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Part 1 of this discussion examines psychology, philosophy, religion, spiritually, science, and medicine, a panel of five (5) people opens with the question, 'where am I?' and 'what is going on [in the world]?' and refers to James Hillman, ideas and action as an artificial distinction, are they the same thing? How are they interlinked? The poet Major Ragain is quoted, 'contemplation alters the course of rivers.' From the Bhagavad Gita: Freedom from action is not accomplished by abstaining from action, so how is it accomplished? Relinquishing the fruit of action Ghandi's, 'through service, I find myself.' The Panel begins to examine the Taoist concept of non-action, Wu Wei. How do we cultivate Wu Wei? The Panel explores Univerisal Truths. Natural action arises, we have a deep intrinsic calling, how do we find and express it? What is our reason for being here? To receive the Divine Will is a part of choiceless action. Biographies of Panel: Dr. Bob Insull is an New York State Licensed Psychologist with more than 60 years experience teaching, training, and treating in the arena of human behavior. In his clinical practice, he has worked across the developmental stages (children to golden-agers), across the diagnostic spectrum (chemical dependency, severe mental illness, relationship issues, depression, anxiety, and PTSD), and treatment settings (clinics, inpatient psychiatric centers, and private practice). During the closing years of his practice, he became interested in the area of psychological trauma and worked with survivors in individual and group settings. He has been retired from active practice for about 15 years and spends his time engaged in self-discovery on the Sufi Path and social-change activities with his church. Brian Mistler is a Missouri-hillbilly curious about Reality. He has lived as a computer scientist, psychologist, running and growing businesses, and helping entrepreneurs, hospitals, and healthcare providers. Mid-life Brian had a partially debilitating nerve injury and soon after met a true Vedanta teacher who spent 30+ years in India and trained under Swami Chimayananda, Sawmi Dayananda, and others. This refocused his study of the classic non-dual wisdom as presented in the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. Learn more at http://www.stillcenter.media. Hari Om Tat Sat. Peace, peace, peace. Richard Grego is Professor of philosophy and cultural history at FSCJ. His research interests focus on cross cultural themes in religion and science - including philosophy of mind, comparative world religions/world civilizations, and the metaphysical - theological implications of theoretical physics and cosmology. His publications have included studies in the history - philosophy of science and conceptions of nature in the history of western philosophy, as well as cross-cultural perspectives on mind/ consciousness in western philosophy - psychology and the neo-Vedanta Hindu tradition. Prior to his academic career, he was a criminal investigator - polygraph examiner for the Florida Office of the Public Defender and in the private sector Instructor at the Criminal Justice Institute and International Academy of Polygraph Science in Florida, and national Academic Director of the Criminal Defense Investigation Training Council. Joel David Lesses is President and Executive Director of Education Training Center, Inc. and his work experience is in education, psychology, and counseling for people marginalized by trauma, addiction, and psychological distress. He is deeply vested in addressing the effects of mental health distress and its marginalization including, incarceration, homelessness, and institutionalization. Joel is dedicated to reframing mental health distress as a potential spiritual marker and existential opportunity. He holds dual Master of Science degrees from University at Buffalo in Rehabilitation Counseling and Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Epidemiology. Henry Cretella, M.D. studied and practiced Tibetan Buddhism for several years along with training in martial arts. He then immersed himself in the more universal Sufism of Inayat Khan, an Indian mystic, for close to twenty years. He functioned as a senior teacher in the Inayati Order and the Sufi Healing Order before pursuing his independent practice and study of mysticism. He now integrates what he has learned and experienced over these many years. He graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School and completed his psychiatric training at Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. His professional career spanned over 40 years as a general and child and adolescent psychiatrist and included teaching, administration, clinical practice and consultation in the greater Rochester and western NY areas. This, along with his spiritual and especially mystical interests lead him to certification as a mind body practitioner through the Center for Mind Body Medicine and Dr. James Gordon. He retired several years ago from active psychiatric practice, but continues to incorporate what he has learned into his spiritual practices and offerings.

