The Accad and Koka Report

A round table discussion of a chapter from the book Dissolving Illusions by Suzanne Humphries, MD, and Roman Bystrianyk. Our guest is the anonymous internet personality and blogger who writes under the pen name of Medical Nemesis.GUEST:Medical Nemesis: Twitter and SubstackWATCH ON YOUTUBE:Watch the episode on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Paul Thacker, an investigative journalist who reports on science, medicine and the environment. He recently received the British Journalism Award in Specialist Journalism for a series of articles in the BMJ investigating undisclosed financial interests among medical experts advising the US and UK governments on vaccines.GUEST:Paul Thacker: Twitter and SubstackWATCH ON YOUTUBE:Watch the episode on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Kelley Krohnert, a mom from Georgia who has repeatedly taken to task public health so-called experts for their shoddy analysis of pandemic statistics. In doing so, Kelley has won a large following on Twitter and on her website COVID-19 in Georgia which is well-respected for its reporting on the pandemic. One of Kelley's major fact-checking contribution was to discover that a pediatric COVID mortality statistics that was widely disseminated by the CDC, presented at the June 2021 ACIP meeting, and used to establish vaccine policy, was taken from a pre-print article that contained an egregious error and grossly over-estimated COVID deaths among children. This error was admitted by the authors who were forced to correct the paper. GUEST: Kelley Krohnert: https://twitter.com/KelleyKga (Twitter) and https://www.covid-georgia.com/ (webpage) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/BYRBDWuaQQQ (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Michelle-Linh Nguyen, a research fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCSF. She is the first author of a https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36037467/ (recent article) published in Annals of Internal Medicine examining the history of time organization in U.S. outpatient medicine. GUEST: Michelle-Linh Nguyen: https://twitter.com/mtlnmd (Twitter) and UCSF https://profiles.ucsf.edu/michelle-linh.nguyen (webpage) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/AvZEM-V0Qa0 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD, who returns to the show to share her perspective on the controversial study published by the Florida Department of Public Health analyzing a possible link between COVID mRNA vaccines and cardiac-related deaths. Dr. Høeg has made notable contributions to empirical research pertaining to SARS-COV2 transmission in schools and to vaccine-related myocarditis. She has published her findings in the CDC's MMWR and has given oral testimony to Congress. GUEST: Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD: https://twitter.com/TracyBethHoeg (Twitter) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/LPBdfsGH92E (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Drs. Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss the controversy regarding the meaning of fetal heartbeats and Dr. Koka's latest Substack https://anishkokamd.substack.com/p/why-glenn-kessler-is-completely-wrong (article) on the subject. LINKS: Anish Koka's https://anishkokamd.substack.com/ (Newsletter) Michel Accad's https://alertandoriented.com/ (Alert and Oriented) blog WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/AvZEM-V0Qa0 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Ben Recht, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, and co-author with Moritz Hardt of Pattern, Prediction, and Action: A Story About Machine Learning soon to be published by Princeton University Press but already freely available as a pdf format pre-print https://mlstory.org/ (here). We discuss his work and perspective on machine learning and artificial intelligence. GUEST: Ben Recht: https://twitter.com/beenwrekt (Twitter) and https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/?_ga=2.137066873.835125709.1638047158-1360907758.1638047158 (webpage) LINKS and RELATED EPISODES: https://youtu.be/4-3jAJbA-sg (AI in medicine: What's hype and what's real) (YouTube episode with Anish Koka and Ben Recht) https://accadandkoka.com/episode187 (Ep. 187 )That Bengladesh Mask Study! (with guest Ben Recht) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode5/ (Ep. 5) Normal is Fuzzy (with guest Saurabh Jha) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjAFqo67yuU (Lecture) by Peter Hacker on the claims of cognitive neuroscience (YouTube)

