COVID-19: Commonsense Conversations o...
Covid-19, the disease caused by a novel coronavirus, has created a global pandemic. This show aims to educate the public via interviews with leaders in healthcare, public health and policy. You’ll hear from former Kaiser CEO, host of the Fixing Healthcare podcast, and author of Mistreated: Why We Think We're Getting Good Health Care and Why We're Usually Wrong, Robert Pearl; critical care physician and frequent guest on The Doctors, “Dr. Raj” Dasgupta; Patrick C. Beeman, Ob/Gyn and founder of the medical education platform, InsideTheBoards; microbiology professor, Ken Rosenthal; and more.The host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health
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Weekly Update #6: COVID-19 Causing Strokes and ...
Recorded May 9, 2020.In this episode Dr. O’Connell discusses the recent news of strokes occurring in otherwise healthy covid patients and other blood related complications. Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in ...
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INDUSTRY: Surviving as a Small Business, Workin...
Recorded April 18, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Matt McNally and Laurel Timms from Laurel’s Catering to discuss how the pandemic has impacted their business and the catering industry.Questions from this episode include:Can you tell...
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INDUSTRY: How the COVID Pandemic is Affecting P...
Recorded April 21, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Kevin Pierre-Louis to discuss how the pandemic is affecting professional and amateur athletes.Questions from this episode include:Can you share your thoughts about the impact this has...
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INDUSTRY: Cooking as Therapy, How Chefs are Hel...
Recorded April 24, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Foodnetwork Chef, Jet Tila, to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the food industry and restaurants and what you can do to help.Questions from this episode include:What...
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MEDICINE: The Origins of the AIDS Crisis and Pa...
Today's episode was recorded on April 21, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell speaks with Dr. Michael Gottlieb about the AIDS crisis and how it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their discussion covers how AIDs was found to be a new clinical entity...
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INDUSTRY: Recovery from a Recession, Supply Cha...
Today's episode was recorded on April 15, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell and Mike Veseth discuss various economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the questions covered include:Is the United States currently in a recession?What can ...
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POLITICS: Supporting Small Businesses, Apprecia...
Recorded April 15, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Senator Bill Dodd, who represents California’s 3rd District. They discuss the current state of affairs as well as what the government is doing to help certain groups and industries.Que...
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INDUSTRY: A Hollywood Actor Discusses How the C...
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MEDICINE: CovidUp2Date, Medical Students Rallyi...
Today's episode was recorded on April 8, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell meets with the Johns Hopkins Team to discuss their COVID-19 infographic initiative and how COVID-19 has impacted life as well as education for medical students. The Johns...
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MEDICINE: Communication, Managing Stress, and B...
Recorded April 6, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Todd Forman to discuss how the coronavirus is impacting private practices and how patients are reacting and responding to the transition to telehealth as well as the situation as a w...
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Weekly Update 5: Herd Immunity, COVID-19 Testin...
Recorded April 18, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Tim Horita to discuss the current state of testing for Covid-19 and the different methods available and how that translates into herd immunity. Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri fo...
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HEALTH: A Healthcare Leader Discusses a Coordin...
Originally recorded April 14, 2020.In this episode Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Richard Isaacs, the CEO and Executive Director of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. In this episode we look ...
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HEALTH: Health Policy, Homelessness, Adverse Ch...
Today's episode (recorded April 3, 2020) features a discussion between Dr. Ted O'Connell and Dr. Tessa Stecker. Topics covered in the interview include: What health policy means and how the COVID-19 is viewed through it's lens.How the COVID-19 pandemic...
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MEDICINE: Fox News Reaction, COVID Testing, and...
Recorded April 8, 2020. In this episode Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Rishi Desai from Osmosis and recent Fox News fame. They discuss hot topics such as testing and re-opening the country and the economy. They also discuss Osmosis' mission to increase t...
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Weekly Update 4: Conditions That Increase Your ...
In this episode, Dr. O’Connell discusses comorbidities that may increase your risk of having severe symptoms if infected with COVID-19. Such conditions include: diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, COPD, and more. Risk is also increased if you are a sm...
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SCIENCE: COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Pregn...
The interview in this episode was recorded on March 30, 2020. In the episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell and Dr. Sallie Permar discuss various aspects of COVID-19 vaccine development for traditionally vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, infants, and childre...
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MENTAL HEALTH: The Psychology of Toilet Paper H...
This interview was originally recorded on March 29, 2020. In this episode, Dr. O’Connell talks with Dr. Houston about herd mentality and how fear and anxiety are affecting people’s emotions and actions during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Houston also of...
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MENTAL HEALTH: How the Pandemic Has Affected Me...
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Weekly Review: Masks and Recommendations | Ted ...
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HEALTH: How COVID-19 Affects Politics, Religion...
Originally recorded 3/27/2020.Today’s episode brings a different perspective and looks at the situation outside of the United States, specifically in Africa. Reverend Dowd is interested in african politics and helping communities and here he shares info...
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MEDICINE: Health Policy, Advocacy, and Healthca...
Originally recorded on 3/24/2020Dr. O’Connell and Dr. Jay Lee discuss how physicians need to be at the table, not on the menu, as this is not a time for complacency. “Use your voice. Use it often and loudly. Otherwise, we will continue to be under-resou...
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MEDICINE: Fatality Rates, YouTube Education, an...
In this episode (recorded March 22, 2020), Dr. Ted O’Connell speaks with Dr. Sanaz Majd about important topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic such as:- What CFR is and how it is broken down.- The effects of ACE-inhibitors and ARBs on those who contra...
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Weekly Review #2: The State of Vaccine Developm...
Originally recorded March 28, 2020. In this weekend's update, Dr. O’Connell discusses the various treatments being used and vaccines that are being developed. Medications and treatments being used include Remdesivir, Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine and c...
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MEDICINE: A Healthcare Leader Discusses Myths A...
Today’s guest, Dr. Robert Pearl, is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical group, the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Medical Group. In these roles, he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff, and was responsible fo...
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MEDICINE: An Infectious Disease Specialist Disc...
In today’s episode (recorded March 25, 2020), Dr. Ted O’Connell speaks with Dr. Jennifer Babik about the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics in this interview are focused on the disease itself with questions being answered such as: - What do we know about the inc...
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