Podcasts about army medical corps

Jim and Joy speak with Dr. Leisa Marie Carzon on her book Sister, Soldier, Surgeon and the courageous life of retired colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Sister Deirdre Byrne.

Doctor Tom Stein recently published his first book, Gratitude Is Not Enough, The True Story of a Belgian Family Forever Changed by a Band of American WWII Soldiers. The book focuses on the Remember Museum ‘39-‘45 in Clermont, Belgium that was opened by Marcel and Mathilde Schmetz, better known as the M&Ms by soldiers in a U.S. Army Company of the First Infantry Division who were briefly quartered on Marcel's family farm in December 1944 before the Battle of the Bulge.  Marcel saved many of the items the soldiers left behind, what he calls “treasure,” and which became the core of this special collection dedicated to the Americans who helped liberate Belgium from four years of Nazi occupation. The Museum, which is adjacent to the M&M's home, contains the requisite "stuff" of a museum, but importantly, tells the soldiers' stories, many of whom became lifelong friends with Marcel and Mathilde.  I've read Gratitude is Not Enough and can tell you it's a powerfully written account of what the people of Clermont endured during World War II and the M&Ms efforts to preserve its history in their museum. I highly recommend this book to you. Dr. Tom Stein is a retired Emergency Physician, as well as a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas and served thirty-eight years in the Army and Army Reserves. Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine are his sub-specialties.  

The Army Medical corps is vital to readiness and that takes more than 4000 physicians in the active component and 2000 in the reserve. The doctor recruitment rate though doesn't keep up with the separations and the Rand Corporation examined possible ways for the medical boost recruitment and retention. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis spoke with Rand senior economist, Michael Mattock and senior operations researcher at Ed Chan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"As a military doctor, you have the opportunity to heal both the physical and emotional wounds of those who have bravely served our country." In our Season 3 Episode 12, we present for the very first time an Army medical officer, Col Latika Mohan, an officer defined by her commitment to excellence! She grew up in a family of Army Doctors and saw both her parents serving the country in the 71 war, and many years later she followed their footsteps and joined the Army Medical Corps, to serve the nation. Her work in Clinical physiology and mountain medicine for the soldiers in high altitudes was path breaking. Today she shares her inspiring story as an AMC officer and her love for the army! Listen to her story in our podcast, “Call of Duty” Real Soldiers Real Stories… where we bring real stories from the lives of the soldiers from Indian armed services. Available on Apple , Google, Spotify, Anchor podcasts and Amazon music Podcast Producers: Poonam Joshy Nandita Sankaran Prakrati Agrawal Music credits: Colonel V D Singh Contact us on: podcastcallofduty@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callofdutypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/callofdutyrsrs

Frank chats with two US military radiologists about their careers and how medical imaging works when deployed to an active military theatre. Plus, barbecue on the beach, Frank to Mars and aye-aye captain. The views and opinions expressed by Dr Wirt and Dr Betts are their own and do not reflect the official policy of the US Army, the Department of defense, the Army Medical Corps or Brooke Army Medical Center. Radiopaedia 2024 Virtual Conference ► https://radiopaedia.org/courses/radiopaedia-2024-virtual-conference Become a supporter ► https://radiopaedia.org/supporters Get an All-Access Pass ► https://radiopaedia.org/courses/all-access-course-pass Andrew's X ► https://twitter.com/drandrewdixon Frank's X ► https://twitter.com/frankgaillard Ideas and Feedback ► podcast@radiopaedia.org   The Reading Room is a radiology podcast intended primarily for radiologists, radiology registrars and residents. 

On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Benjamin Rush is America's Forgotten Founding Father; perhaps it's because many historians don't know what to do about his outspoken faith. Rush was the one who encouraged Thomas Paine to write “Common Sense,” which fueled the American Revolution. Harlow Giles Unger is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight books including Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday's guest was Dr. Stephen Cohn author of the new book “All Bleeding Stops: Life and Death and the Trauma Unit”. Dr. Cohn is a 40-year veteran of Trauma care having served as a surgeon in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during Desert Storm and later Division Chief of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at Yale University School of Medicine.

    We're honored to bring you a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Jaffin, an accomplished General Surgeon, a retired Colonel in the Army Medical Corps, and a Specialist Executive with Deloitte Consulting. Our dialogue circles the exciting advancements in operational medicine with an eye on austere environments, a topic that was the centerpiece of the 2023 Operational Medicine Symposium. We grapple with the shifting landscape of military operations, the emergence of near-peer competitors, and the potential for large-scale ground combat under resource constraints. Dr. Jaffin's insights into the challenges of maintaining readiness and the strains faced by individuals and caregivers are truly enlightening.      Moving forward, we venture into the realm of future warfare and the preparation of surgeons for these unprecedented challenges. We explore the role of telemedicine and the promising Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) project, a venture that Dr. Jaffin is no stranger to. His reflections on the KSA project provide a valuable insider's perspective into how training can be tailored to address specific knowledge and skill gaps. We delve into the crucial role of commanders in deployment readiness and the decisive impact of military medicine on these decisions. Dr. Jaffin also opens up about his military career, the unique relationships it has fostered, and the rewarding sense of contribution it offers. This episode provides a riveting glimpse into the evolving landscape of military medicine.   Chapters: (00:00) Advancing Operational Medicine for Austere Environments (05:47) Preparing Surgeons for Future Warfare (15:45) Advantages of a Military Career   Chapter Summaries: (00:00) Advancing Operational Medicine for Austere Environments Dr. Jonathan Jaffin, a general surgeon and retired Colonel in the Army Medical Corps, speaks about his current work with Deloitte Consulting and his focus on social determinants of health. The importance of the 2023 Operational Medicine Symposium is discussed, along with the innovations and opportunities to advance the practice of medicine in austere environments. The impact of a near-peer competitor on operational medicine and the need to prepare for large-scale ground combat operations with limited resources is explored. A panel of military chiefs shares the challenges of maintaining readiness, trauma to individuals and caregivers, and how to make difficult decisions in the face of limited resources.   (05:47) Preparing Surgeons for Future Warfare We discuss the challenges of maintaining surgical skills in an era of sub-specialization, how telemedicine can provide care in far-forward areas, and the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) project to ensure healthcare professionals are ready for deployment. Dr. Jaffin shares his experience with the KSA project, including how to structure training based on gaps in skills and knowledge. We also discuss the role of commanders in deciding who is ready to deploy, and how the medical department can inform their decision.   (15:45) Advantages of a Military Career Dr. Jaffin shares his thoughts on the advantages of pursuing a military career and how it has helped him build close relationships. He reflects on the importance of contributing to the nation and the satisfaction from doing so. We also learn more about his current work with Deloitte Consulting and the role of telemedicine in providing care in remote locations. Take Home Messages: Advancements in operational medicine are crucial, especially for austere environments where resources may be limited. The potential for large-scale ground combat with near-peer competitors presents a significant challenge for military medicine due to resource constraints. Preparing surgeons for future warfare involves addressing skill gaps and ensuring readiness for unexpected situations. Telemedicine can greatly aid medical care in remote locations, from diagnosis to expert consultations. The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) project is key in tailoring training to address specific skill gaps in military healthcare professionals. Commanders play a crucial role in deployment readiness and decisions, and military medicine can greatly inform these decisions. Military medicine's mission extends beyond providing outstanding healthcare, it also includes preparing individuals for deployment. Simulation technology for surgical training has significantly advanced, although there's still room for improvement, especially in simulating the feel of big procedures. A military career can be gratifying, offering unique experiences, relationships, and the satisfaction of serving one's nation. Meetings such as The 2023 Operational Medicine Symposium serve as essential platforms for discussing current issues and innovations in military medicine. Episode Keywords: Operational Medicine, Austere Environments, Military Operations, Near-Peer Competitors, Ground Combat, Readiness, Telemedicine, KSA Project, Training Gaps, Deployment Readiness, Military Career, Contribution, Deloitte Consulting, Telemedicine, Remote Locations Hashtags: #MilitaryMedicine #OperationalMedicine #DrJonathanJaffin #WarDocs #AustereEnvironments #MilitaryHealthcare #Telemedicine #FutureWarfare #KSAPproject #DeloitteConsulting #SurgeonPreparation #MilitaryCareer #ArmyMedicalCorps #OperationalMedicineSymposium #DeploymentReadiness #HealthcareInnovation #CombatCare #MilitarySurgeons #AdvancementsInMedicine #HealthcareTraining     Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine   The WarDocs Mission is to honor the legacy, preserve the oral history, and showcase career opportunities, unique expeditionary experiences, and achievements of Military Medicine. We foster patriotism and pride in Who we are, What we do, and, most importantly, How we serve Our Patients, the DoD, and Our Nation.   Find out more and join Team WarDocs at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/ Check our list of previous guest episodes at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/episodes Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible and go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in Military Medicine. 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On this episode of GMM, we are joined by Dr. Joseph Pierson. Dr. Pierson was hired as a clinical faculty member at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the University of Vermont Medical Group within the Division of Dermatology in 2013. He also serves as the residency program director. We discuss Dr. Pierson's active duty service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, his passions, and his top ten tips for life.   Co-Hosts: Caity Decara: caitlin.decara@med.uvm.edu Haley Bayne: haley.bayne@med.uvm.edu

