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Episode 7 Questions
You decide the top 5 questions to ask for a video response by doctors!
After each episode, submit your questions about the show and then “vote up” the ones you want to see answered. The top five questions chosen by all of you will be answered by the doctors with a video response.
Voting Deadline for Episode 7 Q+A: August 11, 2008 at 9:29 am
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Danae, I again preface this by saying that I defer to an official video response, but thought that I would comment anyway in the meantime. I do not know all of the details surrounding your experience, but I would definitely seek counseling from your primary care physician who might then refer you to some therapy that could tease out some potential, curable psychological elements if medical workup and treatment do not yield much otherwise. This is nothing that should stop your dreams as some medical professionals may have far worse but are appropriately treated. Additionally, there are many satisfying specialties in medicine that afford you more of a "life," although you would be bored if you were not genuinely interested in these (dermatology, ophthalmology, radiology, radiation-oncology, anesthesiology). These are actually quite competitive as more and more students want to have relatively normal lives with a stable family/marriage situation, while paying back at least 200K in borrowed funds that continue to blossom with interest rates as they are. Our primary care physicians (pediatricians, family practitioners, internists) really take the brunt of this situation, often making less than 100K/year, and the popularity is on the decline with spots filled accordingly. I know that many people would be happy to make that alone and doctors should be selfless and well-intentioned regardless. Considering how much it takes to be a doctor, however, incentives are clearly at work (probably understandably so - who wants to invite divorce, never see their kids, and work for relatively low wages considering total hours and having had far more hard-earned post-graduate education than any other profession, along with the necessity of paying steep malpractice insurance costs?). Long story short, you have to want it, as you seem to, because it is incredibly fulfilling despite the bruises. Good luck.
Submitted by: Willy, 08/11/2008 07:56:41 -
Cristina, I'll make a few comments just in case this does not get a video response (as there seems to have been somewhat of a lag). Although there are minor variations depending on what specialty you choose, here are the top 5 overall U.S. Hospital Rankings:
Submitted by: Willy, 08/11/2008 07:06:25
1) Johns Hopkins Hospital
2) Mayo Clinic
3) UCLA Medical Center
4) Cleveland Clinic
5) Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard)
Every bit helps (i.e., going to the best undergrad that you can, going to the best medical school that you can), although you do not necessarily need to go to Hopkins/Harvard medical school to get a residency at JHH if you are full of talent with a good, unique story. Get the best grades that you can and prepare for the MCAT (Medical College Admissions Test) with everything that you have, to accomplish the second task. Once in medical school, you need to have stellar USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination) Step 1 and 2 scores (1 is generally considered more important, although 2 is gaining favor), outstanding grades (which usually converts to something called Alpha Omega Alpha - a national medical honors society that accepts 5-10% of each class), outstanding letters, extracurricular/community service activities, and RESEARCH (find a faculty mentor who will let you contribute as an author). As complicated as this sounds, it really all is a reflection of stamina and passion throughout 8 years of higher education prior to the final point that really matters - where you do your residency training (which may last up to an additional 8 years if you do something like cardiothoracic surgery). "Match Day" is where you open an envelope with your results during the last year of medical school and everyone celebrates the culmination of all of this effort (though the rigors of residency are yet to come). Keep in mind that you can be a fantastic doctor wherever you go, and it will be much less stressful to simply focus on that goal alone. In America, we love rankings, but of course it is always difficult to make a truly reliable delineation. What matters is the patients that you will treat.
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I have had a passion for pediatrics and cardiothoracic surgery since I could walk. Every since I was young I was intrigued by blood and such things. This summer year I passed out a couple of times and they found that I had hypoglycemia. I started to shadow a surgeon again, and I was so nervous I would pass out. Well, at the very end of a colonoscopy my worst fear came true, I hit the floor. They sent me to the postop room and the surgeon said I had another seizure. Well, I never went back to job shadow and I every time I think about surgery, taking blood, or suturing I get nervous thinking I will pass out. It has consumed me and it has become very frustrating. There is nothing else that I could ever imagine being other than a PA/doctor. If I could, I would totally be a heart surgeon god and live at the hospital 24/7 - i've realized the whole family plus being a doctor is kind of out of reach and i'm fine with that. Anyways, do you think it is possible that I could just have this death fear of passing out and might be able to get over it? Or should I try to think about other options. As for now, I decided to "get back in the game" and this week i'll be doing 13 hour rounds shadowing eight PA's before I head back to school. This is a burning desire within my soul to learn about this, but its so hard to accept I might not make it. I would greatly appreciate any advice from interns, residents...
Submitted by: Danae Vachata, 08/11/2008 01:04:36 -
why does Dr. Czarnik wear her face mask so much lower down than the other docs?
Submitted by: miriam, 08/10/2008 22:31:36 -
What does it take to become a hopkins doctor/resident? I am a 17 year old girl and have always wanted to be a surgeon since I was 9. I wanted to know what I should do to prepare myself to get into hopkins.
Submitted by: Cristina, 08/10/2008 21:42:15 -
Hey, I'm a freshman in high school, and my biggest dream in the world would be to become a doctor. I've always been intrigued by medicine, but I have heard a lot from family friends about how doctors struggle with family, finances, and finding time to breathe. I really want to have a family when I'm older. Is balance possible?
Submitted by: Lily Garcia, 08/10/2008 21:19:25 -
What's the difference between a Thoracic surgeon and a Cardiovascular surgeon, How long do you have to stay an intern, How do you take care of nervousness, What usually happens to surgeons when a patient dies, is it possible to be both a general medical doctor and a surgeon and how long after university do you become an intern?