Our guest is Dr. Andrew Bostom, an academic physician also known as “https://www.golocalprov.com/news/The-Researcher-Brown-University-Doesnt-Want-You-to-Know-About (The Researcher Brown University Doesn't Want You to Know About).” We discuss his life experience as an academic physician with politically conservative views, his opposition to the pandemic response, and his recent suspension from Twitter. GUEST: Andrew Bostom: https://twitter.com/andrewbostom (Twitter) LINKS: Andrew Bostom's https://www.andrewbostom.org/ (blog) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode192 (Ep. 192). A Conversation with Viral Myalgia WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/DnGSmkyndGM (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Mattias Desmet, Professor of Psychology at the University and Ghent and author of Thttps://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Totalitarianism-Mattias-Desmet/dp/1645021726/ (he Psychology of Totalitarianism). He discusses with us the phenomenon of "mass formation" and its emergence from a background of a mechanistic ideology that has gripped the developed world over the last 300 years, WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/WfHuZ5APV3Q (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, author of the recently-released https://www.amazon.com/Take-Two-Aspirin-Call-Pronouns/dp/1642938491 (Take Two Aspirins and Call Me By My Pronouns), a book that details the intrusion of critical race theory and identity politics into medical education and medical practice. He is a former Associate Dean for Curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and returns to the show to discuss his book and the new organization that he is leading to push back against the new trend. GUEST: Stanley Goldfarb: https://twitter.com/one1iron (Twitter) LINKS: https://donoharmmedicine.org/ (Do No Harm) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode102/ (Ep. 102) Curriculum Subverted: An Academic Leader Pushes Back Against Woke Medicine (with Stanley Goldfarb) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode141/ (Ep. 140) Amy Wax on Wokeness in Medicine https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/ep-149-james-lindsay-cynical-theories/ (Ep. 149) James Lindsay: Critical Race Theory, Post-Modernism, and Medicine WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/N_u8Qe4OyWs (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Steven Calvin, a maternal-fetal medicine physician who is currently serving on the US HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM). Dr.Calvin has 40 years of experience in the field and is the founder and medical director of the Minnesota Birth Center. We have a wide-ranging conversation discussing trends in maternal mortality, COVID and pregnancy, and the role of midwives in the ecology of obstetric care. GUEST: Steven Calvin: Bio at the https://lozierinstitute.org/team-member/steve-calvin/ (Charlotte Lozier Institute )and https://theminnesotabirthcenter.com/our-story/ (Minnesota Birth Center) LINKS: Studnicki et al. Improving the metrics and data reporting for maternal mortality: A challenge to public health surveillance and effective prevention (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6788905/ (published in OJPHI)) Studnicki and Fisher. Recent increases in the US maternal mortality rates: Disentangling trends from measurement issues (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27500333/ (published in Obstretrics & Gynecology)) Ameya Kulkarni. Maternal Mortality: Separating Signal from Noise (https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/12/03/maternal-mortality-separating-signal-from-noise/ (published in The Health Care Blog)) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/9EVF5a9zEJE (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Dr. Amy Doherty who was issued a restraining order from her former employer for allegedly violating a non-compete clause. She received the order a week after opening her new practice in an underserved area. GUEST: Amy Doherty: Practice https://www.klarcaredpc.com/ (website), FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076764023090 (page), and personal https://dramydoherty.com/ (blog) LINKS: "Divine Savior suit seeks to stop doctor from opening a Portage practice" (https://www.wiscnews.com/community/portagedailyregister/news/divine-savior-suit-seeks-to-stop-doctor-from-opening-portage-practice/article_93561b7b-5dc8-59ce-b53c-b5c1596ae7ad.html (report) in the Portage Daily Register) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode80/ (Ep. 80) How to Rollback Bad Healthcare Laws (with Marcelo Hochman) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode18/ (Ep. 18) A Doctor Fights Against CON Laws (with Gajendra Sign) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/P-Kb-XCsaUA (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Ian Miller, author of https://www.amazon.com/dp/1637583761/ (Unmasked: The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates), a detailed chronicle of 24 months of arbitrary, wholly inconsistent, and grossly unscientific mask mandates.  GUEST: Iam Miller: https://twitter.com/ianmsc (Twitter) and https://ianmsc.substack.com/ (Substack) LINKS: Anish Koka “https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2020/04/11/the-covid-pandemic-who-dunnit/ (The COVID Pandemic: Who Dunnit?)” (from The Health Care Blog) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode187/ (Ep. 187 That Bangladesh Mask Study!) (with guest Ben Recht) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode188/ (Ep. 188 Jason Abaluck on the Bangladesh Mask Trial) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/keI2wOfMtJ0 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Ali Mortazavi, CEO of eTherapeutics, a UK-based computational biology company focused on the development of RNA technology. He shares with us his perspective on mRNA vaccines and the application of RNA technology to medicine in general.  