In the final episode of the first series, Downton Abbey faces many changes as the First World War looms. Cora's pregnancy, Mary and Matthew's engagement, Thomas and O'Brien's schemes, and Sybil and Gwen's ambitions are all affected by the events of July 1914. Main Cast and Crew: •  Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham •  Elizabeth McGovern as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham •  Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley •  Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith Crawley •  Jessica Brown Findlay as Lady Sybil Crawley •  Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley •  Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham •  Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley •  Jim Carter as Charles Carson •  Phyllis Logan as Mrs. Hughes •  Brendan Coyle as John Bates •  Joanne Froggatt as Anna Smith •  Rob James-Collier as Thomas Barrow •  Siobhan Finneran as Sarah O'Brien •  Lesley Nicol as Mrs. Patmore •  Sophie McShera as Daisy Robinson •  Rose Leslie as Gwen Dawson •  Brian Percival as Director •  Julian Fellowes as Writer Significant Events: •  Mary learns that it was Edith who revealed her scandal with Kemal Pamuk to the Turkish ambassador, and retaliates by sabotaging Edith's engagement with Sir Anthony Strallan. •  Robert is reluctant to fire Bates, even after O'Brien and Thomas produce a letter accusing him of stealing from a previous employer. Anna discovers that Bates took the blame for his ex-wife Vera, and Robert is pleased to hear the truth. •  Thomas, frustrated by his failure to get rid of Bates, and sensing war on the way, joins the Army Medical Corps. •  Sybil helps Gwen get a job as a secretary in London. •  Cora announces that she is pregnant, which puts Mary and Matthew's engagement in doubt, since the baby could be a male heir. However, O'Brien causes Cora to miscarry by leaving a bar of soap on the floor, out of spite for mistakenly believing she is being dismissed. •  William punches Thomas for making insensitive remarks about Cora's loss. •  Matthew decides to end his engagement with Mary, feeling that it was only based on pragmatism and that she would have changed her mind if a son had been born. •  The episode ends with the announcement that Britain has declared war on Germany.

On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with with former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Sergeant McQuilty Quirk NSCCoco  enlisted into the Australian Army on 7 December 1999, into the Medical Corps. He wanted to save lives, and he was very good at his job. He would apply these lessons in East Timor in 2001 treating children and adults impacted by the conflict. All his training would not prepare him to see the horrors of war in Iraq in 2006 and his mind was injured. Upon returning home McQuilty delved into a nightmare ridden life, consuming alcohol to drown out the horrors of his time in Iraq. He was lucky to have his wife, who along with their two kids saved him from a perilous journey of minimal sleep, nightmares, flashbacks and suicidal thoughts.McQuilty developed resilience, a positive mindset, and fought back to be deployed again. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. On the 13 August 2011, McQuilty's life changed again, forever. McQuilty was Wounded-in-Action by an improvised explosive device detonated under his vehicle. The vehicle was thrown ten metres from the blast site, McQuilty was ejected from the rear hatch and thrown thirty metres and landed on the side of the road headfirst. Let's GO!Support the show - https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9LG48GC49TW38Website - www.zerolimitspodcast.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zero.limits.podcast/?hl=en

On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Benjamin Rush is America's forgotten Founding Father; perhaps it's because many historians don't know what to do about his outspoken faith, after all, he wrote the essay, A Defense of the Bible as a Schoolbook. Rush is now known as the Father of Psychiatry, the Army Medical Corps, Veterinary Care, and biblically-taught Public Schools. Rush was the one who encouraged Thomas Paine to write “Common Sense,” which fueled the American Revolution. Harlow Giles Unger is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight books including Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

词汇提示1.streak 性格特点2.corps 部队3.wounded 受伤4.contracted 感染5.tuberculosis 肺结核6.Fascists 法西斯7.allies 盟友原文Dr. Norman BethuneSome people find their vocation early in life; others do not discover their life's work until they are older.Norman Bethune tried many things before he fully realized his true work.Bethune was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario in 1890.He was the son of presbyterian clergyman.The family moved frequently, and many of the places they lived were close to lakes, rivers and woods.As a young man, Norman loved the outdoors.He became a good swimmer and skater.He also showed that he had a strong independent streak.He hated rules, but also had a strong sense of justice.The young man studied science at the University of Toronto from 1909-1911.After that, he worked for Frontier College.This was a volunteer organization where instructors did the same jobs as the local workers during the day, and taught them English in the evening.He then returned to Toronto to study medicine.Early in World War I, he joined the Army Medical Corps.He reached France in February 1915, but was wounded in April and eventually returned to Canada.He went back to the war in 1917.At the end of the war, he continued to study medicine in London, England.While he was in England, he married a Scottish woman, Frances Campbell Penney.Although Bethune loved her very much, their marriage ended in divorce in 1927.The couple moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1924 where Bethune opened a medical practice.In the middle of his growing success, he contracted tuberculosis.This was a low point in Bethune's life.Thinking that he was going to die, he considered suicide.One day, however, he read of a new treatment for tuberculosis and insisted that his doctors perform the operation on him.As a result, Bethune recovered.The year was 1927.For some years after, Bethune devoted himself to the treatment of tuberculosis patients.However, he began to notice a pattern.Rich patients who could afford proper medical care usually recovered.Poor patients usually died.Bethune became a supporter of government-funded medicinal care.Bethune admired the government-funded health system in communist Russia.He was angry when Canada would not support his idea about Medicare.Bethune wanted to change the world, and communism seemed like the most promising method.In 1936, Bethune went to Spain to help the Republicans fight the Fascists.He was appalled to see the Fascists' allies, Germany and Italy, dropping bombs on women and children.He developed a hated for Fascism.He also decided that doctors should go to the front, rather than wait for the wounded to be brought to them.In Spain, he developed a blood transfusion service, which saved many lives.Returning to North America, Bethune heard about the Japanese attack on China in 1937.Early in 1938, he sailed for China.Bethune had joined the Communist Party.Now he went to join the army of Mao Tse-sung in Northern China.Mao's army was suffering badly from Japanese attacks.They had hardly any doctors or medical supplies.Difficulties only made Bethune work harder.He soon organized a hospital, trained medical workers, and wrote textbooks.He insisted on operating right at the front to give the wounded a better chance of survival.He went for days without sleep and gave his own blood to help the wounded.In November 1939, he died from blood poisoning.But his work lived on.In 1973, the Canadian government bought his house that he was born in and turned it into a museum.翻译白求恩有些人在生命早期就找到了职业；其他人直到年纪大了才发现自己一生的工作。诺曼·白求恩在充分认识到自己真正的工作之前，做了很多事情。白求恩于1890年出生于安大略省格雷文赫斯特。他是长老会牧师的儿子。这家人经常搬家，他们居住的许多地方都靠近湖泊、河流和森林。年轻时，诺曼喜欢户外活动。他成为一名优秀的游泳运动员和滑冰运动员。他还表现出了强烈的独立性。他讨厌规则，但也有强烈的正义感。这位年轻人从1909-1911年在多伦多大学学习科学。之后，他在边疆学院工作。这是一个志愿者组织，教官白天和当地工人做同样的工作，晚上教他们英语。然后他回到多伦多学习医学。第一次世界大战初期，他加入了陆军医疗队。他于1915年2月抵达法国，但在4月受伤，最终返回加拿大。他回到了1917年的战争。战争结束后，他继续在英国伦敦学习医学。当他在英国时，他娶了一位苏格兰女子弗朗西丝·坎贝尔·彭尼。尽管白求恩非常爱她，但他们的婚姻在1927年以离婚告终。1924年，这对夫妇搬到密歇根州底特律，白求恩在那里开设了一家医疗机构。在他日益成功的过程中，他感染了肺结核。这是白求恩一生的低谷。想到自己快要死了，他考虑自杀。然而，有一天，他读到一种新的结核病治疗方法，坚持要求医生为他做手术。结果，白求恩康复了。那一年是1927年。几年后，白求恩致力于结核病患者的治疗。然而，他开始注意到一个模式。能够负担得起适当医疗护理的富裕患者通常会康复。可怜的病人通常会死亡。白求恩成为政府资助医疗保健的支持者。白求恩钦佩共产主义俄罗斯政府资助的卫生系统。当加拿大不支持他关于医疗保险的想法时，他很生气。白求恩想改变世界，而共产主义似乎是最有希望的方法。1936年，白求恩前往西班牙帮助共和党人对抗法西斯。看到法西斯的盟友德国和意大利向妇女和儿童投掷炸弹，他感到震惊。他对法西斯主义深恶痛绝。他还决定，医生应该去前线，而不是等待伤员被送到医院。在西班牙，他开发了一项输血服务，挽救了许多生命。回到北美，白求恩听说了1937年日本对中国的袭击。1938年初，他前往中国。白求恩加入了共产党。现在他去中国北方参加了毛泽东的军队。毛泽东的军队在日本的袭击中遭受了严重的打击。他们几乎没有医生或医疗用品。困难只会使白求恩更加努力。他很快组织了一家医院，培训了医务人员，并编写了教科书。他坚持在最前线进行手术，让伤员有更好的生存机会。他一连几天都没有睡觉，并且献出了自己的鲜血来帮助伤员。1939年11月，他死于血液中毒。但他的工作仍在继续。1973年，加拿大政府买下了他出生的房子，并将其改建为博物馆。

