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Ep 37-The Naughty Nose Doc, Feat. "Don't Call Me Shazzer"
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A marble‑and‑steel clinic, an in‑office CT scanner, and a surgeon who promised fast fixes for every sinus woe—then a trail of lawsuits, a vanished yacht guest list, and a fugitive life in the Alps. We pull back the curtain on the “Nose Doc” saga with Shannon, a seasoned ENT PA who explains what ethical sinus care really looks like and how this case veered so far from it. From love‑bombed romance to a billboard‑driven patient pipeline, the story moves from glossy branding into the hard realities of missed diagnoses, unnecessary surgeries, and the scars—physical and emotional—that follow.
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“Based on findings from the New England Journal of Medicine (November 2023) and the American Heart Association’s 2023 sessions, Zilebesiran — an investigational RNA-based therapy — showed sustained blood pressure reductions for up to six months after a single injection.” https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04936035
“The Runaway Doctor” January 2011 https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2011/1/the-runway-doctor
“Convicted ‘Runaway Doctor’ starts new life after prison, leaving former patient shocked” May 2021
Dateline S29 E46: A Wanted Man, airdate May 14, 2021.
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Chapters
1. Warm Welcome And Guest Intro (00:00:00)
2. Sponsor: Cheeky Night Guards (00:03:45)
3. Shannon’s Background In ENT (00:06:09)
4. Meet The “Nose Doc” Mark Weinberger (00:09:12)
5. Lavish Life And Early Red Flags (00:14:27)
6. In‑Office CT, Ethics, And Overdiagnosis (00:18:52)
7. Assembly‑Line Care And Questionable Surgery (00:23:12)
8. Missed Cancer: The Phyllis Barnes Case (00:27:37)
9. Faked Images, Altered EKGs, And Lawsuits (00:32:12)
10. Unnecessary Pediatric Surgery And Lasting Harm (00:35:27)
11. Chart Note: New RNA Therapy For Hypertension (00:39:42)
12. Cameras, “Scary Room,” And Greece Getaway (00:44:52)
13. Abandonment, Debt, And Paper Trail (00:49:02)
14. Life On The Run And Italian Alps (00:52:42)
15. Monica’s Tip, Arrest, And Neck Stabbing (00:56:12)
16. Extradition, Plea, Sentence, And Payouts (01:00:02)
17. Post‑Prison Rebrand As “Yoga Doc” (01:03:22)
18. Clinical Fallout: Laryngectomy And Impact (01:05:52)
19. Sponsor: Quantum Squares (01:10:42)
20. Medical Mishap: Pre‑Op Chaos (01:12:42)
21. Reflections, Takeaways, And Closing (01:17:42)
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