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Your Guide To Early Foot Ulcer Detection Tech

Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Summit 2.0

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<h6>William Hsu, MD</h6>
Hello. Welcome to another episode of Reversing Your Type 2 Diabetes 2.0. This is your co-host, Dr. Will Hsu. Today, we wanted to go talk about a topic that&#8217;s relevant to our listeners, and that is about diabetic foot ulcers. This is a critical question, and I&#8217;m going to show you a few data points here before I introduce our host to our guests today. Number one is that diabetic foot ulcers are the number one cause of lower extremity amputations. That&#8217;s number one. That&#8217;s astounding. Number two. People who have had diabetes complications. They fear amputation more than they fear death. I&#8217;m sure some of our listeners can identify with that and third, the most unfortunate data shows that the rate of amputations is going up in this country, even though we have so many different drugs available to us. Today, I have the pleasure of introducing the audience, or our listeners, to one of my friends, Dr. Jon Bloom, who is the founder of a company called Podimetrics, a pioneer in this space of preventing foot ulcers and amputations. Jon. Welcome to the show.

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Dr. Jon Bloom is a board-certified physician and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in technology development, patient monitoring, biomedical research, and health care delivery. He co-founded Podimetrics in 2011 while a student at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and he’s served as our CEO ever since. Dr. Bloom was first inspired to create a solution to help prevent diabetic amputations while practicing anesthesia; he frequently treated patients who required foot amputations, and knew there had to be a less drastic way to prevent diabetic foot complications. He previously served as a Clinical Assistant Professor and staff anesthesiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and as the Director of Global Medical Affairs for Covidien’s Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions division. Dr. Bloom has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications with a primary focus on health care economics and perioperative complications. He earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Jon Bloom

Jon Bloom, MD

Dr. Will Hsu is an endocrinologist with 20 years of clinical experience who has joined L-Nutra as the Chief Medical Officer, leading clinical development and medical affairs. Previously, Dr. Hsu was Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate, leading their global care and education program. In that role, Dr. Hsu led an interdisciplinary team to design healthcare programs for health systems, create innovative solutions integrating cutting-edge medical and digital technologies, and implement sustainable health care delivery models in over ten countries. Dr. Hsu is an internationally renowned expert on diabetes. As Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and a diabetes subject expert, he co-authored the national Standards of Care and a policy changing Position Statement for the American Diabetes Association. He also served on national clinical guideline committees at the American Optometric Association and Joslin Diabetes Center. His research interests centered on nutrition, digital health, and diabetes.

Your Guide To Early Foot Ulcer Detection Tech

William Hsu, MD

Jon Bloom, MD

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