Dr. Death Podcast

[OrionGrad]

Has anyone else been listening? I'm only on episode 3, but I want someone to talk about it with and DH hasn't listened yet. Anyone??

[SoonerTexan]

Yes, DH and I have. I think DH finished it. I wanna say I stopped at episode 4 and haven't finished it yet. I also remember reading about the case when it happened here and am familiar with a lot of the hospitals.

[OrionGrad]

I've been avoiding reading any of the articles until I finish the podcast series. But, I have a question for you: Do you know if he's board certified? I don't know how board certification works in neurosurgery, but in ortho you have to keep track of all of your surgical cases for 6 months, then defend all of your decisions in front of a panel of surgeons. DH had to be board certified within a certain time period in order to operate at the hospitals he operates at, so I'm wondering how this guy could have gotten around that issue??

[SoonerTexan]

I don't recall it being mentioned in the podcasts I listened to so far. DH doesn't either. Something I found online says he wasn't, but I don't know if that is true or not. Maybe because he bounced from hospital to hospital so often. I have no idea how NSG boards work either. [MENTION=915]SuzySunshine[/MENTION]? For Radiology, the bulk happens during training.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Oooh, sounds interesting, I'll go check it out.

For something decidedly more lowbrow, has anyone listened to "My Dad Wrote A Porno"? It is definitely NSFW or out loud EVER but I have never laughed so hard by myself listening to a podcast. I routinely cry because I'm laughing so hard. I can't run to the podcast because I almost fell over one time.

[OrionGrad]

I don't recall it being mentioned in the podcasts I listened to so far. DH doesn't either. Something I found online says he wasn't, but I don't know if that is true or not. Maybe because he bounced from hospital to hospital so often. I have no idea how NSG boards work either. [MENTION=915]SuzySunshine[/MENTION]? For Radiology, the bulk happens during training.

[MENTION=1550]MarissaNicole[/MENTION] might know how it works, too. I’m so curious now! I tried Googling during school pickup today to figure out if the guy was even board certified, but I didn’t see anything definitive.

[civilspouse]

I was looking for some new podcasts so I’m going to check these ones out!


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[SuzySunshine]

When you graduate a NSG residency you are board eligible, you take the written boards during residency, usually pgy5 and can’t graduate unless you pass. Then after you’ve been in practice for a year you start tracking your cases, once a case has cleared a 90 day follow up you can count it. Then you submit your cases to a board which reviews your cases and invites you to sit for orals. All of this has to be done within 5 years of finishing residency or you have to take the written boards again. Fellowship doesn’t give you a pass so if yo graduate in ‘18 but do a fellowship to ‘19 your 5 years is still up in ‘23. What is this Dr Death that you speak of?

[OrionGrad]

Thanks [MENTION=915]SuzySunshine[/MENTION]! That’s really similar to how board certification works for ortho, too.
Dr. Death is a podcast series about a neurosurgeon in Dallas (Dr. Christopher Duntsch) who killed/maimed more than 30 patients. I didn’t think I’d be that into it, but now I’m hooked.

[JDAZ11]

Our neighbors (she is a lawyer and he is neurologist) were just telling us about this. I just started it yesterday! I’m super into it already because of my own crappy medical experience.


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[OrionGrad]

I just finished it last night. I hope you like it [MENTION=3775]JDAZ11[/MENTION]!

[JDAZ11]

I’m super hooked. On episode 4... totally skipped ahead of dh - it’s been on every second that I’ve been away from kids in the car today!


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[JDAZ11]

Dr. Death Podcast

I think he was not board certified. I also think they recently made changes to the way they do questions at neurosurgery boards - like last 2-3 years. Before, I think you submitted your cases and then they asked you questions about only unrelated cases. And now they ask you about your cases that were submitted. Interesting- because it would help - perhaps- in situations like this one (which is just so horrifying and I really hope I never need another surgery... &#128561.


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[MrsSz]

Oooh, sounds interesting, I'll go check it out.

For something decidedly more lowbrow, has anyone listened to "My Dad Wrote A Porno"? It is definitely NSFW or out loud EVER but I have never laughed so hard by myself listening to a podcast. I routinely cry because I'm laughing so hard. I can't run to the podcast because I almost fell over one time.

So I loved dr death and started listening to this podcast tonight. I literally laughed out loud. I looked like a psycho walking my dog, crying laughing!!! This is amazing!!b


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[OrionGrad]

I think he was not board certified. I also think they recently made changes to the way they do questions at neurosurgery boards - like last 2-3 years. Before, I think you submitted your cases and then they asked you questions about only unrelated cases. And now they ask you about your cases that were submitted. Interesting- because it would help - perhaps- in situations like this one (which is just so horrifying and I really hope I never need another surgery... &#128561.


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Yeah from the sounds of it he only ever did <40 cases total after fellowship, and I know for ortho you need at least 50 during the collection period just to take your oral boards, so I bet he wasn’t board certified.
DH and I are going to Napa next weekend so I’m going to get him to listen to it on the trip there. I need someone else to talk about it with irl. 😀