Gross Anatomy

Dr. Nayeri is the attending cardiologist at Cedars Sinai Smidt Heart Institute. He joins Dr. Cohen & Ali for a deeper dive on all things cardiology especially as they relate to current health trends. They chat about surges in vapes, medications like Ozempic, and Bronny James.

Dr. Cohen, Ali & Rob Gregg connect on the importance of taking care of your body from the ground up. Rob Gregg is the founder of Gales, footwear founded to support essential workers.

Dr. Cohen & Ali connect on trends this week, covering breathwork, a new Ozempic study, postpartum depression medication, ADHD chairs, and cycle syncing.

The Gross Anatomy team chats with Mark Goffman, executive producer, and writer for the upcoming NBC series, THE IRRATIONAL. Prior to this, Mark was an executive producer and writer on the Netflix series, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. The Irrational comes out on 9/25 on NBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmHiSRUp_cE

Dr. Cohen, Ali & Charlotte connect on the power of plant medicine. Charlotte educates the Gross Anatomy team on how mushrooms are changing the game and what we should expect from the industry. Check out Alice: https://alicemushrooms.com/

Dr. Cohen, Ali & Dr. Suzanne Gilberg- Lenz (who you may have seen on the Drew Barrymore show recently) connect on the power of knowledge. We talk about the need for empathy in medicine, women’s empowerment, and public education. Check out Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz's menopause boot camp here: https://thedrsuzanne.com/themenopausebootcamp/

Dr. Cohen & Ali chat current health trends – mouth taping, at-home STI testing, and honoring Dr. Susan Love.

This week we chat with Casey Brumels, an executive producer on Dr. Pimple Popper with over 20 years of experience in the TV industry. We explore his history with medical entertainment. Casey shares a story about Bigfoot that may change your mind...

Dr. Cohen & Ali talk mushrooms. Why they're trending, which species they’re open to consuming, & which ones they already have...

This week we chat with Mel, a medical consultant on Grey’s Anatomy and the founder of Reel Medical Consulting. She and Dr. Cohen rank medical moments in movies and TV shows and tell us which of our favorite characters actually would have made it.

Dr. Cohen, Ali Saarela & Ali Krupnik talk about the world of cocktails and health. Dr. Cohen & Ali Saarela ask Ali Krupnik how and why she's shifted to running her own wellness company and how her "better-for-you cocktails" fit in with the clientele she's built in the cocktail industry and her new lifestyle.

Are we all just avoiding the inevitable? Dr. Cohen and Ali break down how we breakdown and what we think about biohacking

Ali asks Dr. Cohen about Ozempic as a doctor, a patient, and a dad — Are we overcomplicating a good thing that seems to be making people happy and healthy, or could this be creating another form of disordered eating?

Dr. Cohen gives his medical thoughts on The Last of Us finale. We discuss medical ethics, equipment and possible alternative methods of curing Cordyceps brain infection. We also discuss another medically relevant The Last of Us episode, specifically, we dissect Joel’s stab wound and how to properly get antibiotics into the system.

Ozempic, the drug that has been found to induce weight loss and was joked about by Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars, was originally intended as a treatment for people with type 2 diabetes. We talk about the Oscars and who won our Oscar pool, then 9:50 minute mark, Dr. Cohen gets candid about Ozempic and why he was on the drug. From there, we talk about other famous products that were originally intended...

We talk about medical professionals passing out when things get a tad too gross (anatomy), and why that doesn't mean you aren't going to make it as a doctor. We also discuss daily brain exercises and brain foods, recommended by a neuroscientist, that help keep your memory sharp. Plus, the TV shows that keep us watching weekly.

We discuss the 45 year-old man who is paying millions to be 18 again. And, not to be 18 in spirit, it's to have the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, tendons, teeth, skin, hair, bladder, penis, and rectum of an 18-year-old. Then, we make a wager on Oscar nominees. We list, and butcher the names of almost all the nominees, but have on record the actors, writers and directors we believe will get...

Dr. Cohen talks about the unexpected way his family received a puppy. We also talk about new goals, hot yoga being so L.A., and how after 8 years, Dr. Cohen is super close to achieving his 2015 New Year's resolution. Then, we discuss the recent death of one of the oldest people to ever live, and the French woman that holds the title of oldest person to ever live!

Writer, director, doctor and co-creator of the TV series The Resident – Roshan Sethi MD – joins the show! Since our interview with Roshan last year, he has continued his success and won an Independent Spirit Award for his First Feature, the rom-com 7 Days. He's also received praise for co-writing the movie Call Jane starring Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney weaver. So, if you missed it, check out thi...

The year that was 2022! We talk about the defining moments in pop culture, celebrities who died, scripted medical entertainment and our favorite movies, tv shows and podcast episodes of 2022.

We talk about strange injuries, like the arrow that impales the torso of a fictional character in the TV show 1883, and question if it’s a survivable injury. Then, we talk about real and stranger than fiction injuries, like the man who was struck by lighting seven times (on different occasions) and survived! And, we discuss some surprisingly not that uncommon injuries, like being kicked by a horse...

We talk about two famous men, who were diagnosed with different diseases, and chose not to follow their doctors treatment recommendations. Then, (17 minute mark) we talk about Chris Hemsworth sharing his genetic test results with the world -- while Chris was working on his new docuseries, Limitless, he underwent genetic testing and discovered that he has two copies of the APOE4 gene. Only 2 to 3%...

We review some of the scariest doctors to hit the screen, meaning the fictional TV/movie doctors that you'd be the most afraid to have as your real life doc. Hint, a famous doctor who likes fava beans, and a doctor who lives on his own island, both make the list! Then, we review the famous screen doctors we are surprised didn't make the list, and the TV doctors that we definitely aren't afraid of...

Dr. Cohen shares his cinematic and medical thoughts on the Netflix movie: The Good Nurse. The film is based on a true story with Eddie Redmayne playing serial killer nurse Charles Cullen, while Jessica Chastain plays Amy Loughren, his co-worker that helped bring him down. We talk about how the movie stays true to main events that really happened, but we also discuss parts of the story the movie le...

NFL player Myron Rolle went from being all about football to all about med school. After earning his MD and going into his residency, Dr. Rolle wrote the book: The 2% Way: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the NFL, and Neurosurgery. We give our thoughts on Dr. Rolle’s 2% philosophy and discuss how rare it is for (non-olympian) professional athletes to become doctors. Plus,...