The Podcast by KevinMD
Episodes
Patient involvement and the future of clinical research
26 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most clinical research treats patients like data points. What gets lost when researchers stop listening to the people they study, and what does it cos...
How Medicare's new cut is closing private doctor practices
25 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A 30 to 40 percent Medicare cut just hit the doctors who keep your local hospital running, and the policy meant to stop hospital monopolies is acceler...
How true crime is radicalizing your kids online
24 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Your child is messaging neo-Nazis on Discord, role-playing the Columbine shooting on Roblox, or making fan art of mass killers, and you have no idea. ...
How Medicare is breaking nursing home care
23 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being penalized for delivering good care to your frailest patients. Medicare's quality scoring program was built for healthy outpatients, not ...
Why "failed cycle" and "poor responder" wound infertility patients
22 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The words doctors use during fertility care can wound the patient sitting across the desk. "Failed cycle." "Poor responder." "Ovarian failure." For a ...
Dark money is writing your health care laws
20 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Patients are being cut off from medications they need, doctors are afraid to prescribe, and the reason traces back to political donations most America...
Why doctors burn out connecting with patients, and how to fix it
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most doctors were never taught how to sit with a patient's grief, anger, or fear without absorbing it. Eva Minkoff, a health care executive coach, and...
Why the people funding health care startups have never treated a patient
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the people deciding where billions of health care dollars get invested have never treated a patient. Harsha Moole, a physician scientist and h...
What's actually behind medical students using AI
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Medical students who skip writing their own reflections are not lazy, they are surviving an irrational system. Kathleen Muldoon, a coach and professor...
Why most methylene blue cases came from anesthesia, not pills
16 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most patients on antidepressants are told they can't take methylene blue, even for brain fog. Steven E. Warren, a physician and longevity medicine cli...
Low T treatment is silently destroying sperm counts
15 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Up to 40 percent of infertility cases involve combined male and female factors, but the male partner is often skipped. Erica Bove, a reproductive endo...
Why your ER doctor doesn't know your medical history
14 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Your ER doctor has about 25 minutes to figure out your medical history and decide what to do next. Hamed Husaini, an emergency physician and physician...
Why the risk aversion that makes you a good doctor wrecks your finances
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The same instinct that makes you a careful clinician may be the one sabotaging your financial future. Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Sta...
Physician burnout is not your fault, and here's why blaming yourself keeps you stuck
11 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the cure for physician burnout has been making it worse the whole time? Lisa Rubiano, an internal medicine physician and physician coach, spen...
How to lead a team through uncertainty without breaking trust
10 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Why AI cybersecurity is now a patient safety issue
09 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most physicians using AI on patient data have no idea what the real security risks are. Francisco M. Torres, an interventional physiatrist, and Purab ...
20 years inside a Medicare Advantage insurer, and who actually pays
08 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 consultin...
You don't have to feel called to medicine to be a good doctor
05 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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. Ch...
Why AI has outpaced medical malpractice law, and what to do about it
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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-o...
What happens when physicians cede AI to direct-to-consumer startups
03 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 in...
Why every new health care tool keeps making the job harder
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
MAHA has the right diagnosis and the wrong treatment plan
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 medic...
One hallucinated citation can end your expert witness career
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One AI-hallucinated citation on cross-examination, and the expert witness career you built is over. It is already happening. Tracy Liberatore, a forme...
Metrics got you into medicine and are making you unhappy in it
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
After Match Day, orthopedic surgery is finally open to every kind of surgeon
27 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
When a code blue on the psychiatry unit ends in a police interview
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 wh...
GLP-1s, weight loss, and the inflammation tests your patient needs
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A cardiologist who helped set national cholesterol and weight targets for 40 years now says those numbers can mislead. Richard M. Fleming, a physician...
Primary care, bloodletting, and what medicine got right
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 physicia...
DOT ruling protects peanut allergies but not eggs, sesame, or milk
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A federal agency recognized food allergy as a disability, then limited boarding protection to one allergen category. Lianne Mandelbaum, a leading advo...
2 a.m. is a biological stress test no one talks about
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to your body and clinical judgment when you're managing a code blue at the exact hour your biology demands deep sleep? Chinyelu E. Oraedu...
