Humor: Recent Episodes
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Host: Marshall Miller
Relieve yourself of any curiosity surrounding the history of uroscopy with our whiz-bang host Marshall Miller.
Host: Marshall Miller
This episode of Rub Some Dirt in It is getting curiouser and curiouser. See if you can solve these two cases before host Marshall Miller reveals the rare and unexpected diagnoses.
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
"Medical improv" is an emerging subset of comedic performance art using improvisational theater principles and training techniques to improve communication, cognition, and teamwork among health care professionals.
Joining Host Dr. Michael Greenberg is Valeri Lantz-Gefroh, Improvisation Program Director at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. They talk about how the fundamentals of improv can be applied to medical practices.
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Medical schools are increasingly adapting improv tools to enhance patient interviewing, simulate difficult conversations and facilitate learning in medical teams.
Research has shown that such training can enhance physician-patient communication and improve diagnostic accuracy, patients’ adherence to treatment, and overall patient satisfaction.
Host Dr. Michael Greenberg chats with Lillian Frances, owner of Laugh Out Loud Theater in Chicago, about how improv comedy training and the phrase “yes and” can improve your skills as a health care provider.
Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Brian McDonough chats with cardiologist Dr. Andrew Waxler about the life and career lessons he learned from his unique family upbringing as the nephew of celebrity comedian Joan Rivers. He then draws on these lessons to describe important steps people can take to live healthy lifestyles for best cardiac outcomes.
Host: Tim Rush
Host Tim Rush welcomes Dr. Laura Hayden, practicing physical therapist, touring comedian, and speaker. Laura's personal journey and research on the healing aspect of laughter led her to pursue her PhD in Physical Therapy from Boston University. The emphasis of her PhD was burnout and therapeutic laugher, examining ways to stay sane and positive when dealing with the stresses of clinical practice. In her ongoing work, she has found that laughter - as cliché as it may sound - truly is the best medicine for patients, their loved ones, and the medical professionals working the front lines.
Host: Maurice Pickard, MD
Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why wirtten by Scott Weems, PhD examines the internal process of how the brain and the mind operate in interpreting humor. Dr. Weems will also review humor as an exercise for the brain, the psychological and intellectual benefits of humor and what happens physiologically. Dr. Weems' career began as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he served as communications officer in Kodiak, Alaska. His travels then took him to New Orleans, Boston, Los Angeles, Annapolis, and Little Rock, where he earned graduate degrees in psychology, education, creative writing, and a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from UCLA along the way.
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Guest: Glenn Geelhoed, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Dr. Glenn Geelhoed is a marathoner, photographer, and big game hunter, who has been on over 200 international medical missions to developing countries, and helped broker peace between warring Sudanese tribes. He talks with Second Opinion Live hosts Dr. Michael Greenberg and Dr. Matthew Birnholz about what he has learned from his patients in the poorest parts of the world about doing more with fewer resources. Plus: medical oddities, and conflicting research on sodium.
Guest: Sanjiv Chopra, MD, FACP
Guest: Herbert Chase, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg talk to Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, faculty dean of continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School and co-author of the book Doctor Chopra Says: Medical Facts & Myths Everyone Should Know, about medical research that changes so fast even physicians can't keep up. And, "Jeopardy!" contestant Ken Jennings said that he, for one, welcomed "our new computer overlords." What about a computer physician's assistant? Dr. Birnholz caught up with Dr. Herbert Chase, professor of clinical medicine in biomedical informatics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, who is teaching IBM's "Watson" computer how to help doctors. Plus: Bodily fluids in the news.
Guest: Mary Cappello, PhD
Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Second Opinion Live looks at the future of robotics in medicine, with Dr. Joseph Kim; the naming of famous murmurs; and the pioneering work of endoscopist Dr. Chevalier Jackson, the subject of author Mary Cappello's book Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them (The New Press, 2010).
Guest: Marc Abrahams
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this re-broadcast of the October 13th live show, we’ve invited Marc Abrahams, the editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and the mastermind behind the annual Ig-Nobel Prize, for science that makes people laugh, then makes them think. Plus: a few others making a difference in fields of science and medicine; and making a difference locally this Halloween.
Guest: Robert M. Golub, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Autumn is upon us in the medical community, and hosts Dr. Matt Birnholz and Dr. Michael Greenberg turn their attention to medical education. They talk with Dr. Robert Golub, senior editor of JAMA, about the path from trainee to skilled physician and this year’s annual medical education-themed issue. Plus: The game "Operation" turns 45, Dr. Birnholz tries live surgery, and the video-blogging hospitalist known as ZDoggMD pays tribute his physician-father’s incredible physical exam skills.