     BG Mary V. Krueger was commissioned through the Health Professions Scholarship program and received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in 1995 from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed residency training in Family Medicine in 1998 and Faculty Development Fellowship in 2002, both at Madigan Army Medical Center. She is board certified in Family Medicine and earned a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Washington, a Masters of Military Arts and Science from the Command and General Staff College, and a Masters in National Security and Resource Strategy at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School of National Security and Resource Strategy.  She currently serves as the Commanding General, Regional Health Command – Atlantic, and the Chief of the Army Medical Corps.    On this episode of our Military Medical Mentorship Moments Series, BG Krueger focuses on the role of the mentee in the mentorship relationship.  You will hear her provide insightful answers to the following questions: How do you choose a Mentor? How many Mentors should you have? Does it matter? What should a Mentee expect? What are the characteristics of effective Mentees? What kind of Mentorship Relationships should a mentee look for? What are some key Mentor/Mentee activities? Is a personal vision statement important for the mentee? Is Mentee the best term? What about Protégé Apprentice? Personal Reflections on Mentorship Who was your most influential mentor? Why What was the best advice you got from a mentor? What do you know now that you wish you would have learned much earlier? What characterizes a “good” or “not so good” mentorship relationship from your experience? Provide examples What is some practical advice for someone interested in mentoring or being mentored? What are the next steps to take? BG Krueger shares many insights and mentorship lessons learned over a distinguished career. You don't want to miss this special episode! Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com                The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine.   Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.    WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.             Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast  

      Dr. Crosland is a graduate of West Point and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.  She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She has held many significant responsibilities in her Army Medicine Career.  She currently serves as the Deputy Surgeon General of the Army and Chief of the Army Medical Corps.    On this episode of our Military Medical Mentorship Moments Series, MG Crosland focuses on important things that successful mentors know.  You will hear her provide insightful answers to the following questions: How do you choose a Mentee? What are the characteristics of effective mentors? How many Mentees should you have? Does it matter? What are some Mentor competencies? What “process skills” are necessary for Mentors How do you know you are ready to be a Mentor? How do you prepare to be a mentor? What are some “Don'ts” for a Mentor What do you do if the relationship is not working out or you just want out? Personal Reflections on Mentorship Who was your most influential mentor? Why What was the best advice you got from a mentor? What do you know now that you wish you would have learned much earlier? What characterizes a “good” or “not so good” mentorship relationship from your experience? Provide examples What is some practical advice for someone interested in mentoring or being mentored? What are the next steps to take? Telita shares many insights and mentorship lessons learned over a distinguished career. You don't want to miss this special episode!                             Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.           Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast  

In a crime that the U.S Senate described as “the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11th,” Nidal Hasan carried out a brutal ambush on dozens of U.S soldiers. The case of Hasan is an interesting one to say the least. He was an Army Medical Corps psychiatrist yet clearly struggled with his own mental health in his six years in the job. Not only that, but he was observed by colleagues as having “anti-American” views which is curious considering he was serving in the U.S Army. These views would worsen along with his apparent radicalization until they came to a deadly peak on November 5th, 2009. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released and to see visuals that go along with the episodes. 10minutemurder.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/10MMpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/10minutemurder/ Tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRBEFtUg/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCkJLUCEZlkn9In3AA46RVxw Twitter: https://twitter.com/10minutemurderSubmit future episode story ideas: joe@10minutemurder.comClick Here for Merch : https://www.teepublic.com/user/minute-murder

   LTG(R) Ronald Blanck, DO served in multiple leadership positions across the globe in his 32 years in the Army. These assignments include Commander of Berlin Army Hospital, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the Uniformed Services University, commander of Walter Reed Medical Center, and Surgeon General of the US Army. After his career in the Army, he served as the President of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. He currently serves as an advisor on bioterrorism issues and an expert in preparing the medical community to respond to mass casualty incidences.    In this episode, he describes how his career in the Army started out in a memorable fashion by being deployed as a Battalion Surgeon to Vietnam weeks after finishing his intern year, and discusses the many lessons learned from this experience. He then had the opportunity to serve at Walter Reed and was an integral faculty member in the early years of the Uniformed Services University rising to the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. He discusses the importance of USUHS and how it develops doctors prepared to serve in the military. After serving as the Chief of Medicine at Brooke Army Medical center he was then sent to Berlin to be the commander of Berlin Army Hospital and discusses what it was like interacting with the Soviets and his trips to East Berlin. Shortly after serving in Europe he became the commander of Walter Reed and ended his career as the Surgeon General of the US Army and Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. We discuss many of the opportunities and tribulations he experienced while at Walter Reed and later serving at the Pentagon including how he helped shape the DoD's response to Anthrax threats. He shares many insights, historical references, and leadership lessons over a distinguished career. You don't want to miss this episode!                                             Find out more and join Team WarDocs at www.wardocspodcast.com   The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you.  WARDOCS documents the experiences, contributions, and innovations of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Docs" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield, demonstrating dedication to the medical care of fellow comrades in arms.         Follow Us on social media. Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast LinkedIn: WarDocs-The Military Medicine Podcast

  Dr. Thomas describes his career pathway from training and practicing as a dentist and later attending medical school and becoming a board-certified ENT-Head and Neck Surgeon.  He explains the similarities and differences between Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and ENT and how their missions are complimentary.  Dr. Thomas relates his experiences while stationed at Fort Campbell, KY where he served as the 101st Airborne Division Surgeon and later as the Commander of the Blanchfield Army Community Hospital.   MG(R) Thomas has deployed to Panama, Iraq and Afghanistan in a variety of clinical and leadership roles.  He shares some interesting anecdotes and what he learned in each of these assignments.   MG (R) Thomas also served as the Chief of the Army Medical Corps and describes some of the challenges faced by Military Physicians and the steps he made to ensure doctors were prepared to handle deployment requirements and stay proficient in their practices.  He also played a major role in the execution plan to stand up the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and describes the obstacles and opportunities he encountered in setting this organization for success in its role in the Military Health System.   Following his retirement from Military Service, Dr. Thomas served as the President of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science- America's Medical School.  He talks about the purpose and benefits of having a military medical school and some of the barriers he faced in ensuring this institution continued to produce excellent military medicine team members prepared to support the military's mission at home and in combat.    He shares many insights and lessons learned over a distinguished career and provides some valuable advice for all listeners. You don't want to miss this episode!                 To find out more about Dr. Thomas at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and join our mission to preserve military medicine achievements WarDocs at wardocspodcast.com. The WarDocs Mission is to improve military and civilian healthcare and foster patriotism by honoring the legacy, preserving the oral history, and showcasing career opportunities, experiences, and achievements of military medicine. Listen to the What We are For Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible, and 100% of donations go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in military medicine.   WARDOCS documents the experiences and contributions of all military medicine Services, ranks, and Corps who are affectionately called "Doc" as a sign of respect, trust, and confidence on and off the battlefield; only we can do what we do.           Follow Us on social media Twitter: @wardocspodcast Facebook: WarDocs Podcast Instagram: @wardocspodcast  

On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her old upright piano that was passed down to her from her mother. Harlow Giles Unger, New York Timesbestselling author of twenty-eight books, tells us how Dr. Benjamin Rush is known as the Father of Psychiatry, the Army Medical Corps, Veterinary Care, and biblically-taught Public Schools. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)   Time Codes:  00:00 - The Memories Behind That Old Upright Piano 12:30 - "The Father of American Psychiatry" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Our American Stories, Daryn Glassbrook of the Mobile Medical Museum tells the story of the iron lung, a device used to keep people with advanced polio alive in the first half of the 20th century. New York Times bestselling author, Harlow Giles Unger, of twenty-eight books including Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation tells us how Dr. Benjamin Rush became known as the Father of Psychiatry, the Army Medical Corps, Veterinary Care, and biblically-taught Public Schools. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)   Time Codes: 00:00 - Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story 13:00 - Benjamin Rush, Founding Father and Father of American Psychiatry  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A society can't live without medicine and a military, yet our government has destroyed both. I connect the dots for you on how the same people involved in gain-of-function research have likely created other damaging pathogens and damaging “vaccines” to cure the ailments they created. Also, Moderna is now pushing a mega-dose bioweapon on babies and toddlers. Finally, I'm joined by Dr. Sam Sigoloff, a major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, who was suspended for issuing medical exemptions to soldiers who were concerned about allergic reactions from the ingredients in the shots. He was also prevented from prescribing lifesaving treatment to COVID patients. He paints a very dire picture of both medicine and the military.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

   Dr. Alarcon has a distinguished career of clinical excellence, leadership and service.  After 30+ years in the Army Medical Corps he currently is an Orthopedic Surgeon and the Director of Surgery and Specialty Care at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, St. Cloud VA Health Care System.     In this episode you will hear about some of the amazing experiences of Dr. Alarcon.  He talks about bookending his 30 years of military service by being assigned to the Sinai as a General Medical Officer as a Captain and then as a leader of a Forward Surgical Team as a Colonel decades later.  He tells the story of being part of the last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) to deploy in combat during an assignment in Iraq and how he and his unit had to be prepared to encounter weapons of mass destruction.  Later in Iraq he served as the U.S. Army Central Command Surgeon where he helped establish the joint-coalition medical support plan in support of the anti-ISIS efforts. Dr. Alarcon shares experiences supporting humanitarian missions in Nigeria, South America and Haiti and provides some insights on how TRICARE provides care for servicemembers and their families across the globe.  He describes how he and his colleagues cared for a young Iraqi who wound up with a below the knee amputation following trauma and how they were able to ultimately help that young man achieve his dream of walking his bride down the aisle.  What a career!   Find out more about Dr. Alarcon at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage and become part of Team WarDocs at wardocspodcast.com.   Please take a moment to follow/subscribe, rate and review WarDocs on your preferred Podcast venue.

