Dr. A Show Tonight!

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 9pm ET (1am UTC)

Join me tonight for Doctor Anonymous Show 167 with our guest Family Physician Dr. Jay Lee (pictured above) who is the Director of Health Policy at Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine. Dr. Lee obtained his Master of Public Health at Harvard University. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the California Academy of Family Physicians.

If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!

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Dr. A Show 167 Preview: Dr. Jay Lee

This week, on Doctor Anonymous Show 167, I'm happy to welcome fellow Family Physician Dr. Jay Lee from California. According to his facebook page, he is the Director of Health Policy at Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine. Dr. Lee obtained his Master of Public Health at Harvard University. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the California Academy of Family Physicians.

So, I hope that you can join us live on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 9pm Eastern Time/6pm Pacific Time for Doctor Anonymous Show 167. Even if you cannot join us live, you can download the recorded podcast over on the show's iTunes page. Also, check out the video promo for the show above. And, finally, don't forget to check out the Facebook Fan page and hit the "Like" button while you're there. See you for the show!

Dr. A Show 166 Wrap-up

Thanks so much to Friggen Ben and Kat for joining me on a special 2 hour Saturday night edition of The Doctor Anonymous Show were we chatted about sports, news, reality shows, and entertainment news. In the video above, Ben shares with us his current journey on his way to his gastric bypass surgery this summer.



You can listen to Doctor Anonymous Show 166 in the player below. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. If you enjoy this, you can download other shows over on the show's iTunes page. And, don't forget to check out the Facebook Fan page and hit the huge "Like" button at the top. Thanks for your continued support of the show!

Dr. A Show 165 Wrap-up

Thanks again to Larry Bauer who is the Chief Executive Officer for the Family Medicine Education Consortium. About half way into the show, we really started getting into ideas to help reform the US health care system. I encourage you to listen to that section of the show for a very good discussion.



In the video above, we also discussed the FMEC Northeast Regional Meeting which will take place October 29-31, 2010 in Hershey, PA. I'm happy to say that I will be doing a presentation at the conference on Family Physicians and Social Media (imagine that). So, I definitely encourage physicians, residents, medical students, and anyone else interested to join us at the meeting in October. It's gonna be a great time! (Also check out the video open to the show and the video closing to the show)



You can listen to Doctor Anonymous Show 165 in the player below. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. You can also have access to previous shows by clicking here. Don't forget to go to the show's Facebook page and press the "Like" button. Thanks for your continued support of the show!

Dr. A Show 165 Tonight

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 9pm ET (0100 UTC)

I invite you to check out Doctor Anonymous Show 165 tonight when our guest will be Mr. Laurence Bauer who is the Chief Executive Officer at the Family Medicine Education Consortium and you can check out their website at FMEC.Net. You'll see a description of the organization in the video below.

I had a great conversation with Larry a few weeks ago when he asked me to present at the FMEC meeting this fall on the topic of Physicians and Social Media. Larry is a Social Worker by training but the stories that he can tell on how he got from being a counselor to working with Family Physicians - these are interesting stories - and part of the reason I asked him on the show.

As you can probably figure out from seeing the recent schedule of the show, I have been highlighting guests who are Family Physicians. If you didn't already know, I am a Family Physician myself and I think that family docs have many great stories to tell about themselves, their families, and their patients.

What the Family Medicine Education Consortium highlights are docs and groups of docs who are doing innovative things - in health care - that no one knows about - yet. The slogan to FMEC is "Driven To Innovate" and I'm very excited to talk with Larry about this and other topics on tonight's show...

If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!

For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:
*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.

*To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your browser until you see the "Play/Chat" button. Then, of course, press the "Play/Chat" button.

American Stroke Month

May is American Stroke Month as designated by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association. As I talk about in the video above (and in case you're wondering, yes, that is my new iPad sitting there right in front of me), stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. And, every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers from a stroke.

The key thing to recognize is that symptoms are sudden - whether it is weakness on one side of the body, difficulty with talking, difficulty with walking, or other neurological changes. One of the important things to remember is that even subtle weakness or difficulty with speech can be an early sign.

The symptom does not necessarily need to be severe. I have had a lot of patients who had very mild symptoms, thought the symptom was going to go away, only to have a major stroke a few hours later. So, if you, a loved one, a friend, an acquaintance, or even a total stranger, start to have these type of symptoms, get medical attention right away - Don't wait.

Check out more information over at the American Stroke Association website. If you found this interview helpful, I encourage you to check out other interviews I've had on local TV news on health topics over at MikeSevilla.TV - Click on the "My TV Interviews" link...

Show 163 & 164 Wrap-up

Thanks again to Bryan McColgan who is a 3rd year medical student at Columbia who has been video blogging during his rotations this academic year. In the video above, Bryan shares his living conditions and working conditions while he was in Zimbabwe.

Check out his blog called Becoming A Doctor. You can listen to Doctor Anonymous Show 163 in the player below. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here.

And, if you missed it, check out Doctor Anonymous Show 164 which was recorded on Saturday, May 15, 2010. It was a special 90 minute show in which I updated things that I have been doing for the first 30 minutes of the show. For the last hour of the show, I was happy to welcome Kat who gave some updates on the popular reality TV shows of the week.

You can listen to the show on the player below. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. Don't forget to "Like" the show on our Facebook Fan page. And, the entire Doctor Anonymous Show archive is available on the iTunes page. Thanks for your continued support of the show!

Dr. A Show 163 Tonight!

Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 9pm ET (0100 UTC)

I invite you to join me tonight for Doctor Anonymous Show 163 where my guest will be Bryan McColgan who is a 3rd year medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He is author of the blog "Becoming A Doctor" and there he has been video blogging during each of his rotations this year including his very first video below from June 29, 2009 called "first day of orthopedic surgery and the operating room"
If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!

For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:
*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.

*To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your browser until you see the "Play/Chat" button. Then, of course, press the "Play/Chat" button.

Dr. A Show 163 Preview

My guest this week for The Doctor Anonymous Show 163 will be Bryan McColgan who is a 3rd year medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. What is unique about Bryan is that on his blog called "Becoming A Doctor" he has been posting video blogs during his rotations this year. Bryan also has an interesting in international medicine that we'll talk about more of the show.

In the video above, Bryan talks about his "first patient dying before my eyes" during his recent surgery rotation. So, I hope you can join us on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 9pm Eastern Time (1AM UTC) for Doctor Anonymous Show 163. Also check out the video promo for the show above. Hope to see you live for this week's show!

Dr. A Show 162 Wrap-up

Thanks again to Family Physician and my friend Dr. Danny Lewis for being a guest on The Doctor Anonymous Show 162 last week. We had a great conversation of what it was like to deliver health care to people in Guatemala, what it's like to be a Family Physician in Tennessee, and, in our opinion, the Future of Family Medicine and social media (see video clip above).

To download this audio podcast and listen anytime, just click here. If you enjoy what you hear, I encourage you to go to DoctorAnonymous.Org and check out more of my audio podcasts. To check out more video clips like the one you see above, click here. And, don't forget to check out the Facebook page for the show and hit the huge "Like" button at the top of the Facebook page. Thanks so much for your support of the show!