The Paradocs Podcast
Risking the Loss of Your Medical License for Allegations of Misinformation with Dr. Meg Edison If there is one thing that seems obvious throughout the pandemic, public discourse on just …
Retiring in the Midst of a Pandemic with Dr. David Graham Dr. Graham is the most frequent guest on the Paradocs Podcast and has appeared 5 previous times to discuss …
The Testing Industrial Complex Strikes Again with Dr. Basavana Goudra Whether you are in medicine or not, you are affected by the board certification and board recertification process. The certification …
Rethinking Vaccine Mandates and the Omicron Variant with Dr. Monica Gandhi Vaccine mandates, mask mandates, boosters, and variants have been a constant source of debate and controversy with the pandemic. …
We’re in the Transitional Phase of COVID-19, Now What? In his excellent book, From Killer to Common Cold: Herd Protection and the Transitional Phase of COVID-19, Dr. David Graham lays out …
Episode 110: Birthing Babies and Direct Primary Care with Dr. Nick Tomsen Direct primary care (DPC) is a style of practicing medicine we have discussed many times on the show. …
Episode 109: The COVID-19 Vaccine is Here. What Does it Mean? A Discussion with Dr. Tim Hindmarsh Well, it finally happened, the COVID-19 vaccines have started to arrive and get …
Episode 108: Dealing with Grief for You & Your Patients with Dr. Marcy Larson What does it mean to feel grief? Is it sadness? Anger? Resignation? Unfortunately, life will almost …
Episode 107: Understanding Cancer with Dr. Jason Fung Cancer. It is a word that evokes feelings of fear, pain, hopelessness, and loss. It also brings to mind images of chemotherapy, …
Episode 106: I’m a Doc, Why Do I Need a Medical Liability Mitigation Company with Dr. Jeff Segal It’s been a while since we have discussed medical liability on the …
Episode 105: What is the One Question You Wish You Knew Before Starting a DPC Practice? Direct primary care (DPC) is a movement that is growing quickly in the United …
Episode 104: I’m a Doctor and Spent a Year Without Health Insurance The Story In late Summer of 2019 my wife and I had to make a difficult choice – …
Episode 103: Do Nurse Practitioners Put Patients at Risk? Dr. Rebekah Bernard Since 2010, the number of nurse practitioners in the United States has grown from 109,000 to 290,000. This …
Episode 102: Losing Weight & Fixing Diabetes with Fasting – Dr. Jason Fung The last few years have seen a resurgence in the use of fasting. Fasting is an ancient …
Episode 101: From Killer to Common Cold – Discussing COVID-19 Dr. David Graham returns again this week to discuss his newly published book, From Killer to Common Cold. The book …
Episode 099: Myocarditis in Asymptomatic COVID-19 Isn’t Real with Dr. Rohin Francis Okay, so today’s title to the show is a little provocative. But it’s meant to convey the most …
Episode 097: Finding Passive Income in Real Estate with Dr. Jeff Anzalone We’re breaking from our discussion of COVID-19 and discussing life after pandemic with finding means of passive income. …
Episode 096: From Pandemic to Endemic – How COVID-19 Will Get There. Following our discussion last week where we discussed the probable lower herd immunity rate threshold for COVID-19, today …
Episode 095: Is Herd Immunity Here for COVID? One of the most commonly used expressions regarding the current COVID pandemic is herd immunity. Policy makers, epidemiologists, and lay people are …
Episode 094: The End of Safe Harbor for PBMs? Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are one of the ‘middle men’ in health care that have recently come under fire for the …
Episode 093: Cutting Generic Drug Prices for Everyone with Zach Zeller of Scriptco One driver of health care inflation in the United States are pharmaceuticals. Although we usually associate rising …
Episode 092: The MOC Shakedown with Dr. Torie Sepah Maintenance of Certification (or MOC) is a requirement by all the specialty boards in the United States that is above and …
Episode 091: COVID, Immunity, and Back to School Now that we’re approaching the half way point of summer it’s time to start thinking about what we’re going to do with …
Episode 090: The History Behind Hydroxychloroquine with Dr. Adam Rodman Hydroxychloroquine is an old medicine and treatment for conditions causing cyclical fevers like malaria. But hydroxychloroquine has been used in …
Episode 089: Primary Care by Text Message with Dr. Brad Younggren What does it mean to have a virtual telehealth doctor’s visit? Can artificial intelligence (AI) and telehealth actually work …
