Podcasts about Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Send us a textWelcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode. Dr. Mike Fralick sits down with Dr. David Juurlink, pharmacologist and internist, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and head of the Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology division at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, to chat about the top drug interactions you might be missing. Here we go!Questions? Comments? Feedback? We'd love to hear from you! @roundstable @InternAtWork @MedicinePods

Former U.S. president Joe Biden's advanced prostate cancer has raised some questions, like how it could have gone undiagnosed for so long, and what the future holds. Dr. Laurence Klotz, chief of urology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, explains how prostate cancer is diagnosed, why some forms are more aggressive than others, and the extensive array of treatments available. For transcripts of The Dose, please visit: lnk.to/dose-transcripts. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast, click this link.

Canada has been described as having one of the most liberal systems of assisted dying in the world, similar to that operating in the Netherlands and Belgium.It introduced 'Medical Aid in Dying' in 2016, initially for terminally ill adults with a serious and incurable physical illness, which causes intolerable suffering.In 2021, the need to be terminally ill was removed, and in two years' time, the Canadian government plans to open Maid to adults solely with a mental illness and no physical ailment.Joining Kieran in Toronto to discuss this is Dr Chantal Perrot, board member at DWDC and a MAID Assessor and Provider as well as Dr Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

“Disability is so unique from one person to the next in terms of how it impacts them outside of pregnancy and well as pregnancy.” Dr. Anne Berndl (MD MSc FRCSC) is the director of the Accessible Care Pregnancy Clinic at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. The clinic provides holistic, individualized obstetrical care to patients living with physical disabilities. Care options are individualized to each patient and their family, with the goal of providing seamless and holistic care throughout planning, pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period.The Accessible Care Pregnancy Clinic opened in March 2017 and is the first of its kind in North America. It strives to improve obstetrical care for pregnant people living with physical disabilities. *This episode was recorded in 2024. Please download, subscribe, follow and share.

“Every pregnancy is different. There is something of a risk at every step of the way in every pregnancy.” While there is no ‘perfect' prenatal scenario, Dr. Dini Hui ensures an optimal outcome for her patients. As a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, she cares for and advises those who have a ‘high risk' or complicated pregnancy through consultation, frequent visits and specialized testing. *This episode was recorded in 2024. Please download, subscribe, follow and share.

“This experience of loss really changes who you are in the world — and changes you for the rest of your life.” Michelle La Fontaine is the manager of the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Network (PAIL) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. As a bereaved mom herself, she guides grieving families with a full heart, connecting them with programs and resources. PAIL joined Sunnybrook in 2017 and aims to bring awareness to this uncomfortable topic while providing grief literacy and support to the wider community.*This episode was recorded in 2024. Please download, subscribe, follow and share.

“I would go to emergency with extreme blood loss, clots, completely drained out. I was white like a piece of paper and they would send me back home with Tylenol.”Flora Kestin suffered for years with undiagnosed endometriosis. Her hellish journey began at the age of 14. She was eventually treated by Dr Jamie Kroft, one of Canada's leading experts in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis.Dr. Kroft, a gynecologist who specializes in minimally invasive surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, has helped countless people regain control of their lives.Visit The Endometriosis Network Canada for additional information and resources. Please download, subscribe, follow and share.

"We were absolutely terrified, and our biggest question was, 'is our baby going to die?' I didn't know anything about babies being born in the second trimester."Ten years ago, Karen Bong didn't know if her daughter would make it home from Sunnybrook's NICU. She is now the proud mother of two, and guides other new parents as the NICU's Family Support Specialist. Dr. Eugene Ng is a neonatologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He outlines the processes and protocols in place for NICU support and how this hospital has the best outcome in all of Canada for micro-preemies and babies born with anomalies. *This episode was recorded in 2024. Please download, subscribe, follow and share.

This five-part Sunnybrook Series features the lived experience of those navigating motherhood, trauma and loss, and the specialists, doctors and directors dedicated to supporting the most vulnerable of patients. Stream a new episode every Wednesday, beginning March 5. All guests on this podcast were provided by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Please download, subscribe, follow and share.

A numerical formula called the absolute percentage pattern 4/5 (APP4) combining risk factors, including Gleason grade, PSA, and digital rectal examination, is being used to select patients whose intermediate risk prostate cancer can safely be followed with active surveillance. A research study using APP4 was reported at the 2025 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. First author Ruben Del Castillo, MD, a radiation oncologist from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, shared the details.

