Andre Chow's guest appearances

Andre Chow

The Balderton Podcast: Tech Investment | Venture Capital | Startup Funding

Venturi's Voice: Technology | Leadership | Staffing | Career | Innovation

James Wise

Tom Blomfield

Ed Cooke

Chris Morton

Luke Lang

James Cook

Graham Cooke

Olivier Pailhes

Jean Nehme

Joe Steele

Sam Myers

Maja Kecman

Sam Shead

Sheng Huang

Robin Wauters

OwlTail

Former Surgeons Dr Jean Nehme and Dr Andre Chow took a great leap when they decided to start TouchSugery... they talk to Ben Goldsmith about saving lives, working with Stanford, and why young surgeons can't get into the operating theatre. 01:13 The Doctors explain the genesis of TouchSurgery, which was inspired by real experiences in hospitals. To quote John, "there are moments, as a physician, when you are trying to save someone's life" 02:50 Jean explains that the best surgeons, due to a lack of experience and training, simply can't get time in the operating room. 03:30 "We wanted to be the best surgeons that we could be... but the tools hadn't changed for hundreds of years" 03:52 Surgical training is an apprenticeship, you learn your trade by doing it. To illustrate this point, Andre explains that his first experience of taking out an appendix was on a young boy... 05:00 This 'apprenticeship' system used to work, but it's broken now. 06:20 Surgery has changed inexorably (for the better) thanks to innovation, now training needs to catch up. 07:25 Not only have surgical practices changes, but on-demand services such as Netflix have altered expectation en-masse: surgeons want to train easier and quicker, and patients want a swift way to understand potential procedures. 10:05 Was their ever much push back from the medical industry? "when we go to Stanford of Johns Hopkins, we are welcomed with open arms" 12:30 There is a social/community aspect to TouchSurgery - Jean explains that the ambition of this system isn't to rank one surgeon against the next, but more to help each individual surgeon get better. 15:41 Unbiased, independent research - published in the world's leading medical journals - is extremely important to TouchSurgery. Why? "When you're talking about patient lives... you need to provide levels of evidence that prove that your system works"18:55 Leadership: The team at TouchSurgery is comprised of experts from many diverse fields - animation, health-care, data science... We ask the Doctors if this level of diversity makes it difficult to craft a company culture?20:50 The big question: In a perfect world, how will surgery change over the next 5, 10, 15 years?

Former Surgeons Dr Jean Nehme and Dr Andre Chow took a great leap when they decided to start TouchSugery... they talk to Ben Goldsmith about saving lives, working with Stanford, and why young surgeons can't get into the operating theatre. 01:13 The Doctors explain the genesis of TouchSurgery, which was inspired by real experiences in hospitals. To quote John, "there are moments, as a physician, when you are trying to save someone's life" 02:50 Jean explains that the best surgeons, due to a lack of experience and training, simply can't get time in the operating room. 03:30 "We wanted to be the best surgeons that we could be... but the tools hadn't changed for hundreds of years" 03:52 Surgical training is an apprenticeship, you learn your trade by doing it. To illustrate this point, Andre explains that his first experience of taking out an appendix was on a young boy... 05:00 This 'apprenticeship' system used to work, but it's broken now. 06:20 Surgery has changed inexorably (for the better) thanks to innovation, now training needs to catch up. 07:25 Not only have surgical practices changes, but on-demand services such as Netflix have altered expectation en-masse: surgeons want to train easier and quicker, and patients want a swift way to understand potential procedures. 10:05 Was their ever much push back from the medical industry? "when we go to Stanford of Johns Hopkins, we are welcomed with open arms" 12:30 There is a social/community aspect to TouchSurgery - Jean explains that the ambition of this system isn't to rank one surgeon against the next, but more to help each individual surgeon get better. 15:41 Unbiased, independent research - published in the world's leading medical journals - is extremely important to TouchSurgery. Why? "When you're talking about patient lives... you need to provide levels of evidence that prove that your system works" 18:55 Leadership: The team at TouchSurgery is comprised of experts from many diverse fields - animation, health-care, data science... We ask the Doctors if this level of diversity makes it difficult to craft a company culture? 20:50 The big question: In a perfect world, how will surgery change over the next 5, 10, 15 years?

Why we quit our jobs as Surgeons to start TouchSurgery | Dr Jean Nehme & Dr Andre Chow