Behind the Drapes: Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

In this episode, I talked with Palliative Care Fellow, Dr. Katie Waybill, about her perspective on death and dying in the hospital. Listen along as she provides a guiding voice into the intricacies of palliative medicine and its role in helping to navigate medically complex patients.

In this episode of Night Float Round 4, I get into the intricacies of what makes a critical care physician good at their job - when to do nothing. Watching and waiting can be tough, but sometimes it’s the right call. Listen along as I go through two scenarios that came up during my recent week of night float where I elected not to take the easy way out.

In this episode we kick off the discussion of death and dying. When working in the ICU, you can’t escape death. And the more you sink into it and try and understand it, the more you appreciate life and realize birth and death are massive uniting similarities between the diverse species that we call humans. Listen along as Dr. Richman describes her teaching experience guiding college students understanding the complex topic of human development that ultimately culminates with death.

The first podcast episode of 2024!! My second year in this passion project kicks off with a 3 part series of what to expect when you’re an expecting mother and an OBGYN resident. Dr. Jenn Bracken returns to the show to discuss her pregnancy journey while working in a hospital surrounded by pregnant patients. Each part will take us through each trimester of the pregnancy, starting with the first trimester in this episode.

To top of my Best of 2023 series, we go back to my very first episode and by far the most popular and most listened to episode on the show. Even now as I listen back, Dr. Shyamal Asher carries this conversation effortlessly as I begin my adventure as a podcaster. Even if you’ve heard this one before, it’s worth a second listen through.

In the second to last episode of the best of 2023 series, I revisit a conversation with an old co-resident, Dr. Andrew Winegarner, where we talk about his side hustles and how he’s able to balance it all. Season 2 of BTD was all about financial literacy, so if you’re into that go back and check out the whole season.

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.