  MG Clark recently retired after 35+ years in the Army Medical Corps.  His most recent roles on Active Duty were Deputy Commanding General for Operations of the U.S. Army Medical Command and Chief of the Army Medical Corps   On this episode you will hear about the incredible experiences Dr. Clark had as an Army Medical Officer as he tells you about valuable lessons learned.  He describes peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, combat missions in Desert Shield/Storm , disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina as well as detainee healthcare at Abu Ghraib in Iraq.  MG(R) Clark emphasizes the importance of the whole military medical team for success in the wide variety of mission sets supported.  Not many military physicians have had the variety of opportunities to lead and serve in their careers as this distinguished officer. You don't want to miss this one.     Find out more about MG Clark at wardocspodcast.com/guest-bios and visit our webpage at wardocspodcast.com.   Please take a moment to follow/subscribe, rate and review WarDocs on your preferred Podcast venue.

James E.T Hopkins was a surgical intern before he volunteered with the Army Medical Corps. After serving in Fiji and the Solomon Islands, Hopkins volunteered again for what would eventually be known as Merrill's Marauders. Merrill's Marauders fought primarily in the jungles of Burma, executing deep penetration missions behind enemy lines. The 1962 film Merrill's Marauders is based on their experiences. As a combat surgeon, Hopkins was unarmed on the battlefield, and completely exposed as he treated the wounds of fellow Marauders. To hear more stories about the Marauders, listen to our interview with Col. Logan. E. Weston, nicknamed 'The Fightin' Preacher'. To learn more about Hopkins, click here.

John Payne - Retired Army, Vietnam Veteran & Mystery Author John Payne was originally set to go to medical school, but decided to commission into the Army Medical Corps. His 20 year career took him all over the world, including serving in Vietnam. He has done many things, including teaching as an adjunct professor in business at several universities, working in the field of health care administration, running three small businesses and before deciding to write. It was during his recovery in a Veterans Affairs hospital from agent orange that he started writing with the encouragement of his wife. Books John has written eight books, two series. He has primarily written mystery books and has used his medical background as a backdrop for many of them. He has also written a historical romance novel, “In Defense of Patch Schubert”. This particular book took many hours of research to accurately depict the Civil War time period set in Texas.  He is currently working on re-editing some previous books to give them new life. Learn More Website: https://www.johncpayne.com VeteranCrowd Network Our "forever promise" is to build the veteran and military spouse community a place to connect and engage. VeteranCrowd is simply a national network of veterans, veteran led businesses and the resources they need to prosper. Subscribe to stay in touch, or consider if Individual or Corporate Membership in the Network is a fit for you.   About Your Host Bob Louthan is a VMI Graduate, Army veteran, and executive with over 25 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and private capital formation. He founded the VeteranCrowd Network to bring veterans and veteran-led businesses together with each other and the resources they need to prosper.        

So here's a novel concept:  a new pharmaceutical company focused on women's health has launched with the strategy of actually LISTENING to women!  Their strategy is to put women at the center of everything they do—and not just their customers.  70% of their Board of Directors—including the Chairman of the Board—are women.    Another company leader, Organon's Head of Research & Development, Dr. Sandra Milligan is our guest today.  We have a broad agenda planned including talking about how she got here--& why she went to both medical and law school first.  We're also going to discuss Organon's “Here for Her Health” campaign & how you can share your voice; why a new kind of women's health pharmaceutical company is needed now; How our understanding and appreciation of wellness/healthcare has evolved in a near post-COVID world; and her perspective on Innovation in women's health – the current state of it and what's needed.  And because we're both women physicians of a certain age, we're going to discuss our own experiences with menopause, as well as some other women's health topics that remain overlooked, misunderstood, & undertreated ranging from post partum hemorrhage to endometriosis.    Before joining Organon, Dr. Milligan served as Merck's senior vice president and head of global regulatory affairs and clinical safety. Previously, she served as vice president of product development regulatory for Genentech, and prior to that, she was at Amgen for 10 years in positions across legal and regulatory affairs functions. She also proudly served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps for 7 years. Dr. Milligan has also served on the Board of Directors of the Drug Information Association (DIA) for several years, as well as serving as their Board Chairman. She is a graduate of both George Washington University School of Medicine and Georgetown University Law Center.

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Virginia police officer fired after Black Army lieutenant is pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during traffic stop. Police officers in Virginia held an Army officer at gunpoint, handcuffed him and doused him with pepper spray — all during an illegal traffic stop. Officials said Sunday that one of the officers has been fired. Officer Joe Gutierrez was fired following the December 5 incident, which was captured on video, the town of Windsor, Virginia said in a statement Sunday, acknowledging the "unfortunate events that transpired." Caron Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, who is Black and Latino, is suing the town.  Following an internal investigation, the town said that Gutierrez did not follow department policy. They did not provide any further information on the other officer involved in the incident, Daniel Crocker, but said the department is requiring additional training. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Teddy-G/support

Thousands protest in Chicago over the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot dead with his hands in the air; A lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps is suing two Virginia police officers who pepper-sprayed him, pushed him to the ground and pointed their guns at him during a traffic stop at a gas station; A New York court has vindicated an African American Buffalo police officer who was punched in the face and then fired and stripped of her pension for stopping a white cop from choking a handcuffed man during an arrest in 2006. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Thousands protest in Chicago over the police killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot dead with his hands in the air; A lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps is suing two Virginia police officers who pepper-sprayed him, pushed him to the ground and pointed their guns at him during a traffic stop at a gas station; A New York court has vindicated an African American Buffalo police officer who was punched in the face and then fired and stripped of her pension for stopping a white cop from choking a handcuffed man during an arrest in 2006. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Virginia police officer fired after Black Army lieutenant is pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during traffic stop. Officer Joe Gutierrez was fired following the December 5 incident, which was captured on video, the town of Windsor, Virginia said in a statement Sunday, acknowledging the "unfortunate events that transpired." Caron Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, who is Black and Latino, is suing the town.  Following an internal investigation, the town said that Gutierrez did not follow department policy. They did not provide any further information on the other officer involved in the incident, Daniel Crocker, but said the department is requiring additional training. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Teddy-G/support

On the night of Dec. 5, a familiar scene unfolded at a gas station in Petersburg, Virginia. Police pulled over Caron Nazario, a Black and Latino second lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, claiming that his car didn't have license plates. (Reports said that temporary plates were taped to the inside of the new car's back window and that they were visible.)Videos of the incident, some of them from Nazario's cellphone, as well as police body cameras, underscore the deadly truth we have long known about police interactions with people of color: Lawfulness is not always a recipe for safety. Obedience is not always a recipe for safety. The only person who can control the bodily health and well-being of the person pulled over are the people with the weapons. This is the bloody Catch-22 of modern policing in America.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/mep/dashboard)

Dr. Augustus A. White, Orthopaedic Surgeon-in-Chief at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston for thirteen years, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Professor Emeritus of the Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Dr. White served our country as Vietnam combat surgeon in the Army Medical Corps and was awarded the Bronze Star. An inspiring life story as we journey with him in the segregated South as a Memphis youth, that would culminate in a career that would position him as an internationally known, widely published authority on biomechanics of the spine, fracture healing, surgical and non-surgical care of the spine. Author of "Seeing Patients": https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Patients-Surgeons-Medical-Preface/dp/0674241371/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11KG1VW5WSSNI&dchild=1&keywords=seeing+patients+augustus+white&qid=1615172018&sprefix=seeing+patients%2Caps%2C234&sr=8-1Author of "Overcoming": https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Lessons-Triumphing-Adversity-Humanity/dp/1642935484/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=overcoming+augustus+white&qid=1615172095&sr=8-1Dr. Wayne Southwick: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nhregister/obituary.aspx?n=wayne-o-southwick&pid=179643343&fhid=13044Dr. Tom Catena: https://theheartofnuba.com/meet-tom-catena/We continue our "Special Agent" series looking at the OODA as framework for relationships all around us. The first casualty of familiarity is active observation!Support the show (https://www.venmo.com/DeviceNation)

