The Military Medicine Podcast

Eric Topol - Deep Military Medicine

In the 14th Episode of the Military Medicine Podcast, we interview Dr Eric Topol. A Cardiologist by background, Dr Topol is perhaps best known for his work on the intersection between healthcare and technology - publishing 3 best-selling books on the topic, and also authoring the NHS "Topol review" on digitisation, last year. We hope you enjoy this episode, and please do leave us a 5* review and share with a friend if so!

Implementing Technology In Healthcare - Prof Trish Greenhalgh

In Episode 13 of the Military Medicine Podcast we interview Professor Trish Greenhalgh, who is a world-leading expert on how to implement technologies in health & social care. Prof Trish shares insights into her work in rolling out telemedicine in the Outer Hebrides, a case study of a failed wearables intervention, and the framework she’s developed from her experiences for implementing technology projects in health & social care. Brought to you by Flt Lt James Kuht, and Surg Lt Matthew Kain.

The new Director General DMS, Mr Peter Homa CBE

In the 12th episode of the Military Medicine Podcast we interview the new Director General DMS, Mr Peter Homa CBE. Peter offers a fascinating insight into his rise from being a hospital porter to CEO of a Hospital trust, states his four major objectives for his time in the DMS, and outlines his quest to make the DMS the best place to work in Defence. This episode was kindly guest-edited by Capt Harry Claireaux.

Insights from Scotland Rugby's legendary Team Doctor, Dr James Robson MBE

In Episode 11 of the Military Medicine Podcast, we interview Dr James Robson, arguably the most influential Rugby Doctor of all time. A licensed Physiotherapist and GP, Dr Robson has toured as the British & Irish Lions Doctor since 1995, and more recently has become the Chief Medical Officer for the Scotland Rugby team. In this episode, Dr Robson shares his experiences, including treating a broken neck on the field and missing concussion on live television, and his vision for how the future of rugby medicine will play out – with a role for VR and the growing role of the medical team in optimising human performance.

Precision Medicine - Dr Daniel Kraft

There aren’t many areas of medical innovation we don’t touch on with the fascinating Dr Daniel Kraft in this episode! Daniel takes us through his thoughts on panomics, 3D printing, wearables, “invisibles”, and his vision for “connected health”, as well as telling us how he looks after his telomeres! Daniel is a Stanford Medicine Graduate, who then went to the International Space University, and went on to become a flight surgeon on an F15 squadron. He has since become one of the most celebrated medical innovators of our generation, featuring in a multi-million viewed TED talk, and founding the “Exponential Medicine” conference as a part of Singularity University.