Joining me today is Dr. Quraishi, a pediatric intensivist and ECMO advocate. In this episode, we discuss how he began his medical schooling at 16 in Mumbai, India, his transition to America to continue medical training, and how ECMO is changing

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Choll Kim: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon

Sep 5th, 2022 49m 4s

Joining me today is Dr. Choll Kim, a Harvard Medical School graduate who completed his residency at UCSD Medical Center and a complex spine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. He is currently in private practice in San Diego, CA, where he specialize

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Alan Daniels

Jul 25th, 2022 43m 17s

Joining me today is Dr. Alan Daniels, chief of spine surgery at brown university and University Orthopedics. In this episode, we discuss how Dr. Daniels found his way to both healthcare and to his surgical specialty. We also discuss how he hand

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Thomas Gruber

Jul 11th, 2022 48m 2s

Joining me today is Dr. Thomas Gruber. Board-certified neurosurgeon in Paducah Kentucky at Baptist Health. In this episode we discuss. How the democratization of technologies is making patient care better, and how his passion for helping patien

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Levy

Mar 7th, 2022 45m 29s

I’m Todd Schlosser and joining me today is Dr. Charles Levy, MBA, neurological surgeon and CEO of Affordable Healthcare Solutions. In this conversation, we discuss his transition from soldier to doctor. We also take a look at how a mentor’s fa

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Leon Eydelman

Feb 7th, 2022 33m 58s

Joining me today is Dr. Leon Eydelman, an Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Unit Physician. In this conversation, we discuss why he decided to focus on emergency medicine. We also take a look at his focus on ECMO and his experiences with se

Checking the Vitals with Sherri Mckinney

Jan 24th, 2022 36m 48s

In this episode, we examine what has led to the current blood crisis in America and how this issue is impacting hospitals, healthcare workers, and patients. We also discuss how we can all work together to overcome this crisis. Enjoy the convers

Checking the Vitals with Greg Mork

Jan 10th, 2022 57m 13s

Joining me today is Greg Mork, Director of Clinical Perfusion at Rush University Medical Center. In this conversation, we discuss how he “backed into” his job as a perfusionist, how the training for perfusionists has changed over the years, and

Checking The Vitals with Ed DeLaney and Dr. Derek Brinster

Oct 25th, 2021 41m 35s

Joining me today is Ed DeLaney, the Director of Perfusion at Northwell Health, and Dr. Derek Brinster, a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon and Director of Aortic Surgery at Northwell Health. In this conversation, we discuss how perfusionists and

Checking The Vitals Dr. Ziad Hage

Oct 18th, 2021 36m 30s

Joining me today is Dr. Ziad Hage from Novant Health in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Hage is a board-certified skull-based neurosurgeon specializing in cerebrovascular and endovascular approaches. In this episode, we talk about how his family inspired hi

Checking the Vitals with Artem Zhosan

Sep 27th, 2021 35m 20s

Joining me today is Artem Zhosan. In this episode, we discuss how he transitioned from being a perfusionist in Ukraine to becoming an RN and ECMO Specialist in the United States. We also discuss what his day-to-day is like as an ECMO specialist

Checking the Vitals with Fairfield Medical Center’s Sterile Processing Department

Sep 20th, 2021 27m 43s

Today we are talking to Tina, Kristen, and Jeff from Fairfield Medical Center’s sterile processing department. In this episode, we discuss the interesting realm of SPD. We highlight what they handle on a daily basis, sterile processing’s impact

Checking the Vitals with Dr Michael Firstenberg on ECMO

Sep 13th, 2021 48m 40s

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the realm of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO has become a very common support for COVID-19 patients, and Michael and I explore the reasoning behind that option. We discuss how ECMO shou

Checking the Vitals with Dr. John Dorman

Sep 6th, 2021 32m 9s

In this episode we discuss how an early experience in a hospital led him to want to practice medicine, how reading a book about neurosurgery helped him decided that was the speciality for him and how his rural hospitals lack of navigation syste

Checking the Vitals with Kristina Young

Aug 9th, 2021 28m 36s

Joining me today is Kristian Young (title) at SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss how her path in medical school led her to a career in intraoperative neuromonitoring, how she developed a passion for guiding new IONM clinicians, and how

Checking the Vitals: Medical Mission Endowment

Jun 21st, 2021 7m 33s

Joining me today is Sam Weinstein, MD, MBA, CEO of SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss the SpecialtyCare Medical Mission trip endowment, how the endowment is helping perfusionists participate in medical missions, and how Dr. Weinstein’s

Checking the Vitals with Intraoperative Neuromonitoring New Hires

Jun 7th, 2021 19m 11s

Joining me today are Aaron, Irene, and Owen, surgical neurophysiologists that are currently in the Intraoperative Neuromonitoring New Hire program at SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss their individual motivations to enter the IONM fiel

Checking the Vitals with Al Stammers

Apr 30th, 2021 42m 17s

Today, Al and I discuss his path to perfusion. We examine how his career in perfusion research began, how it has changed over the years, and how it led him to winning the John H. Gibbon Jr. award. This prestigious award honors a candidate for m

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Ray Chu

Apr 26th, 2021 31m 38s

Today, Ray and I discuss the motivation behind his journey to become a neurosurgeon. We also examine why exactly someone might seek out his medical speciality and how his field is innovatively prioritizing patient care.

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Quincy Byrdsong

Apr 12th, 2021 18m 28s

Today Quincy and I discuss The New School of Perfusion that will soon be opening its doors at Lipscomb university. In doing so we talk about what goes into opening a school of perfusion, how Lipscomb came to the decision to open such a school,

Checking The Vitals with Dr. Jonathan Rasouli

Mar 29th, 2021 45m 10s

Joining me today is Dr. Jonathan Rasouli, a Spinal Neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. In this conversation we discuss what it was that made him shift his collegiate path from engineer to Surgeon. We also discuss why he choose to focus on ne

Checking the Vitals with Dr. Stephen Griffith

Mar 22nd, 2021 31m 46s

Joining me today is Dr. Stephen Griffith, a board certified neurosurgeon In this conversation, Dr. Griffith and I discuss how he achieved his childhood goal of become a doctor. We also discuss how he developed an interest movement disorders an

Checking the Vitals with IONM Training Program Graduates

Mar 1st, 2021 20m 38s

Today my guests are Jodi Jason and Rikta, who were all surgical neurophysiologists at SpecialtyCare. In this episode, we discuss why they chose to go into intraoperative neuromonitoring as a career, how they found out about, and then subsequent

Checking the Vitals With Dr. Nathan Zwagerman

Feb 22nd, 2021 30m 3s

In this conversation, Nathan and I focus on how he decided to break the family tradition and become a surgeon rather than becoming a farmer. We also discuss what it was that drew him to neurosurgery as a specialty, reasons patients might come s

Checking the Vitals with Kurt Strudwick

Feb 8th, 2021 26m

Joining us today is Kurt Strudwick, a clinical educator for ECMO services at Specialty Care. In today's episode we talked to Kurt about how a family tragedy in his youth led him to have a passion for working in healthcare, how we started workin