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Medspectives
by Arvind Rajan
Medspectives is a series featuring conversations with health professionals from diverse backgrounds around the world, with the goal of understanding their unique viewpoints in social topics, common issues they see in the field, and anecdotes that have defined their career life. Medspectives is currently dedicated to covering the viewpoints and opinions of healthcare workers around the world in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the struggles they are facing. Hosted by Arvind Rajan.
Episodes
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PFAS - The Harmful "Forever Chemical" in Our Every Day Lives, with Dr. Jamie DeWitt, Toxicologist.
Today we're joined by one of my past professors, Dr. Jamie Dewitt, a toxicologist who has a focus on a particular group of environmental contaminants called PFAS. Consisting of more than 5,000 substances, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are found in all kinds of commercial products, including...
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The Nefarious History of the Opioid Crisis and A New Drug Platform to Address It with Dr. Mike Presti, SafeRx
I know it's been about a month since our last episode, but we're back with a super interesting talk about one of the biggest problems in medicine right now: the opioid crisis. Opioids, like hydrocodone and oxycodone, are used to treat patients with severe pain, whether it be post-surgery,...
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Power Outage During Open Surgery & Witnessing Suicide w/ Tyler Owens
In today's podcast, Tyler and I share stories from our short yet eventful time in medicine over the last couple of years.
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Being Bilingual as a Healthcare Professional, Dental Technology, and Connecting through Social Media with Dr. Luke Shapiro
Today we're joined by Dr. Luke Shapiro, an Orthodontist in New York. Dr. Luke has always been fascinated by languages, and this led him to major in Spanish in college. He shares insight into how his skill in Spanish and other languages has enabled him to form deeper connections with his patients....
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Reflecting on the Pre-Medical Journey - A Casual Conversation with my friend Tyler Owens
Today we switch it up a bit and I have a casual conversation with my friend Tyler about how the premed life is going right now for the both of us. We're both in the middle of applying to medical school, and we talk about how that's going, as well as reflect and give tips that we wish we knew in…
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Diabetic Complications in Rural India, the Surgeon who Inspired me to Pursue Medicine, and the Importance of Mentorship with Dr. Dheeban
Today we're joined by Dr. Dheeban, a general surgeon in India. This conversation means a lot to me, as Dr. Dheeban is the physician who really sparked my passion for medicine. About 4 years ago, I shadowed him in his rural clinic in India for a couple of months. I watched him perform all kinds of...
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The Digitization of Healthcare, Stopping Sepsis with Software, and the Tech Behind COVID Vaccine Clinics with Dr. Sarma Velamuri
Today we're joined by Dr. Sarma Velamuri, the CEO and co-founder of Luminaire, a medical software company shedding light on dark data. During his time as a physician, he remembers seeing multiple inefficiencies in hospitals, primarily in sepsis. He describes sepsis through an interesting metaphor...
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Google Glass, Radiology, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Nikolas Parisis
Dr. Parisis talks about just how many subspecialties there are in radiology. We also talked about one of my greatest fascinations: tech in healthcare! Dr. Parisis talks about his experience as a premed working with a medical scribing startup that used Google Glass - the smart glasses with a…
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COVID-19 Challenge Trials: Giving Volunteers COVID for SCIENCE! And the Future of Clinical Trials with Josh Morrison from 1DaySooner
Today we're joined by Josh Morrison, the co-founder and President of 1DaySooner. 1DaySooner is an organization that advocates for people who want to participate in high-impact medical trials, and their work with COVID-19 challenge trials really came into the limelight this past year. In essence…
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The Basics of Diabetes with Dr. Mittal
Today we're joined by Dr. Mittal, a family medicine physician in Southern California. I talked with Dr. Mittal about diabetes - and being a family medicine doc it is a condition he knows all too well. A diabetes diagnosis is never happy news, and Dr. Mittal runs us through how exactly he explains...
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Accidentally saving 200 Million Lives, Being a Gladiator Physician, Saving Lives on the Battlefield, and Deadly Water Pumps with Tyler Owens
Today, we're joined by my friend Tyler Owens and we decided to take it back to talk about healthcare professionals from history that have revolutionized the field in some way. I'm not a big history person, but in this conversation with Tyler, I realized just how crazy it is to understand how far...
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How to Get Into Med School during a Pandemic, What Happens Behind the Scenes at Admissions Committees, and Advice for all Pre-Meds with Mr. Christian Essman
Today we're joined by Mr. Christian Essman, the senior director of admissions at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and host of the All Access: Med School Admissions podcast where he interviews admissions faculty from across the nation. With med school applications right around…
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YouTube as a Med Student, Tips to Get Into Medical School, and Dealing with Failure with Ahmad Shahin
Today we're joined by Ahmad Shahin, a first-year medical student at the Mayo Clinic with over 30,000 subscribers on YouTube. I've been watching Ahmad's videos for almost a year now and reached out to him on a whim because he's a really inspiring guy and I'm sure anyone familiar with him would say...
