One of those "based on a true story" things where you're sitting there reading a perfectly serviceable novel, then they make with the "bow-chica-bow-wow" or whatever the literary equivalent is.By Chuck Parker

The title cut off a new spoken word/poetry/comedy concept album about modern life vs mother natureNow available at Bandcamp, 3 inch cd-r's forthcominghttps://drquinnmedicinewoman.bandcamp.com/album/picking-trash-to-save-the-planetBy Dr Quinn

About two unapologetic couples who think having sex is unheard of by many people.By The Dimquats

Forces unknown compelled me.By Anna Lea-Mollay

For the love of sexy ZOMBIES!!!!!By DOCTOR SARCOFIGUY

This is a parody of Mr Frump's Iron Lung, by Weird Al...but about Darth Vader, from the viewpoint of Obi Wan...because writing the song about something else would be hard.Vader sound effect by quicksounds . com (for attribution not affiliation)By Dr Quinn

I couldn't find a Country version of the Total Eclipse of the Heart song so I decided to try and do my own. It's Eclipse Day!!By whataweirdweek

A song about cribbage, or is it...By DJ Pom

Joining me today is Dr. Quraishi, a pediatric intensivist and ECMO advocate. In this episode, we discuss how he began his medical schooling at 16 in Mumbai, India, his transition to America to continue medical training, and how ECMO is changing and will continue to change healthcare.

Joining me today is Dr. Choll Kim, a Harvard Medical School graduate who completed his residency at UCSD Medical Center and a complex spine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. He is currently in private practice in San Diego, CA, where he specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery. In this episode, we discuss a number of topics including what made …

Joining me today is Dr. Alan Daniels, chief of spine surgery at brown university and University Orthopedics. In this episode, we discuss how Dr. Daniels found his way to both healthcare and to his surgical specialty. We also discuss how he handles training his residents and his theory on how a patient should seek out the best surgeon for their need…

Joining me today is Dr. Thomas Gruber. Board-certified neurosurgeon in Paducah Kentucky at Baptist Health. In this episode we discuss. How the democratization of technologies is making patient care better, and how his passion for helping patients with glioblastoma‘s has led him to write a patient’s guide for the illness.…

I’m Todd Schlosser and joining me today is Dr. Charles Levy, MBA, neurological surgeon and CEO of Affordable Healthcare Solutions. In this conversation, we discuss his transition from soldier to doctor. We also take a look at how a mentor’s faith in his abilities changed his medical career and how new technologies can be used in healthcare to reduc…

Joining me today is Dr. Leon Eydelman, an Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Unit Physician. In this conversation, we discuss why he decided to focus on emergency medicine. We also take a look at his focus on ECMO and his experiences with setting up ECMO programs. Enjoy the conversation.

In this episode, we examine what has led to the current blood crisis in America and how this issue is impacting hospitals, healthcare workers, and patients. We also discuss how we can all work together to overcome this crisis. Enjoy the conversation.

Joining me today is Greg Mork, Director of Clinical Perfusion at Rush University Medical Center. In this conversation, we discuss how he “backed into” his job as a perfusionist, how the training for perfusionists has changed over the years, and he shares an incredible story that left both of us in tears.…

Joining me today is Ed DeLaney, the Director of Perfusion at Northwell Health, and Dr. Derek Brinster, a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon and Director of Aortic Surgery at Northwell Health. In this conversation, we discuss how perfusionists and surgeons work together to provide excellent patient care during heart surgery. We also examine how vital c…

Joining me today is Dr. Ziad Hage from Novant Health in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Hage is a board-certified skull-based neurosurgeon specializing in cerebrovascular and endovascular approaches. In this episode, we talk about how his family inspired him to enter the healthcare space, what exactly led him to the surgical space, his transition from Lebanon t…

Joining me today is Artem Zhosan. In this episode, we discuss how he transitioned from being a perfusionist in Ukraine to becoming an RN and ECMO Specialist in the United States. We also discuss what his day-to-day is like as an ECMO specialist, who exactly he works with everyday, and what he loves about his job.…

