Behind the Drapes: Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

In this best of 2023 episode, I revisit my conversation with Dr. Maslow - easily one of my favorite attendings from Rhode Island Hospital. Listening back, I’m reminded by how smart he is, right from the beginning of the episode. He’s inspiring and accomplished in his career. This is a must listen (or relisten if you’re a true fan).

In this episode, I revisit my interview with my good friend Danie. She’s been a mentor and guiding path in my career for over a decade. If it wasn’t for her, I don’t know that I would’ve discovered the field of anesthesia. Listen along to one of my top 5 episodes from 2023.

For the next 5 weeks, I’ll be giving you my top 5 episodes from Behind the Drapes in 2023! In this episode, I talk with Dr. Rotenberg right before he retires from a 30+ year career in Anesthesiology.

In my last episode of 2023, I bring in one of my good friends from medical school, Dr. Robert “Tyler” Swanson, to talk about radiology. Listen along as we talk about the differences in X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs and what it’s like to communicate with the ICU or stroke teams when critical pathology is found on scans.

In this episode, I delve into a scenario that happened on my last night float of 2023. Most patients at nighttime are either vented and sedated and you don’t have to worry about them, or are actively crashing in front of you. This scenario was somewhere in the middle. And it’s these cases that take hours to declare themselves that can be some of the trickiest to decide on a treatment. Remember, ju...

In this episode of CMO, I talk with our Clinical ECMO Program Coordinator and nursing specialist, Malory Butera. She is someone who is heavily involved in the care of patients at BIDMC who are on ECMO support. She is also very involved in education around the speciality of mechanical circulatory support, including for my fellowship program and the days we spend in the simulation lab.

In this episode, I introduce a new method of providing feedback that I picked up from a recent BIDMC Academy workshop from an expert in feedback. My goal is to hopefully convince you that this new method is going to replace the “sandwich” technique of giving feedback. And to convey the importance of valuable and actionable feedback.

In this episode, I bring back friend of the show and expert in burnout, Dr. Erin Richman, to discuss this topic more in depth and a bit about career longeivty. Listen along as we break down how to recognize burnout, how she overcomes burnout, and how she's been able to sustain a trying but rewarding career.

In my second round of night float, the theme of early morning codes continued. I refer back to one particular code where I felt like the leader of the code did an exemplary job, inspiring this episode. Listen along as I describe three characteristics that make for an effective code team leader.

In this episode, we get to hear from one of our ICU clinical pharmacist about her role in the ICU and the importance and nuances of antibiotic usage in the ICU.

In this episode, I bring you inside what our shock/MCS course looked like this week in conjunction with the Cardiology department. Mechanical Circulatory Support is an evolving field in medicine, especially in the critically ill population. Meaning managing patients with these devices will be a huge part of my future career. Listen along to hear some of my biggest take aways from the day!

In this episode of Collecting My Observations, I take you behind the scenes of what night float looks like in the ICU. Listen along through my delirious thoughts as I take you through my 3 biggest lessons, all applicable to nights in the ICU and all applicable to one particular patient situation.

In this episode, I talk with my good friend Kyle Andrew, creator of @thirty_minute_workouts on Instagram. As the name implies, his page is a library of thirty minute workouts that you can do at home. Listen along as we talk about what motivated him to start this project, lessons it’s taught him along the way, and why he keeps going with it. Find him on Instagram: @thirty_minute_workouts (https://i...

In this episode, I give you my thoughts on how AI is changing the medical education landscape and discuss ways that I use ChatGPT in my everyday life.

Meeting with families is a crucial part of working in the ICU. In this episode, I discuss different techniques and strategies that I believe help make for a successful and purposeful family meeting.

In this episode of Collecting My Observations, I recollect some memories of what got me into anesthesia and critical care. Listen along as I walk you through highlights of my medical career from college to medical school to residency.

In this episode, I talk with one of my best friends from medical school, Dr. Jeremy Silver about what it’s like taking care of orthopedic trauma cases. Listen along as he takes us into trauma bay, what serious injuries he needs to stabilize immediately vs what can wait, and how you can avoid finding yourself surrounded by the controlled chaos that is the trauma bay.

In this episode, I share what it’s like being in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU). During this rotation, I had the opportunity to take care of a couple heart transplant patients. I’ll take you through what a typical plan looked like for these patients from each organ system, head to toe.

In this episode of Collecting My Observation, I describe the feeling of being in the crux of both a student and a teacher. Then I look to one of my mentors who seemed to have stayed in this position of both student and teacher for the entirety of his career. Listen along to find out more!

In this episode, I collect my observations about what qualities make for a good medical student rotating on their sub-I or acting intership in the ICU. I start the episode with my own person away rotation story during my 4th year of medical school, and end the episode talking about 3 qualities that will really go a long away in life.

Welcome to the first episode of Collecting My Observations! In this series, I’ll be giving you and insider look of what my job as an ICU fellow entails! Each episode I’ll go over a personal experience that I believe demonstrates what this year of medical training is all about. In this episode, I go over what it was like describing the first couple of weeks at my new job to my friends and family wh...

This is the official closure to my residency chapter at Brown. Listen along as 10 anesthesia residents ranging from first years to graduating seniors discuss how their year went. There’s a lot to learn from each of them. As you watch, you’ll hear a common thread woven between their various individual perspectives. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I reached out to these 10 people or sure of...

The season finale for season 2!! Our last episode on financial literacy is a fun conversation with a good friend, Dr. Andrew Winegarner about his ability to juggle residency and a side hustle. Listen along as we discuss informatics, coding, and what his side hustle entails. 00:40 First Job Ever 05:00 Informatics 12:30 Interest in Coding 14:00 Time Investment During Residency 17:00 What is Your Sid...

Closing in on the end of the season, we talk with one of my favorite guests, Dr. Shyamal Asher, about everyone’s favorite topic - student loans. Listen along as we discuss Dr. Asher’s personal experience with student loans, basics of repayment types, and if Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) is for real. 01:30 Personal Experience with Loans 06:30 In-state vs Out-of-state med school costs 09:00...

Welcome back to another episode of Behind the Drapes Season 2 where we are talking financial literacy. In this episode, I speak with Brian Manley about what credit is and how we can use it to our advantage. Listen along as we talk about the typical progression for loans that create credit, different credit card tiers, and how Brian played a huge role in helping me get this podcast off the ground....