Episode 088: Hand Surgery without Anesthesia with Dr. Randy Lovell Finally an episode without discussing COVID-19 (well a tiny bit maybe). Today I’m joined by my friend and colleague Dr. …
Episode 086: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends with Dr. David Graham Now that we are over a month into the variable stay at home orders in the United States for …
Episode 083: Surviving Coronavirus Without Health Insurance Once again, the coronavirus outbreak is dominating the news. Government officials at the federal, state, and local levels have closed down most businesses …
Episode 085: The Nonsensical Response to the CoronaVirus Outbreak The response from state governments in the United States have varied in how they are responding to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). …
Episode 084: The US Bungling of the Coronavirus Outbreak with Dr. Michel Accad Once again, the only news worth reporting and discussing (especially if you’re in health care) is the …
Episode 082: Coronavirus and How We’re Handling It Dominating the news today is the pandemic coronavirus or COVID 19. The viral infection that was believed to start in Wuhan, China …
Episode 081: A Curious Child Abuse Case with Dr. Niran Al-Agba Virtually everyone agrees that children are at risk in society and need extra vigilance. Whether this is done by …
Episode 080: Can You Make Vaccinations Mandatory? Appearance on Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Snarkiness After successfully avoiding the topic of vaccines which I don’t find particularly interesting I …
Episode 079: Health Care Price Transparency without an Executive Order with Dr. Bill Hennessey of Pratter Real health care price transparency is a an elusive goal for many in the …
Episode 076: A PBM Not Looking to Rip You Off with Vinay Patel, PharmD Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have been the villains in a number of earlier episodes of the …
Episode 075: How Hospitals Work with David Leonard, JD It isn’t often that people walk into hospitals and ask themselves how does this thing work? In fact, the same can …
Episode 073: Is Physician Assisted Suicide Good Policy? A discussion with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty As sure as life exists, death will follow. As such, people will continue to try to …
Episode 072: Will Hospital Pricing Transparency Rules Help? A Discussion with Dr. Philip Eskew of DPCFrontier.com Many physicians and those supportive of free markets in medicine are making a big …
Episode 071: Why That Medical Bill is Crazy Expensive One of the most common questions I get asked about the health care system is why are medical bills so enormous? …
Episode 070: How to Market Your Medical Practice: Dr. Nitin Gupta If you own your own business, which physicians who are independent or run concierge or DPC practices do – …
Episode 069: Designing a Better Pediatric Urgent Care Center. Dr. Corey Fish and Brave Care One of the most expensive ways to receive care in the US health care system …
Episode 068: An Ophthalmologist Sees the Light. A Discussion with Dr. Rudrani Banik Moving from academic medicine to private practice is a scary thing to do for any doctor. But …
Episode 067: What’s the Over/Umbehr on Direct Primary Care Becoming the Dominant Force in Primary Care. A Discussion with Dr. Josh Umbehr of Atlas MD As direct primary care practices …
Episode 066: The Fight to Dispense Medications in Doctor’s Offices. A Discussion with Dr. Kris Held. In most states, physicians are able to dispense medications in their offices to patients. …
Episode 065: Communist China & Its Crackdown on Hong Kong & Minorities with Jennifer Zeng The Chinese government and its communist roots are appearing in the US news a lot …
Episode 064: Solo Nurse Practitioners – What’s the Controversy? What’s the deal with nurse practitioners (NPs)? Why is there so much anger from physicians and NPs when it comes to …
Episode 063: Are Non-profit Hospitals Making a Killing? A Discussion with Dr. Richard Menger Today’s discussion is about hospitals. Namely, what does it mean to be non-profit? Over half of …
Episode 062: How to Be Flexible Running A Different Kind of Physical Therapy Practice. A Discussion with Joe Kik. I haven’t spoken to a lot of ancillary medical professionals in …
Episode 061: Why Government Run Health Care Serves the Poor Poorly. A Discussion with Dr. Rebekah Bernard Serving the poor in health care is a mission that many enter medicine …
Episode 060: An Irish Doctor Compares the UK’s NHS to the US Medical System. A Discussion with Dr. Clodagh Ryan Debate rages in the United States about whether we should …