Send us a textOn this episode of the CMAJ Podcast, Dr. Mojola Omole and Dr. Blair Bigham discuss necrotizing fasciitis, a diagnosis that can strike fear into the hearts of clinicians due to its rapid progression and devastating consequences. The discussion builds on insights from the CMAJ practice article, “Necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by invasive group A Streptococcus,” co-authored by Dr. Saswata Deb and Dr. Stephanie Mason.Dr. Deb, an emergency physician and clinician scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, outlines the key clinical signs of necrotizing fasciitis, including pain out of proportion to physical findings and rapid hemodynamic deterioration. He emphasizes the importance of considering NSTI in the differential diagnosis for cellulitis and the need for prompt surgical consultation when red flags arise. Crucially, Dr. Deb explains that no imaging or laboratory tests can definitively rule in or rule out the diagnosis—only surgical exploration can confirm it.Dr. Mason, a burn and general surgeon at Sunnybrook's Ross Tilley Burn Centre, provides a surgeon's perspective on managing these infections. She addresses common missteps in diagnosis, the need for aggressive surgical debridement, and the role of multidisciplinary care in saving patients' lives. She also discusses how surgeons can overcome their fear of creating extensive wounds, reassuring listeners that reconstruction is possible once the patient is stabilized.Together, the guests and hosts explore practical solutions to reduce delays in care, including the potential for institutional protocols—possibly a "code nec fasc"—to streamline decision-making and improve outcomes.For more information from our sponsor, go to md.ca/tax. Join us as we explore medical solutions that address the urgent need to change healthcare. Reach out to us about this or any episode you hear. Or tell us about something you'd like to hear on the leading Canadian medical podcast.You can find Blair and Mojola on X @BlairBigham and @DrmojolaomoleX (in English): @CMAJ X (en français): @JAMC FacebookInstagram: @CMAJ.ca The CMAJ Podcast is produced by PodCraft Productions

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week...With over 16 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7 won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...Today's episode includes the following guests:GuestsPedro Sanchez - Prime Minister of Spain Seth Borentsein - Associated Press Oksana Tarasova - Senior Scientific Officer at the UN's World Meteorological Organisation Antonio Guterres - UN Secretary General Will Guyatt - The Smart 7's Tech Guru Dr Paul Mulholland - Lead Oncologist at the University College London NHS Trust Dr Mary Jane Lim Fat - NeuroOncologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Oscar Nilsson - Archaeologist at the Copernicus University in Torun, in Poland Alex Wiltschko - CEO of Osmo Labs Chris French - Professor Emeritus at Goldsmiths University at the University of London Elodie Mandel Briefer - Behavioural Biologist at the University of Copenhagen Contact us over at X or visit www.thesmart7.comPresented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Helen Angus, CEO of AMS Healthcare, speaks with Donna Duncan.   Donna Duncan is a passionate seniors' care, mental health advocate, and broader public sector leader, bringing more than 20 years of experience in advancing transformative change at organization and system levels.   As CEO of the Ontario Long Term Care Association, Donna leads the largest provincial association representing long-term care providers in Canada. She also is involved in global forums as a member of the board of directors of the Global Ageing Network and serves on the board of the Canadian Association of Long-Term Care. In addition, Donna hosts the highly-rated podcast, Coming of Age, which is changing the conversation about seniors' care, challenging ageism, and exploring innovations in care and public policy for all of us as we age. She is also a sought-after speaker, guest-lecturer and media commentator on seniors' care, health human resources and public policy. Donna previously served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of The Ontario Caregiver Organization where she led the organization's start-up operations, building a foundation for new leadership and a provincial board to lead the development of services and supports for family caregivers in Canada's largest province.   In addition, she served as President and CEO of one of Ontario's largest children's mental health treatment, research and teaching centres and also a community affiliate of the University of Toronto. Donna led the organization through transformational change and extensive programmatic and quality improvements, culminating in its integration with The Hospital for Sick Children in 2017 as the SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health. Donna has a deep understanding of healthcare systems and works in partnership with leaders across the health and community care sectors provincially, nationally and internationally. She also has extensive experience within government, having worked with federal and provincial ministers and with a United Nations agency.    Donna currently sits on advisory committees for the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care, and on the board of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She has also served on the boards of The Ontario Caregiver Organization, Children's Mental Health Ontario, the national Kids Brain Health Network, and chaired the Board of Governors of Seneca College and the provincial College Employer Council.   http://amshealthcare.ca/

Dr Pamela Kunz from the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr Simron Singh from the Odette Cancer Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr Pamela Kunz from the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr Simron Singh from the Odette Cancer Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr Pamela Kunz from the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr Simron Singh from the Odette Cancer Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr Pamela Kunz from the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr Simron Singh from the Odette Cancer Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr Pamela Kunz from the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr Simron Singh from the Odette Cancer Centre and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discuss optimizing the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors, moderated by Dr Neil Love. Produced by Research To Practice. CME information and select publications here (https://www.researchtopractice.com/InsideTheIssue2024/Neuroendocrine).

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Guest host Mark Towhey breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Dr. Bruce Curran, associate professor in the faculty of law of the University of Manitoba joins Mark to talk about the Canadian rail workers challenging the governments decision to refer the dispute to the labor board. Dr. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto joins Mark to discuss Canada's delay on including mental in MAiD. Annette Meeks, Republican Strategist joins Mark to discuss the speech delivered last night at the DNC by Vice President Kamala Harris. Free For All Friday - Hour 2. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Tom Mulcair, CTV Political Analyst and Former NDP Leader and Garry Keller, Vice President, StrategyCorp. Canada rail workers union to challenge government decision to refer dispute to labor board. How should the Republican party approach the campaign with Kamala Harris as the opponent. Ontario CUPE president Fred Hahn rejects call to resign over social media post criticized as antisemitic Is this the grocery story you've been searching for? What would you do with the worlds largest diamond?

