What you’ll get out of this episode
Listen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick chats with Dr. Osman Khawar about the impact and benefits of home dialysis, and the potential of building a hemodialysis machine versatile enough for any care setting. Dr. Khawar describes feeling frustrated by not being able to offer flexible dialysis prescriptions to his patients. In today’s health system, nephrologists are often dialysis-centric and trying to get dialysis to fit into the patient’s life, versus the other way around. Osman and his team want to change that. Today, he’s leading Diality, a medical device company that aims to develop a hemodialysis system that will enable physicians to prioritize patients while also helping their practice thrive and grow. Their mission is to develop solutions that improve lives impacted by kidney disease.
In this episode you’ll discover:
- Why early career mentorship was vital in Osman’s understanding and championing of home dialysis for his patients
- Where Osman learned to address key barriers in awareness and education around home dialysis in his practice
- Why Osman believes CKD should be patient-centric to determine each patient’s needs and evaluate all possible methods of treatment
- While patient education is highly important, sometimes we need to go back to the basics and ensure nephrologists are educated and confident in teaching patients the ins and outs of home dialysis
- What it takes to build a medical device company, especially as a first-time founder with a background in clinical medicine
Final Frontier – 5 Questions in 50 Seconds
- Top Challenge: Time
- Top Opportunity: Broadening the user base in dialysis and leveraging data to improve outcomes
- Tech Trend You’re Following: Artificial Intelligence
- Top Media Recs: Essentialism, Thinking Fast and Slow
- Healthcare / Tech Leader(s) You’re Following:
Dr. Khawar’s mentors from medicine, technology and entrepreneurship
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‘This weekend, Diality organized a kidney walk to raise proceeds for the National Kidney Foundation. It was a beautiful day in Laguna Niguel spent walking for a great cause to raise awareness and improve education for those impacted by kidney disease. #diality #kidneymonth #kidneydisease #patientsfirst”
“In medical startups, particularly in the early days, a CEO should be accustomed to wearing many hats and making many decisions daily. As your company matures, as Diality has, you must consider how to target your time and effort to the essential things in today’s distraction-filled world.
I recently read Greg McKeown’s “Essentialism.” This book teaches the systematic discipline of getting the right things done by asking what is essential and eliminating what is not to support more deliberate decision-making. Essentialism is more than a principle. It’s a way of life and thinking that helps us operate at our highest point of contribution.
Becoming a true essentialist won’t happen overnight, but I’m excited to take an active approach to view life through the essentialist lens. In so doing, I will become more intentional.
Have you read this book? If so, what do you think? Do you have a suggestion on what I should read next? Looking forward to your comments! #ceo #reading#productive #business #essentialism”
About Your Host
Tim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.
Sponsored by: IKONA Health
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