The Wonder of

Thanks for listening to the 1st season of "The Wonder of", an original podcast series from Wondr Medical.

To mark the end of Black History Month, we wanted to talk about one of the unsung heroes of modern medicine...

An African-American laboratory technician and instructor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, who was instrumental in the development of the ‘Blalock-Taussig’ shunt, a procedure used to improve the survival of children with cyanotic congenital heart defects

This is "The Wonder of Vivien Thomas"

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Stay up-to-date with Rohin on Twitter and for more curious minds, watch Rohin's video about Vivien Thomas and Hamilton Naki over on the MedLife Crisis YouTube Channel

This Podcast was inspired by Thomas Morris' book "The Matter of the Heart" - Available at all major retailers.

If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe so we can bring you more seasons of "The Wonder of" soon!

Already craving another Podcast from Wondr Studios? Listen to our other series "Abstract Heart" with Professor Chris Gale.

Thanks for listening to "The Wonder of the Stent", an original podcast series from Wondr Medical.

In the final episode of this season, we'll be hearing how a children’s toy called the 'Chinese Finger Trap' inspired cardiologist Ulrich Sigwart to alter the design of the Stent.

And now, thirty-five years after the first experimental implantation, the stent has become a medical phenomenon.

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This Podcast was inspired by Thomas Morris' book "The Matter of the Heart" - Available at all major retailers.

If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe so we can bring you more seasons of "The Wonder of" soon!

Already craving another Podcast from Wondr Studios? Listen to our other new series "Abstract Heart" with Professor Chris Gale.

Welcome back to "The Wonder of the Stent", an original podcast series from Wondr Medical.

In the 2nd episode of this season, we're continuing on the journey that Charles Dotters had set us on. At the time, a young physician called Andreas Grüntzig would attend a talk about "Dottering" at a clinical conference in Frankfurt. What he heard would blow him away, and lead him to go-on and shape the future of... the Stent.

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Stay up-to-date with Rohin

This Podcast was inspired by Thomas Morris' book "The Matter of the Heart" - Available at all major retailers.

If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe so we can bring you more seasons of "The Wonder of" soon!

Already craving another Podcast from Wondr Studios? Listen to our other new series "Abstract Heart" with Professor Chris Gale.

Thanks for listening.

Would you like to know how to treat a blocked coronary artery using a guitar string, a rubber glove, a children’s toy and a set of dentures?

Introducing "The Wonder of the Stent", an original podcast series from Wondr Medical.

In the first episode of this mini-series, we'll be taking a look at the mind behind one of the most effective and frequently performed procedures in modern medicine today: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), or as it's known outside the hospital, Stenting.

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Stay up-to-date with Rohin

This Podcast was inspired by Thomas Morris' book "The Matter of the Heart" - Available at all major retailers.

If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe so we can bring you more seasons of "The Wonder of" soon!

Already craving another Podcast from Wondr Studios? Listen to our other new series "Abstract Heart" with Professor Chris Gale.

Thanks for listening.

Welcome to the 'The Wonder of the Stent'. A new podcast series from the minds at Wondr Medical.

Join our host, Dr Rohin Francis, aka 'Medlife Crisis', on a journey to uncover the development of one of the most effective and frequently performed procedures in modern medicine today: percutaneous coronary intervention, or Stenting.

Subscribe for more 'The Wonder of' mini-series coming soon from the team at Wondr Studios.

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Listen to another Wondr original series: 'Abstract Heart' with Professor Chris Gale Available on Spotify, Acast or wherever you like to listen.