“As a patient, this technology would have changed my life.”

Our recruitment consultant specialising in critical care, Becky Rowlands was joined by Tim Fitzpatrick who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ikona.While serving in the US Navy, Tim suffered a flight-related injury that led to 18 life-altering months of surgeries and wound care.Once recovered, he threw himself into equities trading on Wall Street where he met clinicians and researchers who were using virtual reality to transform the patient experience and train healthcare providers.Tim saw this as an opportunity to bring reassurance to patients in wound care - something that he’d lacked during his recovery.So, in 2017, Tim launched IKONA with his two co-founders to combine clinical care, storytelling and neuroscience on a VR platform.Here’s what happened when Becky caught up with Tim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.