Physician Founded Ep. 15: Dr. Jehangir Appoo Pt.1

If the sight of blood🩸 made you feel queasy, would you still want to become a surgeon?👨‍⚕️

On this week’s episode of Physician Founded, we chat with Dr. Jehangir Appoo, MD and founding partner of AIoT Health, a venture capital firm heavily invested in health technology and innovation. Jehangir talks about his childhood and his inclination towards achieving excellence, and how that has shaped his career for him so far.

 

Timestamps:

01:20-05:24 - Growing up in different countries, and how that shaped Jehangir’s early years.

05:25-09:51 - Jehangir explains the influence he had behind studying medicine.

09:53-15:09 - Making the choice of choosing cardio-thoracic surgery, and how that decision has turned out since.

15:10-17:48 - How health issues led to Jehangir quitting surgery.

17:48-23:31 - Getting into venture capitalism after quitting surgery; the why, what and how.

23:32-25:11 - Jehangir’s major source of inspiration behind everything he does: excellence.