Today we are talking to Tina, Kristen, and Jeff from Fairfield Medical Center’s sterile processing department. In this episode, we discuss the interesting realm of SPD. We highlight what they handle on a daily basis, sterile processing’s impact on patients, and the subsequent achievement of surgeon satisfaction.…

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the realm of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO has become a very common support for COVID-19 patients, and Michael and I explore the reasoning behind that option. We discuss how ECMO should be administered, how doctors determine when to put patients on ECMO, and how it is impacting COVID-19 o…

In this episode we discuss how an early experience in a hospital led him to want to practice medicine, how reading a book about neurosurgery helped him decided that was the speciality for him and how his rural hospitals lack of navigation systems lead him to creating his own utilizing the computing power of his iPhone…

Joining me today is Kristian Young (title) at SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss how her path in medical school led her to a career in intraoperative neuromonitoring, how she developed a passion for guiding new IONM clinicians, and how she does that in her role at SpecialtyCare. We also examine what a new hire in SpecialtyCare’s IONM progra…

Joining me today is Sam Weinstein, MD, MBA, CEO of SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss the SpecialtyCare Medical Mission trip endowment, how the endowment is helping perfusionists participate in medical missions, and how Dr. Weinstein’s life and career have been impacted by his participation in similar trips. Enjoy the conversation.…

Joining me today are Aaron, Irene, and Owen, surgical neurophysiologists that are currently in the Intraoperative Neuromonitoring New Hire program at SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss their individual motivations to enter the IONM field, what they were doing before IONM, and how they are handling the intensive training program at Specialty…

Today, Al and I discuss his path to perfusion. We examine how his career in perfusion research began, how it has changed over the years, and how it led him to winning the John H. Gibbon Jr. award. This prestigious award honors a candidate for making a significant contribution to the cardiopulmonary discipline interrelating with the field of extraco…

Today, Ray and I discuss the motivation behind his journey to become a neurosurgeon. We also examine why exactly someone might seek out his medical speciality and how his field is innovatively prioritizing patient care.

Today Quincy and I discuss The New School of Perfusion that will soon be opening its doors at Lipscomb university. In doing so we talk about what goes into opening a school of perfusion, how Lipscomb came to the decision to open such a school, And how a partnership with SpecialtyCare was vital in helping make that decision…

Joining me today is Dr. Jonathan Rasouli, a Spinal Neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. In this conversation we discuss what it was that made him shift his collegiate path from engineer to Surgeon. We also discuss why he choose to focus on neurosurgery, how drastically the field of neurosurgery has changed in the 13 years since he started med scho…

Joining me today is Dr. Stephen Griffith, a board certified neurosurgeon In this conversation, Dr. Griffith and I discuss how he achieved his childhood goal of become a doctor. We also discuss how he developed an interest movement disorders and how he goes about treating those disorders to great success. We also discuss his approach to dealing with…

Today my guests are Jodi Jason and Rikta, who were all surgical neurophysiologists at SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss why they chose to go into intraoperative neuromonitoring as a career, how they found out about, and then subsequently joined the SpecialtyCare IONM training process, as well as how that training went and what they've done…

In this conversation, Nathan and I focus on how he decided to break the family tradition and become a surgeon rather than becoming a farmer. We also discuss what it was that drew him to neurosurgery as a specialty, reasons patients might come see him, and techniques he uses to deliver high quality patient outcomes. Enjoy the conversation.…

Joining us today is Kurt Strudwick, a clinical educator for ECMO services at Specialty Care. In today's episode we talked to Kurt about how a family tragedy in his youth led him to have a passion for working in healthcare, how we started working in extra corporeal membrane oxygenation which is what ECMO stands for, and how he has taken his vast exp…

Today my guest is Dr. Jeffrey Allen, a bariatric and general surgeon at Norton Healthcare. In this conversation, Dr. Allen and I discuss what drove him to a career in healthcare and the mentors that help shaped his surgical and aviation interests. I think you will really enjoy the section where we discuss how minimally invasive surgical techniques …

In this conversation, Cris and I discuss what made him pursue a career in Perfusion, where that career has lead him, and how he perceptions about 3rd party healthcare companies have changed over the years. Enjoy the conversation.

