Episodes
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Garet Hil on the Biggest Innovation in Transplant in the Past Decade
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Episode 3: Garet Hil
One of the most notable names in transplant innovation is Garet Hil. After his daughter lost her kidney function, Garet was faced with a tough, turbulent journey in finding her a new one. With a background in entrepreneurship, Garet mobilized to create the National Kidney Registry to facilitate the pairing of those in need of a kidney and matching donors. In this episode, he joins Dr. Mezrich to discuss his path to this innovation, how it impacted the field, and his entrepreneurial spirit.
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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Repairing the Healthcare System From Within
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Episode 2: Dr. Michael Englesbe
The United States of America is the only wealthy country on Earth that has a declining life expectancy. There are many contributing factors, such as a lack of focus preventative care and addiction, as well as the economics of our healthcare system. Dr. Michael Englesbe is incredibly sensitive to these issues, and is constantly finding ways to help negate the consequences of this system, from within this system. He joins Dr. Mezrich to discuss opioid addiction, the healthcare system, dealing with complications, and the importance of mental health care.
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Thursday Dec 17, 2020
My Inspiration: The Magical Life of Ben Mezrich
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Episode 1: Ben Mezrich
In this first episode of The Sett, Dr. Mezrich invites his brother Ben Mezrich on. Ben is an author who wrote the books behind the critically acclaimed films The Social Network and 21. He shares his journey to becoming an author (with live commentary by Josh), Bitcoin, the story behind The Accidental Billionaires, UFOs, and how to realistically achieve your goals in life...we may have jumped the shark.
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Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Using Creativity to Cope with Coronavirus
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Saturday Oct 24, 2020
Episode 110: Dr. Benjamin Lemelman AKA Twelve Traxx
On Dr. Kohler’s final episode of the Surgery Sett podcast, he welcomes Dr. Benjamin Lemelman on to discuss his quarantine activity: songwriting. Dr. Lemelman shares his personal experience with the pandemic, the motivations behind his song “2022 (Quarantine Song No. 5)”, and how he came to be the musician known as Twelve Traxx.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7vv921TmSWDuyWw1S4CcIV?si=ypGxUxoKTae_65Pe7TS7zw
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/2022-quarantine-song-no-5/1534382416?i=1534382422
YouTube: https://youtu.be/S0gSrtAcn_Q
Song Website: https://2022song.com/
Monday Sep 28, 2020
The Transport Series: Pediatric Transport
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
The Transport Series: Episode 3 - Dr. Tom Brazelton
In the first two episodes of our transport series, Dr. Kohler and his guests discussed the intricacies and obstacles of medical helicopter transport. In our final episode, UW Medical Director of Pediatric Transport Dr. Tom Brazelton shifts our scope to a particularly crucial area of transport. What are the unique challenges in transporting child patients versus adult patients? How are pediatric emergency transport programs structured? What mindset yields the best decision-making in pediatric transport?
Friday Aug 14, 2020
The Transport Series: Flight Physicians
Friday Aug 14, 2020
Friday Aug 14, 2020
The Transport Series: Episode 2 - Dr. Michael Steuerwald
In the second episode of the Surgery Sett Transport Series, Dr. Michael Steuerwald supplements our "Piloting a Medical Helicopter" episode with his own perspective. Dr. Michael Steuerwald is a flight physician, and the medical director for UW Med Flight. He shares his experience providing care in a helicopter, as well as the innovations that are making his job more efficient.
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
The Transport Series: Piloting a Medical Helicopter
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
The Transport Series: Episode 1 - UW Med Flight Senior Lead Pilot Phil Jennings
In the first episode of the Surgery Sett Transport Series, Dr. Kohler sits down with Senior Lead Pilot Phil Jennings of UW Med Flight. Flying medical helicopters is strategic, calculated work, and contributes greatly to the health and safety of patients. Phil discusses the considerations that go into every flight and his journey to becoming a pilot. And we listen to an actual UW Med Flight dispatch.
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Systemic Racism in Healthcare
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Episode 105: Dr. Girma Tefera
Dr. Kohler invites Dr. Girma Tefera on the show to discuss racial inequality and prejudice that healthcare workers face. Dr. Tefera urges everyone to reflect, honestly, on the biases you have learned throughout your own life. People of color face inequality in every facet of our society- it is not an issue of the past. Any discrimination is an unacceptable amount, and until it is 100% resolved, our country will continue to be plagued by it.
Just Mercy (Free): https://www.justmercyfilm.com/
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/408/408-h/408-h.htm
Sunday May 17, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: Mental Health
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 16 - Dr. Gwynneth Schell
Throughout this pandemic, we've experienced intense isolation, great loss, and, for many, unprecedented stress in the workplace. It comes as no surprise that the era of coronavirus may have a lasting impact on people's mental health. So how can we work through it? What are mental health care providers doing to make services accessible and effective? Dr. Gwynneth Schell discusses how her services have changed, and the impact of the pandemic on our mental health.
Dr. Gwynneth Schell, LPC: https://www.uwhealth.org/findadoctor/profile/gwynneth-e-schell-lpc/10970
UW Health Behavioral Health and Crisis Numbers: https://www.uwhealth.org/mental-health-behavioral-health-services/46535
"If" by Rudyard Kipling: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---
If you or someone you know is having a mental health emergency:
Dane County Crisis: (608) 280-2600
National Suicide Prevention Line: 800-273-8255
Or call 911
Tuesday May 05, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: The Role of Engineers
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 15 - Peter Adamczyk
As we continue to understand the coronavirus pandemic as a collaborative effort from journalists to surgeons, we have yet another role to add to our ever-growing list of contributors: engineers. Peter Adamczyk is the co-director of the College of Engineering's COVID response here at UW-Madison. His team at the UW maker space has been designing face shields and other vital equipment for the UW Hospital in the midst of shortages. Peter discusses how this collaboration came to be, and gives advice for engineers hoping to follow in his footsteps.
Wired Magazine article: https://www.wired.com/story/tinkerers-created-face-shield-being-used-hospitals/
Sector 67: http://www.sector67.org/blog/
More on the UW-Madison College of Engineering's COVID response: https://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/covid-19-impact-how-engineers-are-making-a-difference/
Peter Adamczyk: https://uwbadgerlab.engr.wisc.edu/lab-members-new/peter-adamczyk/
The Plague by Albert Camus: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679720218