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Every three seconds, someone in the world has a stroke. In the next hour — while you watch this — 1,200 people will have one.
Most people think a stroke announces itself. That it arrives slowly. That they will know.
It does not. It arrives in seconds. And the window to reverse it — the window between a person who can speak, move and recognise their family, and one who cannot — is measured in minutes.
My guest today goes into that window for a living.
Dr. Mikayel Grigoryan is the Medical Director of the Neurointerventional Program at Adventist Health Glendale. He has over 45 peer-reviewed publications. He trained at UCSF, Stanford and the University of Minnesota. He left academia for private practice because he wanted the freedom to take care of patients the way he believed they deserved to be cared for.
He also goes to Armenia four times a year, performs surgeries and tells almost nobody about it.
In this episode of INSIGHT, Emma Sargsyan sits down with Dr. Grigoryan for the most honest medical conversation she has ever filmed. What the system gets wrong. What the Armenian community does to itself. Why he thinks about brain surgery the way a plumber thinks about pipes. And what a bottle of wine taught him about life.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Cold open
00:30 What it's like to be inside a human brain
03:30 The plumber analogy — opening and closing pipes
08:00 How to recognise a stroke — BE-FAST
14:00 AI in stroke care
20:00 What the medical system gets wrong
27:00 Pharma, research and the rules he breaks
33:00 Food, inflammation and brain disease
40:00 The Armenian community and going to the doctor
48:00 Stress, genocide and the Armenian body
54:00 The philosophy and what happens when patients die
58:00 The Sopranos quote and the direct message
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If you or someone you know shows sudden signs of stroke — face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, vision changes, severe headache or loss of balance — call 911 immediately. Do not drive. Do not wait.
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ABOUT DR. MIKAYEL GRIGORYAN
Medical Director, Neurointerventional Program, Adventist Health Glendale. Over 45 peer-reviewed publications. Trained at UCSF, Stanford and the University of Minnesota. Based in Los Angeles, California.
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ABOUT INSIGHT
INSIGHT is the first Armenian-English language power and culture podcast in the United States, hosted by Emma Sargsyan. Distributed across all major podcast platforms.
Subscribe for new episodes every week.
─────────────────────
Follow Emma: @emmasargsyan
Listen: Spotify · Apple Podcasts · All major platforms
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#Neurosurgeon #Stroke #BrainHealth #ArmenianAmerican #INSIGHT #EmmaInsight #MikayalGrigoryan #Healthcare #MedicalAdvice #ArmenianCommunity #StrokeAwareness #BrainSurgery
Support the show
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By Emma SargsyanLet us know what you think!
Every three seconds, someone in the world has a stroke. In the next hour — while you watch this — 1,200 people will have one.
Most people think a stroke announces itself. That it arrives slowly. That they will know.
It does not. It arrives in seconds. And the window to reverse it — the window between a person who can speak, move and recognise their family, and one who cannot — is measured in minutes.
My guest today goes into that window for a living.
Dr. Mikayel Grigoryan is the Medical Director of the Neurointerventional Program at Adventist Health Glendale. He has over 45 peer-reviewed publications. He trained at UCSF, Stanford and the University of Minnesota. He left academia for private practice because he wanted the freedom to take care of patients the way he believed they deserved to be cared for.
He also goes to Armenia four times a year, performs surgeries and tells almost nobody about it.
In this episode of INSIGHT, Emma Sargsyan sits down with Dr. Grigoryan for the most honest medical conversation she has ever filmed. What the system gets wrong. What the Armenian community does to itself. Why he thinks about brain surgery the way a plumber thinks about pipes. And what a bottle of wine taught him about life.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Cold open
00:30 What it's like to be inside a human brain
03:30 The plumber analogy — opening and closing pipes
08:00 How to recognise a stroke — BE-FAST
14:00 AI in stroke care
20:00 What the medical system gets wrong
27:00 Pharma, research and the rules he breaks
33:00 Food, inflammation and brain disease
40:00 The Armenian community and going to the doctor
48:00 Stress, genocide and the Armenian body
54:00 The philosophy and what happens when patients die
58:00 The Sopranos quote and the direct message
─────────────────────
If you or someone you know shows sudden signs of stroke — face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, vision changes, severe headache or loss of balance — call 911 immediately. Do not drive. Do not wait.
─────────────────────
ABOUT DR. MIKAYEL GRIGORYAN
Medical Director, Neurointerventional Program, Adventist Health Glendale. Over 45 peer-reviewed publications. Trained at UCSF, Stanford and the University of Minnesota. Based in Los Angeles, California.
─────────────────────
ABOUT INSIGHT
INSIGHT is the first Armenian-English language power and culture podcast in the United States, hosted by Emma Sargsyan. Distributed across all major podcast platforms.
Subscribe for new episodes every week.
─────────────────────
Follow Emma: @emmasargsyan
Listen: Spotify · Apple Podcasts · All major platforms
─────────────────────
#Neurosurgeon #Stroke #BrainHealth #ArmenianAmerican #INSIGHT #EmmaInsight #MikayalGrigoryan #Healthcare #MedicalAdvice #ArmenianCommunity #StrokeAwareness #BrainSurgery
Support the show
Subscribe to the Youtube Channel
Follow me on Instagram