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Dr. A Show 187 Wrap-up: Dana Lewis
2010-10-10 19:09:00
Thanks again to Dana Lewis for joining me for Doctor Anonymous Show 187. The topics we discussed included the upcoming 2010 Swedish Medical Center Healthcare Symposium, the success of the #HCSM (Healthcare Communication & Social Media) chat, the #MDChat that occurred last week, and other topics as well. As always, you can listen to Doctor Anonymous Show 187 on the sidebar of the blog. You can also go to the iTunes page for the show, download Show 187, and listen at your leisure. I also encourage you to check out the Facebook page for the show, and my YouTube page. Thanks for your continued support for the show!

Show 188 Wrap-up
2010-10-10 16:46:00
Had a great show from Seattle last night. Thanks, as always to Kat for joining me for Doctor Anonymous Show 188. We talked about a lot of topics, as we usually do. In the video segment above, we discuss the interesting topic of what happens when people disagree online. As a reference, check out blog post 1, blog post 2, and blog post 3. You can listen to Doctor Anonymous Show 188 on the sidebar here. Or, you can go to the show's iTunes page, download the show, and listen at your convenience. Also check out the show's Facebook page, and hit the big "Like" button at the top. Finally, I invite you to check out my YouTube page. Enjoy!

2010 HealthCamp SFBay
2010-10-07 13:06:00
Now, I wasn't at the 2010 HealthCamp SFBay in person yesterday. But, I definitely felt like I was there. The social media coverage on this event was impressive. I was following the twitter stream all day. According to Gregg Masters, the twitter reach of the event reached 2,132,033 impressions (really?). In the video above, Todd Park gives what sounds like a keynote talk. What you'll hear is the energy in his voice as he presents his topic on next steps for the community health data initiative. I'm energized just watching this vid. Great job!

Dr. A Show 187 Tonight!
2010-10-07 10:28:00
Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 9pmET/6pmPT (0100 UTC) I hope you can join me tonight for Doctor Anonymous Show 187 when our guest will be Dana M Lewis who is the Interactive Marketing Specialist for Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. As I discussed in yesterday's post, Dana is also the founder and moderator of the #HCSM twitter chat that takes place Sunday evenings. Swedish Medical Center has been celebrating its 100 year anniversary. And, next week will be their Health Care Symposium. If you haven't already, check out their speaker's list who include the US Surgeon General (who is a Family Doc) and the CEO of General Electric. I was lucky enough to be asked to be on a panel for the Pre-Conference session. Check out the pre-con agenda here. Dana and I will be talking about these topics, and a lot more... If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. Can't c...
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Dr. A Show 187 Preview: Dana M Lewis
2010-10-06 10:01:00
I invite you to join me for Doctor Anonymous Show 187 when our guest will be Dana M Lewis who is currently the Interactive Marketing Specialist for Swedish Health System in Seattle, Washington. Dana is probably known more for being the founder and moderator of the #HCSM twitter chat that takes place Sunday nights. HCSM stands for "Healthcare Communications and Social Media." There's a great article about Dana over at Xconomy.com as well as at the Swedish MC site. In the article, it states that she was a freshman in high school when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Beginning at that point, Dana found a passion for communication which led her to achieving a Bachelors Degree in Communications with majors in public relations and political science. She has also won a number of awards including Best Non-profit Microblogging Award from the Society for New Communications. So, join us on Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 9pm Eastern Time/6pm Pacific Time for Doctor Anonymous Show 187....
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Dr. A Goes To Washington
2010-10-06 06:01:00
The next few days are going to be very busy for me, the blog, and for the Dr. A Show. To try to summarize things, I recorded the video above to let you know what is coming up. In addition, I'm going to be writing separate blog posts for most of the events above. I'll keep this video at the top of the blog in case you (meaning in case I) get confused on what is happening over the next few days. Enjoy!
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Show 133 Wrap-up
2009-12-16 04:01:00
Thanks so much to Trauma Junkie, Scott, and Natalie for calling into Dr. A Show 133 and talking about their new podcast project called "GenMed." The idea started from a skype call and has evolved - to this point - to a newly launched GenMed Show Website. The first podcast is coming soon. To read more about what this podcast is about, I encourage you to read the post called "Announcing GenMed" on the blog "Surviving RT School."The show was really weird in that my skype connection broke off a couple of times during the interview. And, I thought that I extended the show, but things cut off live right at 90 minutes. The conversation only carried on for another few minutes after I realized that we were not broadcasting live. As always, you can listen to the show on the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here.

