E154: Navigating a Career from Renal Medicine to Tech CEO - Dr Tim Ringrose (Co-founder and CEO Cognitant, Ex-CEO Doctors.net.uk)
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Show Notes
In this week’s episode Tim shares his journey of leaving medicine just as he was about to become a renal consultant to eventually becoming the CEO of Doctors.net.uk and now co-founder of Cognitant which is an award-winning patient engagement platform and community.
We discussed:
🔍 Motivations to study medicine
🚪 Leaving medicine just before becoming a renal consultant
🔄 Transitioning from a clinical career to CEO of Doctors.net.uk
🏁 The early adopters of Doctors.net and commercialising
💪 Why persistence is an underrated skill
💼 The difficulties of an advertising business model
🔍 Being acquired by M3 and life at a large corporate
🌱 The origin story of Cognitant and the value behind co-creating patient education
💰 Selling to the NHS, ‘pilotitis’ and contracts
📈 Staying up to date with the latest advances in healthtech 📊 The value of data within the NHS
Dr Tim Ringrose is the CEO and Co-founder of Cognitant, ex-CEO of Doctors.net.uk, President of The Digital Health Section (RSM), Advisor and NED to multiple healthtech companies.
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