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A passion for the future of health care

Anmol Kapoor · prairies

Anmol Kapoor

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Dr. Anmol Kapoor is an experienced Cardiologist, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Humanitarian, Innovator, and founder of many successful healthcare ventures. His...

Key takeaways

  • Healthcare systems in developed countries like Canada are focused on treating disease rather than preventing it, while regions like the Middle East are moving toward proactive prevention and early intervention through genomic testing and advanced monitoring.
  • Precision medicine uses DNA sequencing, microbiome analysis, and metabolic pathways to uncover the root causes of diseases that were previously labeled as "idiopathic" or genetic bad luck, enabling personalized treatment plans.
  • Genetic mutations like LIPO-A affect approximately one in seven to ten Canadians and cause high cholesterol regardless of diet, requiring specific treatments beyond standard statins that most healthcare systems don't routinely test for.
  • Innovation in healthcare often requires validation and adoption outside of Canada first before the domestic system will embrace new technologies, making global expansion a necessary step for Canadian health tech companies.
  • Democratizing access to advanced genomic testing and precision medicine by making it affordable for the masses rather than just the wealthy should be the goal, treating health as an investment rather than an expense.

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[00:00] SPEAKER_01: Welcome to Canada's podcast.
[00:05] SPEAKER_01: Hello, I'm Mario Tonigus,
[00:07] SPEAKER_01: a managing editor of Canada's podcast.
[00:09] SPEAKER_01: Joining me today on Calgary's podcast is Dr. Enmol Kapoor,
[00:14] SPEAKER_01: who is founder and CEO of BioAero.
[00:18] SPEAKER_01: Thanks for joining us today, Dr.
[00:20] SPEAKER_01: Thank you so much for having me, Mario.
[00:23] SPEAKER_01: All right, let's talk a little bit about BioAero.
[00:26] SPEAKER_01: Tell me what it is and what you guys do.
[00:28] SPEAKER_02: Well, BioAero is a wonderful kind,
[00:30] SPEAKER_02: the company is a global company.
[00:32] SPEAKER_02: It has four different verticals.
[00:35] SPEAKER_02: What it does specialize in,
[00:37] SPEAKER_02: especially is in precision health.
[00:39] SPEAKER_02: So far, the health care has been a hit and trial approach.
[00:43] SPEAKER_02: So me as a cardiologist, practicing cardiose in Canada,
[00:46] SPEAKER_02: often we don't know if a person may respond to an aspirin,
[00:50] SPEAKER_02: if they're having a response to a statin,
[00:54] SPEAKER_02: and if the medication we're giving,
[00:55] SPEAKER_02: otherwise medication and the right dosage is.
[00:58] SPEAKER_02: Or sometimes we don't even know why some people develop
[01:02] SPEAKER_02: a heart disease prematurely,
[01:04] SPEAKER_02: and why some people develop a heart failure without having any blockages.
[01:09] SPEAKER_02: Many times we call them as a idiopathic.
[01:11] SPEAKER_02: We have no idea.
[01:12] SPEAKER_02: So I call it doctor,
[01:14] SPEAKER_02: it's an idiot and patient pathatic,
[01:15] SPEAKER_02: we just don't know sometimes.
[01:17] SPEAKER_02: So that's the puzzle,
[01:18] SPEAKER_02: the piece of the puzzle,
[01:19] SPEAKER_02: when we never knew why the problem happened,
[01:22] SPEAKER_02: we call it an autoimmune,
[01:25] SPEAKER_02: or we call it idiopathic,
[01:27] SPEAKER_02: we solved that problem.
[01:29] SPEAKER_02: So we uncovered the secrets from your DNA,
[01:32] SPEAKER_02: secrets from your microbiome,
[01:33] SPEAKER_02: and we secreted some,
[01:35] SPEAKER_02: your various metabolic pathway,
[01:39] SPEAKER_02: could be proteins, could be hormones,
[01:41] SPEAKER_02: and understand why you have the disease,
[01:45] SPEAKER_02: what could be coming next,
[01:47] SPEAKER_02: and how we can help you live longer,
[01:50] SPEAKER_02: or perhaps have a healthier life.
