#106 Innovation Chat: Stephen Klasko - A Few Things - 58 Min

We discussed a few things including:  1. Klasko's healthcare and innovation journey2. His tenure at Jefferson3. Industry challenges and opportunities4. Insights/trends relating to health and education sectors5. His new book and how music and DJing have affected his lifeStephen Klasko, M.D., M.B.A. is an author, an entrepreneur and a believer in the creative and optimistic transformation of healthcare and higher education. He has been a CEO, a university president, and a dean of two medical colleges. Currently he is pursuing his passion to bridge academic health centers with the emerging world of #digital medicine and #innovation.  As President of Thomas Jefferson University, he directed a merger between an almost two century old health science university and a nationally ranked university for design and architecture, heralded by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the “few successful mergers between academic entities.”  As CEO of Jefferson Health, he presided over the growth of the system from $1.5 billion to $9 billion including the acquisition of Health Partners Plan, making Jefferson the first integrated delivery and financial system in Philadelphia history.His most recent book, “Feelin’ Alright: How the Message in the Music Can Make Healthcare Healthier” uses music and creativity to tackle some of the thorniest issues in healthcare, academics and health equity. His fifth book (with Hemant Taneja of General Catalyst) in 2021, “UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance” has become the manual for both founders and health system CEOs for bringing together the venture capital world with the traditional healthcare ecosystem and has been translated in several languages.Dr. Klasko serves as an Executive in Residence at General Catalyst, North American ambassador for Sheba Medical Center in Israel, and as CMO and Operating Partner of Abundant Venture Partners.  He is also the lead independent director of Teleflex, a seventy-year-old NYSE medical device company. In 2022, President Biden appointed him to the National Board of Education Sciences.Over the past five years he has been awarded by Fast Company as one of the “top 25 most #creative people in business,” by Modern Healthcare as the “#2 most influential person in #healthcare” and by Ernst and Young as the “#entrepreneur of the year.”#healthtech#podcast #AFewThings