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Animal Euthanasia vs Physician Assisted Suicide, the Vastness of Veterinary Medicine, and Puppies with Dr. Carling
Today we're joined by Dr. Carling Matejka, a veterinarian in Canada. I want Medspectives to capture all facets of medicine and veterinary medicine is something that I knew nothing about before I talked to Dr. Carling. While in human medicine you just need to focus on humans, for veterinary…
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90-Year-Old Dementia Patient Climbs a Tree, the Misunderstandings and Issues Facing Geriatrics with Dr. Farhan Alami
Today we're joined by Dr. Farhan Alami, a geriatrician in Singapore. Geriatrics is a field that is seeing unprecedented importance with the growing elderly population, however, the number of people that choose to pursue this field is not increasing even close to as much. Dr. Farhan explains how…
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Medicine during a Snowpocalypse, Cardiology, and Risk-and-Benefit Analysis with Dr. Aggarwal
Today we're joined by Dr. Arjun Aggarwal! Dr. Aggarwal is a second-year internal medicine resident in Austin, Texas, who aspires to become a cardiologist. I actually talked to him the day Texas lifted the mask mandate, and he clearly was not a big fan of the decision. We also talk about his time…
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How to Get into Australian Med School, Gut Health, and FOAMed on TikTok? with Dr. Ray Boyapati
Today we're joined by Dr. Ray Boyapati, a gastroenterologist in Australia. As much as I wanted to dedicate this whole episode to asking him for medical advice for my terrible gut problems, I decided it wouldn't be in your best interests. Instead, we talked about how well Australia handled COVID,...
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Eyes - The Windows Into Your Health with Dr. Damaris @newyorkeyedoc
Today we're joined by Dr. Damaris Raymondi, an optometrist in New York City. She is extremely passionate about her field, and during our conversation, she shares her story into optometry, the real importance of a yearly eye exam, medical conditions you can see through the eye, and more. Known as...
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Intoxicating Bread, his WHAT stuck in a bottle? and a Rod through the Head with Tyler Owens
Today I've got my friend Tyler Owens on the podcast again sharing the rather interesting stories of healthcare professionals from history. I don't want to spoil anything, but if you're a fan of medical oddities and rare cases, you're gonna love this episode. Just a brief overview, we talk about a...
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The Greatest Medical Discovery Ever with Tyler Owens
Wanted to try something new on the show, so I reached out to my friend Tyler who is also a fellow pre-med I went to school with. I remember we met volunteering at a science fair and just started talking about surgery and medicine so I was like he'd be awesome on the podcast. Today we talk about...
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The National Health Service, the Power of Film, and TikTok Medical Humor with Dr. Khalid Zalmay
One of my favorite parts of running this podcast is making connections and friends with people all around the world. From this conversation with Dr. Khalid, we discovered a mutual love for videography, and we talk about the power of storytelling in film. Dr. Khalid shares how film is what kept…
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Anti-Asian Bias, BLM Movement, and Social Justice in Medicine with Nurse Ariel
We're joined by Ariel, an ICU nurse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She talks about her unique background in medicine, and how she actually got her bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management before deciding to go to nursing school. We also talk about the Anti-Asian bias that has spiked due to the...
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The Medicine of Music: NHSessions with Dr. Bodalia
Today we're joined by Dr. Bodalia, a junior doctor working in the UK. Morale among healthcare workers during COVID has been especially low and seeing this Dr. Bodalia had a plan to help address it. What started with his idea of DJ'ing in his kitchen on Instagram Live while whipping up breakfast,...
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Changing the Face of Medicine with Dr. Cedric Bright
Today we're joined by Dr. Cedric Bright, the Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at the Brody School of Medicine. Dr. Bright talks about his 30 years in medicine, and how it started with majoring in film as an undergrad. He talks about going from selling solar panels in the 80s to retaking...
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The Misunderstandings about the Ambulance with Tiffany Thompson
Welcome to Medspectives, the podcast about health professionals, the stories of their practice, and their diverse perspectives into the world around us. I'm your host, Arvind Rajan, and today we're joined by Tiffany Thompson, a paramedic in Pitt County, North Carolina. Paramedics tell some of the...
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Overcoming the Odds and Inspiring the Future with Dr. Antonio Webb
Welcome to Medspectives, the podcast about health professionals, the stories of their practice, and their diverse perspectives into the world around us. I'm your host, Arvind Rajan, and today we're joined by Dr. Antonio Webb. Dr. Webb is a spine surgeon who overcame countless odds in his journey...
