The Podcast by KevinMD
Episodes
Leadership lessons from Mayo Clinic
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In the emergency department I treat patients based upon my expert judgment. I can explain to you the sensitivities and specificities of the tests I o...
KevinMD interview by Cory Calendine, MD
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode, I'm on the other side of the microphone. It's an honor to be interviewed by Cory Calendine, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a ...
EMDR therapy's transformative power
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) therapy kicked off my personal transformation from a self-absorbed workaholic in an industry of ...
A medical lifeline for the aging male
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It seems too good to be true, but it is: physical activity improves every health outcome we can name. Note that some of those benefits arrive in the ...
A national strategy on hunger, nutrition, and health
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I acknowledge that many problems currently plague our country. However, hunger, food insecurity, and poor health are national priorities that require...
A physician's postpartum depression
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I may be practicing the art of repression and washing myself of any speck of contamination that would take me back to the state from which I have com...
Building individual health equity
25 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Building individual health equity starts with a commitment to price transparency. The current system favors a broader, value-based model that does ...
Being a physician and a son at the same time
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"As we continue this journey as a family in what will likely be an even more challenging six months ahead, the last six months have provided lifelong ...
26 hours in a day: the impossible math of providing quality care
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Until I have dedicated time during the week to tend to administrative tasks, I must work 12 to 14 hours most days just to stay afloat. If I fail to w...
Coaching or mentorship: What is the solution for physicians?
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Over the years, I have mentored a lot of trainees. After discovering coaching and seeing my career transform after I started working with a coach, I ...
Wisdom from 50 years a doctor
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"This last doctor was also the happiest doctor I have ever met. He was not a youngster but had a wonderful following of patients and was loved by the ...
Physician contract horror stories
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"As a physicians' attorney who focuses his practice on physician contract review, I have seen some truly horrendous results after physicians have sign...
When doctors develop [patient] portal hypertension
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Physicians today are confronting yet another epidemic, one that affects doctors directly and is not caused by a virus. It is the result of the 'patie...
Primary Care 2.0: new thinking and practice redesign
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"When my colleagues and I visited high-performing primary care clinics across the country, we sought insights to inform a new model for providing the ...
Physicians with mental illness shouldn't hide
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Doctors with mental illness don't need more suicide awareness — we're aware. And we don't need confidential treatment opportunities. What we need i...
What does it mean to truly be an ally?
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"We can all work to improve our empathy towards those who differ from us. Please continue to keep an open mind and consider true allyship." Nkem Asian...
Nutrition's impact on pain and obesity
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Both pain and obesity can have a multitude of causes. Therefore, reducing pain and body weight should be approached in a multifactorial way; nutritio...
Why Black and brown kids are falling through the cracks
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Our primary care systems should be designed for all the kids and families they are intended to serve. Incorporating system navigators to support the ...
You need to ask these questions to teens starting hormone therapy
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"A good history and physical, including screening, can prevent consequences that burden a patient's daily life and increase health care costs. Assessi...
What my 10 year old is teaching me about boundaries
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"You are worthy of your own boundaries. You are worthy of protecting what matters to you. Get clear about them. The time to start is now. You deserve ...
Every physician should own a timeshare
11 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If you are a physician, don't fall for the tall tales you have heard from people who do not know how to use their timeshare or were never good candid...
All I ever wanted to be was a nurse
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The hospital ripped my passion for nursing away from me on Thursday. All I've ever wanted to be was a nurse. I have no faith in any hospital leaders ...
An empowered woman's guide to better health
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Women rely on the internet more heavily than men do to understand health concerns, engage with others about health, and use technology to support hea...
A personal mission to get obese patients on GLP-1 agonists
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Obesity is not the consequence of bad behaviors it is a disease that finally has effective, safe, lasting treatments. Patients with obesity have been...
Leading an organizational culture change? Consider an apology first.
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"While patients, the workforce, and key outcomes are way better off in a culture of safety, the process from toxic to healthy culture requires a chall...
How women manage and mismanage their health
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Shame has no place in illness or in health. The first step to eradicating shame is to openly speak up about symptoms and concerns and for health care...