[01:52] SPEAKER_02: So we have a lab to help solve the problem,
[01:55] SPEAKER_02: then we have a software solution,
[01:58] SPEAKER_02: we have a technology company,
[02:00] SPEAKER_02: biotech company,
[02:00] SPEAKER_02: and then we have a clinical side,
[02:03] SPEAKER_02: and the clinic we have is in Calgary,
[02:05] SPEAKER_02: then we are looking to launch our clinic in Dubai,
[02:08] SPEAKER_02: UAE, that would be the worst, first,
[02:11] SPEAKER_02: a precision health and longevity clinic,
[02:13] SPEAKER_02: to help people live longer,
[02:16] SPEAKER_02: and find ways to stay healthier longer.
[02:19] SPEAKER_02: Tell me how you got into this.
[02:23] SPEAKER_02: Well, the common problem was,
[02:24] SPEAKER_02: always patient coming to me, Dr. Kupur,
[02:26] SPEAKER_02: I'm 40-year-old,
[02:27] SPEAKER_02: why did I get a heart disease?
[02:29] SPEAKER_02: Why I have blocked it in the heart arteries?
[02:31] SPEAKER_02: I've been active, I'm overweight,
[02:33] SPEAKER_02: I don't know, why me?
[02:36] SPEAKER_02: So I used to say,
[02:37] SPEAKER_02: it's genetics, bad luck.
[02:40] SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's like that answer,
[02:42] SPEAKER_02: but I could say,
[02:43] SPEAKER_02: and it has been saying medicine,
[02:45] SPEAKER_02: I had 23 old kids coming to me,
[02:47] SPEAKER_02: and they have a heart failure,
[02:48] SPEAKER_02: and asked me, why me?
[02:50] SPEAKER_02: I'm on a 23-year-old,
[02:52] SPEAKER_02: why my heart is not pumping as well,
[02:54] SPEAKER_02: other people by the way,
[02:55] SPEAKER_02: my friends can live their life normally,
[02:57] SPEAKER_02: I could say genetics,
[02:59] SPEAKER_02: but never able to provide actually answer.
[03:01] SPEAKER_02: It's very important to know why,
[03:04] SPEAKER_02: and I was frustrated
[03:06] SPEAKER_02: within the health care system itself,
[03:08] SPEAKER_02: what we have in Canada,
[03:10] SPEAKER_02: because we've become a disease care industry.
[03:12] SPEAKER_02: We are not health care anymore.
[03:14] SPEAKER_02: So we call it a disease care.
[03:16] SPEAKER_02: We should change our rebrand over health care,
[03:18] Speaker UNKNOWN: and we should change our rebrand over health care system
[03:18] SPEAKER_02: to a disease care system,
[03:20] SPEAKER_02: Calgary disease care system,
[03:22] SPEAKER_02: Alberta disease care system,
[03:24] SPEAKER_02: who will be looking for diseases,
[03:26] SPEAKER_02: and we try to manage the disease,
[03:28] SPEAKER_02: we are not trying to prevent the disease to occur.
[03:31] SPEAKER_02: So we have to be focused in direction,
[03:34] SPEAKER_02: whose prevention is cheaper than cure.
[03:37] SPEAKER_02: So if we can keep people healthy and longer,
[03:40] SPEAKER_02: then we don't have to give all these medications
[03:43] SPEAKER_02: at the latest in life,
[03:44] SPEAKER_02: which caused a lot of money to health care system.
[03:46] SPEAKER_02: So that would motivate me that I was,
[03:49] SPEAKER_02: I wasn't happy the type of medicine I'm practicing
[03:51] SPEAKER_02: in the cardiologist.
[03:53] SPEAKER_02: So yes, I can still practice,
[03:55] SPEAKER_02: the way I'm doing right now.
[03:56] SPEAKER_02: So I tell them I can be an average cardiologist,
[03:59] SPEAKER_02: within the system,
[04:01] SPEAKER_02: the resources the government is giving me.