GUEST: Ali Mortazavi https://twitter.com/AAMortazavi (Twitter) and https://www.etherapeutics.co.uk/ (company website) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/BYuaNNuqJr0 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guests are University of Chicago Professor Harold Pollack and Robert Graboyes, Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center discussing the place of conservatives in public health. GUESTS: Harold Pollack: https://twitter.com/haroldpollack (Twitter) and https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/h-pollack (W)https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/h-pollack (ebsite) Robert Graboyes: https://twitter.com/Robert_Graboyes (Twitter) and http://www.robertgraboyes.com/ (Website) LINKS: Harold Pollack: “https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/12/conservative-public-health-covid-conservative-affirmative-action-503448 (Why Public Health Experts Aren't Reaching Conservatives on Covid)” (from Politico) Robert Graboyes: “https://www.discoursemagazine.com/politics/2021/09/17/conservatives-and-public-health-a-warm-welcome-into-a-cold-climate/ (Conservatives and Public Health: A Warm Welcome in a Cold Climate)” (from Discourse Magazine) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode179/ (Ep. 179. Political Conservatism: Cure to a Failed Health Care Liberalism?) (with guest Shawn Whatley) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/I5Btz8zWXkg (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

David Cayley returns to the show to discuss the the social fractures and "divisions among friends" engendered by the pandemic response. Using the thought of Ivan Illich as a point of departure, we have a wide-ranging conversation on the myths and realities of the role of science in political life. GUEST: David Cayley https://www.davidcayley.com/ (Website) LINKS: David Cayley "https://www.davidcayley.com/blog/2021/6/11/concerning-life-1 (Concerning Life)" A conversation on Ivan Illich's Shadow Works (https://youtu.be/WXEZU94QX5Y (YouTube)) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode150/ (Ep. 150 David Cayley on Ivan Illich ) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode159/ (Ep. 159 Terence Kealey on the Myths of Public Funding of Science) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/3zhLXSDFrJY (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guest is Dr. Shamez Ladhani, a pediatric infectious disease specialist with a focus on vaccine-preventable diseases. He also holds a position of epidemiologist at Public Health England and has been among the first to obtain real life data on the effects of the pandemic on children and schools. He joins us to discuss his perspective on what a public health policy based on data, rather than perception and fear, should look like. GUEST: Shamez Ladhani: https://twitter.com/shamezladhani?lang=en (Twitter) and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shamez-Ladhani (ResearchGate) profile LINK: Shamez Ladhani. "https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abj2042 (Children and COVID-19 in Schools)" Perspective article in Science Magazine, November 2021 WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/qorRsmas_TE (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Dr. Accad and Dr. Koka hash out their disagreements on the question of brain death. RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode35 (Ep. 35) Why Brain Dead Isn't Dead: An Introduction to “Shewmon's Challenge.” with Alan Shewmon, MD https://accadandkoka.com/episode45 (Ep. 45) Brain Death at the Bedside with Fred Rincon, MD https://accadandkoka.com/episode145 (Ep. 145) Diagnosing Brain Death: Clinical and Legal Quagmires with Doyen Nguyen, MD, and Alan Shewmon, MD https://accadandkoka.com/episode196 (Ep. 196) Taking a Stand Against Brain Death with Paul Byrne, MD, and Christine Zainer, MD WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/jxKv8LUUGs4 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guests are Drs. Paul Byrne a pioneer neonatologist and Dr. Christine Zainer, an anesthesiologist from Wisconsin. Drs. Byrne and Zainer discuss their involvement in the care of patients with severe brain injury, particularly those given a diagnosis of "brain death." GUEST: Paul Byrne: https://www.lifeguardianfoundation.org/ (Website ) LINKS: "Dr. Paul Byrne: From preemies to end-of-life issues, one man has made a difference." (https://clmagazine.org/topic/pro-life-champions/dr-paul-byrne-from-preemies-to-end-of-life-issues-one-man-has-made-a-difference/ (article) from Celebrate Life magazine by Rob Sample) Doyen Nguyen: The New Definitions of Death for Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Multidisciplinary Analysis from the Perspective of Christian Ethics (https://amzn.to/3grhh2P (Amazon link)) Michael Potts, Paul Byrne, Richard Nigels Beyond Brain Death: The Case Against Brain-Based Criteria for Death (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/0-306-46882-4 (Springer)) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode35 (Ep. 35) Why Brain Dead Isn't Dead: An Introduction to "Shewmon's Challenge." with Alan Shewmon, MD https://accadandkoka.com/episode45 (Ep. 45) Brain Death at the Bedside with Fred Rincon, MD https://accadandkoka.com/episode145 (Ep. 145) Diagnosing Brain Death: Clinical and Legal Quagmires with Doyen Nguyen, MD, and Alan Shewmon, MD WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/X-sA9BdXG8o (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel

