The Brain Surgeon's Take

Drew Rosenhaus negotiated over 10 billion dollars in contracts. Only Agent ever to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Appeared in national ESPN commercial. Published Autobiography with brother Jason titled ‘A Shark Never Sleeps”. Cameo appearance in and consultant to “Jerry MaGuire” and “Any Given Sunday” motion pictures. Regular contributor to the HBO Series “Arliss”. Ranked #1 Agent by the S...

Dr. Anil Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class. Menon was SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, helping to launch its first humans to space during the Demo-2 mission and building a medical organization to support the human system during future missions. Prior, he served NASA as the crew flight surgeon for various expeditions on the International Space Station. Menon is an...

Dr. Crane is a distinguished leader in cancer control and is passionate about her commitment to the science of better outcomes for patients and community. Her work sits at the intersection of lifestyle medicine and digital health with a goal of developing targeted interventions, utilizing digital biomarkers to deliver the right intervention, at the right time to the right person. She received her...

Dr. Michael Fischer is an Assistant Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) at the University of Miami. His research interests involve environmental and convective influences on tropical cyclone structure and intensity change, with an emphasis on processes associated with tropical cyclone rapid intensification. His research utilizes a combination of sate...

Sean Swarner is a living testament to resilience. Given 14 days to live, he emerged as the first cancer survivor atop Everest, scaling all seven continents’ peaks, skiing to both Poles, and completing the Hawaii Ironman World Championship. Beyond milestones, he founded The Cancer Climber Association, wrote “BECOMING UNSTOPABLE: Conquering Your Everest” and is a sought-after speaker. From crawling...

Dr. Bob Hariri is an accomplished surgeon, biomedical scientist, and serial entrepreneur in two technology sectors, biomedicine and aerospace. He is the chairperson, founder, and chief executive officer of Celularity, Inc., one of the world’s leading human cellular therapeutics companies. Dr. Hariri was the founder and CEO of Anthrogenesis Corporation, and after its acquisition by Celgene Corporat...

Eric Mac Lain joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Friday evenings and Saturday mornings throughout the fall. Mac Lain also appears on studio shows across ESPN networks throughout the college football season. He also contributes to ESPN’s XFL game coverage as a field analyst. A Hope Mill, N.C., native, Mac Lain played at Clemson...

As President of the University of Miami and CEO of UHealth, Joe Echevarria leads more than 20,000 professionals whose focus is transforming lives through education, research, and patient care. A seasoned chief executive, Mr. Echevarria served as the CEO of Deloitte LLP, a global provider of professional services, from 2011 until his retirement in 2014. During his 36-year tenure with the firm, he s...

One of the nation’s most prominent scholars, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., is a passionate educator, author, political commentator, and public intellectual who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience. His writings, including “Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul”, “In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America”, and his most recent, the New Y...

Educated at the Universities of Keele and London, Professor Tipton joined the University of Surrey in 1986. After 12 years at the Robens Institute and European Institute of Health and Medical Science he moved to the University of Portsmouth in 1998. In addition to his University positions, Professor Tipton was based at the Institute of Naval Medicine (INM) from 1983 to 2004 and was Consultant Head...

Renée DiResta is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching and policy engagement for the study of abuse in current information technologies. Renée investigates the spread of narratives across social and media networks, with an interest in understanding how platform algorithms and affordances intersect with user behavior...

Daniel Corbett III served as an elite Navy SEAL operator, part of SEAL Teams 5, 6, and 17. He’s now an ex-military operator for hire. He joined the navy shortly after graduating high school in 2002 and was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2005 with SEAL Team 5. He joined SEAL Team 6 in 2007, deploying to various locations around the world. In 2010, Daniel returned to the West Coast and began inst...

Alex R. Piquero is Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar the University of Miami and previously served as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one of the nation’s thirteen federal statistical agencies (appointed by President Biden, June 2022). Dr. Piquero is a nationally and internationally recognized criminologist wit...

Rico Simonini is an Italian-American actor and cardiologist. Rico Simonini graduated New York University with a bachelor’s degree and the John Parkes History Award. As an actor he has enjoyed the opportunity to play leading roles in dozens of plays on stages in New York, Los Angeles and a few places in between. However, Rico’s journey in the dramatic arts has shadowed his primary vocational pursui...

Management thought leader and award-winning organizational psychologist Wendy K. Smith is on a mission to help individuals and organizations turn our problems into possibilities.  Smith currently holds the prestigious title of Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and serves as the faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University o...

Dr Hernandez Rey specializes in treating patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), recurrent pregnancy loss (miscarriage), and severe endometriosis. He is especially interested in fertility preservation (egg freezing) for patients who must delay childbearing for personal or medical reasons, including cancer and systemic lupus erythematosus. As one of only two fertility specialists offering r...

EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also co-hosts ACCN’s In Play with Kelsey Riggs and is a regular each week on ESPN’s College Football Live. Along with is his ESPN duties, Manuel co-hosts College Sports Today on SiriusXM with Brock Huard...

Dr. Agarwal has been on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Medical School prior to returning to the University of Miami in 2007, where she has been inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha and the Iron Arrow Honor Society. She has developed, directed, and taught numerous courses at the medical school including the Cardiovascular Course, Respiratory Cour...

Kendall Burman serves as PHC Global’s President. Prior to joining PHC Global, Burman held leadership roles at Alloy, a data and technology start-up for the progressive political market. Burman previously served as the Deputy General Counsel for Strategic Initiatives at the Department of Commerce and as Associate White House Counsel and Special Assistant to the President in the Obama Administration...

Daisy Sanchez is a Mexican-American surgeon, cosmetologist, and social media influencer. She attended medical school at The Medical University of South Carolina and completed her general surgery residency at Memorial Healthcare System. She is currently a plastic surgery fellow at The University of Texas, San Antonio. Support the show

EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also co-hosts ACCN’s In Play with Kelsey Riggs and is a regular each week on ESPN’s College Football Live. Along with is his ESPN duties, Manuel co-hosts College Sports Today on SiriusXM with Brock Huard...

Dr. Schwartz received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of NewYork at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz spent a year at Yale-New Haven Medical Center receiving advanced fellowship training. Dr. Schwartz specializes in the...

Dr. LJ Maxfield is an Instagram star and dermatologist known for creating content about conditions that affect the skin, hair and nails. His posts include facts about acne, wrinkles and retinoids. He has published in various medical journals. He has amassed more than 170,000 followers on his dr.ljmaxfield Instagram account. Outside of social media, Dr. Maxfield is a North Carolina coastal-based de...

Dr. Jeffrey A. Engel is founding director of the Center for Presidential History at SMU and Professor in the Department of History.  A Senior Fellow of the Norwegian Nobel Institute and of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, he graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University.  He additionally studied at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University, and received his M.A. and Ph. D....

Dr. Michael Collins is the Director and Chief Neuropsychologist at The Clinical Neuropsychology Center (CNC). Dr. Collins is a licensed psychologist in Florida and Rhode Island that has testified 100’s times as an expert witness and court appointed or retained for over 2000 psychological evaluations (Civil and Criminal). Prior to founding CNC, Dr. Collins was the Director of Psychology at South Un...