December Man of the Month: David Shaywitz, MD, PhD

David Shaywitz is a man of many talents.  He serves as Chief Medical Officer for DNAnexus; writes for Forbes and other publications; is a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School in the area of biomedical informatics and is also involved in the Center for Assessment Technology and Continuous Health (CATCH), and, of course, he hosts the Tech Tonics podcast with me, Lisa Suennen.  I’m so delighted to help feature David as the Man of the Month and to offer this interview, which shows the many different sides of this brilliant and loving man.
How do you define yourself?
I don’t really define myself through any one role.  Rather, I see myself as combining two very different impulses.  On the one hand I’m an integrative thinker seeking to get the 30,000 foot view of the world and identify the key trends; essentially I see this as pulling the “so what” out of different experiences.  On the other hand, I really don’t live entirely in the world of the mind.  I love the operational execution and implementation of ideas and especially the incredibly exciting and messy process of going from initial idea to real world impact.
What among your many professional accomplishments are you most proud of?  What are you excited to accomplish?
I’m really most excited by what I’m doing right now. I got an incredible opportunity to be literally at the nexus of rapidly evolving technology and medicine and data and patients.  I can’t believe I get to do what I do each day ...

Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - December 10, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Innovation Man of the Month Source Type: blogs