[04:03] SPEAKER_02: But I can be exceptional cardiologist,
[04:06] SPEAKER_02: but if you want,
[04:07] SPEAKER_02: those resources will include DNA sequencing,
[04:11] SPEAKER_02: microbiome sequencing,
[04:13] SPEAKER_02: looking at certain proteins,
[04:14] SPEAKER_02: certain hormones,
[04:16] SPEAKER_02: which may not be offered by within health care system.
[04:20] SPEAKER_02: So that could help me share some extra light.
[04:23] SPEAKER_02: So that motivated me to come to this area,
[04:27] SPEAKER_02: because I want to be provide exceptional care.
[04:30] SPEAKER_02: We are creating the exceptional human beings.
[04:33] SPEAKER_02: We are so kind, we gentle,
[04:35] SPEAKER_02: we say thank you, sorry, where are we going?
[04:37] SPEAKER_02: We open a heart.
[04:38] SPEAKER_02: We welcome everyone.
[04:39] SPEAKER_02: But we have talked about their heart now.
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[04:51] SPEAKER_01: So tell me,
[04:52] SPEAKER_01: tell me, you know,
[04:54] SPEAKER_01: you mentioned that it's a global company.
[04:59] SPEAKER_01: How are we in North America?
[05:02] SPEAKER_01: You know, I know this is generalizing,
[05:04] SPEAKER_01: but you know, when it comes to heart disease,
[05:08] SPEAKER_01: where are we in North America and Canada and U.S.
[05:11] SPEAKER_01: compared to other parts of the world?
[05:14] SPEAKER_01: I would say we are way behind.
[05:17] SPEAKER_02: The word has been moving when you come to Saudi Arabia,
[05:22] SPEAKER_02: when you come to Dubai,
[05:23] SPEAKER_02: when you come to Saudi Arabia,
[05:24] SPEAKER_02: so the globe,
[05:26] SPEAKER_02: they are incorporating genomics into health care now.
[05:30] SPEAKER_02: So for example,
[05:32] SPEAKER_02: so if someone comes in for heart disease assessment,
[05:34] SPEAKER_02: they do traditional testing.
[05:36] SPEAKER_02: Yes, we do stress testing,
[05:39] SPEAKER_02: echo cardogram, heart ultrasound,
[05:41] SPEAKER_02: but they also do it also in corporate genomic testing
[05:44] SPEAKER_02: with that.
[05:45] SPEAKER_02: They do a view or two assessment.
[05:47] SPEAKER_02: So view to assessment is a predictor of a heart health
[05:50] SPEAKER_02: and also longevity.
[05:52] SPEAKER_02: So they're incorporating those things into everyday assessments.
[05:55] SPEAKER_02: So not just in a simple treadmill stress test,
[05:58] SPEAKER_02: they want to see a view to predictability,
[06:00] SPEAKER_02: which has been shown to link to longevity.
[06:03] SPEAKER_02: So we can then make people healthier and stay them more active.
[06:07] SPEAKER_02: So they're incorporating these genomic-based
[06:10] SPEAKER_02: assay and DNA-based testing,
[06:13] SPEAKER_02: one to know what kind of gene mutations they have.
[06:17] SPEAKER_02: For example, many people in Canada,
[06:20] SPEAKER_02: every seven to perhaps 10th person, roughly estimated,
[06:24] SPEAKER_02: has a genetic mutation called LIPO-A.
[06:27] SPEAKER_02: LIPO is a type of mutation that makes person make high cholesterol,
[06:30] SPEAKER_02: even though they may not be taking too much cholesterol,
[06:34] SPEAKER_02: just making it more.
[06:36] SPEAKER_02: And you may give them statin,
[06:38] SPEAKER_02: but statin is not the right drug.
[06:40] SPEAKER_02: Does he still progress this further?
[06:43] SPEAKER_02: So there are other options,
[06:44] SPEAKER_02: there are expensive options,
[06:46] SPEAKER_02: but at least there are options.
[06:48] SPEAKER_02: So people, we don't even test those things.
