Best Ian Woo Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 164: Dr. Matthew Cannon, D.O.- VCOM Dean- is Global mindset and community focus oxymoron or a paradigm to live by?! 1:06:49

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Send us a text In this episode, we interviewed Dr. Matthew Cannon, the Campus Dean for the Carolinas campus and Senior Dean for all four campuses of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Cannon emphasized the importance of character development, compassion, and community involvement in medical education. He highlighted the unique appr…

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Episode 163: Crossover: Dr. Kristen Conrad-Schnetz, D.O.- General Surgeon and Program Director, OMM and surgery? Behind the Knife 37:10

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Episode 162: Dr. Dan Waters, D.O., Retired Cardiothoracic Surgeon- You can't say this Osteopath doesn't have Heart! 32:00

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Send us a text In today’s episode we interview Dr. Dan Waters, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon. Dr. Waters is the author of multiple books and a column which appears semi-monthly In the DO online Journal, which is a must read. This proud Osteopathic Trailblazer will reflect on his career as a cardiothoracic surgeon. He will take us through his med…

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Epidose 161: Dr. Thomas Cavaliere, D.O.: Rowan-Virtua Health-COM Dean- Best in Class Primary Care! 49:09

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Send us a text In this episode, we will interview Dr. Thomas Cavaliere, the current Dean of the Rowan Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Cavaliere graduated from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, following which he completed an internal medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Under his leadership…

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Episode 160: Dr. Katie Davenport, D.O.: Family Practice with an "OB" Twist! 48:22

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Send us a text If you enter a residency in family practice is it limiting? We've always heard things like "jack of all trade but master of none?" Not true! Listen to this D.O. who does family practice, but did extra training in Obstetrics so that she can take care of mothers in labor and other more specialized areas of medicine!…

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Episode 159: Chrissa Karaginnis- MS-IV; Primary Care ROI? Health Service Scholar! 30:32

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Send us a text Today’s guest speaker is Chrissa Karagiannis, a fourth year medical student at Touro California College of Osteopathic Medicine, who is currently in the thick of the residency application and interview process for Family Medicine. In today’s episode, Chrissa will share with us her experience participating in the National Health Servi…

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Episode 158: Dr. Min Je Woo, D.O. Family Practice- Is my D.O. degree accepted in Canada? Yes! Singing O' Canada! 27:11

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Send us a text D.O.'s are complete physicians in the US, but what happens if you go to another country? This DO went to school in America, did residency and now is practicing in Canada? How do you do that? Can you prescribe medications? Can you do OMM? How do patients think of Osteopathic Medicine up north? Listen and find out!…

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Episode 157: Crossover: White Coat Investor with Ian Storch: D.O. vs US-MD : Which Degree is better? 1:00:57

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Send us a text Dr. Storch again? YUP! He is invited by Jim Dhale, MD to disucuss the benefits of osteopathic medicine and have a showdown with him on which degree is better!By Ian Storch & Tianyu She

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Episode 156: Jonah Zeitlin D.O. and Samantha Gerstman, M.D.: Osteopathic vs Caribbean Showdown!? (or DO and MD in love) 41:31

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Send us a text What should someone know when applying to a Caribbean MD medical school? We have been asked this question more than once, but this is a D.O. podcast! But we have the perfect answer. . . Today we speak to a couple, Jonah Zeitlin DO and Samantha Gerstman, MD. who went to undergraduate together and fell in love! One decided to to the D.…

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Vibe Coding and The Rise of AI Agents with Amjad Masad and Yohei Nakajima 58:59

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Amjad Masad (@amasad), founder and CEO of Replit, and Yohei Nakajima (@yoheinakajima), Managing Partner at Untapped Capital, joined Village Global partner Ben Casnocha for a live masterclass with Village Global founders. Takeaways: AI agents are rapidly evolving, with coding and deep research agents showing the most traction today. But general-purp…

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Episode 155: Dr. Sean McMillan, D.O.- Orthopedic Surgeon and President of the AOAO, Do you know what it takes to do Ortho? Soon you will! 30:22

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Send us a text Today we will interview Sean McMilan, the president of the AOAO, which stands for the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics. He will discuss why he feels orthopedics is a great specialty and what being a DO brings to the profession. He will talk about his own difficult journey and how he pays it forward, helping Osteopathic Phy…

