Trauma Code

Dr. Oni Blackstock shares with the Trauma Code how the federal government's LCME is removing guidance on health equity for American medical schools as part of a larger assault on both black health outcomes and health education as a whole. Medical workers and institutions have a duty to push back and stand on principle in support of health equity research and education. We also love to our friends from Philadelphia and condolences for the end of the 76ers season.Music by Orquesta Baobab and Bahamadia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to a rapid responder who witnessed the confrontation between the Bushwick community and immigration enforcement officers who injured a detainee and brought them to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York over the weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear updates from Doctors Against Genocide partners in Gaza, Sudan and Congo.Music by Bad Bunny and Celia Cruz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We call independent journalist Daniel Montero from Belly of the Beast for updates from Havana. We also hear what representative Rashida Tlaib tells Doctors Against Genocide. Music from Los Aldeanos and Siba & Monkeyman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear the latest on the Israeli military assault on civilians in Lebanon from Dr. Eveline Hitti from the American University in Beirut and Sarah Bitar shares the art of Love and Resistance in Brooklyn. RIP Asha Bhosle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CUNY Sociologist Heba Gowayed talks about her book Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential as well as how the American Sociological Association has shut down discussion at its convention of genocide in Gaza or the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israeli institutions. All while listening to Heba's playlistMusic by DAM, Tootard and Ayonha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Doctors against genocide give world wide March 2026 updates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Milan Olympics and Paralympics through the World Baseball Classic in North American we talk to University of New Brunswick sports sociologist Nathan Kalmon Lamb to talk about the World Championships during the World War. Music by Tribe Called Quest, Bebeshito and Frank Delgado.Aired Monday March 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We speak to historian Andres Sebastian Pertierra about the historical context of the escalating war of attrition against Cuba and talk to Dr. Tanya Zakrison for updates from health care in Havana. RIP Jesse Jackson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tone Shift Collective shares independent listening party during a Trauma Code Radio Show music hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A pediatrician calls the Trauma Code on the day of his return. Respect to Bad Bunny, Bruce Springstein and Ted Hall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We call surgeon Dr. Justin Hatchimonji to discuss out of the University of Chicago, recently presented at the Scientific Assembly of the Eastern Association of the Surgery of Trauma exploring how school closures are related to neighborhood violence in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to partners on the ground about paramilitary violence by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis and how communities are organizing to defend and care for one another. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interview PICU nurse Emma Kading about the latest on NYSNA strike for nurses at the largest private hospital chains in New York City. Congratulations Senegal on the AFCON championship win and Happy Birthday to the King of Love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interfiew Aaron Stagoff-Belfort on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences article entitled "Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City." We also talk frankly about escalating ICE violence in Minnesota and around the country.Music by Roy Ayers, Digable Planets with GURU, Yeison Jimenez and Bob Weir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear directly from Venezuelan journalist Andreina Chavez with Dropsite News on updates from Caracas.Find more from her onhttps://www.instagram.com/andiealava/?hl=en https://substack.com/@andreinachavez Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to pulmonary critical care specialist Dr. Irtaza Khan reporting back from his recent trip to Gaza on the complications of the ongoing genocide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk Honduras elction updates and context with Jose Luis Granado Ceja of Dropsite News. Show recorded Monday 12/8 and does not contain commentary about subsequent developments in La Paz or off the coast of Venezuela. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have Nathan Kalman-Lamb back on the show to discuss his article in the Journal of the Sociology of Sport on Athleticide in Gaza and talk about efforts to hold Israeli sporting institutions especially Isareli Football accountable for the national campaign of genocide against Palestinians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Al Fashir native Ibrahim Alhaj about the history, culture and news from this Darfurian town under assault by the Rapid Support Forces, once known as Janjaweed. While listening to music from the region, we think about how to stop the genocide in Darfur and how to support the mutual aid Emergency Support Rooms that have sprouted out of the Resistance Committees that formed during the brief Sudanese Revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Suad Abdel Aziz from Decolonize Sudan about the genocide in Darfur, massacres in El Fashir and Algoney Dagalo in Washington DC. We also hear a Doctors Against Genocide Update from a medical worker refugee from Beit Lahia in Deir al Balah. Please note that Jose Manuel Tomas Arturo Chao Ortega (Manu Chau) is a Spanish-French musician whose entire family fled fascist violence in Spain during the Franco era across the border to France. Dr. Fitzgerald forgot the details of this family history during the episode and regrets any historical inaccuracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Toomey joins Drs. Fitzgerald and Raphael in the WBAI studios to discuss her new movie Left Behind and the challenges students with dyslexia face in NYC public schools and how families are working together to overcome them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Professor Emeritus Amy Hagopian, until recently the chair of the international section of the American Public Health Association before her membership was revoked in response to organizing within the organizaiton in support of Palestinian health and safety.Music by Turnstile and Yenovk Der Hagopian.Read more here: https://academeblog.org/2025/10/07/what-to-do-when-your-professional-association-breaks-your-heart/And sign on in support of Dr. Amy Hagopian https://forms.gle/zK4rMFqBiqsUaiDT6 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surgeon and research Dr. Arghavan Salles on the