When what's in the envelope doesn't match what you expected
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you match into a residency but it still feels like a loss? Kathleen Muldoon is a coach and medical educator with 20 years of experie...
14 patients studied, thousands injecting: the peptide evidence gap
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why do patients refuse statins backed by decades of data in millions of people yet eagerly inject peptides tested in fewer than 20? Emergency medicine...
Why your patient's biggest barrier isn't pain. It's walking through the door.
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What keeps millions of people from sitting in a dentist's chair, even when modern technology has made procedures more comfortable than ever? Kaushal S...
Why a rheumatologist asks every doctor to remember being six years old
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the cure for physician burnout isn't a wellness workshop but a 10-minute exercise you can do alone in a quiet room? Brian Sayers is a rheumato...
One silly mistake can sabotage your medical career before it starts
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest threat to your success in medical training has nothing to do with how much you study? Vance Lehman, professor of neuroradiology an...
You can't stent a capillary: Why aging starts in your smallest blood vessels
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real driver of aging isn't your mitochondria or your telomeres but the tiny capillaries you never think about? Double board-certified emer...
Bolus or drip? What the DOSE trial actually showed about heart failure
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if one of the most common escalation strategies for acute heart failure doesn't actually improve outcomes? Internal medicine physicians Benjamin ...
No nurse is better than a bad nurse in your child's home
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the nurses sent to care for your medically fragile child have never even touched the equipment keeping him alive? Patient advocate A...
Your doctor saved your life but won't return your call
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a physician who spent decades treating patients suddenly finds himself on the other side of the exam table, unable to get a simple a...
Patients don't need certainty, they need your reasoning out loud
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest driver of unnecessary ER visits, malpractice claims, and patient anxiety isn't a missed diagnosis but a missed sentence? Alan P. F...
Your waiting room does what social media cannot
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when patients from opposite ends of the political spectrum sit together in your waiting room and start talking like neighbors? Psychiatr...
I ate plain rice and chicken for six months because no one explained celiac
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a Division I athlete loses 40 pounds, can barely form sentences during practice, and keeps hearing from doctors that it might just b...
I Googled my own name and a corporate clinic I've never worked at appeared
02 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a physician searches her own name online and gets redirected to a billionaire-backed corporate clinic she has no connection to? Step...
AI is already reading your dental X-rays and you probably have no idea
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time your dentist mentioned that artificial intelligence was scanning your X-rays before you even sat down in the chair? General den...
2026 cholesterol guidelines: LDL goals, Lp(a), and coronary calcium scoring
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this sponsored episode from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading preventive cardiologist walks through the 2026 cholesterol guideline u...
She was learning to keep others breathing while losing her own air
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a woman is diagnosed with a rare, estrogen-sensitive lung disease at 28, in her first week of residency, with no roadmap for wh...
He declined routine X-rays and was denied a dental cleaning
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a patient makes a reasonable, informed decision to skip a non-mandatory test and the system simply stops? Patient advocate Aaron S. ...
She donated 2,000 hours of unpaid labor before she even noticed
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When did volunteering stop being a choice and start being a condition of professionalism? Pediatrician, certified coach, and mindfulness and yoga teac...
His mother-in-law heard "cancer," went home, and was dead within a year
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a doctor closes the chart but the patient leaves without understanding what was actually said? Retired surgeon, independent physicia...
Silence at the chessboard changed how I talk to patients
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When is the most powerful thing a medical student can do in a patient's room simply to stop talking? Medical students Jay Pendyala and Jonathan Berg d...
Gradually, then suddenly: Dr. Robert Wachter on health care's giant AI leap
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the biggest problem with electronic health records was not the technology itself, but that we expected it to transform medicine when it could ...
Why cervical cancer screening drops after menopause, and why that's dangerous
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the moment women stop seeing their gynecologist is exactly when their cervical cancer risk matters most? Nenrot S. Gopep, a physician and publ...
I have cerebral palsy and I'm a doctor. Here's what policy cuts mean for patients like me.
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to patients with disabilities when the government signals their lives don't matter, and what does that mean for the doctors fighting alon...
Clinicians are failing at value-based care because no one taught them the system
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you ask clinicians to hit dozens of quality metrics but never explain why those metrics matter or how to manage them? Kenneth Botelh...
Why I would never compromise on withdrawing care until I saw it firsthand
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your deepest religious convictions collide with a patient suffering from metastatic cancer and no miracle in sight? Medical student ...