Ep. 83Cecil hotel/ Stay On Main Hotel Welcome my friends to the first episode of 2021! We hope you all enjoyed our last episode of 2020, we did! We hope you all made it to the new year safe and sound. We're alive and well and we're going to take a much needed vacation. Where are we headed you may ask? Well we are going to head to sunny Los Angeles! Hopefully you passengers hang on and come with! Los Angeles, the city of angels, and tons of weird people and rich movie types that are better than we are...eh… Fuck em. We're not headed there for a tour of stars' homes, we're not headed there to further Jeff's acting career with casting couch auctions in some seedy office with a casting couch, no my friends were heading specifically to 640 south main street l.a. california! What sits at that address you may be wondering. Well it's none other than The Cecil hotel, aka The hotel Cecil, aka The Cecil, aka The stay On Main Hotel, aka whatever the fuck the next name is gonna be. That's right, the famous, or maybe infamous Cecil hotel. If this sounds familiar but you can't quite place it, well get to what's most recently made this place famous in a bit. But first buckle up cus here we go! The Cecil was built in 1924 by hotelier William Banks Hanner with partners Charles L. Dix and Robert H. Schops. It was supposed to be a destination hotel for international businessmen and social elites. Designed by Loy Lester Smith in the Beaux Arts style, and constructed by W. W. Paden[7] the hotel cost $1.5 million to complete and boasted an opulent marble lobby with stained-glass windows, potted palms, and alabaster statuary. The three hoteliers invested about $2.5 million knowing several other similar hotels had been constructed and opened in the area. They had the utmost confidence in their venture. Unfortunately for them, only a few years after opening the hotel disaster would strike. Not only would it strike the three hoteliers, but the nation as a whole. The country was plunged into the great depression. The Great Depression started in the United States after a major fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929, (known as Black Tuesday). Between 1929 and 1932, worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) fell by an estimated 15%. By comparison, worldwide GDP fell by less than 1% from 2008 to 2009 during the Great Recession.[4] Some economies started to recover by the mid-1930s. However, in many countries, the negative effects of the Great Depression lasted until the beginning of World War II. The Great Depression had devastating effects in both rich and poor countries. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade fell by more than 50%. Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 23% and in some countries rose as high as 33% While this was happening the Hotel hung on as best it could to it's roots of being a destination for wealthy socialites, unfortunately those were heard to come by at that point. As the depression wore on, the area around the hotel became the infamous Skid Row. Now we're not talking the Sebastian bach fronted band that had so many great jams back in the day. To give you an idea of the area that the hotel was in and had to deal with while trying to keep clientele, here's a brief history:     At the end of the 19th century, a number of residential hotels opened in the area as it became home to a transient population of seasonal laborers.[13] By the 1930s, Skid Row was home to as many as 10,000 homeless people, alcoholics, and others on the margins of society.[12] It supported saloons, residential hotels, and social services, which drew people from the populations they served to congregate in the area.[14] In June 1947, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) chief Clemence B. Horrall ordered what he called a "blockade raid" of the whole Skid Row area. Over 350 people were arrested. Assistant Chief Joseph Reed, who claimed that "at least 50 percent of all the crime in Los Angeles originates in the Skid Row area," stated that there had been no "strong arm robberies" on Skid Row as late as one week after the raid. Long time residents, however, were skeptical that the changes would last.[15] In 1956, the city of Los Angeles was in the midst of a program to "rehabilitate" Skid Row[16] through the clearance of decaying buildings.[17] The program was presented to property owners in the area as an economy measure. Gilbert Morris, then superintendent of building, said that at that point the provision of free social services to the approximately one square mile of Skid Row cost the city over $5 million per year as opposed to the city average of $110,000 per square mile annually.[16] The city used administrative hearings to compel the destruction of nuisance properties at the expense of the owner. By July 1960, the clearance program was said to be 87% complete in the Skid Row area.[17] With increased building codes during the '60s, owners of residential hotels found demolition to be more cost-effective than adhering to repairs. The total number of these buildings is estimated to have dropped from 15,000 to 7,500 over the following decade.[18] Many residents of the area found themselves homeless with the loss of half of the affordable housing provided by hotels.[18] 1970s through present EditSkid Row was established by city officials in 1976 as an unofficial "containment zone", where shelters and services for homeless people would be tolerated.[19] During the 1970s, two Catholic Workers — Catherine Morris, a former nun, and her husband, Jeff Dietrich — founded the "Hippie Kitchen" in the back of a van. Over forty years later, in March 2019, aged 84 and 72, they remained active in their work feeding Skid Row residents.[20] Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, many veterans of the Vietnam War found themselves drawn to Skid Row, due to the services and missions already in place there, and feeling outcast from other areas. Like those after World War II, many of them ended up on the streets. It was around this time that the demographics of Skid Row shifted from predominantly white and elderly to those here today Now that only takes us through the 70s but we can tell you, it didn't get any better after that.  The reason we went through a small history of Skid Row is to show how the area had changed and the type of people that inhabited the area. The reason to show this will become evident…. Right… about… Now! By  the 50s the hotel had become a place known to house transients and drug dealers and many unsavory types. This would lead to a history of murder, suicide and other tragedy. That would ultimately lead to takes of the hotel being haunted. The hotel would more recently become the location of a story that would capture the attention of the world due to its strangeness. So without further ado let's get into the craziness! Murders and murderers at the Cecil: One of several noteworthy guests of the hotel was Elizabeth Short, who you may know as the “Black Dahlia” after her 1947 murder in Los Angeles. She reportedly stayed at the hotel just before her mutilation, which remains unsolved. What connection her death may have had to the Cecil is not known, but what is known is that she was found on a street not far away on the morning of January 15 with her mouth carved ear to ear and her body cut in two. Some people say that this sorry of Short staying or being seen at the hotel are untrue but we like to think there's a connection, however we cannot confirm nor deny the validity of this claim and there is much conflicting reporting on this. There are some reports of sorry saying at a nearby hotel and just doing into the Cecil bar from time to time.  Next up a confirmed and also unsolved murder at the Cecil. Georgina "pigeon" Goldie Osgood. On June 4th a 79 year old retired telemarketer named Goldie Osgood was found in her hotel room dead. The autopsy showed that she was beaten, stabbed and choked with a rag. Her hotel room was ransacked. Friends say they talked her merely minutes before her death. She was known for feeding pigeons at a nearby park and that’s how she earned her nickname “Pigeon Goldie”. She was staying at the Cecil hotel, where she was very liked and was a long time residence. Not much information can be found about her death. Only that a man named Jacques B. Ehlinger was arrested a few hours after her body was found. He had been seen walking in the same area Ms. Osgood would feed pigeons. He was covered in blood, but was later released due to lack of evidence. Several serial killers have called the Cecil home as well. Chief among them… good ol Richard Ramirez, the fucking Night Stalker. Now if you're listening to this podcast and you don't know who Ramirez is, we question why you're here! But as a refresher:           Ramirez was a Satanist and a particularly awful human, even for a serial killer: He seemed to have no M.O. except to be as sadistic as possible.His victims — men, women, children — were chosen randomly and killed in a variety of ways, with whatever weapon was handy, often after a sexual assault. Most reports suggest that he influenced as a teenager by his cousin Mike, a Green Beret who bragged of committing horrific acts in Vietnam, and who later shot his wife to death in front of Ramirez.The Night Stalker was ultimately caught after a rape victim who’d been left alive got a look at his getaway car, a stolen Toyota that was found abandoned and connected to Ramirez by a single fingerprint. Once they had a suspect, police broadcast his name and face widely and Ramirez was recognized and beaten by a mob in East Los Angeles.He was convicted in 1989 of 13 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries, and sentenced to death. To which he said: “No big deal. Death always comes with the territory. I’ll see you in Disneyland.”Ramirez spent the next 23 years on Death Row at San Quentin, but died of Lymphoma in 2013. He was 53. “The Cecil and the Alexandria and the Twin Rosslyn hotels just become these giant coral reefs of the worst people in the world,” says Richard Schave, who runs Esotouric bus tours with his partner Kim Cooper, and makes the Cecil a featured stop on the “Hotel Horrors and Main Street Vice” package. “By 1990, the LAPD won’t go into [t hese places]. It was like, ‘If we’re called we’ll go in. But we’re not patrolling.’”That’s how a guy like the Night Stalker could operate there. Ramirez would return to the Cecil after a killing and ditch his blood-soaked clothes in the dumpsters out back, then walk into the hotel either naked or maybe in his underwear, none of which would have raised an eyebrow since the Cecil in the 1980s, as Schave put t, “was total, unmitigated chaos.”After all, that dumpster probably contained far worse things, and it wouldn’t have been weird to see a half-naked man wandering around a hotel renowned for vice and where the police rarely ventured. Drug dealers worked openly inside. The bodies of overdosed residents could linger in the hall for days. “No one wanted to be the person who called the cops,” Schave says. Another serial killer was known to live at the Cecil. In 1991, six years after Ramirez was caught and sentenced to death, a 41-year-old Austrian journalist named Jack Unterweger checked into the Cecil while he worked on a story about crime in L.A. for an Austrian magazine. Unterweger used his reporting work to secure ride-alongs with LAPD vice cops and those trips were revealed as scouting missions when it was later discovered that Unterweger was also a serial killer with a penchant for strangling prostitutes. It is suspected (but was never proven) that he chose the Cecil because of its connection to Ramirez.When Austrian police connected the strangulation deaths of three L.A. sex workers with a series of six unsolved murders back home — all of them prostitutes who’d been sexually assaulted and strangled with their own bras, using a distinct ligature — Unterweger fled and was arrested in Miami in February of 1992. Unterweger, it turns out, had started abusing prostitutes in his youth, and at age 24 he was convicted of strangling an 18-year-old German woman with her own bra, and sentenced to life in prison.Behind bars, Unterweger had been a model inmate, publishing poems, plays, and an autobiography that became a movie and his popularity made him a cause célèbre in the European arts community, which began to lobby passionately for his release. In 1990, after serving 15 years, Unterweger was granted parole, and almost overnight became a popular TV host and journalist. Within a year, he was in California, killing women again.In June 1994, an Austrian court convicted Unterweger of 11 murders and sentenced him to life with no chance of parole. That night, he killed himself in his cell — with a poetic twist. “He tied the ligature,” Schave said. “The signature ligature by which he killed all the prostitutes in Los Angeles and Vienna. That was his confession.” So those are murders and murderers connected and possibly connected to the Cecil. But the tragedy doesn't end there. There are many other crazy deaths from the Cecil. Mostly all suicides. During the Great Depression. Tens of thousands of Americans took their own lives during the late 1930s, creating the highest-recorded level ever—more than 150 per one million annually in 1937 and 1938, and In the 30s the Cecil had its share of suicides.  In 1931, a guest, W.K. Norton, 46, was found dead in his room after eating poison capsules. A week prior, he had checked into the Cecil under the name "James Willys" from Chicago.  