Giving Patients Their Voice Back: Human-Centered AI with Dr. Maheen Adamson

Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1931351/fa...) When Dr. Maheen Musoof Adamson watched her father lose his ability to speak after a stroke, her life’s work became deeply personal. In this episode, she shares how that experience led her to build Soof Solutions, an AI-enabled communication platform helping stroke, ALS, and non-speaking patients express their needs through eye movement, while challenging what healthcare innovation can look like when science, empathy, and access lead the way. Show Notes This conversation is about building technology that serves real human need, not just market excitement. Dr. Adamson shares how she moved from neuroscience, Stanford, and government research into entrepreneurship, and why responsible healthcare innovation requires clinical rigor, emotional conviction, global access, and the courage to lead without abandoning your values. • How her father’s stroke became the catalyst for building Soof Solutions. • Why eye-tracking technology can help patients communicate needs like water, comfort, pain, or connection. • What it takes to raise capital and build trust as a Pakistani American Muslim woman in healthcare innovation. • Why mentorship, women’s networks, and support systems matter when founders can no longer “white knuckle” their way through leadership. Guest Contact & Connect Dr. Maheen Musoof Adamson is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford School of Medicine, Research Director for a national women Veterans center, Senior Scientist at VA Palo Alto Healthcare System, and CEO and Founder of Soof Solutions. Website: https://soofsolutions.com/ LinkedIn:   / maheenmadamson   Instagram:   / soofsolutions_   X: https://x.com/soofsupport Join the proveHER community and read the companion blogcast for more insight into the founder story, leadership lessons, and human-centered innovation behind this episode. --- Subscribe and Review If you loved this episode, drop us a review, share it with a badass woman in your life, and subscribe to Badass Women in Business wherever you get your podcasts. Stay badass. Stay bold. Build it your way. Keep up with more content from Aggie (  / agatachydzinski  ) and Cristy (  / cristy-oconnor  ) here: • Facebook: Empowered Women Leaders   (  / badasswomeninbusiness  ) • Instagram: @badass_women_in_business (  / badass_women_in_business  ) • LinkedIn: ProveHer - Badass Women in Business (  / proveher  ) • Website: Badasswomeninbusinesspodcast.com (https://badasswomeninbusinesspodcast....) • Athena: athenaac.com (https://www.athenaac.com/)