The Podcast by KevinMD
Episodes
A physician's struggle with mental illness
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Was I that different? I had severe anxiety necessitating medication, compounded by stress, my own narcissistic tendencies, and a series of life choic...
How this physician discovered the power of mindfulness
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Could COVID-19 be an opportunity that brings the plight of health care professionals finally to the forefront? Protect us so we can protect you. Do...
How hospitals allocate scarce resources
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We are grateful to be avoiding the need to use draconian measures for resource allocation. We have been afforded the blessing of lead-time here in Lo...
Infection control lessons that we have learned so far
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it's already very clear that the infection prevention community in the U.S. has never faced such an...
Essential physician speaking tips and the power of story
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"People remember stories in your speech. The rest fades away. I learned that pearl of wisdom from studying great literature and telling personal stori...
How to handle family and parenting stress as a physician
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Being a parent in the middle of a pandemic is not easy. Sheltering in place with canceled daycare, school, and college, while also being a doctor or ...
Real estate investing for physicians
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Many physicians are looking for alternative sources of income and are looking for ways to diversify their investment portfolio from the volatility of...
A medical educator shares his love for medicine
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Each patient I have seen over these four decades has made me a better doctor. Books do not impact long term memory the way a real patient can. I once...
A psychiatrist explores the mental health of physicians
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We know that the past two months haven't been easy. We know about the sleepless nights, anger, tears, depression, and anxiety. We know all of this be...
Strategies to foster meaningful connection during telemedicine visits
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health care, with telemedicine emerging as a strategy to reduce risk exposures for patients and clinicians. Video v...
What we can learn from a palliative care chaplain
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Faced with the prospect of not being able to provide all COVID-19 patients with the life support that they may need, physicians and nurses are workin...
A physician who treats depressed, anxious, and suicidal teens
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"After almost 30 years in this profession, I have come to the conclusion that there is some truth to that, as no day or week passes that I do not have...
What is the medical basis of vampires and other medical myths?
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Where did the myth of vampires come from? Like many myths, it is based partly in fact. A blood disorder called porphyria, which has has been with us ...
Physician-moms carry the weight of the world on their shoulders
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"As women physicians, especially physician-moms and women physicians of color, we have handled and achieved more than the vast majority of the populat...
What is the current state and future of psychiatry?
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are the challenges facing psychiatry? How does psychiatry need to innovate the continue to thrive? What is the future of psychiatry What's your #...
A view from an infectious disease physician in Texas
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Death is not meant to be rushed. Saying goodbye shouldn't be rushed. Celebrating a life once lived cannot be rushed. And yet, we must. Taking a momen...
A public health update on COVID-19
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Over the last 100 years, the U.S. has had to respond to five avian flu pandemics. The most severe was the 1918 avian influenza infecting 1/3 of the w...
Pandemic behavioral health tips from a psychiatrist
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The unparalleled and pervasive nature of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic has touched all of us in some way. There is limited, albeit growing, research...
This is a time for national unity, not sensationalism
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Recent articles have accused some physicians of hoarding medications for themselves during our international medical crisis. Authors such as these sh...
Spare older anesthesiologists COVID-19 coronavirus risk
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"This pandemic presents a unique opportunity for senior anesthesiologists to see the benefit of accommodating the health care needs of our workforce. ...
How writing inspires this physician
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Being present is a wonderful thing. It relieves stress caused by focusing on failures of the past and worries of the future. Both realms are unreacha...
Marriage and parenting tips in the year 2020
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Recently, I realized that something needed to change in my family life. With three busy daughters at three different schools who participate in multi...
Telemedicine pitfalls and direct primary care in the year 2020
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"All too often, physicians and other health care providers have tried to do the right things for our patients to ultimately have had our hand slapped....
What's to blame for the obesity epidemic?
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Obesity is a topic that literally hits home for me. For the past two years, the website WalletHub has voted the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX metrop...
In these times of crisis, remember the Golden Rule
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We are in the midst of a crisis in humanity. While we are still dealing with COVID pandemic and its deleterious health, economic and societal consequ...
How a physician finds laughter during this dark time
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"With my passion for writing and connecting digitally with others in health care and the general public, this 'downtime' has allowed for an expansion ...
An emergency physician explains the importance of being fragile
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I had been trained to be this way. No panic, just a calm journeyman's approach to any affliction, like a mathematician working an equation. Years of ...
How racial issues affect both doctors and patients
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do racial issues affect patients' physical and mental health, and how do we address them during regular visits? For those without the lived experi...
Why physicians need to diversify their incomes
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Physicians have struggled and sacrificed to develop the clinical judgment and skill needed to provide competent clinical care. They have undergone ov...
