Thoughts on healthcare innovation, physician careers, and the future of medicine — from someone who has lived it.
Being a Chief Medical Officer is part tightrope walk, part mountain guide. After years navigating this role across multiple healthcare companies, here are the core principles that separate effective CMOs from those who flame out.
A 2:52 marathon. Medical licenses in all 50 states. Healthcare AI safety. None of it happened by accident — the story of a six-year-old lost in Cleveland Clinic who found his purpose and never let go.
From nine physicians in 2016 to 172 in 2024 holding licenses in all 50 states. An honest look at the staggering costs, regulatory risks, and public health impact of the full set.
Over the past nine years I've done thousands of telemedicine visits. A significant portion end the same way: someone needs to be seen in person. That's backwards — and AI changes the math entirely.