This seems to be the earliest case of suicide at the Cecil. The following year, 25-year-old Benjamin Dodich was found by a maid in a room, dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. In 1934, former Army Medical Corps sergeant Louis D. Borden was found with his throat slashed—he had written several notes about suicide while in the room including one that cited poor health as a reason for the suicide. In 1937, the body of Grace E. Magro was discovered wrapped in the telephone wires around the hotel. She later died at the now-demolished Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. Police were unable to determine whether Magro's death was the result of an accident or suicide.  A year later, the body of 35-year-old US Marine Roy Thompson was found on the skylight of a nearby building after he also jumped from his room. He had been staying at the hotel for several weeks.  In 1939, Navy officer Erwin C. Neblett was found dead after ingesting poison; he was 39 years old. Moving past the thirties we find more craziness and fuckery.      In January 1940, teacher Dorothy Sceiger, 45, ingested poison while staying at the Cecil and was reported by the Los Angeles Times to be "near death." No further reports were published about her condition.     In 1944, one of the youngest victims at Cecil Hotel had their life taken from them. Dorothy Jean Purcell, 19 years old, was staying as a guest at the hotel when she threw her newborn son from a window. Purcell did not know she was pregnant and woke in the middle of the night with stomach pains when she was sleeping next to her partner, 38-year-old shoe salesman Ben Levine. Not wanting to wake Levine, she went to the bathroom and delivered the baby herself. Purcell believed the boy was dead, and that’s when she got rid of the body from a great height. The lifeless baby was found on a roof adjacent to the building. Purcell was arrested, but after psychologists determined she was “mentally confused,” she was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity. In November 1947, Robert Smith, 35, died after jumping from one of Cecil's seventh-floor windows. On October 22, 1954, San Francisco stationery firm employee Helen Gurnee, 55, jumped from the window of her seventh-floor room and landed on top of Cecil's marquee. One week prior, she had registered at the hotel under the name "Margaret Brown." On February 11, 1962, Julia Frances Moore, 50, jumped from the window of her eighth-floor room. We found the newspaper clipping announcing her death, it reads as follows:       "A woman leaped to her death from an eighth-floor window of the Cecil Hotel, 640 S Main St., early Sunday morning, her body landing on a second-floor roof in the light well of the building. Police identified her from a hotel registration card and papers in her purse as Julia Frances Moore, about 50. Det. Sgt. Paul LePage said the woman, who left no notes, had registered at the hotel on Wednesday. Her purse and a small over night bag were found in the room. Although the purse contained only 59 cents, a bank book showed she had nearly c $1,800(around $15,000 today) in a Springfield (II.) bank. Sgt. LePage said he also found a bus ticket stub in dicating she had come here from St. Louis. Other papers I containing two home ad dresses in St. Louis were also found. The officer said he would contact St. Louis police in a an effort to locate the woman's relatives." Also in 1962, October to be exact, another strange death occurred. On October 12, two bodies were found dead on the sidewalk in front of the hotel. One of the bodies was that of Pauline Otton. She was staying on the 9th floor of the hotel. She was 27 years old and had just had an argument with her estranged husband Dewey. The other body was not that of Dewey. It was the body of 65 year old George Gianinni. Initially police suspected the pair jumped together. After some investigation however there found that Ol George has his haha on his pockets and his shoes were still on. They said that if he had jumped his shoes would have fallen off during the fall or when he landed, also who jumps with their hands in their pockets? Well turns out that after her argument Pauline decided it wasn't worth living any more and jumped from the window of her room on the 9th floor. George however was just walking by the hotel about to have the worst, and last, day off his life. Pauline jumped and landed on George as he strolled by killing him. Talk about your bad luck, no wonder some people think the place is cursed. On December 20, 1975, a still-unidentified woman, approximately 23 years old, jumped from her twelfth-floor window onto the Cecil's second-floor roof. She had registered at the hotel on December 16 under the name "Alison Lowell" and was staying in room 327. On September 1, 1992, a man was found deceased in the alley behind the Cecil. Authorities believe the decedent either fell from, jumped from, or was pushed from the hotel's fifteenth floor. At the time of his death, the decedent was five feet, nine inches tall and weighed around 185 pounds. He was wearing blue sweatpants and a black sweatshirt over a gray t-shirt. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office placed the decedent's age at twenty to thirty-two years. The decedent's true identity has never been established. On June 13, 2015, the body of a 28-year-old man was found outside the hotel. Some conjectured he may have committed suicide by jumping from the hotel, although a spokesperson for the county coroner informed the Los Angeles Times that the cause of death had not been determined. Now in between those last two there was another incident. This incident is probably the most well known one. Thanks to the internet the incident spread fast and there is tons of discussion and speculation about what really happened. The official cause of death was listed as accidental drowning although most people don't by that. If you haven't figured it out already we are talking about the death of Elisa Lam. Wwe could probably do an entire episode on this story so we'll just give you the basics and maybe hit the story a little harder in a bonus for our patreon.   On Jan. 26, 2013, Elisa Lam arrived in LA. She had just come by Amtrak train from San Diego and was headed to Santa Cruz as part of her solo trip around the West Coast. The trip was supposed to be a getaway from her studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where she was originally from. Her family had been wary of her traveling by herself but the young student was determined to go at it alone. As a compromise, Lam made sure to check in with her parents every day of the trip to let them know that she was safe. That’s why it struck her parents as unusual when they didn’t hear from their daughter on Jan. 31, the day she was scheduled to check out of her LA hotel, the Cecil. The Lams eventually contacted the Los Angeles Police Department. The police searched the premises of the Cecil but couldn’t find her. Police soon released surveillance footage taken from the cameras at the Cecil Hotel on their website. This is where things took a turn into the truly bizarre. The hotel video showed Elisa Lam in one of its elevators on the date of her disappearance acting rather strangely. In the pixelated footage, Lam can be seen stepping into the elevator and pushing all the floor buttons. She steps in and out of the elevator, poking her head out sideways toward the hotel’s hallways in between. She peers out of the elevator another few times before stepping out of the elevator entirely. The last minutes of the video show Lam standing by the left side of the door, moving her hands in random gestures. Nobody else was captured on the video, except Lam. On Feb. 19, two weeks after the video was published by authorities, maintenance worker Santiago Lopez found Elisa Lam’s dead body floating in one of the hotel water tanks. Lopez made the discovery after responding to complaints from hotel patrons about low water pressure and a weird taste coming from the tap water. According to a statement by the chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, the tank in which Lam’s body was found had to be drained completely and then cut open from the side to remove her five-foot-four frame. Nobody knows how Lam’s corpse — floating lifelessly next to the same clothes she wore in the surveillance video — ended up in the hotel’s water tank or who else might have been involved. Hotel staff told authorities that Lam was always seen by herself around the hotel premises. At a nearby shop, eerily named The Last Bookstore, owner Katie Orphan was among the last to see Elisa Lam alive. Orphan remembered the college student buying books and music for her family back in Vancouver. When the autopsy results for Lam’s case came out, it only served to ignite more questions. The toxicology report confirmed that Lam had consumed a number of medical drugs, likely to be medication for her bipolar disorder. But there were no indications of alcohol or illegal substances in her body. Soon after the toxicology report came out, amateur sleuths began poring over any information they could find in hopes of solving the mystery behind the death of Elisa Lam. One person noted that she seemed to not be taking her medicine previous to her death. It is an important finding to note given that the use of antidepressants to treat bipolar disorder can risk inducing manic side effects if done without caution. Some sleuths have understandably latched onto this detail and suggested it was a likely explanation behind Lam’s strange behavior in the elevator. Hotel manager Amy Price’s statements in court strongly support this theory. During Lam’s stay at the Cecil Hotel, Price said that Lam was originally booked in a hostel-style shared room with others. However, complaints of “odd behavior” from Lam’s roommates forced Lam to be moved to a private room by herself. David and Yinna Lam filed a wrongful death suit against the Cecil Hotel several months after their daughter’s death was uncovered. The Lams’ attorney stated that the hotel had a duty to “inspect and seek out hazards in the hotel that presented an unreasonable risk of danger to [Lam] and other hotel guests.” The hotel fought back against the suit, filing a motion to dismiss it. The hotel’s lawyer argued that the hotel had no reason to think that someone would be able to get into one of their water tanks. Based on court statements from the hotel’s maintenance staff, the hotel’s argument is not entirely far-fetched. Santiago Lopez, who was the first to find Lam’s body, described in detail how much effort he had to exert just to find her body. Lopez said that he took the elevator to the 15th floor of the hotel before walking up the staircase to the roof. Then, he had to first turn off the rooftop alarm and climb up on the platform where the hotel’s four water tanks were located. Finally, he had to climb another ladder to get to the top of the main tank. Only after all that did he notice something unusual. “I noticed the hatch to the main water tank was open and looked inside and saw an Asian woman lying face-up in the water approximately twelve inches from the top of the tank,” Lopez said, as reported by LAist. Lopez’s testimony suggested that it would have been difficult for Lam to make it to the top of the water tank on her own. At least, not without anyone noticing. The hotel’s Chief Engineer Pedro Tovar also made it clear that it would be difficult for anyone to access the rooftop, where the hotel water tanks were located, without triggering the alarms. Only hotel employees would be able to deactivate the alarm properly. If it was triggered, the sound of the alarm would reach the front desk as well as the entire top two floors of the hotel. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Howard Halm ruled that the death of Elisa Lam was “unforseeable” because it had happened in an area that guests were not allowed to access, so the lawsuit was dismissed. All of the talk of the difficulty on even getting to the water tanks, especially the fact that no alarms were triggered only fueled more conspiracies and speculation. We may never know what really happened and it's another feather in the crazy creepy cap of the Cecil! There are  stories of cold spots and shadowy figures. A news story went around a couple years ago of a ghost photograph, showing a shadowy figure outside of a window of the Cecil Hotel, looking like it was about to jump.There are stories of people saying that they see a woman who looks like Elizabeth Short and feeling like they’re being watched in the hotel. It’s a creepy place even though there are renovations and rebranding (the Cecil Hotel was renamed the Stay on Main), but, well, it’s hard to shake the sort of stories of the Cecil. Also early in 2021 the discovery channel is kicking off it's streaming service with a new episode of everyone's favorite… Ghost Adventures… Those idiots are at it again.   The hotel and the Elisa Lam footage was the inspiration for the Hotel season of American horror story. It was also the inspiration behind the movie Barton Fink starring John Goodman and Johnathan Turturro.  The hotel can also be seen in two popular music videos. The streets have no name by U2, where the brand performs on the roof of a building next to the Cecil. And in Blink 182 video for The Rock Show. The band is shown throwing money off of a single story building next to the Cecil, which may or may not be the same building u2 played on… Probably was though. Top hotel horror movieshttps://www.ranker.com/list/best-horror-movies-about-hotels/ranker-film