In this episode of "Never Been Sicker," Michael Rubino sits down with Dr. Eric Potter, a renowned functional medicine practitioner, to discuss the hidden dangers of mold and Lyme disease. Dr. Potter shares his personal journey with mold toxicity in his own family, his experiences treating thousands of patients, and the essential steps to detoxify your body and home. Learn how genetics, epigenetics, and environmental factors play a crucial role in your health, and discover actionable advice for overcoming chronic illness. If you've ever struggled with mysterious health issues, this episode is a must-watch.00:01 - Introduction & Welcome to Dr. Eric Potter00:16 - Dr. Potter's Personal Experience with Mold01:21 - Understanding the Role of Genetics in Mold Sensitivity02:09 - Challenges of Relating to Family Members with Mold Toxicity04:00 - Advice for Communicating Mold-Related Health Issues to Family06:26 - Importance of Getting Out of Mold-Contaminated Environments09:46 - The Process of Diagnosing Mold-Related Illness11:06 - How Dr. Potter Diagnoses Mold Exposure in Patients15:21 - Managing Mold and Lyme Co-Infections19:16 - Why Mold Should Be Treated Before Lyme21:37 - Common Symptoms of Mold Exposure23:14 - Bizarre Cases: Mold Misdiagnosed as Seizures25:30 - Mold and Infertility: Surprising Connections27:06 - Dr. Potter's Approach to Detoxifying Mold from the Body31:09 - Personalized Medicine: Tailoring Treatments for Each Patient32:05 - The Role of Sauna Therapy in Mold Detox35:29 - Exploring Biohacking Techniques for Recovery38:56 - Top Roadblocks to Recovery from Mold Toxicity43:42 - How to Connect with Dr. Eric Potter & Sanctuary Functional Medicine45:46 - Closing Remarks & Final ThoughtsDr. Eric Potter graduated from Vanderbilt Medical School and then went on to specialize in internal medicine (adult) and pediatric care, spending significant time and effort in growing his medical understanding while caring for patients from all walks of life. In recent years, he devoted countless hours to obtaining the Institute for Functional Medicine Certification.  This certification places him within a small group of regional practitioners who have completed the entire program.  At Sanctuary you will find the best of the conventional medical field combined with the best of Functional Medicine.Beyond the science, Dr. Potter has personally experienced healthcare crises from both sides of care–as a physician and as a family member to patients. Working within our broken healthcare system and taking his family members through that same system inspired him to look for new ways to deliver the quality of healthcare he envisioned.  Stepping out of the insurance-based model of medicine allows him to provide whole person care in longer visits.  Providing wholesale pricing on lab tests and supplements removes the profit motive for these services, allowing patients to trust his recommendations.  Practicing Functional Medicine allows him to treat root causes rather than superficial symptoms. He endeavors to be the patient's trusted advocate with the goal of restoring a healthier more abundant life.Connect with Dr. Eric Potterhttps://sanctuaryfunctionalmedicine.com/about-us/meet-our-team/

Dr. Mark Houston is a thinker and researcher into the root causes of cardiovascular disease and metabolism. He graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee summa cum laude in Chemistry before graduating with honors from Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his medical internship and residency at the University of California, San Francisco, then returned to Vanderbilt Medical Center where he was chief resident in medicine and served on the full- time faculty until 2012. He is the current director of the hypertension Institute where he and his team develop novel approaches to hypertension and ASCVD by attending to root biological causes of disease. He also has a Master's degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and a Masters of Science degree in Functional and Metabolic Medicine from the University of South Florida in Tampa Florida. He has written hundreds of papers, books and chapters on cardiovascular disease. He is one of the top researchers in the preventative cardiology space and he is here today to share his wisdom. His book credits: Handbook of Antihypertensive Therapy Vascular Biology for the Clinician What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension Hypertension Handbook for Students and Clinicians The Hypertension Handbook What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Heart Disease. Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Mark Houston, Dr. M Hypertension Institute

As a former competitive weightlifter, strength coach, and now Chair of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical School, Dr. D.J. Kennedy specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of back issues that nearly all of us experience- including chronic back pain. “The numbers are 80 to 90% of people have low back pain at some point in their life,” says Dr. Kennedy in the bonus episode, “which tells me 10 to 20% of people have a bad memory.” Why is back pain so prevalent and persistent? Dr. Kennedy points to the complexity of spinal anatomy as a primary factor. "For the spine, we have L4-L5, L5- S1, “ says Kennedy, himself a back pain sufferer. “We have discs, we have facets, we have all kinds of things that can cause problems.” Formerly a Stanford Medical School Professor, Dr. Kennedy emphasizes both the variety of back issues patients can experience, and the necessity of prescribing a wide array of treatments to address these issues. While at Stanford, Dr. Kennedy trained in the Gokhale Method featured in our previous episode. He then began recommending it to patients, many of whom saw positive results.    Are you a frequent back pain sufferer? Do you find yourself feeling back stiffness you thought might never happen to you? Tune in to learn from a spine expert who values posture-based therapies encompassing our complete movement chain- from foot angle to neck alignment. And please share this episode with others who may benefit.  My Body Odyssey is a Fluent Knowledge production. Original music by Ryan Adair Rooney.  Our Expert Guest: Dr. DJ Kennedy  Vanderbilt Faculty Page Resources: Cleveland Clinic: Back Pain Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019 WHO: Low Back Pain Is it Your Back, or Your Hips?  Building a Strong Core is Your Best Defense Against Back Pain A Systematic Review of the Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain What is the McKenzie Method for Back Pain and Neck Pain?  Kyphosis What to Expect From Physical Therapy for Lower Back Pain Publications: Functional rehabilitation of lumbar spine injuries in the athlete Return to play considerations for cervical spine injuries in athletes The Challenges of Research on Interventions for Low Back Pain The role of core stabilization in lumbosacral radiculopathy