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Executing as a Best-In-Class Firm: Operational Excellence From The Inside of Over 50 VC Firms with Kristen Ostro of Strut Consulting 50:23

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Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, welcomes Kristen Ostro, founder and CEO of Strut Consulting, to discuss the foundational elements that set venture capital firms up for long-term success. Kristen shares how her career began under the mentorship of Dick Kramlich at NEA, where she was trained in the core values and operational excell…

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The Secret to Startup M&A: How To Set Your Companies Up for Big Outcomes with Ezra Roizen of Advsr 55:20

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Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, sits down with Ezra Roizen, General Manager of Advsr and author of "The Magic Box Paradigm," to demystify the world of startup mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on Jacob’s private podcast, VC Mastermind, which we are cross-posting on the Village Global podcast. Drawing on decades of experience as both …

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Episode 154: Dr. Denise Wunderler, D.O.- Orthopedic Surgery Dropout? No way! Family Practice, Sports Med and Harley Davidson! Plus, the tragedy of SUDC. 51:22

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Send us a text Dr Wunderler is a wonderful human being! She started her career as an Orthopedic Surgery resident but left when she found that the specialty was not for her. She loved sports and shifted gears going into Family Practice with an fellowship in sports medicine. She now works for Harley Davidson. . . A dream job! But there is a dark side…

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Episode 153: Dr. Olutayo Sogunro, D.O. From Trauma Surgery to Breast Surgery! Saving Lives and changing outcomes! 1:02:57

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Send us a text A member of the Board of Governors for the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, Dr. Sogunro feels that she was "born to be a D.O." She will share with us her journey from growing up in Africa, to moving to Connecticut at 13 with a dream of becoming a physican. When she became saddened as a trauma surgeon taking care of victims o…

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Episode 152: Dr. Anna Levy, D.O. - Hematology/ Oncology- Director of Hepato-billiary Malignancies at NorthWell Health! 40:20

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Send us a text In today's episode we have the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Anna Levy, D.O. Dr. Levy is an oncologist who works in the very specialized area of liver related cancers. Dr. Levy is Medical Director of Hepatobiliary Malignancies and the Hepatic Artery Pump Infusion Program, based at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center. Dr Levy is is Board …

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Episode 151: Dr. Shandra Basil, D.O.- Are there Difficulties with Family Practice? Have you considered Direct Primary Care? Is this model the answer? 57:36

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Send us a text Direct Primary Care or DPC is a model of medicine that has been around for well over decade. It has become a growing movement of passionate physicians focusing on restoring the physician patient relationship and providing excellent healthcare at an affordable price. It gives patient’s direct access to their doctor, as well as an appr…

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Episode 150: Dr. Lisa Warren, D.O. Dean- Western University of Health Sciences- Triumphs and Hardships! 49:20

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Send us a text This week, we are joined by Dr. Lisa Warren, Dean of Western University of Health Sciences, COMP and COMP-Northwest. Dr. Warren discusses the unique student experiences across the dual campuses and Western U’s commitment to preparing students for future healthcare challenges. She emphasizes the importance of humanism, collaboration, …

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Episode 149: Dr. GinaMarie Papia, D.O.: Integrative Medicine in the modern era! What is that?? 33:14

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Send us a text This week, we are joined by Dr. Ginamarie Papia, a remarkable physician whose journey spans from her studies at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine to her current practice in integrative medicine. With a deep commitment to both traditional and complementary approaches, Ginamarie has seamlessly integrated her passion for patient…

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Episode 148: Dr. Kris Belland, D.O.- Aerospace Medicine and Medical Errors- Never say "Whoops" in the OR! and what it's like to fly an F-14 Tomcat! 42:21

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Send us a text Today, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Chris Belland, D.O., a retired Navy flight surgeon and the first osteopathic physician to serve as president of the Aerospace Medical Association. Dr. Belland was recommended by Dr. Hauler and the American Osteopathic association who together are spearheading an effort to educate physicians about …

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Episode 147: D.O. Myths and Misconceptions 3: Osteopathic Manipulation is a Placebo? No Science? NOT! C.O.R.K.: The Conference on Osteopathic Research and Knowledge- Evidence based OMM 42:28

