{"podcast":{"title":"The Heart of Healthcare | A Digital Health Podcast","slug":"the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107","podcast_index_feed_id":4062107,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-heart-of-healthcare","website_url":"https://www.heartofhealthcarepodcast.com/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/08/1b/d6/92/081bd692-3de1-47e0-8dea-f5df57735e79/a59d0ef5ad4c2db2cf3ee2e8b13f930450e607997e665411885eb022e43bf55f849eb5bc803da97cc499471b4972bde9e6a85279b2a201d1728298c8949e46f2.jpeg","author":"Massively Better Healthcare","episode_count":230,"summary":"🏆 2026 Webby Award-winning podcast. Join us every Monday for conversations with the biggest names in healthcare. Hosted by health tech veterans Halle Tecco, Michael Esquivel, and Steve Kraus. Learn more and submit your ideas for the show at the Heart of Healthcare website.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T12:17:59.600663+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107"},"episode":{"title":"The Rise of Clinician Innovators | Dr. Reena Pande","slug":"the-rise-of-clinician-innovators-dr-reena-pande","published_at":"2025-12-22T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/the-rise-of-clinician-innovators-dr-reena-pande","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8ac346ac-6686-4891-a38a-ecf0d49d523a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8ac346ac-6686-4891-a38a-ecf0d49d523a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Many clinicians quietly wonder if there's a “next chapter” beyond the hospital walls, and an increasing number are stepping into health tech roles that didn’t exist a decade ago. Dr. Reena Pande has lived that shift firsthand: from cardiologist at a top academic center, to early employee and CMO at AbleTo, to now leading clinician executive search at Oxeon. She joins us to unpack what it really takes for clinicians to succeed in startups, why these roles matter more than ever, and how AI is reshaping both medical training and leadership. We cover: 🩺 What true self-assessment looks like 🚀 What clinicians often misunderstand about joining a Series A startup 🐈 The “indoor cat vs. outdoor cat” model for modern clinical leadership 📉 How to evaluate risk when moving from academic medicine into early-stage companies 📊 Why clinician leaders are central to sales, product, and operations in virtual care 🤖 How AI is reshaping medical expertise and what future clinicians must be trained for — About our guest:  Dr. Reena Pande is a Partner and leads Oxeon’s Clinician Executive search and leadership practice. She is a physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive whose career has focused on building innovative solutions to ensure access to evidence-based, and technology-enabled care. For nearly a decade, Dr. Pande served as Chief Medical Officer at AbleTo, a virtual behavioral health provider. During her tenure, she served as a passionate external voice for bridging the gaps between physical and mental health, and also led clinical product, data science, healthcare economics, and outcomes research teams. Dr. Pande saw the organization through numerous fundraising rounds and eventual acquisition by Optum/UnitedHealth Group. Prior to her time at AbleTo, Dr. Pande was an acade…","meta_description":"Many clinicians quietly wonder if there's a “next chapter” beyond the hospital walls, and an increasing number are stepping into health tech roles that di…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2200,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/episodes/the-rise-of-clinician-innovators-dr-reena-pande/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-heart-of-healthcare-a-digital-health-podcast-4062107/the-rise-of-clinician-innovators-dr-reena-pande.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}