Welcome to the 2nd episode in our Critical Care Forum Canada 2023 podcast series, where we interview leading Canadian experts. In this episode, we explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and critical care medicine with Dr. Shelly Dev and David Maslove, recorded after a panel discussion held at the Conference in Toronto. Dr Dev is no stranger to our podcast and is a staff intensivist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada, where she serves as the director of education for Critical Care Medicine. Dr Maslove is a Clinician Scientist and Intensivist at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. His research focuses on the use of physiologic and genomic data to advance precision medicine in the ICU.

According to data from Health Canada, the use of medical assistance in dying or “MAID” is surpassing projections. We discuss increasing ‘interest' in the practice - with Dr. Sonu Gaind, Professor at the University of Toronto and chief of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Next, a recent study of centuries-old ocean sponges shows that the Earth may have been warming longer and to greater temperatures than we believed. We get details on the study from Julie Laroche - Oceanographer, and Associate Scientific Director at Dalhousie University's “Ocean Frontier Institute”. This week Calgary Flames legend Lanny McDonald's life was saved by a couple of bystanders when he went into cardiac arrest. Do you know what to do if you're witness to someone experiencing a heart attack? We get some tips from Ben Marasco, Managing Director of “First Aid Training Calgary”.

Join podcast co-hosts Dr. Allison Sekuler and Jay Ingram for Defy Dementia Episode 8 as they unravel the intricate connection between sleep and dementia. Meet Mary Hynes, a retired special education teacher who leads an active, brain-healthy life but continues to struggle with her sleep. Then, hear from Dr. Andrew Lim, a brain health expert from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, to learn how poor quality sleep may affect brain health and increase dementia risk. Don't miss this fascinating new episode for practical strategies to help you keep your mind sharp.  Visit defydementia.org for more episodes and resources. Tell us what you think! Provide feedback about the Defy Dementia podcast, video and infographics by filling out a short survey. Resources Practical tips: The Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep – from BaycrestCaregiver training: Sleep disturbances [video] – from the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program More information about the link between sleep and dementia: Good sleep for good health: Get the rest you need – from the National Institutes of HealthSleep and dementia risk – from the UK Alzheimer's SocietyUnderstanding the connection between sleep and dementia – from Harvard Pilgrim Health CareSleep problems and dementia - from WebMD Studies on sleep and dementia: Deep sleep may mitigate Alzheimer's memory loss – from Berkeley News- Seven to eight hours: The goldilocks of sleep – from Cognitive Vitality

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Host Amanda Gailbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Nick Kadysh, Founding CEO of PharmAla Biotech on MDMA as a treatment for veterans with PTSD. Sonu Gaind, Chief of Psychiatry at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and a Professor at the University of Toronto on the delayed expansion of MAID. Carmi Levy, CTV Technology specialist on first Neuralink human trials. Free For All Friday - Hour 2. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Robert Benzie, Queen's Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star and Karen Restoule, VP at Crestview Strategy and CEO of BOLD Realities and Whose Land/ Topic 1: Canadian government to wait until after next federal election to expand assisted dying eligibility Topic 2: Alberta premier says legislation on gender policies for children, youth coming this fall Topic 3: More than a dozen child-care centres close province-wide Tuesday in protest Topic 4: 1st human has received Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant, billionaire says Topic 5: Groundhog day, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and Fred la marmotte predict early spring

Dr. Sonu Gaind, a professor at the University of Toronto and chief of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre with guest host Rob Breakenridge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sue Yom, Editor-in-Chief, co-hosts with Dr. Michelle Kim, Professor and Co-Chair of the Cancer Center's Neuro-Oncology Clinical Research Team at the University of Michigan, and our journal's section lead for the CNS section. Our guests are Dr. Joshua Palmer, Associate Professor at Ohio State University and supervising author on the article, Dose/volume tolerance of the brain and predictors of radiation necrosis after three fraction radiosurgery for brain metastases: A large single-institutional analysis, and Dr. Arjun Sahgal, Chair and Professor at the Odette Cancer Centre of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and supervising author on the article, Systematic Review Informing The Management of Symptomatic Brain Radiation Necrosis after Stereotactic Radiosurgery and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) Recommendations.

The CLOT Conversation Hosts (Dr Jameel Abdulrehman and Dr Maha Othman) discuss Post-Thrombotic Syndrome and the TILE study with two of the authors of the recently published paper, Tinzaparin Lead-in to Prevent the Post-Thrombotic syndrome study protocol, Dr Jean-Phillippe Galanaud and Dr Ilia Makedonov. In the interview the authors discuss the latest research on PTS and the rationale for the TILE study.Dr Jean-Philippe Galanaud is a General Internal Medicine specialist and Thrombosis Physician. He works as a staff physician in the Department of Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto; He is associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.His areas of expertise in research are in the field of the post thrombotic syndrome and of distal DVT; He is currently conducting, with Susan Kahn from McGill, 2 multicentre studies in the field of PTS; 1 on the prevention of post thrombotic syndrome with LMWH (The Tile study) and 1 on the treatment of post thrombotic syndrome with venoactive drugs (The MUFFIN study)AndDr Makedonov completed medical school at the University of Toronto, followed by internal medicine residency in Ottawa. He took a keen interest in thrombosis, doing a fellowship at Sunnybrook and receiving a grant from CanVECTOR. He research has focused on the post thrombotic syndrome as well as distal DVT and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. He runs a thrombosis clinic at the Southlake Regional Health Centre. He has a broad clinical practice, including peri-partum and cancer associated VTE. In his spare time , he bikes and sails. He hopes to one day own a dog. Reference:  Makedonov I, Kahn S, Abdulrehman J, et al. TILE pilot trial study protocol: Tinzaparin Lead-in to Prevent the Post-Thrombotic syndrome study protocol. BMJ Open 2023;13:e064715. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-064715  Follow us on twitter: @thrombosiscan Check out our website: https://thrombosiscanada.caSupport the showhttps://thrombosiscanada.caTake a look at our healthcare professional and patient resources, videos and publications on thrombosis from the expert members of Thrombosis Canada

