Surgeons’ Lives - Stuff that Matters

Neil Floch talks obesity, oil painting and social media

Neil Floch is so much more than a Yale Bariatric Surgeon working in Greenwich, CT. He is a passionate advocate for changing the way society views obesity, manages obesity and approaches obese patients.
Medicine and surgery is the family business but dealing in comic books and oil painting perhaps less so.
Neil is one of the stars of social media and has been since the very beginning. His comments on the strengths and weakness of communication this way are fascinating.
Don't miss this latest edition of #SurgeonsLives and #Stuffthatmatters.
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/dr-neil-floch-to-lead-bariatric-surgery-at-greenwich-yale-surgery/
https://asmbs.org/provider/neil-floch-md-facs-VzYP/
https://twitter.com/NeilFlochMD
https://www.instagram.com/drneilfloch/
 

Julie Freischlag - surgery, leadership and the changing

Julie Freischlag is one of the biggest names in surgery and her CV record of achievements is truly impressive. But there is so much more to her story than the extraordinary CV.
 
A vascular surgeon par excellence, Academic Chair, CEO and Dean and President of the American College of Surgeons would be remarkable enough but her journey through life is far more interesting than that. The real Stuff That Matters is what she describes in this latest interview.
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https://www.wakehealth.edu/about-us/l...
https://www.facs.org/about-acs/acs-hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_A...
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-ann...

Pascal Fuchshuber - from Germany to California

Pascal Fuchshuber is a Franco-German Yank - OK? Brought up in France with an Austrian name and trained in Germany he was dispatch by his boss to Texas for a Research Fellowship - and never went home again. Brief stints in Boston resulted in a career as a Surgical Oncologist in Kaiser for more than 20 years.
 
Now he is an enthusiastic acute care surgeon enjoying life near San Francisco where he enjoys playing with a small but interesting stable of classic cars.
 
But there is so much more to this man who is just as likely to be found enjoying concert music, scientific history and modern art as he is walking the halls of the annual SAGES meeting. Oh and by the way - he was gifted a Porsche 911.

Julio Mayol, Surgery and SoMe

Professor Julio Mayol talks to us from his home town of Madrid, Spain about his journey through academic surgery, to administrative leader and innovator in the exploding world of Social Media and Surgery. He also reminds us how small a world surgery can be when we hear about his mentors Jeff Matthews and Julio Aguilar-Garcia - three musketeers for sure!
For the record, Julio Mayol is Professor of Surgery at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Chief Medical and Innovation Officer at Hospital Clinico San Carlos. He is President of the Spanish Society of Surgical Research and Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Spain.
He is an amateur but enthusiastic, skillful and daily photographer as he walks to and from work every day. Listen to his thoughts on the dangers and benefits of social media as well as the challenges facing publishers from Artificial Intelligence. Definitely a modern man who has to fascinating thoughts on his life and of course Stuff that Matters
https://www.juliomayol.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliomayol/?locale=en_US
https://twitter.com/juliomayol?s=20  @juliomayol ​

Mark Coleman - Lapco and Cars

Mark Coleman is a Colorectal Surgeon in the UK who is perhaps best known for spreading the word globally about Lapco - the UK model of teaching laparoscopic colorectal surgery that has been adopted in many countries and definitely broadened its horizons!
Mark spent is early life in South Africa and from his earliest days was something of a car nut. He never abandoned that passion - his not so modest stable of cars proves that - and is now passing his love for cars on to his son.
Sit back and enjoy his life journey and have a small drool over the many cars - past and present - that are part of the story of "Stuff that Matters"!!
 
Twitter - @lapcoleadmark
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mark-colem...
https://www.lapco-international.com

Eric Pauli tells all about Surgery, Cheese and cycling

Eric Pauli is something of an odd-ball in several ways - he agrees BTW!! Surgical endoscopists are rare birds and he is certainly one of the most prominent in the field. Interventional techniques are his passion such as closing fistula defects and repairing leaks. Reconstructing abdominal wall defects is another favorite pastime and has resulted in an international reputation in the hernia world! Born and raised in Scranton, PA as perhaps the second most famous alumni (!!) he has spent most of his professional career in Hershey where is first major hobby was cheesemaking - is he blessed one wonders?? As that interest got rather out of hand, he soon picked up another that was less smelly!! Road cycling is his latest passion and there are few places where he has not been found wearing too much lycra/spandex and silly shoes. All in all, you will definitely want to hear this interview - and please forgive the slightly sub-optimal video quality. I blame the cheese fumes - in PA!

Sonia Ramamoorthy and Doughnuts

Sonia Ramamoorthy is a current star of the world of colorectal surgery. soon to be President of ASCRS she has managed to balance professional excellence, administrative workload and Society leadership with the much more important work of successful family life - always a challenge but something of which she is rightly proud.
Listen to her story of starting life in the North East, Fellowship in the Mid-West and Faculty career in California - starting in San Francisco and long-term in San Diego.
A modern thinking surgeon who sees beyond the traditional approach and works hard to support the values of diversity and inclusion - all while hiding a not so secret obsession with doughnuts!

Barry Salky tells all about his life

Barry Salky is a special guy - innovator, surgeon, wine and food enthusiast as well as an award winning lecturer and one of the legends of advanced laparoscopy and MIS. Listen to and watch this latest episode of #surgeonslives and hear his story from the start in Tennessee, a career in Mount Sinai to the mountains of Colorado where he now spends much of his time #George Fielding and many others will like this. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/EKVtfMixQ6Q
 
 

The Mukkamala Interview

This is a truly different story. Dr. Bobby Mukkamala shows us around his amazing car collection in Flint, Michigan where he has been in private ENT practice for 20+ years. A community activist, philanthropist and ENT surgeon, he is determined to rejuvenate his home town using his cars and his restaurants and love for the place he was born. As his collection creeps up towards 100 cars, there is surely going to be one in there that you like - perhaps even his Fire Engine!! Enjoy.
https://www.ama-assn.org/about/board-trustees/bobby-mukkamala-md
https://drbobbymd.com
https://www.mott.org/news/releases/dr-bobby-mukkamala-elected-to-mott-foundation-board/
 

Fabio and Kristen Potenti - and a catamaran!

For those of you who always wanted to do something adventurous this is a must watch. Fabio and Kristen Potenti sold their house, packed their bags and with one small dog started a new life aboard a large catamaran and sail the oceans. The interview was made when they were in the Panama Canal and about to start a Pacific crossing - yes, you read that right!! By the time this podcast goes live they will be more than half way across!  Don't miss this story and others from this series!