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Joshua Landy on the TechTO stage

Joshua Landy

Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer, Figure 1

Health TechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2013

Dr. Joshua Landy is a critical-care physician and co-founder of Figure 1, the Toronto app where health professionals share and discuss anonymised patient cases. Launched in 2013 with Richard Penner and Gregory Levey, it reached more than a million clinicians and was acquired by Physician's Weekly in 2024. He is its Chief Medical Officer.

On the TechTO stage ×2

First seen on the TechTO stage in 2013. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Joshua

In their words

give your users the ability to achieve their mission and I promise you will achieve your mission

TechTO, Feb 2018 · watch at 06:38

you can build an app that can keep somebody on your platform for 20 hours straight and you can have the best retention and a whole bunch of really horrible human beings because of that that you made

TechTO, Feb 2018 · watch at 10:55

these need to be the goals that you have in mind when you hire people at your company they can't just be things you tack on afterwards

TechTO, Feb 2018 · watch at 09:03
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Quick answers

What is Joshua Landy known for?

Co-founding Figure 1 in 2013, a case-sharing network for health professionals often described as 'Instagram for doctors'. He is a critical-care physician and the company's Chief Medical Officer.

How many times has Joshua Landy spoken at TechTO?

Twice — 'Medicine Happens in the Moment' at HealthTO in 2017, and 'Toward a Hippocratic Oath for Tech' at TechTO in February 2018.

What happened to Figure 1?

Physician's Weekly acquired it in February 2024. The platform continues, with more than a million health professionals and over 100,000 clinician-submitted cases.

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