Vincent Santiago's research interests include eating behaviors, body image, and bariatric surgery. Vincent's doctoral dissertation explores the use of an intervention for food addiction (the concept that individuals can be addicted to foods, particularly highly processed foods). This intervention combines Adapted Motivational Interviewing, a person-centered counseling approach, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) skills for eating-related issues and will be tested in a randomized controlled trial. Vincent's Master's thesis explored psychosocial factors (i.e., adult attachment style, emotion regulation, and psychopathology) related to cigarette smoking following bariatric surgery. For his undergraduate thesis, he studied the influence of video messages on healthier eating among students who engaged in restrained and unrestrained eating. He previously worked in research positions at Toronto Western Hospital's Bariatric Surgery Program and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Clinical Interests Vincent's clinical interests include the assessment and treatment of various mental health issues, including eating disorders, anxiety disorders (e.g., social anxiety disorder), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Vincent is particularly interested in using approaches from CBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Vincent has completed practicum placements at 1) the Psychology Training Clinic within the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital; 2) the Intensive Residential and Day Treatment Program for OCD at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; and 3) the Day Hospital Treatment, Eating Disorder Program at Toronto General Hospital. Vincent is also involved as a study therapist in clinical trials providing CBT related to post-bariatric surgery issues, as well as social anxiety disorder, substance use, and HIV sexual risk behavior. Professional and Community Involvement Vincent is committed to fostering the growth of psychology and those interested in the field. He is involved in mentorship programs with undergraduates, graduate students, and early career psychologists as part of the Ryerson Psychology Graduate Students' Association (PGSA), the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), and the American Psychological Association (APA). He is also serving a 2-year term as a Student Representative in the Psychologists in Hospitals and Health Centres section of the CPA. Vincent co-organized the inaugural “Diversifying Psychology Recruitment Event” at Ryerson in 2020. The goal of this event was to provide more information about applying to graduate school for students from traditionally underrepresented groups, particularly students identifying as Black, Indigenous, and a Person of Colour. Vincent also volunteers in LGBTQ+ organizations that offer peer support, workshops, and social activities in the community.   The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

In the International Series, we interview international vascular surgeons and trainees with the focus of learning and exploring how vascular surgery is practiced around the world and by doing so, gain new insight into how we practice vascular surgery in the United States. In today's episode, Ezra Schwartz interviews Dr. Ahmed Kayssi, a vascular surgeon in Canada.    Dr. Ahmed Kayssi is a vascular surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and an associate scientist in evaluative clinical sciences at the Sunnybrook Research Institute. Dr. Kayssi completed his general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto and a limb preservation and wound care fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Richard Neville. Dr. Kayssi holds a Master's degree in Public Health from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Public Health in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health under the supervision of Dr. Lilly Engineer. Dr. Kayssi recently joined the editorial board of Seminars in Vascular Surgery.  Contact Information:  Dr. Ahmed Kayssi  Email: ahmed.kayssi@sunnybrook.ca Twitter: Dr. Ahmed Kayssi (@ahmedkayssi) Dr. Ezra Schwartz (@ezraschwartz10) Dr. Morgan Gold (@morgansgold) University of Toronto Division of Vascular Surgery Articles, resources, and societies referenced in the episode: Canadian Society of Vascular Surgery Research Committee Wounds Canada and Wounds Canada Research Committee Canadian Medical Protective Association Dr. Charles de Mestral University of Toronto Limb Preservation Fellowship Dr. Heather Gill,  The PREHAAAB Trial, and Preoperative Exercise Rehabilitation in Cardiac and Vascular Interventions International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot SVS Vascular Annual Meeting 2024 Canadian Society of Vascular Surgery Annual Conference Health Canada. Canada's Health Care System - Canada.ca.   Canada: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition

The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story. This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only. To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit: https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Autumn Ghost, Hannah Wunsch, MD; https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-autumn-ghost Why we can thank a polio emergency for the birth of intensive care; Nature 618, 234-235 (2023), Eric Topol; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01830-3 You may also like: Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

One is an actual rock star - Lawrence Gowan from Styx talks about health, fitness and sleeping on the tour bus for rock stars who are, like fine wine, getting better with age. (He also weighs in on Styx not being members yet of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.)The other is a rock star in the sleep world - Dr. Mark Boulos from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto is Neil's sleep specialist, and offers important information that could completely change the life of someone you care about if sleep issues come along with mental health concerns as well.

Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) and mental illness as a sequel to our previous episode on MAiD with our guest experts, Dr. Sonu Gaind and Dr. Jeffrey Kirby. This episode was originated by Dr. Urvashi Prasad for her Grand Rounds.   The learning objectives for this episode are as follows: By the end of this episode, the listener will be able to… Gain an understanding of the current state of Medical Assistance in Dying for primarily mental illness in Canada Evaluate the arguments in support of and against implementation of Medical Assistance in Dying for primarily Mental Illness  Understand next steps and future directions of Medical Assistance in Dying for primarily mental illness in Canada Discuss the possible impact that Medical Assistance in Dying might have on the profession of psychiatry    Guest Experts: Dr. Sonu Gaind who is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (U of T) and Chief of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and clinically works as a psycho-oncology consultant. As Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) policies have been evolving in Canada, Dr. Gaind has testified in front of numerous expert, parliamentary and senate committees on issues relevant to mental health and mental illness that need to be considered in the MAiD framework. Dr. Gaind chaired the time-limited Canadian Psychiatric Association Task Force on Assisted Dying, was selected to sit on the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Mental Disorders and Assisted Dying, was retained by the former Attorney General of Canada as an expert in the Truchon and Lamb cases, and chaired his former hospitals MAiD team.  He has spoken across the country and internationally on the subject.    Dr. Jeffrey Kirby is a (retired) Professor in the Department of Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University. He has an educational background and professional experience in medicine, philosophy and health care ethics. Dr. Kirby has published a set of academic papers in high-impact, international, bioethics journals on a variety of MAID-related topics including: assisted dying for suffering arising from mental health conditions, morally-relevant distinctions between paradigm and non-paradigm MAID circumstances, meso- and macro-level (MAID-related) health policy development, and organ donation after MAID and institutional conscientious objection to MAID. He made several, virtual and written, Bill C-7 related submissions to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs regarding matters/issues of relevance to the potential consideration of mental health disorders as sole-qualifying conditions for MAID in Canada. He is a former member of the Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness.    Grand Rounds Presenter: Dr. Urvashi Prasad (PGY4) Produced by: Dr. Urvashi Prasad (PGY4) and Dr. Alex Raben  (staff psychiatrist) Hosts: Dr. Urvashi Prasad (PGY4) and Dr. Alex Raben (Staff Psychiatrist) Peer Reviewer: David Eapen-John (MS4) Audio editing by: Dr. Urvashi Prasad  (PGY4)  Show notes by: Dr. Urvashi Prasad (PGY4)   Resources:   Canada, Health. “Government of Canada.” Canada.ca, / Gouvernement Du Canada, 27 Mar. 2023, https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html. References: Government of Ontario, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. “Medical Assistance in Dying.” Health Care Professionals - MOH, Government of Ontario, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, 13 May 2021, https://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/maid/.  Tabitha Marshall. “Assisted Suicide in Canada.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, 3 Dec. 2021, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/assisted-suicide-in-canada.   Canada, Health. “Government of Canada.” Canada.ca, / Gouvernement Du Canada, 27 Mar. 2023, https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html.  Canada, Health. “Final Report of the Expert Panel on MAiD and Mental Illness” Canada.ca, / Gouvernement Du Canada, 13 May 2022, https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/expert-panel-maid-mental-illness/final-report-expert-panel-maid-mental-illness.html#exe.  “Medical Assistance in Dying: An Update - Cpa-Apc.org.” Position Statement, https://www.cpa-apc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021-CPA-Position-Statement-MAID-Update-EN-web-Final.pdf.   APA Official Actions Position Statement on Medical Euthanasia. 2016, https://odbapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Position-2016-Medical-Euthanasia.pdf.  The Fifth Estate. “Is It Too Easy to Die in Canada? Surprising Approvals for Medically Assisted Death -the Fifth Estate.” YouTube, 19 Jan. 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=plinQAHZRvk&ab_channel=TheFifthEstate.  Wiebe K, Mullin A. “Choosing death in unjust conditions: hope, autonomy and harm reduction.” J Med Ethics. 2023 Apr 26:jme-2022-108871. doi: 10.1136/jme-2022-108871. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37100589. Gaind, KS. “What does “irremediability” in mental illness mean?” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Online first May 22, 2020. pp 1‐3. doi: 10.1177/0706743720928656 Kirby, J. (2022) Interpreting Irremediability When a Mental Health Disorder is the sole-Qualifying Medical Condition for MAiD. Peer-reviewed critical commentary. Canadian Journal of Bioethics 5(4): 83-88.  Kirby, J. (2021) Reconceptualizing ‘Psychiatric Futility': Could Harm Reduction, Palliative Psychiatry, and Assisted Death Constitute a Three-Component Spectrum of Appropriate Practices? American Journal of Bioethics 21(7): 65-67.  Kirby, J. (2018) Balancing Competing Interests and Obligations in Mental Health-Care Practice and Policy. Bioethics 33(6): 699-707. Kirby, J. (2017) Medical Assistance in Dying for Suffering Arising from Mental Health Disorders: Could augmented safeguards enhance its ethical acceptability? Journal of Ethics in Mental Health 10: 1-17.   CPA Note: The views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of the Canadian Psychiatric Association.   For more PsychEd, follow us on Twitter (@psychedpodcast), Facebook (PsychEd Podcast), and Instagram (@psyched.podcast). You can provide feedback by email at psychedpodcast@gmail.com. For more information, visit our website at psychedpodcast.org.