When should you consider a Caribbean medical school?
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If we want to achieve a physician workforce that mirrors our population, medical schools must collectively understand that we have created an admissi...
What you need to know about sensory processing disorders
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Understanding and recognizing sensory processing issues may help improve functioning and quality of life for many individuals, starting with children...
Bulletproof backpacks: There's more we can do
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"As a parent of elementary school children, every mass shooting, particularly ones killing school children like in Uvalde, jolts my doing-the-mom-thin...
Preventing prostate cancer with simple, proactive choices
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"You have the power to make healthier choices to reduce your risk for prostate cancer. While things like genetics are out of your control, there is a ...
Time constraints in physical therapy
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Picture this. A patient in a hospital or rehab facility has just finished exercising with therapy. He is thirsty, and he thinks he might as well ask ...
Effective doctors need to be challenged
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Empathy, intelligence, and commitment are crucial traits every doctor must have to succeed. However, there is one trait that stands above the rest. O...
Let doctors in recovery be able to recover their careers
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"During addiction, the brain becomes 'hijacked,' which then 'exaggerates the need for the drug and minimizes the dangers associated with the use of th...
A physician's remedy for stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"My own burnout episode forced me into some heavy-duty soul-searching and serious reflection. I got lost in the world of seeing as many patients as po...
What anticipatory grief feels like
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I experienced many deaths when I was a nurse, from babies, kids, young adults, the elderly, and my own family. It was always heartbreaking, but I fou...
Opioid-free orthopedic surgery
26 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"How do we manage this? All patients meet with the physical therapist before surgery and within two days after surgery. They use transcutaneous electr...
Science impacts our lives more profoundly than we appreciate
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Scientific research impacts our lives, however, and much more profoundly than we generally appreciate. Considering the wide-ranging benefits, science...
How this primary care doctor found his dream practice
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"My quality of life is outstanding. I leave work every evening only after every call is answered, fax addressed, a prescription delivered, then retrea...
Top questions doctors ask health care attorneys
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Being a transactional lawyer for physicians is never dull because the more the regulations, guidance, and laws change, the more questions everyone ha...
KevinMD on the Co-Learning Clinician podcast
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, I'm on the other side of the microphone. I'm interviewed by CMEfy's Brian Cohen on the Co-Learning Clinician podcast, and we ...
As doctors, caring is our poetry
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The art and craft of being a physician and finding meaning in our care of others are to make poetry out of our lives." Steven Kamajian is a family p...
How whole-person care can make us better healers
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"My lifelong quest to become a healer — over 40 years as a family physician, scientist, and researcher with the National Institutes of Health, the W...
We're confusing resilience with grit
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not that physicians need to be more resilient. We've failed to provide them with the goodwill to be human and embrace their "whole selves" (peop...
Meet the doctor who had a colonoscopy without anesthesia
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If you did not have a colonoscopy, I would still recommend that you do it in a conventional way and get that IV sedation. But if you are an adventure...
Why you should add advance directives to your college freshman's checklist
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Suppose you're getting ready to send your young adult off to college for the first time. In that case, you've likely been spending the summer getting...
What it means to leave clinical medicine
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Not too long ago, a circumstance occurred. I have experienced similar circumstances several times in my career. However, this time, my response was d...
Preparing for fall and winter: Importance of COVID-19 vaccination during the flu season
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special sponsored episode. I'm joined by Dr. Filip Dubovsky. He is an infectious disease physician, executive vice president, and chief medica...
Keeping rural hospitals in the game
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Without a strong rural health care system, our nation's ability to expand and contract with surges in demand will become very limited. When hospitals...
Urging patience with patient self-advocacy
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I have come to appreciate why doctors find self-directed patients challenging, if not downright difficult. I wish all docs would engage with us, hear...
Health care is upside down
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"With regard to health care in the USA, the quote from Dickens is twice correct. We are in the best of times for knowledge, capability, and potential....
Addressing pain in patient experience surveys
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Yes, the opioid crisis in this country has caused a reckoning in the medical field about how to treat patient pain. Ignoring the pain will not make i...
