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The ZDoggMD Show

736 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings

Interviews and live rants on healthcare, depolarizing our divided society, and the non-dual nature of reality. Hosted by UCSF/Stanford-trained physician Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA ZDoggMD).

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Episodes

I Spoke With The Delnor Nurse...Here's Her Story

June 06, 2017 01:13 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MB

Violence against our caregivers will no longer be swept under the rug. A harrowing tale told by a heroine. #silentnomore

TribeTalk: Health Inequality and How the 0.01% Cut In Line

June 05, 2017 02:12 - 32 minutes - 44 MB

An uncensored breakdown of the pros and cons of elite concierge medicine.

How Rich People Cut In Line For Health Care

June 05, 2017 01:58 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MB

The 0.01% can get a rarified type of care delivered by expensive docs who practice at the very top of their game. Is this a disgusting sign of growing health inequality, or can we learn something here? It's Against Medical Advice!

TribeTalk: Force Friday (with Doc Vader)

June 03, 2017 00:28 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MB

The most #covfefe livecast ever. It's #ForceFriday people. #DarkSide4Lyfe #DocVader

TribeTalk: Keep Your Broke A$$ Out of the ER

June 02, 2017 00:25 - 29 minutes - 54 MB

We dig deeper into the emergency room debacle discussed in Incident Report 048 and take YOUR comments.

Keep Your Broke A$$ Out of the ER

June 02, 2017 00:23 - 14 minutes - 27.4 MB

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia wants to deny payment for non-emergent emergency room visits. Is it patient accountability, or more health plan punishment?

TribeTalk: Empathy Will Kill You (and We Can Prove It)

June 01, 2017 03:06 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MB

An uncensored look at your comments on the dangers of emotional empathy (from Incident Report 047).

Empathy Will Kill You (and We Can Prove It)

June 01, 2017 03:03 - 11 minutes - 15.9 MB

Evidence that employing the "wrong" type of empathy may be harmful to your health (not to mention your sanity).

TribeTalk: Mothers Against Drugged Tigers

May 31, 2017 00:42 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MB

An uncensored dive into Tiger Woods' DUI and the nature of "drugged" driving while taking your comments.

Mothers Against Drugged Tigers

May 31, 2017 00:40 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MB

Tiger Woods gets a DUI...and it isn't alcohol. The significant shift in how Americans are driving under the influence.

The Battle of the ZParents!

May 30, 2017 01:13 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

Both the ZParents in one insane live show. #PartingWordsOfFreedom

When Your Patient Kills Themselves (Or Someone Else)

May 29, 2017 00:37 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MB

ZMommMD, a retired psychiatrist, guest hosts the show to impart her personal experience handling the guilt and stigma of suicide. A pretty intense discussion. It's Against Medical Advice.

Are Tiger Moms Just Plain Wrong?

May 26, 2017 21:32 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MB

Are we pressuring kids into the wrong kind of success? What are the implications for healthcare? And why does Tom have a 1.6 GPA??

Nurse Lives DON'T Matter

May 26, 2017 01:09 - 12 minutes - 16.5 MB

The horrible saga of the nurse held hostage at Delnor hospital just got MORE horrible. Will anyone step up to protect front line caregivers?

TribeTalk: Nurse Lives DON'T Matter

May 26, 2017 01:09 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MB

A severely uncensored discussion of Incident Report 043: Nurse Lives Don't Matter. The horrible saga of the nurse held hostage at Delnor hospital just got MORE horrible. Will anyone step up to protect front line caregivers? We take YOUR comments.

TribeTalk: The Dropout Docs

May 25, 2017 02:21 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MB

The uncensored discussion incorporating YOUR comments from "Doctors Who Can't Hack It" Incident Report 042. Oh it gets REAL folks.

Doctors Who Can't Hack It

May 25, 2017 02:18 - 18 minutes - 26.1 MB

Doctors are ditching clinical medicine because of burnout. We discuss both the stigma and the support for these dropout docs.

Terrorism Fatigue and Manchester

May 24, 2017 03:06 - 11 minutes - 15.8 MB

Is recurrent news about horrific terrorist acts giving us compassion fatigue? Or is it more accurately empathy fatigue? We discuss why it matters.

Help Us Help You Help Us...Help You (ps HELP!)

May 22, 2017 23:30 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MB

Help us grow this show and the Health 3.0 Movement! Share it with a friend. Or help fund it! http://patreon.com/zdoggmd Thanks to all y'all, Z-Pac!