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In this episode I outline the life and career of Col. Andrew Barr of the United States Army, director of the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Many doctors dream of helping others, caring for individuals in their darkest moments, and witnessing the joyous recovery of young and old. They do it selflessly--like all healthcare workers--sacrificing so much for others: Colonel Barr is no different. From time in clinics in Germany and Italy to operating rooms in Iraq and Korea, Colonel Barr has spent his entire Army career caring for soldiers and their loved ones. Once responsible for commanding Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii, Barr now oversees the world's premier military hospital. An unique journey, unlike no other, Colonel Barr's career is full of stories and insight: you won't want to miss this episode! ---Apple Listeners please leave a review and/or rating, it really helps the podcast grow!--- Connect with us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/milleadersoftodaypodcast/ Email us! militaryleadersoftodaypodcast@gmail.com *Music was obtained via YouTube's Creative Commons Library and is NOT my own* --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/militaryleadersoftoday/message

EDUCATION Residency:      Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, Family       Practice, 1991-1994. Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, MD, 1991. Masters:     James Madison University, MBA, Business Management, 1982. College:     U.S. Naval Academy, BS, Engineering/Int’l Relations, 1973. MEDICAL EXPERIENCE September 2006 -Present – Physician in a full-service family practice clinic that was designed and built by me in 2009.  “Knightdale Family Medicine”, in Knightdale, NC is currently operated by UNC Physicians Network as part of UNC Health Care organization. 2008-2019 - Managing partner of Knightdale Medical Partners, LLC, designed, built, owned and operated a multispecialty 14,000 square foot facility providing Family Practice, Cardiology, Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, and support services to the Knightdale, NC community.  September 1991- August 2006 – U S Army.  Commanded various clinics providing full-service family practitioner providing inpatient and outpatient obstetric, pediatric, medical, outpatient surgical and gynecologic services to a diverse population, with ages from birth to elderly geriatric patients, for both military and civilian institutions. Chief of the Department of Deployment Health, Womack Army Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC, responsible for medical care to deploying and returning soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan. Command Surgeon, (1997-2000) US Army DELTA Force providing rapid deployment special forces combat medical services worldwide. Commander, (2000-2003) Robinson Health Clinic providing full service pediatric, family practice and obstetric services to the 18,000 soldiers and families of the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft Bragg, NC Deployed to Iraq (2003-2004) with the 82nd Airborne Division.  Built and operated a forward area combat clinic providing emergency, mass casualty, and routine care for soldiers in a combat environment.  While deployed in a combat zone, delivered the only American baby of the war to date, for a USAID worker that needed help. Developed, coordinated, and arranged for 700 Iraqi physicians to come to Baghdad for the first medical conference in 25 years to update that country’s physicians about changes in medicine across multiple specialties.   Flew in 32 US and British doctors as teachers for the Iraqi Medical Specialty Forum, who also helped Iraq form their first medical organization of physicians. Command and General Staff College Graduate. August 1994-2000 - Provided weekend inpatient pediatric (1994-1996), and inpatient internal medicine services to Cape Fear Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC as a rotating hospitalist covering medicine, CCU, ICU, and cardiac surgical step-down patients.  July 1991-June 1994 – Army Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, Washington, with rotations in primary care, pediatrics, dermatology, emergency room, surgical and medicine subspecialties, and obstetrics/gynecology programs, where the Army’s most challenging cases were managed from around the United States. OTHER EXPERIENCE Author – Six Days of Impossible Navy SEAL Hell Week, a Doctor Looks Back FriesenPress (November 13, 2017) Hell Week has never been described so effectively. Six days in Hell define every SEAL that finally moves past their mind's point of no return. This real-life story is about the men of BUD/S Class 81. Robert Adams, MD brings the experiences of his class into view with real, bone chilling, difficult to believe, experiences.  This is described, in frightening detail, by the men that lived through the frigid cold, filthy muddy days, and body destroying events of a winter Hell Week. Eleven of seventy men went on to graduate and serve over 40 years in almost every SEAL or UDT team, with honor. Read their real time stories and (most importantly) learn why these eleven men succeeded when so many others failed.       Nine years as a corporate manager involved with business development, finance, planning and operations.  Provided technical services in systems acquisition, computer systems analysis and development, engineering management, and logistics systems implementation.  Naval officer, USS Hamner (DD-718) Division Officer and Navigator.  U.S. Navy SEAL CDR (SEAL) U.S. Navy, 14 years. Army physician for 18 years with numerous leadership jobs in clinic management, medical systems management. Special operations medicine as the Army DELTA Force Command Surgeon.   Colonel (retired) U.S. Army Medical Corps.                                             Author:  Six Days of Impossible – Navy SEAL Hell Week – A doctor looks back, published 2017. A story about his BUD/S Class 81 training during the awe-inspiring Hell Week that divides SEAL hopefuls into graduates and others.   AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS o Published “Making Doctors – A New Approach”, Teaching and Learning in Medicine an International Journal, Spring 1989. o Published “The National Board Examination (Part I ) as a Performance Measurement Tool – One Student’s Perspective” in the North Carolina Medical Journal, July 1990. o Accepted for publication 1990 Consultant “ Lichen Myxedematosus” a dermatology patient  profile. o AAFP Family Medicine Interest Group Leadership Award – AAFP National Congress of Student Members, 1990. o First Prize in the 1991 North Carolina Medical society Student essay contest on medical education. o President, Bowman Gray Family Medicine Interest Group, 1990-1991. o Robert P. Vidinghoff Memorial Award for aptitude and devotion to the field of Family Practice, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 1991. o Guest faculty speaker at the plenary session of the American Association of Anesthesia Educators on “Problem Based Learning”, October 1991. o Published “Dad “’ an essay on death and dying, in the North Carolina Medical Student Journal, April 1992. o Published 2014 and 2016, Fish Alaska magazine, “Final Drift” fishing in Alaska stories. o Published a non-fiction novel Six Days of Impossible – Navy SEAL Hell Week, A doctor looks back, 2017 Friesen Press.   o U.S. Army Order of Military Medical Merit Award (lifetime achievement) 2004. o Legion of Merit Medal - Army o Bronze Star Medal – Army Iraq combat award o Defense Meritorious Service Medal – Army Bosnia combat award o Meritorious Service Medal - Army o Naval Special Warfare (UDT/SEAL) Insignia, Army Master Parachutist Badge (static and freefall), Army Flight Surgeon Badge. o Best Doctor 2007 East Wake County– East Wake News Reader’s Choice Award o Best Doctor 2010 East Wake County – Triangle East Magazine Reader’s Choice Award o Best Doctor 2011 East Wake County – Triangle East Magazine Reader’s Choice Award o Best Doctor 2014 East Wake County – Triangle East Magazine Reader’s Choice Award CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Family Medicine - Board Certified, 2015 North Carolina Medical License MEMBERSHIPS U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association – Life Member Navy UDT/SEAL Association – Life Member Military Officers Association of America – Life Member American Legion – Life Member Disabled American Veterans – Life Member American Academy of Family Physicians North Carolina Association of Family Physicians North Carolina Medical Society Websites: www.vlcnc.org     

Health Hacks with Mark L. White - Are Cellphones Killing Us? - feat. Dr. Wally Taylor About Dr. Taylor: Dr. Taylor is a board-certified physician with more than 40 years of experience. Recognized by the American Board of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine, he’s passionate about helping children and adults unlock their body’s natural capacity for healing. After two decades in the Army Medical Corps, Taylor retired as a lieutenant colonel. For the next 20-plus years, he was the only ENT and allergy provider for six counties. Taylor earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He completed a residency at Madigan Army Medical Center. In this episode: We often hear about how dangerous phones can be for our youth. But in this episode, we dive deeper into the health illnesses being caused by simply keeping these phones in our pockets and the very visible health issues driven by invisible WIFI signals. Tune in to this episode to discover: Why environmental toxins are the root cause of almost all persistent illness. How a person's personal sensitivity to toxins can be modified. Why the brain's "threat response" to toxins generates the signs and symptoms of persistent illness. To learn more about Dr. Taylor: Call: 512.810.2492 Email: hello@forumhealth.com Facebook: facebook.com/Forum-Health-786569208409963 Instagram: instagram.com/forum_health/ About Health Hacks: Health Hacks is an innovative 30-minute podcast that highlights cutting-edge health hacks from around the world and the interesting stories that inspired them. In each episode, host Mark White uses a clever blend of storytelling and interviews to educate the audience on relatively new areas of vitality enhancing remedies. With the help of health experts, medical practitioners, and wellness-oriented CEOs, Health Hacks explores the rapidly expanding world of health hacking and the stories that are driving it. Website: http://marklwhite.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marklwhite1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ceo_markwhite