Toughness is not defined by a dollar amount
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It has now been almost four years since I transitioned to academia. I see fewer patients per day and take fewer call. I also have more time with each...
How a medical-legal consultant refuted a pre-existing medical condition argument
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Doing medical-legal consulting is a great way to use your medical training in a non-clinical field that really helps people. One of the many things w...
Mental Health Technologies: Revolutionizing technology within the behavior health care field
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special sponsored episode, I'm joined by Ernie Wallerstein, CEO of Mental Health Technologies, or MHT. MHT is a cloud-based platform that enab...
A doctor's journey through constraints and creativity in the ER
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Baruch is an emergency physician and author of Tornado of Life: A Doctor's Journey Through Constraints and Creativity in the ER. We discuss his ...
Protect Black women's maternal health
06 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It is impossible to fix a system with an unwillingness to bend. It means working together to accomplish a goal. Living in the gray requires a commitm...
My one case of COVID impacted dozens of lives
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If any of those people get infected, their illness will potentially impact dozens more. COVID infection may now be 'just a cold,' at least for the va...
Stop going through the motions and actually have the life you dreamed of
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Try incorporating the three small practices of your choice into your day-to-day for two weeks and watch your experience of your life transform. You h...
Who reads personal statements?
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"You received an interview invite based on ERAS filters the program set, so you already have your foot in the door. Don't have them yawning at a two-p...
Doctors are like hamsters running on an exercise wheel to nowhere
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"No wonder doctors feel like hamsters running on an exercise wheel to nowhere. And this sense of futility is driving burnout. How much patient care wi...
My sister went to the hospital seeking help. Instead, she died.
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I am heartbroken at the loss of my sister. No, breast cancer didn't physically kill her, and for that, I am grateful. Its presence in her medical his...
Can the Inflation Reduction Act build back medicine better and reduce climate change?
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"There is great hope for this bill to accomplish the stated goals in the medical and energy worlds. There are many excellent summaries regarding this ...
A Hungarian Jewish man's fight for freedom
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Despite the terror of the Soviets, it was clear that not even their mighty tanks could eradicate the social tides that now, like a tsunami, could not...
Why psychological explanations for long COVID are dangerous
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and their allies will rally in DC, London, and Edinburgh this September to "demand bold, urgent governme...
When patients want their doctors to heal
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I think it's much more likely that my patients — some of whom are terminal and facing their own mortality; others who are suffering through a multi...
Giving language to empathy: lessons from palliative care
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The value of empathy in medicine is seldom debated. Just as the art of medicine is taught as the balance of knowledge and application, so has empathy...
Want to improve telehealth? Ask people with disabilities.
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The tech industry needs to invest in developing platforms and devices with active, consistent, and frequent input from the disability community. This...
Meet the primary care doctor who's happy with his job
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"There is no temptation to go back to my old life. I hit rock bottom and have been enjoying a doctor's job. My future is bright. My income is gr...
Habits of highly effective interns
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The clocks have flash forwarded, and here I am supervising incoming interns on the 1st of July (which for the past two years has fallen on a weekend)...
A cancer patient's last wish
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I smiled, put the lamb curry in front of her, and instructed her granddaughter on how much time to heat it up in the microwave. Val wasn't in a condi...
How AI-based technology can help improve hospital capacity management
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Health system leaders can master this 'chess game' by anticipating the next several moves well in advance with the assistance of AI-based predictive ...
How the internet broke parenting
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Modern parenting comes with challenges that only a modern parent can understand. As both a pediatrician and a mother, I dispense with the advice I wi...
Food allergies are not a joke
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I was truly gutted when watching the recent Saturday Night Live that joked about nut allergies. My son Joshua, who is 16 years old, has an anaphyla...
Boundaries for women physicians
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I learned the hard way what can happen when physicians—especially women physicians—lack personal boundaries. Before hitting my low point, I had n...
Using simulations to improve medical decision making
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The scenario is preset, and hence based on a lot of constraints, but when it is run, there is freedom for everyone to operate. This freedom to take p...
