We are going to be talking about the extent to which doctors save legs. Dr. John Phillips and Kym McNicholas talk about the latest advances in limb saving care. We will share real stories from the front lines of fighting for life and limb. 

<p>We are going to be talking about the extent to which doctors save legs. Dr. John Phillips and Kym McNicholas talk about the latest advances in limb saving care. We will share real stories from the front lines of fighting for life and limb. </p>

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The Heart of Innovation with Kym McNicholas

The Heart of Innovation is 60 minutes with life and limb saving potential. Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Patient Navigator Kym McNicholas and Interventional Cardiologist Dr. John Phillips discuss new exciting ideas and innovation in healthcare. They tackle some of the greatest barriers to timely, effective patient care and discuss solutions with physicians, clinicians, policy makers, and most importantly, patients.

<p>The Heart of Innovation is 60 minutes with life and limb saving potential. Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Patient Navigator Kym McNicholas and Interventional Cardiologist Dr. John Phillips discuss new exciting ideas and innovation in healthcare. They tackle some of the greatest barriers to timely, effective patient care and discuss solutions with physicians, clinicians, policy makers, and most importantly, patients.</p>

The Heart of Innovation

The Heart of Innovation: What It takes To Save Legs

What are the warning signs of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), and how is medical innovation changing how we treat blood clots today?

In this episode of The Heart of Innovation, hosts Kim McNicholas and interventional cardiologist Dr. John Phillips sit down with Richard Davis, an engineer and medical developer whose life was completely rewritten after being hit by a truck at 23 years old. Richard shares his gripping story of survival—from being pinned inside a vehicle to developing life-threatening blood clots, surviving severe pulmonary embolisms, and ultimately transitioning his expertise into creating vascular medical devices that save lives.

Discover how modern medical advancements are moving beyond standard medical therapy to actively remove clots and restore blood flow safely.

TIMESTAMPS & CHAPTERS

0:00 - The Accident That Changed Everything

2:15 - Living with an Undiagnosed Clotting Disorder

4:40 - Facing a Life-Threatening Pulmonary Embolism

7:10 - Moving Beyond Medication: Advanced Clot Removal

9:35 - How Patient Participation Drives Medical Innovation

12:00 - The Next Generation of Vascular Care

GET FREE MEDICAL SUPPORT & ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES

If you or someone you know is dealing with deep vein thrombosis, severe leg pain, swelling, or vascular complications, find absolute support with our completely free community connections:


Free Vascular Resources & Specialist Connections: https://www.padhelp.org


Learn More About Enrolling in Clinical Trials: https://www.padtrials.org


Call the Leg Saver Hotline: 1-833-PAD-LEGS (1-833-723-5347)


Join the Private Facebook Support Group: http://www.PADsupportGroup.org


Stream Live Radio Every Saturday Morning on AM 1220 KDOW or visit: https://www.theheartofinnovation.org #PulmonaryEmbolism #VascularHealth #BloodClotSurvival #MedicalInnovation #TheHeartOfInnovation #PatientAdvocacy #DVTPrevention 

