor and the founder of the healthtech agency: somX. He writes for Forbes and is also the host of the Health-tech podcast — the biggest podcast in this space with listeners in over 100 countries.

Find Dr James Somauroo:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-somauroo/

The Health-tech Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-health-tech-podcast/id1438968893

somX: https://somx.co.uk

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How did a Paediatrician become the Managing Director of NHS Services at Babylon Health? 

We talk about Umang's advice for medics entering the business world, how to keep your clinical job, Babylon's validation and some incredible advice on crafting your own story.

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Find Dr Umang Patel:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drumangpatel/

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