[06:51] SPEAKER_02: And there are, beside LIPO-A,
[06:53] SPEAKER_02: there are many other mutations in a blur,
[06:55] SPEAKER_02: Apo-B, Apo-E, many other mutations
[06:58] SPEAKER_02: we deal with it all the time, OPCK9.
[07:01] SPEAKER_02: If we know the certain mutation people have,
[07:04] SPEAKER_02: then we give them the drug earlier.
[07:06] SPEAKER_02: What are the focuses, in this part of the world,
[07:09] SPEAKER_02: that when we have a disease,
[07:11] SPEAKER_02: we start treatment in Canada when the disease happens.
[07:14] SPEAKER_02: Then we say less for treatment.
[07:16] SPEAKER_02: Doctor prescribes ass pain, prescribes statin.
[07:19] SPEAKER_02: Here they're saying is,
[07:20] SPEAKER_02: let's find a way to disease not to occur or delay it.
[07:25] SPEAKER_02: Perhaps for treatment earlier,
[07:26] SPEAKER_02: even though violence may become, I don't know how to recommend it.
[07:29] SPEAKER_02: But the focus is on primary prevention side.
[07:31] SPEAKER_02: They want to live longer.
[07:32] SPEAKER_02: They want to hit 100 years average,
[07:34] SPEAKER_02: like spending their countries.
[07:36] SPEAKER_02: So there's a totally different focus.
[07:37] SPEAKER_02: They have a cutting edge technology,
[07:40] SPEAKER_02: the variable data, the fitbit, Apple Watch,
[07:43] SPEAKER_02: it integrates into the health systems.
[07:46] SPEAKER_02: And they're in Canada, no one even knows what is happening.
[07:50] SPEAKER_02: They have a live telemonitoring happening for the patients,
[07:53] SPEAKER_02: real time, what we have in the nursing unit.
[07:57] SPEAKER_02: They have a real time happening in the community.
[07:59] SPEAKER_02: So a home services expanded exponentially.
[08:03] SPEAKER_02: You get anything done in a home.
[08:05] SPEAKER_02: VCG is blood pressure monitoring, blood test,
[08:07] SPEAKER_02: they'll be sample to be taken at home,
[08:09] SPEAKER_02: doctors visiting your home,
[08:11] SPEAKER_02: telemedicine, distal health has been exponentially growing in this region.
[08:14] SPEAKER_02: So truly this region is moving in future.
[08:17] SPEAKER_02: And the living healthcare into the future,
[08:19] SPEAKER_02: moving the direction.
[08:20] SPEAKER_02: In Canada, we are going to our positive way.
[08:22] SPEAKER_02: So we are denying access, we are limiting access,
[08:26] SPEAKER_02: we are cutting the funding for the testing with the doctors,
[08:30] SPEAKER_02: we are limiting the access to medication,
[08:32] SPEAKER_02: we are going backwards.
[08:36] SPEAKER_02: So what's your background?
[08:38] SPEAKER_02: Like where are you from originally?
[08:40] SPEAKER_02: Originally I am from India.
[08:42] SPEAKER_02: I did my medical school in Russia.
[08:44] SPEAKER_02: Did my actual medicine?
[08:45] SPEAKER_02: Yeah, in Russia,
[08:46] SPEAKER_02: did my internal medicine training in Edmonton, U of A.
[08:49] SPEAKER_02: And my cardiology is in Winnipeg.
[08:51] SPEAKER_02: Spend some time in the training to learn a voiceless medicine.
[08:55] SPEAKER_02: Because I didn't want to do it just a cardiology doctor,
[08:58] SPEAKER_02: I want to be a voiceless medicine,
[08:59] SPEAKER_02: crotted arteries, arteries, a whole body.
[09:02] SPEAKER_02: If you have blockages in one,
[09:03] SPEAKER_02: arteries, your blockages in all the arteries,
[09:05] SPEAKER_02: then we want to be full comprehensive cardiologists.
[09:08] SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so curiosity, why did you study in Russia?
[09:14] SPEAKER_02: Thank you for asking the question.
[09:16] SPEAKER_02: I had an office study medicine in India,
[09:19] SPEAKER_02: all my friends grew up in India.
