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Most clinicians who join early-stage healthcare startups are expected to operate in complex business environments they were never trained to navigate. The Early Hires, hosted by clinician and healthcare leader Helen Tanner, equips clinician leaders in health tech and healthcare startups for these…
How do you know a healthcare startup is built well before you join? Clinicians are trained to be careful, but inside a startup much of the risk sits where we cannot see it: how the company is structured, who actually holds authority, and what a clinical license is being used for.Host Helen Tanner talks with Rebecca…
What does it actually mean when a clinician "works in product" at a healthcare startup? Product is where a lot of clinicians land once they are inside a startup, and it can mean a lot of different jobs: content and claims review, evidence checks, running a medical advisory team, sitting with designers, and translating…
What do clinician leaders in healthcare startups need to navigate once the offer is signed? In part two of this solo mini series, host and startup leader Helen Tanner walks through the five things that matter after you join: the first weeks, the first six months, and the first year inside a healthcare startup.She…
Before You Sign: 5 Things Clinician Leaders Need to KnowIn part one of this two-part solo mini-series, host and startup leader Helen Tanner walks through the five things every clinician leader should work through before signing an offer. She explains why startup stage matters, why you need to understand who owns and…
Hannah Lowe, NP, RD, CDCES, is a nurse practitioner, registered dietitian, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist whose career spans both frontline clinical care and digital health startups. After joining one startup as its first nurse practitioner and growing into the Director of Advanced Practice role…
What Gets You Promoted: A Health Tech SVP on Leadership, Red Flags, and the Leaders Who Rise - with Laura Demuth, MSN, NP-BCLaura Demuth, MSN, NP-BC, joined Curology, then known as Pocket Derm, as employee number 12 nearly a decade ago. Today, she serves on the executive team as Senior Vice President of People and…
Clinical Onboarding as Infrastructure in Healthcare Startups with Anna Ballard, PA-CAnna Ballard, PA-C builds clinical onboarding and learning systems inside healthcare startups that are scaling quickly. Her work sits at the intersection of training, operations, and clinical quality, where new clinicians must become…
How a Founding Dean Is Rethinking Clinical Education at the Edge of Silicon Valley — with Dr. Amy Bronson, Pepperdine University Most episodes of The Early Hires feature clinicians who stepped inside a startup. This one takes a different angle. Dr. Amy Bronson is the founding dean of Pepperdine University’s brand-new…
From ER to Space Medicine: How Clinicians Create Systems Where None ExistDr. Marsh Cuttino is an emergency physician who turned curiosity into systems impact. Trained at Kennedy Space Center, he raised his hand early and became one of the few clinicians to support shuttle launches and conduct zero‑gravity medical…
From Primary Care to Startup Leadership: Why Clinicians Matter Most in Early Chaos Andrew Shiflett, PA-C, brings more than a decade of experience in complex primary care and was one of the first clinical hires at a Series A mobile primary care startup. Joining within the first months of the company’s life, Andrew…
Leading Without a Playbook: Why Executive Coaching Matters in Early-Stage StartupsLupe Prado is an executive coach who works with leaders across startups, private equity, and corporate organizations. For over seven years, she has helped high-performing professionals navigate leadership growth, career transitions, and…
Clinical Leadership in Healthcare Startups: What Clinicians Learn Navigating Growth, Risk, and Operational StrategyHelen is joined by Tim Talbert, nurse practitioner, veteran, and healthcare executive who spent more than a decade leading clinical teams inside healthcare startups. Tim began his career in clinic-based…
In this episode, Helen sits down with Dipu Patel, DMSc, MPAS, ABAIM, PA-C, educator, innovation leader, and immediate past president of the PA Education Association. Dipu serves as professor and vice chair for innovation at the University of Pittsburgh PA program, where her work focuses on digital health, artificial…
From Underserved Care to Startup Leadership: Why Gap-Closing Translates Across Both WorldsIn this episode, Helen sits down with Dr. Neil Patel, a family physician with more than 20 years of clinical practice and over 15 years as an early clinical leader in healthcare startups. Neil was part of the founding team at…
Just because you are doing everything right clinically does not mean the organization will survive.In this episode, Helen sits down with Katie Davis, a nurse practitioner and clinician executive who has spent more than two decades building care models across hospital systems and early-stage healthcare startups. Katie…
Patient safety is job one. Everything else is negotiable.The Early Hires launches with Dr. Adam Perry — a geriatrician and ER physician who has helped build home-based and senior care models across early- and mid-stage healthcare companies. He has served as a Chief Medical Officer and Regional Medical Director, and he…
Hosted by Helen Tanner, MPH, PA-C, The Early Hires Podcast centers the voices of clinicians building healthcare startups from the inside. Helen brings years of clinical and executive experience, translating real-world challenges into thoughtful, grounded conversations.Each episode features clinicians and clinical…
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