Gross Anatomy

Simon, Sonny, and The Old Man

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about the rescue of Simon the German Shepherd, the legacy of James Caan — well known for playing Sonny in The Godfather and the Father of Bu...

O Doctor! My Doctor!

08 Jul 2022

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Mariano is back to guest host! Dr. Cohen and Mariano talk about tattoos and what it’s like to get a symbolic tattoo with your father and brother —...

Summer Breeze Entertainment

01 Jul 2022

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We discuss Justin Bieber's Ramsay Hunt Syndrome diagnosis and why that’s so rare for someone his age. Then, we get into some summer breezy entertain...

Tragedy in Tulsa

20 Jun 2022

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Dr. Cohen and Raya discuss the tragedy in Tulsa that resulted in the shooting death of two doctors, a medical assistant and a patient’s husband. Dr....

Millennials and Their Avocado Toast

09 Jun 2022

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We hope you’re hungry because this episode is quite tasty! Dr. Cohen and Raya speak with LA local and new business owner Jack Della Femina, Co-Found...

Imposters and a Goodfella

02 Jun 2022

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Dr. Cohen and Raya are on different coasts this week covering lots of things. Raya brings up some drama surrounding one of her favorite shows - Grey’...

Birthday Stories

26 May 2022

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It’s Raya’s birthday! Raya discusses being born premature, Dr. Cohen talks about the preemies he’s seen in the NICU, then the discussion leads t...

Showing Some Nurse Appreciation

19 May 2022

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National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Dr. Cohen and Raya speak with two very speci...

Don't Forget Your Sunscreen

12 May 2022

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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month a good time to review the basics…Dr. Cohen and Raya share their go-to sunscreen brands and Dr. Cohen tells us an ...

Good Sam TV Show Review

04 May 2022

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Dr. Cohen and Raya started a new medical TV show, Good Sam on CBS staring Sophia Bush and Jason Isaacs. While they are intrigued to watch more, Dr. Co...

Two Hosts Finally Meet In Person

28 Apr 2022

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Dr. Cohen and Raya reminisce on finally meeting for the first time! Raya joined Dr. Cohen and his family for their passover Seder and the two finally ...

The Unforgotten Families

21 Apr 2022

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Kim Gordon, Board Member and Advocate for The Unforgotten Families (TUF) joins the show! TUF is an advocacy organization created to be the voice, advo...

Migraines, Aphasia and the Bad Nurse Debate

14 Apr 2022

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Raya and Dr. Cohen speak about personal migraine struggles, then discuss Aphasia (the neurological condition afflicting Bruce Willis) and what can cau...

Slap, Boom and Autoimmune

07 Apr 2022

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It really was the slap heard all across the world…Dr. Jason Cohen and Co-Host Raya O’Neal share their views on the dispute between Will Smith and ...

Mark Feuerstein Volume 2

31 Mar 2022

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Mark Feuerstein is back! Dr. Cohen and Raya checked in with Actor Mark Feuerstein, and caught up on his post Royal Pains days and his latest projects....

Questions of the Day

24 Mar 2022

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We see your questions! Raya shares two interesting health(ish) related questions submitted by a listener and Dr. Cohen gives his take on it! They also...

Making Vitamins Cool Again

17 Mar 2022

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With Dr. Cohen preparing to go into surgery and Raya recording from snowy Aspen, the two quickly cover some interesting topics. Raya brings up the new...

Blame it on the Nodes!

10 Mar 2022

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Raya shares her health concerns for the week and Dr. Cohen helps ease her mind. Dr. Cohen and Raya also discuss normalizing not being normal; asking f...

Everbody Poops

03 Mar 2022

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After all it is called Gross anatomy! Dr. Cohen and Raya O’Neal share their personal experiences with hemorrhoids…we all have them believe it or n...

Gross Anatomy Podcast Trailer

01 Mar 2022

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Ask the Cardiologist

24 Feb 2022

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February is American Heart Month, a time when all people can focus on their cardiovascular health. We spoke with cardiologist Dr. Shervin Eshaghian ab...

Sports Center

18 Feb 2022

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This episode is a Gross Anatomy version of Sports Center, where we share our thoughts on football, volleyball, hockey, baseball, tennis and why the UF...

Lyme Disease, Melatonin and much more!

15 Feb 2022

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We’ve got saucy updates! Dr. Cohen and Raya give updates on the Drake sauce scandal and get into all things Melatonin. Have you ever taken the natur...

The Rule of Three

10 Feb 2022

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In this episode we talk about how Bob Saget devoted himself to raising money for the fight against scleroderma, what the "rule of three" means to a su...

Raya O'Neal and our Guest Host Edition

03 Feb 2022

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It's all about the sauce! Special co-host Raya O'Neal brings the heat with Tik Tok health trends, CBD use and COVID, and hot sauce being poured where...

