Hosted by Kevin Pho, MD, The Podcast by KevinMD shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. New episodes every day, about 15 minutes each.
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Every episode ends with the same question: What take-home message do you want to leave with the KevinMD audience? The answers, quoted from every transcribed episode and attributed to the guest by name and date, are collected in Take-home messages: what physicians say when asked to leave one.
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CEO, president, and founder of the Clinician Burnout Foundation Jodie Green and physician advocate and physical therapist Kim Downey discuss their article “Why wellness programs fail health care.” Jodie and Kim explain …
Tangible support saves health care workers from systemic collapse [PODCAST]
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Orthopedic surgeon Yoshihiro Katsuura, medical student Mark Polemidiotis, and premedical student Cyrus Nasr discuss their article, “Why young people need to care about bone health now.” Yoshihiro, Mark, and Cyrus explain that …
Treating your bone density like a retirement account [PODCAST]
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Palliative care physician and certified physician development coach Christie Mulholland discusses her article, “Reclaiming physician agency in a broken system.” She shares her personal story of leaving a prestigious academic position after …
How doctors can reclaim control in a corporate system [PODCAST]
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Psychiatrist Farid Sabet-Sharghi discusses his article, “The psychological trauma of polarization.” Farid explains how the human psyche is evolutionarily wired for connection, making the current climate of hostility and division deeply traumatic. …
How political polarization causes real psychological trauma [PODCAST]
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Interventional physiatrist Francisco M. Torres discusses his article, “A doctor’s own prostate cancer recovery.” He shares his vulnerable story of undergoing a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and the unexpected shame and “erosion of …
A doctor’s humbling journey through prostate cancer recovery [PODCAST]
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Vascular surgeon Xzabia Caliste discusses her article, “The silent disease causing 400 amputations daily.” She shares the heartbreaking personal story of witnessing both her aunt and uncle lose their limbs to peripheral …
Saving limbs from the silent threat of peripheral artery disease [PODCAST]
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Pediatric endocrinologist Shara Bialo discusses her article, “Why type 1 diabetes screening should be part of back-to-school.” She highlights that back-to-school visits are a critical window to screen for type 1 diabetes …
Catching type 1 diabetes before it becomes life-threatening [PODCAST]
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Double board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist Erica Bove discusses her article, “Why do high-quality IVF embryos fail.” Erica explores the heartbreaking reality of recurrent implantation failure, challenging the assumption …
Why high-quality embryos sometimes fail to implant [PODCAST]
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Physician advocate and physical therapist Kim Downey and counselor Shari Morin-Degel discuss their article, “Why burnout prevention starts with leadership.” Shari shares her personal journey from a trauma-exposed mental health professional to …
Leadership buy-in is the key to preventing burnout [PODCAST]
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Health care executive Kevin King discusses his article, “How to stay safe from back-to-school illnesses.” Kevin explains why the return to classrooms often triggers a surge in respiratory illnesses (like the flu, …
Understanding the unseen role of back-to-school diagnostics [PODCAST]
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Developmental-behavioral pediatrician Ronald L. Lindsay discusses his article, “A pediatrician’s reckoning with behavior therapy.” He shares his profound professional and personal pivot, …
A pediatrician’s reckoning with applied behavior analysis [PODCAST]
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Assistant professor of professional practice Adrian Reynolds discusses his article, “What is professional identity formation in medicine?” He explores how a student’s frustrated question, “Did I get dumber?” reveals the deep crisis …
Why learning specialists are central to medical education [PODCAST]
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Otolaryngologist Brian F. Worden discusses his article, “The surprising link between migraine and tinnitus.” He reveals that for the 26-47 percent of tinnitus patients who also report migraines, the tinnitus may actually …
Why your migraine might be causing your tinnitus [PODCAST]
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Urologist William Lynes discusses his article, “Teaching medical students what it is really like to be a physician.” He confronts the tragic reality of physician burnout and suicide, arguing the culture of …
Preventing physician burnout before it begins in med school [PODCAST]
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Medical student Chuka Onuh and orthopedic surgery resident Ogechukwu Onuh discuss their article, “A sibling’s guide to surviving medical school.” They share lessons learned as siblings navigating medical training, focusing on the …
Sibling advice for surviving the medical school marathon [PODCAST]
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Retired nurse practitioner Heidi Sykora discusses her article, “The case for regulating, not banning, kratom.” She provides an evidence-based perspective on why kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) should not be treated as a dangerous …
How should kratom be regulated? [PODCAST]
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Family physician Rebecca Thompson discusses her article, “The weight of genetic testing in a family,” an excerpt from her book. She shares a profoundly personal story from the memoir about a woman …
How genetic testing redefines motherhood [PODCAST]
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Emergency physician Resa E. Lewiss and health care executive Jake Horowitz discuss their article, “Why women ER doctors earn $21,000 less than men.” They reveal staggering new data that shatters the myth …
New data reveals the massive pay gap for women ER doctors [PODCAST]
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Psychiatrist, internist, and addiction medicine specialist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article, “How insulin resistance may cause Alzheimer’s disease.” Muhamad introduces the paradigm-shifting concept of Alzheimer’s as “Type 3 diabetes,” arguing that …
Alzheimer’s link with insulin resistance [PODCAST]
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Health care executive Ronke Lawal discusses her article, “Digital mental health’s $20 billion blind spot.” Ronke explains how the booming digital mental health industry is systematically failing 40 percent of the U.S. …
How algorithmic bias created a mental health crisis [PODCAST]
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