Guest: Ram Gordon, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this rebroadcast of the Wednesday, June 9th show, your hosts talk with Dr. Ram Gordon, who published an article recently on the remarkable relationship from early in his career that started with a letter from a patient. Plus: tattoos that detect glucose levels and other high tech developments, donuts, your health and the government.
Guest: Hugh Montgomery, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
In this rebroadcast of the 5/24 show, guest Dr. Hugh Montgomery, ultra-marathoner, sky-diver, mountaineer, writer, world-record holder, and professor of intensive care medicine who discovered a gene for fitness, slows down long enough to talk to our hosts. Plus: did Dr. J. Craig Venter create synthetic life? And can you make a safer hot dog?
Guest: Neil Baum, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Hosts Dr. Michael Greenberg and Dr. Matt Birnholz welcome this week's guests to talk about your practice and career: Dr. Neil Baum, author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, Economically and Tim Rush, whose job-finder platform for healthcare professionals powers ReachMD's new Career Center. Plus, Believe it Not! an Indian yogi who hasn't had anything to eat or drink in 70 years.
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Sherry Seethaler, PhD
Hosts Drs. Michael Greenberg and Matt Birnholz are joined by guest Dr. Sherry Seethaler, author of the recently published book Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products and Medical Mysteries — and our hosts try to understand some of the origins of several medical myths and mysteries. They also discuss pill popping in the military, the explosion of Health Information Acronyms - and more! This is the one-year anniversary of Second Opinion Live — don't miss it!
Guest: Josephine Briggs, MD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Joining our hosts this week is Dr. Josephine P. Brigggs, director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Dr. Briggs brings her focus on translational research to the position. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the agency, Dr. Briggs discusses what has been learned and what can be expected in the future.
Also on the program: a look back at the top medical stories of the year, a discussion of the latest ReachMD Poll, and the curious case of one New York clinic with two entrances, two names, and two pricing structures.
Guest: Steven Babitsky, JD
Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Host: Michael Greenberg, MD
Physicians of all ages and stages in their careers often look for a second occupation to augment their clinical and research backgrounds; others delve into that second career full-time after they are finished practicing medicine. A generally talented, driven and curious bunch, it is not uncommon to find these current and former physicians applying their medical knowledge and skills to another line of work, whether in politics, broadcasting or book writing. If you have thought about making a change, rest assured that it is natural to have a range of questions and potential concerns about the process; perhaps, too, you're not even sure what might be out there for you. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Steven Babitsky, president of the non-clinical training service for physicians, SEAK, Inc., to answer these questions and provide important counsel on a range of other hurdles that could arise during your pursuit of a non-clinical career.
Dr. Birnholz and co-host Dr. Michael Greenberg will weigh in on other ongoing issues, including the discussion over flu shots for healthcare workers: should all hospital employees be required to receive a seasonal flu shot, as some hospitals are mandating? Also, a new study indicates that physicians lack familiarity …
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Robert Schimmel
Robert Schimmel, one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics, authored Cancer on $5 a day chemo not included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life. Mr. Schimmel discussed how he survived his battle with stage three non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Robert Schimmel
Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, bestselling CDs, a Fox TV pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. He was a recipient of the Celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society and author of the book, Cancer on $5 a day * Chemo Not Included How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life.* Mr. Schimmel discussed how humor helped save his life during his battle with stage 3 non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Robert Schimmel
Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, best selling CDs, a Fox TV pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. He was a recipient of the Celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society. Mr. Schimmel discussed his book, Cancer on $5 a day Chemo Not Included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life.
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD
Guest: Neil Berliner, MD
Host Dr. Leslie Lundt is joined by Neil Berliner, MD who is a psychiatrist and a comedy writer. He talks about his second career as a roast writer and gives us some (funny) examples of his work.
Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD
Guest: Neil Berliner, MD
Dr. Leslie Lundt welcomes psychiatrist and comedy writer, Neil Berliner, MD to Clinician’s Roundtable. Dr. Berliner discusses how he started his second career as a nationally acclaimed comedy writer.
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Patty Wooten, RN
Join Patty Wooten, researcher, nurse, best selling author, clown and leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor, discuss the latest health and humor scientific research.
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Patty Wooten, RN
Join Patty Wooten, a leading national expert in the field of therapeutic humor, a nurse, a clown and author of the book "The Hospital Clown: A Closer Look," discuss what it's like to be a therapeutic clown.
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Bowen White, MD
Dr. White continues his discussion on the importance of humor in health care.
Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD
Guest: Bowen White, MD
Dr. White discusses the importance of humor in health care.