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AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable

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Most people first heard of Kay Van Wey through the shocking true story of Dr. Death—the infamous Dallas neurosurgeon who maimed and killed patients. Kay stood up to him and the system that enabled him, fighting for the people whose lives he shattered. That case made headlines around the world, but for Kay, it was never about the spotlight. It was about the patients—the mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons—who deserved answers, justice, and dignity. Now, on AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, Kay brings that same passion to a new mission: exposing a healthcare system that too often puts...

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Ep. 5: The System That Protects Hospitals Instead of Patients | AdvoKAYte Season 2 08.07.2026 33:15

What really happens when a hospital puts its bottom line ahead of patient safety? In Episode 5 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, host Kay Van Wey sits down with her law partner Luke Metzler, a nationally recognized birth injury and medical malpractice attorney, for a candid, eye-opening conversation about hospital liability, system failures, and why the same preventable medical mistake...

Ep. 4: Why Hospitals Influence Medical Decisions More Than Patients Realize | AdvoKAYte Season 2 01.07.2026 28:54

Most patients believe their medical care is driven entirely by their doctor’s decisions. But what many people never realize is how much hospitals, staffing levels, policies, financial pressures, and healthcare systems influence what happens behind the scenes. In this powerful episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , host Kay Van Wey continues her conversation with healthcare executiv...

Ep. 3: Why Good Doctors Stay Silent: The Hidden Culture Inside Hospitals | AdvoKAYte Season 2 24.06.2026 25:58

Why would good doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals stay silent when they know something is wrong? In Episode 3 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, host Kay Van Wey sits down again with healthcare executive and patient safety advocate, Anne Roberts, for a deeply personal and eye-opening conversation about fear, burnout, hospital culture, and the hidden pressures inside modern he...

Ep. 2: Beyond Dr. Death: Why America’s Healthcare System Keeps Failing Patients | AdvoKAYte Season 2 17.06.2026 44:29

What if most medical errors are not caused by bad doctors… but by broken healthcare systems? In the Season 2 premiere of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , host Kay Van Wey welcomes nationally recognized patient safety expert Dr. Matt Austin for a powerful conversation about the hidden system failures driving preventable medical harm in hospitals across America. Dr. Austin, a PhD-level pa...

Ep. 1: Beyond Dr. Death: Why Patient Safety Still Matters | AdvoKAYte Season 2 10.06.2026 17:34

Welcome back to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable . Season 2 begins with a very special conversation between host Kay Van Wey and her law partner Luke Metzler , a birth injury attorney at Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm in Dallas, Texas . After Season 1 explored the shocking failures behind the Dr. Death case, Kay and Luke are widening the lens. This season is not just about the cases that...

Season 1 Finale: What Dr. Death Taught Us + What’s Next in Season 2 01.04.2026 4:08

Season 1 was a deep dive—sometimes infuriating, sometimes heartbreaking —into how Christopher Duntsch (“Dr. Death”) was able to hurt so many people. But this season was never about retelling a story you’ve already heard. It was about getting to the real question: how could this happen again and again without institutions stepping in to stop it? In this short wrap-up, Kay Van Wey reflects on why we...

BONUS Ep. 2: Laura Beil on Dr. Death — Healthcare, Cover-Ups, and Accountability 25.03.2026 38:53

Christopher Duntsch made headlines. But if you zoom out, the bigger question is harder and more important: How did the system let him keep going? In BONUS Episode 2 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , Kay Van Wey sits down with Laura Beil , the investigative journalist and host of Wondery’s Dr. Death , to talk about what most people miss. This story was labeled “true crime,” but Laura e...

BONUS Episode: “Bingo Doctor” Case — Patient Died While Doctors Played a Game 18.02.2026 43:16

A 57-year-old man went in for what should have been a routine cataract procedure at an outpatient surgery center… and never came home. Full story: https://www.vanweylaw.com/insights/deadly-routine-eye-surgery/ In this BONUS episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , Kay Van Wey is joined by a powerhouse panel to break down the horrifying “ Bingo Doctor ” case—where an anesthesiologis...

Ep. 13: Other Dr. Deaths in Healthcare — Patient Safety Failures & Accountability (Kay Van Wey) 11.02.2026 38:38

What if Christopher Duntsch wasn’t the exception… but the warning? In this new episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , Kay Van Wey and patient safety expert Anne Roberts pull back the curtain on the doctors Anne calls “the deplorables”—providers linked to horrific outcomes who were still allowed to keep practicing because the system looked the other way. This conversation isn’t mean...

Ep. 12: How Hospitals Avoid Reporting Bad Doctors: NPDB Loopholes + Texas Tort Reform 04.02.2026 27:07

If you’ve ever wondered why patients can be permanently harmed by a preventable medical error and still struggle to find answers, accountability, or justice—this episode is for you. In Episode 12 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable (Part 2 of our conversation from Episode 11), Kay Van Wey sits down again with healthcare executive and patient safety expert Anne Roberts to talk about what t...

