Med Inspired

Dr. Qaali Hussein is a board certified trauma surgeon, wife, mother of 6, and podcaster who's show Professional Muslim women details the stories and struggles faced by working Muslim women. Her passion is challenging the status quo of what it means to be a working Muslim woman and breaking the stereotypes and bias we all encounter. This incredibly inspirational woman details her life growing up during a civil war in Somalia, her struggles during residency, and how she balances being a mother of six with the high stress occupation of trauma surgery.

September 11, 2001 is a day that will forever be engraved in our memories. A day of unspeakable tragedy and grief. But it is also a day of undaunted courage in the face of adversity. Some of New York's finest healthcare providers and first responders came together in the midst of this tragedy and did what they do best. Caring for patients and putting their lives on the line. This is one mans life changing story.

Dr. Joe Lex is a retired emergency physician with 50 years of clinical practice! He is often referred to as the godfather of FOAMed (free open access medical education) I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Lex and picking his brain on a wide range of topics. This is a raw and enlightening look into the mind of a legend in emergency medicine. We talk about what makes a great mentor, bedside teaching, and great jazz music to name a few.

In this episode of the Med Inspired podcast I sit down with Dr. Shawna Pandya a citizen-scientist astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM. Dr. Pandya is a general practice physician, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, and pilot-in-training. She holds degrees in neuroscience, space, entrepreneurship and is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine. We go deep in this one discussing a myriad of topics including:

1. How to develop a blueprint of success and the principle of rate of scan.

2. How to develop and cultivate an attitude of resilience and grit.

3. Mental rehearsal and having a social circle in times of crisis to build resilience.

4. Artificial intelligence and how it will influence how we practice medicine in the future.

5. The value of creativity in education and how this creativity drives innovation

6. The similarities between space exploration and medicine.

And MUCH more!!

Dr. Pandya can be reached at:

Twitter: @shawnapandya

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Webpage: shawnapandya.com

In this episode of the Med Inspired Podcast I sit down and talk with Dr. Annahieta Kalantari about a myriad of topics including wellness, stress growth, presentation design, and medical education. Dr. Kalantari or better known as Dr. AK is a board-certified emergency medicine physician practicing in Hershey, PA. She is an internationally known speaker and author and lectures on various topics ranging from wellness and burnout to sepsis care and stress mindset. She also serves as a faculty mentor for the AliEM Wellness Think Tank and as a speaking coach for FeminEM. She is the recipient of multiple teaching awards including the Aria Jefferson Emergency Medicine Educator of the year award. She was also awarded the ACEP teaching fellowship Micro-teach award and first place in her category in the ACEP new speakers forum.

Kris Kaull is a flight paramedic, CMO for the tech startup Pulsara, technologist, writer, and speaker. We sit down and go DEEP into many topics including his biggest failures in medicine, what it takes to be a serial entrepreneur, and what customer service frequently gets wrong in EMS among many other topics as well.

This powerful episode delves into creating a better death story for our patients and in doing so we discover not just how to have a better death but how to live more deeply too. Nurse Jessica Hanson recounts a powerful and emotional story that will change your perspective on the death experience and what it means to us as healthcare providers and as human beings.

Do you know how your patients feel? It sometimes can be hard to relate to someone who takes 40 medications daily or is fearful of procedures that we may deem as just an everyday occurrence. In this episode, I interview Alin, an ER doctor from Philadelphia who almost died after discovering an undiagnosed congenital heart abnormality. We discuss the medical provider/patient relationship. What it truly means to empathize with your patients and the lifesaving power of organ donation.

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Twitter: AG_EM33

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