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Send us a text This is our third episode in a Series called M and M , or Myths and Misconceptions about Osteopathic Medicine. Today we will tackle the sentiment that “Osteopathic Manual Medicine is Voodoo.” Typically this is based on the fact that the scientific evidence behind the modality is limited. I want to start by sharing with our listeners …

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Abhay Parasnis on Creating Moats, AI Strategy, and Selling to Enterprise 47:45

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Abhay Parasnis is founder and CEO of Typeface, is former CTO/CPO at Adobe, and sits on the board of Dropbox and Schneider Electric. He joined Ben Casnocha, co-founder and partner at Village Global, for a live masterclass for Village Global founders. Takeaways: If you can break into the top tier of the enterprise market, it’s hard to dislodge you. B…

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Fundraising in AI with Aaron Harris 46:26

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Aaron Harris was a partner at YC for 7.5 years where he funded Deel, OpenSea, Scale AI, Rappi, Lattice, and others. He also built YC's Series A program where he worked with founders on over 200 Series As and Bs that raised in excess of $3B in capital. He joined Sam Kirschner, VP at Village Global, to give Village Global founders helpful tips on fun…

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Episode 146: Josh Baker, D.O., PhD- Why would you do a PhD!? The Value of the Dual Degree! Plus why Michigan State University- COM? 46:32

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Send us a text We are always excited when listeners reach out to us to share their story. Today, we're excited to speak with Josh Baker, a DO/PhD student at the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Josh will explain the path that a clinician scientist can take, the importance of scientific research and what Osteopathic Medicin…

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Episode 145: Dr. Michael Ayoub, D.O.- Tales from the Dark Side- NO Match? NO Soap? A New HOPE! 52:15

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Send us a text Michael Ayoub was an Osteopathic Medical students with great expectations. . . and then some difficulty passing a test called the COMLEX created a speed bump. He didn't Match, he didn't SOAP. . . so what could he do? Michael kept his chin up and took a job as a medical assistant with a pain management physician and tried again . . . …

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Hiring Technical Talent with Kathy Copic and Lindsay Pettingill 57:37

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Kathy Copic is founder of Fieldwork Partners, where she works closely with early stage companies on scoping technical projects, getting early ML models into production, and helping them hire. She was interviewed by Lindsay Pettingill, Investment Partner at Village Global, during this masterclass for Village Global founders. Takeaways: Maintain at l…

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Episode 144: Dr. Richard Terry, D.O.- Premed Highlight- LECOM Middletown Dean: Classic Ideas with a New Perspective 25:14

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Send us a text Today, we’re joined by Dr. Richard Terry, D.O., a family medicine physician and founding dean of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Elmira campus, who also holds the title of Assistant Dean of Regional Clinical Education. Dr. Terry shares how LECOM started the branch campus system and highlights the New York- Elmira ca…

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Episode 143: Dr. Christopher Fullmer D.O.- Integrated Plastic Surgery Resident- Can a DO match into a competitive surgical residency? You bet your Tram flap! Crossover from the Physicians Mind 42:38

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Send us a text Today’s episode is a crossover episode of an interview with Chris fullmer, a plastic surgery resident at Penn State. To start, our listeners should know that for plastic surgery there are two paths, the traditional which includes application to general surgery followed by a second match into a plastic surgery fellowship and a newer p…

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Eynat Guez of Papaya Global on Mastering Enterprise Sales and Building Long-Term Partnerships 55:36

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Eynat Guez, founder and CEO of Papaya Global, was interviewed by Ben Casnocha, co-founder and partner at Village Global, during this masterclass for Village Global founders. Takeaways: Show up to key meetings as the founder or executive team — don’t just send the sales team. It signals to the client that you’re personally invested and committed to …

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Episode 142: Dr. Nicholas Elwert, D.O.- PM & R; Neuro-Rehab in Kentucky plus Residency Matching Pearls! 35:26

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Send us a text Today, we have a special guest, Dr. Nicholas Elwert, DO, MS, who wears many hats in the field of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R). Dr. Elwert is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, where he also serves as the Stroke Rehabilitation Program Director and Associate Residency Program Director. With a deep passio…

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Episode 141: Dr. Rebecca Levy-Gantt, D.O. - OB/GYN- Womb With a View and other tales from Wine Country! 46:27

