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First in Human

First in Human is a podcast about the stories, sparks, and spirit of health innovation. Hosted by Dr. David Hindin - a trauma surgeon, storyteller, and health technology strategist - each episode explores the human side of breakthrough ideas in medicine. From the first sketch on a napkin to the first patient helped, we go behind the scenes with the founders, clinicians, and creative minds pushing healthcare forward. Whether you"re in medicine, tech, design, or just curious about how change happens

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37:23

This Robot Draws Your Blood With a Needle. Patients...

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2026/04/01

Toon Overbeeke's friend had a father going through chemotherapy — and every hospital visit meant failed attempt after failed attempt to draw his blood, because chemo had damaged his veins. The question was simple: isn't there a better way? That question sent Toon — a mechanical engineer who'd left a partner-track career at Bain to ride a motorcycle 30,000 kilometers through Iran, Pakistan, and 28 other countries — on a mission to build something that had never existed: a fully autonomous

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51:02

This CEO Wants to Reset Your Heart Rhythm with Jello

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2026/03/17

Patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators live with a brutal tradeoff: the device that saves their life can also shock them without warning — so hard they describe it as getting kicked by a horse. Many develop PTSD, anxiety, or depression. And until now, there's been no alternative.Allison Post is CEO of Rhythio Medical and a cardiovascular biomaterials engineer who spent years running the innovation program at the Texas Heart Institute. Her team has developed a conductive hydrogel that's

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55:10

500 Amputations a Day. Meet Three Founders Fighting...

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2026/03/10

If a foot wound isn't healing, the clock is already ticking. Every day in the United States alone, 500 people lose a limb to peripheral vascular disease - and 40% of them were never even diagnosed before the amputation.Jill Somerset spent over 20 years as a vascular ultrasound tech before a moment of curiosity altered the arc of her career: she put a probe on her own foot and what she discovered led to inventing a metric - Pedal Acceleration Time - that could objectively measure blood flow in ways

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47:01

This Surgeon Drew City Plans as a Kid. Now He Uses AI...

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2026/03/03

In fifth grade, while other kids were drawing cars and airplanes, Andrew Ibrahim was flipping over his homework to sketch cities - mapping where the hospital should go, how far the school should be from the park, and deciding whether anyone would want to walk past a police station to get there. That obsession with putting pieces in the right place has shaped every chapter of his career since.Today, Andrew is a general surgeon and Chief Clinical Officer at Viz.ai, where he's helping build AI that

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46:50

His Wife Was Pregnant. He Gave Himself 9 Months to...

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2026/02/24

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39:10

Office Hours: A Former FDA Reviewer on the Mistakes...

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2026/02/17

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43:46

This CEO Is Helping Lung Cancer Patients Told to...

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2026/02/10

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51:06

What If You Never Needed a Skin Biopsy Again? This...

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2026/02/03

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53:49

The Doctor Shaping a Menopause Startup Changing Care...

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2026/01/27

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43:39

Why This CEO Is Building an EKG for the Gut - Literally

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2026/01/20

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48:15

How this ICU Doctor Decides What Companies to Build

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2026/01/13

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43:27

Nothing in the OR Was Built For His Patient.

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2026/01/06

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46:26

$150M Raised. A Blood Test Reshaping Sepsis Care.

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2025/12/30

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42:48

Reinventing the Stethoscope: The Eko Health Story

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2025/12/16

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51:45

A Deadly Lung Disease, a Eureka Moment, and the...

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2025/12/09

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The Startup That Tackled a Deadly Risk for the...

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2025/12/02

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43:34

How Two Founders Turned an Unsolvable ICU Problem...

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2025/11/25

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44:35

Why a Serial Medtech Founder Is Betting on Bathrooms

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2025/11/18

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53:26

How One Med Student’s Frustration Launched a Global...

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2025/11/11

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37:05

The Hidden Condition That Inspired a Startup

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2025/11/04

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