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Gen Z Doctors, The Art of Gaining Trust, & The Challenge of Diabetes with Dr. Anupam Mittal
Today we're joined by Dr. Anupam Mittal, a family medicine physician. Dr. Mittal describes the field of family medicine in detail while dispelling common misconceptions. Definitely stick on till the end where he talks about a case of a healthy 14-year-old who suffered from a heart attack that was...
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Vaccine Hesitancy, Interprofessional Healthcare, and The Future of Medical Education with Dr. Hudson Garrett
Today we're joined by Dr. Hudson Garrett. Dr. Garrett has an extremely diverse background, as he not only works as a paramedic, but also has a Ph.D. in healthcare administration, and is an assistant professor of infectious disease at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. These diverse...
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Anesthesia, Stress, and Role Models with Rhianna Ferial
Today we're joined by Rhianna Ferial, a nurse anesthetist. I find Rhianna's story particularly interesting because she is not only dedicated to helping her patients, but runs a YouTube channel with over 30,000 subscribers, where she makes videos sharing her experiences. She covers every part of…
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Trauma Surgery - Dramatized by Movies, Home to Adrenaline Junkies, and COVID Ethics with Dr. Goettler
Today we're joined by Dr. Claudia Goettler, a trauma surgeon at Vidant Medical Center. Trauma surgery is a field we hear a lot about in movies and tv shows, and I wanted to talk to Dr. Goettler about what the realities of the field are. Dr. Goettler and I chat about this, and the field of trauma...
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Autism - Known by All, but Understood by Few with Aurora Shafer
When I started Medspectives, I was focused kind of only on health professionals themselves, but I'm realizing how important it is to understand just how diverse health perspectives can be, coming from different people. Aurora is autistic and is also passionate about autism advocacy - I think she...
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A Tobacco-Free World - An Ambitious yet Feasible Future with Dr. Thangaraju
Today we're joined by Dr. Murugesan Thangaraju. This episode is a little different, as we aren't hearing specifically from someone actively practicing medicine, but instead from a clinical researcher with immense health implications. Dr. Thangaraju is a clinical researcher at Duke University...
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The Stigma Behind Mental Health, and How Exactly do you Treat It? with Dr. Shelton
In today's episode, we have Dr. PG Shelton a psychiatrist at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville North Carolina. Dr. Shelton and I chat about the field of psychiatry as a whole, as well as his passions for child psychiatry. We talk about the stigma around mental health treatment and their...
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Everything is COVID! with Dr. Bradby
In today's episode, we talk to Dr. Cassandra Bradby, the residency director for emergency medicine at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. She shares how medical education for emergency medicine residents in the hospital changed due to the pandemic, as well as the fear patients…
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Overcoming Self-Doubt, the Cardiovascular ICU, and Social Issues while Empowering Others with Al The ICU Murse
This last week, I had the opportunity to talk to Alvaro Sarria, a cardiovascular ICU nurse in Arizona, also known as @theICUMurse on Instagram. You might know Al from his post that went viral earlier in the pandemic - talking about the gruesome process and drugs that are administered during the...
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For the Children! with Dr. Longshore
In today's episode, we have Dr. Longshore, a pediatric surgeon at Vidant Medical Center. While I was talking with her, and I'm sure you'll feel this too, I could really sense like the amount she loved not only her profession but the children she treats. We talk about COVID, and how scary it is…
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Emergency Medicine, Hurricanes, and Questionable Research during COVID-19 with Dr. Juan March
In this episode, we have Dr. Juan March, an emergency medicine physician at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. March shares his story of not only practicing in the emergency department during COVID and his eye-opening experiences but, also making difficult decisions with...
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Introduction to Medspectives
Welcome to Medspectives a podcast that shares stories from health professionals around the world ranging from paramedics to physicians that will ultimately allow us to better understand their diverse perspectives. Now you might ask, what is the value of learning about these perspectives? And I...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Medspectives is a series featuring conversations with health professionals from diverse backgrounds around the world, with the goal of understanding their unique viewpoints in social topics, common issues they see in the field, and anecdotes that have defined their career life. Medspectives is currently dedicated to covering the viewpoints and opinions of healthcare workers around the world in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the struggles they are facing. Hosted by Arvind Rajan.
HOSTED BY
Arvind Rajan
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Medspectives is a series featuring conversations with health professionals from diverse backgrounds around the world, with the goal of understanding their unique viewpoints in social topics, common issues they see in the field, and anecdotes that have defined their career life. Medspectives is...
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