The Podcast by KevinMD

The voices behind health care: stories from the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from.

2,305 episodes · Since May 2020 · About 15 minutes each

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Why most methylene blue cases came from anesthesia, not pills [PODCAST]

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June 16, 2026Jun 16, 2026

Most patients on antidepressants are told they can't take methylene blue, even for brain fog. Steven E. Warren, a physician and longevity medicine clinician, joins Kevin to discuss his KevinMD article "51 cases that reframe methylene blue serotonin syndrome." You'll…

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Most patients on antidepressants are told they can’t take methylene blue, even for brain fog. Steven E. Warren, a physician and longevity medicine clinician, joins Kevin to discuss his KevinMD article “51 cases that reframe methylene blue serotonin syndrome.” You’ll hear why 50 of the 51 published serotonin-syndrome cases involved high-dose IV methylene blue given under anesthesia, mostly during …

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Low T treatment is silently destroying sperm counts [PODCAST]

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June 15, 2026Jun 15, 2026

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Up to 40 percent of infertility cases involve combined male and female factors, but the male partner is often skipped. Erica Bove, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, returns to discuss why that gap exists and what can be done about it. This episode is based on her article “What is often overlooked about male factor infertility,” published on …

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Why your ER doctor doesn’t know your medical history [PODCAST]

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June 14, 2026Jun 14, 2026

Your ER doctor has about 25 minutes to figure out your medical history and decide what to do next. Hamad Husainy, an emergency physician and physician executive, explains why so much of that data never reaches the bedside and what…

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Why the risk aversion that makes you a good doctor wrecks your finances [PODCAST]

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June 12, 2026Jun 12, 2026

The same instinct that makes you a careful clinician may be the one sabotaging your financial future. Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu joins this episode to explain why physicians' deeply trained aversion to risk becomes maladaptive once it…

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The same instinct that makes you a careful clinician may be the one sabotaging your financial future. Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu joins this episode to explain why physicians’ deeply trained aversion to risk becomes maladaptive once it leaves the hospital. This episode is based on his article ” …

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Physician burnout is not your fault, and here’s why blaming yourself keeps you stuck [PODCAST]

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June 11, 2026Jun 11, 2026

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What if the cure for physician burnout has been making it worse the whole time? Lisa Rubiano, an internal medicine physician and physician coach, spent over a decade as a hospitalist before burning out in 2021 and stepping back to figure out what really went wrong. This episode is based on her article “Why resilience is not the cure …

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How to lead a team through uncertainty without breaking trust [PODCAST]

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June 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026

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Patients know when you are not really present with them, and trust is built or broken in the first few minutes. Jess Bunin, an intensivist, and George Mount, a rheumatologist, co-founders of All Levels Leadership, argue that trust in clinical teams is a practiced skill built from three concrete components: empathy, logic, and authenticity. This episode is based on their …

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Why AI cybersecurity is now a patient safety issue [PODCAST]

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June 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

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Most physicians using AI on patient data have no idea what the real security risks are. Francisco M. Torres, an interventional physiatrist, and Purab Patel, a medical student with a programming background, argue that cybersecurity has become a patient safety issue in medicine, and that the AI pipelines physicians now rely on are more complex than most clinicians realize. This …

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20 years inside a Medicare Advantage insurer, and who actually pays [PODCAST]

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June 8, 2026Jun 8, 2026

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Medicare Advantage covers more than half of seniors, and the debate over what it really costs is stuck in two camps. Timothy Bulat, a senior consulting actuary who spent nearly two decades leading Medicare Advantage analytics inside a major insurer, raises a question the loudest voices keep avoiding: who actually pays for the program, and is the value being shared …

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You don’t have to feel called to medicine to be a good doctor [PODCAST]

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June 5, 2026Jun 5, 2026

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Is medicine a calling or just a job? Christie Mulholland thinks that question is the wrong one, and answering it keeps physicians stuck in burnout. Christie, a palliative care physician and certified physician development coach, returns to the show to introduce a four-quadrant matrix that maps how called you feel to medicine against how satisfied you actually are practicing it. …