[09:21] SPEAKER_02: They all studied medicine.
[09:23] SPEAKER_02: They are amazing doctors in India.
[09:24] SPEAKER_02: But I wanted to have a different skill set.
[09:27] SPEAKER_02: I wanted to broaden my horizon.
[09:31] SPEAKER_02: So when I turned 19,
[09:33] SPEAKER_02: so I spoke to my parents and got a scholarship.
[09:36] SPEAKER_02: So I said,
[09:37] SPEAKER_02: opportunity I could be a doctor either way,
[09:39] SPEAKER_02: but I could be a better doctor if I get an international exposure.
[09:43] SPEAKER_02: So that allowed me to learn healthcare system from their angle.
[09:46] SPEAKER_02: They're a viewpoint.
[09:47] SPEAKER_02: So then I came to Canada.
[09:48] SPEAKER_02: I learned the Canadian viewpoint.
[09:50] SPEAKER_02: So that allowed a global perspective.
[09:53] SPEAKER_01: Okay, then.
[09:54] SPEAKER_01: So and what attracted you to this area of medicine
[09:59] SPEAKER_01: in terms of the heart disease and that?
[10:01] SPEAKER_01: Like, what was the interest there for you?
[10:05] SPEAKER_02: Desired to help people,
[10:07] SPEAKER_02: desired to get people to get the right answers at the right time.
[10:11] SPEAKER_02: And without any delay.
[10:13] SPEAKER_02: So if I could in the technology solutions into play,
[10:17] SPEAKER_02: if you can bring in the state of art,
[10:19] SPEAKER_02: technology or testing or things I can use in a more proactive way.
[10:26] SPEAKER_02: So that motivated me towards cardiology.
[10:28] SPEAKER_02: cardiology all usually has been we're heading the innovation cycle
[10:31] SPEAKER_02: and medicine quite often.
[10:33] SPEAKER_02: Then other parts of medicine oncology,
[10:36] SPEAKER_02: rheumatology,
[10:37] SPEAKER_02: rheumatology, they have taken recent recent advances in this area.
[10:42] SPEAKER_02: Our current cardiology has been from day one to take these steps
[10:46] SPEAKER_02: in this direction.
[10:48] SPEAKER_02: So naturally it made sense for me to do research in this area.
[10:52] SPEAKER_02: So we found it.
[10:54] SPEAKER_02: Canada's first May 1 million dollar research here called
[10:57] SPEAKER_02: Gurnanak David the research here at University of Calgary.
[11:00] SPEAKER_02: Where 1 million dollars were spent to find solutions for South Asian community.
[11:05] SPEAKER_02: Because South Asian Canadians are at high risk developing heart disease
[11:09] SPEAKER_02: and non-South Asian Canadians.
[11:11] SPEAKER_02: So, but just answer,
[11:13] SPEAKER_02: which is a every fifth, sixth Canadian problem is the South Asian.
[11:16] SPEAKER_02: So by saying that is genetics,
[11:19] SPEAKER_02: not providing them as support or resources,
[11:20] SPEAKER_02: it wasn't not an answer.
[11:22] SPEAKER_02: So I wanted to encourage research in the healthcare system for more funding,
[11:27] SPEAKER_02: for University of Calgary,
[11:29] SPEAKER_02: research is going to learn more about community.
[11:32] SPEAKER_02: The communities are born here or immigrated
[11:34] SPEAKER_02: and we can provide better care for everyone.
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[11:46] SPEAKER_01: You know, you're obviously, you're your doctor,
[11:49] SPEAKER_01: but you're also a businessman, right?
[11:51] SPEAKER_01: And so tell me how do you juggle both?
[11:55] SPEAKER_01: Like do you still have time to do your doctor stuff?
[11:59] SPEAKER_01: Or is it mostly business stuff now?
[12:03] SPEAKER_02: I think it's both.
[12:05] SPEAKER_02: My business is the best business ever.
[12:08] SPEAKER_02: It is saving people's life.
[12:10] SPEAKER_02: And making sure they get the right treatment,
[12:13] SPEAKER_02: the right strategies.
