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Achieving The Impossible In Curing Congenital Heart Disease, with Timothy Nelson

Episode XXX
January 10, 2023

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Hosted By

Dan Sullivan, Co-Founder of Strategic Coach® Dan Sullivan
Steve Krein Steve Krein

Dr. Timothy Nelson is an entrepreneur with a specialty in curing congenital heart disease. Dan Sullivan and Steve Krein chat with Tim about the discoveries and motivations that led him to this position. Tim explains how he and his team are on a mission to leverage the philanthropic community to focus on rare diseases that are too often neglected. Join the show to learn about some incredible, and almost inconceivable, breakthroughs that have occurred in just the past few years. 

Highlights:

Many doctors will admit that at least 50% of what they learned in medical school is wrong.

Medical care has become palliative in many ways, and doesn’t take a curative approach.

A temporary cure might only delay a more painful conversation.

One in 100 children is born with some form of congenital heart disease.

Children born with congenital heart disease will not have more than a 50% chance of survival until their fifth birthday.

There are many countries that don’t offer surgeries for kids with congenital heart disease but only recommend and demand comfort care.

There isn’t a big enough market for the large companies to put money behind curing congenital heart disease because it's too rare.

For an entrepreneur, complaining is the start of where the solution is.

The key to all of the innovation in healthcare is to really see it all the way through, which starts with finding impact-aligned partners. 

Resources:

Learn about Timothy Nelson and his work at HeartWorks

The 25-Year Framework by Dan Sullivan

Free Zone Frontier by Dan Sullivan 

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