<p id="x_gmail-p-rc_4b4c44f9f0361fa9-106">What are the warning signs of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), and how is medical innovation changing how we treat blood clots today?</p> <p id="x_gmail-p-rc_4b4c44f9f0361fa9-107">In this episode of The Heart of Innovation, hosts Kim McNicholas and interventional cardiologist Dr. John Phillips sit down with Richard Davis, an engineer and medical developer whose life was completely rewritten after being hit by a truck at 23 years old. Richard shares his gripping story of survival—from being pinned inside a vehicle to developing life-threatening blood clots, surviving severe pulmonary embolisms, and ultimately transitioning his expertise into creating vascular medical devices that save lives.</p> <p id="x_gmail-p-rc_4b4c44f9f0361fa9-108">Discover how modern medical advancements are moving beyond standard medical therapy to actively remove clots and restore blood flow safely.</p> <p>TIMESTAMPS & CHAPTERS</p> <p>0:00 - The Accident That Changed Everything</p> <p>2:15 - Living with an Undiagnosed Clotting Disorder</p> <p>4:40 - Facing a Life-Threatening Pulmonary Embolism</p> <p>7:10 - Moving Beyond Medication: Advanced Clot Removal</p> <p>9:35 - How Patient Participation Drives Medical Innovation</p> <p>12:00 - The Next Generation of Vascular Care</p> <p>GET FREE MEDICAL SUPPORT & ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES</p> <p>If you or someone you know is dealing with deep vein thrombosis, severe leg pain, swelling, or vascular complications, find absolute support with our completely free community connections:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Free Vascular Resources & Specialist Connections: <a class="x_gmail-ng-star-inserted" title="https://www.padhelp.org/" href="https://www.padhelp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5">https://www.padhelp.org</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Learn More About Enrolling in Clinical Trials: <a class="x_gmail-ng-star-inserted" title="https://www.padtrials.org/" href="https://www.padtrials.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6">https://www.padtrials.org</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Call the Leg Saver Hotline: 1-833-PAD-LEGS (1-833-723-5347)</p> </li> <li> <p>Join the Private Facebook Support Group: <a class="x_gmail-ng-star-inserted" title="http://www.padsupportgroup.org/" href="http://www.padsupportgroup.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7">http://www.PADsupportGroup.org</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Stream Live Radio Every Saturday Morning on AM 1220 KDOW or visit: <a class="x_gmail-ng-star-inserted" title="https://www.theheartofinnovation.org/" href="https://www.theheartofinnovation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8">https://www.theheartofinnovation.org</a> #PulmonaryEmbolism #VascularHealth #BloodClotSurvival #MedicalInnovation #TheHeartOfInnovation #PatientAdvocacy #DVTPrevention </p> </li> </ul>

Surviving a Pulmonary Embolism: The Accident That Sparked a Medical Breakthrough 🩸

What does it take to go from helping millions of people breathe easier to helping patients keep their legs?Join The Heart of Innovation as Kym McNicholas talks with Sarvajna Dwivedi, Ph.D., entrepreneur, inventor, and CEO of AngioSafe, whose career has spanned some of the most challenging problems in medicine.Sarvajna co-founded Pearl Therapeutics, a company focused on breakthrough respiratory therapies that was ultimately acquired by AstraZeneca for $1.15 billion. Along the way, he helped develop inhaled therapies and drug-device combinations designed to improve the lives of patients with asthma and COPD. (AngioSafe United States)Today, his focus has shifted from the lungs to the arteries.As CEO and co-founder of AngioSafe, Sarvajna is leading the development of the Santreva-ATK Endovascular Revascularization Catheter, a novel device designed to restore blood flow through some of the most challenging chronic total occlusions (CTOs) physicians encounter in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). The technology is designed to cross completely blocked arteries, compress plaque, create a new channel, and restore blood flow without relying on a guidewire or external power source. (Medical Economics)In this episode, we discuss:• How a pharmaceutical scientist became a medical device innovator  • The story behind Pearl Therapeutics and its $1.15 billion acquisition  • Why chronic total occlusions remain one of the biggest challenges in PAD treatment  • How AngioSafe's Santreva-ATK technology works  • What it means to restore blood flow through arteries that are 100% blocked  • The future of cardiovascular and vascular innovationIf you or someone you love has peripheral artery disease, diabetes, leg pain while walking, non-healing wounds, or has been told an artery is completely blocked, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.📞 Need help navigating PAD care? Call the Leg Saver Hotline: 1-833-PAD-LEGS🌐 Learn more:PADHelp.org▶ Subscribe:@TheWayToMyHeart👍 Like, subscribe, and share to help us spread awareness of PAD, a disease that is more prevalent and deadlier than many cancers combined, yet remains dramatically underdiagnosed.#PAD #PeripheralArteryDisease #SarvajnaDwivedi #AngioSafe #SantrevaATK #HeartOfInnovation #VascularDisease #CardiovascularInnovation #MedTech #LimbSalvage #CTO #Endovascular #AstraZeneca #Asthma #MedicalInnovation