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Why AI has outpaced medical malpractice law, and what to do about it [PODCAST]

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June 4, 2026Jun 4, 2026

Medical AI is evolving faster than the legal system can regulate it. Richard E. Anderson, CEO of The Doctors Company, the nation's largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, argues that the gap between what AI can do clinically and what courts…

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Medical AI is evolving faster than the legal system can regulate it. Richard E. Anderson, CEO of The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, argues that the gap between what AI can do clinically and what courts are ready to judge has created a difficult position for physicians, and that it will take a long time for …

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What happens when physicians cede AI to direct-to-consumer startups [PODCAST]

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June 3, 2026Jun 3, 2026

Rural doctors hit a ceiling around 35 patients a day, and hiring more clinicians will not move it. Tod Stillson, a family physician, medical device inventor, and health care entrepreneur, argues that the physician shortage is not a headcount problem…

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Why every new health care tool keeps making the job harder [PODCAST]

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June 2, 2026Jun 2, 2026

Most physicians spend more time fighting their software than seeing patients, and piling on new tools has not fixed it. Grace E. Terrell, a physician executive, argues that decades of layering electronic health records, population health tools, remote patient monitoring,…

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MAHA has the right diagnosis and the wrong treatment plan [PODCAST]

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June 1, 2026Jun 1, 2026

The same Robert Kennedy Jr. who sued Monsanto over glyphosate in 2017 is now defending an order to expand its production. What does a functional medicine physician do with that? Shiv K. Goel, an internal medicine and functional medicine physician,…

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One hallucinated citation can end your expert witness career [PODCAST]

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May 29, 2026May 29, 2026

One AI-hallucinated citation on cross-examination, and the expert witness career you built is over. It is already happening. Tracy Liberatore, a former physician assistant turned attorney and founder of the National Expert Academy, walks through the real court cases where…

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Metrics got you into medicine and are making you unhappy in it [PODCAST]

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May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

You hit every number: top grades, top test scores, top patients-per-hour. So why does practicing medicine feel hollow? Ben Reinking, a board-certified pediatric cardiologist, medical educator, and certified physician development coach, argues that the same metric-driven mindset that carries pre-meds…

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After Match Day, orthopedic surgery is finally open to every kind of surgeon [PODCAST]

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May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

When you open your Match Day envelope, you step into an orthopedic surgery field that looks nothing like it used to. John E. Klibanoff, an orthopedic surgeon, discusses his article "Navigating your orthopedic surgery residency after Match Day," published on…

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When you open your Match Day envelope, you step into an orthopedic surgery field that looks nothing like it used to. John E. Klibanoff, an orthopedic surgeon, discusses his article “Navigating your orthopedic surgery residency after Match Day,” published on KevinMD. He explains why nobody will care about your physiology …

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When a code blue on the psychiatry unit ends in a police interview [PODCAST]

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May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

You hear code blues overhead in a hospital all the time, but one on a psychiatry unit is different. A young patient died after a cardiac event, and what followed looked nothing like a code blue on a medical floor.…

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GLP-1s, weight loss, and the inflammation tests your patient needs [PODCAST]

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May 25, 2026May 25, 2026

A cardiologist who helped set national cholesterol and weight targets for 40 years now says those numbers can mislead. Richard M. Fleming, a physician specializing in cardiovascular and inflammatory disease, argues that weight loss on a GLP-1 does not automatically…

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Primary care, bloodletting, and what medicine got right [PODCAST]

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May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

Robert C. Smith is best known for arguing medicine lost its mind. This episode he explains why he is still proud to be a doctor. Primary care physicians deliver 75 percent of the nation's mental health care without training for…

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DOT ruling protects peanut allergies but not eggs, sesame, or milk [PODCAST]

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May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

A federal agency recognized food allergy as a disability, then limited boarding protection to one allergen category. Lianne Mandelbaum, a leading advocate for airline safety measures to protect food-allergic passengers, returns to explain how the March 2026 DOT ruling created…