Why your patient isn't filling that prescription (and won't tell you)
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a patient can't afford the treatment you prescribe but is too embarrassed to say so? Health care executive Adam Cunningham joins the...
Silence isn't neutrality: Why medical students can't wait to find their voice
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when medical students witness dehumanization during clinical rotations but feel too powerless to speak up? Kathleen Muldoon, a certified ...
Oral Wegovy sounds easy, but the reality is more complicated
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is the new oral Wegovy pill a breakthrough or a risk most patients never hear about? Shiv K. Goel, an internal medicine and functional medicine physic...
Safety-net dentistry restores human dignity for patients recovering from severe addiction
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Clinical director at Franklin Park Family Dental in Dorchester and Tremont Family Dentistry in Boston, Charan Teja Bobba, discusses his article "Treat...
Finding peace and reclaiming humanity within a broken health care system
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physician wellness coach Jessica Singh discusses the article "Physician burnout: Finding peace in a broken health care system." Jessica shares a power...
Why physicians pay more in taxes and how to reclaim your income
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physician and tax specialist Logan Foltz discusses the article "Physician tax strategies: Why your tax bill is so high and how to fix it." Logan expla...
Why loving organizations are the secret to ending burnout in medicine
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physician coach Apurv Gupta discusses the article "What is a loving organization?" Apurv describes his model of a loving organization as a system that...
Why weight regain is a predictable biological response after stopping GLP-1s
06 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Obesity medicine physician Jessica Duncan discusses the article "GLP-1 weight regain: Why stopping medication leads to weight return." Jessica explain...
Why hospital systems fail to notice the human behind the bill
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Patient advocate Eric Goldfarb discusses the article "How a pregnancy test on a male patient revealed health care flaws." Eric shares the absurd and h...
True metabolic healing requires more than just prescribing expensive peptides
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Internal medicine and functional medicine physician Shiv K. Goel discusses the article "Why lifestyle matters more than BPC-157 and semaglutide." Shiv...
Reclaiming human dignity as the foundation of medical practice
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Former Treasurer of the American College of Physicians Janet A. Jokela discusses the article "The service of humanity: Recommitting to physicians' eth...
Why physicians must lead the design of artificial intelligence in health care
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Family physician, medical device inventor, and health care entrepreneur Tod Stillson discusses the article "AI governance in health care: Why physicia...
Finding peace by unhooking from ego and achieving a loving presence in medicine
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pediatric hematology-oncology physician and co-founder of Pink Coat, MD Tammie Chang discusses the article "Unhooking from the ego in medicine." Tammi...
Why physicians must reclaim their right to pause
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Integrative pediatrician Mary Wilde discusses the article "The pause medicine never taught us to take." Mary discusses how medical training conditions...
Why hormonal shifts make traditional dieting ineffective for midlife women
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Metabolic health educator Marsha Shepherd Whitt discusses the article "Why 'eat less, move more' fails for midlife weight loss." Marsha explains that ...
Proactive monitoring can prevent emergencies by catching heart signals early
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Health care executive Chris Darland discusses their article "Why remote patient monitoring needs a preventive shift." Chris explains that remote patie...
Why measuring muscle mass matters more than tracking your weight
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physical therapist and certified lymphedema specialist Maureen McBeth discusses her article "Beyond BMI: Why weight management must look inside the bo...
Insulin resistance is a survival mechanism, not a broken system
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Metabolic health educator Kevin Whitt discusses his article "Insulin resistance is not a disease: a metabolic reframe." Kevin argues that the skyrocke...
Criticism stings because doctors care deeply about their work
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article "Dealing with physician negative feedback." Jessie validates the pain that comes...
Why early detection matters: Transforming lung cancer care
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this special sponsored episode from Eli Lilly and Company, I am joined by Dr. Lee James, senior vice president of oncology medical affairs at Lilly...
Politics and fear have replaced science in U.S. pain management
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Patient advocate Richard A. Lawhern, PhD, discusses the article "U.S. opioid policy history: How politics replaced science in pain care." Richard argu...
Shift from universal to optional vaccination risks normalizing preventable disease
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Medical student Umayr R. Shaikh discusses his article "The impact of CDC's new childhood immunization guidance." Umayr argues that recent CDC changes,...