Ep. 11: OTHER Dr. Deaths Exist And the Data Proves It 28.01.2026 32:56

What if Christopher Duntsch wasn’t an anomaly, but a warning? In Episode 11 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, Kay Van Wey is joined again by healthcare executive and patient safety expert Anne Roberts to confront a difficult truth: there are other “Dr. Deaths” hiding in plain sight—and the data proves it. Despite coming from opposite sides of the healthcare system, Kay (a medical malpr...

No More Dr. Deaths, Part 2: How Medicine Changed—and Why Patients Are at Risk 21.01.2026 46:40

The Dr. Death case didn’t just expose one surgeon. It showed how medicine has changed and not always for the better. In Episode 10 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , Dr. Robert Henderson and Dr. Martin Lazar return to continue the conversation about what’s happened to medicine over their careers and why patient safety is still at risk. They explain how neurosurgical training and certif...

No More Dr. Deaths: Why Hospitals Still Protect Dangerous Doctors 14.01.2026 37:49

The Dr. Death case should have changed everything. It didn’t. In Episode 9 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , I’m joined by two veteran neurosurgeons and patient safety advocates, Dr. Robert Henderson and Dr. Martin Lazar , to talk honestly about why the same system failures that enabled Christopher Duntsch still exist today. As members of the No More Dr. Deaths group, Dr. Henderson an...

Dr. Death Wasn’t a Fluke: Lisa McGiffert on Medical Board Failures 07.01.2026 53:13

The Dr. Death case didn’t just expose one surgeon. It exposed a broken system. In this episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , the speaker sits down with Lisa McGiffert , longtime patient safety advocate and former Consumer Reports leader, to explain what the Dr. Death case revealed about medical boards, transparency, and accountability in healthcare. Lisa spent 27 years at Consumer...

Prosecuting “Dr. Death”: Lead DA Michelle Shughart on How She Put a Surgeon Behind Bars 24.12.2025 40:17

What does it take to put a doctor in prison for what he did in the operating room? In this powerful episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , host Kay Van Wey sits down with Michelle Shughart , the lead prosecutor in the infamous “Dr. Death” case — the criminal trial that sent neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch to prison for life. Michelle pulls back the curtain on how a case unlike any...

Ep. 6: How “Dr. Death” Got Away With It: Broken Reporting, Hidden Data & NPDB Secrets with Dr. Robert Oshel 17.12.2025 46:14

How did “Dr. Death” Christopher Duntsch keep getting hired by hospitals… even after maiming and killing patients? In Episode 6 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , medical malpractice attorney and host Kay Van Wey talks with Dr. Robert “Bob” Oshel , former senior leader at the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) , about how a system designed to catch dangerous doctors failed to stop D...

Inside the System That Let Dr. Death Operate: A Candid Talk with Anne Roberts 10.12.2025 48:08

How do dangerous physicians slip through the cracks—and even thrive—in our healthcare system? In Episode 5 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , host Kay Van Wey talks with credentialing and peer review expert Anne Roberts , a 29-year industry veteran who has worked with hospitals nationwide to improve physician oversight, prevent patient harm, and strengthen safety culture. Anne’s work s...

Residency Programs 101: What Failed in the Dr. Death Case | Dr. Martin Lazar on AdvoKAYte Podcast 03.12.2025 51:36

What happens when a neurosurgeon is so dangerously unskilled that other surgeons question whether he’s even a real doctor? In this episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable , Kay Van Wey sits down with respected neurosurgeon Dr. Martin Lazar for one of the most candid conversations yet about Dr. Death , residency failures, and why the system meant to protect patients simply didn’t. Dr....

Dr. Death Exposed: Fighting the System from Within (Part 2) 26.11.2025 29:07

Welcome back to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable . In Part Two of this riveting episode, Kay Van Wey continues her conversation with Dr. Robert Henderson as he shares the aftermath of his decision to speak out about Dr. Christopher Duntsch. Despite enormous resistance, Dr. Henderson persisted—filing reports, contacting medical boards, and ultimately helping bring a dangerous surgeon to ju...

Speaking Out Against Dr. Death: Dr. Robert Henderson’s Fight for Patient Safety 19.11.2025 21:51

Courage. Duty. Accountability. Welcome back to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable. In this powerful episode, Kay Van Wey sits down with Dr. Robert Henderson—the spine surgeon who took a stand and helped expose one of the most shocking medical scandals in modern history: the Dr. Death case. Dr. Henderson shares his firsthand account of how he became involved in the case of Christopher Duntsc...

Exposing Medical Negligence: Why Kay Van Wey Started AdvoKAYte 04.11.2025 20:47

Why This Podcast? Why Now? Welcome to the very first episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable ! Hosted by nationally recognized medical malpractice attorney Kay Van Wey, this podcast is dedicated to empowering patients, families, and caregivers to navigate today’s complex healthcare system. In this episode, Kay shares her personal journey—from her small-town roots to becoming a leading...