Will telemedicine make us better diagnosticians?
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Sitting in front of my laptop with both of us on the screen, I can maintain decent eye contact even if I look something up or type something into the...
Physician finance tips in the year 2020
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Physicians are finding out that their jobs aren't as secure as they thought. Many have taken salary acts, are furloughed, or worse, laid off completel...
Heroism and a global health COVID perspective
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"We desperately want to be part of it. For most of us, this pandemic has tapped at a foundational, altruistic urge to do our part. Our friends and lov...
How the pandemic is affecting the residents
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"When the director of my general surgery program asked for a report on how the pandemic was affecting the residents, I queried my colleagues, promisin...
Coping with fear as a physician
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Few physicians feel properly prepared to face the fear caused by this pandemic. I certainly did not. However, we continue to show up every day for ou...
Breaking bad news to patients when they are alone
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Today, we got called on a patient in the ICU who recently had a new brain mass removed surgically. The specimen came back positive for an aggressive ...
A pathologist's urgent pandemic message to the public
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The events over the last couple of weeks have affected me deeply. Of course, I'm concerned about a novel virus that is infecting and killing people. ...
A physician in the venture capital world
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Most physicians have spent decades training for the day that they see their first patient or perform their first surgery. This extended time involved...
Art's healing power
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Each morning before the doctors came in for rounds; I'd paint feverishly whatever abstraction came to mind and what evolved from my situation. When I...
Feeling guilty for not being on the frontlines of the pandemic
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Do all physicians and scientists not on the frontlines of this pandemic feel this, or is it unique to women? Women in medicine and science have long ...
Giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic: an obstetric anesthesiologist's perspective
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for listening to the podcast. There were some audio difficulties during this interview, which I hope you can overlook. It certainly does not...
It's time to flip the medical school classroom
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"As a nearly graduated medical student, I have come to the conclusion that the focus of medical school is split between training and distinguishing me...
Coronavirus through a storytelling lens
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Come with me on this journey, this very ancient journey. To experience the age-old story of a very modern foe. This foe is invisible; it is neither l...
Immigrant and minority physicians at the frontline of pandemics
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It is no secret that we started off combating COVID-19 with disadvantages. Lately, news is rampant with coverage of the paucity of ventilators, hospi...
Ethical dilemmas in the pandemic era
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The donation of hydroxychloroquine, in contrast to the accompanying donation of 1,000 ventilators, is unethical as either humanitarian aid or as a 'r...
How doctors can navigate the financial crisis
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Out of the blue, a new virus popped up, and ten weeks later, it is a pandemic. Within the last ten weeks, doctors have identified this new disease, f...
Don't let the protests become last week's news. It is our reality every day.
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Here we are again, mourning the death of another black person at the hands of the people that are supposed to protect and defend our rights. Another ...
Racial disparities of COVID-19
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Some media outlets and public figures have heralded the ongoing pandemic as a great equalizer, referencing the pathogen's indiscriminate spread and d...
Why medical trainees need knowledge and education on health care systems and policy
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"As medical trainees, we will shape the rapidly changing health care environment in this country. We are fiercely advocating for our disadvantaged pat...
During the pandemic, faith keeps us together
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for listening to the podcast. There were some audio difficulties during this interview, which I hope you can overlook. It certainly does not...
How emotional antibodies can help recover from the impact of COVID-19
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"In my lifetime, I have encountered those who have seemingly endured far greater states of human privation than I could ever imagine (though I try to ...
Empathy is a crucial component when working with older adults
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Empathy is more than just loving an elderly loved one. It is more than simply making the decision we may feel is best for our loved one. Empathy is d...
Protect our medical trainees during the pandemic
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"When I first heard about medical schools fast-tracking graduation for students and shifting young residents into high need areas to fight the pandemi...
The USMLE needs better pandemic communication
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The USMLE has failed the medical education community, and subsequently, future patients, as medical students will undoubtedly have irreplaceable dama...
Dear AAMC: Please limit residency interviews
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The COVID-19 pandemic has turned medical education upside-down. From exclusively virtual pre-clerkship courses, to delayed clerkships, to canceled gr...
Emergency psychiatry during COVID-19
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"The reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic in the comprehensive psychiatric emergency program (CPEP) began insidiously, with an initial sense of unease. P...
How this emergency room nurse got diagnosed with PTSD
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Over a period of about two years, our city experienced a very large influx of seniors. One nearby town grew by over five thousand people. This, in tu...
COVID-19 from the New York City frontlines
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"As a physician anesthesiologist who has previously been on assignment for Doctors Without Borders in a resource-depleted region fraught with conflict...
Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard f...