Emergency nurses struggle to turn off survival mode after the pandemic
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Retired emergency department nurse Amy Dinaburg discusses her article "Lowercase PTSD: Why emergency staff are still hypervigilant." Amy reflects on t...
Autonomous AI agents could strip the soul from medicine
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Internal medicine and functional medicine physician Shiv K. Goel discusses his article "Agentic AI in medicine: the danger of automating the doctor." ...
Wellness requires safe spaces outside the medical system
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article "Why physician wellness programs must evolve beyond institutions." Jessie reflec...
Why "just relaxing" fails when your nervous system is stuck in survival mode
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Occupational medicine physician and life coach Claudine Holt discusses her article "Nervous system dysregulation vs. stress: Why 'just relaxing' doesn...
Heat therapy activates proteins that repair cells and protect the heart
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hematologist-oncologist Khushali Jhaveri discusses her article "What the research really says about infrared saunas." Khushali shares her personal jou...
How to master a new health care leadership role
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Intensivist Cristin Mount and business operations lead Steve Lettrich from All Levels Leadership discuss their article "A 6-step framework for new hea...
Understanding the science behind embryo grading improves IVF decision making
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Double board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist and reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist Erica Bove discusses her article "A clinici...
AI redefines the physician's role by reducing cognitive overload
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Family physician and health care entrepreneur Tod Stillson discusses his article "AI in medicine: Why it won't replace doctors but will redefine them....
Hospitals must establish safety guardrails before deploying AI
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physician and health care consultant Harvey Castro discusses his article "ChatGPT Health in hospitals: 5 essential safety protocols." Harvey outlines ...
Unregulated botanical products pose hidden risks in convenience stores
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist, internist, and addiction medicine specialist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article "Unregulated botanical products: the hidden risks o...
AI could end the administrative nightmare for doctors
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Internal medicine physician Shiv K. Goel discusses his article "Claude for Healthcare vs. administrative burden: a physician's review." Shiv contrasts...
Physician vulnerability and authenticity: How shared stories heal
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of clinical psychiatry Michael F. Myers discusses his book Physicians With Lived Experience: How Their Stories Offer Clinical Guidance and t...
Rest is a holy practice: Reclaiming the soul of medicine
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Developmental behavioral pediatrician Roxanne Almas discusses her article "The making of a rested healer." Roxanne shares her deeply personal journey ...
Ecovillages and organic farming could reverse global warming
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physician and health care reform advocate David K. Cundiff discusses his article "Ecovillages and organic agriculture: a scenario for global climate r...
"Disruptive" behavior is often a cry for help from depleted doctors
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article "Disruptive physician labeling: a symptom of systemic burnout." Jessie argues th...
Unpaid on-call shifts are driving doctors into early retirement
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Internal medicine physician Corinne Sundar Rao discusses her article "Physician on-call compensation: the unpaid labor driving burnout." Corinne argue...
Primary care receives only five cents of every health care dollar
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Family physician and health benefits advisor Jonathan Bushman discusses his article "The 5 percent problem: the low value of primary care." Jonathan c...
Physician father wrestles with daughter's post-Dobbs future
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Family physician Travis Walker discusses his article "A physician father on the Dobbs decision and reproductive rights." Travis reflects on the glarin...
Orthorexia nervosa turns healthy habits into a harmful obsession
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Internal medicine physician Sally Daganzo discusses her article "The hidden epidemic of orthorexia nervosa." Sally explains how the pursuit of a perfe...
Navigating the hype and hope of psychedelic medicine
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Psychiatrist, internist, and addiction medicine specialist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article "Psychedelic-assisted therapy: science, safety, and...
Community cooperatives offer a solution to the affordable health care crisis
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Physician, author, and health care reform advocate David K. Cundiff discusses his article "Accountable care cooperatives: a 2026 vision for U.S. healt...
Modern technology must revolutionize the archaic physician job search
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Practicing anesthesiologist and the physician co-founder of Marit Health Rob Anderson discusses his article "Why can't finding a doctor job be like Zi...
Uterine aging plays a critical hidden role in IVF outcomes
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Fertility specialist Oluyemisi Famuyiwa discusses her article "Uterine aging in IVF: Why the 'soil' matters as much as the seed." Oluyemisi explains t...