Our guests are Aiden and Emily Jo Ekanayake. Aiden had vaccine-induced myocarditis last June and he and his mother relate the experience and the consequences—physical, emotional, and financial—that they are facing to this day. GUEST: Emily Jo Ekanayake: https://twitter.com/eekymom (Twitter) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/3A_bYiIRoRw (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is JD Haltigan, a developmental psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh who joins us to discuss psychological factors that may explain the larger social phenomena in the pandemic response. GUEST: JD Haltigan, PhD: https://twitter.com/JDHaltigan (Twitter) and https://jdhaltigan.substack.com/ (Substack) LINKS: JD Haltigan. "https://jdhaltigan.substack.com/p/understanding-pandemic-induced-personality/comments (Understanding pandemic-emergent personality and behavioral psychopathology)." JD Haltigan. "https://jdhaltigan.substack.com/p/pittsburgh-a-city-study-in-the-successor (Pittsburgh: A City Study in the Successor Ideology)." WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/zjQR6ZZIJ4A (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD, who has made remarkable research contributions pertaining to SARS-COV2 transmission in schools and to vaccine-related myocarditis. She has published her findings in the CDC's MMWR and has given oral testimony to Congress. GUEST: Tracy Høeg, MD, PhD: https://twitter.com/TracyBethHoeg (Twitter) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Kk5ijSuuAJI (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is the anonymous physician who provides very keen analyses of COVID-related issues on well-documented Twitter threads. GUEST: Viral Myalgia, MD, PhD: https://twitter.com/contrarian4data (Twitter) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/OeSBLHXr-E8 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Michael Acree author of https://amzn.to/3Do4aIT (The Myth of Statistical Inference), published by Springer earlier this year. Dr. Acree is a former statistician at the University of California San Francisco. This is the second episode in a 2-part series. GUEST: Michael Acree, PhD. RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode49/ (Ep. 49) Many Statisticians, Many Answers: The Methodological Factor in the Replication Crisis (with Brian Nosek) https://accadandkoka.com/episode57/ (Ep. 57) Neither Fisher nor Bayes:The Limits of Statistical Inference https://accadandkoka.com/episode190 (Ep. 190) The Myth of Statistical Inference (Part 1) Historical Background WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/8YElVMz763E (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Note: The Accad and Koka Report participates in the Amazon Affiliate program and may earn a small commission from purchases completed from links on the website, Support this podcast

Our guest is Michael Acree author of https://amzn.to/3Do4aIT (The Myth of Statistical Inference), published by Springer earlier this year. Dr. Acree is a former statistician at the University of California San Francisco. This is the first episode in a 2-part series. GUEST: Michael Acree, PhD. RELATED EPISODE: https://accadandkoka.com/episode57/ (Ep. 57) Neither Fisher nor Bayes:The Limits of Statistical Inference WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/evf_oRNQv9A (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Note: The Accad and Koka Report participates in the Amazon Affiliate program and may earn a small commission from purchases completed from links on the website, Support this podcast

Our guest is Dr. Paul Marik, an acclaimed academic leader in critical care medicine who has also taken controversial positions over the years about the treatment of patients, most notably recently about using Ivermectin as part of a treatment protocol for COVID-19. We discuss his career and the tension between the knowledge that comes from clinical experience and that derived from formalized clinical studies. GUEST: Paul Marik, MD: https://www.evms.edu/directory/profiles/paul-e-marik.php (Webpage) and https://covid19criticalcare.com/about/the-flccc-physicians/ (Curriculum Vitae) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/1hWpu1cfvjY (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Jason Abaluck, Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management and one of the principal investigators of the Bangladesh cluster randomized trial of community masking that was just https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi9069 (published) in Science. GUEST: Jason Abaluck, PhD: https://twitter.com/Jabaluck (Twitter) and https://faculty.som.yale.edu/jasonabaluck/ (faculty webpage) RELATED EPISODE: https://accadandkoka.com/episode187/ (Ep. 187.) That Bangladesh Mask Study! with Ben Recht WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/VU4d2GBsz9U (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Ben Recht, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, who recently got hold of and analyzed the raw data from the Bangladesh cluster randomized control trial of masking which made headlines in September. GUEST: Ben Recht: https://twitter.com/beenwrekt (Twitter) and https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~brecht/?