effect of government defunding and undermining science and scholarship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear form Australian surgeon Dr. Nada Abu Alrub after her forced evacuation of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Doctors Against Genocide update from Trauma Code on WBAI 99.5 in Brooklyn, New York City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear from Doctors Against Genocide including Zeinab Bakhiet, Hadija, and Dr. Muhammed on genocide from Palestine to the Sudan and the Congo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview with Nathan Kalman-Lamb about Athleticide and Genocide Denial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Eze Jackson about the his Dark City, Beats not Bullets, the Baltimore Beat, the Real News and Beach House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Dr. Jaime Slaughter-Acey for Black Maternal Health Week about her LIFE 2 research which has been targetted for defunding by the Trump administration attacks on the NIH. This is a re-release of an interview from April, but the episode was removed by Spotify when the show was hosted on Creators. But we back up now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Mimi Syed calls the Trauma Code with news from medical students from Gaza as we hear news that two of Nasser Hospital's medical students learning surgery from Dr. Khaled Alser were killed in a double tap shelling of the hospital in Khan Younis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to healthcare workers in Doctors Against Genocide about their recent stand in front of the UN. Music by Bad Bunny, Residente, and Robert Glasber. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about T Pain & Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Lehrer, Ziad & Assi Al Rabhani & Fairuz. We also talk about the some of the best music out of Petionville in the 1980s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Duncan Maru and Dr. Simon Fitzgerald discuss possibilities for healthcare change in NYC in the wake of the Zohran Mamdani nomination for democratic party mayoral candidate for the city. Whats really possible for a new administration in our line of work for New York City Health and Hospitals, for FDNY and first responders, for employees of the city and others? What are some potential legislative policies that the mayor's office should support? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We hear from Partners in Gaza about an Emergency call to end the genocidal violence and famine in Gaza. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to former president of Israeli Physicians for Human Rights about the recent piece in the New York Review. Also we hear from physicians in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis about the mass casualty shooting of civilians by the Israeli military at new aid corridors in Rafah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk with Dr. Franccesca Decker about the difficult medical and personal issues in helping loved ones navigate death and dying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taisha Smith of the Kings Against Violence Initiative joins us in the studio to talk about violence and healing in Brooklyn, New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We play messages from Dr. Feroze Sidhwa at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis about the missile strike on the hospital which killed his patient and the end of deconfliction as the Israeli military increasingly attacks aid workers. We remember the 15 Palestinian first responders buried in a mass grave in Rafah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interview Anvee Bhutani of Columbia University and the presence and forced absence of Mahmoud Kahlil in Upper Manhatton in the first half of the hour. We are then joined by Alain Martin about his film The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow Comes to Haiti.Music by Saint Levant and Medjy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We call Baltimore journalist Barnard Woods to talk about his recent article for the Rolling Stone detailing the right-wing takeover of Baltimore's paper of record. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a discussion of the Super Bowl and the latest from the Holy Land, we play presentations to Doctors Against Genocide by Dr. Mary Bassett and Dr. Mohamed S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interview Dr. Resa Lewiss about her new book Microskills. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Music by Mical Teja Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interview Oneg Ben Dror about torture in Israeli detention suffered by our partnerDr.  Khaled Alser , as well as the chair of orthopedic surgery at Shifa Hospital Dr. Adnan Al Bursh who was murdered in Israeli custody.  Music by Bob Wine, Usain Bolt, Rim Banna and Cleo Soul Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to our favorite Sudanese correspondent Dallia Abdelmoniem from Cairo about the Sudanese music and culture as well as latest developments in the civil war, violence in gezira, genocide in Darfur, lootingin Khartoum and the Relationship of the UAE and the RSF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We call our Gaza correspondent on sports and war, Palestinian jounalist Abubaker in Deir al-Balah. See his ground breaking article describing the life and death of Shaaban Al-Dalou at Drop Site News [https://substack.com/home/post/p-150287618] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discussion physician wellness, recognize secondary trauma and suicide among healthcare providers with our favorite OB-Gyn on the radio Dr. Sophia Lubin.Music by Alicia Keys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Simon Fitzgerald discusses the telemedicine collaboration with Nasser Hospital's trauma team with a global network of specialists as well as  the forced disapparance and torture of Dr. Khaled Alser, the lead author of a recently published article in The Lancet: Trauma care supported through a global telemedicine initiative during the 2023-24 military assault on the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestinian territory: a case series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We call our Gaza sports correspondent Abubaker Abed for his background, a brief history of football in Gaza and a sports update from the ground in Deir al Balah.  After this episode was recorded footballer Hamdi Lubbad was killed in Khan Younis and the Lions of Canaan, the Palestine national football team lost 3-1 to Jordan in World Cup Qualifiers in Kuala Lampur.Music bySergio Mendes with the Black Eyed PeasMira CraigAbuntuLondrelleStan Getz and Jiao Gilberto Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss our surgical witness to genocide in Gaza including gun shot wounds to the head in chest in children, the kidnapping and torture of healthcare workers and the demolition of water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in Gaza. Dr. Sidhwa shares his collaboration with the Uncommitted movement at the DNC in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.