<div data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">What does it take to go from helping millions of people breathe easier to helping patients keep their legs?</div> <div> </div> <div>Join The Heart of Innovation as Kym McNicholas talks with Sarvajna Dwivedi, Ph.D., entrepreneur, inventor, and CEO of AngioSafe, whose career has spanned some of the most challenging problems in medicine.</div> <div> </div> <div>Sarvajna co-founded Pearl Therapeutics, a company focused on breakthrough respiratory therapies that was ultimately acquired by AstraZeneca for $1.15 billion. Along the way, he helped develop inhaled therapies and drug-device combinations designed to improve the lives of patients with asthma and COPD. (AngioSafe United States)</div> <div> </div> <div>Today, his focus has shifted from the lungs to the arteries.</div> <div> </div> <div>As CEO and co-founder of AngioSafe, Sarvajna is leading the development of the Santreva-ATK Endovascular Revascularization Catheter, a novel device designed to restore blood flow through some of the most challenging chronic total occlusions (CTOs) physicians encounter in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). The technology is designed to cross completely blocked arteries, compress plaque, create a new channel, and restore blood flow without relying on a guidewire or external power source. (Medical Economics)</div> <div> </div> <div>In this episode, we discuss:</div> <div> </div> <div>• How a pharmaceutical scientist became a medical device innovator  </div> <div>• The story behind Pearl Therapeutics and its $1.15 billion acquisition  </div> <div>• Why chronic total occlusions remain one of the biggest challenges in PAD treatment  </div> <div>• How AngioSafe's Santreva-ATK technology works  </div> <div>• What it means to restore blood flow through arteries that are 100% blocked  </div> <div>• The future of cardiovascular and vascular innovation</div> <div> </div> <div>If you or someone you love has peripheral artery disease, diabetes, leg pain while walking, non-healing wounds, or has been told an artery is completely blocked, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.</div> <div> </div> <div>📞 Need help navigating PAD care? Call the Leg Saver Hotline: 1-833-PAD-LEGS</div> <div> </div> <div>🌐 Learn more:</div> <div>PADHelp.org</div> <div> </div> <div>▶ Subscribe:</div> <div>@TheWayToMyHeart</div> <div> </div> <div>👍 Like, subscribe, and share to help us spread awareness of PAD, a disease that is more prevalent and deadlier than many cancers combined, yet remains dramatically underdiagnosed.</div> <div> </div> <div>#PAD #PeripheralArteryDisease #SarvajnaDwivedi #AngioSafe #SantrevaATK #HeartOfInnovation #VascularDisease #CardiovascularInnovation #MedTech #LimbSalvage #CTO #Endovascular #AstraZeneca #Asthma #MedicalInnovation</div>

From Inventing a Breakthrough Asthma Inhaler to Tackling 100% Artery Blockages | Sarvajna Dwivedi

Could artificial intelligence identify Peripheral Artery Disease before patients face limb loss? Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a machine-learning model that analyzes a simple light-based signal from the toe to detect PAD with remarkable accuracy. This breakthrough has the potential to make PAD screening faster, more accessible, and eventually available on your smartphone. Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips sit down with vascular surgeon Dr. Elsie Ross, cardiologist Dr. Mattheus Ramsis, and engineering PhD student Ava Faccetti to break down how artificial intelligence is transforming vascular health and what this could mean for millions living with undiagnosed disease.

FULL RESEARCH DISCUSSION: Altmetric: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-026-02655-w/metrics DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02655-w

People who think they have PAD can call the Global PAD Associaton's Leg Saver Hotline at 1-833-PAD-LEGS to learn more and get assistance finding a testing site or treatment.

#peripheralarterydisease #padsupport #legpain #legcramps #ABItest #vasculardiseasediagnosis #paddiagnosis #ucsandiego #newpadresearch #globalpadassociation

<p>Could artificial intelligence identify Peripheral Artery Disease before patients face limb loss? Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a machine-learning model that analyzes a simple light-based signal from the toe to detect PAD with remarkable accuracy. This breakthrough has the potential to make PAD screening faster, more accessible, and eventually available on your smartphone. Kym McNicholas and Dr. John Phillips sit down with vascular surgeon Dr. Elsie Ross, cardiologist Dr. Mattheus Ramsis, and engineering PhD student Ava Faccetti to break down how artificial intelligence is transforming vascular health and what this could mean for millions living with undiagnosed disease.</p>
<p>FULL RESEARCH DISCUSSION: Altmetric:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-026-02655-w/metrics" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-026-02655-w/metrics</a> DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02655-w" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02655-w</a></p>
<p>People who think they have PAD can call the Global PAD Associaton's Leg Saver Hotline at 1-833-PAD-LEGS to learn more and get assistance finding a testing site or treatment.<br><br>#peripheralarterydisease #padsupport #legpain #legcramps #ABItest #vasculardiseasediagnosis #paddiagnosis #ucsandiego #newpadresearch #globalpadassociation</p>

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