_ga=2.137066873.835125709.1638047158-1360907758.1638047158 (webpage) LINKS: Ben Recht's recent blog post: http://www.argmin.net/2021/11/23/mask-rct-revisited/ (Revisiting the Bangladesh Mask RCT) Michel Accad http://alertandoriented.com/why-n-of-1-is-enough/ (Why N-of-1 is Enough) Ep. 97 with Peter Klein on "https://accadandkoka.com/episode97/ (Evidence-Based Economics: What the Doctor Ordered?)" WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/5P8aVDqEY6Q (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Jenin Younes, a Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. She joins us to discuss her involvement in advocacy and in legal challenges against vaccine mandates. She holds a B.A. degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. She has been featured on several national media outlets for her commentary and she recently penned https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-vaccine-mandate-kids-unlawful-eua-emergency-use-authorization-5-to-11-year-old-11636493796 (an op-ed) in the Wall Street Journal building the case against mandatory vaccination in children. GUEST: Jenin Younes: https://twitter.com/Leftylockdowns1/ (Twitter) and https://nclalegal.org/jenin-younes/ (webpage) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/6C0X8zP140Q (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is James Heathers, physiologist, scientist, and part-time "data thug" who's developed the technique of sniffing out fraudulent or highly erroneous scientific publications into an art. He has recently published "https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/10/ivermectin-research-problems/620473/ (The Real Scandal About Ivermectin)," an article in The Atlantic featuring an analysis that he and his colleagues have performed identifying devastating flaws in some randomized control trials that purportedly showed Ivermectin to be effective against COVID-19. The article discusses the Ivermectin story in the broader context of the reliability of scientific publications. James is also Chief Scientific Officer at the technology company Cipher Skin. GUEST: James Heathers, PhD: https://twitter.com/jamesheathers (Twitter), and https://everythinghertz.com/ (podcast) PREVIOUS APPEARANCE ON THE PODCAST: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode65/ (Ep. 65) James Heathers: Why Science Needs Data Thugs. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/n0USAdlkU34 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Vinay Prasad, hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco. He is the author of over 300 academic articles, and the books https://www.amazon.com/Ending-Medical-Reversal-Improving-Outcomes/dp/1421417723/ (Ending Medical Reversal) (2015), and https://www.amazon.com/Malignant-Policy-Evidence-People-Cancer/dp/1421437635/ (Malignant) (2020). We have a wide-ranging conversation covering public health, the politicization of science, and the future of the established institutions of knowledge. GUEST: Vinay Prasad: https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH (Twitter), https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew (YouTube), and http://www.vinayakkprasad.com/ (Website) PRIOR APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode153/ (Ep. 153) Vinay Prasad: Making Conversations About Medicine Great Again. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/Nm_koZ_NWfg (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/accadandkoka (Make a small donation) on our Patreon page Support this podcast

Our guest in Dr. Cody Meissner, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Tufts University School of Medicine, and member of the FDA's Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) who recently approved the EUA for Pfizer's COVID vaccine for children ages 5-11. GUEST: H. Cody Meissner, MD: https://www.tuftschildrenshospital.org/physiciandirectory/h-cody-meissner (Webpage) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/ET9aTrTfXOQ (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Dr. Paul Offit, an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is also a member of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) which recently approved the EUA for the Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children age 5-11. This is part 1 of a 2-part series on this topic. GUEST: Paul Offit, MD: https://twitter.com/DrPaulOffit (Twitter) and http://paul-offit.com/ (Webpage) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/sNU6YgBwLBw (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Dr. Joel