In this conversation, Steven and I discuss how a great mentorship led him to a career in neurosurgery. We also discuss how pediatrics has its own specific challenges, both on the operating room table and in communicating with the patient.

In our next Heart of the Operation series episode, we talk with TJ Ricklefs, an Area Clinical Manager on SpecialtyCare’s Appleton, Wisconsin perfusion team. We discuss what led him to pursue a career in perfusion, how the perfusion job market has changed since the late ‘90s, and how having perfusionists involved in the hospital's heart program init…

In our third episode of the Heart of the Operation series, we talk with Ryan Curtis an Area Clinical Manager for perfusion at SpecialtyCare. We discuss what made him decide to switch careers from a funeral director to perfusion. We also discuss the positives and negatives of attending a 12-month profusion program, and the differences between workin…

In the second episode of our Heart of the Operation series, we talk to Kirti Patel, National Clinical Specialist, and Area Clinical Manager for perfusion at SpecialtyCare. We discuss the history of perfusion schooling from its early beginnings in the 1960s through today. We also explore what lead to a lot of perfusion schools shutting down and how …

In the first episode of our new “Heart of the Operation” series, we are covering the history of perfusion with none other than Tom Coley, President of Perfusion and ECMO services at SpecialtyCare. Many are not aware of perfusion’s unique history and Tom talks us through the first-use of perfusion in the 1950s and ends with how it’s used today. Enjo…

On this episode, we talk to a cohort of intraoperative neuromonitoring new-hires. We discussed what led them to the field, what the interview process entailed, and how the formal training that SpecialtyCare provides surpasses others in the industry.

In this conversation, Dr. Lanford and I discuss his career path to becoming a neurosurgeon and how he incorporates an entrepreneurial spirit into his medical practice. We also discuss the factors that led him to be an early adopter of new technologies.

In our conversation, Dr. Lima and I discuss what led him to a career in healthcare, specifically heart transplantation surgery and how future plans include him authoring his own book. I think you'll find the part of the conversation about engaging a heart failure specialist early on in the heart disease process very eye opening, I know I did.…

Today my guest is Dr. Mark Li, the Chief of Neurosurgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network. In this conversation, Dr. Li and I discuss how imaging has changed the way we look at and treat issues with the brain. I think you’ll particularly enjoy our discussion about the three different medical innovations that have revolutionized neurosurgery.…

In this conversation, Eric and I discuss the importance of and process of data collection at SpecialtyCare and how this information is analyzed and converted into peer-reviewed research papers

Today our guest is Dr. Zain Khalpey, the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Northwest Medical Center. In this conversation, we discuss why he gave up being a pilot to pursue medicine after his family experienced a medical emergency, how he developed ways of remodeling a damaged heart, and how he is using artificial intelligence (AI) to find new way…

In our conversation Dr. Feyma and I discuss how he decided to focus on Neurology, what led to his interest treating complex pediatric issues, And we discuss the great community of families that has developed around Gillette Children’s hospital

Today our guest is Dr. Richard Chua, a neurosurgeon in Tucson, Arizona. In this conversation, we discuss how he bounced back after the director of the medical school admissions committee encouraged him to seek out another career, why he chose to focus on neurology, and how the past 20 years of surgical innovations have changed the way he practices …

Today our guest is Dr. Michael Firstenberg, Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at The Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado. In this conversation, we discuss how spending a gap year working at the Cleveland Clinic helped him decide to focus on cardiac surgery as a specialty, how research from early in his career laid the ground work for so…

Today our guest is Mike Sheridan, COO of Comparably. In this conversation we discuss how healthcare recruiting has been impacted by COVID-19, why messaging is so important in the recruiting process, and how Comparably works with healthcare companies to present an authentic message that resonates with potential employees. If you enjoy the podcast pl…