The Brain Surgeon's Take
Episodes
Josh Dickens - Life in the Fast Lane
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Dickens is one of NASCAR’s most promising young drivers, winning the Winter Nationals Road Course Championship at Florida International Rally &...
Adam Ross - 10 Best Ways to Eat Healthy
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ross holds a BS degree in nutrition and dietetics from Queens College and a BA degree in communications from Merrimack. While at Merrimack, he spent f...
Haywood Highsmith - From DII to the NBA: Never Stop Dreaming
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Highsmith was born in Baltimore and played college basketball for Wheeling Jesuit University where he was named NCAA Division II Player of The Year in...
Kayla Harrison - Life Inside The Ring
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kayla Harrison made history in 2012 by winning USA's first Olympic gold medal in judo. Kayla's tenacity and dedication to whatever she pursu...
Wim Hof - CHILL OUT: The Benefits of Cold Water Immersion
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof got his nickname 'The Iceman' by breaking a number of records related to cold exposure including: climbing Mou...
Jimmy Choi - NO EXCUSES: Pushing past boundaries
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease at age 27. At first, Jimmy went into denial and "did nothing" for several year...
Dr. Felipe Fregni - Healing The Brain
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Fregni is a Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a Professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School. He lea...
Jim Kelly - The Jim Kelly Foundation: Hunter’s Hope
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Buffalo Bills selected Jim Kelly in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft. Only three players in NFL history had reached the 30,000-yard career pa...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta - The Transition from Neurosurgery to Journalism
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy®-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN and host of the CNN podcast Chasing Life. Gupta, a practicin...
Philip Goldfarb - Dominating The Hospitality Business
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Chief Operating Officer of Fontainebleau Development, Goldfarb has oversight of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort &...
Dr. Thomas Parr - The Free Energy Principle: the most all encompassing idea since the theory of natural selection
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas began his academic career at University College London (UCL) medical school. After completing an undergraduate degree in Medical Sciences with ...
Dr. Cody Rall - Brain Enhancing Technology
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cody Rall, M.D., is a board certified and United States Navy trained Psychiatrist who specializes in neurotechnology wearables. He is a co-founder of ...
Dr. Brett Osborn: Avoiding Burnout and Maximizing Productivity
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Osborn is Chief of Neurosurgery at St. Mary’s Medical Center, a level I trauma center in West Palm Beach, FL. He completed his neurosurgery resi...
Don Saladino - Achieving Your Peak Performance
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Don has coached actors, athletes, & musicians for over 20 years. He opened his first NYC Gym, Drive 495, in 2005. After operating brick & mort...
Elena Sisti - The US Banking Crisis
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Sisti became only the second female bank founder in New York City when she launched Savoy Bank in 2008. Now chairperson emeritus, Sisti sits on ...
Thomas O’Connor - The Art of Negotiation
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas currently serves as a Senior Consultant at The Soufan Group, a global intelligence and security consulting group. He brings an extensive record...
Kevin Goetz - AUDIENCE-OLOGY: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Goetz has been at the center of what Hollywood calls the ‘movie research’ industry for more than thirty years and his position in the entert...
Dr. William Knight IV - Saving Damar Hamlin
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
William Knight, MD, is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurosurgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is a fellowship trai...
Mark Mattson - The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Mattson is a Professor of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the former Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National...
Mike Janke - From Navy SEAL to Entrepreneur.
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Janke is co-founder and Board Member of DataTribe. Mike Janke is also a founder and former CEO of Silent Circle, the world’s leading Global Sec...
Amy Loughren, RN - The Good Nurse: Capturing a Serial Killer
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Loughren is a former registered nurse who is known for assisting in the arrest and prosecution of serial murderer Charlie Cullen. Before his appre...
Diane Webster: Medical Malpractice – what ALL doctors need to know
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Webster is a trial attorney who defends her clients in a variety of civil litigation, including medical and healthcare litigation, products liab...
Dr. Richard Brown - The Road to Becoming a Plastic Surgeon
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Double Board Certified, Dr. Brown received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his medical degree from The Chicago Medical Sch...
Jorge Colina - The Death of Tyre Nichols and Police Brutality in the USA
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jorge Colina was sworn in as the Miami Police Department's 41st Police Chief on January 26th, 2018. Chief Colina began his career with the Miami ...
Gino Torretta - What is Takes to Win the Heisman Trophy.
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gino Torretta was the most celebrated football player in the University of Miami and NCAA history. Torretta won both athletic and academic awards duri...
