Why Physicians Belong at the Strategy Table with Dr. Sarah Matt

About this episode

Dr. Alison Curfman interviews Dr. Sarah Matt about the role of physicians in startup strategy and her career journey.

In this episode of the Startup Physicians Podcast, Dr. Alison Curfman talks with Dr. Sarah Matt about building a nonlinear physician career and why doctors make powerful startup strategists. Dr. Matt shares her journey from burn surgery to healthcare strategy, startups, Oracle, remote robotic surgery, consulting, and authoring The Borderless Healthcare Revolution. Together, they explore how physicians can bring clinical insight into product development, go-to-market strategy, commercializatio...

People in this episode

Host: Alison Curfman

Guest: Sarah Matt

Topics covered

• physician career
• healthcare strategy
• startup consulting
• product development
• robotic surgery

Keywords

• physician
• startup
• healthcare
• strategy
• consulting
• robotic surgery
• product development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oracle

Books & works: The Borderless Healthcare Revolution

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