Men's health is important! The 21st Century Man is a comprehensive and medically accurate men's health book written by an elite team of 60 doctors and health experts. This essential book reveals insider secrets that men in midlife and beyond need to recover, rebuild, and maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and sexual health.Contributors are experts and board-certified physicians in cardiology, oncology, and cancer genetics, vascular health, urology, orthopedics, chiropractic, and pain medicine, including an infectious disease specialist, a podiatrist, a hand surgeon, and a sleep specialist, as well as experts in the emerging fields of sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. The book also provides chapters on emotional and mental health, as well as fresh insights on relationships. The 21st Century Man is the book all men will want after turning 40 to feel great, look good, and have better physical intimacy for the rest of their lives.Every man over 35 needs to own and read this comprehensive health guide for men. 60 board-certified doctors and men's health experts offer advice and insider secrets that men over 35 need to recover and maintain their physical, mental, and sexual health to feel great, look good, and have better intimacy. Emphasizing prevention and early intervention, The 21st Century Man has sections on the most common causes of mortality, nutrition, exercise, aesthetics, addiction, mental health, relationships, lifestyle and health insurance. There is an extensive section on sexual health and sexual medicine written by an all-star cast of physicians.Lead author, Dr. Judson Brandeis, voted best urologist in the SF Bay Area for a decade, is a surgeon, researcher, physician educator, and a caring clinician. A graduate of Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, UCLA Urology residency, and a Harvard research fellowship, he specializes in the emerging fields of men's sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. Dr Brandeis packed the book with vital information on sustaining health and intimacy, presented from a non-judgmental point of view.

Men's health is important! The 21st Century Man is a comprehensive and medically accurate men's health book written by an elite team of 60 doctors and health experts. This essential book reveals insider secrets that men in midlife and beyond need to recover, rebuild, and maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and sexual health.Contributors are experts and board-certified physicians in cardiology, oncology, and cancer genetics, vascular health, urology, orthopedics, chiropractic, and pain medicine, including an infectious disease specialist, a podiatrist, a hand surgeon, and a sleep specialist, as well as experts in the emerging fields of sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. The book also provides chapters on emotional and mental health, as well as fresh insights on relationships. The 21st Century Man is the book all men will want after turning 40 to feel great, look good, and have better physical intimacy for the rest of their lives.Every man over 35 needs to own and read this comprehensive health guide for men. 60 board-certified doctors and men's health experts offer advice and insider secrets that men over 35 need to recover and maintain their physical, mental, and sexual health to feel great, look good, and have better intimacy. Emphasizing prevention and early intervention, The 21st Century Man has sections on the most common causes of mortality, nutrition, exercise, aesthetics, addiction, mental health, relationships, lifestyle and health insurance. There is an extensive section on sexual health and sexual medicine written by an all-star cast of physicians.Lead author, Dr. Judson Brandeis, voted best urologist in the SF Bay Area for a decade, is a surgeon, researcher, physician educator, and a caring clinician. A graduate of Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, UCLA Urology residency, and a Harvard research fellowship, he specializes in the emerging fields of men's sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. Dr Brandeis packed the book with vital information on sustaining health and intimacy, presented from a non-judgmental point of view.

Men's health is important! Lead author, Dr. Judson Brandeis, discusses his book, The 21st Century Man - a comprehensive and medically accurate men's health book written by an elite team of 60 doctors and health experts.Men's health is important! The 21st Century Man is a comprehensive and medically accurate men's health book written by an elite team of 60 doctors and health experts. This essential book reveals insider secrets that men in midlife and beyond need to recover, rebuild, and maintain their physical, mental, emotional, and sexual health.Contributors are experts and board-certified physicians in cardiology, oncology, and cancer genetics, vascular health, urology, orthopedics, chiropractic, and pain medicine, including an infectious disease specialist, a podiatrist, a hand surgeon, and a sleep specialist, as well as experts in the emerging fields of sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. The book also provides chapters on emotional and mental health, as well as fresh insights on relationships. The 21st Century Man is the book all men will want after turning 40 to feel great, look good, and have better physical intimacy for the rest of their lives.Every man over 35 needs to own and read this comprehensive health guide for men. 60 board-certified doctors and men's health experts offer advice and insider secrets that men over 35 need to recover and maintain their physical, mental, and sexual health to feel great, look good, and have better intimacy. Emphasizing prevention and early intervention, The 21st Century Man has sections on the most common causes of mortality, nutrition, exercise, aesthetics, addiction, mental health, relationships, lifestyle and health insurance. There is an extensive section on sexual health and sexual medicine written by an all-star cast of physicians.Lead author, Dr. Judson Brandeis, voted best urologist in the SF Bay Area for a decade, is a surgeon, researcher, physician educator, and a caring clinician. A graduate of Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, UCLA Urology residency, and a Harvard research fellowship, he specializes in the emerging fields of men's sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. Dr Brandeis packed the book with vital information on sustaining health and intimacy, presented from a non-judgmental point of view.

