E02 - Ishan Wijewardana : Doctor Turned Corporate Strategist, Mental Health Entrepreneur, Management Consultant in UK
06/25/20 • 43 min
In this episode Dr Ishan reflects on his journey from studying to become a practicing doctor to switching to a management consulting job to finally finding himself thrive in the startup arena.
In Part 1/2 of this podcast episode we breakdown stages of studying medicine in the UK, startups and what it means to be a doctor putting together power point presentations at work. We also cover the stages he went through in piecing together his latest startup, Hello Eeva, which is solving the problem of loneliness, all over London. Take a walk and listen to Dr Ishan school us about making career choices at 17 and being definitely okay with not sticking to them.
Ever heard from someone who went from holding a scalpel to making an elevator pitch? This is information you never knew you needed!
Dr Ishan's startup: https://try.helloeeva.com/
In this episode Dr Ishan reflects on his journey from studying to become a practicing doctor to switching to a management consulting job to finally finding himself thrive in the startup arena.
In Part 1/2 of this podcast episode we breakdown stages of studying medicine in the UK, startups and what it means to be a doctor putting together power point presentations at work. We also cover the stages he went through in piecing together his latest startup, Hello Eeva, which is solving the problem of loneliness, all over London. Take a walk and listen to Dr Ishan school us about making career choices at 17 and being definitely okay with not sticking to them.
Ever heard from someone who went from holding a scalpel to making an elevator pitch? This is information you never knew you needed!
Dr Ishan's startup: https://try.helloeeva.com/
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E01 - Theresa Brown : Nurse, NYT Best Selling Author, Cancer Survivor!
2020 has had calamities of epic proportions and this pandemic has beaten us to a pulp. We have gotten ripped apart yet are learning to come together. People across the globe have never been more united and we couldn't have done so without the examples set by healthcare workers on the front lines. This episode has Dr Theresa, a nurse who is also a writer giving us the deets on the reality of being a nurse. Apart from the daily 7PM cheers from our balconies the least we can do is empathize with these amazing people who are risking their lives to save ours. Nurses are strong, compassionate and champions of working under pressure. Let's celebrate them with this epic episode filled with details you never knew you needed!
Theresa's wesbite: http://www.theresabrownrn.com/
Theresa's Twitter: @TheresaBrown
Theresa's books: http://www.theresabrownrn.com/books
Next Episode
E03 - Marion Leary : Philadelphia Geek of the Year, Resuscitation Science Researcher, Healthcare Innovator
So you find someone in cardiac arrest on the side of the street, what do you do? Would you hesitate if it were a woman? What if it's a child?
Before you re-watch that episode [S05E15] of The Office, let's catch up with the multi-faceted Marion Leary, who is the Director of Innovation at University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing. She was Philly's Geek of the Year in 2017, Philadelphia Inquirer's Health Influencer in 2019 and has been a resuscitation science researcher for many years now. We talk about innovation, design thinking, how Philadelphia is more than just the Rocky Memorial and her attempts to reduce the social and economic disparity in healthcare offerings in the US. Be it TikTok videos or Improv, Marion has adopted creative ways of getting across research and findings to the general public! Somewhere in the middle of the episode is also a clip of Michael Scott grooving to the BeeGees as Marion explains briefly about how to perform CPR. Tune in to this interesting, fact-based yet mildly funny episode which Marion refers to as "her best podcast interview" ever. This is definitely the podcast you never knew you needed!
Follow Marion on Twitter: @marionleary
A guide to performing CPR: https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr/performing-cpr/cpr-steps
A video guide to performing CPR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosVBV96E2g
A video guide to performing CPR on babies aged 0-12 months: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWyw-XvaL4c
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