TV Writer & Creator Roshan Sethi MD

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Writer, director, doctor and co-creator of the TV series The Resident - Roshan Sethi MD - joins the show! Dr. Sethi was nice enough to answer our many...

January News

19 Jan 2022

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We talk January News which includes the hospitalization of the Brazilian President, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict, the beloved Bett...

Hopes for 2022

10 Jan 2022

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We discuss some of our goals and hopes for 2022, like writing a book on mentorship and the TV shows of the new year that we hope don't disappoint us. ...

TIME Magazine's People of 2021

28 Dec 2021

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We discuss TIME magazine's person of the year, heroes of the year and entertainer of the year. TIME Heroes of 2021 include: Kizzmekia Corbett, Barney ...

Streaming Entertainment of the Year

17 Dec 2021

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We talk the Best In Entertainment of 2021, mainly our favorite TV shows of the year - limited series and regular series (7:30 minute mark). We also di...

Nicci Levy of Alchemy 43

10 Dec 2021

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Nicci Levy, founder and CEO of Alchemy 43 joins the show! We ask Nicci how she went from working at a makeup counter to creating her own aesthetics ba...

Do Surgeons Get a Holiday?

03 Dec 2021

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When do surgeons get a holiday? We discuss what it means to be on-call and to be on back-up call and how to negotiate your holiday time as an MD. Then...

National Diabetes Month

26 Nov 2021

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November is National Diabetes Awareness Month so we talk about diabetes and what it means to have prediabetes. We also give updates on the podcast as ...

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

16 Nov 2021

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Dr. Steve Rad — a double board certified Obstetrician Gynecologist with sub-specialty training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine / Perinatology —joins th...

Serial Killers MD

05 Nov 2021

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We talk about five serial killers (one who is still alive!) that were also Doctors of Medicine. One of the doctors on this list is also featured in th...

Sex Education Season 3

22 Oct 2021

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We discuss our favorite Sex Education season 3 characters and why we think this Netflix TV show is educationally important. We also discuss Halloween,...

Wine Entrepreneur and Miss USA Nana Meriwether

15 Oct 2021

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We are so excited to have wine entrepreneur and Miss USA - Nana Meriwether - on the show! Nana tells us how finding out she was pre-diabetic led her o...

CoolSculpting

08 Oct 2021

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Supermodel Linda Evangelista claims a CoolSculpting procedure left her 'deformed' and is seeking $50 million in damages. Luckily, we have a special gu...

Endometriosis

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss Pelé’s colon cancer surgery (5 minute mark) and why yearly screenings are so important. Then, (16 minute mark) we discuss Amy Schumer’...

NBC's Dr. Death

23 Sep 2021

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This week we talk about how ‘Dr. Death’ went from a hit podcast to a scripted series and give our thoughts on the NBC Peacock version starring Jos...

Pressing questions for our In-House Doc

16 Sep 2021

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We discuss the New York Times article "I Am Caught between the Two Worlds of the ICU and TV" written by a doctor who is also a producer on the scripte...

When your patient is also being looked after by the FBI

10 Sep 2021

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We discuss 9/11 and where we were on that day 20 years ago. Then, Dr. Cohen talks about having two terrorists as patients before 2001 and what it was ...

The Amazingly Talented Dr. Theodric Hendrix

04 Sep 2021

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Dr. Theodric (Ricci) Hendrix is honestly more than just a doctor, he’s also a screenwriter, painter, photographer and currently finishing a four yea...

The Val Kilmer Documentary

27 Aug 2021

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We briefly discuss some 'in the news' topics before revealing our thoughts on the documentary about Val Kilmer's life (10 minute mark), simply titled ...

Ask the Rabbi

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, the senior rabbi and director of the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai in LA joins us! We speak with him about worki...

The European Work Week

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Would American medical professionals be less burned out if they had as much time off as their counterparts in Europe? In this episode, we talk about t...

New Amsterdam TV Review

04 Aug 2021

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In this episode we review the NBC TV show New Amsterdam — a top ten, according to Ranker, medical TV series that’s on now. Dr. Cohen compares the ...

Emmy Nominations are Missing Medical TV

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Emmy nominations were announced recently and there were no medical TV shows nominated for Best Drama or Best Comedy. We discuss what we think of t...

Doctor Cohen Goes to Africa

16 Jul 2021

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Dr. Cohen returns from Africa and shares the highlights of his trip. Plus, we talk about the mass response we’ve received to a question on our previ...

Accelerated Approval Program

09 Jul 2021

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In this short episode, we discuss how the FDA approved Aduhelm to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease using the Accelerated Approval Program, th...