  Habits & Health episode 80 with  Dr. Judson Brandeis, Urologic Surgeon and author of "The 21st Century Man" an invaluable book for men's health. He is a board-certified urologist who currently practices men's health and sexual medicine in Northern California. Dr. Brandeis attended Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, and received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Award for his year of transplantation immunology research at Harvard Medical School. He completed two years of general surgical training and four years of urology residency at UCLA Medical Center and served as Chief of Urology at John Muir Hospital and at Hill Physicians from 2012 to 2018. In this episode, we discuss many areas around men's health, and especially men as they age. Full shownotes including a transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/dr-judson-brandeis/ Habits & Health links: Website - tonywinyard.com Facebook Page - facebook.com/TonyWinyard.HabitsAndHealth Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/habitshealth Twitter - @TonyWinyard Instagram - @tony.winyard LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/tonywinyard YouTube How to leave a podcast review - tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-podcast-review/ Details of online workshops to create habits for health - tonywinyard.com/training/ Are you in control of your habits or are they in control of you? Take my quiz to find out - tonywinyard.com/quiz

This week we welcome Dr. Judson Brandeis, Urologic Surgeon and author of the 21st Century Man.  Judson Brandeis, MD, is a board-certified urologist who currently practices men's health and sexual medicine in Northern California. Dr. Brandeis attended Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, and received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Award for his year of transplantation immunology research at Harvard Medical School. He completed two years of general surgical training and four years of urology residency at UCLA Medical Center and served as Chief of Urology at John Muir Hospital and at Hill Physicians from 2012 to 2018. Dr. Brandeis has been a pioneer in surgical robotics, Greenlight Laser, and MRI prostate biopsy.  Dr. Brandeis pulled together over 50 medical professionals to create the most comprehensive and medically accurate men's health book ever written.  Contributors include Experts and Board-Certified Physicians in cardiology, oncology and cancer genetics, vascular health, urology, orthopedics, chiropractic, pain medicine, an infectious disease specialist, a podiatrist, a hand surgeon, and a sleep specialist, as well as experts in the emerging fields of sexual health and rejuvenation medicine.  The 21st Century Man also provides leading-edge research on reversing early dementia and protecting brain health.  This is the book all men will want after turning 40 to feel great, look good, and have better physical intimacy for the rest of their lives.  We also discuss Dr. Brandeis' free e-books expanding on the topics of testosterone replacement therapy and the predisposition for the use of anabolic steroids in military and law enforcement career fields.  It's time to take control of your health, and this is the episode to get you started.For more information about the 21st Century Man go  to  https://thetwentyfirstcenturyman.com.For information about Dr. Brandeis' Men's Sexual Health and Rejuvenation Practice go to https://brandeismd.com.For Dr. Brandeis' nutritional supplement line, including  the the blood flow stimulating AFFIRM, go to https://www.affirmscience.com.This week's highlighted veteran organization is Vet Tix.  Vet Tix provides tickets to events which reduce stress, strengthen family bonds, build life-long memories and encourage service members and veterans to stay engaged with local communities and American life.  For more information and to sign up for your free account go to https://www.vettix.org.Bulletproof Veteran Podcast is raising money for the HunterSeven Foundation, supporting their mission of researching the impacts of toxic exposure on our countries military.  Help us by purchasing a F*ck Heart Disease shirt, now available at https://amzn.to/3BA3dx9.  All proceeds will be donated to the HunterSeven Foundation.

When we wanted to find some guidance for advising our runners on the best way to return to running after Covid, we turned to the American College of Cardiology Return to Sport after Covid Guidelines, co-authored by our guest, Dr. Jonathan Kim, an Atlanta-base sports cardiologist. While certainly vaccinations have changed the Covid landscape, vaccinated runners continue to struggle with returning to running after symptomatic Covid. Dr. Kim's clear and encouraging advice will provide guidance to anyone who is eager or struggling to return to running after Covid (or any kind of virus). Dr. Kim can be found on Twitter @jonathankimmd. Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of Sports Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology and Orthopedics at Emory University and additionally holds an adjunct Professorship in the School of Applied Physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelor of Science at Emory and was a Fulbright Scholar before attending Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Emory (Dr. Kim was chief fellow at Emory 2013-14). In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Kim conducts NIH-funded sports cardiology research at Emory. He is the Team Cardiologist for the Falcons, Braves, Hawks, Dream, Sports Medicine at Emory and Georgia Tech, and is a member of the NBA Cardiac Advisory Committee, NFL Cardiovascular Task Force, and the American College of Cardiology's Sports and Exercise Council. He is also a consultant for Major League Baseball. He is the Co-Medical Director for the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA. Join us for our SHAKE-OUT run on Sunday, April 17th at the Boston Common (Brewer Fountain) at 9 am! We will have swag and pre-race tips! Also, our live podcast event on Saturday in Boston is SOLD OUT, but there is a wait list. To register, head over to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-50-years-of-women-running-boston-officially-tickets-302998174697?fbclid=IwAR118cC22voSDmjEHDAGTpUpqqDPpzNgDJjJDaugcgBPhpVzAW8qrv03pcs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/runfartherandfaster/message