EMS Be Hella Dope Y'all

May 21, 2017 20:55 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MB

It's EMS week, so spread the love like an antivaxxer spreads measles. #EMSBeDope

Wanna Die? Get Sick On The Weekend (...or maybe not?)

May 21, 2017 03:14 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MB

The dreaded "Weekend Effect," wherein patients suffer increased mortality if they are admitted on a weekend to an understaffed medical system...is it even real, bro? A special weekend episode!

Flight Doc Shop Talk and EMS Rocks

May 17, 2017 23:30 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MB

Dr. Cynthia Griffin, flight physician and paramedic, joins us to celebrate upcoming EMS week!

PAs Gone Wild: Is Maintenance of Certification a SCAM?

May 17, 2017 10:30 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MB

Live from the annual American Academy of PAs meeting in Las Vegas, we talk about the crucial role of PAs in Health 3.0, as well as a common scam across specialities in healthcare: maintenance of certification. Get your PA-C on Z-Pac!

Check Your (Healthcare) Privilege, Miss USA!

May 16, 2017 00:28 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MB

Is healthcare a right or a privilege? Are we even asking the right question?

Medical Moms, You CAN'T have it all. Here's why.

May 15, 2017 00:14 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MB

Gender and maternity issues in medicine brought to the forefront in a recent study by the Physician Moms Group. Happy Mother's Day to all the medical moms!

Take A Nurse Hostage? PREPARE TO DIE.

May 14, 2017 00:33 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MB

A heroic nurse survives a hostage standoff when a patient (and jail inmate) tries to get up in her grill. A reminder of how dangerous our jobs in health care are, and how important it is to have support and training. Also: DON'T F**K WITH NURSES.

Is Price Gouging Killing Diabetics?

May 13, 2017 01:39 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MB

Why do they charge so much for 100 year old insulin? Because they can.

Close Encounters of the Nursing Kind

May 12, 2017 03:09 - 19 minutes - 27 MB

Why nurses rock, and what the heck is a clinical documentation improvement specialist?? It's #IncidentReport son!

Childhood Trauma, The Secret Public Health Threat

May 11, 2017 13:00 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MB

Dr. Wanda Filer, Board Chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians, co-hosts to discuss adverse childhood experiences and how they can lead to serious adult diseases.

Fix Healthcare and Save Millions? Here's How.

May 11, 2017 00:13 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MB

Dr. Wanda Filer, Board Chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians, joins us to talk about saving lives and money through prevention. Family physicians REPRESENT! #StayWellSoon #HealthIsPrimary

Minnesota Measles and The True Face of Evil

May 09, 2017 03:55 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MB

On the road in Charleston, S.C., this episode addresses a public health crisis with its roots in the evil that men do (if anyone can still consider Andrew Wakefield a man, rather than just some wretched demon spawn).

Can Nursing Be Saved?

May 08, 2017 02:26 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MB

Nurses are the canaries in the coal mine of Health 2.0. When will we listen to what they are telling us? A #NursesWeek special.

Ultramarathons and Caffeine Tampons, With Dr. Kathy Travnicek!

May 06, 2017 20:49 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MB

Dr. Kathy Travnicek joins us again to talk ultramarathons and caffeinated tampons. Poe's law, hyponatremia, and the correct pronunciation of "meme."

Nurse Staffing Ratios -- LIVE from the Hospital

May 05, 2017 22:43 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MB

A chaotic live show streamed from our county hospital where we were on set shooting our nursing tribute video, "You're Welcome". Docs, nurses, administrators, all kicking it collaboratively. What?!?

May The 4th Be With You...Also, DIE ANTIVAXX SCUM

May 04, 2017 22:04 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MB

Vader hijacks the show to celebrate his favorite holiday: May the 4th.

A Nurse Saves Jimmy Kimmel's Son's Life

May 02, 2017 16:09 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MB

Jimmy Kimmel told an emotional story of how his son Billy's life was saved...by a nurse. PS: Medicine is a team sport; do we need to cut Dr. Oz from the team?

Guests

Abraham Verghese
2 Episodes
Donald Hoffman
2 Episodes
Peter Attia
2 Episodes
David Epstein
1 Episode
Eric Topol
1 Episode

Books

The Straight Dope
1 Episode

Twitter Mentions

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