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Shadow Me Next!

Shadow Me Next! is a podcast where we take you behind the scenes of the medical world. I"m Ashley Love, a Physician Assistant, and I will be sharing my journey in medicine and exploring the lives of various healthcare professionals. Each episode, I"ll interview doctors, NPs, PAs, nurses, and allied health workers, uncovering their unique stories, the joys and challenges they face, and what drives them in their careers. Whether you"re a pre-med student or simply curious about the healthcare field, we

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38 - How Resilience Shapes Healthcare | Pete...

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2025/08/18

Pete Breitinger's journey to respected PA educator spans more than three decades and reveals the profound human connections at the heart of healthcare. What begins as a candid reflection on his unexpected path into medicine transforms into a masterclass on resilience, advocacy, and equity in patient care. When Pete shares stories from his years in pediatric cardiology, his voice brightens with genuine affection for the families he's followed, some from infancy through adulthood. "These kids ...

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37 - Quality of Life vs. Medical Protocol: A Social...

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2025/08/11

The medical world often focuses on protocols and procedures, but what happens when a patient's quality of life conflicts with the "safest" option? Catherine Moore, a licensed clinical social worker and creator of the top-performing Social Workers, Rise! podcast, who's worked in settings from hospice to ICUs, joins us to explore this crucial intersection of healthcare and humanity. Catherine reveals how social workers serve as the essential bridge between medical teams and patients, esp...

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36 - When Care Means More Than Medicine | Dr. Nekaiya...

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2025/08/04

What happens when a physician notices something seemingly small but deeply meaningful missing from patient care? Dr. Nekaiya Jacobs Pratt, a pediatric critical care physician, transformed hospital culture by addressing a gap that affected her patients with textured hair. During the isolating days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Kay found herself questioning her place in medicine. The emotional weight of caring for critically ill children had always been balanced by the joy of seeing them recov...

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35 - Medicine Without Borders: What global healthcare...

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2025/07/28

What happens when a physician practices medicine across three different continents? Dr. Gregory Adaka's remarkable journey from Nigeria to the UK to the United States reveals surprising truths about global healthcare that every medical professional should consider. Born in Manchester and raised in Nigeria, Dr. Adaka's path to emergency medicine began with an unexpected source of inspiration: the American TV show "ER." His story weaves through vastly different healthcare systems, highlighting ...

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34 - From Heartbeats to Handshakes: A Physician's...

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2025/07/21

What happens when medicine loses its humanity? Dr. Kipp's powerful new book "Heartbeats and Handshakes" offers a rare and intimate look at what it truly means to be a physician - from the terrifying first code blue as a medical student to the wisdom gained through 30 years of clinical practice. Dr. Kipp takes us behind closed doors to reveal the profound challenge doctors face: maintaining genuine compassion while rapidly moving between patients in crisis. His journey from conventional medici...

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33 - Why becoming a CAA might be your perfect career...

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2025/07/14

What began as a pre-med journey toward orthopedic surgery took an unexpected turn when Sally Hoang, CAA discovered the immediate impact and work-life balance offered by a career in anesthesia care. With remarkable candor, Sally Hoang walks us through her typical 16-hour shift—from arriving at 6:30 AM to set up medications and equipment, to meeting patients in pre-op, to the collaborative dance of putting patients to sleep alongside attending anesthesiologists. Her descriptions paint a vivid p...

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32 - Beyond Traditional Psychiatry: Faith,...

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2025/07/07

Dr. Michael Broukhim shatters psychiatric norms with remarkable results, proudly owning his identity as the "anti-psychiatrist psychiatrist." Our conversation reveals why this integrative practitioner achieves what many consider impossible: helping patients recover completely from conditions typically labeled as chronic. The heart of Dr. Broukhim's revolutionary approach lies in his expansive understanding of faith not as religious doctrine, but as "a belief that there is value in connecting...

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31 - Laughter is the Best Medicine: How Humor Helps...

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2025/06/30

Imagine walking into a hospital room, stethoscope in hand, only to have patients immediately assume you're the doctor simply because you're a man. For Brock Kemp, this scenario plays out regularly as a male nurse navigating a predominantly female profession. But these misconceptions are just the beginning of his fascinating journey through healthcare. From mowing lawns and fixing storage unit doors to managing life-and-death situations in the emergency department, Brock's path into nursing d...

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30 - Saving Lives from Above: The Amazing World of...

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2025/06/23

Flying through the air in a helicopter that's "so much smaller than you think," Sophie Fuller works to save lives as a critical care flight paramedic. In this captivating conversation, she reveals the unexpected journey that led her to becoming a lifesaving flight medic who transports critically ill patients by air. Sophie's path wasn't always clear. Seeking something beyond the hospital walls to satisfy her "super ADHD" personality, she discovered emergency medicine through a friend who was...

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29 - From Construction to the ER: One RN-turned-PA's...