Submitted by: Bliss C. Salmon, 08/10/2008 20:41:17 -
I have two questions:
Submitted by: Miriam, 08/10/2008 20:29:54
1) How did you decide to be and emergency physician?
2) If one's parents do not have the money to put one through medical school, what is a good way to get through without having too much debt? -
I agree with Crissy! Ann was the best! She was the one that seemed to be one of the best doctors, as well as being the nicest.
Submitted by: Mim, 08/10/2008 20:18:28 -
Coachbball, I appreciate the position that parents of children with severe allergies are in, but not only was he kidding, he didn't even come up with the suggestion that allergies are psychosomatic, he was just repeating what he'd heard elsewhere. The surgeons do operations every single day and it is just natural for them to have these conversations during the procedures, so it is very easy to forget that there's suddenly a camera recording your every move. Personally I don't think someone on a documentary should censor themselves for the sake of worrying about who they might offend. If we all worried about who we might offend before we spoke, a lot of us (myself included) would be pretty much mutes. Seems like you can't even make a joke these days without offending *someone*. Hopkins is a documentary intended to capture the reality of the operating room. Asking a doctor to censor his conversations would defeat the purpose of a real-life documentary. And let's be honest: its all about ratings. They want doctors with personality who say things like that. Who wants to watch an hour of boring doctors?
Submitted by: njdocisin, 08/10/2008 20:11:02
I don't really think that this is a show geared towards "medical education". Yes, by its very nature it is educational, but it is a documentary about the lives of these doctors, and, again, if I'm directing a documentary, I wouldn't want my subjects to censor themselves because they're worried about offending everyone.
You also have to remember that ABC has editorial control over what they put in their show. If they thought it would offend people they could easily cut it out. Things can also very easily be taken out of context via editing. Not saying that his comments were taken out of context at all, but any piece of video or audio can be edited any way they want. -
A response to Brad, and everyone else on the liver Transplant List.
Submitted by: Michael T. Kriner, 08/10/2008 19:41:59
I know everyone preety much knows about organ transplantion. But how many people know about live donor liver transplants? In my case they cut my entire liver out of me and put 60% of my brother-in-laws into me. Now that let my brother-in-law with 40%, and me with 60% of his. My point is, how many people know that the liver is the only organ in the body to re-generate itself within 10-14 days. They scanned us both on day eleven and we both had 100% perfect working livers, with the live donor program, they have time to run all the tests to insure you are getting a perfect piece of liver that will not reject. Usually a family member, with the same blood type, plus some other variables, will work. I'm really not sure if one can actually tell Hopkins they want the live donor program, but in my case when I found out in 2003 that I had liver problems, I was already at a Stage 4, it wasn't until 12-06 when I developed cancer of the liver, that is when they told me about the live donor program, and to look for someone in my family to donate a piece of liver to me. Before I really had a chance, my brother-in-law found out we had the same blood type and offered to go through the testing to see if he could be the donor. BINGO, he was a perfect match. Watch the trailer video that says IRAQ WAR VET DONATES LIVER FOR HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
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njdocisin, Would you 'lighten up" about hearing a respected medical professional belittling and minimizing a condition that could very likely kill your child.
Submitted by: Coachbball, 08/10/2008 18:45:27
That is the position that the previous posters are in struggling daily to protect their child in a society that simply does not understand the severity of the danger. They see such a comment on a program geared at medical education and all they can see is more setbacks and struggles for their children.
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Are there going to be any previous questions answered from episodes' 5,6,&7 like before I would love to see the questions answered
Submitted by: Robert, 08/10/2008 18:21:32 -
I can see that the allergy comment was intended to be a joke. However, I fell that it certainly is NOT obvious. Large portions of the general public minimize the severity of certain allergic conditions. Food allergies, for example can be deadly. During a reaction death can occur in only a few minutes and reactions can be triggered by a very minute amount of the allergen protein. The doctor’s “joke” will serve to reinforce this public view that places hundreds of children and adults in danger.
Submitted by: Tabitha , 08/10/2008 18:19:00
Additionally even if was a joke it was in very poor taste. Would be so eager to excuse a joke that minimized other potentially fatal condition such as cancer of liver failure.
There is a vast difference in what is an acceptable “jab’ from one doctor to another and what should be aired for the public on a show that is intended to be educational.
That being said I think the show was fantastic. It is very informative and I hope to see another season. This time I think those doing the editing should be more responsible with what is aired.
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ABC you have to come up with a new season! I love this show. PLEASE DO NOT LET IT DIE.
Submitted by: Fina, 08/10/2008 18:11:54 -
I am desperate for help for my brother in fighting Melanoma Cancer. There has been so much cutting edge medicine testing these days that I can't help but think someone somewhere can help him. He has a cancer that started out as skin cancer, has had this for several years, and it has grown so that it now has runners and one day will reach his brain. He has alread lost an eye. Doctors at MD Anderson Hospital says there is nothing more they can do for him but now the testing of ones own cells that is fighting this cancer gives me hope. Please, I beg you, get me in touch with someone that I can take to about this. I don't want to lose my brother, no one does I know, but I am desperately reaching out to anyone who can give advice, ANYTHING. I don't know which of the doctors below that is an oncologist but please get me in touch with the best surgeon you have that may be able to give me some answers. Email me back at the above address. