Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2026
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
94%
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About This Podcast

The healthcare system is broken. Open Door Salon is a place where patients can find an easier way to navigate treatment—and where those working within the system can come together to solve the problems they hear about every day. Change starts with conversation.

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92% of His Bone Marrow Was Cancer — A Scientist's Leukemia Journey | Jesús Zurdo

Apr 08, 2026 54m

Jesús Zurdo is a scientist — molecular biology, drug discovery, manufacturing, company creation. Three and a half years ago, he was diagnosed with Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.…

S1E10 "I'm Lucky I Had the Network" — A Physician Becomes the Patient | Dr. Karla Loken

Apr 01, 2026 50m

Dr. Karla Loken is an OB-GYN who spent 20+ years in clinical practice before moving into industry. Three months ago, she was diagnosed with appendix cancer — 1 in 200,000. One month ago, she had…

S1E9 Inside Pharma M&A: How Deals Get Done | Konstantina Katcheves & Daphne Karydas

Mar 25, 2026 54m

Konstantina Katcheves is Chief Business & Strategy Officer at Acadia Pharmaceuticals. Former SVP at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Led BMS through the Karuna Bio and RayzeBio acquisitions in a single…

S1E9 Why Men and Women Age Differently — And Why Investors Don't Get It | Fischer & Butts

Mar 18, 2026 43m

Jeff Fischer is Co-Founder and President of Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics — developing monoclonal antibodies that target chronic inflammation upstream, before it starts.Steve Butts is Co-Founder…

S1E7 The Patient Journey Is a Lie — Here's What It Actually Looks Like

Mar 11, 2026 52m

Tina Valbh, BS Pharm, RPh is a pharmacist with 28 years in life sciences — Managing Partner at Pharma Connect and founder of Tina's Warriors. She builds patient access programs. Then she got cancer —…

S1E6 Why Only 20% of Eligible Patients Get Cell Therapy & What Needs To Change- Matt Hewitt & Jeff Holder

Mar 04, 2026 1h 11m

Matt Hewitt is CTO of the Manufacturing Business Division at Charles River Laboratories. Jeff Holder is Partner and Managing Director at LEK Consulting, advising biopharma and investors on cell and…

S1E5 "Bikini Medicine" Is Killing Us | Why Women's Health Is Still Decades Behind

Feb 25, 2026 59m

Katie Schubert is President & CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research — 35+ years advocating for sex differences research. Former Capitol Hill staffer. Her goal: make women's health so…

S1E4 "Cash Is Oxygen" | Frank Watanabe & Josh Fessel Get Real on Surviving Biotech's Chaos

Feb 18, 2026 48m

Frank Watanabe is the President and CEO of Arcutis Biotherapeutics, a dermatology biotechnology company based in Los Angeles. He's also the Vice Chairman of BIO. Frank spent 30 years in biopharma…

S1E3 The $50,000 Cure Problem: Why the US Can't Do What India Already Did | Andy Holt & Phil Vanek

Feb 11, 2026 53m

Andy Holt is the Chief Commercial Officer at Viralgen Vector Core, a company specializing in the contract manufacture of AAV gene therapies. A self-described "really bad molecular biologist" who…

S1E2 "Everything Everywhere All at Once" | Colin Zick & Anne Li on Biotech's Legal and Regulatory Chaos

Feb 03, 2026 59m

Colin Zick is a Partner at Foley Hoag, where he co-chairs both the Health Care Compliance practice and the Privacy & Data Security practice. With over 30 years of experience navigating healthcare…

S1E1 "We're Trying to Cure Cancer." | Chris Bardon & Elaine Hamm Get Real on Biotech Reset, AI & China

Jan 28, 2026 48m

Chris Bardon is the Managing Partner at MPM BioImpact, a dedicated biotech investment firm working across private and public markets. A Harvard-trained physician who completed her residency at…

Where the Healthcare Industry & Patients Can Finally Talk

Jan 22, 2026 0m Trailer

A place where healthcare finally talks to itself. Open Door Salon brings together patients, providers, and industry leaders to tackle the broken healthcare system—one conversation at a time. Whether…

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Open Door Salon has published 12 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Medicine.

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