From Supply Closet Prototype to Medical Device Founder with Dr. Hilary Gallin

About this episode

Dr. Hilary Gallin discusses her journey from physician to medical device founder, highlighting her experiences and the creation of Fastline.

Dr. Hilary Gallin is an obstetric anesthesiologist, medical device founder, and startup advisor who has built companies from problems she saw in clinical practice. In this episode of Startup Physicians, Dr. Gallin joins Dr. Alison Curfman to talk about the path from physician to founder, including how she started Fastline, a medical device company focused on making central line placement safer and easier. The first version was not polished. It was built from supply closet materials, a glue gu...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Alison Curfman

Guest: Dr. Hilary Gallin

Topics covered

• medical devices
• entrepreneurship
• clinical practice
• founder journey
• anesthesiology

Keywords

• medical device
• founder
• anesthesiology
• central line placement
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fastline

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