Common Sense Medicine

My guest today is Dr. R. Peter Manes. We talk a lot about work-life balance as a doctor, how to become an ENT, and what excites him about surgery. Something that really amazes me about being a doctor is how specialized people become and how they are able to be just a handful of people in the world who know how to do the things that they do. For example, Dr. Manes is able to do endoscopic and rhinology skull base surgery, something that he had to train years to accomplish. And it is because of his efforts that people can live comfortably even though they have chronic sinusitis. Something that I haven’t had the ability to appreciate in making these podcasts is the journey that I have had talking to different professionals, and Dr. Manes is right that it is a good time to reflect on my own journey and move ahead as I’m starting medical school. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Dr. Shannon Tapia stops by the podcast, and we talk about relationships, stand up comedy, and when to get married. It's a real talk which shows how life can take different turns when you least expect it. We started talking about how she was able to get into stand-up, and how she was able to turn bad experiences into good learning moments and her advice for women in medicine. Something that I learned about Dr. Tapia during this podcast is her ability to not let things faze her. In a world where there is a culture of instant gratification, there is solace in the fact that she is adamant about not letting the outside world define her view of how things are going in her professional life. Also, we talked about how she planned around a family during her time in medical school, and how she planned around her boards (Step 1 and Step 2). Dr. Tapia also explained to me how "if you're a physician and a Mom, you're pretty much working 190% of the time" Although I'm not a female pre-med student, I do understand that ther

Have you ever wondered how to speak better and communicate more effectively? It's something that we do every day but it's getting harder and harder to do as we forget the core principles of communication and become lonelier and lonelier due to our focus on technology. I set out to search for people who could help me understand how to communicate better on the podcast or otherwise, and I stumbled into New York Speech and Vocal Coaching. My guest today is a Voice Teacher Associate, and he specializes in teaching a singing voice and is a rehabilitation specialist, which enables him to provide healing to injured singers and proper technique to avoid injury in healthy singers. One thing that Brendan focused on was the "urgency pulse" which is getting anxiety when there is a need to speak. Speech coaching, the cognitive issues which arise when there is a need to speak is different than speech pathology, which is more of reducing a clinical condition. Brendan explained to me that my verbal ticks were because of thi

What is an endodontist? I was curious as to what dentistry entails and how I could learn more about the part of our body that physicians don't often treat, the teeth and how they connect to the whole body. My guest was Dr. Stephanie Tran, who is a New York based endodontist. She's a big game of thrones fan, something which we talk about in the podcast, but it led her to make her instagram title and bio, which is @her_holiness_the_pulp. If you're a dental student and want to learn more, message @csmedicine and we can arrange a quick Q+A! An endodontist is basically someone who focuses on the apex of the tooth where the pulp meets the blood vessels of the gum. She works on very cool procedures which help save the teeth and reconstruct the surrounding structures of the tooth. We talked about the craziest cases she has seen in oral maxillofacial trauma, and other tooth trauma when teeth also came out of the socket! There are a lot of specialties in dentistry as well, and so we talked about her journey in endodon

Stoked to have @aliabdaal on the podcast. We were able to talk about lots of things, including his businesses and some advice for starting on YouTube. I have been following Ali for quite some time, so it was a great time to have him on the podcast to talk about some things that I see Common Sense Medicine becoming throughout my journey in medicine. First, we talked about the video aspects of medical education. He thought it would be fun, and it would be a cool thing to start the podcast. We also talked about optimizing his productivity in medical school and tech, which he covers in his YouTube channel. We also talked about how the UK and US differ in their structure of medical school. He was able to use his passion for coding to start a business based on his score on the BMAT (the medical entrance exam in the UK). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

