#41 - Tackling the Great PPE Shortage of 2020 with Dr. Alex Ding and Shobhit Singhal

Dr. Alex Ding and Shobhit Singhal are two members of The First Wave, a community effort started by a group of MBA students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, to help provide PPE to frontline healthcare workers in the United States. The First Wave is the inspiration behind Tickle Trouble, a children’s book published by Ladderworks, a publishing startup that aims to empower kids to become social entrepreneurs.

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Dr. Alex Ding is a board-certified radiologist, currently serving as executive-in-residence at Humana and medical director of the Office of Health Affairs and Advocacy. He also provides clinical care as faculty at the University of Louisville. He was previously a managing partner at California Advanced Imaging, and also served as the Chief of Radiology and Medical Director of Imaging at Sutter Health. Alex is a former trustee of the American Medical Association, serving during the early implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and currently serves as the Chair of the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health. Alex completed a BA in Economics and MS in Public Health at UC Berkeley, his MD from UCSF, and holds an MBA in finance from UPenn's Wharton School. He is a US Navy veteran, finishing his service at the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Shobhit Singhal is a tech professional with almost 15 years of experience in consulting, managing datacenter operations, building retail supply chain systems, running product incubators, and most recently managing social media trust and safety operations. Shobhit is passionate about building and operating products that help users gain access to infrastructure, information and employment. Outside of work Shobhit enjoys playing tennis, hiking, and helping startups bootstrap their operations.

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