In this episode of the Female Athlete Podcast, I speak to sports cardiologist Dr Jonathan Kim. We start off exploring the new field of sports cardiology, and how it's evolved recently with rising awareness of heart conditions in athletes. Exercise results in adaptations to the heart that are normally beneficial, such as lower resting heart rates and increased cardiac muscle strength, otherwise known as “athlete's heart”, however, as Dr Kim explains, some changes in the heart can pose risks and indicate underlying problems. We discuss cardiac fatigue following strenuous events like a marathon, underlying the importance of taking enough rest to fully recover. It's not just older individuals at risk of heart problems, in fact, even the youngest and fittest athletes can be at risk. Dr Kim outlines causes of heart conditions independent of age and fitness related to genetic and inherited pathways: knowing your family history is the best prevention tool. Cardiac issues can also be acquired and athletes aren't immune! While exercise certainly is medicine, it is not a cure-all or vaccine against disease! This episode covers some of the warning signs of cardiac illness, many of which overlap with the symptoms of REDS: exercise intolerance, increased RPE, decreased performance and motivation, and increased fatigue. Chest pain is not always present! Working with a team of professionals -cardiologists, dietitians and psychologists- is important in understanding the cause of symptoms: REDS, a heart condition, and/or something else. Other more specific signs requiring medical attention include unexplained breathlessness, chest tightness when warming up (even if it goes away during exercise), and lightheadedness/ fainting. We touch on returning to exercise post Covid-19 for both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases, and Dr Kim provides reassurance and comfort debunking the extremely conservative advice that was initially circulating. By resting until asymptomatic for 3 days, before gradually progressing training load, the majority of people can return to their usual activity levels in just a few weeks (disclaimer: every case is different of course). Use code RISEUPNUTRITION for 25% off any InsideTracker plan + free results review over phone/ email with a registered dietitian, me! Follow Dr Jonathan Kim on Twitter @jonathankimmd Dr Kim's Official Bio: Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Chief of Sports Cardiology in the Division of Cardiology and Orthopedics at Emory University and additionally holds an adjunct Professorship in the School of Applied Physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelor of Science at Emory and was a Fulbright Scholar before attending Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Emory (Dr. Kim was chief fellow at Emory 2013-14). In addition to his clinical role, Dr. Kim conducts NIH-funded sports cardiology research at Emory. He is the Team Cardiologist for the Falcons, Braves, Hawks, Dream, Sports Medicine at Emory and Georgia Tech, and is a member of the NBA Cardiac Advisory Committee, NFL Cardiovascular Task Force, and the American College of Cardiology's Sports and Exercise Council. He is also a consultant for Major League Baseball. He is the Co-Medical Director for the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA. Learn more about Lindsey's Services and the Team at Rise Up Nutrition: www.riseupnutritionrun.com Worried that you have RED-S? Curious to know how we could help or how you can recover fast?! Download the RED-S Recovery Race & see how you place for more support: www.riseupnutritionrun.com/reds

The Doctor Dads sit down with Dr. Judson Brandeis to talk about Men's health. The 21st Century Man is a man's guide to address our health issues as we move through life's journey. Learn from 50 board-certified physicians who are experts in cardiology, oncology and cancer genetics, vascular health, urology, orthopedics, chiropractic, pain medicine, infectious disease, podiatry, hand surgery, and sleep, as well as experts in the emerging fields of sexual health and rejuvenation medicine. Judson Brandeis, MD, is a board-certified urologist who currently practices men's health and sexual medicine in Northern California. Dr. Brandeis attended Brown University, Vanderbilt Medical School, and received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Award for his year of transplantation immunology research at Harvard Medical School. He completed two years of general surgical training and four years of urology residency at UCLA Medical Center and served as Chief of Urology at John Muir Hospital and at Hill Physicians from 2012 to 2018. Dr. Brandeis has been a pioneer in surgical robotics, Greenlight Laser, and MRI prostate biopsy. At BrandeisMD, he performs clinical research using shockwave therapy, platelet-rich plasma, high-intensity focused electromagnetic waves, microvascular ultrasound, and nutritional supplements for conditions such as sexual dysfunction and Peyronie's disease. Dr. Brandeis is on the Board of Advisors for BioTE, GAINSWave, and BTL. He is the CEO of AFFIRM Science, which creates nutritional supplements based on current scientific data, formulating products that include AFFIRM, PreLONG, SupporT, and SPUNK. Dr. Brandeis is a member in good standing of the American Urologic Association, the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, and the International Society of Sexual Medicine. He has been voted Top Urologist in the Bay Area by San Francisco Magazine for eight consecutive years, 2014 to 2021, and has appeared on The Doctors TV show and numerous pod- casts, including Ben Greenfield Fitness and Dr. Drew. BrandeisMD.com, www.AFFIRMScience.com FIND THE BOOK AT thetwentyfirstcenturyman.com

Mark Houston, MD graduated phi beta kappa and summa cum laude from Rhodes College, with a BA in chemistry and math. He graduated with highest honors and the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society distinction from Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his medical training at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) then return to serve as Chief Resident in Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center where he received the Hillman Award of the Best Teacher.  He has four board certifications by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) (FASH-Fellow), the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (ABAARM, FAARM) and American Board of Cardiology (ABC) Certification in Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (DABC). He holds two Masters of Science degrees in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, CT (MS) and another in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine (University of South Florida School of Medicine-Tampa (MSc). Dr. Houston has presented over 10,000 lectures, nationally and internationally and published over 250 medical articles, scientific abstracts in peer reviewed medical journals, books and book chapters. He is an author, teacher, clinician, and researcher.