Alan T. Brown

01 Jul 2021

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Alan T. Brown was paralyzed from the neck down in 1988 and has been working to improve the quality of life for people living with paralysis since his ...

Maurice Garcia MD

24 Jun 2021

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Director of Transgender Surgery, Dr. Maurice Garcia joins us for a quick Q&A — aka our part one interview with him. Dr. Garcia talks about gender af...

Athletes & Mental Wellness

16 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this shorter episode, we talk about what happens when the power goes out during surgery, how tennis star Naomi Osaka decided to put her mental well...

Magician Anna DeGuzman

04 Jun 2021

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Sometimes it’s good to take a pause from the medical and just talk magic! We talk to magician Anna DeGuzman about performing at The Magic Castle, th...

Vaccine Hesitancy

26 May 2021

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Dr. Cohen discusses a few things that have been on his mind in this episode. First, his thoughts on what might make people less hesitant to get the Co...

Sam Lassner

18 May 2021

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Musician, producer Sam Lassner (also known as Prince Fox) joins the show! Sam talks to us about growing up in New York, how his music career took off ...

The ER Pilot

13 May 2021

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This week we go back in time, to 1994, to review the pilot episode of ER. Dr. Cohen talks about how emergency rooms have changed since the 90's and ho...

Change of Plans

30 Apr 2021

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Sometimes you have to change plans fast and grab a last second guest. Luckily, Sky Bliss was nearby shooting photos so we had the very good fortune of...

Katie Willcox joins the show!

19 Apr 2021

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We are thrilled to have the founder of Natural Model Management and the creator/author of Healthy is the New Skinny - Katie Willcox - on the show! Kat...

Quick-Fire Questions

13 Apr 2021

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After years of watching and reviewing medical TV shows for the podcast, we've got a list of quick-fire questions for Dr. Cohen that still need answeri...

Dr. Nina Shapiro returns!

05 Apr 2021

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Hype author and pediatric otolaryngologist, Dr. Nina Shapiro returns to the show! Last time we talked(at the start of 2020) the coronavirus wasn't som...

Grey's Anatomy Pilot

30 Mar 2021

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As Nutrition Month comes to a close, we talk about how well we did with our diets in March. We also talk about exercise and the the benefits of joinin...

Andy Lassner joins the show!

20 Mar 2021

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TV producer Andy Lassner joins the show! Andy and Dr. Cohen discuss growing up together in New York and how that shaped them. Then, Andy tells us how ...

The Business Side of Being a Doctor

14 Mar 2021

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Dr. Abe Malkin has achieved a lot at a young age, which includes getting an MD and MBA, working at Goldman Sachs, starting his own concierge medicine ...

Nutrition Month

08 Mar 2021

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March is National Nutrition Month so we discuss diets — the fad diets of the past like The Zone Diet and the recent celebrity diets we would conside...

Pediatrics

27 Feb 2021

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Pediatrician Dr. Monique Araya joins the show! Dr. Araya tells us how kids are coping during the pandemic and explains the rise in anxiety and depress...

Radiation Oncology

19 Feb 2021

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Radiation Oncology Specialist, Dr. Rosalyn Morrell joins the show! She explains what a radiation oncologist does, how doctors work together to determi...

Valentine's Day Emergencies

12 Feb 2021

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This is a short and sweet Valentine's Day episode! We examine the top four medical emergencies on this romantic day, explain why February is American ...

The Resident

08 Feb 2021

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Dr. Cohen answers some listener questions about medical fashion and what the various scrub colors mean, then he shares some surgical and very ‘gross...

The Mentor of Mentors

31 Jan 2021

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Calling all medical students or anyone just looking for a good story on mentorship, this episode is for you. Dr. Cohen's mentor, Dr. Leo Gordon, joins...

Cannabis Based Medicine with Dr. Sherry Yafai

29 Jan 2021

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Every January is National CBD Month and why we thought it would be appropriate to revamp a special interview episode from last year with an expert in ...

And the New Year Begins...

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Dr. Dre being admitted to the hospital for a brain aneurysm, how the U.S. went from 96 thousand people that used telehealth in 2019 to 1...

An Influencer gives us some advice

08 Jan 2021

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Anya Nicolodi joins the show to discuss what it takes to become a social media influencer and the importance of being honest with your followers. And,...

Goodbye 2020

31 Dec 2020

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It's our end of the year episode, where we discuss the changes and challenges Dr. Cohen faced as a doctor this year, resolutions for 2021 and the 'bes...

A Second Opinion

28 Dec 2020

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We discuss the podcast Dr. Death, the importance of Morbidity and mortality (M&M) conferences and why it’s normal to get a second opinion.

People of the Year

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We review People magazine's four ‘People of the Year’ — George Clooney, Regina King, Dr. Anthony Fauci & Selena Gomez. Then, we decide on anothe...

