EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

This week, Jonathan is discussing the topic of survival. Inspired by the book 'The Disappearing Spoon' by Sam Kean, he reveals a dramatic and very personal tale of survival, involving a song, the periodic table, and the trunk of a car.

This week, Jonathan sits down with Professor Babak Kateb, Chairman and CEO, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, to reflect on his upbringing and experience of war and how that influenced his career, discuss the potential of cross-discipline collaboration, and reveal what he thinks will be the spaces to watch in neurology and research.

Jonathan sits down with Prof Carl Hauser, Visiting Professor of Surgery and Lecturer on Trauma, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, to discuss what makes a good physician, explore his research around the mitochondria, and delve into his career as guitarist in the New York-based band, The Druids of Stonehenge.

This week, Jonathan sits down with three leaders from the charity accelerator The Voluntary Solidarity Fund (VSF) to discuss the complex topic of marginalisation. Jean Pierre Casey, Executive Trustee, VSF, Andy Keen-Downs, CEO, Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT), and Caroline Hattersley, Director, women@thewell, all reveal the intrinsic relationship between health and social inclusion, unravelling how good health is far more intricate than freedom from disease. 

This week, Jonathan muses on the importance of emerging from the pandemic safely, addressing conspiracy theories, vaccine hesitancy, public uncertainty, and the role of strong leadership, all through an analogy of aviation.

Jonathan sits down with Dr Shailesh Vadodaria, Consultant Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon, MACS Clinic, London, to discuss the rising cases of gynecomastia, reflect on his missionary and charity projects, and explore spirituality and synchrodestiny.