In this conversation, Stanford Professor Euan Ashley—geneticist, cardiologist, author of the new book, The Genome Odyssey, and first co-chair of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network—talks with Bio Eats World host Hanne Winarsky about one of the first places that genomic sequencing began to dramatically impact patients’ lives, and those of their families around t ... Show More
Jul 6
Clinical AI Comes of Age | Suchi Saria on the Future of Healthcare
Julie Yoo sits down with Dr. Suchi Saria, founder and CEO of Bayesian Health, to discuss the current state of clinical AI and what it takes to deploy AI systems in real-world healthcare settings. While much of the recent attention around AI has focused on copilots, chatbots, and ... Show More
46m 9s
Jun 2026
AI, Healthcare, and 700 Million Patients | Nicolas Abad, Telepatía
Nicolás Abad, founder and CEO of Telepatía, joins a16z to discuss building AI-powered tools for healthcare in Latin America. Inspired by the loss of his father to a preventable medical error, Adbad set out to address one of the region’s most significant challenges: a shortage of ... Show More
26m 11s
May 2022
S2 002: Rudy Benfredj at Mendelian ➡️ Rare diseases, genetics, AI. 🧬🤖🏥
<p>A computer scientist fascinated by the genetic code and its application to rare disease, Rudy Benfredj moved into healthtech and cofounded Mendelian. Mendelscan, their core technology helps identify patients at risk of developing a rare disease early. We touch on the patient’s ... Show More
31m 23s
Oct 2024
Ep 155 Stiff Person Syndrome: A rare disease in the spotlight
<p>Stiff person syndrome, like many rare diseases, does not get nearly the same amount of screen time or name recognition that other, more common diseases do. For many people, Celine Dion’s announcement of her diagnosis with the condition in 2022 marked the first time they ... Show More
1h 23m