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Send us a text We love when amazing Osteopathic Physicians reach out to us to be on the Podcast! Today we interview Dr. Levy-Gantt, A board certified OB/GYN who practices in Napa Valley! She will speak to us about how she manages a solo practice in California and her work as an author. Dr. Gantt will discuss her journey from physical therapy into m…

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Episode 140: Dr. Harmit Singh Kalia, D.O.- Transplant Hepatology- We don't think his specialty is chopped liver! 57:11

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Send us a text On today's episode we interview Dr. Harmit Kalia, the Outreach Director for Northwell Health's liver transplant program and a board certified Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist- Dr. Kalia will tell us about his journey into medicine and how he decided to attend Osteopathic Medical School. He will describe how his close re…

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Episode 139: Dr. Bill Admire, D.O.- Alabama COM- Emergency Medicine. . . Entrepreneur. . . and back to the Classroom! Pay it forward! 36:20

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Send us a text In today’s episode we're thrilled to have Dr. Bill Admire, a physician whose dedication to both community and professional leadership is truly inspiring. Dr. Admire holds many titles, including Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Infirmary Health System in Alabama. He serves as a Core site Medical Director for the Alabama…

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Auren Hoffman and Ben Casnocha on Career Strategy, Undiscovered Talent, Networks, and more 58:01

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Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph and GP of Flex Capital, interviewed Ben Casnocha, Village Global co-founder and partner, on Auren's World of DaaS podcast. They are longtime friends and had a wide-ranging discussion on career strategy, evaluating founders, serendipity, wealth, and much more. We've cross-posted that conversation here. Highlights: The…

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Howie Liu on Airtable's Early Days, Scaling, and AI 1:01:18

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Howie Liu, founder and CEO of Airtable, was interviewed by Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha live in downtown San Francisco in front of an audience of Village Global founders and friends of the firm. Highlights: - Embracing discomfort is part of the founder's journey. Learning to tolerate and even appreciate this discomfort is impo…

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Episode 138: Dr. David Shumway, D.O.- Perspective on Artificial Intelligence- Present Technology, Future Projections and AI importance for Osteopathy 35:46

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Send us a text On today's episode we interview Dr. David Shumway, DO. David was invited to speak at the recommendation of Dr. Jennifer Hauler after a recent presentation to the American Osteopathic Association on Artificial Intelligence and it's importance to the osteopathic community. David will give us a definition and history of AI and explain t…

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Episode 137: D.O. Myths and Misconceptions 2: Jim Dahle, MD- White Coat Investor: The Cost of Osteopathic Medical Education: Is the Juice worth the Squeeze? 36:29

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Send us a text M&M in medical terms mean Morbidity and Mortality (why did someone get sick or die!). In this series we are using the term to stand for MYTHS and MISCONCEPTIONS about Osteopathic Medical education in response to posts and websites which abound on the internent. Today's episode will address the value of an Osteopathic School education…

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Episode 136: Dr. Amanda Martin, D.O. - Orthopedic Surgeon/ Olympic Doctor- Make NO BONES about it- This D.O. rocks! 46:15

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Send us a text On todays episode we interview Amanda Martin, DO an orthopedic surgeon who is practicing in Nashville Tennessee. Amanda will start her story by telling us about her experience as a sports medicine doctor at the 2024 Olympics working with the Women's Soccer team which won gold. Amanda is an amazing woman who puts G-D and family first …

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Episode 135: Dr. Alex Sher, D.O.- Psychiatry Resident- Finance to Nurse? Nurse to Nurse Practioner? NP to Osteopathic Physician? Is this guy mashugana? 33:21

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Send us a text Today, we're thrilled to have Alex Sher, DO, arising first year psychiatry resident and writer for the D.O. who was born and raised in southern florida. Alex’s story is special as medicine is a second career and he started as an Registered Nurse on a Surgical floor. Dr. Sherd had a thirst for knowledge and went back to school at nigh…

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Episode 134: Dr. Gaudin D.O. Neurosurgeon- What do you think this is Brain surgery? Yes it is! 45:00

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Send us a text The D.O. philosophy fits perfectly with primary care specialties such as family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics and OB/GYN. Can a D.O. go into competitive specialties such as Neurosurgery? YES THEY CAN! This week, we’re joined by Dr. Xavier P. J. Gaudin, a renowned neurosurgeon known for his expertise in spinal surgeries, end…