Dr. A Show Tonight: Trauma Junkie
2009-12-10 06:21:00
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 9pm ETMy guest for this week's show is a returning guest. Our good friend Trauma Junkie returns to the show. You may remember him from Dr. A Show 84 from back in March. (You can listen to that show in the player below or you can download that show by clicking here).TJ is returning to Dr. A Show 133 to talk about an exciting new project that he is involved with entitled "GenMed:"GenMed is podcast geared toward young health care professionals and students. We call it Generation Medicine because we are the "young blood" in the field and we're hoping to improve and revamp the entire system, while helping people in our age group at the same time. Basically, we'll be tackling hot issues and conflicts with our own viewpoints, and using the current research.If you are new to the Dr. A Show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show...
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Show 132 Wrap-up
2009-12-10 06:07:00
Sorry this is so late being posted. Doctor Anonymous Show 132 went pretty well - except that I wasn't able to get all the Christmas songs uploaded to the site. I just had the barking dogs with jingle bells - yeesh! For the first part of the show, I talked about some of the current event health/medicine stories of the week.Then, for the 2nd half of the show, I talked about some not-so-serious news stories from the week. Our good friend "airplane" from the chat room called into the show to talk (thanks so much for calling in). As always, you can always listen to the show right here on the site by clicking the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen to it anytime by clicking here. Hope you're having a great week!

Show 131 Wrap-up
2009-12-04 12:24:00
Thanks to much to Dr. Lisa for being my guest on Doctor Anonymous Show 131. We had a great conversation covering thinks like how she came to choose neonatology as a career, advances that have been made in the field of neonatology, and a recent trip to Mongolia. She has the blog "Call Me Dr. Lisa: Taking Life And Running With It."We also discussed her life as a patient with liposarcoma in the ankle. She describes this vividly in her blog called "The Tale Of My Left Foot: My Journey Dealing With Liposarcoma In The Ankle." As I have heard from so many other people, the internet has made it possible for people with similar or the same disease conditions to create support networks - to show that there are other people out there with your disease - in this case - cancer.Following the interview with Dr. Lisa, I talked a little about the blog post written by our good friend Dr. Rob entitled, "Real Life" in which he stated that he is taking a little break from blogging and social media for a...

