From clinician to entrepreneur with Dr Devinder Chauhan

09/28/23 • 41 min

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Dr Devinder Chauhan, a highly respected retinal ophthalmologist and Founding CEO of Macuject.

Macuject is a digital health company that harnesses AI to provide imaging and data solutions for ophthalmologists to them make clinical decisions when treating age-related macular degeneration.

Dr Chauhan founded Macuject in 2017 and is currently making the transition from clinician to entrepreneur as he and his team aim to roll this product out in eye clinics both domestically and internationally to improve visual outcomes for patients worldwide.
In this episode you will hear about:

Devinder’s career as a retinal ophthalmologist and why he founded Macuject
How Macuject aims to transform the treatment of age-related macular degeneration
The lessons Devinder has learned as he moved from the clinic to become an entrepreneur.

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Learn more about Dr Devinder Chauhan.

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The highs and lows of med tech entrepreneurship with Professor Andrew Wilks and Dr Chris Burns

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Professor Andrew Wilks and Dr Chris Burns.
Professor Wilks and Dr Burns are two research leaders who were involved in the incredible breakthrough of the drug, Momelotinib, which has emerged as a treatment for myelofibrosis – a rare type of bone marrow cancer.
In this episode you will hear about:

The journey of momelotinib from bench top to a commercial product
Professor Wilks and Dr Burns' experience as entrepreneurs
Where momelotinib is today and the legacy of the Australian research effort.

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Learn more about Professor Andrew Wilks

Find out more about Dr Chris Burns

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The Bionic Limb: an innovator's journey with Professor Max Ortiz Catalán

In the latest episode of Med Tech Talks, Robert Klupacs is joined by Professor Max Ortiz Catalán, Head of the Neural Prosthetics Research Program at the Bionics Institute.

In additional to his role at the Bionics Institute, he is also the Founder of the Center for Bionics and Pain Research (CBPR) in Sweden – a multidisciplinary engineering and medical collaboration between Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg.
Professor Ortiz Catalán’s mission is to develop and clinically implement technologies to eliminate disability and pain due to sensorimotor impairment.

The Bionics Institute and CBPR are now working closely together to this mission.

In this episode you will hear about:

Max’s innovation journey from Monterrey, Mexico; to Gothenburg, Sweden; to Melbourne, Australia.
The development of the bionic limb and how augmented reality can be used to relieve phantom limb pain.
What motivates Max to find innovative ways to help those with amputation.

More information:

Learn more about Max Ortiz Catalán.

Read more about Max’s research into the bionic limb.

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