Dr Liz O'Riordan is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon in the UK. In 2015 she was diagnosed with the very illness she has spent her life treating and has chosen to chronicle her experiences in her truly wonderful blog liz.oriordan.co.uk . 
This episode is a truly special one as it touches on so many of the issues that we fear as physicians; seeing yourself as a patient with the disease you know so much about to the challenges of choosing your own doctor, when almost all of them are your friends of colleagues.
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Dr Liz O'Riordan Blog
World Health Organization Surgical Check List
#ILookLikeASurgeon
The Other Side by Kate Grainger
The Bright Side by Kate Grainger
#HelloMyNameIs
Do No Harm by Henry Marsh 
When Breath Becomes Air by Dr Paul Kalanathi
The Patient Will See You Now by Dr Eric Topol
Twitter: @Liz_ORiordan
 

Dr Liz O'Riordan On Being Both A Breast Cancer Surgeon & Patient

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Dr Peter Acker is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine. In addition to his work in the ER, he is an active member of the Stanford Emergency Medicine International Team whose work it is to assist in the provision of emergency medical care around the world. Dr Acker is also a key member of the organization, 'Surfing Doctors' and gets to combine his love of surfing with his passion for medicine.  The topic of surf medicine has been requested multiple times by listeners. So finally, here it is. If you enjoyed this episode please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy! Selected Show Notes:  Dr Peter Acker Stanford Emergency Medicine International Team Surfing Doctors  'Checklist Manifesto' by Atul Gawande Email: peteacker@gmail.com  

Surf Doctor - Dr Peter Acker On Global Emergency Care & Surf Medicine

Dr Abeyna Jones is an Occupational Medicine Registrar in London and is also the founder of Medic Footprints, a site dedicated to physician wellness and alternative careers in medicine. Dr Jones has travelled the world with her medical training and even spent time as a trauma surgeon in Africa in not exactly ideal conditions but garnered more satisfaction from that experience than her conventional surgical training in the UK at that time.  This is a fantastic conversation about the challenges of stepping outside the conventional frameworks of traditional medical practice and carving a path less travelled. Even if you have never considered an alternative career in medicine, this is a worthwhile discussion about why we choose what we do and where we derive satisfaction from our careers.  If you enjoyed this episode please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy! Selected Show Notes:   Dr Abeyna Jones Medic Footprints Med Net Twitter: @DrAbeynaJones

Alternative Careers In Medicine - Dr Abeyna Jones of Medic Footprints

Dr Robin Youngson is a practicing anesthesiologist and international advocate for promoting compassion in healthcare. Dr Youngson has worked for many years on developing the concepts of rehumanizing healthcare at a clinical and leadership level. In addition to being the CoFounder of 'Hearts in Healthcare', a global social movement for physicians, he is also the author of several books, his most recent being the highly acclaimed 'Time To Care: How to love your patients and your job'. This is a fantastic conversation on how we desperately need to bring humanity back to medicine and how we might go about doing so.  If you enjoyed this episode please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy! Selected Show Notes:  Dr Robin Youngson Compassionate Happiness Inventory Dr Pamela Wible - Ideal Medical Care Hearts In Healthcare The lost art of healing: Practicing Compassion in Medicine by Dr Bernard Lown 'Time to Care' by Dr Robin Youngson Twitter: @HeartsInHealth

Rehumanizing Healthcare - Dr Robin Youngson of 'Hearts In Healthcare'

Prof Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist and heads the Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. He has spent his career exploring the issues of sleep, from why we sleep to what its relationship is with mood disorders and abnormal cognitive behavior.  This is a conversation I have wanted to have for quite some time and a topic I wanted to include on the show as sleep, or more accurately, its absence is an ever present concern for most physicians.  If you enjoyed this episode please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy! Selected Show Notes:  Prof Russell Foster - Circadian Neuroscientist  TED Talk - 'Why We Sleep' Selected Publications - Prof Foster  The Oxford Online Program in Sleep Medicine - Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience Twitter: @OxNeuro

The Dangers Of Sleep Deprivation - Prof Russell Foster, Oxford UK.

Dr Anthony Montgomery is an organizational psychologist and an internationally recognized expert on burnout. Currently he is an Associate Professor of Work & Organizational Psychology at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. He has studied the individual and organizational elements of burnout for many years and his findings are fascinating.  I came across Dr Montgomery's work after reading an article he wrote entitled 'The Inevitability of Physician Burnout'. This is an enlightening conversation as to why we need to refocus the issue of burnout from the individual level to the ecosystem level.  If you enjoyed this episode please Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. Enjoy! Selected Show Notes:  Dr Anthony Montgomery  'The inevitability of physician burnout' by Dr Anthony Montgomery Well Med Conference 'Mindset' by Carol Dweck Areas Of Work Life Survey  

Dr Liz O'Riordan On Being Both A Breast Cancer Surgeon & Patient

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