Conquering Digital Health’s Steepest Slopes
As a medical school-bound undergrad, Sean Duffy, co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, didn’t initially consider entrepreneurship as a career path. Today, Sean leads a virtual-first care provider for chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and musculoskeletal disorders. Sean traces his journey from a "techie" upbringing to stints at Google and medical school, and how his early fascination with the potential of digital health ultimately led him to build Omada.
Sean and Steve dive into:
The genesis of Omada's "digital DPP" (diabetes prevention program) model
How digital health has matured over the last decade
Omada’s approach to driving successful GLP-1 prescription outcomes
The Peterson report questioning the efficacy of diabetes tech
Sean's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
About our guest:
Sean Duffy is the Co-founder and CEO of Omada Health, a virtual-first care provider for prediabetes/obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and musculoskeletal disorders.
With nearly two decades of healthcare experience, Sean is widely recognized as a thought leader on the industry’s future. He has written extensively about digital health and the healthcare trends in The New England Journal of Medicine, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and TechCrunch, among other publications. Sean has also spoken at notable conferences such as the World Economic Forum annual conference, Clinton Global Initiative Health Matters Summit, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, and others.
Under Sean’s leadership, Omada has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s “50 Most Innovative Companies in the World” and a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
Prior to Omada, Sean worked at both Google and IDEO. A former MD/MBA candidate at Harvard, he holds a BS in neuroscience from Columbia University.
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