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Arshya Vahabzadeh

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Sean Duffy

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Manpreet Singh

Miles Beckett

Dave Chase

Anthony Nguyen

Neil Jordan

Mike Ryan

David Fajgenbaum

Daniel Kraft

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April is Autism Awareness Month! Join us, as we interview Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh on the hallmark features of autism, and how to use digital technological advancements to effectively treat symptoms related to autism.  Dr. Vahabzadeh is a family physician, having completed training under the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr. Vahabzadeh is deeply interested in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and schizophrenia. He is also a leadership fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He practices as a resident child and adolescent psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, in addition to being a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School. His research experience has encompassed several lines of study, including genetics, novel psychopharmacology and social cognition. He is also Chief Medical Officer at Brain Power, a neurotechnology company with a wearable smart glass system for patients with autism. Dr. Vahabzadeh is also a strong proponent of mental health education, and has written editorials for Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, APA Healthy Minds, Boston Magazine and CNN.

April is Autism Awareness Month! Join us, as we interview Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh on the hallmark features of autism, and how to use digital technological advancements to effectively treat symptoms related to autism.  Dr. Vahabzadeh is a family physician, having completed training under the Royal College of General Practitioners. Dr. Vahabzadeh is deeply interested in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and schizophrenia. He is also a leadership fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He practices as a resident child and adolescent psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, in addition to being a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School. His research experience has encompassed several lines of study, including genetics, novel psychopharmacology and social cognition. He is also Chief Medical Officer at Brain Power, a neurotechnology company with a wearable smart glass system for patients with autism. Dr. Vahabzadeh is also a strong proponent of mental health education, and has written editorials for Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, APA Healthy Minds, Boston Magazine and CNN.

E26 - April is Autism Awareness Month: Interview with Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh

In this episode of Digital Health Today, we’re going to switch things up and talk about something that needs more attention and resources: mental health. It’s being talked about more and more as we break down the barriers and stigma associated with mental health and mental illness, and to get this conversation started on this program, I went directly to one of the leaders I had the opportunity to meet several times last year. That leader is Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh, he is a psychiatrist and Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He’s also the innovation officer at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chief Medical Officer of Brain Power - a wearables company focused on developing solutions for children and adults with autism.He was raised in England and he moved to the United States to pursue his dream of leveraging clinical neuroscience to improve the treatment of people with brain disorders. He is a graduate of Singularity University and he speaks at conferences around the world - I’ve included a few videos of those talks at Exponential Medicine below. Dr. Vahabzadeh was recognized as a ‘40 under 40’ top innovator in 2015, and is working to bring exponential transformational change for global mental health. Just as I was working to put the final touches on this podcast and release it, some news hit the headlines in the UK about a podcast that Prince Harry did where he spoke about his own personal challenges dealing with the death of his mother. It was a powerful podcast and he was very candid about how the approach he took early in life really caused him to close down emotionally, and how therapy helped him process things and develop a much better mental state. It is so key to have respected leaders on the world stage speaking candidly and openly about the importance of mental health, and I applaud and thank Prince Harry, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, for having the courage to share that in his interview. There are a couple links below you should check out showing why and what they're doing to raise the profile of mental health. Today’s Topics: Defining Mental Health, Mental Wellness and Mental Illness The cost of mental health and mental illness The subjective nature of diagnosing mental illness The challenges and obstacles of getting help to where it is needed The top technologies being developed for mental health applications How regulators are approaching technologies for mental health and wellness What people should do to help themselves or people they care about get the help they need More about Arshya: Follow on Twitter: @vahabzadehmd   Visit Arshya's Personal Website  40 under 40 article His work at Brain Power Videos: Future Psychiatry Neuralink Could Help Humans Keep Up With AI Arshya Vahabzadeh MD | The Future of Mental Health &amp; Digital Psychiatry | Exponential Medicine '16 Links and Resources Mentioned: Prince Harry Podcast Interview on Mental Health  Pavlok – a wearable device that helps users reduce cravings &amp; break bad habits  Pear Therapeutics – Digital therapeutics for enhanced clinical outcomes  AICure – clinically validated artificial intelligence platform visually confirms medication ingestion.  Brain-Power – empowering children and adults all along the autism spectrum to teach themselves practical life skills, and assess their progress numerically  Signal App – Communicate instantly without SMS fees  Psychology Today – Find a therapist 