RESILIENT PEOPLE is hosted by Janet Fanaki and features conversations with EXTRAordinary people from around the world who are admired for their resilience. They have overcome a major life challenge, created a purpose from it and now help others to be resilient too. The  aim is to show that your negative experience does not define your future. It can also be a platform to help you find new meaning, to build a positive and resilient mindset.In this episode, Janet speaks with motivational speaker and former police officer Shaun O'Gorman from Queensland, Australia.Topics covered include:PTSD and policinganger managementpersonal development and self-awarenessbuilding resilienceTo learn more about Shaun O'Gorman, visit The Strong Life Project. To learn more about the resilience of regular people from around the world, visit RESILIENT PEOPLE.RESILIENT PEOPLE is created and hosted by Janet Fanaki. Purchase a RESILIENT t-shirt and support programs and services that help brain tumour patients across Canada. The Adam Fanaki Brain Fund has been providing funding to the Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, St. Michael's Hospital and Sick Kids. Over $260,000 has been raised to date. Buy yours at www.resilientpeople.caFollow the show and Janet on Instagram and Twitter.   

Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) affects approximately 1 in 1,000 patients prescribed allopurinol, with reported mortality rates between 20% and 25%. The risk of AHS is nearly 100 times higher in carriers of the HLA-B*58:01 allele than in noncarriers. Populations with a high allele frequency include Han Chinese (6%-8%), Korean (12%), and Thai (6%-8%) people.In this episode, Drs. Wid Yaseen and Jonathan Zipursky discuss their paper published in CMAJ, titled "Five things to know about…allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome". Dr. Jonathan Zipursky is a general internist, clinical pharmacologist, and clinician scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Yaseen is a second-year internal medicine resident physician at the University of Toronto. They argue that the syndrome's frequency is often underestimated and emphasize the importance of genetic testing in susceptible populations.Next, Dr. David Juurlink broadens the discussion beyond allopurinol to describe other common medications whose effectiveness and safety are significantly influenced by genetic predispositions. Dr. Juurlnk is a staff internist and head of division of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He is also a medical toxicologist at the Ontario Poison Centre.  He explores the need for expanded genetic testing to protect patients and ensure proper dosing.Join us as we explore medical solutions that address the urgent need to change healthcare. Reach out to us about this or any episode you hear. Or tell us about something you'd like to hear on the leading Canadian medical podcast.You can find Blair and Mojola on Twitter @BlairBigham and @DrmojolaomoleCMAJTwitter (in English): @CMAJ Twitter (en français): @JAMC FacebookInstagram: @CMAJ.ca The CMAJ Podcast is produced by PodCraft Productions

In this episode of Seeing Clearly, Emaan Chaudry and Danielle Solish talk to Dr. Radha Kohly, medical retina specialist at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Radha Kohly is a fellowship-trained medical retina specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Kensington Eye Institute. She is an associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences (DOVS) at the University of Toronto (UofT). Dr. Kohly obtained her fellowship in medical retina from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England after completing her residency in ophthalmology at the University of Toronto. Prior to medical school at McMaster University, she obtained her PhD in visual psychophysics.  Dr. Kohly's has a broad medical retina practice which includes screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity, diagnosing inherited retinal diseases and performing occasionally pneumatic retinopexies. She contributes significantly to teaching medical retina and cataract surgery to residents. Her research portfolio is growing and most recently has focussed on sex-disparities across a variety of measures in ophthalmology. Dr Kohly is the Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Wellness at DOVS at UofT. She is also a doting mother to 4 children between the ages of 6-14.  In this episode, we discuss: Dr. Kohly's unique journey to and within ophthalmology. Dr. Kohly's experience being a female surgeon Dr. Kohly's work on what it means to “become a micro-revolutionary” Advice for learners (medical students and residents) Check out our website: www.eyecurriculum.com  Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/EyeCurriculum  Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/EyeCurriculum 

A group of physicians, lawyers and ethicists have published a letter in opposition to recommendations to expand access to medical assistance in dying. Matt Galloway talks to two people who signed it: Dr. Sonu Gaind, chief of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto; and Dr. Catherine Ferrier, who works in the division of geriatrics at Montreal General Hospital.

