Vital Signs with Jacob Effron and Nikhil Krishnan

On Vital Signs, Jacob Effron and Nikhil Krishnan dig into cutting-edge trends in healthtech and the

Episodes

Total: 57

Ep 58: Iora Health Former CEO Rushika Fernandopulle on Current State of Value Based Care Across Payer Types and AI’s Role in Primary Care
2025/4/10
12 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle. Rushika is the former CEO and Co-Founder o

Ep 57: Taro Health CEO Frank Wu on Direct Primary Care, The History of InsurTech and AI for Payers
2025/3/14
8 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Frank Wu, the Co-Founder and CEO of Taro Health. Taro Health is a hea

Ep 56: Providence CEO Erik Wexler on Evaluating Partnerships, Policy and Leadership
2025/2/25
15 chapters

Jacob sits down with Erik Wexler, the President and CEO of Providence. Providence is a non-profit, f

Ep 55: Hinge Health CEO Daniel Perez on Effective Employer Sales, Patient Engagement and His Top Advice to Founders
2025/2/11
15 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Daniel Perez, the Co-Founder and CEO of Hinge Health. Hinge Health is

Ep 54: General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja on Buying a Health System, $100B Healthcare Companies and The Future of AI and Venture
2025/1/28

Jacob sits down with Hemant Taneja, the CEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst. GC is one of th

Ep 53: Cradle CEO Stef van Grieken on the State of AI x Bio and Selling SaaS to Pharma
2024/12/3
17 chapters

Jacob sits down with Stef van Grieken, Co-Founder & CEO of Cradle. Cradle has raised over $100M from

Ep 52: knownwell CMO Dr. Angela Fitch on The Future of GLP-1s and New Approaches to Obesity Medicine
2024/11/14
8 chapters

Jacob sits down with Dr. Angela Fitch, the Founder and CMO of knownwell. knownwell has raised $25 mi

Ep 51: Privia CEO Parth Mehrotra on The Future of Physician Enablement and How To Manage Risk Successfully
2024/10/22
16 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Parth Mehrotra, CEO of Privia Health. Privia is a physician enablemen

Ep 50: Carelon Health President Bryony Winn on How Payers Think About Provider Strategy, Startups and Value-Based Care
2024/10/10
12 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Bryony Winn, President at Carelon Health. Carelon is the diversified

Ep 49: Equip CEO Kristina Saffran on Effective Eating Disorder Treatments and Scaling New Care Models
2024/9/11
16 chapters

Jacob sits down with Kristina Saffran, the Co-Founder and CEO of Equip. Equip delivers at-home, virt

Ep 48: Savvy CEO Suril Kantaria on First Time Founder Lessons and ICHRA
2024/7/25
7 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Savvy CEO Suril Kantaria to discuss the future of the ICHRA market an

Ep 47: Former One Medical/Stanford CEO Amir Dan Rubin on Payviders, One Medical Reflections and Gen AI
2024/7/10
11 chapters

Jacob sits down with Amir Dan Rubin, the CEO and Founding Managing Partner at Healthier Capital. Ami

Ep 46: Humana Primary Care CMO Dr. Vivek Garg on Next Gen Primary Care Lessons and Effective Payer Partnerships
2024/6/17
11 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Dr. Vivek Garg, the Chief Medical Officer & SVP, Primary Care at Huma

Ep 45: Sword Health CEO Virgílio (“V”) Bento on Sword's New AI Solution and the Decisions That Shaped the Company
2024/6/5
12 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Virgílio (“V”) Bento, Founder and CEO of Sword Health, the $3 billion

Ep 44: Dr. Atul Butte on Healthcare AI Opportunities and Challenges
2024/5/7
12 chapters

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Dr. Atul Butte, a professor at UCSF, Chief Data Scientist of the UC H

Ep 43: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David Shulkin on Transforming the VA & Getting Public-Private Partnerships Right
2024/4/23

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Dr. David Shulkin, the former Secretary of Veterans Affairs who has a

Ep 42: Alan CEO Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve on Building a Healthcare Superapp & the Future of Healthcare in Europe
2024/4/9

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve, Co-Founder and CEO of Alan. Alan is a m

Ep 41: Benchling Head of Strategy Malay Gandhi on the Future of Life Sciences Software and The Evolution of Digital Health
2024/3/26

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Malay Gandhi, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development at Benchling.

Ep 40: Strive Health Co-Founder Will Stokes on The Key Parts of Risk-Based Contracts and Value Based Care In Specialties
2024/3/12

Jacob and Nikhil sit down with Will Stokes, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Strive Health, a

Ep 39: Dr. Amy Abernethy on the Future of Real-World Evidence and Regulating Generative AI
2024/2/27

Jacob sits down with Dr. Amy Abernethy, whose health tech career spans from clinician and researcher