Our guest for this episode is Aisha Suara, a fourth year medical student at Vanderbilt Medical School, fellow A2O team member, and Habeeb's younger sister; listen to her talk about her journey to medicine, and what health equity and primary care mean to her.  Habeeb & Aisha also trade embarrassing stories from growing up and going to school together; you don't want to miss it! Interview:  IntroductionWho is Aisha Suara?How did you get to where you are sitting right now?Upbringing (Ethnic Background, Values, Influences/Role Models, etc.)High School (Challenges, Formative Experiences, etc.)College/Pre-Med (Motivations for pursuing medical school, challenges, etc.)Medical SchoolInterview Topic #1: The Health Equity LensWhat does health equity mean to you?How do you think your upbringing in rural Tennessee impacted your view of health equity and your goals as a physician?Interview Topic #2: Primary Care:  Med-Peds vs. Family MedicineHow did you choose med-peds as your medical specialty? How would you compare/contrast med-peds to family medicine? What about med-peds you to choose it as your way of providing primary care to patients instead of family medicine?What do you think about the perception of primary care as “easy” or “boring”?How do you plan to embody the principles of health equity into your career as a PCP?ConclusionWhere do you see yourself in 10 years? Where can we find you?Where can we follow you?

This lecture was given on February 11, 2021 to the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Medical School chapters. For more information on upcoming events, visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org About the Speaker: Farr Curlin is the Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative (TMC) at Duke University. Dr. Curlin’s ethics scholarship takes up moral questions that are raised by religion associated differences in physicians’ practices. He is an active palliative medicine physician and holds appointments in both the School of Medicine and the Divinity School, where he is working with colleagues to develop a new interdisciplinary community of scholarship and training focused on the intersection of theology, medicine, and culture.

On this episode of the Humarian Health Podcast, Amy and Dr. Benzinger are joined by Dr. Clifton Meador, MD, to discuss his book, The Little Book of Doctors’ Rules: A Practical Guide to the Art of Healing. Dr. Meador is a retired physician and professor of medicine emeritus at Vanderbilt Medical School. He shares his background in medicine and explains what events in his career led to his desire to write a book on rules for doctors. They discuss Dr. Meador’s four major categories of patients that exhibit symptoms but no disease and discuss why he uses patient diaries to determine the causes of symptoms and rule out diseases. Amy asks specifically about rule #186, “All patients will lie about something, some patients will lie about everything”. They finish out the podcast by discussing how and why patients are ending up with so many different doctors and why doctors are often not able to devote the amount of time necessary for more thorough and accurate diagnoses. You can find Dr. Meador’s book, The Little Book of Doctors’ Rules: A Practical Guide to the Art of Healing, at Amazon, Square One Publishers, and wherever books are sold.

Dr. Mark Houston graduated phi beta kappa and summa cum laude from Rhodes College, with a BA in chemistry and math. He graduated with highest honors and the Alpha Omega Alpha honorary society distinction from Vanderbilt Medical School. He completed his medical training at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) then return to serve as Chief Resident in Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center where he received the Hillman Award of the Best Teacher.  He has four board certifications by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) (FASH-Fellow), the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (ABAARM, FAARM) and American Board of Cardiology (ABC) Certification in Hypertensive Cardiovascular Disease (DABC). He holds two Masters of Science degrees in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, CT (MS) and another in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine (University of South Florida School of Medicine-Tampa (MSc). Dr. Houston has presented over 10,000 lectures, nationally and internationally and published over 250 medical articles, scientific abstracts in peer reviewed medical journals, books and book chapters. He is an author, teacher, clinician and researcher.

This lecture was given at Vanderbilt Medical School on December 13, 2019. For more events and info please visit https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1. Dr. Christopher Kaczor (rhymes with razor) is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and a member of the James Madison Society of Princeton University. In 2015, he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life of Vatican City, and he serves as a Consultor to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He graduated from the Honors Program of Boston College and earned a Ph.D. four years later from the University of Notre Dame.

Can changes in your psychology create physical symptoms? Is there such a thing as "non-disease"? In this utterly compelling episode, a true medical detective - Dr. Clifton Meador - explains how he came to understand that some symptoms and diseases emerge from the "life narrative" of the patient. If a doctor listens hard enough, the patient will often volunteer the reasons for his or her health struggles. He asserts that all patients should consider their diet, chemical exposures and stress levels, and partner with their doctor in a "medical detective" team in order to uncover the root causes of symptoms and illness. Dr Meador says: "I came to fully understand that the mind and the body were one – not separated, not disconnected. What affected one also affected the other. Sitting above all the molecules, tissues, organs, and mind of the human body was an integrated person. This person was connected to a family and perhaps to a spouse, and the family was connected to some social structure and society at large. All this social structure impinged on the person, and the person impinged on the social structure. There was a continuum all the way from society to the person to the organs and even down to the molecules. There were no separated pockets or islands. There certainly was no mind separated from a body. " ---------- Dr. Clifton K. Meador Biography Dr Clifton K Meador has been practising and teaching medicine for over 60 years. He has written fifteen books and published articles in esteemed medical journals such as NEJM. Fascinated by patients with symptoms of hidden origin and by patients who carried diagnoses of non-existent diseases, he recorded his experiences in his books Symptoms of Unknown Origin, Puzzling Symptoms and Fascionomas – fascinating medical mysteries. A Graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1955, Dr. Meador trained at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, and Vanderbilt Medical School where he completed a National Institutes for Health fellowship in Endocrinology. After practicing medicine, he joined the faculty of medicine at UAB, where he was Professor of Medicine and then Dean of the University of Alabama School of Medicine at UAB from 1968 – 1973. He returned to Vanderbilt and St. Thomas Hospital, serving as chief of medicine and chief medical officer of Saint Thomas from 1973 to 1998. He then served as the first Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance from 1999 to 2012. He is professor of Medicine Emeritus at both Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Meharry Medical College. Dr. Meador lives in Nashville, TN. His wife Ann Cowden, is a well-known portrait artist. He is father of seven children, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

