Checking the Vitals

Today our guest is Dr. Michael Firstenberg, Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at The Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado. In this conversation, we discuss how spending a gap year working at the Cleveland Clinic helped him decide to focus on cardiac surgery as a specialty, how research from early in his career laid the ground work for some incredible innovations, and how COVID-19 will impact healthcare innovations moving forward.

Today our guest is Mike Sheridan, COO of Comparably. In this conversation we discuss how healthcare recruiting has been impacted by COVID-19, why messaging is so important in the recruiting process, and how Comparably works with healthcare companies to present an authentic message that resonates with potential employees.

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Today our guest is Dr. Barolat, the Director of Barolat Neuroscience located in Denver, Colorado. In this conversation we discuss how he developed an interest in neurosurgery, why he chose to leave Italy to come practice in America, and what he is doing to help patients with chronic pain that do not respond to traditional means.

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Today our guest is Charles Clarke an entrepreneurial perfusionist in Ventura, California. In this conversation, we discuss why he changed careers from respiratory therapy to perfusion, how he turned that career into a business, and how his perception of SpecialtyCare changed as they partnered with his perfusion company.

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Today our guest is Dr. Poelstra an Orthopaedic and Neurological Spine surgeon at OrthoNorCal. In this conversation we discuss how an early interest in mechanics lead to a life time of improving and advancing new technologies for orthopedic surgery, how he and others are working to improve robotic surgery, and what future innovation will be coming to orthopedic surgery in the future. Enjoy the conversation.

Today, on another special COVID-19 episode, our guest is Tysharra Belfon, a PICC nurse on SpecialtyCare's Surgical Services team. In this episode, we discuss the role of a PICC nurse, how COVID-19 impacts this specialty, and what precautions are being taken at her hospital to keep front-line workers safe.

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Today our guest is Dr. Andrea Schwoerer who is a bariatric surgery specialist in Bridgeton, MO. In this conversation we discuss how working in a lab in college helped her decide to practice medicine. She also shares why she chose to focus on minimally invasive surgeries, and how robotic technology is changing the way these surgeries are done.

Today our guest is Dr. Paonessa, an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon at Orthopedic Partners in Connecticut. In this conversation, we discuss how a meeting with some of his high school mentors led him to enroll in medical school, how orthopedic surgery has changed over the course of his 30-year career, and we also discuss the mission work that he is doing in Africa, Jamaica and the Philippines. Enjoy the conversation

In this episode, we talk to Gregg Agoston and Marcy Konja, two experts in the field of sterile processing. We discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Sterile Processing Departments in hospitals around the country and how some can start preparing for the influx of elective surgeries as the shelter-in-place orders begin to ease up. Enjoy the conversation.

Today our guest is Dr. Raj Raab, a board-certified neurosurgeon at the Centers for Neurosurgery, Spine, and Orthopedics. In this conversation we discuss his path to neurosurgery, how the changing healthcare landscape led to him creating the Centers for Neurosurgery, Spine, and Orthopedics, and what he sees as the future of health insurance and why it is vital that that system fundamentally change.