Dr. Jessica Peatross

So the person that's kind of the quarterback of the team, the ER calls them to admit everything but general surgery pretty much. And so I had to know something about everything. And I did that for almost seven years in a hospital.

Yep, and I only worked in the hospital. And I learned a lot. I triaged and I kept care of a lot of sick patients. But eventually there started to be cracks in the system for me. I started asking questions that people didn't like. I started saying, you know, why am I discharging people on 40 different medications? That's not health to me.

Yep, and I only worked in the hospital. And I learned a lot. I triaged and I kept care of a lot of sick patients. But eventually there started to be cracks in the system for me. I started asking questions that people didn't like. I started saying, you know, why am I discharging people on 40 different medications? That's not health to me.

Yep, and I only worked in the hospital. And I learned a lot. I triaged and I kept care of a lot of sick patients. But eventually there started to be cracks in the system for me. I started asking questions that people didn't like. I started saying, you know, why am I discharging people on 40 different medications? That's not health to me.

Why do we have Coke and Pepsi contracts and feed factory farm meats and cheese to patients who have cancer?

Why do we have Coke and Pepsi contracts and feed factory farm meats and cheese to patients who have cancer?

Why do we have Coke and Pepsi contracts and feed factory farm meats and cheese to patients who have cancer?

Why is Jell-O on a clear liquid diet?

Why is Jell-O on a clear liquid diet?

Why is Jell-O on a clear liquid diet?

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

It drove the point home. It's true. Like, you know, the doctors should be really ashamed of the food that the hospital system has had contracts with. It doesn't make sense.

It drove the point home. It's true. Like, you know, the doctors should be really ashamed of the food that the hospital system has had contracts with. It doesn't make sense.

It drove the point home. It's true. Like, you know, the doctors should be really ashamed of the food that the hospital system has had contracts with. It doesn't make sense.

They don't know. Some of them don't know. And I will— echo what you said, if I was in an emergency situation, I broke a leg, I'd head straight to the emergency department. Because thank God for acute medicine. But in chronic medicine, they kind of missed the mark. They did. And so I started to see that in the hospital system. And I started to ask questions. Maybe they didn't know.

They don't know. Some of them don't know. And I will— echo what you said, if I was in an emergency situation, I broke a leg, I'd head straight to the emergency department. Because thank God for acute medicine. But in chronic medicine, they kind of missed the mark. They did. And so I started to see that in the hospital system. And I started to ask questions. Maybe they didn't know.

They don't know. Some of them don't know. And I will— echo what you said, if I was in an emergency situation, I broke a leg, I'd head straight to the emergency department. Because thank God for acute medicine. But in chronic medicine, they kind of missed the mark. They did. And so I started to see that in the hospital system. And I started to ask questions. Maybe they didn't know.

What would happen if I said something? And they labeled me a disruptive physician. It didn't turn out so well.