Dr. A Show Tonight
2009-12-03 06:11:00
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 9pm ETFor Doctor Anonymous Show 131, I'm happy to welcome the blogger "Dr. Lisa" to the show. She is a pediatrician - specifically a neonatologist - and she has two noted blogs that I encourage you to check out. The first is called "Call Me Dr. Lisa," and that one has some great pics of recent travels. The second blog talks about her life as a patient. That blog is called, "My Left Foot: My Journey Dealing With Liposarcoma In The Ankle." (Also check out my video promo above for this week's show)If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the...
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Dr. A Show 131 Preview: Dr. Lisa
2009-12-02 17:31:00
I hope you can join us this week for Doctor Anonymous Show 131 when our guest will be the blogger who calls herself "Dr. Lisa." She has two great blogs I encourage you to check out. The first is called "Call Me Dr. Lisa: Taking life and running with it." She was recently on a trip to mongolia and the excerpt below is from a post called "Mongolian Ingenuity."The other day Monica and I were doing some teaching with the Mongolian doctors and nurses about hand hygeine and central line care. We were trying to make the point that careful attention to infection control could make a huge difference for them. An interesting conversation to have in a hospital that doesn't have toilet paper and in which it takes an act of congress to wash your hands. They did at least have alcohol gel readily available throughout. But I digress,A baby returned from the operating room after getting a colostomy for imperferate anus. We were busily documenting the way they transported the baby with a pillow...
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Thanksgiving Show Videos
2009-12-02 17:27:00
What you'll see below is a video from the beginning of the Thanksgiving show and a video from the end of the show. Just thought you would find it interesting to "see the magic happen" from a different point of view. Enjoy!
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Cancer Screening Guidelines
2009-12-01 23:53:00
In the video above, you'll see me doing a 3-4 minute interview on local TV talking about the recently announced updated guidelines when it comes to screening for breast cancer and cervical cancer. Something I really found out during the prep for this interview was that I probably tried to tackle too much material in a short interview. Plus, as you'll see above, I do get a little flustered when asked a couple of questions by the anchor. The point of the interview you'll see in the last 30 seconds or so - which is to talk to your doctor about these guidelines to see what will be the best in your case. Hope this short interview is helpful to you. If so, I invite you to check out some other interviews I've done by clicking over to MikeSevilla.TV.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
2009-11-26 04:57:00
I have to tell you that I had a great time with Doctor Anonymous Show 130. It was a very different show for me in that I did not open a chat room and I did not use the web cam. It was weird in that I'm used to getting that instant gratification during a show by the comments in the chat room.The content of the show had to do - of course - with Thanksgiving . There was very little medicine talked about for Show 130. I talked a little about the background of Thanksgiving, travel, the meal, shopping, and other stuff. I closed the show reading an article by Charisma Madarang entitled "Why I Love Thanksgiving."If you haven't already, I invite you to check out the video post above talking about my thoughts right after the show. As always, you can listen to the show in the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen to it anytime by clicking here. I have a lot to be thankful for this year - including your continued support of my blog and my show. I very much appreci...
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Dr. A Thanksgiving Show Tonight!
2009-11-25 07:04:00
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 9pm ETLet me ask you a question. Do you already need a break from your family and in-laws on this Thanksgiving eve? Are you going to be traveling tonight and looking for something entertaining to listen to on your mobile device? Well, have I got a deal for you! In an unusual Wednesday night show, I'll be having my pre-Thanksgiving party and you are invited! There will be very little medicine talked about on the show tonight. (Of course, you can also check out the video above from the previous show number 129) It's all going to be about Thanksgiving. I'll share some news stories from this week along with some of my memories of Thanksgivings past.Did you know if you have an iPhone or Blackberry - that you can listen to the show live? Just direct your mobile browser here, and your phone will find it's way to my show. So, if you're stuck in an airport somewhere at show time, or if you're on the road going to grandmas house, or you're at home and...
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Dr. A Show 129 Wrap-up
2009-11-23 02:39:00
I know I had a great time with Show 129. I briefly covered some news stories including ones about the newly announced mammogram guidelines, the newly announced cervical cancer screening guidelines, and a brief N1N1 update. The 2nd half of the show was a visit from our good friend Kim who is going to be moving from the Pacific Northwest to the Midwestern United States just in the next few days.As always, you can listen to the show in the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen to the show anytime by clicking here. Thanks for your support for the show and I hope you enjoy this offering.

Dr. A Show 129 Tonight
2009-11-21 21:08:00
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 9pm ETHope that you can join me tonight for show number 129. It definitely will not be as serious as Show 128 when I was talking about the new mammogram guidelines. However, I will be covering just a couple of medical/health related news stories during the show tonight including the new guidelines announced for cervical cancer screening. I'll also have an H1N1 update for your and some other not-so-serious news stories from the week. If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the...
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Dr. A Show 128: Mammogram Guidelines
2009-11-21 19:23:00
For a while now, I've been toying with the idea of "opinion" related shows instead of just reporting what's in the news and/or interview-related shows. This week the US Preventative Services Task Force announced new guidelines when it comes to breast cancer screening.In watching the news following this announcement, I only saw people who were against these recommendations. Of course, opinions like this make people watch cable news, make people read websites, and makes people buy newspapers (if anyone reads news papers anymore). I did not see the other side of this story being told anywhere.Well, I can tell you that this week the other side of this story was being discussed at my office. A lot of women who saw me at the office this week told me that they supported these new USPSTF recommendations, but they dare not any anything to their co-workers, or friends, or family. Don't get me wrong. I understand the point of the view of the cancer survivors, oncologists, radiologists, gyne...
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Dr. A Show 127: Faith Ignited
2009-11-21 18:58:00
Thanks again to Kat for being my (unscheduled) guest for Show 127. Begin listening at 26 minutes into the show for our good friend Kat. For those long time listeners to the show, you may remember Kat when the Saturday night Dr. A Show was called "The Night Shift" and we had a great time!Kat is now at a new place in her life and she has a new BlogTalkRadio show called "Faith Ignited." As you can figure out from the title, the show has a spiritual theme to it and to this point, Kat has had three shows thus far and a new episode coming soon. In this interview we discuss how she has come to this point in her life and what she hopes the show will bring to the people who listen to it.As always, you can listen to Show 127 on the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. Thanks so much for your continued support of me, the blog, and the podcast. I appreciate it!

