Knock Knock Eye: Life Advice for Residents Starting Their First Month
Today's main event: how a physician-owned practice negotiates with UnitedHealthcare. UHC is notorious for raising premiums 20 to 30% while offering physician reimbursement bumps of about 1%. I walk th...
9 Jul 35min
Two Sisters, Two Cardiac Arrests, Zero Explanations with Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana
This week we're joined by Kendra Cunningham and Kayla Messana, sisters and co-hosts of the podcast Flatlined and Fine, and their stories are almost impossible to believe. Kayla was 31, healthy, three ...
7 Jul 1h 2min
Knock Knock Eye: World Cup Eye Injuries: An Ophthalmologist's Field Guide
I'm on call July 4th for the first time in what feels like forever, and I have fully lost perspective on what call should feel like. 2018 me, fresh out of an Iowa trauma center, would be horrified at ...
2 Jul 31min
Is the Match Broken? A Deep Dive into Medical Education with Dr. Bryan Carmody
I've been watching the Sheriff of Sodium break down medical education data on social media for years, so I'm thrilled to finally have Dr. Bryan Carmody on the show to help me understand what's actuall...
30 Jun 1h 5min
Knock Knock Eye: Mark Cuban's Case for Medicare for All and Total Financial Transparency
A few things on the agenda today. First, RFK Jr. and the MAHA crew want medical schools to dedicate around 40 hours, roughly 20% of preclinical training, to nutrition education. I have some thoughts. ...
25 Jun 25min
Everything You're Getting Wrong About Sleep with Sleep Doctor Chris
This week we sit down with Dr. Chris Allen, board-certified sleep medicine physician, board-certified pediatric neurologist, and a man who has been on CPAP therapy for 22 years. We cover how a sleep s...
23 Jun 1h
Knock Knock Eye: Is Medical Recertification a Money Grab?
I just watched The Backrooms and now I can't stop thinking about hospital liminal spaces. The basement. The pathology lab. The OR at 2 AM when you're going in for an open globe. We start there. Then ...
18 Jun 41min
Understanding Mitochondrial Disease with Dr. Heather Gatcombe
Dr. Heather Gatcombe, a clinical radiation oncologist at Emory, who immediately humbles me by explaining that her job involves a lot more than drawing circles on a screen, it involves medical physics ...
16 Jun 1h 1min
