Emi Gal - Emi Gal

The health dataset of the future

A couple of days ago I gave a presentation at Bryan Johnson’s Don’t Die Summit in San Francisco, talking about the health dataset of the future. I’ve since gotten countless emails from people asking for the slides, so I decided to make them public. The slides alone

full-body mri

Full Body MRIs vs. liquid biopsies for early cancer detection

I often get asked how Full Body MRIs compare to liquid biopsies (also known as circulating-tumor DNA tests). For those not familiar with these types of screening procedures, full body MRIs take an imaging approach to cancer detection - we’re trying to “see” tumors in the body. Liquid biopsies

cancer research

How to prevent cancer

I am often asked by Ezra customers whether cancer is preventable. The good news is that most cancers are preventable and, if detected early, they are also curable. This post covers all the science-backed lifestyle interventions you can make in order to prevent cancer and reduce your risk of dying

AI

AI Researcher Dinner Series

I spend a lot of time with AI researchers given my work at Ezra, so I've decided to organize a series of AI researcher dinners. Dr. Dan Sodickson, our Chief Scientist and the Chief of Innovation in the Radiology department at NYU will be my co-host. Each dinner

longevity guides

A longevity-focused workout protocol for busy people

I work a lot. I also travel for work a lot. In a typical week, I only have 5 to 6 hours available to work out and unfortunately do not have time to work out every day. So over the years, I've developed a workout protocol that'

Ezra

Ezra raises $21 million to make Full Body MRIs more accessible

Our mission at Ezra is to detect cancer early for everyone in the world. Since starting the company 5 years ago we have scanned thousands of people and have helped hundreds detect cancer early. Many of our members have gotten treatment and, because their cancer was caught early, are now

Work

My personal OKR framework

I spend the last two weeks of every December planning the upcoming year. It's a process I really enjoy, and over the years I've developed a deceptively simple but highly effective personal objectives & key results (OKR) planning framework. I've been using it for

longevity

A pragmatic mental health guide for managing anxiety

The life of an entrepreneur is not all Forbes covers and unicorns. In fact, the opposite is true; most days are riddled with stress, anxiety, and doubt. The highs are high and brief, the lows are low and tend to stretch out. Managing your psychology during these long periods is

Projects

Introducing kahla: the most integrated health app for women

My wife, Sabina, and her sister Julia have been working on a new startup for the past year — kahla. It's an app that helps women monitor symptoms, lifestyle, and glucose levels (using a continuous glucose monitor), and provides AI-powered personalized recommendations to help women improve their health. It

longevity guides

How I use supplements for longevity and performance

I was having dinner with some friends a few evenings ago. To the amusement of my fellow dinner companions, after desert I pulled out a Fount pouch and gobbled up a dozen pills in a single mouthful. My friends were curious what the hell I'm doing, so I

Ezra

The Secret Ezra Master Plan (just between you and me)*

[originally posted on the Ezra blog here] Our mission at Ezra is to detect cancer early for everyone in the world. To achieve this audacious goal, our plan from Day 1 was as follows: Step 1: launch a 60-minute full body MRI that screens for cancer everywhere in the body,

full-body mri

On incidental findings

Nikhil from Out of Pocket recently wrote an essay about incidentals in cancer screening that I thought was measured and well documented. Given that I run a startup that offers the types of Full Body MRI scans Nikhil describes, I wanted to provide my perspective on the risks (and benefits)

longevity guides

A comprehensive blood testing panel for longevity

As mentioned in my research-based protocol for longevity, I am religious about blood testing and believe it's one of the best tools to help understand how each of my health systems is performing. Every January, I get a very comprehensive blood testing panel done that includes over 100

Work

How I spent my time in 2021

Each year, I do an audit of how I spent my time in order to look for areas of improvement. I used to do this manually, but this year I decided to write a python script for it. Here's a short outline of how I spent my time

Ezra

A research-based protocol for longevity

Updated 5/16/2023 According to the CDC, the main causes of death for a 37 year old (my age) are unintentional injuries (poisoning through narcotics and psychodysleptics or motor vehicle accidents), followed by cancer, coronary heart disease, suicide or homicide 1. If you fast forward to 65 years+, the

Ezra

“Ezra saved my life”

[Originally posted on Medium [https://medium.com/ezraai/ezra-saved-my-life-833ce64b33a1]] Two and a half years ago, we set out to create a new way to screen for cancer that is fast, accurate, and affordable. Eighteen months ago, we launched [https://medium.com/ezraai/meet-ezra-a-new-way-to-screen-for-cancer-39905f86568e] Ezra [https://ezra.com/], with the mission

Ezra

Introducing the Ezra full-body scan, covering 13 cancers in women and 11 in men

[Originally posted on Medium [https://medium.com/ezraai/introducing-the-ezra-full-body-scan-covering-13-cancers-in-women-and-11-in-men-67ba90b4e534] ] We started Ezra [http://ezra.com/] with one mission: help everyone in the world detect cancer early. In 2018, 18.1¹ million people worldwide were diagnosed with cancer². Of that number, almost 50% were detected late, and only 2 out of

Ezra

Meet Ezra, a new way to screen for cancer

[Originally posted on Medium] 18.1 million¹ people across the world will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and over half will be diagnosed late². Of the 9 million people who will receive a late diagnosis, only a third will survive longer than 5 years³. If their cancer had been

experiments

My 2016 experiment

For the past eight years, I’ve taken on a new experiment every year. I do them for three reasons: to learn something new, meet new people and get outside my comfort zone. My experiments vary – in previous years I’ve been a polyphasic sleeper, read a book per week,

elderproject

The #elderproject – what I learned

For the past 10 years I’ve always spent the first few quiet days of the year thinking about the past 365 days and planning for the next. This year, my introspection also turned out to be a good opportunity go through all my #elderproject [https://www.emigal.com/tag/

elderproject

The #elderproject #11 – Graham Perolls

I first met Graham earlier this year, when he invited me to become a Honorary Patron on the Copaceni fundraising committee for Hospices of Hope. I’m in awe of Graham’s dedication to helping people in South Eastern Europe with services of palliative care, and this was one of

elderproject

The #elderproject #10 – Princess Marina Sturdza

A week ago in New York, I had the great pleasure to interview Princess Marina Sturdza. She is a member [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturdza_family] of the old, aristocratic Sturdza family, who were exiled by the communist regime in Romania when she was just three years old. Princess

elderproject

The #elderproject #9 – Andrew

Smart, modest and wise are the first attributes that spring to mind when I think of Andrew, my 9th interviewee for the #elderproject. A Romanian 71 year old that fled to the US during the communist regime, he lived in the US for 20 years and is now living in

The #elderproject #8: Aida

My next interview is in a combination of Italian & Spanish because Aida, the first woman I interviewed as part of the #elderproject, was not comfortable in doing the interview in English. She works for Franco, whom I hope you’ve already listened to [https://www.emigal.com/2015/04/

elderproject

The #elderproject #7: Franco the tailor

Yes, I know it’s been a while and no, I haven’t given up on the #elderproject. I’ve just been busy and as it turns out it’s not that easy finding, interviewing and writing about people. That being said, I believe the wait will be worth it.