Ventures Senior Director Moderates Health Care Innovation Panel at BC Tech’s Scaleup Academy
Providence Health Care Ventures joined BC Tech’s Scaleup Academy webinar on HealthTech Innovation in BC, where Senior Director Vikram Devdas moderated a discussion with leaders from across the industry.
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On November 18, Providence Health Care Ventures Senior Director of Medical Technologies, Vikram Devdas, stepped into the spotlight as moderator for the Scaleup Academy Webinar: HealthTech Innovation in BC – Scaling for Impact, hosted by BC Tech.
The conversation tackled a big question: How do you scale breakthrough health care innovation in one of the most complex industries? Vikram guided an engaging discussion with leaders from BC’s thriving HealthTech sector, including Tiffany Chiu (AbCellera), Vahid Shababi (Hydreight Technologies), and Kevin Chaplin (Kardium). Together, they explored how medtech, research, and care delivery innovations are improving patient outcomes while navigating the challenges of scaling within health systems.
The session underscored the momentum and collaboration driving HealthTech forward in BC—and the critical role of partnerships in making innovation sustainable and impactful.
PHC Ventures is proud to see our team facilitating these important conversations about the future of health care. By connecting innovators and health system leaders, we help create pathways for ideas to grow, scale, and ultimately transform care for patients across BC and beyond.
If an industry partner has reached out, Ventures is your gateway to collaboration and innovation. Reach out to the team today for support.
About PHC Ventures
PHC Ventures is the technology and commercialization arm of Providence Health Care (PHC). Our team works to identify, develop, and scale innovations that directly improve health care delivery. By fostering strong connections with industry leaders and leveraging our expertise in critical health domains such as cardiac and renal diseases, substance use medicine, and infectious diseases, we aim to drive positive change for both patients and health care professionals alike.
Ventures is an element of Innovarium, Providence Health Care’s innovation engine, connecting people, systems, infrastructure, and partners to drive health innovation. Innovarium provides a model for creative and supported collaboration focused on the research, development, testing and implementation of novel ideas, new models of care, and new tools, all with the goal of sustainably improving health care.
For more information about PHC Ventures, please visit phcventures.ca