HuMed with David Spiro, MD
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HuMed goes beyond diagnoses and procedures to explore the profound human experiences of medical professionals. Join Dr. Spiro as he engages in deep, candid conversations with fellow doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers. They share the often-unseen realities of their work in the demanding hospital environment – the challenging cases, the emotional toll, and the ethical dilemmas they navigate daily.
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- Pediatric ER Doctor Josh Belfer: At 14, He Worked for a Radio Star · 50 minAt 14, Josh Belfer was working for a radio star: Philadelphia talk-radio host Michael Smerconish. Today he is a pediatric emergency medicine attending at Children's Hospital of…
- Clinical Lipid Specialist Dr. Josh Wageman: "He Was a Ticking Time Bomb" · 34 minWhat if your cholesterol looks normal, your 10-year risk score is just 2.3%, and you're still a ticking time bomb? Josh Wageman, PhD, DPT, a clinical lipid specialist, physician…
- Dr. Peter Crane: Reading His Own Tumor Report Mid-ER Shift - Why He'd Still Choose Family Medicine · 42 minWhat happens when a rural doctor opens a scan report in the middle of his ER shift, and it's his own? Dr. Peter Crane — a board-certified family physician in full-time rural…
- Chiropractor Dr. Stephen Hussey: "I Had a Widowmaker Heart Attack at 34" · 55 minHe looked fit, ate well, exercised, and had a calcium score of zero six months earlier. Then, at 34, Dr. Stephen Hussey had a widowmaker heart attack. Diagnosed with type 1…
- Longevity Physician Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos: "He Looked Exactly Like Me" · 1 h 0 minAfter years in emergency medicine, Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos (Dr. Vass) coded a man in a rural Wyoming ER who was his age, had no other risk factors, and looked exactly like him…
- Lifestyle Medicine Physician Dr. Melissa Mondala: "I Did Healing for Myself First" · 55 min"I did healing for myself first, so I could become a better healer." Before Dr. Melissa Mondala treated patients with lifestyle medicine, she needed it herself. She lived with…
- ER Physician Dr. Rick Pescatore: "Nobody Could Solve Her Mystery Illness" · 50 minDr. Rick Pescatore was driving to Pittsburgh with a woman he had met on Hinge, describing a kind of patient he sees every ER shift: pain, nausea, vomiting, and tests that all…
- Neuro-Ophthalmologist Dr. Kim Blankshain: "What Is Happening?" Her Husband's Brain Surgery · 37 minA Monday morning, 6:45. Dr. Kim Blankshain is changing her infant son when she hears a crash in the next room. Her husband is sitting on the edge of the bed, bleeding from a gash…
- Kidney Transplant Physician Dr. Aditya Pawar: "It Started From a Mistake" · 42 minA resident on night call writes one word in a chart to describe his patient's husband, a man in his 90s: "senile." He thinks it means "very old." The note gets corrected, but the…
- Cancer Surgeon Dr. James Wittig: "I Was Hanging On by a Thread" · 46 minDr. James Wittig built his career saving children's limbs from cancer. Then a heart scan he asked for himself led to a catheterization that found a 99% blockage in his left…
- Allergist Dr. Lauren Fine: "Stop Asking for Permission" · 47 minDr. Lauren Fine had a thriving allergy practice, a faculty position and patients lined up at the door, and she still felt she needed someone's permission to change. Her answer…
- ER Physician Dr. Mark Pappadakis: "Medical School Rejected Me Three Times" · 56 minRejected from medical school. Failed anatomy. Failed his emergency medicine boards by two points, then by one. Today Dr. Mark Pappadakis teaches at the medical school that turned…
- Cardiologist Dr. Jaya Mallidi: "The Trust I Had With the Universe Lay Broken" · 51 min"How can a child be taken away from the mother?" When cardiologist Dr. Jaya Mallidi lost her daughter, Saachi, at 19 weeks, the trust she'd always had with the universe "lay…
- Psychiatrist Dr. Paniz Johari: When a Patient Dies — Grief, Guilt & Radical Acceptance · 38 min"One of our social workers knocked on the door and said, so-and-so killed himself. I was just in shock." What do you do with the rest of your day after that? Psychiatrist Dr…
- Dr. Lois Lee: Protecting Kids from Gun Violence, and the Fight for Their Health · 38 minWhat if the biggest threats to a child's life are also the most preventable? Dr. Lois Lee — pediatric emergency medicine physician and researcher at Boston Children's Hospital…
- Navy Anesthesiologist Dr. Zachary Meade: From Childhood Trauma to Becoming a Doctor · 42 minDr. Zachary Meade watched his grandfather shoot his father to save his mother's life. He was a child. He thought it was normal. "Apparently it's not normal." Dr. Meade is a Navy…
- Internist Dr. Robert Beck: "He Wasn't Worthy of the Care" · 53 minTwo attending physicians declared medical futility on a man in his late 40s. He was awake. He was begging for the ICU. He was begging for his mother. And the only doctor at his…
- Pediatric Oncologist Dr. Joana Mack: "I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss" · 51 minDr. Joana Mack has been called "bossy" her whole career — in training, at work, even by her own mom. Now, she just says it back differently: "I'm not bossy, I'm the boss." Dr…
- The Science of Stem Cells, Exosomes, and Healthy Aging with Dr. Mari Mitrani · 44 minCan regenerative medicine help us live healthier for longer? Physician-scientist and biotech entrepreneur Dr. Mari Mitrani joins Dr. David Spiro to explain the evolving science…
- When the Doctor Becomes the Patient: Dr. Adam Bitterman On His Open-Heart Surgery · 39 minWhat happens when a surgeon suddenly finds himself on the other side of the patient–doctor relationship? Dr. Adam Bitterman—orthopedic surgeon, educator, and chair of orthopedic…