Dr. A Show 126 Wrap-up: Crzegrl
2009-11-06 06:09:00
Thanks so much to Emily from Crzegrl.net for being my special guest on Show 126. To be honest, with her very busy schedule these days, I wasn't sure if she would be available to be on the show. That's why I didn't mention it beforehand. The show was orignially titled "Guy Fawkes" and that's what you hear at the beginning of the show (don't be alarmed). Anyway, Emily called in from her car, and we had a great interview.In case you hadn't heard yet, Crzegrl will be hosting next week - not only Grand Rounds, but also Change of Shift - sheesh! With next week being Veteran's Day, she's thinking of that type of theme for GR and CoS next week. We also talked about other things as well: Her mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, Emily was promoted to Army Reserves Commander of her Medical Group in Michigan, and what's been going on with her blog.With the tragic events of the shootings at Fort Hood today, we talked about her reaction to those events - especially with her ...

Dr. A Show 126 Tonight
2009-11-05 11:48:00
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 9pm ETI hope that you can join us tonight for the show. There is no scheduled guest, but there may be an "unscheduled" guest. You'll just have to tune in to find out. There's a lot going on in the news and current events to talk about as well on the show this week. I was happy to participate to day in what is called "BlogBlast For Peace" in which a group of bloggers place what is called a "peace globe" on their blog. You can read my post here, and you'll notice I don't have much of a peace globe, but I wanted to write something for today.I also wanted to point out that our good friend Crzegrl has chosen - has volunteered - host not one but two blog carnivals - Grand Rounds and Change of Shift - in the same week. Why? Who knows? I thought that I was crazy for hosting both in the same month. But, in the same week? Well, that's Crze - Good luck with that. In addition to all of this, I'll also be talking about some other news and current events this...
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Blogblast For Peace 2009
2009-11-05 02:01:00
I know this post is early, but it's already November 5th in some parts of the world. I wanted to thank Mimi for all of your hard work in putting this together. The Peace Globe Movement has been very inspiring to watch over the past couple of years. The video above pretty much sums it up. I invite you to read my posts from 2007 and 2008 for Blogblast For Peace.But, if you would like to learn more from the founder herself - Mimi Lenox. I invite you to check out two interviews I had with her. The first interview was Doctor Anonymous Show number 11 on October 25, 2007. And, the second interview was during Doctor Anonymous Show number 56 on November 6, 2008. I'm sorry that I was unable to bring Mimi back on the show in time for BlogBlast 2009, but I hope to have Mimi back on the show soon. Enjoy the globes today!

Show 126 Preview
2009-11-04 04:01:00
I'd like to invite you to Doctor Anonymous Show 126 this week which will be Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Time. There is no scheduled guest but there may be an "unscheduled" guest - we'll see. But, there are lots that are going on this week to talk about.On November 5th will be the latest observance of what is called the "BlogBlast For Peace." I first heard about this when I first started blogging about 3 years ago. The founder of this movement calls herself Mimi Lenox, and she's been on the show before. It's basically the idea to get as many bloggers to talk about the same thing on the same day. You'll see my post when I put it up - probably late tomorrow or on Thursday.Election Day in the United States also took place this week. I might mention that on the show. Plus, who knows what else will come up in the course of the discussion on the show. For the uninitiated, there is a live chat room that takes place during the show, as well as a webcam so that you can se...
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Election Day 2009
2009-11-03 06:18:00
I think the image above this pretty much sums it up. I know that this is not a presidential election year. But, there are a lot of important issues out there especially on a local and state level. So, do yourself and your fellow citizens a favor and make the time to head on out to the voting place today and make your voice be heard - no matter how you feel about a particular candidate or issue. Happy Election Day!

