Category: surgery

What teens and parents need to know about nose jobs [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Babak Azizzadeh, a facial plastic surgeon, in discussing the sensitive topic of getting a nose job, or rhinoplasty, particularly for teenagers. We delve into the importance of thorough…

Youth vs. experience: Who wins in medicine?

Harvard researchers who recently wrote an essay analyzed data from Medicare to draw conclusions about hospitalists and surgeons who treat hospital in-patients for non-elective admissions. The researchers grouped the physicians by age to determine which…

Harnessing light field technology for enhanced navigation and imaging

Imagine being able to cross a chasm between a digital world and a physical world in an operative environment. The medical technology sector has only begun to tap into the vast possibilities presented by light field technology, particularly in surgery, …

Harnessing light field technology for enhanced navigation and imaging

Imagine being able to cross a chasm between a digital world and a physical world in an operative environment. The medical technology sector has only begun to tap into the vast possibilities presented by light field technology, particularly in surgery, …

I am one of those women who left academic medicine

Since before the COVID-19 pandemic, anecdotal evidence and small survey-based studies show that women were leaving academic medicine in droves and were not returning— up to 40 percent of women leave medicine or go to a part-time position within six yea…

Overcoming limiting beliefs in a culture of growth

Limiting beliefs are thoughts that often hold us back from achieving a desired outcome. An example of this is internalizing negative criticism received. Instead of being an opportunity for growth, the dark side of criticism is that it can make us belie…

Advice for the hospitalist caring for a patient after delirium in the post-anesthesia care unit

You are called by the bedside nurse that your patient arrived on the floor from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). The nurse tells you that the patient was delirious and agitated after anesthesia, pulled out their IVs, and was sedated by the PACU te…

A surgeon’s confessions expose corporate influence and physician struggles [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us in this captivating podcast episode as we delve into the world of health care with Paul Ruggieri, an esteemed general surgeon and the author of the compelling book, Confessions of a…

How to approach teen nose jobs with parents

Getting a nose job, also known as rhinoplasty, requires extensive research and planning. For teenagers, it requires extensive communication and collaboration, and for parents, it requires a lot of understanding and compassion. A nose job can be a life-…

Emotional journey: An inspiring tale from the operating room in Nicaragua

An excerpt from Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between. On the morning of the first day of surgery in Nicaragua, I paced. It was 8:10 a.m., and the cases were supposed to begin at 7:30 a.m. But as …