The Podcast by KevinMD

Kevin Pho, MD
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Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD.

  1. 12h ago

    Doctors can't prescribe food. Poverty is still their problem.

    A dialysis patient raising her grandchildren lost food benefits, and her doctor could not prescribe food. Sameen Farooq is an internal medicine and palliative care physician at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. This episode is based on his article "Wealth inequality is a clinical problem, not political," published on KevinMD. You will hear how poverty shapes care for roughly a fourth of the patients on his hospital service, why city resources and community health workers can only act as Band-Aids, and how federal cuts squeeze health systems that serve poor patients. He explains why he says "poverty" and "poor" instead of "disparities," a word his article calls a code word. He also shares practical steps, from treating every patient as a whole person to using the social need codes in the EHR, writing to your representative, and voting. Press play to hear why he believes naming the problem is where a physician's advocacy starts. This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

  2. 1d ago

    Doctors are told to push through. For addiction, that can be deadly.

    Medicine rewards pushing through, but for a doctor with an addiction, pushing through can be deadly. Anthony Grandelis is an OB/GYN hospitalist in New York City and a physician in recovery from addiction. This episode is based on his article "The danger of worshipping resilience in medicine," published on KevinMD. You will hear how he went to treatment during residency with his family's support, relapsed as an attending after saying yes to everything, and faced threats to his license at an institution that called his advocacy unprofessional. He explains why resilience has shifted from an internal strength to an external pressure, why asking for help early protects careers, and how a physician health program helped protect his license through a relapse. He also proposes bringing recovery principles such as honesty, surrender, and community into medicine, from peer review to support groups for the trauma clinicians see every day. Press play to hear his advice for any clinician who is still pushing through and afraid to say, "I need help." This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

  3. 2d ago

    How the 764 network pushes kids to self-harm, and the signs doctors miss

    An online network is coercing children into hurting themselves, and the warning signs are easy to miss. Matthew Turner is an emergency medicine physician, and Dana Grueser is a parent advocate. This episode is based on their article "The 764 network warning signs clinicians miss," published on KevinMD. You will hear what the 764 network is, how it reaches children through gaming and social media, and why ritualistic or numeric self-harm should prompt questions about a young patient's online life. Dana describes nearly losing her son, whose viewing of gore content got past her parental controls and whose warning signs were missed. Matthew shares the open-ended questions he now asks in the emergency department, and why a family that says their child is getting worse should be believed. They also discuss flip phones, gaming in shared spaces, and banding together with other parents. Press play to hear why they urge clinicians to spend two or three extra minutes asking about a young patient's online life. This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

  4. 3d ago

    Why PCOS may start in the brain, not the ovary

    A hormone doctors use to estimate how many eggs remain may also be acting on the brain. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa is a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist. This episode is based on her article "The brain signal that drives polycystic ovary syndrome," published on KevinMD. You will hear why anti-Müllerian hormone, or AMH, runs high in polycystic ovary syndrome, now renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and why new guidance lets doctors use age-adjusted AMH in the diagnosis. She explains the 2016 discovery of AMH receptors in the hypothalamus, and how a revved-up GnRH rhythm tips the pituitary toward LH and the ovaries toward androgens. She describes mouse studies in which blocking the AMH signal reversed the pathology, and early work on fezolinetant, a menopause drug with liver toxicity. Press play to hear why she hopes this condition may one day be treated at the level of the brain, and tailored to each patient. This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast A note from Dr. Famuyiwa: When discussing AMH, I said it "doesn't tell us anything about the quantity." I meant quality. AMH is, of course, used as a marker of ovarian reserve/follicle quantity.