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2025/06/16

What does it take to completely reinvent your career path at age 30? Ryan Foley knows exactly how daunting this journey can be. Starting as a construction worker with a vocational high school background, Ryan made the bold decision to pursue medicine, beginning with remedial college classes and reverse engineering his way to becoming a physician assistant. Ryan's approach was brilliantly methodical. Rather than rushing straight toward PA school, he first became a registered nurse—a decision ...

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28 - Surgical Technicians: The Hidden Heroes of Your...

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2025/06/09

A sarcastic whisper describing the tools used in the operating room changed everything. Meet Alyssa Ellis, the Certified Surgical Technologist and First Assistant whose educational videos have captured the attention of surgeons, students, and curious patients alike. With her trademark straightforward delivery and deep expertise, Alyssa pulls back the curtain on what really happens when you're under anesthesia. Find Alyssa @beyondassisting on all social medial platforms and check out her websi...

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27 - Prevention Starts With Understanding: Rethinking...

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2025/06/02

Dr. Josh Wageman brings a rare blend of expertise to cardiovascular prevention. With credentials spanning physical therapy, biochemistry, and Yale PA training, he's transformed how we understand lipid science through brilliant, accessible metaphors that make complex medical concepts understandable to everyone. At the heart of our conversation is Josh's innovative framework that reimagines cardiovascular health as a "home security system" and cholesterol management as living in a "safe lipid ...

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26 - Bridging Science and Compassion: One Attending's...

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2025/05/26

Dr. Ali Zreik arrives at patient rooms with an unusual tool—a rolling whiteboard. While most physicians carry stethoscopes and tablets, this internal medicine attending physician and associate program director brings something more transformative: a visual bridge between complex medical science and human understanding. "Bring me the whiteboard," he tells residents when faced with a challenging patient case. What follows is nothing short of medical storytelling at its finest. Drawing hearts, ...

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25 - What If We Actually Guided Students Instead of...

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2025/05/19

Challenging a broken system often requires walking an unconventional path. Jono Lippman's journey from communications major to wilderness guide to emergency medicine PA beautifully illustrates how diverse experiences can reshape our understanding of what healthcare education could and should be. What happens when someone who once actively avoided science classes finds themselves drawn to medicine through wilderness first responder training? For Jono, it sparked a transformative journey that ...

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24 - Medicine, Military, and Mission: How One...

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2025/05/12

What does it take to transform obstacles into opportunities? Major M. Tiye Young knows firsthand. When deployment orders arrived just days before her PA school application deadline, she didn't abandon her medical dreams—she recalibrated. When a cervical cancer diagnosis threatened her future, she fought back with unwavering resolve. Now, as both a military leader and surgical PA, she's redefining what resilience looks like in healthcare. This conversation takes us behind the scenes of Major ...

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23 - Exam Room Nutrition: A PA's Journey to...

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2025/05/05

When a terrified 10-year-old boy walked into Colleen Sloan's pediatric practice in tears, she discovered he'd been monitoring his weight obsessively after another provider warned he'd "need needles in his stomach" if he didn't lose weight. This moment exemplifies everything wrong with how healthcare approaches nutrition conversations—and sparked a mission to change it. As both a pediatric physician assistant and registered dietitian nutritionist, Colleen brings rare dual expertise to the cri...

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22 - From Surgery to Sales: One PA's Journey with...

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2025/04/28

Jessica Dell'Aquila's career journey breaks the conventional mold of what we expect from healthcare professionals. Starting with a clear vision at just 18, she enrolled in Seton Hall's innovative six-year dual degree program, emerging with both her undergraduate biology degree and master's in physician assistant studies—a testament to her focused determination from the beginning. Her clinical career began at Penn Medicine, where a unique rotational position in general surgery exposed her to ...

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21 - Being Light in Medicine's Darkest Hours: A...

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2025/04/21

Check our Dr. Oyetoran's youtube channel Journey to MD! What happens when a determined young girl from Nigeria declares she wants to be a doctor? Dr. Anu Oyetoran's extraordinary journey takes us across continents—from West Africa to Canada, the Caribbean, New York, and finally Florida—where she now serves as chief medical resident at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. Beyond her impressive credentials lies a story of remarkable adaptability. Moving to Canada at age 12, D...

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20 - Clinical Research Transforms Healthcare While...

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2025/04/14

Interested in research? Check out the links below to get started! The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program): The Trusted Standard in Research, Ethics, Compliance, and Safety Training Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Online Training Courses Human Subjects Research Courses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Step into the mysterious world of clinical research with Leigh Shermer, a Physician Assis...

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19 - Ripple of Change: How One Doctor is Fighting to...

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2025/04/07

Learn more about Dr. Otten or to support his documentary, please visit Medicine Forward. His book, Ripples of Change is available at a bookstore near you! Dr. Todd Otten pulls back the curtain on healthcare's darkest challenges while offering a vision of hope for its future. A board-certified family physician with over two decades of experience, Dr. Otten speaks candidly about his own battle with severe burnout that nearly ended his career and the devastating loss of four colleagu...

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