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Dr. Bob Wachter and Dr. Howard Krein on Achieving Health Moonshots in a COVID World



On a recent Fireside Chat, Startup Health’s Chief Medical Officer Howard Krein, MD, PhD, caught up with Bob Wachter, MD, renowned UCSF internist, bestselling author, and former podcast host of ‘In the Bubble – From the Frontlines.’ Over the last 18 months, Dr. Bob – who coined the term “hospitalist” and is a national leader in quality, patient safety, and the digitization of medicine – became a trusted voice on COVID. Our candid conversation covered navigating COVID and the after-COVID world, the state of digital innovation, and the future of healthcare.
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Rishi Madhok, Rejuvenan

The Telehealth App Bridging Care Gaps During COVID-19



At a time when telehealth startups find themselves uniquely positioned to alleviate the demand on health systems caused by the coronavirus, Rejuvenan has set itself apart through the platform’s preventative care model. In this episode of the StartUp Health NOW podcast, a Rejuvenan user shares how the app helped her get quick medical relief during a COVID-19 shelter-in-place order, and CEO Rishi Madhok goes under the hood to explain how Rejuvenan’s blockchain tech is driving care costs to zero.

Original interview with Rishi Madhok, MD, CEO & Co-founder of Rejuvenan Global Health was at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco on January 13, 2020. Interview with StartUp Health Chief Medical Officer, Howard Krein, MD, PhD.

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Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer at StartUp Health, on COVID-19 and the Shift to Telemedicine



Logan Plaster, Editor of StartUp Health Magazine, welcomes Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer of StartUp Health, to the podcast for a candid conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting health innovation at the macro level, as well as changes to daily medical practice. In addition to serving as CMO, Dr. Krein is a practicing head and neck surgeon at Jefferson University Physicians in Philadelphia.

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StartUp Health Festival Founder Stories: Wei-Wu He, PhD, Human Longevity, Inc.



Wei-Wu He, PhD, CEO & Executive Chairman of Human Longevity, Inc., talks with StartUp Health Chief Medical Officer Howard Krein, MD, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco. January 13, 2020. Hosted by: Howard Krein, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health

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David Feinberg of Google Health @ 2020 StartUp Health Festival



Vice President of Google Health, Dr. David Feinberg, talks with StartUp Health Chief Medial Officer, Howard Krein, MD, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUP Health Festival in San Francisco. January 14, 2020.

Dr. David Feinberg has spent his entire career caring for people’s health and wellbeing. And after years in the healthcare system, he now leads Google Health, which brings together groups from across Google and Alphabet that are using AI, product expertise and hardware to take on big healthcare challenges. (https://www.blog.google/technology/he…)

Dr. Howard Krein is the Chief Medical Officer of StartUp Health, which was founded in 2011 to invest in a global army of entrepreneurs, called Health Transformers, committed to achieving health moonshots.

Dr. Krein is also an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University and a founding partner and co-director of Jefferson’s Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Center. Additionally, he is the Senior Director of Health Policy & Innovation at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center. From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Krein served on the Biden Cancer Initiative’s Board of Directors.

Dr. Krein is part of an exclusive group of physicians with two doctorates, receiving his MD from Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Krein completed internships in both Emergency Medicine and General Surgery, a residency in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and a Fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond Virginia. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Neuroscience from Rutgers University. Dr. Krein lives in Philadelphia, PA.

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Why the Founders of athenahealth and Devoted Health Joined StartUp Health’s Global Army of Health Transformers



At last year’s StartUp Health Festival Todd & Ed Park, co-founders of Devoted Health shared how they’re building a Medicare Advantage company that provides the kind of streamlined care they’d want for their own parents. Tune into the 2020 Festival Jan 13-14 from startuphealth.com!

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#225: Fireside Chat Dr. Nick Turkal, CEO & President, Advocate Aurora Health



Nick Turkal, MD, CEO & President, Advocate Aurora Health,
chats with Howard Krein, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health, on “The Collaboration Mindset” at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California.

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#224: Dr. David Karow, Chief of Radiogenomics & Interim CEO, Human Longevity, Inc.



In this Fireside Chat, David Karow, MD, PhD, Chief of Radiogenomics & Interim CEO, Human Longevity, Inc., talks to Howard Krein, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health, on “The Longevity Moonshot: A New Plan to Extend Healthy Life” at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California.

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#222: Fireside Chat with Dean Ornish, MD, & Anne Ornish, Preventative Medicine Research Institute



Dean Ornish, MD & Anne Ornish, Preventative Medicine Research Institute, discuss their new book: “Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases’ with Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California

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#220: Todd Park & Ed Park, Co-founders, Devoted Health



Todd Park & Ed Park, Co-founders, Devoted Health chat with Steven Krein, CEO & Co-founder, StartUp Health and Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health on “Creating a New Care Model that Treats Members Like Family” at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California

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