On this MedCast we bring on Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Jiu Jitsu Black Belt, Dr. Lucius Pomerantz, MD, FAAOS. Dr Lucius specializes in hand surgery and was able to give insight in how to better protect our hands while training Jiu Jitsu.

In this episode, Dr. Jess Mandel and I talk about what COVID-19 is, how care has changed for COVID-19 from the beginning to now, and a little about vaccines.   Dr. Mandel and I work together in the COVID ICU. It was great to hear his thoughts about the disease as well as get to know him a little better.

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Dr. Allison Berndtson is a board certified trauma surgeon at UC San Diego Medical Center. In this episode, we chat about injuries to the neck in Martial Arts and how to lower your risk for potentially fatal and life changing incidents. I've had the pleasure to personally work with Dr. Allison in the intensive care unit and she is absolutely amazing. Hope you enjoy this episode!

On this episode, Dr. Dino Del Mastro and I speak about injury prevention in Martial Arts. If you have any questions for Dr. Dino, reach out to him on instagram at @dr.dinodelmastrodcpsp  | Please hit the subscribe button and let us know if you enjoyed this episode. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Laura Crotty and discuss some of the health effects of vaping. Dr Crotty is the lead researcher on vaping at the University of California San Diego.

We cover the general topic of sleep in this podcast from how much sleep do you need, naps, sleep aids, and sleep apnea. Dr. Robert Owens is board certified in sleep medicine, critical care, pulmonary disease, and internal medicine. Dr. Owens attended Columbia Medical School in New York and completed his fellowship training at Harvard Medical School. He is currently an Associate professor of medicine and sleep medicine specialist at UC San Diego Medical Center. Enjoy!