Health 3.0 w/ Dr. Doug Lucas

The medical system was designed to treat acute trauma and infection—to save your life in a moment of crisis. But when it comes to chronic disease, that same system is outdated. As an orthopedic surgeon, I was compensated to perform surgeries, not to prevent the need for them. Today, providers find themselves "golden handcuffed" to a fee-for-service model that prioritizes volume and prescriptions o...

"Do not go into medicine." That was the specific warning my father—a cardiothoracic surgeon—gave me when I was a young man. I didn't listen. I followed in his footsteps and became a successful orthopedic surgeon, only to realize I wasn't fixing people—I was just cleaning up the "metabolic mess" left behind by a broken system. In this debut episode, I open up about being...

The current healthcare system—Health 2.0—was built to save lives in emergencies, not to optimize health over a lifetime. Too often, patients are stuck in a reactive cycle of "sick care," managing illness rather than building resilience. We are ready for a new system. Welcome to The Health 3.0 Podcast—where the innovators shaping the future of healthcare share insights YOU need to take co...