Interviews

Mike Villani

Crothall Healthcare is a U.S. healthcare support-services company and part of Compass Healthcare. It provides environmental services, patient transportation and observation, facilities management and sterile processing. The company serves healthcare organizations across the U.S., including hospitals, health systems, ambulatory care providers, and senior living communities.

Dr. Bea Bakshi

C the Signs is a healthcare technology company developing AI-based tools to support earlier cancer detection. Its platform analyzes electronic health records and patient-reported information to identify cancer risk and support clinical decision-making. The technology is used for primary care decision support, population-level case finding and direct patient assessment.

Dr. Marwan Al Kaabi

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is a leading tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi specializing in complex and highly specialized care, including trauma, oncology, neurosciences, and advanced surgical services. Established in 2019, SSMC integrates world-class clinical care with medical education and research and operates as a subsidiary of PureHealth. Serving patients from across the UAE and the wider region, SSMC has established itself as a regional destination for specialized healthcare.

Dr. Ahmed Eissa

Saudi German Health is a private healthcare group operating hospitals, specialist clinics and other healthcare services across the Middle East and North Africa. Founded in Jeddah in 1988, the network has expanded to more than 20 medical facilities and serves around 2.5 million patients annually. Its activities span tertiary and specialist care, outpatient services, home healthcare and medical education.

Dr. Andy Smith

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is an academic health sciences center in Toronto providing specialized and acute care, including trauma, cancer, cardiac, neurological and critical care services. It combines patient care with clinical research, medical education and the development and testing of new treatments and technologies. Sunnybrook also works with other hospitals and community providers across Ontario to support patients with complex healthcare needs.

Chong Soon Mei

Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur is a private quaternary hospital in Malaysia, established in 1974 and part of the IHH Healthcare multinational network. The hospital has more than 500 licensed beds and over 200 specialist doctors across a broad range of medical and surgical disciplines. Its activities include complex and specialized care, clinical research, medical education and services for both Malaysian and international patients. 

Dr. Howard Podolsky, CEO, John Hopkins Aramco Healthcare

Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) is a healthcare organization in Saudi Arabia formed as a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Based in the Eastern Province, it provides inpatient, outpatient and specialized services, including oncology and cardiovascular care. JHAH serves Saudi Aramco beneficiaries and has expanded access to its services to a wider patient population.

John C. Rademacher

Option Care Health is a U.S. provider of home and alternate-site infusion therapy, delivering medications and clinical support outside traditional hospital settings. It works with hospitals, physicians, health plans and pharmaceutical companies to manage acute and chronic infusion needs. Its services are provided in patients’ homes and through a national network of ambulatory infusion suites.

Prof. Dr. Gazi Yiğitbaşı

Medipol University Hospital is a major private academic medical center in Istanbul, combining specialist clinical care with medical education and research through its affiliation with Istanbul Medipol University. Its services span areas including oncology, cardiovascular care, neurology, surgery, pediatrics and intensive care. The hospital also serves a substantial international patient population and forms part of the wider Medipol Health Group.

Jonathan Wolf

GLP-1 therapies are a medical revolution. Having practised medicine for 35 years, they're the biggest breakthrough of my career for people living with obesity. They've shown that obesity is fundamentally driven by hunger signals in the brain rather than simply metabolism or genetics.

It goes back to the biggest breakthrough in human health over the last 20 years: the discovery of the microbiome. Twenty years ago, we knew microbes lived in our gut, but they were largely thought to be passive passengers. Research has since shown they play an extraordinary role in our health.