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Life on the Front Lines

6d ago 52:31

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Daniel Nicastri, MD, a former Navy doctor and current Mount Sinai thoracic surgeon, interviews Lou Guerra, former Green Beret and current student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Guerra shares his journey from running a successful pizza restaurant to the battlefield to the classroom, and how the lessons he learned in Afghanistan and Ukraine helped him meet the academic challenges on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

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Road to Resilience brings you stories and insights to help you thrive in a challenging world. From fighting burnout and trauma to building resilient families, we explore what’s possible when science meets the human spirit.

Chapters

1. Introduction and Content Advisory (00:00:00)

2. Meet the guests (00:01:00)

3. From Wall Street to the Pizza Oven (00:08:00)

4. Building a Family Business (00:10:00)

5. Trading the Apron for a Uniform (00:15:23)

6. Becoming a Green Beret Medic (00:19:23)

7. Afghanistan Deployment (00:22:23)

8. Training in Ukraine (00:26:23)

9. The Drive to Push Limits (00:30:23)

10. Discipline and Perspective in Medical School (00:34:01)

11. Lessons from the Battlefield and the Classroom (00:39:01)

12. Advice to Younger Self (00:41:01)

13. A Defining Moment of Resilience (00:42:01)

14. Closing Reflections on Service and Adaptability (00:48:01)

15. Gratitude and Farewell (00:52:01)

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