  5. 4d ago

    Doctor or nurse? The hospital assumptions that put patients at risk

    Snap judgments happen all the time in medicine. Sometimes they are funny, and sometimes they put patients at risk. Christine King, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, has seen it from inside the operating room and from her sister's first oncology appointment. This episode is based on her article "The assumptions in medicine that put patients at risk," published on KevinMD. You will hear why she mistook a hospitalist for a nurse, and why asking "Who did you bring with you today?" beats guessing at family ties. She describes how a new hospital team of skilled clinicians took time to gel because they came from different systems. She walks you through the many people a patient meets before surgery, including a patient whose sedation erased the memory of the surgeon's visit. She also explains why you should feel free to ask each person's role and whether they washed their hands. Press play to hear the questions clinicians and patients can ask, and why she says relationships still matter in the age of AI. This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

  6. 5d ago

    Changing careers in medicine? Ask yourself, not everyone else

    Deciding on a career change can turn into polling everyone you know until someone says what you want to hear. Lauren Fine, an allergist-immunologist and founder of Permission to Change, felt that pull when she moved from mostly clinical work into medical education and later into coaching. This episode is based on her article "How to stop asking for permission and decide for yourself," published on KevinMD. You will hear why you, not your family or colleagues, decide the "shoulds" about what a doctor should be, and why she believes you are never truly ready until you do it. She explains how coaching differs from mentoring, and why "what" questions work better than "why" questions, which stir up emotion. She also describes burnout as not getting back what you put in, which sometimes calls for changing how you work rather than what you do. Press play to hear why she starts with a small, reversible change, and why it helps to find someone who asks the right questions instead of granting permission. This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

  7. 6d ago

    Doctors can spot a failing patient. Can they spot a failing hospital?

    When a hospital replaces an established physician team, the beds can stay open while the care behind them quietly erodes. Shelly Haug Monti is a neonatologist, palliative care physician, and bioethicist, and a cofounder of Babies First Southern Oregon. This episode is based on her KevinMD article "Why physician outsourcing is a warning sign for hospitals." You will hear how her entire group of neonatologists at a community NICU was terminated and replaced by locum tenens physicians and nurse practitioners, why she compares a NICU team to a philharmonic orchestra, and why she rejects the idea that financial survival and clinical excellence are competing interests. She describes how her group built an advocacy movement with families, nurses, community members, and state legislators, and why advocacy is a skill set few physicians learn. She also explains how to recognize a deteriorating health care system, from clinical infrastructure to hospital governance and staff bylaws. Press play to hear how physicians can spot the warning signs before their own team disappears. This episode is brought to you by Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. As a physician, you give everything to your patients. At Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, our focus is on giving that same care back to you. When you join, you practice at the top of your license, backed by a care team built to handle the routine so you can be fully present with your patients. Experience the best of both worlds: access to academic medicine with the Medical College of Wisconsin and a health system that empowers you to thrive: both grounded in deep community roots. So whether you're exploring a role in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Med-Peds, you'll have the team and the technology behind you. Reinvent health care in Wisconsin. Be here. Visit FroedtertCareers.com to learn more. VISIT SPONSOR → https://froedtertcareers.com EXPLORE PHYSICIAN ROLES → https://kevinmd.com/froedtert SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

  8. Nov 7

    Alzheimer's treatment works best early, so why are patients waiting?

    Two Alzheimer's drugs now slow the disease, and they work best when symptoms are still mild. Emer MacSweeney is a neuroradiologist and the cofounder and CEO of Re:Cognition Health. This episode is based on her article "Early Alzheimer's detection is now a treatment decision," published on KevinMD. She explains why she calls this a new era, how a simple blood test can start the workup, and why clearing amyloid early matters for the tau protein that tracks symptoms. You will hear what the trials showed: The mildest patients had no decline over the first year, and treatment slows the move from one stage to the next by about half. She makes the case that staying in the mild stage keeps patients eligible for the next medications in the pipeline. She also takes on the cost question, since these drugs slow decline rather than cure it, drawing on patients she treats who are fit, active, and often still working. Press play to hear why she says the biggest risk is not getting treated. If this episode helped, follow The Podcast by KevinMD on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and leave a rating. Partner with me on the KevinMD platform. With more than 100 million impressions a year and nearly 750,000 followers, subscribers and email recipients across my channels, I give you direct access to the doctors and patients who matter most. Whether you need a sponsored article, email campaign, video interview, or a spot right here on the podcast, I offer the trusted space your brand deserves to be heard. Let's work together to tell your story. PARTNER WITH KEVINMD → https://kevinmd.com/influencer SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast

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Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD.

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    Kevin Pho, MD
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
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