[12:15] SPEAKER_02: And intent is always first do no harm.
[12:18] SPEAKER_02: I was talking to some of the royal families here in the UAE in the middle of the last few days.
[12:24] SPEAKER_02: And ideas always do first no harm to the patient.
[12:27] SPEAKER_02: If you can't help, can fix.
[12:29] SPEAKER_02: Let's not harm the patient.
[12:30] SPEAKER_02: That's number one.
[12:31] SPEAKER_02: It's very, very important.
[12:33] SPEAKER_02: And so from that intent, what are the business we have?
[12:38] SPEAKER_02: We try to make sure the pricing is affordable for the patients.
[12:41] SPEAKER_02: And so you want to make sure that there's the democratized access there.
[12:44] SPEAKER_02: Even though we have lots of patents in the bio-ware,
[12:47] SPEAKER_02: or we have filed over 70 patents over the last couple of years.
[12:51] SPEAKER_02: But we still want to make sure that there's a democratic access.
[12:55] SPEAKER_02: No one should have a control of humanity like humanity.
[13:00] SPEAKER_02: So we want people, average person should be able to afford.
[13:03] SPEAKER_02: So that's my business.
[13:05] SPEAKER_02: To genomic testing and all these amazing technologies are only confined
[13:10] SPEAKER_02: to the rich or rich people on the South right now.
[13:13] SPEAKER_02: My goal is to make it to get to the masses.
[13:17] SPEAKER_02: So even if I could make a $1 from a $1 billion,
[13:20] SPEAKER_02: T plus a $1 billion, that's the best business.
[13:23] SPEAKER_02: So this then make it cheaper and more accessible
[13:28] SPEAKER_02: and from a global perspective.
[13:30] SPEAKER_02: So I do both.
[13:31] SPEAKER_02: So I do practice medicine.
[13:33] SPEAKER_02: I do see cardiology.
[13:34] SPEAKER_02: By the way, I'm looking for new cardiologists.
[13:36] SPEAKER_02: And hopefully the division of cardiology in Calgary
[13:40] SPEAKER_02: would help me find new cardiologists.
[13:42] SPEAKER_02: So I could help make Alberta proud.
[13:45] SPEAKER_02: So I could make Canada proud by deploying this technology
[13:48] SPEAKER_02: not within the Canada Health Preserve system,
[13:50] SPEAKER_02: but a global level.
[13:52] SPEAKER_02: So that will generate a more revenue, more economic output,
[13:56] SPEAKER_02: more jobs will be kept in the area.
[13:58] SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
[14:00] SPEAKER_02: Well, health is big business, isn't it?
[14:03] SPEAKER_02: Well, we always need it.
[14:04] SPEAKER_02: And health is an investment.
[14:05] SPEAKER_02: And not an expense.
[14:08] SPEAKER_02: And so like in business, we invest money for success.
[14:12] SPEAKER_02: We should invest money in our health.
[14:15] SPEAKER_02: So if you don't do it, as bills will fail,
[14:17] SPEAKER_02: if not strategies will place,
[14:19] SPEAKER_02: same way we have to invest money in our health.
[14:22] SPEAKER_02: And we should have a right strategy.
[14:24] SPEAKER_02: And the major you follow through,
[14:26] SPEAKER_02: then will be successful for a long, long time.
[14:28] SPEAKER_02: So it is a safe business.
[14:30] SPEAKER_02: I do recommend people to invest into health.
[14:32] SPEAKER_02: I recommend everyone.
[14:33] SPEAKER_02: Because it improves.
[14:36] SPEAKER_01: All of us help.
[14:38] SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
[14:39] SPEAKER_01: So you know, with all your travels and every where you've been
[14:42] SPEAKER_01: and studied and white Calgary.
[14:47] SPEAKER_01: Why can't you hear?
[14:49] SPEAKER_02: Well, Calgary is a beautiful city.
[14:51] SPEAKER_02: Amazing, amazing people.
[14:52] SPEAKER_02: It's Calgary who made me who I am today.
[14:54] SPEAKER_02: So I'm thankful to Alberta.
