For this year's special episode, we sat down with Dr. Mark Soth of the Loonie Doctor and Money Scope to talk about approaching creating a healthy financial future for yourself as a resident and beyond.  Support the Show ..read more

Written by: Dr. Vijay Gupta (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Sabe De (Cardiologist) and Dr. Karen Geukers (General Internist) Support the Show ..read more

In this episode, we review the acute presentation of hepatorenal syndrome. We review the nomenclature, epidemiology, clinical presentation, investigations and management of hepatorenal syndrome. Our medicine minute reviews the utility of terlipressin in treatment of HRS.  Written by: Dr. Elias Hazan (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by:  Dr. Cynthia Tsien (Transplant Hepatologist) and Rupal Shah (General Internal Medicine) Sound Editing by: Tony Walsh Support the Show ..read more

In this episode, we provide a broad introduction to tracheostomies. This includes indications and contraindications, tracheostomy equipment, procedural options and potential complications of tracheostomies. The medicine minute discusses the TRACMAN trial published in JAMA in 2013.  Written by: Drs . Tharaniya Vallipuram (Internal Medicine Resident) and Liang Chen (General Internal Medicine & ICU Fellow) Reviewed by: Drs. Peter Goldberg (Intensivist, Respirologist) and Jed Lipes (Intensivist, General Internist) Sound Editing by: Tony Walsh Support the Show ..read more

In this episode, we discuss the presentation, typical timing of onset, investigations and treatment for individuals with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. We also discuss the potential complications of ICP.  Written by: Dr. Kristina Wade (Internal medicine resident) Reviewed by:  Dr Giada Sebastiani (Hepatologist) and Dr Camille Simard (GIM/Ob Med) Support the Show ..read more

How can we best prevent diabetic related complications before surgery? Learn all about it in this weeks perioperative episode. This episode was written by Dr. Michael Wong (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Robyn Houlden (Endocrinology) and Dr. Kristen Marosi (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Dr. Valarie Kim (Internal Medicine Resident).    Support the Show ..read more

Written by: Dr. Lori Israelian (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Eva Piessens (Infectious Diseases) & Dr. Jessica Huynh (General Internal Medicine)  Support the Show ..read more

In this episode, we discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment of familial mediterranean fever (FMF). Our medicine minute discusses the history of colchicine use in FMF.  Written by: Dr. Sara Choi (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Zijing Wu (General Internist) and Dr. Marie Clements-Baker (Rheumatologist) Sound editing by: Tony Walsh Support the show ..read more

You may know an approach to anemia, or thrombocytopenia...but what about when all cell lines are down? Take a listen to our hematology focused episode of pancytopenia! Written by Jia Li (Lily) Liu (Internal Medicine Resident) and Dr. Owen Dan Luo (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Laura Habib (Hematologist-Oncologist), and Dr. Natasha Nathoo (Internist).  Infographic by Dr. Valerie Kim (Internal Medicine Resident)    Support the show ..read more

In today's episode we take you through our approach to a disease with a wide array of clinical presentations and evolving treatment landscape - hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.  Written by: Dr. Kate Haichin (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Michael Chetrit (Cardiologist) & Dr. John Angelopoulos (General Internist)  Support the show ..read more