May 13, 2026
What if the biggest threat to your success in medical training has nothing to do with how much you study? Vance Lehman, professor of neuroradiology and chief of neuroradiology education at the Mayo Clinic, spent over two years researching why capable trainees stumble despite strong clinical knowledge. In this episode,...
May 12, 2026
What if the real driver of aging isn't your mitochondria or your telomeres but the tiny capillaries you never think about? Double board-certified emergency and internal medicine physician Kenneth Ro returns to the show to make a compelling case that microvascular decline is the overlooked upstream force behind nearly...
May 11, 2026
What if one of the most common escalation strategies for acute heart failure doesn't actually improve outcomes? Internal medicine physicians Benjamin P. Geisler, Jeffrey L. Greenwald, and Kathy May Tran, editors of 50 Studies Every Hospitalist Should Know, join the show to break down what the DOSE trial really tells us...
May 8, 2026
What happens when the nurses sent to care for your medically fragile child have never even touched the equipment keeping him alive? Patient advocate Ashley Youngdale knows firsthand. As the mother of a son with Mobius syndrome who required a trach and ventilator, she became his primary nurse, trainer, and care...
May 7, 2026
What happens when a physician who spent decades treating patients suddenly finds himself on the other side of the exam table, unable to get a simple answer about his own aneurysm? Jeffrey Junig, a psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, shares how a life-saving surgery and a casually dropped diagnosis exposed...