Zivot, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Ho also holds a Masters degree in ethics and is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Emory University Center for Ethics. He shares his personal experience with and perspective on the reality of death by lethal injection and discusses why the medical profession should not serve as an arm of the State. GUEST: Joel Zivot, MD: https://mobile.twitter.com/joel_zivot (Twitter) and https://ethics.emory.edu/who-we-are/our-people/faculty/senior-faculty-fellows/courrier-anne-elisabeth1.html (Webpage) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/vewMYFymMVo (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Eli Klein, a gallery owner in Manhattan who became a scourge to governor Andrew Cuomo for his handling of the pandemic. GUEST: Eli Klein: https://twitter.com/TheEliKlein (Twitter) and http://www.galleryek.com/ (Website) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/hUShgHdoa8Y (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Dr. Shawn Whatley, returning to the show to discuss a recent essay introducing conservative principles to a health care audience steeped in a liberal tradition. GUEST: Shawn Whatley, MD.  https://shawnwhatley.com/ (Blog) and https://twitter.com/shawn_whatley?lang=en (Twitter) LINK: Shawn Whatley. How to Get Canada off the Health Care Teeter-Totter (at https://thehub.ca/2021-10-12/shawn-whatley-how-to-get-canada-off-the-health-care-teeter-totter/ (The Hub)) BOOKS BY DR. WHATLEY: Note: The Accad and Koka Report participates in the Amazon Affiliate program and may earn a small commission from purchases completed from links on the website. https://amzn.to/31ORXwq (When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why Canadian Medicare Is Failing) https://amzn.to/2PExM1y (No More Lethal Waits: 10 Steps to Transform Canada's Emergency Departments ) PREVIOUS APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode40/ (Ep. 40 Practicing Medicine in Canada: Promises and Realities) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode165-2/ (Ep. 165 Deconstructing Medical Socialism) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/EwzuQW5Oegs (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guests are John Mandrola and Bogdan Enache, returning to the show to wrap up our series on "Adventures and Misadventures in Defibrillation." GUESTS: John Mandrola, MD: https://twitter.com/drjohnm (Twitter) and https://drjohnm.org/ (Website) Bogdan Enache, MD: https://twitter.com/bogdienache?lang=en (Twitter) LINKS: Michel Accad. The case against shared decision-making http://alertandoriented.com/the-case-against-shared-decision-making-1/ (part 1), http://alertandoriented.com/the-case-against-shared-decision-making-2/ (part 2), and http://alertandoriented.com/the-case-against-shared-decision-making-part-3/ (part 3). RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episode172/ (Ep. 172 Adventures in Defibrillation) https://accadandkoka.com/episode174 (Ep. 174 Misadventures in Fibrillation) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/2bJetodlboc (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is journalist and author David Zweig, one of the few voices in the media that dared to question the public health narrative and was able to scoop major stories about the pandemic that were ignored by the mainstream outlets. GUEST: David Zweig: https://davidzweig.com/ (Webpage) and https://twitter.com/davidzweig (Twitter) WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/VdXV08eUcOY (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Brian Miller, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Business (courtesy) at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a practicing hospitalist, health policy researcher, and health policy analyst, working as a consultant to the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection on health insurance. He is also a member of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee, the UNC-NC State Biomedical Engineering Department Industrial Advisory Board, and the Keck Graduate Institute School of Medicine Dean's Advisory Council. GUEST: Brian J. Miller: https://www.brianjmillermd.com/ (Webpage) and https://twitter.com/4_Betterhealth (Twitter) LINKS: https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/miller-cost-and-quality-of-care-in-poh-special-study-v1a.pdf (Cost and Quality of Care in Physician-Owned Hospitals: A Systematic Review) (Mercatus Center) https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210408.980640/full/ (Reversing Hospital Consolidation:  The Promise of Physician-Owned Hospitals) (in Health Affairs blog) https://www.aha.org/news/blog/2021-04-20-blog-health-affairs-article-misses-mark-physician-owned-hospitals (Health Affairs Article Misses the Mark on Physician-Owned Hospitals). (American Hospital Association website) https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Brian%20J%20Miller%20Senate%20Judiciary%20testimony%20for%2005%2019%202021.pdf (Testimony) to Senate Judiciary Committee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights. WATCH ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/BfOJu2vAWig (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at Stanford University. Professor Bhattacharya is also research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and director of the Stanford Center on the Demography of Health and Aging. Dr. Bhattacharya gained international prominence during the COVID pandemic for his contributions to determining the infection fatality rate of the virus, and for his criticism on broad coercive lockdown policies and vaccine mandates. Along with colleagues Martin Kulldorff and Sunetra Gupta, he wrote the https://gbdeclaration.org/ (Great Barrington Declaration) of focused protection which has garnered 860,000 signatures to date. GUEST: Jay Bhattacharya: https://twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya (Twitter )and Stanford https://profiles.stanford.edu/jay-bhattacharya (page) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/tf5BbYcI7-g (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guests are John, a patient with an extraordinary story to tell, and Dr. John Mandrola, a cardiac electrophysiologist from Louisville, KY. Dr. Mandrola is cardiology editor on Medscape where he writes a regular column and produces a weekly podcast. He is also the co-author of The Haywire Heart: How Too Much Exercise Can Kill You and What You Can Do To Protect Your Heart. https://www.amazon.com/Haywire-Heart-exercise-protect-heart/dp/1937715671 GUEST: John Mandrola, MD: https://twitter.com/drjohnm (Twitter) and https://drjohnm.org/ (Website) LINKS: The Haywire Heart (Amazon https://amzn.to/3kT5pJV (link)) Note: The Accad and Koka Report participates in the Amazon Affiliate program and may earn a small commission from purchases completed from links on the website, WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7dArQkG8EE0 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Euzebiusz (Zeb) Jamrozik, MD, PhD, a practicing internal medicine physician and fellow in ethics and infectious diseases at the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford. He is head of the Monash-WHO Collaborating Centre for bioethics at the Monash Bioethics Centre. His academic work on infectious disease ethics is focused on vaccines, vector-borne disease, and drug resistance. Dr Jamrozik is lead author of the report of a Wellcome Trust funded project on ethical and regulatory issues related to human challenge studies in endemic settings. GUEST: Zeb Jamrozik, MD, PhD: https://twitter.com/id_ethics (Twitter) and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Euzebiusz-Jamrozik (Webpage) LINKS: Jamrozik E and Heriot G. "Imagination and remembrance: What rolw should historical epidemiology play in a world bewitched by mathematical modelling of COVID-19 and other epidemics." (In History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352203815_Imagination_and_remembrance_what_role_should_historical_epidemiology_play_in_a_world_bewitched_by_mathematical_modelling_of_COVID-19_and_other_epidemics (free text) available) Jamrozik E and Heriot G. "Not in my backyard: COVID-19 vaccine development requires someone to be infected somewhere." (In The Medical Journal of Australia https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349117285_Not_in_my_backyard_COVID-19_vaccine_development_requires_someone_to_be_infected_somewhere (free text )available) Euzebiusz Jamrozik and Michael Seldeling. Human Challenge Studies in Endemic Settings: Ethical and Regulatory Issues (Springer, 2020, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340224204_Human_Challenge_Studies_in_Endemic_Settings_Ethical_and_Regulatory_Issues (free text) available) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/HAmBx6jjGfU (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guests are Thomas Wingert, a patient, https://twitter.com/bogdienache?lang=en (Bogdan Enache), an electrophysiologist at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monaco, and https://twitter.com/roguerad (Saurabh Jha), an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania. LINK: https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.03.006 (Point/Counterpoint on Halting the Implantation of Subcutaneous ICD). Editorial by B. Enache and J. Mandrola in JACC Electrophysiology. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/rKaZ8I1vn1Y (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Ted Okon, a nationally recognized expert on the policy and politics of cancer care. Mr. Okon has testified before Congress on cancer issues and is frequently on Capitol Hill discussing the nation's cancer care delivery system. GUEST: Ted Okon: https://twitter.com/TedOkonCOA (Twitter) and Community Oncology Alliance https://communityoncology.org/leadership/ted-okon/ (website) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/hDCWU72v-P0 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Professor David Heymann is an American physician and epidemiologist based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has held leading positions at the WHO for more than 20 years, coordinating global responses to epidemics such as Ebola, AIDS, polio, and SARS. He also served as Chairman of Public Health England from 2009 until 2017. He shares his perspectives on post-pandemic life and on opportunities for the public health sector. GUEST: David Heymann: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/heymann.david (Professional page) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Heymann (Wikipedia page) RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode140/ (Ep. 140. Gabriela Gomes: Why Herd Immunity May Be At Hand) https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode148/ (Ep. 148. Herd Immunity Models and Realities, with David Heymann and Paul Fine.) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/55oATgeFpPk (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

