Primary Medicine Podcast

Dear Listeners, Dr. Kevin Mailo is an emergency physician based out of Edmonton, Alberta. He is the founder of Physician Empowerment, an organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of Canadian physicians through education in finance, practice management, wellness, and leadership. During the podcast, we have a chance to talk about his vision about the long-term […] The post Podcast 95: Dr. Kevin Mailo on empowering physicians to be mentally, physically and financially healthy appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, In this episode we are talking with Dr. Megha Poddar about evidence based approach in treatment of Obesity. Dr. is an Endocrinologist and Obesity medicine specialist in Toronto, Ontario. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and an Assistant Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. […] The post Podcast 94: Dr. Megha Poddar on Obesity appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, In this episode we are talking to Dr. Puneet Seth about his predictions about advancements on AI in primary care in 2024. These advancements will impact administrative staff, patients, clinicians, medical students and the entire novel medical ecosystem. Dr. Seth is a medical doctor and technologist, recognized for pioneering digital health tools and […] The post Podcast 93: Dr. Puneet Seth on AI in Primary Care in 2024 appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, On today’s podcast we talk to Marc-David Munk, a Canadian/American emergency physician and healthcare executive. Over the past decade, he has held leadership roles at various nontraditional healthcare delivery organizations in the US and abroad. He began his career as a professor of emergency medicine and as the medical director for the Qatari […] The post Podcast 92: Dr. Munk and Urgent Calls From Distant Places appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

On today’s podcast, we will be talking to Dr. Stephen Sharpe, a fellow family physician and the Medical Director of Aroga Health, one of the fastest growing Lifestyle Medicine Clinics in Canada. There is no longer any serious doubt that daily habits and actions profoundly affect health and quality of life. This concept is supported […] The post Podcast 91: Dr. Stephen Sharpe of Aroga Health appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, On today’s podcast we talk to Dr. Luke Napier, the founder of Virtual Hallway. Virtual Hallway (virtualhallway.ca) is a platform that bridges the gap between primary care providers and specialists, making peer-to-peer phone call consultations swift and efficient via their innovative platform modelled after the traditional “hallway consult”. This digital solution saves time […] The post Podcast 90: What is Virtual Hallway? appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, In this episode of the primary medicine podcast, we will talk about the benefits of intermittent fasting and the alternative fasting mimicking diet with the CEO of L-Nutra, Dr. Joseph Antoun. Fasting is a popular dietary strategy that involves alternating periods of eating and fasting. It has been shown to have various positive […] The post Podcast 89: Dr. Joseph Antoun on Benefits of Fasting appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, Please join us for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at organ transplants and what it’s like to work as a lung transplant physician confronted with critical decisions on a daily basis. Our guest is transplant consultant Dr. David Weill, who is the former Director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and the Lung […] The post Podcast 88: Dr. Weill on Organ Transplants appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, In today’s bonus episode we talk to Michael Dutra, the CEO of Michael Dutra Estate Planning and Insurance, about Disability Insurance. This is perhaps the most important insurance policy for professionals during their working careers. During our discussion, we will go over the basics and we will cover the policy itself as well […] The post Podcast 87: Michael Dutra a few words on Disability Insurance appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, On today’s podcast, we will explore the latest developments and applications of generative artificial intelligence in the field of medicine. In this episode, we will talk to the Chief Medical Director of Innovation at TELUS Health, Dr. Puneet Seth. Dr Seth is a leader and a practitioner of generative AI in improving healthcare […] The post Podcast 86: Dr. Seth on Generative AI in Medicine appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, Welcome back to the Primary Medicine Podcast. In this episode, we will talk about sublingual immunotherapy, or SLIT, for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. SLIT is a form of allergy treatment that involves placing allergen extracts under the tongue to gradually desensitize the immune system. We will discuss how SLIT works, what are its benefits and […] The post Podcast 85: Dr. Mannan Shah on sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, We are lucky to have Dr. Kevin back on the podcast. Micro and macroscopic hematurea are common incidental findings in primary care. They are often of a bening nature, but it is important to have a thorough method in investigating their differential so as not to miss rare but serious causes of bleeding […] The post Podcast 84: Dr. Kevin on Micro and Macroscopic Hematurea appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, Approximately 25% of all women diagnosed with breast cancer will require a mastectomy. Breast reconstruction is a currently underutilised (less than 50%) option for these patients that provides psychological, social, emotional, and functional improvements, including improved psychological health, self-esteem, sexuality, and body image. To cover this topic, we are very lucky to have […] The post Podcast 83: Dr. Jordan Frey on Breast Reconstruction Surgery appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, Every day, more than 600 people in Canada are diagnosed with cancer and more than 200 die from it. It is very likely that everyone of you has in one way or another had experience with it. It is thus important that both healthcare professionals and the general population are informed about this […] The post Podcast 82: Dr. David Stewart on Why Cancer Still Sucks appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, Having healthcare led by people with a deep understanding of the nature and challenges of clinical work is a key component of a resilient healthcare system. Yet leadership is a challenging skill that is rarely, if ever, nurtured and encouraged in physicians. We are thus fortunate today to have Dr. Malcolm Ogborn (https://www.optimisticdoc.com/) […] The post Podcast 81: Dr. Malcom Ogborn on Physician Leadership appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, We’re very excited to share that our national conference on wealth creation for physicians resumes this year! Physician Empowerment is returning to Toronto June 3 to 5 with Canada’s top MD voices in the field: https://www.physempowerment.ca/live Beyond attending in person, we’ve got a great livestream option and all registrants enjoy unlimited access to […] The post Podcast 80: Dr. Mailo on Falls in the Elderly appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, We are lucky to have Dr. Vu Kiet Tran back on the podcast. Dr. Tran is an Emergency, Family Medicine, and Long-term Care physician with over 20 years of clinical experience in Canada. He has vast clinical knowledge in elderly care and is currently running a facility with over 200 residents. A 2020 […] The post Dr. Tran on Cannabis in the Elderly appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, For our latest podcast, I was fortunate enough to talk to Dr. Sam Gharbi. Dr. Gharbi is an Internal Medicine Doctor currently practising in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is an accomplished clinician, author, educator, and most importantly, an innovator and problem solver. He is also Co-Founder of the Arya EHR, a system that […] The post Podcast 78: Dr. Gharbi on the Future of Medicine appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, Metacognition is the process of being aware of one’s own thinking, learning, and diagnostic processes and how they can shape our decisions when it comes to patient care. This self-awareness is very important in avoiding medical error yet it is rarely developed during medical training. This podcast is meant to remedy this. Dr. […] The post Dr. Tran on Metacognition and Minimizing Medical Error appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.

Dear Listeners, We are very fortunate to have Dr. Vu Kiet Tran back this month to talk about Ageism. Ageism is discriminating or stereotyping someone based on their age. It is very much prevalent in Western medical culture. It presents in insidious ways, such as the observed tendency for doctors to dismiss patients and pathologies […] The post Dr. Tran on Ageism in Western Medicine appeared first on Primary Medicine Podcast.