In this episode of Digital Health Today, we’re going to switch things up and talk about something that needs more attention and resources: mental health. It’s being talked about more and more as we break down the barriers and stigma associated with mental health and mental illness, and to get this conversation started on this program, I went directly to one of the leaders I had the opportunity to meet several times last year. That leader is Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh, he is a psychiatrist and Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He’s also the innovation officer at Massachusetts General Hospital, Chief Medical Officer of Brain Power - a wearables company focused on developing solutions for children and adults with autism. He was raised in England and he moved to the United States to pursue his dream of leveraging clinical neuroscience to improve the treatment of people with brain disorders. He is a graduate of Singularity University and he speaks at conferences around the world - I’ve included a few videos of those talks at Exponential Medicine below. Dr. Vahabzadeh was recognized as a ‘40 under 40’ top innovator in 2015, and is working to bring exponential transformational change for global mental health. Just as I was working to put the final touches on this podcast and release it, some news hit the headlines in the UK about a podcast that Prince Harry did where he spoke about his own personal challenges dealing with the death of his mother. It was a powerful podcast and he was very candid about how the approach he took early in life really caused him to close down emotionally, and how therapy helped him process things and develop a much better mental state. It is so key to have respected leaders on the world stage speaking candidly and openly about the importance of mental health, and I applaud and thank Prince Harry, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, for having the courage to share that in his interview. There are a couple links below you should check out showing why and what they're doing to raise the profile of mental health. Today’s Topics:<ul> <li>Defining Mental Health, Mental Wellness and Mental Illness</li> <li>The cost of mental health and mental illness</li> <li>The subjective nature of diagnosing mental illness</li> <li>The challenges and obstacles of getting help to where it is needed</li> <li>The top technologies being developed for mental health applications</li> <li>How regulators are approaching technologies for mental health and wellness</li> <li>What people should do to help themselves or people they care about get the help they need</li> </ul> More about Arshya:<ul> <li>Follow on <a href="https://twitter.com/vahabzadehmd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: @vahabzadehmd</a> </li> <li> Visit Arshya's <a href="http://stfi.re/ekbvvpw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal Website</a> </li> <li><a href="https://medtechboston.medstro.com/blog/2015/04/13/40-under-40/39/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">40 under 40 article</a></li> <li><a href="http://brain-power.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His work at Brain Power</a></li> </ul> Videos:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxW8N68CBw&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future Psychiatry</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=YosC1SPewPw&amp;feature=emb_title" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neuralink Could Help Humans Keep Up With AI</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/5WdkdhzpmKs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arshya Vahabzadeh MD | The Future of Mental Health &amp; Digital Psychiatry | Exponential Medicine '16</a></li> </ul> Links and Resources Mentioned:<ul> <li><a href="http://stfi.re/dabogwg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prince Harry Podcast Interview on Mental Health</a></li> <li> <a href="https://pavlok.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pavlok</a> – a wearable device that helps users reduce cravings &amp; break bad habits</li> <li> <a href="https://peartherapeutics.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pear Therapeutics</a> – Digital therapeutics for enhanced clinical outcomes</li> <li> <a href="https://aicure.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AICure</a> – clinically validated artificial intelligence platform visually confirms medication ingestion.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.brain-power.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brain-Power</a> – empowering children and adults all along the autism spectrum to teach themselves practical life skills, and assess their progress numerically</li> <li> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669?mt=8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Signal App</a> – Communicate instantly without SMS fees</li> <li> <a href="https://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psychology Today</a> – Find a therapist</li> </ul>

S3: #021: Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh on Developing and Applying Technology in Mental Health