This lecture was offered at Vanderbilt Medical School on May 9th, 2019. For more information about upcoming TI events, visit: https://thomisticinstitute.org/events-1 Event Description: The Christian virtue of hope orients persons toward the God-given happiness promised in heaven: indeed, toward God himself. But how does this hope take shape in our lives now? This lecture will explore how the sacraments of Jesus Christ are means toward heavenly bliss. The Catholic sacraments are instruments of hope. Indeed, they give a taste of heaven on earth. The lecture will give special attention to how these Catholic realities apply to patients as well as to medical personnel in their professional and personal lives. About the Speaker: Fr. Dominic Langevin is an assistant professor of systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, and editor in chief of the journal The Thomist. He specializes in sacramental theology. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale University and his doctoral studies at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He entered the Order of Friars Preachers in 1998 and was ordained a priest in 2005. He was formerly assigned as a parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving the University of Virginia.

Nathaniel Sundholm is from Emory Voice Center. With a masters in Speech-Language Pathology and Voice Specialization from Vanderbilt Medical School, *Nathaniel shares * * the DOS the DONTS of vocal health * how to endure long voiceover sessions * what to do when screaming is required * how to protect your voice from allergies * and how to remedy mouth noise, sibilance and impediments. To find out more about Emory Voice Center - https://www.emoryhealthcare.org/centers-programs/voice-center/index.html @emoryvoice (instagram) To find out more about Atlanta Voiceover Studio - www.AtlantaVoiceoverStudio.com Need to create a home studio? Purchase our easy video tutorial here - https://atlantavoiceoverstudio.com/vo-training-resources/ Join us on social - @atlantavoiceoverstudio (IG & FB) @atlvostudio (Twitter)

This lecture was offered at Vanderbilt Medical School by Dr. Gloria Frost on March 15th, 2018.

This lecture was offered at Vanderbilt Medical School by Dr. Farr Curlin on November 29th, 2017.

This lecture was offered February 9th, 2018 at Vanderbilt Medical School.