Show 125 Wrap-up
2009-11-03 06:10:00
Thanks again to Gina from CodeBlog for being on Doctor Anonymous Show 125 last week. (I know that this is late getting posted - sorry about that.) I don't know about her, but I had a great time during the interview. And, I know that the people in the chat room had a great time as well. The medbloggers are very fond of CodeBlog, and I can see why.We talked about her origins in nursing and the origins of her in the blog world. Did you know that Code Blog was one of the first medblogs out there? Not only one of the first nursing blogs, but, arguably, one of the first medblogs that was created. We had a great conversation about that and about Grand Rounds and her experience at BlogWorld Expo 2009.As always, you can listen to the show on the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show by clicking here and listening to the show anytime. Thanks again Gina and hope to have you back on the show soon!

Dr. A Show 125: Code Blog
2009-10-29 04:31:00
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 9pm ETI am so happy to welcome Gina from Code Blog to this week's edition of The Doctor Anonymous Show . Code Blog was the host of Grand Rounds this week and it had a Halloween theme. For the first time, I think this year, I made a contribution to Grand Rounds. I know that's pretty pathetic - especially since I have been a past host to the premiere medblog carnival around.Anyway, we'll be talking Grand Rounds this week along with talking about Code Blog which has been around since 2002. Code Blog is one of the leading nursing blogs out there. In addition to all of this, we'll be talking (again) about BlogWorld. I first met Gina in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago, and we'll get her perspective of the MedBlog Track. So, I hope that you can join us!If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say he...

Show 125 Preview
2009-10-28 11:51:00
The Doctor Anonymous Show proudly welcomes six-time Grand Rounds host Gina from Code Blog to the show. For her post this week, she had a Halloween theme which was very well done. I encourage you to check it out if you haven't had a chance yet. Something I really enjoyed this week was that on her twitter account, he took us behind the scenes about what it was like being a GR host. We'll talk about that as well. Even the Grand Rounds founder, got a little nostalgic about that.....We'll also talk about her blog, which according to her archives, goes all the way back to 2002. I could be wrong, but this has to be one of the first medical blogs out there. She and I only met in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago at the Medblog Track at BlogWorld Expo. And, I admit that I wanted to get to talk with her a little more - here is my chance....So, come and say hello on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 9pm ET/6pm PT. As always we're gonna be live on BlogTalkRadio.com with a chat room, you're abil...
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Show 117 Wrap-up
2009-09-19 02:44:00
I gotta tell ya, last night's show was very fun to do. As always you can listen on the player above. Or, you can click here to download and listen anytime. The opening bumper music is from a song I heard earlier in the day. A song that I haven't heard for a long time. I'm not going to spoil it by writing it down - sheesh, you'll have to listen to the very beginning of the show.I covered some serious and not-so-serious news stories on the show last night. In the area of health/medicine, I shared stories of how the FDA this week approved the H1N1 vaccine which is a step closer to the eventual distribution of the immunization. Also talked about the latest in the health care reform debate from Washington.In addition to these topics, I talked about the upcoming BlogWorld and New Media Expo, the Kayne/Taylor episode at the VMAs (including sound clips), and some other news stories. Our good friend Mother Jones RN called in to voice her opinion about the VMA episode. It's hard to belie...
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Show 116 Wrap-up
2009-09-19 02:42:00
I know I'm really late getting this post up, but I had a great time with Show 116 last week. It was opening night for the 2009 NFL season. And, I figured that a lot of people were probably watching the game and not going to be able to tune into the show. Boy, was I wrong. Thanks to everyone who tuned into the show that night.However, with the NFL game going on during my show, and me not really having a lot of material (HA!), I only went 30 minutes - which apparently surprised some people because some people tuned into the show at near the 30 minute point and wondered why the show was ending. Oh well.As always, you can listen to the show in the player above. Or, you can download the show by clicking here and listening to the show anytime. Topics include news about seasonal flu, H1N1 flu, California cougar convention, 9/9/09, and a guy's final wish of being buried in his car. Enjoy the show!
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