Jason Redman - OVERCOME: Crush Adversity with the Leadership Techniques of America's Toughest Warriors
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During his 21-year Navy career, Jason spent 11 years as an enlisted SEAL and 10 years as a SEAL officer leading teams in combat operations in Iraq and...
Dr. Kathy Fields - Entrepreneurship in Medicine
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy A. Fields is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at UCSF. She is also the co-creator of Proactiv and co-founder of Rodan + Fields, leading h...
Sammy “The Bull” Gravano - Inside the Mind of a Mafia Gangster
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gravano fell into crime at an early age. At the age of 14 he joined the Rampers, a prominent street gang in Bensonhurst. Despite his father’s attemp...
Bill Pineiro - Life Undercover: Working in the CIA
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Pineiro joined the Marines at age 17 and was part of the first division, spending time in Central America and South America since he was fluent in...
Ryan Shazier - Walking Miracle
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As an All-American at Ohio State and All-Pro linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ryan Shazier was living his best life while excelling at the game...
EJ Manuel - The College Football Playbook
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show tha...
Dr. Muneeb Shah - How to Amp Up Your Social Media Game
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Shah aims to educate people across the globe on basic dermatology and skincare to empower them to make informed decisions about their skin health....
Alan C. Mack - RAZOR 03: A Night Stalker’s Wars
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force — Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign...
Dr. Pedro Greer - Health Care for the Impoverished: How can we help?
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Greer is the Founding Dean of the Roseman University Health Sciences College of Medicine. Previously, Dr. Greer served as Professor of Medicine, Fo...
Dr. David Langer - Live Every Day Like It’s Your Last
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nationally and internationally recognized as a leading neurosurgeon and an expert in cerebral revascularization and cerebral aneurysms, Dr. Langer bri...
Charlton Copeland JD - The Supreme Court of the United States: is there a better system?
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charlton Copeland joined the faculty in 2007. He teaches Civil Procedure I and II, Federal Courts, Administrative Law, and the Regulatory State. In ad...
Dr. Mary Beth Wilkas Janke - THE PROTECTOR: Inspiring Women to be BADA$$.
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mary Beth Wilkas Janke is a former United States Secret Service Agent and current consultant in the fields of forensic and clinical psychology and...
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen - DART – Double Asteroid Redirection Test
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen is tasked with helping us answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Where did we come from? Are we alone? How does the unive...
Dr. Babak Kateb - The Future of Brain Mapping
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kateb, is a neuroscientist with more than 20 years of research experience. His research has been focused on the introduction of advanced diagnosti...
Dr. Ken Paller - Sleep Learning
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Paller conducts cognitive neuroscience research at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he also serves as Director of the Training...
Dr. Deepak Chopra - The Future of Integrative Medicine in Cancer Care
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Deepak is founder of The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global, as well as Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at UCSD and senior scientist w...
Dr. Eduardo Padron - Higher Education in the United States: Is the system broken?
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Padron is President Emeritus of Miami Dade College, having served as its president for almost twenty-five years. He is credited with elevating MDC...
Logan Sneed - Surviving Brain Cancer: 30 Days to Realize Nothing is Impossible
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Logan is a brain cancer survivor that was diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma over 6 years ago. He has been through brain surgery, radiation, and ch...
Dan Radakovich - The University of Miami Athletics: A New Vision
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Radakovich was named the 14th Director of Athletics in University of Miami history, returning to his graduate school alma mater as one of the nati...
Dr. Robert I. Grossman - The Future of Medical Education
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Grossman is CEO of NYU Langone Health and Dean of NYU School of Medicine, which was renamed in his honor in 2019. In this role, he oversees more t...
Marilyn Holifield - The Future of Miami Art: Miami MoCAAD
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Marilyn is a partner in Holland & Knight's Miami office. She is a litigation practitioner, with a specific emphasis representing corporate cl...
Dr. Sophia George - Understanding Race, Genetics, and Cancer
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. George is an Associate Professor on the Tenure Track in the Division of Gynecological Oncology within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ...
Dr. Lorenzo Cohen - Anti-Cancer Living
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lorenzo Cohen is the Richard E. Haynes Distinguished Professor in Clinical Cancer Prevention and Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at T...
Mike B. Fernandez - Humbled by the Opportunity: a story of rags to riches
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Miguel “Mike” B. Fernandez currently serves as Chairman of MBF Healthcare Partners, L.P., a private investment firm located in Coral Gables, Flori...
Jeffrey Engel - The United States Presidency: past, current, and future
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey A. Engel is founding director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU and Professor in the Department of History. A Senior Fellow of t...
