Beyond Medicine
Episodes
034 – #MEDsession – Dr. Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH – A Story of Resilience and Surviving Death
Dr. Alin Gragossian is currently an Emergency Medicine (EM) resident in Pennsylvania. Alin’s story is a unique one – she is a survivor of death. After experiencing a life threatening heart condition, known as Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Alin had to undergo a heart transplant and experience being brought back to life. Alin’s story teaches us the power of resilience, hope, and gratitude when faced with calamity.
To learn more about Alin, follow her blog at https://www.achangeofhe.art
To see her IG, follow her @a_change_of_heart_blog.
033 – #MEDsession – COVID-19 with CardiologyOnCall
Dr. Jay Mohan DO is an Interventional Cardiology Fellow at William Beaumont Hospital. Currently, he is amongst the thousands of medical heroes risking their lives to save humanity from the pandemic, COVID-19. In this podcast, Dr. Mohan discusses his thoughts about COVID-19 and gives a better insight on the development of this virus.
To learn more from Dr. Mohan, follow him on IG @CardiologyOnCall and on his Twitter @DrJayMohan.
032 – COVID-19 with Dr. Kalla, Author of The Best Selling Novel, Pandemic
Throughout this podcast, we discuss with Dr. Kalla his thoughts about the current COVID-19 crisis happening across the globe. As a physician and specialist in how pandemics arise, Dr. Kalla explains what interested him in learning and researching about pandemics and his knowledge on how COVID-19 will evolve.
Key Highlights from this podcast:
Dr. Kalla talks about the different pandemics that happened in the past, such as the Spanish Flu and the Black Death. By touching on those historical events, Dr. Kalla gives us a bit of an insight on the evolution of history and the rise of pandemics. Dr. Kalla also explains the SARS outbreak that occurred during the early 2000s and how that pushed him into writing his novel, Pandemic.
Moving through the podcast, Dr. Kalla explains that the current pandemic we are all facing is something nobody has ever gone through. He even explains by saying, “if you are currently 103 years old, you would have lived through the Spanish Flu, but would not remember it.” This emphasizes that we are all learning and fighting COVID-19 together.
Dr. Kalla also touches on how important it is to practice social distancing. While the COVID-19 outbreak did start in China, Dr. Kalla explains that China and many other countries in Far East Asia contained the virus and implemented serious lockdown condition, decreasing the cases of COVID-19 as of current.
Moreover, Dr. Kalla explains that COVID-19 is NOT like the flu. He states that the “flu does not collapse healthcare systems or kill doctors and nurses.” The importance of practicing social distancing, washing our hands, and staying home are key to fighting this virus.
Dr. Kalla helps ease our mind near the end of the podcast by explaining that it will all be okay. We have to do our part and help those in need. He explains that no healthcare worker has backed down on helping with this situation.
To all those who listen to this podcast with Dr. Wehbi and Dr. Kalla, you will learn more about pandemics, how they spread, and why specialists have been expecting this. While this is a scary and uncertain time, we are all facing it together. It will be okay. Stay safe and healthy, and I wish you all prosperity and resilience as we move forward with COVID-19.
To learn more about Dr. Daniel Kalla MD and his novels, please visit his website at:
To follow him on Twitter and keep up with his thoughts on COVID-19, follow him @DanielKalla
031 – #MEDsession – Mike Natter, MD – Art and Medicine
1.) The story behind Mike Natter
2.) Behind the numbers. Why Admission should take into account more than just the grades.
3.) Art and Medicine
– “I tossed my notebooks and I bought sketchbooks.”
4.) How mike used his drawings to learn medicine.
5.) Trying not to look dumb in medicine.
6.) Type 1 diabetes and how it affected his life growing up.
7.) What don’t people get about Type 1 diabetes.
Solving For Happiness with Mo Gawdat
Solving For Happy Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer at Google’s [X]. In the last ten years he has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with thousands of people in more than a hundred countries. He has cofounded more than twenty businesses. In 2014, following the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo found new purpose and wrote the international best seller, Solve for Happy.
029 – Conquering Eating Disorders with Dr. Clare Brady, MD
Conquering Eating Disorders Dr. Clare Brady is a Family Medicine resident with a special interest in Integrative Medicine. She shares with us her personal journey and insights of overcoming a eating disorder.
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