Gross Anatomy

This episode is a Gross Anatomy version of Sports Center, where we share our thoughts on football, volleyball, hockey, baseball, tennis and why the UFC should just be called ‘the new gladiators’. And, naturally or unnaturally, you can’t talk about sports without getting into athletes' use of steroids so we discuss performance enhancing drugs. We also detail our personal experience with concussions...

We’ve got saucy updates! Dr. Cohen and Raya give updates on the Drake sauce scandal and get into all things Melatonin. Have you ever taken the natural sleeping aid to help you sleep? Well, it may be causing more harm than good…or not. Plus, Raya shares her journey with Lyme disease, a milky approach to a new cleanse, and explains how she conned her way into becoming a certified Google doctor. Then...

In this episode we talk about how Bob Saget devoted himself to raising money for the fight against scleroderma, what the "rule of three" means to a surgeon, which anti-inflammatory foods are linked to longevity and why we think Peloton is struggling. We also review the first episode of the AppleTV series 'The Shrink Next Door' and give our differing opinions on the Netflix movie 'Don’t Look Up'.

It's all about the sauce! Special co-host Raya O'Neal brings the heat with Tik Tok health trends, CBD use and COVID, and hot sauce being poured where!? We also talk about the TV series Euphoria and Dr. Cohen shares another memorable patient story of a foreign body removal.

Writer, director, doctor and co-creator of the TV series The Resident - Roshan Sethi MD - joins the show! Dr. Sethi was nice enough to answer our many questions about consulting on medical shows like Black Box, being a staff writer on Code Black and what it’s like to have a film in the Sundance Film Festival. He also reveals how The Resident was actually inspired by the movie Training Day and orig...

We talk January News which includes the hospitalization of the Brazilian President, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict, the beloved Betty White and more! Plus, Dr. Cohen talks Gross Anatomy and gets into his latest obstruction case.

We discuss some of our goals and hopes for 2022, like writing a book on mentorship and the TV shows of the new year that we hope don't disappoint us. Plus, Dr. Cohen gives a brief and sentimental review of West Side Story.

We discuss TIME magazine's person of the year, heroes of the year and entertainer of the year. TIME Heroes of 2021 include: Kizzmekia Corbett, Barney Graham, Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for exposing the inner workings of how viruses survive and thrive which helped make the COVID-19 vaccines possible. Plus, we get into who we think should be considered for Entertainer of the Year and the use o...

We talk the Best In Entertainment of 2021, mainly our favorite TV shows of the year - limited series and regular series (7:30 minute mark). We also discuss the best Christmas movies to stream and why there are so few movies on our Best In Entertainment list. Merry Grinchmas!

Nicci Levy, founder and CEO of Alchemy 43 joins the show! We ask Nicci how she went from working at a makeup counter to creating her own aesthetics bar that specializes in microtreatments. Nicci explains how she wrote a plan, attracted investors and was able to start a business that now has multiple locations in LA and NYC. Then, (28 minute mark) Nicci opens up about fertility and why women should...

When do surgeons get a holiday? We discuss what it means to be on-call and to be on back-up call and how to negotiate your holiday time as an MD. Then, (4 minute mark) we get into some gross anatomy and talk about a rectal foreign body removal that had to be performed on Thanksgiving day. And, Dr. Cohen gives some final thoughts on Movember and explains why hernias can be deadly.

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month so we talk about diabetes and what it means to have prediabetes. We also give updates on the podcast as the year comes to an end and discuss where we are headed in 2022.

Dr. Steve Rad — a double board certified Obstetrician Gynecologist with sub-specialty training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine / Perinatology —joins the show! We talk with Dr. Rad about detailed ultrasounds, how fetal surgery is performed and why he fell in love with obstetrics. He also tells us what it was like watching his wife go through her own high-risk pregnancy while carrying twins and how that...

We talk about five serial killers (one who is still alive!) that were also Doctors of Medicine. One of the doctors on this list is also featured in the book The Devil in the White City which Leonardo DiCaprio and and Martin Scorsese are developing into a TV series. Other doctors on this list are accused of committing even more murders and stealing from their patients/victims.

We discuss our favorite Sex Education season 3 characters and why we think this Netflix TV show is educationally important. We also discuss Halloween, where the haunted holiday originated and what we think this year's top costumes will be.

We are so excited to have wine entrepreneur and Miss USA - Nana Meriwether - on the show! Nana tells us how finding out she was pre-diabetic led her on a wellness journey that completely changed her career path and life. And, she explains how studying herbalism led to her founding Cale, a healthier wine made from herbs, and the launch of Hibiscus Pinto Noir.

Supermodel Linda Evangelista claims a CoolSculpting procedure left her 'deformed' and is seeking $50 million in damages. Luckily, we have a special guest - Bernice Cohen aka The Master Injector - to explain CoolSculpting to us, how it works and why Evangelista is an outlier case. Plus, Amy Schumer revealed that when her appendix was removed the surgeon also found a tumor — and Dr. Cohen explains w...

We discuss Pelé’s colon cancer surgery (5 minute mark) and why yearly screenings are so important. Then, (16 minute mark) we discuss Amy Schumer’s decision to have her uterus and appendix removed due to endometriosis. And, Dr. Cohen explains why having celebrities vocalize their struggles with a particular disease is a good thing.

This week we talk about how ‘Dr. Death’ went from a hit podcast to a scripted series and give our thoughts on the NBC Peacock version starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater. And, Dr. Cohen explains what is common and uncommon about the way Dr. Christopher Duntsch (Dr. Death) was allowed to operate and the protocols that should have been used to help ensure more successful surge...

We discuss the New York Times article "I Am Caught between the Two Worlds of the ICU and TV" written by a doctor who is also a producer on the scripted series The Resident. Then, our In-House doc (Dr. Cohen) analyzes the realities of readers comments on the article. Comments that include... how TV shows can create false miracle-like expectations in patients, how CPR is wrongly depicted, why doctor...

We discuss 9/11 and where we were on that day 20 years ago. Then, Dr. Cohen talks about having two terrorists as patients before 2001 and what it was like providing care while the FBI was closely watching. Plus, we discuss the Telluride Film Festival and the new films it made us aware of that we desperately want to watch.

Dr. Theodric (Ricci) Hendrix is honestly more than just a doctor, he’s also a screenwriter, painter, photographer and currently finishing a four year program in Eastern Medicine. So, how did he manage to do so much while running his own OB-GYN practice? He answers this question and gives us some insight into his life. He also tells us how growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma when it was segregated and le...

We briefly discuss some 'in the news' topics before revealing our thoughts on the documentary about Val Kilmer's life (10 minute mark), simply titled 'VAL'. We discuss the health battles that Kilmer went through and continues to deal with and we also detail the behind the scenes footage in the doc that we loved.

Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, the senior rabbi and director of the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai in LA joins us! We speak with him about working with chaplains in different religious and cultural backgrounds and what it means to be an on-call rabbi. He also shares some pretty miraculous patient stories and tells us why he decided to write his book: Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-...

Would American medical professionals be less burned out if they had as much time off as their counterparts in Europe? In this episode, we talk about the European work week, what people can learn from Olympians about mental wellness and the reboot of Dougie Howser M.D.