Ask the Urologist

04 Dec 2020

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For the first time, we have a urologist on the show — Dr. Justin Houman! We ask Dr. Houman our most pressing questions about urology and men’s hea...

Movember 2020

22 Nov 2020

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Another November, another Movember. In this episode we discuss why mental health and movement were added to the Movember men's health initiative and w...

Klapper Vision

12 Nov 2020

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Dr. Robert Klapper, host of ESPN’s Weekend Warrior radio show and a renown orthopedic surgeon, joins us on the podcast! Dr. Klapper tells us how a k...

Interview Clip: Four Steps to Success with Brett Ratner

09 Nov 2020

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We thought it would be helpful and interesting to pull clips from some of our favorite interviews. In this clip, producer/director Brett Ratner discus...

Holistic Optometrist Dr. Elise Brisco Joins the Show!

04 Nov 2020

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Holistic Optometrist Dr. Elise Brisco joins the show! Dr. Brisco gives us insight about eyesight and explains why the eye doesn't lie about someone's ...

Doctors in Cars Doing a Podcast

29 Oct 2020

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Doctor Cohen calls in from the car and we discuss the newest Nuzuna Fitness trend, the 8 billion dollar settlement Purdue Pharma has to pay for their ...

Doctor Christopher Loo

20 Oct 2020

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Dr. Christopher Loo, MD-PhD joins the show! Dr. Loo tells us why he decided to quit a career in orthopedics to become an author, entrepreneur and inve...

Pets for Your Health

13 Oct 2020

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David Attenborough’s debut on Instagram last week landed him the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to reach 1 million followers. And, extra...

JACKIE'S BACK

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jackie, our former co-host, rejoins Gross Anatomy Podcast to ask some tough questions younger adults want to know. Note, a lot of questions have to do...

Pre-Med Talk

20 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

First, we discuss the air quality in Los Angeles and why professional athletes (not in the NBA bubble) don't want to play. Then, around the 14 minute ...

Plasma Therapy

10 Sep 2020

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We talk about how and why plasma therapy is being used on some coronavirus patients, and we discuss how that's different than platelet-rich plasma (PR...

The Weekend Edition

01 Sep 2020

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We discuss the weekend news of Chadwick Boseman's tragic death from colon cancer, and Dr. Cohen answers questions about colorectal cancer screenings, ...

Dr. 90210 Joins the Show!

21 Aug 2020

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Doctor Robert Rey joins the show and tells us about his amazing journey — a journey that led him to become one of the most recognizable and in-deman...

The Best in Medical TV

16 Aug 2020

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What's your favorite medical tv show? That's the question we asked listeners and they responded with a variety of shows that we discuss in this episod...

Brett Ratner Joins Gross Anatomy Podcast

08 Aug 2020

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Director and Producer Brett Ratner joins the show! Brett and Dr. Cohen discuss medical ailments, caring for elderly patients and how to be the best ad...

Kelly Preston & Questions About Breast Cancer

23 Jul 2020

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Actress Kelly Preston’s death from breast cancer is a reminder of how many women continue to battle this common cancer. As an oncologist, Dr. Cohen ...

Noah Craft, PhD MD joins the show!

16 Jul 2020

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Our guest today is a research scientist and dermatologist (PhD and MD double doc) Dr. Noah Craft! Dr. Craft explains how studying parasitic diseases l...

Genetic Counseling

06 Jul 2020

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We are pleased to have Invitae Genetic Counselor, Shivani Nazareth on the show! She explains how genetic testing can impact health decisions throughou...

Lenox Hill

23 Jun 2020

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This week we discuss Lenox Hill, a Netflix reality show that follows an ER physician, an OB-GYN and two neurosurgeons. We give our thoughts on what me...

Jeff Toll, MD

16 Jun 2020

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Doctor Jeff Toll joins the show! He tells us why he went into concierge medicine and how he was able to start a private practice at such a young age. ...

Samuel Shem - Author of The House of God - Joins the Show!

04 Jun 2020

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Bestselling author Samuel Shem joins show! Shem is the author of The House of God — an autobiographical novel which has sold millions of copies and ...

Women's Health & Integrative Medicine with Special Guest Dr. Gilberg-Lenz!

29 May 2020

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OB-GYN and Ayurvedic Specialist, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz joins the show! She tells us what it was like growing up in Beverly Hills in the 70’s wit...

Sharon Feldstein Joins the Show!

22 May 2020

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Sharon Feldstein talks with us about YourMomCares — a nonprofit organization co-founded by Sharon (Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein's mom), Patsy Noa...

The Passive Income M.D.

12 May 2020

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Dr. Peter Kim, creator of Passive Income M.D., joins the show! We chat with Dr. Kim about his life in Baltimore, the easy ways he made money while in ...