Victor J. Bernet, MD, is Chair of the Endocrinology Division at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and is an Associate Professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Bernet served 21+ years in the Army Medical Corps retiring as a Colonel. He served as Consultant in Endocrinology to the Army Surgeon General, Program Director for the National Capitol Consortium Endocrinology Fellowship and as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Dr. Bernet has received numerous military awards, was awarded the “A” Proficiency Designator for professional excellence by the Army Surgeon General and the Peter Forsham Award for Academic Excellence by the Tri-Service Endocrine Society. Dr. Bernet graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Bernet completed residency at Tripler Army Medical Center and his endocrinology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Bernet’s research interests include: improved diagnostics for thyroid cancer, thyroidectomy related hypocalcemia, thyroid hormone content within supplements as well as management of patient’s with thyroid cancer. He is the current Secretary and CEO of the American Thyroid Association. In this episode Dr. Bernet describes that Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition that usually progresses slowly and often leads to low thyroid hormone levels — a condition called hypothyroidism. The best therapy for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is to normalize thyroid hormone levels with medication. A balanced diet and other healthy lifestyle choices may help when you have Hashimoto’s, but a specific diet alone is unlikely to reverse the changes caused by the disease. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis develops when your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks your thyroid. It’s not clear why this happens. Some research seems to indicate that a virus or bacterium might trigger the immune response. It’s possible that a genetic predisposition also may be involved in the development of this autoimmune disorder. A chronic condition that develops over time, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis damages the thyroid and eventually can cause hypothyroidism. That means your thyroid no longer produces enough of the hormones it usually makes. If that happens, it can lead to symptoms such as fatigue, sluggishness, constipation, unexplained weight gain, increased sensitivity to cold, joint pain or stiffness, and muscle weakness. If you have symptoms of hypothyroidism, the most effective way to control them is to take a hormone replacement. That typically involves daily use of a synthetic thyroid hormone called levothyroxine that you take as an oral medication. It is identical to thyroxine, the natural version of a hormone made by your thyroid gland. The medication restores your hormone levels to normal and eliminates hypothyroidism symptoms. You may hear about products that contain a form of thyroid hormones derived from animals. They often are marketed as being natural. Because they are from animals, however, they aren’t natural to the human body, and they potentially can cause health problems. The American Thyroid Association’s hypothyroidism guidelines recommend against using these products as a first-line treatment for hypothyroidism. Although hormone replacement therapy is effective at controlling symptoms of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, it is not a cure. You need to keep taking the medication to keep symptoms at bay. Treatment is usually lifelong. To make sure you get the right amount of hormone replacement for your body, you must have your hormone levels checked with a blood test once or twice a year. If symptoms linger despite hormone replacement therapy, you may need to have the dose of medication you take each day adjusted. If symptoms persist despite evidence of adequate hormone replacement therapy, it’s possible those symptoms could be a result of something other than Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Talk to your health care provider about any bothersome symptoms you have while taking hormone replacement therapy. NOTES and REFERENCES Request an Appointment Victor Bernet, M.D.  

oy Eugene Davis is the founder and Director of the Center for Spiritual Awareness. One of the few remaining direct disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, he grew up in a farming community in Ohio and, at age 18, read Yogananda’s iconic Autobiography of a Yogi in a public library. Sensing a spiritual connection with Yogananda and the Kriya Yoga tradition, he soon traveled to Los Angeles, met his guru, and was accepted for monastic discipleship training. He was ordained by Yogananda in 1951 and was appointed minister of the Phoenix, Arizona, Self-Realization Fellowship Center in 1952. After two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, he began his mission as an independent teacher. Since then, he has taught in more than 100 cities in North America as well as in Japan, Brazil, Europe, West Africa, and India. His books, including Paramahansa Yogananda as I Knew Him, have been published in ten languages. He is also the publisher of Truth Journal magazine and writes monthly lessons for students around the world. Learn more about Roy Eugene Davis here: http://csa-davis.org/sites/roydavis and Center for Spiritual Awareness here: http://csa-davis.org/sites/

In this episode Dr. Bernet describes that Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition that usually progresses slowly and often leads to low thyroid hormone levels — a condition called hypothyroidism. The best therapy for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is to normalize thyroid hormone levels with medication. A balanced diet and other healthy lifestyle choices may help when you have Hashimoto’s, but a specific diet alone is unlikely to reverse the changes caused by the disease. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis develops when your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks your thyroid. It’s not clear why this happens. Some research seems to indicate that a virus or bacterium might trigger the immune response. It’s possible that a genetic predisposition also may be involved in the development of this autoimmune disorder. A chronic condition that develops over time, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis damages the thyroid and eventually can cause hypothyroidism. That means your thyroid no longer produces enough of the hormones it usually makes. If that happens, it can lead to symptoms such as fatigue, sluggishness, constipation, unexplained weight gain, increased sensitivity to cold, joint pain or stiffness, and muscle weakness. If you have symptoms of hypothyroidism, the most effective way to control them is to take a hormone replacement. That typically involves daily use of a synthetic thyroid hormone called levothyroxine that you take as an oral medication. It is identical to thyroxine, the natural version of a hormone made by your thyroid gland. The medication restores your hormone levels to normal and eliminates hypothyroidism symptoms. You may hear about products that contain a form of thyroid hormones derived from animals. They often are marketed as being natural. Because they are from animals, however, they aren’t natural to the human body, and they potentially can cause health problems. The American Thyroid Association’s hypothyroidism guidelines recommend against using these products as a first-line treatment for hypothyroidism. Although hormone replacement therapy is effective at controlling symptoms of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, it is not a cure. You need to keep taking the medication to keep symptoms at bay. Treatment is usually lifelong. To make sure you get the right amount of hormone replacement for your body, you must have your hormone levels checked with a blood test once or twice a year. If symptoms linger despite hormone replacement therapy, you may need to have the dose of medication you take each day adjusted. If symptoms persist despite evidence of adequate hormone replacement therapy, it’s possible those symptoms could be a result of something other than Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Talk to your health care provider about any bothersome symptoms you have while taking hormone replacement therapy. Victor J. Bernet, MD, is Chair of the Endocrinology Division at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida and is an Associate Professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Dr. Bernet served 21+ years in the Army Medical Corps retiring as a Colonel. He served as Consultant in Endocrinology to the Army Surgeon General, Program Director for the National Capitol Consortium Endocrinology Fellowship and as an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Dr. Bernet has received numerous military awards, was awarded the “A” Proficiency Designator for professional excellence by the Army Surgeon General and the Peter Forsham Award for Academic Excellence by the Tri-Service Endocrine Society. Dr. Bernet graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Bernet completed residency at Tripler Army Medical Center and his endocrinology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Bernet’s research interests include: improved diagnostics for thyroid cancer, thyroidectomy related hypocalcemia, thyroid hormone content within supplements as well as management of patient’s with thyroid cancer. He is the current Secretary and CEO of the American Thyroid Association.

In survival, getting sleep is important to keep you sharp and make sure that appropriate judgements are made and actions taken. Learn about sleep hygiene from Joe Alton, MD, plus a new study tells you what states in the U.S. are the most sleep-deprived. Also, Dr. Alton discusses first and second degree burns, the difference between sunscreen and sunblock, and what the SPF rating system means. Also, how to identify and treat these common injuries in disasters or other situations where medical help isn't on the way. Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones also discuss the latest about Zika virus, plus how the Army is so lacking in medical providers that they are offering a rapid path to citizenship for foreign medical graduate volunteers. All this and more on the Survival Medicine Hour with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy.

In survival, getting sleep is important to keep you sharp and make sure that appropriate judgements are made and actions taken. Learn about sleep hygiene from Joe Alton, MD, plus a new study tells you what states in the U.S. are the most sleep-deprived. Also, Dr. Alton discusses first and second degree burns, the difference between sunscreen and sunblock, and what the SPF rating system means. Also, how to identify and treat these common injuries in disasters or other situations where medical help isn't on the way. Nurse Amy and Dr. Bones also discuss the latest about Zika virus, plus how the Army is so lacking in medical providers that they are offering a rapid path to citizenship for foreign medical graduate volunteers. All this and more on the Survival Medicine Hour with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy.

Episode #76 is a discussion with Dr. David Jaques, VP of Surgical Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Jaques is a skilled surgical oncologist and surgery department administrator. He came to Barnes-Jewish after serving as vice chairman of the department of surgery and director of graduate education at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He received his medical degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, which was followed by a distinguished career in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He served as a combat surgeon in the Persian Gulf War and was later chief of surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as an oncologist. He served as the senior medical officer during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Honors during Dr. Jaques' time in the U.S. Army Medical Corps include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal. In this podcast, Dr. Jaques talks about how he has led Lean efforts that involve physicians in a unique "6/3" format that helps solve tightly-scoped problems without the need to have surgeons and clinicians for a full 4-day kaizen event. We discuss how he got started with Lean, improvements that were made in the "Mass Transfusion Protocol," and their broader Lean and physician engagement efforts. Really fascinating and innovative stuff. For earlier episodes, visit the main Podcast page at www.leanpodcast.org, which includes information on how to subscribe via RSS or via Apple iTunes. If you have feedback on the podcast, or any questions for me or my guests, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com or you can call and leave a voicemail by calling the "Lean Line" at (817) 776-LEAN (817-776-5326) or contact me via Skype id "mgraban". Please give your location and your first name. Any comments (email or voicemail) might be used in follow ups to the podcast.