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Ann Holder, Marani Health

October 4, 2021 by John Ray

Minneapolis St. Paul Business Radio

Ann Holder, Marani Health

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Ann Holder, Marani Health (Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio, Episode 20)

American obstetric care is among the most expensive in the world. Despite this extraordinary level of spending for care, the United States has one of the highest rates of both infant & maternal deaths among industrialized nations. That’s where Marani Health comes in. Founder & CEO Ann Holder joined host John Ray to discuss the problem, how Marani got started, the company’s initial products which improve outcomes for mothers and their babies, and much more. Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is produced virtually by the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX®.

Marani Health

Marani is dedicated to improving the experience & outcomes of mothers & their babies by improving access to care and empower expectant mothers & providers with insights into each individual pregnancy.

Marani is a healthcare technology start-up focused on commercializing innovative, wearable, digital products aimed at empowering women to understand their health and improve fetal and maternal outcomes. The Company’s first products are wearable, washable garments with electrocardiogram (ECG) technology, enabled with Artificial Intelligence (AI) designed to monitor the mother and fetus during pregnancy and labor/delivery.

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Ann Holder, Founder & CEO, Marani Health

Ann Holder, Founder and CEO of Marani Health, is a Medical Device Executive with a rich background in sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Ann began her career in the US Army after graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

In healthcare, Ann worked for Medtronic in a variety of roles in sales, finance and business development and was an executive at a start-up. Most recently she has been helping companies commercialize in the U.S. while focused on developing fetal monitoring technology with the Mayo Clinic.

Prior to Ann’s career in healthcare, Ann worked in the consumer goods industry and in telecommunications for international companies in engineering and operations in the areas of manufacturing, supply chain and logistics. Additionally, she founded B2H, a medical supply company supporting the VA, and Spearhead Rugby Academy, a non-profit supporting at risk young adults.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the Minneapolis St. Paul studio of Business RadioX® . You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Summertime Pregnancies – Top Docs Radio

June 27, 2016 by angishields

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Summertime Pregnancies - Top Docs Radio

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Summertime Pregnancies

CW sat down with Dr. Winnie Soufi and Dr. Rama Rao, of Womens Health Associates. Dr. Soufi is a board certified OB/GYN, and Dr. Rao is a board certified gynecologic surgeon, and they are part of a 7 member practice on the Northside Hospital campus here in Atlanta.

We got into summertime pregnancies and what expectant mothers should think about, from dealing with heat, hydration, nutrition, and more, as well as advances in gynecologic surgery that benefit patients with problems that warrant a surgical approach.

Check back soon for more info!

Interventional Radiology – Top Docs Radio

October 23, 2015 by angishields

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Interventional Radiology - Top Docs Radio

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Interventional Radiology

We talked interventional radiology with Dr. John Lipman of Atlanta Interventional Institute on this week’s show. Interventional radiologists are radiologists who are trained to perform a wide array of procedures using various radiologic images to guide their work.

In fact, as Dr. Lipman explained, it was interventional radiologists who invented the technology to perform procedures such as balloon angioplasty that was later used to open blocked arteries in the heart.

We talked about uterine fibroid embolization, a minimally-invasive procedure where a catheter is passed into the femoral artery and maneuvered to the arteries feeding uterine fibroids, where a chemical is instilled, caused the vessel to occlude. This blocks bloodflow to the fibroid, causing it to shrink and die, allowing for easy removal.

The alternative for these women is hysterectomy, which is the surgical removal of the uterus, after which, the woman will need to take hormones to compensate for its loss. Additionally, it takes days longer to recover from the surgery and bears the risk of anesthesia and post-surgical infection.

Dr. Lipman talked about other procedures interventional radiologists are able to perform such as treatment of migraine headaches, and reversing infertility related to blocked fallopian tubes.

It is important for patients and their loved ones to be sure to ask lots of questions and to inquire about other available treatment options when surgery is recommended, particularly when it involves removal of an organ or amputation.

In this way, patients can limit risk associated with surgery in many cases, and save cost and time away from work. Dr. Lipman offered a number of questions patients and loved ones can ask to determine if an interventional radiologist is the one they should choose.

Special Guest:

Dr. John Lipman, MD, FSIR, Atlanta Interventional Institute

Doctorate of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Radiology Residency, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fellowship, Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine
Board Certified, Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Fellow, Society of Interventional Radiology