How often do you take care of your ears? Hearing hygiene is a thing, I learned through Dr. Marjorie C. McCullagh from the University of Michigan School of Medicine. She studies hearing loss in farmers, and gave me some tips on learning about how to put in my earplugs properly.  Something that we don’t think about often is how concerts and other sounds can affect our health down the line. Hearing is something that we take for granted, and I know that I’m definitely going to think twice when I go to a concert without earplugs after hearing what Dr. McCullagh told me can happen when you don’t take proper precautions! We also talk about how the sound level of even common place sounds can be too much if its an “impact” vs a “continuous” noise, and other advances in hearing research and behavioral incentives for helping rural health. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Prerak is a second year medical student at Yale School of Medicine. Currently, he is in his clerkship year, where he is rotating at multiple sites and getting a better idea of what each specialty entails. Outside of school, Prerak also enjoys sharing his experiences and what he has learned through his YouTube channel! YouTube gives Prerak a way to reflect on his journey while also assists others in theirs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Rick Pescatore is the Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine at CKHS.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Dr. Kevin Jubbal is a physician, innovator, and educator. Find him on Instagram @KevinJubbalMD or @MedSchoolInsiders, or at KevinJubbal.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Kateryna is a first generation immigrant that focuses on empowering those around her to reach a higher level of education. She grew up in a medically and educationally underserved community and would like to introduce a new perspective on medicine. Aside from medicine, she is a micro influencer and model for various companies.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Robin O. Winter, MD, MMM has been Director of the JFK Family Medicine Residency Program since 1989. Board certified in both Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine, Dr. Winter earned a Master of Medical Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University. He is Medical Director of JFK Hartwyck Nursing, Convalescent and Rehabilitation Centers, and sits on their Board. Dr. Winter is Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Family Medicine for Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University. He is also a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and an Associate Professor at St. George’s University School of Medicine. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Wendell Cole, M.D. is a current Orthopaedic Surgery resident. He graduated from Morehouse School of Medicine in 2018 at the age of 24, and graduated from Georgia State University with a B.S in Biology in 2014.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Rashi Aggarwal, MD, is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Residency Training, and a Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Aggarwal is an active researcher in the fields of stigma, resident empathy and wellness, IMG education, training and acculturation and addiction disorders in consult-liaison setting and has published extensively in these fields.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Vishal Khetpal is a third-year medical student from Oklahoma attending the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Before coming to Brown, Vishal earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis in 2015, and a master’s degree in global health from the London School of Economics in 2016. He is also a freelance writer, dissecting topics related to culture, politics, and health. He regularly contributes essays to Slate Magazine, and has also written for outlets such as TONIC (VICE’s health vertical), STAT News, and the Huffington Post in the past. He hopes to pursue a career involving medical practice, public policy, and writing for general audiences about meaningful health issues. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

Biju Parekkadan is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering with a laboratory that specializes in cell, gene, and tissue engineering. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

In which Shree talks to Dr. G. Keith Smith, an anesthesiologist who likes to think about mutually beneficial transfers, free market medicine, and accessibility to care. He runs a Surgery Center in Oklahoma which has revolutionized price transparency in healthcare. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

In which Shree talks to Kim Sertich, a filmmaker who owns a production company in Phoenix, Arizona. She recently made a documentary about how the current healthcare system had failed her, called “Healthcare Unmasked” streaming on amazon.com. Her website is healthcareunmasked.com   Questions Covered: What is the documentary about and how did you get insured beforehand? Why did you choose the faith based program and what are the different options if you didn’t want to do a faith based program? Why did you choose the documentary form to convince people and do you think it worked/benefits out of the process itself? As a medical/college student, how do you balance the time between work and filming? What makes a good questions and how do you elicit a good response? Taking me through a day of documentary research, and thought process through each thing? Did you feel that you arrived at journalism or did you want to go into journalism from the get go? How was meeting the president? What are your next plans? How does

  In which Shree talks to Dr. Molly Rutherford, a Direct Primary Care Physician and Addiction Treatment Specialist  Questions Covered: What is Direct Primary Care? Why did you choose Direct Primary Care? What is different between direct primary care and the system which requires an ICD code? What was your breaking point when you realized that this system didn’t work for you? How does insurance play into your practice? Why aren’t more doctors aware of how the system works and how can we spread the word? What bad recommendations do you hear on rounds? In this climate, when there are a lot of hospital mergers, how difficult is it to stat your own practice? How do you manage your work-life balance as a busy doctor? How did it feel when you first got started in the business? How can you communicate with patients via email? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

In which Shree talks to Dr. Christopher Sonnenday, a very accomplished transplant surgeon. We talk about books, his interest in surgery, and surgical research. Questions covered: Why did you like surgery? What are the new hot topics in transplant surgery? Where is your role in the research that you had mentioned? What is quality and what are outcomes in transplant surgery? How was your training at Hopkins like? How did you deal with patient distrust? Are there any regrets that you have when you went through your medical school experience? Is medicine an art or a science? How much uncertainty is there in medicine? Who were your medical mentors? What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

In which Shree talks to Dr. Abraham Nussbaum, a physician and a writer. We talk about his experience in AmeriCorps, reading, and knowing how he wanted to become a doctor. Questions Covered: Why did you write your book and what is it about What books have had the most impact on your life? What made you change your mind and choose being a physician when you were with Americorps? What is slow medicine and how can we get back to it? How should we adopt the holistic model of medicine? What advice would you give to a medical student at the start of their career? What was your eureka moment when you knew you had to do medicine? Isn’t it a catch 22 that you have to know that you want to do nothing else but you have to go through the process to love it? How to cultivate love of writing? What is his “reading cure” (Reading books for 6 min per day)? Why did he choose psychiatry? How can we let physicians be physicians? Why do you get up in the morning? How to choose specialty when we have so much looming debt This is