Checking the Vitals

In the second episode of our Heart of the Operation series, we talk to Kirti Patel, National Clinical Specialist, and Area Clinical Manager for perfusion at SpecialtyCare. We discuss the history of perfusion schooling from its early beginnings in the 1960s through today. We also explore what lead to a lot of perfusion schools shutting down and how Kirti started a perfusion school to help reverse that trend.

In the first episode of our new "Heart of the Operation" series, we are covering the history of perfusion with none other than Tom Coley, President of Perfusion and ECMO services at SpecialtyCare. Many are not aware of perfusion's unique history and Tom talks us through the first-use of perfusion in the 1950s and ends with how it's used today. Enjoy the conversation.

On this episode, we talk to a cohort of intraoperative neuromonitoring new-hires. We discussed what led them to the field, what the interview process entailed, and how the formal training that SpecialtyCare provides surpasses others in the industry.

In this conversation, Dr. Lanford and I discuss his career path to becoming a neurosurgeon and how he incorporates an entrepreneurial spirit into his medical practice. We also discuss the factors that led him to be an early adopter of new technologies.

In our conversation, Dr. Lima and I discuss what led him to a career in healthcare, specifically heart transplantation surgery and how future plans include him authoring his own book. I think you'll find the part of the conversation about engaging a heart failure specialist early on in the heart disease process very eye opening, I know I did.

Today my guest is Dr. Mark Li, the Chief of Neurosurgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network. In this conversation, Dr. Li and I discuss how imaging has changed the way we look at and treat issues with the brain. I think you'll particularly enjoy our discussion about the three different medical innovations that have revolutionized neurosurgery.

In this conversation, Eric and I discuss the importance of and process of data collection at SpecialtyCare and how this information is analyzed and converted into peer-reviewed research papers

Today our guest is Dr. Zain Khalpey, the Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Northwest Medical Center. In this conversation, we discuss why he gave up being a pilot to pursue medicine after his family experienced a medical emergency, how he developed ways of remodeling a damaged heart, and how he is using artificial intelligence (AI) to find new ways of preventing someone from having a heart attack.

In our conversation Dr. Feyma and I discuss how he decided to focus on Neurology, what led to his interest treating complex pediatric issues, And we discuss the great community of families that has developed around Gillette Children's hospital

Today our guest is Dr. Richard Chua, a neurosurgeon in Tucson, Arizona. In this conversation, we discuss how he bounced back after the director of the medical school admissions committee encouraged him to seek out another career, why he chose to focus on neurology, and how the past 20 years of surgical innovations have changed the way he practices medicine.