Mark Robbins - Overcoming Adversity: how to turn tragedy into opportunity
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark knows the true meaning of sacrifice, perseverance, and resilience. Mark served as a Navy SEAL Special Warfare Operator 1st Class with SEAL Team 5...
Dr. Allen Sills - NFL Player Health & Safety
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Allen Sills is the NFL's Chief Medical Officer, a full-time position dedicated to advancing the health and safety of the sport of football. H...
Andres Preschel - Physiology for Dummies
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As an undergraduate at The University of Miami, Andrés majored in Exercise Physiology and minored in Psychology. He took a rigorous course load that ...
Dr. Bennet Omalu - Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: the truth, science, and evidence
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Omalu was the first to identify, describe, and name Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy as a disease entity. Dr. Omalu has testified twice before the...
Charlie Morley - Lucid Dreaming
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Morley is a bestselling author and teacher of lucid dreaming, shadow integration and Mindfulness of Dream & Sleep. He has been lucid dream...
Dominic D’Agostino - KetoNutrition: Science to Application
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is a tenured Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani ...
Larry Cata Backer JD - ROE v. WADE
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Larry Backer focuses his research on governance-related issues of globalization and the constitutional theories of public and private govern...
Dr. Thomas Seyfried - Cancer as a Metabolic Disease
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Seyfried is Professor of Biology at Boston College and received his Ph.D. in genetics and biochemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana....
Brett Jones MS, ATC, CSCS - STRONGFIRST: The School of Strength
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brett Jones is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Strength and Conditioning Specialist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science in...
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen - The NASA James Webb Space Telescope
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen is tasked with helping us answer some of humanity’s biggest questions: Where did we come from? Are we alone? How does the unive...
Dr. Myron Rolle - THE 2% WAY: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the NFL, and Neurosurgery
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Myron was ranked the No. 1 high school football prospect in the country. With 83 scholarship offers from Division I institutions, Myron matriculated t...
Dr. Anna Lembke - DOPAMINE NATION: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Lembke is a clinician scholar, having published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of sev...
Hanna Faulhaber - The Making of an Olympian
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hanna Faulhaber is an internationally recognized Olympic Freestyle Skier. A 17-year-old from Basalt High School in Colorado, Faulhaber got 3rd place a...
Dr. Andriy Polishchuk - The Fight for Freedom
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE WORLD STANDS UNITED BEHIND UKRAINE
Ben Milligan - BY WATER BENEATH THE WALLS: The Rise of The Navy Seals
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001 and served until 2009. He is the recipient of the prestigious Bronze Star and other awards. A native of Ind...
Dr. Michelle Pearlman - OBESITY IN AMERICA: How to lose weight and keep it off
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Pearlman, M.D. is a board-certified gastroenterologist and obesity medicine specialist. She has a particular focus on nutrition, weight loss,...
Dr. Amishi Jha - PEAK MiND: Find your Focus, Own your Attention, Invest 12 minutes a Day
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Amishi Jha, PhD is Director of Contemplative Neuroscience and Professor of Psychology at the University of Miami. Prior to her current post, she w...
Dr. Duncan French - Sports Science for Ultimate Athletes
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Duncan French has over 20 years’ experience working with elite professional and Olympic athletes. Prior to joining the UFC, French was the Direc...
Arianna LaPenne - The Bunker Boom
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Arianna got interested in documentary filmmaking because she asks too many questions. This turned out to be an excellent discipline to direct this sor...
Dr. Joseph Uscinski - Conspiracy Theories and The People Who Believe Them.
29 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Joseph Uscinski is an American political scientist specializing in the study of conspiracy theories. In 2015, Uscinski organized and convened the ...
Dr. Michael McFaul - The Russia / Ukraine Crisis
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael McFaul is a leading expert on Russia, American foreign policy, and democratic development around the world. A former U.S. ambassador to Russia...
Dr. Rachel Yehuda - Psychedelic Psychotherapy
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Yehuda is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Director of the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research. She is als...
Dr. Kenneth Broad - Extreme Scientific Filmmaking
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kenny Broad has participated in extreme scientific and filmmaking expeditions on every continent to gather information and samples that shed light on ...
Deepak Chopra - The Role of Integrative Medicine in Academic Health Care
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deepak is founder of The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Global, as well as Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at UCSD and senior scientist w...
Rich Diviney - THE ATTRIBUTES: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rich Diviney is a retired Navy SEAL commander, with a career spanning more than twenty years and more than thirteen completed overseas deployments to ...
