Vital Signs

Dr. Ann Marie Schmidt devoted decades of her life to research that could change the lives of people living with diabetes. Then, in one night, it was all destroyed. Hear how - despite this devastating loss - she and her team found their way back.

Since she left South Africa 25 years ago, Nurse Sherril Card-Gordon's life has changed, and changed again. Hear what it was like to lose her husband to an aggressive cancer - and then, to find meaning in that loss by giving other families the hope she never had.

Dr. Joel Salinas grew up knowing he wasn't like other kids. During medical school, he finally figured out why. Hear how the unique way he perceives the world impacts his life and his work as a neurologist.

Vital Signs, Season 2. From Sirius XM and NYU Langone Health, Coming in January, 2022.

Whether it’s caring for patients, designing new surgeries or embracing new technology, medicine will never be the same in the wake of the COVID19 pandemic. In part 2 of Follow Up Visit, we speak with Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, Dr. Sean McMenomey and Dr. Gabby Mayer about the changes they’re dealing with and the changes they’re choosing.

The COVID19 pandemic has changed healthcare in ways we never could have expected. In this Season 1 bonus episode, we catch up with Dr. Robert Montgomery, Dr. Deborah Axelrod, and Dr. Stephen Ross about how their professional and personal lives have changed in this new era of medicine.

Psychedelic drugs could be a path to a cure for severe anxiety in cancer patients. Dr. Stephen Ross’s research into magic mushrooms and other drugs offers people new hope.

Hearing loss is common. Physicians like Dr. Sean McMenomey are not. He shares his unlikely story from truck driver to surgeon, and the joy of restoring hearing using cutting edge technology.

Dr. Deborah Axelrod spent her career treating women for breast cancer. Then, she found a lump in her own breast. Hear how this experience did - and didn’t - change her as a physician.

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Imagine if it all changed - in a matter of seconds. Plastic surgeon Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez performs highly complex face transplant procedures on patients who are willing to risk it all - for a new face.