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Guillermo Rauch on AI, Scaling Vercel, and The Future of Web Apps 56:11

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Guillermo Rauch is founder and CEO of Vercel, a company that provides the developer tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. He was interviewed by Ben Casnocha, co-founder and general partner at Village Global, an early stage venture capital firm backed by some of the world’s most successful entrep…

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Episode 133: Dr. Joel Feder, D.O.- Family Practice: What does a D.O. do after retirement? Beach and fun? NO! Medical Mission to Vietnam! 33:01

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Send us a text Today we interview Dr. Joel Feder in what is one of Dr. Storch's favorite interviews to date. Dr. Feder retired from Family practice after over 40 years. He discuses with us his career and passion for osteopathic medicine, family practice and his time in the millitary. Most interestingly, Dr. Feder shares with us what he has been doi…

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Episode 132: Dr. Richard Riemer, D.O.- Building GME and New Residencies at Touro- California; Making Osteopathy Great Again! 41:48

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Send us a text Today we have a deep conversation with Dr. Richard Riemer about the Touro University Medical Group, which he has helped to create and run. Dr. Riemer will discuss the importance of strong clinical and post graduate medical opportunities at a medical school and what he is doing to expand these opportunities at Touro-California. Richar…

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Episode 131: Dr. Brian Loveless, D.O.- Family Med and NMM! A rose by any other name. . . ? 48:29

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Send us a text In this weeks episode we hightlight Brian Loveless one of the authors of the DO journal where he discusses important topics such as Osteopathic distinctiveness. In our interview he will discuss not only his role as Associate Professor of NMM/OMM at Western University and his position as Chief Medical Officer at WesternU Health, but w…

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Episode 130: Dr. Richard Jadick, D.O. Urology- Hero MD? Born on the fourth of July? Marine, Navy Corpsman and the toughest DO Alive! 39:53

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Send us a text This week we are joined by Dr. Richard Jadick, author of the book “On Call In Hell” which chronicles his time as a physician in the navy, where he was awarded the Bronze Star with “Combat V” device for heroic valor after he saved many lives during the second battle of Fallujah. Dr. Jadick talks about his journey to osteopathic medici…

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Episode 129 : D.O. Myths and Misconceptions 1: Chad Toujague- Director Kiran Patel Institue: Why are there so many new Osteopathic Schools? 16:41

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Send us a text In today’s we present our first in a series of myths and misconceptions episode about Osteopathic Medicine. Why are there so many new DO schools? There are many online comments and on blogs commenting on the reason why, over the past ten years, so many Osteopathic Schools have opened. Most of the reasons presented are unfounded and j…

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Episode 128: Pre-Med Highlight: Des Moines-COM: Interested in history and progress? The Second DO School! Dr. Angela Franklin, PhD - President and CEO 23:04

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Send us a text On today’s episode, we interview Dr. Angela Franklin who is the President and CEO of Des Moines University. Des Moines University Medical and Health Sciences Division is home of the second osteopathic school to open up in the United States and the 15th largest medical school in the country. The dean, Angela Franklin, is a licensed cl…

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Episode 127: OMED 2023- Meet the future of Osteopathic Medicine! 7:11

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Send us a text Today's episode is short but powerful! Hear about the D.O. or DO not road trip to OMED in Orlando! We had the chance to spend time with the AOA and interview Osteopathic Medical Students from around the country! Their excitement is infectious! A special thanks to OnLineMedEd for allowing us to use their booth to conduct our interview…

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Encore: Secrets of Public Speaking and Oral Communication from Renowned Speaking Coach 42:20

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Michael Balaoing, founder of Candlelion, joins Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha on this episode to discuss: - The importance of the acronym WTF (what’s the feeling?) when you’re giving a presentation. - The four roles that you take on as a speaker: captain, pilot, guide, and game show host. - The five questions to ask when seeking…

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Episode 126: Dr. Mylhan Myers, DO: Rural Family Medicine- Kicking it Old School. . . and delivering babies to boot! 51:25

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Send us a text In today’s episode we will share with you an amazing rural family practice physician who represents the pinnacle of what all Osteopathic Physicians should strive to be. Dr. Mylhan Myers was born in southern Missouri in an “Osteopathic Family” with multiple members who attended A.T. Still University in Kirksville. Not surprisingly, wi…