Emma Gullstrand - What it Takes to be an Olympian
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Gullstrand is an internationally recognized diving champion. She is from Sweden originally and currently an undergraduate student at The Universi...
Dr. Ben Kirtman - SUBX – The Subseasonal Experiment: How Accurate can Weather Predictions Really Be
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kirtman is internationally known for using complex computer models to bring unprecedented detail to climate change measurement. He uses atmosphere...
Dr. Rodrigo Vianna - The Future of Organ Transplantation
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Director of the Miami Transplant Institute, chief of liver, intestinal, and multivisceral transplant, and Professor of Surgery at The University of...
Dr. Maria Alcaide - COVID Vaccine: Facts and Fiction
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Maria Alcaide is Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami and Director of Infectious Diseases Research. She is a renowned expert in vaccin...
Dr. Tanira Ferreira - The Hospital Crisis in Florida: A Harsh Reality
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Celine Gounder - Winning the War on Covid
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gounder is an infectious diseases specialist, epidemiologist, journalist, and filmmaker. She is the host and producer of “In Sickness and in Hea...
Michael Schwartz - Remaking the Restaurant Industry
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
According to James Beard Award-winning Chef Michael Schwartz, the philosophy is simple: The secret to good food is good food. Beloved by locals and vi...
Francis X Suarez - Miami’s Response to the COVID Pandemic
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Miami’s Response to the COVID Pandemic - How will we get this crisis under control?
Chris Cabott - The NFL and COVID: What should we expect?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Cabott handles multiple elite NFL players, including soon-to-be home town hero Tua Tagovailoa, Jerry Jeudy, Aaron Jones, Ronald Jones, as well as ...
Dr. David Yermack: CRYPTOCURRENCY - The Future or Fad?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. David Yermack, Professor and Chairman of the Finance Department at New York University Stern School of Business and Director of the...
Dr. Jennifer McCaney - Entrepreneurship: How to Excel
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer McCaney holds a dual appointment at UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She is the co-executive ...
Jim Laranaga - The NCAA Basketball Season: What to Expect
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coach Larranaga has been head basketball coach at the University of Miami since 2011. Previously, he served as the head men's basketball coach at...
Nick Theodore - Past, Present, and Future
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Theodore is a Professor of Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins University. He is known for his work in spinal trauma, robotics, and personalized me...
Dr. Bernard Ashby - Biden’s COVID-19 Task Force
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ashby is a vascular cardiologist and internist who specializes in clinical cardiology, vascular medicine, and general medicine. He was born and ra...
Donna Shalala - The Current State of Affairs in the USA
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Congresswoman Shalala is the US Representative for Florida’s 27th congressional district. She served as Secretary for Health and Human Services unde...
Greg Shepard - The Secret to Successful Startup Companies
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Shepard is a 20-year startup veteran and serial entrepreneur with 14 liquidity events under his belt, two of which were sold as part of a $925M t...
Doug Brockmeyer - Conquering Mount Everest
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reaching the top of Mount Everest - the highest point on the planet at nearly 30,000 feet - is a legendary feat that less than 4,500 people have accom...
Jeanette Nunez - Florida's Response to the COVID Pandemic
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Cutler - Healthcare in the USA: What is the Best Solution?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Cutler is currently Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University. Professor Cutler holds secondary appointments at the Kennedy School of G...
Jon Lapook - How to Vaccinate America
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
LaPook contributes to all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. Since joining CBS News in 2006, he has done more than 1,000 reports, contributing to the ...
Dr. Joseph Tector - ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: Future Directions
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tector is a leading U.S. liver transplant surgeon with clinical expertise in multivisceral and small bowel transplantation. He completed his under...
Janine Yorio - THE METAVERSE: Future of Real Estate
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Janine is a graduate of Yale University and Managing Director and Head of Real Estate at Republic, a leading alternative investment platform that serv...
Joseph Zahralban - Firefighter Safety: How can we do better?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph F. Zahralban was sworn in as the City of Miami’s 19th Fire Chief since the department’s inception in 1898. Chief Zahralban oversees a Class...
Julio Frenk - The University of Miami: Future Directions
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Frenk is the 6th President of UM. He is also Professor of Public Health, Health Sector Policy, and Sociology. Prior to joining the UM, he served a...
Jorge R. Colina - Police in the USA: What Needs to Change?
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jorge Colina was sworn in as the Miami Police Department’s 41st Police Chief on January 26th, 2018. Chief Colina began his career with the Miami Pol...