The Doctor Who Put a Heart Attack Detector in Your Pocket with Dr. Dave Albert

In this episode, host Jordan Burgin sits down with Dr. Dave Albert, physician, serial inventor and founder of AliveCor, the man who put a clinical-grade ECG in your pocket. From a viral 2011 iPhone demo to a pocket-sized 12-lead ECG that can diagnose a heart attack anywhere, Dave shares four decades of skating to where the puck was going.Key TopicsDave’s path from clinical medicine to serial medtech entrepreneurThe viral 2011 iPhone-ECG video that helped define “digital health”Building and exiting Corazonix, Data Critical and LifetoneInside AliveCor’s Kardia 12L: a pocket-sized, AI-powered 12-lead ECGWhere AI will reshape cardiovascular risk predictionRelated InsightsWhy “digital health” will simply become “health”“Augmented intelligence”: using AI to find who’s really at riskThe case for orthogonal innovation, looking where no one else isDistilling the wearable “data tsunami” into clinical signalCore ChallengesToday’s risk tools, lipids, calcium scores, family history, still can’t reliably predict who will have a heart attack. Clinicians need AI to surface who is truly at risk, and when, so treatment can begin decades earlier.Wearables generate an overwhelming volume of data that floods the medical record. That data must be distilled into actionable clinical insight before digital health can genuinely become health.Tune in now to hear how Dr. Dave Albert spent 40 years putting life-saving cardiac diagnostics into the palm of your hand and where he thinks AI takes cardiology next.The Crux of MedTech podcast is brought to you by Cruxx, a specialist surgical robotics recruitment agency. To learn more about Cruxx,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠click here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A big thank you to our sponsors on this season of the podcast; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTP plc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ With a 35-year track record, TTP excels in turning innovative ideas into market-ready solutions. Their team of 300+ experts deliver breakthrough solutions in areas ranging from endoluminal robotics and navigation systems to ultrasound imaging. Whether you're a startup or a multinational, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTP plc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ can accelerate your development with the latest technologies. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TTP.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