[14:56] SPEAKER_02: That's from the bottom.
[14:58] SPEAKER_02: If it wasn't Alberta, it wasn't Calgary.
[15:00] SPEAKER_02: I would not stay any of the part of Canada.
[15:02] SPEAKER_02: So I love Calgary.
[15:04] SPEAKER_02: Why?
[15:04] SPEAKER_02: Because we believe in innovation.
[15:07] SPEAKER_02: We let innovation happen in the companies.
[15:10] SPEAKER_02: We put more into the shape.
[15:11] SPEAKER_02: We have one of the lowest taxes in the year in North America.
[15:16] SPEAKER_02: So we encourage competition.
[15:18] SPEAKER_02: We encourage entrepreneurship.
[15:20] SPEAKER_02: In health.
[15:20] SPEAKER_02: Yes, we have challenges.
[15:22] SPEAKER_02: Adoption is low.
[15:24] SPEAKER_02: So for adoption, I have to go outside as many of the health care companies.
[15:28] SPEAKER_02: Before our health system adopts us.
[15:31] SPEAKER_02: So we have to validate our technologies outside.
[15:34] SPEAKER_02: Then we get a help in Canada.
[15:36] SPEAKER_02: But the innovation cycle in the support what we get from a environment in itself,
[15:42] SPEAKER_02: the talent we have in Calgary is amazing.
[15:45] SPEAKER_02: We are top to a city.
[15:46] SPEAKER_02: We just need to support and provide it.
[15:49] SPEAKER_02: And so I would not rate Calgary with any other city.
[15:53] SPEAKER_02: Yes, the only thing is in Toronto, when the environment may be good.
[15:56] SPEAKER_02: Calgary is the best city in my opinion.
[15:58] SPEAKER_01: Okay, super.
[15:58] SPEAKER_01: So Dr, what do you do outside of the business and outside of being a doctor?
[16:07] SPEAKER_01: Like what do you do to relax and do you have any passions and any interest hobbies?
[16:14] SPEAKER_01: Well, good questions.
[16:15] SPEAKER_02: Someone asked me yesterday and the doctor was a story.
[16:18] SPEAKER_02: What do you do?
[16:19] SPEAKER_02: I love meeting people, talking to people, interacting with them and learning from them,
[16:25] SPEAKER_02: socializing, spending time with them.
[16:26] SPEAKER_02: So going to art, play, theater, nice meal dinner, from a sports perspective,
[16:34] SPEAKER_02: I like to go to gym.
[16:35] SPEAKER_02: I like to get this energy out sometimes.
[16:39] SPEAKER_02: Negativity comes in the cycle of any entrepreneur.
[16:42] SPEAKER_02: So make sure to go practice the size and try to get my anger in a gym.
[16:47] SPEAKER_02: So I do that.
[16:49] SPEAKER_02: They try to go for it.
[16:50] SPEAKER_02: I do regularly when I'm traveling.
[16:53] SPEAKER_02: And if in the airport I do some exercises in the airport in itself, try to keep my heart rate going and cardio going.
[17:01] SPEAKER_02: So do enjoy movies.
[17:03] SPEAKER_02: I do enjoy a formal one.
[17:06] SPEAKER_02: Driving is my passion.
[17:08] SPEAKER_02: So could be a frories one of my favorites.
[17:10] SPEAKER_02: So I do, I'm hoping for them to win one championship one day.
[17:13] SPEAKER_02: So I'm cheering for them in hockey flames the best one day will put the Stanley Cup to go.
[17:18] SPEAKER_02: So I'm counting on all of those things.
[17:22] SPEAKER_01: All right, well wonderful.
[17:24] SPEAKER_01: I appreciate you taking the time and talking to us today, Dr.
[17:29] SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
[17:29] SPEAKER_01: Thank you so much.
[17:30] SPEAKER_01: All right, that was Dr. Ann Moll Kapoor who is founder and CEO of BioEro.
[17:36] SPEAKER_01: I'm Mario Tonogusi, managing editor of Canada's podcast today with Calgary's podcast.
[17:42] SPEAKER_01: Thanks for joining us.