Checking the Vitals

The heartbeat of healthcare is strong and ever-changing and we look forward to bringing you both the latest trends and the personal stories of those whose lives have been touched by healthcare professionals.

Checking the Vitals with Dr Quraishi 09/19/2022

Checking the Vitals with Dr Quraishi 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/24413241

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Choll Kim: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon 09/05/2022

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Choll Kim: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon 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 him leave the world of research and pursue a career as a surgeon, how the field of minimally invasive spine surgery has changed over the 20 years he has been practicing, and how future technology, like augmented reality, will change the surgical landscape. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/24302808

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Alan Daniels 07/25/2022

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Alan Daniels 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 needs. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/23840147

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Thomas Gruber 07/11/2022

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Thomas Gruber 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/23708117

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Levy 03/07/2022

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Levy 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 reduce overall costs. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/22440362

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Leon Eydelman 02/07/2022

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Leon Eydelman 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/22050119

Checking the Vitals with Sherri Mckinney 01/24/2022

Checking the Vitals with Sherri Mckinney 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/21854993

Checking the Vitals with Greg Mork 01/10/2022

Checking the Vitals with Greg Mork 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/21760520

Checking The Vitals with Ed DeLaney and Dr. Derek Brinster 10/25/2021

Checking The Vitals with Ed DeLaney and Dr. Derek Brinster 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 communication is in the operating room, how innovations happen, and how they are then shared with other surgery teams. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20833535

Checking The Vitals Dr. Ziad Hage 10/18/2021

Checking The Vitals Dr. Ziad Hage 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 to the United States after medical school, and how a conversation with a friend made him change his surgical focus from plastics to neurosurgery. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20831804

Checking the Vitals with Artem Zhosan 09/27/2021

Checking the Vitals with Artem Zhosan 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20596556

Checking the Vitals with Fairfield Medical Center’s Sterile Processing Department 09/20/2021

Checking the Vitals with Fairfield Medical Center’s Sterile Processing Department 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20484344

Checking the Vitals with Dr Michael Firstenberg on ECMO 09/13/2021

Checking the Vitals with Dr Michael Firstenberg on ECMO 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 outcomes. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20424974

Checking the Vitals with Dr. John Dorman 09/06/2021

Checking the Vitals with Dr. John Dorman 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 /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20375789

Checking the Vitals with Kristina Young 08/09/2021

Checking the Vitals with Kristina Young 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 program can expect out that experience. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/20122493

Checking the Vitals: Medical Mission Endowment 06/21/2021

Checking the Vitals: Medical Mission Endowment 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/19665185

Checking the Vitals with Intraoperative Neuromonitoring New Hires 06/07/2021

Checking the Vitals with Intraoperative Neuromonitoring New Hires 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 SpecialtyCare. Enjoy the conversation. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/19382726

Checking the Vitals with Al Stammers 04/30/2021

Checking the Vitals with Al Stammers 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 extracorporeal circulation. Enjoy the conversation. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18925469

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Ray Chu 04/26/2021

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Ray Chu 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18866597

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Quincy Byrdsong 04/12/2021

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Quincy Byrdsong 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 /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18683813

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Jonathan Rasouli 03/29/2021

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Jonathan Rasouli 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 school, and how he uses social media in a professionally responsible way to engage other thought leaders in his surgical space. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18502370

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Stephen Griffith 03/22/2021

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Stephen Griffith 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 physician burnout /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18413093

Checking the Vitals with IONM Training Program Graduates 03/01/2021

Checking the Vitals with IONM Training Program Graduates 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 since graduated. Enjoy the conversation. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18147407

Checking the Vitals With Dr. Nathan Zwagerman 02/22/2021

Checking the Vitals With Dr. Nathan Zwagerman 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/18032984

Checking the Vitals with Kurt Strudwick 02/08/2021

Checking the Vitals with Kurt Strudwick 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 experience at ECMO to help hospitals across America start their own ECMO programs. Enjoy the conversation. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/17864537

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Jeff Allen 11/16/2020

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Jeff Allen 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 are really improving patient outcomes. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/16827761

Checking the Vitals with Cris Wedekind 11/09/2020

Checking the Vitals with Cris Wedekind 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/16737764

Checking the Vitals with Dr Steven Hwang 11/02/2020

Checking the Vitals with Dr Steven Hwang 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. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/16637975

Checking the Vitals with TJ Ricklefs 09/24/2020

Checking the Vitals with TJ Ricklefs 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 initiatives leads to improved patient outcomes. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/16147037

Checking the Vitals with Ryan Curtis 09/14/2020

Checking the Vitals with Ryan Curtis 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 working for an in-house program or a third party program. /episode/index/show/checkingthevitals/id/16005644

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