Hearing is connected to well-being
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"As an audiologist, treating hearing loss is a part of my everyday life. Even still, I'm sometimes amazed at the difference hearing aids can make in p...
I wanted to care for people, so I became a direct primary care doctor
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I've started to understand many aspects of business, and although we've done some pretty amazing things in the past two years, we've also made people...
Emotional eating: Why you always want food
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I've consistently found that most of the doctors who want coaching help feel like I did when I struggled with my weight: They weren't feeling like th...
How discovering trauma changed this doctor's life
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In some ways, my diagnosis was the beginning of the rest of my life. I'm now a health coach, helping women struggling with chronic stress and anxiety...
End printed medical journals
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"For the better part of two decades in medicine, I considered printed journals an old friend. Getting my latest medical journal in the mail, opening i...
What physicians can do in Ukraine
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"You can talk about Ukraine and the courage of the Ukrainian people as you talk to colleagues and patients and as you talk to family and friends in yo...
KevinMD on the Stay Off My Operating Table podcast
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, KevinMD is on the other side of the microphone as he's interviewed by cardiothoracic surgeon Philip Ovadia and patient advoca...
A pediatrician reflects after a difficult conversation
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"There is silence, then the words from the family flow forth. Angry, accusatory, confused, dismissive, worried, ugly, personal. The words cut deeply, ...
Miscarriages in a post-Roe world
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"The consequences of making miscarriage management unsafe will land most heavily on the marginalized and vulnerable. Our appalling maternal mortality ...
Exploring the critical gaps in Canada's health workforce planning
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"We need to stop simply clapping our hands in support of health workers — and start planning to create better workforce conditions for them. Let's...
Who are the neurodiverse people in your life?
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Neurodiverse individuals enhance our lives. Without neurodiverse people, we wouldn't have Ghostbusters (Dan Akroyd has Asperger's syndrome, which is ...
There are so many paths to financial freedom
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"More than anything, I want to help our physician colleagues build financial freedom. We work with so many talented and passionate individuals. I know...
Meet the emergency physician who writes satire
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In the dark radiology reading rooms, only the gentle hum of the computers and the quiet chatter of residents dictating radiology reads break the sile...
Public health requires collective courage
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"To create a healthier, more just, and more equitable world, we must confront the truth, and that requires an act of collective courage. Perhaps there...
Premature babies grow up. It's time to pay attention.
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Premature babies (a.k.a. preemies) and their families are increasingly becoming a powerful voice in society. Life in and after the neonatal intensive...
Your anesthesiologist cares for you
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"It's one of the hard things about anesthesiology. A window opens, you work like all get out, doing all sorts of things while the breeze blows in, the...
Insurance companies deny medical care. And that's wrong.
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Securing prior authorizations is a daily ordeal for most doctors' offices. Doctors report that, on average, they must get insurance company approvals...
My postpartum blood pressure spike
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"I think about my preeclampsia-specific and general knowledge gaps. I could not recall learning about postpartum preeclampsia in my prenatal classes. ...
Think about genetics in heart disease
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Despite these high numbers, we cardiologists often look to genetic screening last in our diagnostic workup. But without genetic screening, we can't a...
A physician's reflections with certainty in medicine
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Lacking a supreme being in which to place our faith, my wife and I decided to make the most difficult decision of our lives and discontinue life supp...
We are all responsible for women physicians' pay discrepancy
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Take the time to invest in yourself; it is the best investment you can make. Work to improve your communication, negotiation skills, and financial li...
Practical solutions to prevent and prepare for hypoglycemia
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Despite advances in diabetes care, hypoglycemia remains a common complication. Yes, new therapies are associated with less hypoglycemia risk, and pati...
If you can't connect the issues, think connective tissues
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"When Lauren came to my office as a 16-year-old, she had been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and a few other chronic ...
A 15-minute relationship fix
24 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Depression involves withdrawal, withdrawal from oneself and others. Feeling safe enough in a relationship to reveal our innermost feelings safely is ...
KevinMD on PermanenteDocs Chat
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, KevinMD is on the other side of the microphone as he's interviewed by Dr. Alex McDonald, originally aired as a PermanenteDocs...