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1 month ago | 
kevinmd.com | Damane Zehra |Emily Hagen |Erin Paterson |Carol Ewig
I am currently working as a senior registrar in the oncology unit of a trust hospital. We admit both oncology and hematology patients in the same ward, meaning we care for patients with solid tumors as well as those with blood cancers. Our hospital has only one oncology ward, which has ten beds. Since it is a trust hospital, most treatments are provided completely free of charge.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Emily Hagen |James Quinn |Vi Nguyen
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Developmental pediatrician Fiorella Castillo discusses her article, “Advocating for immigrant children: a doctor’s perspective.” Fiorella shares her firsthand experiences supporting immigrant families as they navigate developmental disabilities like autism and ADHD in a climate filled with fear of deportation and family separation.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Rita Assi |Carol Ewig |Emily Hagen |Jay Wong
In 2023, Peggy, a vibrant 63-year-old woman, entered my life under the most challenging of circumstances. She was diagnosed with inv(3) acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive and relentless disease, and faced a grim prognosis. From our very first conversation, I knew Peggy was different. She exuded strength, determination, and an unyielding zest for life.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Vivek Podder |Emily Hagen |Eva Feder Kittay |Sofia Dobrin
In medicine, there’s a rhythm we grow accustomed to—diagnose, treat, move on to the next patient. But for me, beneath that rhythm, there’s always been a quiet hum: belief. Not the kind that seeks to explain every event or outcome, but the kind that reassures you that even when things go wrong, you are exactly where you need to be. Faith in God didn’t arrive through one grand moment for me. It was a slow realization, woven through small instances of failure and frustration.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Lucy Cheng |Sonya Tang Girdwood |Emily Hagen |Carole Estabrooks
“Do any of you have children?” the patient’s mother asked each of my team members during rounds. I (STG), as the attending, quickly jumped in and mumbled, “Yes, I have (as a foster parent),” and redirected the conversation back to the medical management of her child.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Sunaura Taylor |Leonard Wang |Emily Hagen |Arianne Grand-Gassaway
An excerpt from Disabled Ecologies. The multicolored poisonous waste disposed of by Hughes Aircraft Company was never just TCE, the most infamous ingredient. It was always a toxic soup: dozens of volatile organic compounds and heavy metals, contaminants with names like dichloroethylene, chromium, cadmium, and benzene. The chemicals were used in the early 1950s in the manufacture and cleaning of missiles that would travel thousands of miles overseas to maim and kill people during the Korean War.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Emily Hagen |Erin Paterson |Michael Kirsch |Michele Luckenbaugh
My first ICU rotation of intern year was filled with great darkness. It was dark outside as I walked from my car into the hospital each morning before sunrise, and it was again dark when I walked to my car at the end of the day. Less than one hour into my first day in the ICU, a patient’s weak and ineffectual heart stopped beating, and CPR was swiftly initiated. The patient, unfortunately, did not make it. Rounds had not even started, and I already saw a patient die.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Emily Hagen |Daniel Song |Craig Bowron
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!In this episode, we delve into a fascinating yet often overlooked medical phenomenon—near-death experiences (NDEs)—with John C. Hagan III, an ophthalmologist and expert on the subject.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Emily Hagen |Daniel Song |Craig Bowron |Phindile Chowa
Imagine a medical syndrome so common that as many as one in five patients who nearly die in a medical setting experience it. Also, imagine that this syndrome has a profound, lifelong effect on both the patient and their family. Finally, imagine that if this syndrome is mishandled by the patient’s physician, it may have major adverse consequences for the patient and their loved ones. Sounds like something all physicians and medical personnel should be able to recognize and treat, doesn’t it?
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Carol Ewig |Emily Hagen |Michele Luckenbaugh |Claire Brown
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Join Deborah C. Smith, a nurse who shares her courageous battle with T-cell lymphocytic leukemia and aplastic anemia. Diagnosed in 2017, Deborah navigated extreme fatigue, frequent transfusions, and challenging chemotherapy regimens before finding hope in ATGAM equine immunotherapy.
