The Podcast by KevinMD

Health care executive Jason Griffin discusses his article "." Jason explains how rural providers in the U.S. face critical infrastructure failures and staffing shortages that threaten their ability to serve communities. He explores why standard...

Physician executive Christina Johns discusses her article "." Christina explains how clinicians in the U.S. are facing unprecedented burnout due to administrative burdens that detract from patient care. She explores how artificial intelligence can...

Emergency physician Kenneth Ro discusses his article "." Kenneth explains why men between 40 and 60 often visit clinics requesting hormone testing when they are actually suffering from a profound loss of identity and purpose. He distinguishes being...

Board-certified pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article "." Jessie explores the unique psychological weight carried by firstborn women who are taught early on to hold everything together at the cost of their own...

Internal medicine and pulmonary physician Bharat Desai discusses his article "." Bharat shares the shocking moment he realized an obsolete pituitary extract from 1952 was being sold for the price of a house. He explains how pharmaceutical companies...

Orthopedic surgeon Kevin J. Campbell discusses his article "." Kevin explains how the current medical system is stuck in an obsolete pipeline model similar to early internet directories where human gatekeepers create dangerous delays in communication....

Psychotherapist and patient advocate Sara Rands discusses her article "." Sara shares her harrowing journey of finding a lump at age 32 despite having no family history and receiving a stage 3C diagnosis. She highlights the terrifying reality that...

Psychiatrist Farid Sabet-Sharghi discusses his article, "." Farid explains how the human psyche is evolutionarily wired for connection, making the current climate of hostility and division deeply traumatic. He connects the panic and anxiety seen in...

Interventional physiatrist Francisco M. Torres discusses his article, "." He shares his vulnerable story of undergoing a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and the unexpected shame and "erosion of dignity" caused by severe urinary incontinence....

Vascular surgeon Xzabia Caliste discusses her article, "." She shares the heartbreaking personal story of witnessing both her aunt and uncle lose their limbs to peripheral artery disease (PAD), a preventable condition that causes over 400 amputations...

Pediatric endocrinologist Shara Bialo discusses her article, "." She highlights that back-to-school visits are a critical window to screen for type 1 diabetes (T1D), a disease where sixty-two percent of new cases currently result in life-threatening...

Health care executive Kevin King discusses his article, "." Kevin explains why the return to classrooms often triggers a surge in respiratory illnesses (like the flu, COVID-19, and RSV) and how diagnostic tests are a critical tool for managing them....

Developmental-behavioral pediatrician Ronald L. Lindsay discusses his article, "." He shares his profound professional and personal pivot, moving from a decades-long focus on measurable goals to understanding the deep trauma and harm caused by applied...

Assistant professor of professional practice Adrian Reynolds discusses his article, "" He explores how a student's frustrated question, "Did I get dumber?" reveals the deep crisis of professional identity formation (PIF) in medical education. Adrian...

Otolaryngologist Brian F. Worden discusses his article, "." He reveals that for the 26-47 percent of tinnitus patients who also report migraines, the tinnitus may actually be an atypical migraine symptom, even without a headache. Brian explains how...

Urologist William Lynes discusses his article, "." He confronts the tragic reality of physician burnout and suicide, arguing the culture of overwork is bred into medical training from day one. William proposes a critical shift in medical education: a...

Medical student Chuka Onuh and orthopedic surgery resident Ogechukwu Onuh discuss their article, "." They share lessons learned as siblings navigating medical training, focusing on the critical need to be intentional with time and avoid the "illusion...

Retired nurse practitioner Heidi Sykora discusses her article, "." She provides an evidence-based perspective on why kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) should not be treated as a dangerous opioid, clarifying the significant pharmacological difference between...