In brief, “it's okay to not feel okay” and “to do well we ought to feel well”. The problem is that many of us don't feel okay, hence this candid, caring and common-sense podcast. We timed it to coincide with what is- statistically at least- the most depressing day of the year, namely the third Monday of January. Otherwise known as “Blue Monday” it's a day to take a moment, to reach out, to acknowledge that the job can be tough, and to be reminded that we need to care for the carers. There is nobody better than Dr. Shelly Dev to highlight the importance of burnout, wellness and medical culture. Thank you for your time and for the work you do. Take care of yourself. Dr. Dev has been a Staff Intensivist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto since 2006, after completing her Internal Medicine residency and Critical Care Fellowship at The University of Toronto, followed by a Fellowship in Multimedia Education at the New England Journal of Medicine. She is a Clinician Educator and Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Education in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Sunnybrook and lead for Mentorship and Wellness in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is an award-winning medical educator of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education audiences. In addition to nearly 300 lectures given to national and international audiences about healthcare worker mental health, burnout, resilience and medical culture, Dr. Dev has written and spoken extensively on these topics in the wider media. But, if asked, she would say her most significant accomplishment to date is continuing to convince 14-year-old Nathan and 12-year-old Jack that it is beyond cool to be seen with your mother in public.

There are plenty of ads for supplements that supposedly boost our memory. If you're worried about memory loss, you might be tempted to give them a try. But how well do they work? Dr. Sandra Black, cognitive neurologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, has the answer, as well as the latest research on other ways we can boost our memory.

Toronto's Lakeshore Lodge the first of Toronto's municipally-run long-term care homes to receive extra funding to make the care more resident-centred. This allows the people living there to have more choices in everything including when and what they eat, what they do, and even down to decor in the facility. Alex is joined by Sr. Sander Hitzig, a Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, who has been working on the implementation of the program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Canada, but if caught early, many people have a good chance of surviving. But screening for it is key. Dr. Jill Tinmouth, lead scientist at the colorectal cancer screening program at Ontario Health and gastroenterologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, speaks with guest host Dr. Peter Lin about colorectal cancer screening.

Guest Host David Peck is first joined by Larry Gifford, the National Director of Talk Radio for Corus Entertainment and host of the podcast "When Life Gives You Parkinson's". Larry and David talk about how debilitating the disease can be, but how it doesn't have to mean you can't live a healthy and rich life. Next, David is joined by Dr, Nir Lipsman, Neurosurgeon and Director of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Lipsman and David talk about the amazing developments in Deep Brain Stimulation, neuromodulation and other treatments to to help alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's. Let's get talking.

David is joined by Dr, Nir Lipsman, Neurosurgeon and Director of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Lipsman and David talk about the amazing developments in Deep Brain Stimulation, neuromodulation and other treatments to to help alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's. Let's get talking.

Brain surgery found to be effective in treating alcohol use disorder -Dr. Nir Lipsman, the study's principal investigator, Neurosurgeon and director of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre talks to Alan about this.  

AAIC Special Series Part 6: Dr. Krista Lanctôt joins the podcast to discuss apathy, how it develops in people with Alzheimer's disease, and her upcoming AAIC 2022 plenary talk. Guest: Krista Lanctôt, PhD, senior scientist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, full professor, University of Toronto Show Notes AAIC is the world's largest forum for the dementia research community. Register for the plenary events, which are free to the public with registration, at the AAIC website. Learn more about Dr. Lanctot at her bio on the University of Toronto website. Connect with us Find transcripts and more at our website. Email Dementia Matters: dementiamatters@medicine.wisc.edu Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center's e-newsletter.

Guest host Jeff McArthur speaks with Dr. Rick Swartz, Clinician-researcher at the University of Toronto and stroke neurologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

This week on the podcast we spoke with Dr. Paul Engels, a trauma surgeon from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. We got into some pretty detailed discussions around trauma training specifically, but more broadly about how we define what a resident should be able to perform at the end of training. Links: 1. The current state of resident trauma training: Are we losing a generation? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29806811/ 2. Canadian Collaborative on Urgent Care Surgery (CANUCS): https://canucs.ca/ 3. Cause for concern: Resident experience in operative trauma during general surgery residency at a Canadian centre. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/69323/54233 4. Toward an all-inclusive trauma system in Central South Ontario: development of the Trauma-System Performance Improvement and Knowledge Exchange (T-SPIKE) project. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33720676/ 5. ASSET course: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset/ 6. Treatment of Ongoing Hemorrhage: The Art and Craft of Stopping Severe Bleeding. https://www.amazon.ca/Treatment-Ongoing-Hemorrhage-Stopping-Bleeding/dp/3319634941. 7. Simulated Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training (S.T.A.R.T.T) course: https://caep.ca/cpd-courses/simulated-trauma-and-resuscitation-team-training-s-t-a-r-t-t/ 8. Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC™) Courses. https://iatsic.org/DSTC/ 9. Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM) course. https://atomcourse.com/#:~:text=The%20Advanced%20Trauma%20Operative%20Management,post%2Dcourse%20exams%20and%20evaluations. 10. BEST - Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma. https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/surgery/divisions/trauma-burn/training/courses/Pages/REBOA-Course.aspx. Bio: Paul Engels is a Trauma/General Surgeon and Intensivist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He completed his residency in General Surgery and fellowship in Critical Care at the University of Alberta. He completed a fellowship in Trauma & Acute Care Surgery at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and the American College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

There are plenty of ads for supplements that supposedly boost our memory. If you're worried about memory loss, you might be tempted to give them a try. But how well do they work? Dr. Sandra Black, cognitive neurologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, has the answer, as well as the latest research on other ways we can boost our memory.

