Hosted by Bill Curtis and quadruple board certified Dr. Steven Taback, Medicine, We’re Still Practicing sits down with doctors from the world’s most preeminent hospitals for insights into their research, practice, and education. The first in this dedicated series is Johns Hopkins Medicine, with the goal of not only to share the magnificent work being done by these hospitals and doctors, but for them to be able to use it as a high-quality educational tool and platform to share insights and research to a large, receptive audience. Medicine, We’re Still Practicing is a thoroughly informative and realistic podcast that speaks not only to the layman medical audience, but appeals to the medical community as well. No topic is off limits, from the insurance industry and universal healthcare to the latest medical advances and all of the quackery and snake oil salesmen you should avoid. However, in accordance with good bedside manner, Dr. Taback and his guests from the medical community keep the conversation light and informative. An important listen during these times of medical uncertainty and differed opinions.
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episode 34: 34 - Dr. Suzanne Donovan - Ebola Outbreak Discussion Revisited
In this episode, we revisit our conversation with Dr Suzanne Donovan and her harrowing work on the Ebola outbreak. As Dr. Donovan breaks down her first time fighting overseas against this truly terrible disease, one can't help but draw the similarities and foreshadowing between her work in a nation in desperation, and the COVID pandemic that was just around the corner.
Episode Timestamps:
1:40 How is Ebola spread? Why is the outbreak so bad in West Africa?
4:20 Why were so many doctors dying from Ebola?
6:20 Evacuating doctors back to the US?
7:30 What is the treatment for Ebola in Africa?
10:00 Transmission timeline for Ebola
14:30 What was the scene like on Dr. Donovan's first day in the African hospital?
17:48 Contact tracing and testing for Ebola
19:50 Healthcare worker safety in West Africa
22:23 Dealing with dead bodies?
23:36 Dr Donovan compares how governments in third world countries handle health crisis differently than the US
25:36 The progress in HIV/AIDS treatment over the years
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