Jim McCarter of Virta Health at SplashX Invent Health

Reena A Jadhav · November 20, 2018 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/4c75

McCarter talks about how Virta Health gets more precise about Type II diabetes treatments

Here's my interview with Jim McCarter, Head of Research at Virta Health. Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably,without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery.

McCarter spoke at SplashX Invent Health - Precision Health, where I had an opportunity to speak with him about how Virta Health was able to build precision health model that allows you scale around the population.

Thanks to HP and Vator for hosting the event. Thanks to HP for being the main sponsor and thanks to our other sponsors: Avison Young, Advsr, Stratpoint and Scrubbed.

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Reena A Jadhav

Reena Jadhav is a 4 time entrepreneur (Done.com, Conduit, JobFlash, Riiwards), now working on HealerPedia.com, start-up Advisor, and Investor with Valley incubators. Harvard MBA, Summa Cum Laude Wharton Business School.

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The Virta treatment reverses type 2 diabetes and other chronic metabolic diseases, safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Our mission is to reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people by 2025.

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