In the aftermath of the dramatic surge of COVID cases and deaths in India, Michel Accad and Anish Koka revisit the question of lockdowns and the principles that should inform the response to epidemics. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/s6vN5w6Fz7w (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel RELATED EPISODES: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode162/ (Ep. 162) A Libertarian's Case for Lockdowns, with Chris Snowdon https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode160/ (Ep. 160) Elise Amez-Droz: Those Treacherous "Essential" and "Non-Essential" Labels https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode158/ (Ep. 158) Alycia "The Bomb" Baumardner: A Fighter's Life Under Lockdown https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode150/ (Ep. 150) David Cayley on Ivan Illich https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/accad-and-koka-on-lockdowns/ (Special episode) Accad and Koka on Lockdowns (Aug 2020) Support this podcast

Our guest is Dr. Anupam Singh, Assistant Professor of Medicine at SMC in Ghaziabad, who is in the thick of the COVID crisis in Delhi. He shares his perspective on the situation. GUEST: Dr. Anupam Singh’s https://twitter.com/anupampom?lang=en (Twitter) and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anupam_Singh9/contributions?ev=prf_act (ResearchGate profile) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/PN82yVMpc6s (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

Our guest is Dr. Somalaram Venkatesh, interventional cardiologist In private practice in Bengaluru, India. He shares his thoughts on the current severe surge of COVID in India. Dr. Venkatesh obtained his medical degree and completed his cardiology training at PGI, Chandigarh. He is now director of cardiology at Aster Hospital, Bengaluru. GUEST: Somalaram Venkatesh, MD: https://twitter.com/serioustaurean (Twitter )and Professional https://www.asterbangalore.com/aster-rv-jp-nagar/doctor-detail/dr-s-venkatesh-lead-consultant-interventional-cardiology (website) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/U6R5T4kiqA8 (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Dan Morgan, MD, MS, a physician and epidemiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist at the Baltimore VAMC, and a fellow at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP). We discuss a recent paper he co-authored about probabilistic diagnostic reasoning among clinicians. GUEST: Dan Morgan https://twitter.com/dr_dmorgan (Twitter) and https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Morgan-Daniel/ (Website) LINKS: Morgan D, et al. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2778364 (Accuracy of practitioners estimate of probability of diagnosis before and after testing.) JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/y-aqxpgI7zk (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guest is Shawn Whatley, a physician in Canada who is the author of the recently released book When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare Is Failing. Dr. Whatley is past-president of the Ontario Medical Association and is a senior fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy in Toronto.  GUEST: Shawn Whatley, MD.  https://shawnwhatley.com/ (Blog) and https://twitter.com/shawn_whatley?lang=en (Twitter) BOOKS BY DR. WHATLEY: Note: The Accad and Koka Report participates in the Amazon Affiliate program and may earn a small commission from purchases completed from links on the website. https://amzn.to/31ORXwq (When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why Canadian Medicare Is Failing) https://amzn.to/2PExM1y (No More Lethal Waits: 10 Steps to Transform Canada’s Emergency Departments ) PREVIOUS APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW: https://accadandkoka.com/episodes/episode40/ (Ep. 40 Practicing Medicine in Canada: Promises and Realities) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/D2ab6voN92g (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel. Support this podcast

Our guests are David Clayton and Charlie Deist, on the topic of the relationship between beauty and health GUESTS: David Clayton: https://www.thewayofbeauty.org/ (Website) and https://twitter.com/pontifexbeauty (Twitter) Charlie Deist: http://anaturalmethod.com/ (Website) and https://twitter.com/CharlieDeist (Twitter) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/uZcDdnrVX7Q (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast