Ep. 231 - Najwa Javed, DPM, Entrepreneur, Leader, Mentor!

Drs. Jeffrey Jensen and Johanna Richey welcome Dr. Najwa Javed to Dean's Chat! Dr. Javed is a board certified podiatrist and founder of E'MAR Italy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Ethno-Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma and she has a Masters of Public Health in Biostatistics and Clinical Research with honors from the University of North Texas Health Science Center. This episode is sponsored by Bako Diagnostics! Dr. Javad received her Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine from the College of Podiatric medicine with Samuel Merritt University and she completed her surgical residency training program through the VA Palo Alto conjunction with Stanford university consortium. Join us, as she discusses the inspiration from experiences with her grandmother's health they got her interested in medicine.   Dr. Javed is the managing partner and CEO of Silicon Valley Podiatry Group and she's also the founder of E'MAR Italy, a luxury footwear brand built with patent pending medical technology for the modern women. Tune in, as we discuss "all things podiatric medicine" for this special entrepreneur episode!  She is part of the Female Founder Collective, a network of businesses led by women, supporting women. Her company won FAST Company's World Changing ideas Award, the Paysafe Entreprenista Pitch Competition and has been featured in several media outlets! She was recently featured as a speaker at the Synergy OPEN Silicone Valley Forum talking about "Scaling while staying private." She is the recipient of the Philip Gardner award for excellence in podiatric medicine and she brings unique expertise as both practicing physician as well as Silicon Valley founder, and entrepreneur.  We hope you enjoy! https://najwajaved.com/ https://shopemar.shop/ https://bmef.org/ https://www.apma.org/