Today's Episode

Today Dr. Raj announces the release of his new book: Medicine Morning Report: Subspecialties available August 9th. In this episode, he and Dr. Eva Khondaker go through the first case in the book of a 64 year old woman with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney diseases. She presents to the ED with 3 days of fever, chills, lethargy, and dysuria. On exam the patient was febrile, tachycardic and hypertensive.

Today's Guest

Dr. Eva Khondaker is a recent medical graduate from the University of Medicine and Health Sciences (UMHS) where she graduated with highest honors. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta majoring in Biological Sciences and a Minor in Classics. Eva has over 10 years of media and broadcasting experience. Her experience ranges from appearing in local news channels to International Tv networks such as ATN (Asian television network). Eva was crowned Miss Canada Galaxy International 2007, Miss Alberta 2007 and Miss Supermodel South Asia 2006. She also went on to represent Canada at an International platform and placed 1st runner up and awarded best in swimsuit and interview. She was also awarded 1st runner up in Miss India Canada 2007 in Toronto, Ontario.  In the past, Eva has been an ambassador for various charity organization such as the Canadian Red cross and the Cross cancer institute to name a few. She has helped raise awareness and funding for research. Eva is also a published co-author of a Medical Ethics and Biostatistics textbook specifically for students preparing for the USMLE exams.

Recently, Eva has joined inside the boards as a podcast host, tutor, question writer, and head of social media development. In her personal life, she is a trained kathak and bharatnatyam dancer (Classical East Indian dance). She loves going to the gym and all things scifi/fantasy related. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her dog son, Quincy! She loves to go for hikes and play fetch with Quincy. She is currently preparing for the 2023 Match cycle.

About Dr. Raj

Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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Today's Episode

Dr. Austin Williams reviews the case of a 44 year old female who presents with a complaint of right upper quadrant pain. Her past medical history is significant for obesity alone. She describes the pain as sharp and says it typically occurs after eating. She has noticed this intermittently for approximately 6 months.

Today's Host

Dr. Austin Williams is a breast surgery oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He completed his gen surg residency at Lankenau Medical Center and his postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. 

About Dr. Raj

Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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Today's Episode

Dr. Austin Williams reviews the case of a 28 year old female with no significant past medical history who presents to the emergency department with acute onset right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The pain is sharp in nature and accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

Today's Host

Dr. Austin Williams is a Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He completed his General Surgery residency at Lankenau Medical Center and his postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. 

About Dr. Raj

Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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Today's Episode

Dr. Tammy Duong reviews the case of a 16 year old female who presents to the emergency department with her parents after telling them that she doesn't want to be alive anymore. The parents report that for the past 6 months she has been feeling down, and has been having thoughts of killing herself for the past week.

Today's Host

Dr. Tammy Duong is a geriatric psychiatrist from the University of California San Francisco. 

About Dr. Raj

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Dr. Enrica Fung reviews the case of a 55 year old male with type 2 diabetes who presents for a routine check up. He was told to get labs for a basic metabolic panel however he forgot to do this and a month passed. Then he started to feel nauseous, and had fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, and pins and needles peripherally and went to the emergency department.

Today's Host

Dr. Enrica Fung is a Nephrologist at the VA Healthcare System in Loma Linda, California. She is also an assistant professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She is on Twitter @enricaf2

About Dr. Raj

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Dr. Daniel Chao reviews the case of a 35 year old male who reports a 3 year long history of burning, substernal, non-radiating chest pain that typically lasts 2-3 hours. There is no association with dyspnea. The pain is not provoked by excursion or movement. He takes over the counter antacids that provide partial relief.

Today's Host

Dr. Daniel Chao is a gastroenterologist at the VA in Loma Linda, California. He completed his fellowship at the University of Irvine, after completing his medical school and residency at the University of Massachusetts.

About Dr. Raj

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Dr. Daniel Chao reviews the case of a 43 year old male who presents to clinic one week after hospitalization with new onset ascites.

Today's Host

Dr. Daniel Chao is a gastroenterologist at the VA in Loma Linda, California. He completed his fellowship at the University of Irvine, after completing his medical school and residency at the University of Massachusetts.

About Dr. Raj

Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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About this episode

Today Dr. Raj wraps up this portion of his "Cardio review for the boards." In this episode, he covers the different types of stress tests available including physical, chemical, and nuclear. As well as briefly going over viability studies, coronary artery calcification scoring, and cardiac MRI.

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About Dr. Raj

Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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Today Dr. Raj continues his Cardio review for the boards and now we dive into basic echocardiographic views. Sign up to www.beyondthepearls.net to view the full presentation and follow along!

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Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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About this episode

Today Dr. Raj continues his Cardio review for the boards and we move into different imaging techniques for cardiovascular disease, starting with chest x-rays. Sign up to www.beyondthepearls.net to view the full presentation and follow along!

About Dr. Raj

Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.

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