This episode, which aired on February 7, 2010, is now available on iTunes!
This jam-packed episode begins by featuring Indiana University sports medicine physician and faculty member Dr. Douglas McKeag, who recently visited Haiti to assist with the massive relief efforts that are ongoing following the recent earthquake. Dr. McKeag tells a powerful story of what he witnessed and experienced, and in one of the most moving pieces ever aired on Radio Rounds, he describes a heartbreaking story that you will not soon forget. Nevertheless, his description builds the foundation for the hope and the recovery that has begun and will continue thanks to the unprecedented support from all over the world.
This episode also features Dr. Steven Schmidt, a plastic surgeon in Dayton, Ohio, and Cynthia, an inspiring breast cancer survivor patient whose road to recovery involved extensive plastic surgery treatment. Dr. Schmidt discusses his extensive work abroad, where he has performed hundreds of surgeries for patients in the third world. One of his patients closer to home was Cynthia, who describes her experience being diagnosed with breast cancer — not once, but twice. She discusses the implications for herself, her personal life and family, and her life-altering surgeries performed by Dr. Schmidt himself. If you’d like to learn more about Dr. Schmidt and his work, visit his website at: http://www.legacyofhealing.org .
Our weekly Residency Segment features advice from Dr. Evan Waxman, Director of the Opthamology Residency Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Also featured on this episode is guest-host Telisha Ortiz, a second-year medical student at the Boonshoft School of Medicine who joins her classmates, hosts Avash Kalra and Shamie Das, for the program this week. Finally, Avash closes the show by offering his prediction for Super Bowl XLIV, which took place on the day this episode originally aired. Take a listen to find out if he correctly predicted the outcome!