In this episode Maxwell Cooper, M.D. interviews Amit Mehta, M.D., an interventional radiologist, serial medtech entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Dr. Mehta tells the the listeners about how he became interested in medical innovation as an interventional radiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital and went on to start Intrinsic Imaging, a company that provides diagnostic imaging services for clinical trials investigating pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and clinical artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. Intrinsic Imaging exited in 2021. Dr. Mehta discusses how became initially interested in investing in startups and started one of his current roles as General Partner at Builders VC, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco investing in a variety of spaces. Dr. Mehta discusses how he has invented multiple medical devices and all that is involved in getting an early stage medical device company off the ground. Dr. Mehta provides the listeners with advice for starting and building a medtech company from both his perspective as a founder and that of an investor. Dr. Mehta also provides advice for physician entrepreneurs and how they can use their clinical experience to advise and/or start a medtech company.

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Amit Mehta, M.D.
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