Listen as Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh shares his entrepreneurial journey, exciting work at Brain Power, and the future of Psychiatry. The ModernMD: Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh is the Director of Digital Health at Brain Power, a company that builds neuroscience-based software and hardware that transform current wearable computers into neuro-assistive and educational devices for autism. He is the Innovation Officer at the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy and Chairman of the Council on Communications of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Vahabzadeh is widely published in clinical neuroscience, digital health, and medical communication.   Success Quote:  “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca White Coat to Business Suit: Arshya trained as family physician at Royal College of General Practitioners in United Kingdom and was struck by the severe need for behavioral health and mental health services in daily clinical practice. To help large populations with behavioral/mental health, he pursed further training to become an academic psychiatrist in the United States. He completed psychiatry residency training at Emory University School of Medicine and his child and adolescent fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Towards the end of his fellowship training, Arshya was looking to explore how to make the biggest impact in his field. Listen as Arshya shares how he balances his full-time clinical role treating patients in emergency room and maximum security prison with his entrepreneurial work in the digital health space. Idea to Venture: The Idea: How can wearable technology address educational and behavioral needs for autism? Listen as Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh shares his exciting work at Brain Power, a technology company that has developed the world’s first wearable educational system for autism which is based on brain science from MIT and Harvard, and built on a hardware-enhanced smart-glass. Insights: Listening to families with children with autism allows for measurement of important outcomes not classically measured…. Such as wondering! Brain Power uses of personalization and on-demand approach with machine learning and customization to best serve their patients. Success: Brain Power leverages smart glass technology, big data, and predictive analytics, to help children learn how their unique brains learns. Lesson Learned: Listen to the people you are trying to serve, obtain advice from the key people in your field, but keep in mind that big discoveries are not being made by people who are not willing to take risks. Business Rounds: Best Advice: Surround yourself with strong, supportive, and top notch people. Daily Success Habit: Exercises daily, eats small regular meals, and brings a two-day food survival kit food with different protein shakes and snacks during long clinical days. Healthcare Trends: Listen as Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh shares some of the most exciting trends in healthcare including: the future of psychiatry, big data, wearables, patient empowerment, and Neurotechnology. Links: http://www.vahabzadehmd.com/ http://www.brain-power.com/ @VahabzadehMD @BrainPowerASD

Listen as Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh shares his entrepreneurial journey, exciting work at Brain Power, and the future of Psychiatry. The ModernMD: Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh is the Director of Digital Health at Brain Power, a company that builds neuroscience-based software and hardware that transform current wearable computers into neuro-assistive and educational devices for autism. He is the Innovation Officer at the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy and Chairman of the Council on Communications of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Vahabzadeh is widely published in clinical neuroscience, digital health, and medical communication. Success Quote: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca White Coat to Business Suit: Arshya trained as family physician at Royal College of General Practitioners in United Kingdom and was struck by the severe need for behavioral health and mental health services in daily clinical practice. To help large populations with behavioral/mental health, he pursed further training to become an academic psychiatrist in the United States. He completed psychiatry residency training at Emory University School of Medicine and his child and adolescent fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Towards the end of his fellowship training, Arshya was looking to explore how to make the biggest impact in his field. Listen as Arshya shares how he balances his full-time clinical role treating patients in emergency room and maximum security prison with his entrepreneurial work in the digital health space. Idea to Venture: The Idea: How can wearable technology address educational and behavioral needs for autism? Listen as Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh shares his exciting work at Brain Power, a technology company that has developed the world’s first wearable educational system for autism which is based on brain science from MIT and Harvard, and built on a hardware-enhanced smart-glass. Insights: Listening to families with children with autism allows for measurement of important outcomes not classically measured…. Such as wondering! Brain Power uses of personalization and on-demand approach with machine learning and customization to best serve their patients. Success: Brain Power leverages smart glass technology, big data, and predictive analytics, to help children learn how their unique brains learns. Lesson Learned: Listen to the people you are trying to serve, obtain advice from the key people in your field, but keep in mind that big discoveries are not being made by people who are not willing to take risks. Business Rounds: Best Advice: Surround yourself with strong, supportive, and top notch people. Daily Success Habit: Exercises daily, eats small regular meals, and brings a two-day food survival kit food with different protein shakes and snacks during long clinical days. Healthcare Trends: Listen as Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh shares some of the most exciting trends in healthcare including: the future of psychiatry, big data, wearables, patient empowerment, and Neurotechnology. Links: <a href="http://www.vahabzadehmd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.vahabzadehmd.com/</a> <a href="http://www.brain-power.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.brain-power.com/</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/VahabzadehMD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@VahabzadehMD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BrainPowerASD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BrainPowerASD</a>

39: The Future of Psychiatry with Dr. Arshya Vahabzadeh, Director of Digital Health at Brain Power!