The Soul of a Physician Innovator with Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD

What if the secret to scaling healthcare innovation isn’t genius… but embracing “multidimensional mediocrity”?

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAMIA, FAIM — Vice President of Innovation at Vituity and Inflect Health — to unpack the mindset shift that separates ideas that sound impressive from innovations that actually scale.

Dr. Tamayo-Sarver isn’t just theorizing. As a clinician, software engineer, statistician, researcher, and healthcare executive, he has helped develop and deploy more than 35 technology solutions across the healthcare ecosystem — including the first AI sepsis tool to receive FDA Breakthrough Designation. He oversees corporate venture strategy, internal incubation, and AI-driven product development, blending consumer experience with clinical excellence in a system that rarely makes that balance easy.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why “multidimensional mediocrity” may be the most underrated innovation strategy

• The hard truths about scaling AI in healthcare