Ep 119: Developing a Solution to Alleviate the Pain and Anxiety of Needle Procedures with Dr. Manju Dawkins Part 2

Voices of Women Physicians

Dr. Manju Dawkins is a board certified dermatologist who received her B.A. from Columbia University. She then returned to her home state to obtain her M.D. from the University of Maryland. She completed her dermatology residency and served as Chief Resident at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She was Assistant Professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she was twice named Teacher of the Year. She has practiced in academic, private, hospital based, and group practice settings in New York and Los Angeles.

She is also the creator and co-founder of Thimble, the first easy, safe, and comprehensive solution for alleviating needle pain and stress. Needle aversion stops millions from participating in other forms of essential care, including early disease detection, blood donation and life-saving treatments. We're building a holistic platform of pain and stress reducing products for common needle procedures. THIMBLE is changing the way healthcare feels.

Fun fact: She is 5'2" (on a good day).

Even more fun fact: She played Division I basketball at Columbia University and served as captain her senior year.

She is a founding and current member of the Columbia Women’s Basketball Advisory Board and a member of the Columbia Athletics Women’s Leadership Council.
Some of the topics we discussed were:

• How much detail to go into about your product at the very beginning when you’re interviewing potential members of the team to help create the product
• How to evaluate and decide if the people you’re working with are right for your needs
• When Dr. Dawkins started on the journey to create Thimble, how long development took, and how long each step took
• What Dr. Dawkins would recommend to women physicians who have an amazing idea for creating something that will be really helpful but don’t know where to start
• The main obstacles Dr. Dawkins faced throughout the process and what helped her overcome them
• What lessons Dr. Dawkins learned from the obstacles she faced along the way
• The process of raising money for the company and how it works
• How to successfully present your product to potential investors
• Parts of Dr. Dawkins’ journey that surprised her
• Details on Thimble’s prepare patch before injection, recover patch after injection, and app with supportive techniques\
• How Thimble uses an integrative approach to combine all kinds of medicinal techniques from all cultures to create more effective, comprehensive solutions
• When to apply each of the patches and how long to leave each of them on
• The meaning behind why Dr. Dawkins chose to name her company Thimble
• 3 pieces of advice from Dr. Dawkins for entrepreneurs who have something in mind and would love to launch but are stuck in the idea phase

And more!
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Website:
http://thimblehealth.com/

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Email:
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