Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi is a clinician scientist at UCL and consultant in Infectious Diseases at UCLH. He has a huge research portfolio, including extensive work in HIV and TB immunology. He has recently put the majority of his usual work on hold in order to throw himself (and his laboratory) at the COVID 19 research effort. […]
PonderMed #13 Dr Sam Hare: A chest radiologist’s take on COVID 19
What is “Classic COVID”? CXR vs CT chest? Should we be getting more CTPAs? I chat to Dr. Sam Hare (@lungdiagnosis) about what COVID 19 looks like on imaging, along with some other interesting stuff including the crucial role of the radiographer in this pandemic. Some cool stuff he’s written: Covid 19: Is CT scanning ready to […]
PonderMed #12: COVID musings with Prof Hugh Montgomery
I chat to Professor Hugh Montgomery about what has surprised him most about COVID 19. We also discuss the implications of this crisis for evidence-based medicine and the climate emergency, and touch on the PPE situation. You can also listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Sending love and positivity to everybody at this challenging time. Robbie @Ponder_Med
PonderMed #11 Oli Flower: Intensive Care Consultant. Healthcare Creative. Conference Pioneer
Dr. Oliver Flower is a British Intensive Care consultant based at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He is one of the creators of the SMACC conference which has been a driving force for the social media-driven revolution in medical education. He is passionate about neurocritical care, graphic design and mixed martial arts (he practices […]
PonderMed Roundup: November 2018
Friends of PonderMed, I hope you’re all exceptionally well and enjoying the festive period… Here is my November 2018 roundup. November podcast releases *Links below are to blog posts (or “show notes”) with the podcast embedded in the post. You can also find the pods on iTunes and Spotify. PonderMed #8: Dr. Fatima Ahmed. Obs and […]
PonderMed #10: Chris Odedun. Doctor, DJ and Radio Host
About Chris Chris is a senior Emergency Medicine trainee in London. He is involved with clinical leadership and is currently on the Royal College of Physicians Chief Registrar scheme. Chris is also a DJ and Radio Host. He creates and produces Music Takes Me Up, which is played on Netil Radio. He curates old and new music from a […]
The transition from junior to senior (blog version of EMTA18 talk)
I recently attended the excellent EMTA18 conference, and I was asked to give a 12 minute presentation on the transition from ST3 to higher specialty training (HST). Here is the blog version of that talk… The ST3 to HST transition is a watershed moment in the career for all EM trainees in the UK. It […]