It is estimated that anywhere from 575,000 to 677,000 bloodstream infections occur annually in North America, with approximately 40,000 of those directly linked to patient mortality in the United States, making bloodstream infections the 11th most common cause of death in the US according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The detection of bloodstream infections and subsequent identification of the etiologic agent or agents is an essential role played by all clinical microbiology laboratories, day-in and day-out for routine patient care. So, today, we are going to dive into a recently published study in JCM, looking at organism-specific bloodstream infection prevalence rates and their individual mortality risks relative to patients with either negative blood cultures and in those for whom blood cultures were not ordered. Guests: - Dr. Nick Daneman - senior author on the manuscript, is a Clinical Scientists in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at the University of Toronto, and a Adjunct Physician at Public Health Ontario. - Dr. Kevin Brown is a Scientist at Public Health Ontario and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto This episode of Editors in Conversation is brought to you by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology and hosted by JCM Editor in Chief, Alex McAdam and Dr. Elli Theel. JCM is available at https://asm.org/jcm. Follow EIC Alex McAdam on twitter for JCM updates via https://twitter.com/JClinMicro and co-host, Elli Theel at https://twitter.com/ellitheelphd. Links Prevalence and Mortality Associated with Bloodstream Organisms: a Population-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study. https://journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.1128/jcm.02429-21

WATCH: https://youtu.be/wChDT2oTKVs Ralph Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a clinical psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Lewis writes a popular blog series, Finding Purpose, hosted and promoted by his hospital and publishes regularly on Psychology Today. He has published articles on a psychiatric understanding of belief and purpose in Skeptic magazine and the Human Prospect. He has also written a best selling book: "Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If The Universe Doesn't". EPISODE LINKS: - Ralph's Website: http://purposewithoutgod.com/ - Ralph's Blog: https://health.sunnybrook.ca/mental-health/finding-purpose/ - Ralph's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Purpose-Godless-World-Universe/dp/163388385X#byline_secondary_view_div_1645691160720 - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/contributors/ralph-lewis-md CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/podcast - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (1:15) - Evolution of purposiveness (5:09) - Religious/Cultural evolution (8:47) - Atheism, physicalism & reductionism (16:14) - Psychiatry, consciousness & disordered minds (30:00) - Religious beliefs vs delusional beliefs (41:30) - Evolution of belief systems & ideologies (54:03) - Medicalizing the human condition? (1:03:44) - Biologizing mental illness? (1:07:05) - Evolutionary basis of ADHD (1:19:12) - Ralph's history (1:37:00) - Michael Shermer, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stuart Kauffman etc. (1:44:02) - Free will (1:49:59) - Existential angst & finding purpose in a godless world (1:59:45) - Questions from listeners (2:06:20) - Conclusion Website · YouTube

WATCH: https://youtu.be/wChDT2oTKVs Ralph Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a clinical psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Lewis writes a popular blog series, Finding Purpose, hosted and promoted by his hospital and publishes regularly on Psychology Today. He has published articles on a psychiatric understanding of belief and purpose in Skeptic magazine and the Human Prospect. He has also written a best selling book: "Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If The Universe Doesn't". EPISODE LINKS: - Ralph's Website: http://purposewithoutgod.com/ - Ralph's Blog: https://health.sunnybrook.ca/mental-health/finding-purpose/ - Ralph's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Purpose-Godless-World-Universe/dp/163388385X#byline_secondary_view_div_1645691160720 - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/contributors/ralph-lewis-md CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/podcast - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (1:15) - Evolution of purposiveness (5:09) - Religious/Cultural evolution (8:47) - Atheism, physicalism & reductionism (16:14) - Psychiatry, consciousness & disordered minds (30:00) - Religious beliefs vs delusional beliefs (41:30) - Evolution of belief systems & ideologies (54:03) - Medicalizing the human condition? (1:03:44) - Biologizing mental illness? (1:07:05) - Evolutionary basis of ADHD (1:19:12) - Ralph's history (1:37:00) - Michael Shermer, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stuart Kauffman etc. (1:44:02) - Free will (1:49:59) - Existential angst & finding purpose in a godless world (1:59:45) - Questions from listeners (2:06:20) - Conclusion Website · YouTube · YouTube

Hi Friend, this is Dr. Michael Williams and welcome to another episode of the diversify in path podcast.  This podcast explores how  investing in diversity  can lead to  a high return of investment in pathology and laboratory medicine by learning from the knowledge and experiences of  diverse voices within in our field. My next guest is Dr. Carlos Parra-HerranDr. Carlos Parra-Herran graduated from Univesidad Nacional de Colombia and completed his residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami FL, followed by fellowship training in Canada, where he lived for 8 years. His practice as an academic gynecologic pathologist started at The Ottawa Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He also met his now husband in Canada. They moved to Boston in 2020 where he works now as a pathologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. Carlos enjoys the academic life, training residents and fellows and advancing scholar translational and clinical research in gynecologic cancer. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and edited one reference textbook in Gynecologic Pathology. He currently serves as a member of the USCAP education committee, the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists (ISGyP) board of directors and the organizing team of the ISGyP Live Virtual Education program. His hobbies include writting, swimming, hiking and horror movies.