The Advancing Healthcare Innovators Show

What does it take to redesign one of healthcare’s most broken and overlooked processes without asking clinicians to do more?

In this powerful episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, Michael Stamatinos sits down with Lindsay Joseph, CPA and former hospital CFO turned startup founder, to unpack the human, operational, and cultural realities behind care transitions and what it takes to fix them.

Lindsay spent years ...

In this powerful episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos welcomes Dr. April Joy Damian, a national voice in health equity, systems transformation, and trauma-informed care.

Dr. Damian currently serves as Vice President and Director of the Weitzman Institute, a national research, education, and policy center focused on advancing primary care innovation for underserved communities. She is also ...

In this episode of The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos welcomes Justin Quall, founder and CEO of Oler Health, for a candid conversation about one of healthcare’s most overlooked yet mission-critical challenges: documentation overload in post-acute and long-term care.

Oler Health isn’t building flashy tech for headlines. It’s building infrastructure that works. In a fragmented, high-stakes system whe...

In this episode of The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos sits down with Shara Cohen, JD, CEO of Carallel, for a candid and deeply resonant conversation about a topic that is far too often overlooked: caregiving.

For more than two decades, Shara has been at the forefront of efforts to redesign how healthcare organizations support people, not just patients, but the often invisible network of caregivers ...

In this powerful and wide-ranging conversation, Michael Stamatinos welcomes Dr. Trisha Henwood, Chief Clinical Officer at Jefferson Health, to the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show for a masterclass in clinical leadership, system transformation, and values-driven innovation.

With responsibility for the clinical operations of a 32-hospital system, Dr. Henwood is pioneering what clinical excellence looks like in a world shaped ...

On this episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos welcomes Dr. Navin Goyal, MD, a trained anesthesiologist who left the comfort of clinical medicine to become an entrepreneur, founder, and investor who is helping shape the future of healthcare innovation through purpose-driven capital.

Dr. Goyal is the co-founder of LOUD Capital, an alternative investment firm that blends traditional venture ca...

In this episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos sits down with Rachel Kern, Senior Vice President at First Trust Capital Partners, for a candid and compelling conversation that explores the real dynamics of venture capital, healthcare innovation, and what it takes to build companies that endure.

Rachel brings a rare blend of academic curiosity, operational insight, and straight-shooting pract...

This might be the most hopeful conversation of the year.

In this episode of The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos sits down with Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, the visionary Founder and Executive Director of the Academy for Global Citizenship and the Cultivate Collective.

At just 23 years old, Sarah Elizabeth biked to the Chicago Board of Education with a 400-page proposal and a vision that many called unr...

What if your child’s prescription had a one in three chance of containing an error?

That is the reality in the United States today, and most parents have no idea.

In this powerful episode of The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos sits down with Dr. Jena Quinn, PharmD, BCPPS and Lyle Mioduszewski, RN, the co-founders of Perfecting Peds. Together, they are on a mission to fix one of healthcare’s most ...

In this episode of The Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, host Michael Stamatinos sits down with Dr. Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, ER physician, PhD in epidemiology, and VP of Innovation at Inflect Health, for a deep and refreshing conversation at the intersection of clinical care, technology, and entrepreneurial grit.

Dr. Tamayo-Sarver is not just a practicing emergency physician with a PhD in epidemiology. He’s also the Vice Presid...

In this Episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, we interview Randy Forman, Chief Commercial Officer of Path. Path’s mission is to treat behavioral health with the same respect, rigor, and focus as other chronic diseases. Randy share's his story about how Path is working relentlessly to empower patients who need care to find it quickly, easily, affordably, and from someone they trust.

You'll Discover:

* How Path ...

Welcome to the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show where today we're diving deep with Mark Bontrager, MSW, JD, Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services at Partnership Health. They cater to approximately 930,000 members, a third of whom are young people. Mark's focus is to ensure behavioral health services are accessible to all members who need it, including efforts like funding substance use navigators in emergency rooms and ...

Welcome to a transformative episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show! Today, we are thrilled to host Luis Suarez, the visionary CEO of Sanarai. We dive into his awe-inspiring journey from the vibrant streets of Mexico City to the innovative corridors of the U.S. healthcare system, where he is leading a revolution to make mental health universally accessible to the Hispanic and Latino communities.

As the leader of San...

What happens to smaller, rural hospitals and safety net institutions in a time of dwindling budgets? How do they stay innovative when they don't have the same resources as larger hospitals? Creating meaningful change takes a village and in this case, it's Lynn Barr, our special guest. She's the current MedPAC Commissioner (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) and the founder of Caravan Health. She is an advocate for the health of ...

In this engaging episode, Ascend Medical's President, Tom Bowen Wright, tackles the pressing issues haunting today's healthcare landscape. If you're feeling stuck with current practices that don't seem to be delivering as you'd hoped, this conversation is definitely for you.

Tom Bowen explores the issues plaguing healthcare, such as vendor fatigue and skepticism, with a particular focus on the unique challenges faced by independ...

The Lowell Community Health Center (LCHC) is a community health center that serves Greater Lowell. They are an integral part of the Massachusetts healthcare system, pointing the way towards a different kind of healthcare - one that will bring all the underserved and overlooked to the table, and act truly as an advocate.

The Health Center is a community-based health center with the mission to provide high-quality, accessible, and...

Welcome to yet another insightful episode of The AHI Show. In this episode, we dive into an enlightening conversation with Leonard Achan, RN, MA, ANP, an operator, a nurse, and a forward-thinking healthcare leader, who dared to challenge the conventional norms of the organ donation and transplant industry.

Through this discussion, Lenny sheds light on his undertaking as CEO of LiveOnNY, where he embraced existing but overlooked ...

In this episode of the Advancing Healthcare Innovation Show, we sit down with Casey Fisher, the Chief Operating Officer of Intuitive Health. Intuitive Health is revolutionizing the healthcare landscape by combining Urgent Care and Emergency Room services all under one roof, bringing affordable and quality care closer to communities.

In our conversation, Casey shares his journey of joining the three physician founders in their mi...

Welcome to a riveting episode of The AHI Show, where we welcome the distinguished Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, MD, the trailblazing force behind KeyCare. Not just a clinician, Dr. Berkowitz's narrative is one of dedication and revolutionary thought that has shaped the landscape of healthcare tech over the past two decades.

This episode is a rare snapshot of a health-tech visionary who has worn multiple hats with grace and ambition for ov...