E67: Improving Human Performance with The Power of Mixed Reality and AI - (Dr Alex Young founder of Virti)

In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Alex Young, the gamer surgeon who turned into an entrepreneurial innovator. Join us as we share his journey from the very beginning uncovering the struggles and achievements he has faced to date. We learn how Alex taught himself to code as a medical student having later founding an award wining educational company. We discuss what it takes to transition from a surgeon into a full time CEO. Alex shares why he founded Virti and took the leap to go and build a business in America. 

Alex gives us a great insight into the uptake of tech in healthcare. We discuss the world of mixed reality and the power of AI showing how it can be used to enhance training and performance in high pressured environments. Discover the process behind market validation, problem-solving and the importance of speaking directly to key decision makers. We end the show with Alex sharing his advice for new and upcoming entrepreneurs. 

Dr Alex Young is a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon by training and founder/CEO at Virti and NHS Innovation Fellow, on a mission to improve human performance and training through technology. Alex built and sold his first company whilst at medical school and went on to scale an award-winning medical education company internationally from his bedroom while still training in the NHS using self-taught coding skills. Alex has won multiple awards with Virti including the VR Healthcare Award at The VR Awards, Royal College of Surgeons’ Edinburgh Triennial Surgical Innovation Prize and the Association of Medical Education Technology Prizes. Alex is the host of the Human Performance podcast and also writes for Forbes and Entrepreneur.

Learn more about Dr Young and Virti

@AlexanderFYoung

@virtilabs

Dr Alex Young - LinkedIn

virti.com

Virti uses XR, artificial intelligence and gamification to help employees learn faster and remember training for longer. - Immersive education for Healthcare

 

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