The Fractured Thoughts Podcast

Welcome back to the Fractured Thoughts Podcast! Join us as we talk with Dr. Bassel Diebo, a trained orthopedic surgeon who is accredited as one of the most published spine surgeons of his generation. He sits down with Max Sahhar and Marco Kaper, two second year students at the Warren Alpert Medical School, to share how he founded a own medical device company and joins the worlds of medicine and bu...

Welcome back for another episode of the Fractured Thoughts Podcast! Join us as we talk with Dr. Jeffrey Feden, an emergency medicine physician at Brown University who also serves as a team physician for Bryant University's Division I athletics program. He sits down with Nishant Jayachandran, an M2 at the Warren Alpert Medical School, to offer some advice to others who may want to pursue a similar...

Welcome back to another episode of our "Med Student Experience" series. On today's episode, listen in as Marco Kaper, Anika Breker, and Alexa Bosco discuss med school fails, share funny stories and close calls, and offer tips and tricks on navigating the med school experience and laughing at ourselves.   Millie Rouffiac, Alexa Bosco, and Anika Breker are all first-year medical students at the Warr...

Welcome back for Part 2 of our second season! On the first episode of this sub-season, join us as we talk with Dr. Grant Hogue, an orthopedic surgeon based in Boston shares his perspective on the role of technology in medicine, offering advice to fellow doctors and students who wish to integrate emerging technologies into their care. He is joined on this episode by Alexa Bosco and Max Sahhar, both...

On the third episode of the season, join us as we talk with Dr. Bertrand Kaper, an orthopedic surgeon based in Arizona who manages his own private practice. Dr. Kaper shares his perspective on the role of private practice in medicine, offers advice to fellow doctors and students who wish to pursue private practice following their training, and speaks to the unique struggles, success, and challenge...

Welcome back to another episode of our "Med Student Experience" series. On today's episode, listen in as Marco Kaper, Anika Breker, and Nishant Jayachandran discuss maintaining priorities as medical students. We share the importance of prioritizing personal growth and relationships as busy medical students and offer personal advice to incoming students on how to find balance. In the second part of...

We’re back with another episode of our “Joy in Motion” series. On today's episode, listen in as Millie Rouffiac, Anika Breker, and Nishant Jayachandran discuss the realities of physical rehabilitation, from the timeline of recovery to ongoing advances in the field. We dive deep into the mental and emotional aspects of rehabilitation and offer personal anecdotes about highs and lows of physical the...

Welcome to the "Med Student Experience", another secondary series within the Fractured Thoughts Podcast. In this series, we take you behind the scenes and explore the life of being a medical student, sharing the unique experiences that define a medical education. On today's episode, we discuss everything about our first semester as M1s, navigating the highs, lows, and all the lessons we learned du...

Welcome to the "Joy in Motion" series, a secondary series within Fractured Thoughts where we dive into the medicine and experience of physical, mental, and emotional fitness. On today's episode, two new members of the Fractured Thoughts Podcast, Marco Kaper and Max Sahhar, join Anika Breker to discuss the importance of recreational play on injury prevention and the differential development of the...

On the second episode of the season, join us as we talk with Dr. Marguerite Mullen, a first-year orthopedic surgery resident at Brown University. Dr. Mullen shares her perspective on transitioning through the various stages of medical learning, navigating the myriad of subspecialty choices available to medical students, and choosing the perfect residency program, all while providing personal anecd...

Welcome to the Fractured Thoughts Podcast! On today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Eleanor Burstein, a fifth-year orthopedic surgery resident at Brown University, to discuss topics including common myths and preconceptions surrounding the field of orthopedics, historical and contemporary struggles faced by women in male-dominated surgical subspecialties, and navigating the field of medicine withi...