The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform
In this episode, Unity Stokes interviews Valerie and Cody Gargoozlu, founders of Imaginostics, about their breakthrough MRI technology that adds a new data layer to traditional scans. Their QC‑MRI platform replaces toxic gadolinium contrast with a safer agent and produces images that are ten times clearer, while their Vascular Intelligence platform extracts quantitative biomarkers from the previously invisible micro‑vascular network. The duo explains how AI-driven post‑processing (Imagicide) turns these high‑resolution images into individual‑level diagnostics for brain and cardiovascular health, earning FDA breakthrough designation and a partnership with Siemens. Their work promises earlier detection of neurodegenerative and vascular diseases, potentially transforming drug development and patient care.
Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get...
In this episode, Unity Stokes talks with Kim Fisher, Chief Impact Officer of Startup Health’s Food is Medicine Moonshot and Program Director of UC Davis’s Innovation Institute for Food and Health, about the rapid emergence of the food‑as‑medicine movement. Fisher...
Food as Medicine X AI: Two Pioneering Founders on the Future of Personalized Nutrition
In this episode of Startup Health Now, host Unity Stokes talks with Richard Bennett, CEO of Epicured, about how the company is turning food into a reimbursable, medically‑tailored service that builds trust and addresses social determinants of health, and with...
Reducing Licensing Friction to Unlock Clinician Capacity with Dr. Ian Madom, CEO & Co-Founder of Mocingbird
In this episode, Dr. Ian Madome, orthopedic spine surgeon and CEO of Mockingbird, discusses the administrative burdens clinicians face around licensing, CME, and compliance, and how Mockingbird’s SaaS platform automates credential tracking for both individual providers and health system administrators....
EqualityMD’s Pre-Insurance Strategy to Reduce Care Avoidance and Lower Healthcare Costs
In this episode, Unity Stokes chats with Justin Ayers, CEO of EqualityMD, about the company’s shift from a direct‑to‑consumer, membership model to a B2B/B2B2C platform that offers employers an insurance‑free telehealth solution with culturally competent clinicians and free prescriptions. Ayers...
Sana Health Clears a Major Milestone in the Fight Against Chronic Pain
In this episode, Richard Hanbury of Sana Health discusses the company’s recent FDA De Novo clearance for a novel audio‑visual neuromodulation device targeting neuropathic pain, marking the creation of a new therapeutic class. He outlines decades of research that led...
Sami Inkinen of Virta Health on AI-Native Healthcare and Reversing Metabolic Disease
In this fireside chat, Sami Inkinen, CEO and founder of Virta Health, explains how his personal pre‑diabetes diagnosis inspired the creation of a company that uses nutrition, technology and AI to reverse type‑2 diabetes and obesity. He describes Virta’s massive...
Making Behavioral Health Work in Primary Care: A Conversation with Indira Paharia, PsyD, of VIBEcare
In this episode, Unity Stoakes talks with Indira Paharia, PsyD, CEO and co‑founder of VIBEcare about integrating virtual behavioral health into primary care. Drawing on her background as a clinical psychologist, payer executive, and health‑tech founder, Indira explains why primary...
From Evidence to Adoption: How datosX Is Redefining Digital Health Validation
In this episode, Unity Stoakes interviews Robin Roberts, CEO of datosX Digital Health Labs, about transforming digital health validation from a bottleneck into a catalyst for adoption. Roberts explains how datosX leverages tier‑1 health system partnerships to run regulatory‑grade validation...
Inside MUTU System: Clinical Validation, Real Outcomes, and a Global Mission to Transform Core & Pelvic Health for Women
In this episode, Wendy Powell, founder of the MUTU System, discusses how her digitally delivered pelvic health platform achieved clinical validation and delivers measurable improvements in core and pelvic floor function for women. She explains the rigorous validation process, the...