#231 The Story of Doctorpreneurs with co-founder Avi Mehra 🦾

This week, James is joined by Avi Mehra, a medical doctor by background and Associate Partner for Healthcare at IBM. He is also the Co-Founder of Doctorpreneurs, a non-profit organisation and global community for medical innovators and entrepreneurs. Avi began his career as a doctor in the NHS before transitioning from clinical practice to industry roles. In 2014, he joined Bupa as a Clinical Fellow to the NHS National Medical Director, as part of a year-long NHS leadership and management fellowship programme, after which he was appointed as Bupa’s Clinical Lead for Digital Health. In 2016, Avi joined IBM’s newly formed healthcare technology and AI business unit, IBM Watson Health, where he held multiple global leadership roles. Avi is also a Fellow at the Faculty of Clinical Informatics, and advisor/mentor to digital health start-ups through the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme among other programmes and initiatives. Get in touch with Avi: Website: www.avimehra.com Email: [email protected] Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/avimehra3 Twitter: @aviam3 Subscribe to Healthtech Pigeon 🐦: www.healthtechpigeon.com Get in touch: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk