How it all started
MedCrunch was initiated by two physicians, Franz Wiesbauer and Lukas Zinnagl.
Both of us started companies in the health 2.0 arena. We both share a passion for topics at the crossroads between medicine, technology, design, and more philosophical topics. We also like to think outside the box and to see things from a different perspective. What are the key success factors for physicians? What makes physicians tick? How can we hack medicine so as to maximize our personal happiness and the patients’ health?
These are just some of the questions we want to address in this blog. By deconstructing and bundling the knowledge about a physician’s job and other elements surrounding medicine, we are creating a new kind of online magazine, that deals with topics that you won’t find in the NEJM or The Lancet – topics that will change the way you view the practice of medicine.
If you are interested in advertising on MedCrunch or would like to work with us in any other way, then please get in touch with us at hello@medcrunch.net.
Meet our editorial team
Alejandro I. Marcano Contributing Editor
Alejandro is an American physician trained and raised in Venezuela. Early on his career he founded Positive Action, an NGO dedicated to promote human values. He got his MD degree at Luis Razetti School, Central University of Venezuela, were he also did on research, opening and tutoring student’s teams for participation at international congresses and getting elected for School Council as Student’s Representative. He worked in underserved communities near his hometown, providing primary care and contrastingly, also in a Orthopedic Surgery private practice getting familiarized with the whole healthcare spectrum. He loves sports and aims to become an “Orthopaedic Surgeon of the Future”.
Stesha Doku Contributing Editor
Stesha Doku is an MD candidate at Stanford University School of Medicine. Always interested in the intersection between technology and medicine, Stesha studied biomedical engineering at Duke University before pursing a career as a physician.
Her current interests include user-interface design, web design/development and medical devices. She is an avid photographer and loves playing acoustic music. Check out her website at: http://www.steshadoku.com or follow her on twitter @dohkoo.
C.J. Lion Contributing Editor
C.J. Lion recently completed a post-baccalaureate pre-medical program at Georgetown University and is currently applying to medical schools in the United States. He will be pursuing a master’s degree in public health at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden this next academic year. C.J. graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor of science in business administration in 2009, and upon completion successfully passed all four parts of the Uniform CPA Examination. Immediately following graduation he was hired by the French Ministry of Education as an English language teacher where he was responsible for teaching and developing lesson plans for over 200 children in Sollies-Pont, France. Mr. Lion’s business experience, teaching experience, and Congressional internship experiences in Washington, D.C. have led him back to his life long interest in medicine and healthcare. An instrument and multi-engine rated pilot, Mr. Lion is fluent in French and proficient in Swedish.
