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Podcast Name: Practicing the Art of Faithful PresenceEpisode 19: Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Michael Carmichael – Being Jesus in the Hospital
In this episode, podcast host Dr. David Wright speaks with renowned Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Michael Carmichael. To begin, Dr. Carmichael explains how it came about that he decided to pursue a career as a medical doctor, and specifically as a surgeon. His mother and father noted the talent he had with his hands and suggested he be a pianist or a physician.
Early on in his life, he was allowed to be in an operating room and nearly passed out watching an orthopedic surgeon at work. He decided to get a job working in an operating room as a surgical tech to confirm if this would be a path he should really take. It took a bit of time, but eventually he did get accustomed to watching surgery, even to the point of doing it himself.
Dr. Carmichael explains the enormous amount of growth that has taken place in the world of thoracic surgery. While the operations themselves have not changed in 40 years, the approach to the heart has changed dramatically as doctors have sought to find minimally invasive ways to do life-saving surgeries.
Alongside a thriving surgical career in the United States, Dr. Carmichael began taking medical mission trips to China in 1992. The number one cause of death for the Chinese male is coronary heart disease. While the Chinese people are thin and eat healthy, they often start smoking in their teen years. When Dr. Carmichael started doing open heart bypass surgeries in China, less than 50 surgeries were done per year with a 50% survival rate. As a result, not many people were interested in having open heart surgery. This was an avenue for Dr. Carmichael to go to China and help the people and share the love of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
As time passed, the hospitals in China made invitations directly to Dr. Carmichael to come work in their hospitals. For a time, Dr. Carmichael invited doctors and nurses to come to the US to live with him and train in America. Many put their trust in Jesus during their stay in the US. For the last two and a half years, Dr. and Mrs. Carmichael have been living in China six to eight months per year allowing Dr. Carmichael to teach cardiac surgery. Now the mortality rate for the over 2,000 open heart surgeries performed each year in China is .07%.
Dr. Carmichael tells tales of his first open heart surgery in China in 1992, he explains what it is like to be a Christian living there and he offers his perspective on the people of China and the coronavirus outbreak in 2020.
Learn more about Dr. Michael Carmichael.
Learn more about Practicing the Art of Faithful Presence.
Learn more about host David Wright.
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By Indiana Wesleyan UniversityPodcast Name: Practicing the Art of Faithful PresenceEpisode 19: Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Michael Carmichael – Being Jesus in the Hospital
In this episode, podcast host Dr. David Wright speaks with renowned Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Michael Carmichael. To begin, Dr. Carmichael explains how it came about that he decided to pursue a career as a medical doctor, and specifically as a surgeon. His mother and father noted the talent he had with his hands and suggested he be a pianist or a physician.
Early on in his life, he was allowed to be in an operating room and nearly passed out watching an orthopedic surgeon at work. He decided to get a job working in an operating room as a surgical tech to confirm if this would be a path he should really take. It took a bit of time, but eventually he did get accustomed to watching surgery, even to the point of doing it himself.
Dr. Carmichael explains the enormous amount of growth that has taken place in the world of thoracic surgery. While the operations themselves have not changed in 40 years, the approach to the heart has changed dramatically as doctors have sought to find minimally invasive ways to do life-saving surgeries.
Alongside a thriving surgical career in the United States, Dr. Carmichael began taking medical mission trips to China in 1992. The number one cause of death for the Chinese male is coronary heart disease. While the Chinese people are thin and eat healthy, they often start smoking in their teen years. When Dr. Carmichael started doing open heart bypass surgeries in China, less than 50 surgeries were done per year with a 50% survival rate. As a result, not many people were interested in having open heart surgery. This was an avenue for Dr. Carmichael to go to China and help the people and share the love of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
As time passed, the hospitals in China made invitations directly to Dr. Carmichael to come work in their hospitals. For a time, Dr. Carmichael invited doctors and nurses to come to the US to live with him and train in America. Many put their trust in Jesus during their stay in the US. For the last two and a half years, Dr. and Mrs. Carmichael have been living in China six to eight months per year allowing Dr. Carmichael to teach cardiac surgery. Now the mortality rate for the over 2,000 open heart surgeries performed each year in China is .07%.
Dr. Carmichael tells tales of his first open heart surgery in China in 1992, he explains what it is like to be a Christian living there and he offers his perspective on the people of China and the coronavirus outbreak in 2020.
Learn more about Dr. Michael Carmichael.
Learn more about Practicing the Art of Faithful Presence.
Learn more about host David Wright.