episode 30—“I will not cut for stone.” In this episode we will revisit the shockwave lithotripsy procedure as a revolutionary procedure in urology and we explore how chance encounters can lead to urologic breakthroughs. If you remember from the last episode I introduced a story from when I was in college in 1986. In that story I remember one of my classmates telling me about an internship he had the prior summer doing research at a University Medical Center near his home. As chance would have it he University where he was working had just installed their first Dornier HM-3 shockwave lithotripsy machine, a machine that broke up kidney stones. The machine worked by passing shockwaves through the body to break up the hard stone without the need for an incision. The stone would be broken up into small particles that the patient would pass on their own. Just to keep in perspective how new this all was at the time the now iconic Dornier HM3 ESWL machine was developed in 1983. It was the first commercially available extracorporeal lithotripter in clinical application in the world. FDA approval for the HM3 was obtained in 1984 and the first HM3 was introduced in the United States in Indiana that same year. In 1986, only about two hundred Dornier lithotripters were installed worldwide and only about 250,000 treatments had been performed, and the first results began to be reported from the first few locations in the United States that had an HM3. The HM-3 lithotripter was a game changer. It allowed urologists treat kidney stones without making an incision. This advance, as well as the nearly simultaneous development in advances in scope technology allowed urologists to move away almost completely from making big incisions for the treatment of kidney stones today. We now have essentially 3 options for treatment for a patient that has formed a kidney stone and is unable to pass that stone on his or her own: Break up the stone using the shockwave lithotripter. “ESWL” Perform a scope procedure called ureteroscopy. Making a tract into the kidney directly through the back called a percutaneous nephrolithotomy “PCNL” It would be the attraction of being able to use those new technologies and advances in medicine that would propel me to medical school and ultimately to the field of urology. And it keeps me going to work today. So it was with some excitement that I spent a recent Saturday in a conference at our state urological society meeting. The theme of this year's annual conference was “innovations in urology.” This theme goes well with our last couple of episodes where we have talked about the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the Journal of Urology chronicling the advances and innovations in Urology. All of the presentations were great, one speaker's presentation at the conference stood out to me. As he talked about the process of innovation, the speaker used a personal example. He described himself as someone excited about life and about exploring new ideas. He described how he was always attending conferences or forums that may or may not relate directly to his field just to get ideas and to keep his brain stimulated. He described how when he was giving a presentation at one of those forums a few years ago he got in an argument with an audience member. This was the type of conference where this type of discussion was encouraged so instead of being offended, or angry, or holding too strongly to his convictions he asked the other man to eat lunch with him so they could discuss their differences further. To make a long story short urologic physician meets research physicist, physicist argues with physician, physician asks physicist to lunch, physician and physicist become good friends. Their friendship led to them exploring some avenues of research together, form a company, and through several years of work are now doing clinical trials on their research. Now that research may or may not pan out to something that becomes clinically significant, but what stood out to me was the urologist describing how much fun he and the physicist had working with each other, sharing ideas and developing a friendship out of it. Conflict led to conversation led to collaboration led to friendship. Awesome. Another one of the speakers at our conference showed a slide with an old saying that I think applies here: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, take someone with you. It was one of the key takeaways for me from that day. Which brings me to another story I heard that day, and back to the HM-3. It relates to the invention and development of the shockwave lithotripsy and how the idea to explore that came about. I have mentioned before the process of discovery and research starting with a spark or idea.. In the case of the ESWL it was almost literally a spark that created the inspiration for the technology that we still use today. And it would take a team of people to move the research forward. In 1966, at the Dornier Aircraft Company in Germany engineers were studying what happens to aircraft as the aircraft travelled at supersonic speeds. As planes and as rockets began to go supersonic researchers discovered that pitting was taking place on the surface of an aircraft or rocket. The pitting damage on the windshields and exterior of the aircraft was felt to be a combination of both direct injury as well as cavitation bubbles created by soundwaves in combination with raindrops in the air. In their laboratory the researchers had built a small simulator to reproduce the effects they were seeing on the aircraft. Here is how the “spark” happened. As the story goes in both urology textbooks and on the website of the Dornier company a researcher who was using the machine just happened to have his hand in the machine and touched a metal plate in the machine the exact time that the sound-waves contacted the plate. He felt an electric shock. Inspecting his hand he found no external effects of the shockwave. That is that he felt the energy as a shock almost like electricity but there was no damage to the skin or any damage to his finger that he could see. This was, literally, shocking. The researchers at Dornier got to work. The Dornier engineers called up some urologists at a University in Munich, Germany and the team refined the process enough over years to apply for a government-backed research project in 1974. After several more years of innovation and research the first human trials of lithotripsy were performed between 1979 and 1981 on a machine called the HM or human model (HM)-1. The advances would come faster now between 1980 and 1983 when Dornier introduced the HM-3. The original HM-3 lithotripter was and is the Gold standard for lithotripters as far as stone fragmentation. Current generation machines are not necessarily better at breaking up stones the machines but have gotten smaller and easier to use, a water bath is no longer needed (just a balloon or bubble placed against the back through which the shockwaves pass), and the focal point or radius of greatest impact is significantly smaller which decreases the risk of damage to the kidneys or surrounding tissue. The United States had FDA approval of the equipment in 1984 in the first machine was installed in Indiana. By 1986 several machines had been employed in the United States and the procedure became commonplace enough that I would hear about it in a chance encounter hanging out with friends in a college dorm room. Through a series of chance encounters of my own I would end up at Vanderbilt Medical School, learn what a urologist was, and then go to the University of Iowa where, less than 10 years later in 1994 as an intern in urology I would “perform” the procedure for the first time. Perform is relative here as the machine does almost all of the work. But incidentally in 1994 I would not be using an HM-3 lithotripter. Even at that time most of those machines were no longer in service. I have never actually seen an HM-3 machine in person. So how does this actually all work? A shock wave is an acoustic pressure wave of short duration (

Guest: Milton Ochieng, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Frederick Ochieng Growing up in the isolated village of Lwala, Kenya, without electricity or running water, 45 minutes from the nearest paved road and two hours from the nearest hospital, the Ochieng' brothers wanted to do something to improve lives in their community. Host Dr. Maurice Pickard welcomes Dr. Milton Ochieng', a resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and his younger brother, Fred Ochieng', a third-year medical student at Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville, Tennessee. They tell the story of how their village pooled its resources to send them to the United States for an education, and the health clinic they returned to Lwala to build. Listen in to learn about the first 18 months at the Ochieng' Memorial Lwala Community Health Center, which has served 25,000 patients at the time of this story.

Guest: Milton Ochieng, MD Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Frederick Ochieng Growing up in Lwala, Kenya, a small rural community in western Africa, 45 minutes from the nearest paved road and two hours from a hospital, brothers Milton and Fred Ochieng' watched members in their community die simply because they could not get to a doctor quickly enough. As children, the brothers began to dream of building a healthcare facility in Lwala. In this segment, Dr. Milton Ochieng', a resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and his younger brother, Fred Ochieng', a third-year medical student at Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville, Tennessee, tell host Dr. Maurice Pickard the story of how, with the aid of grassroot efforts in the US, they empowered the local community in the village where they grew up to build a clinic of its own.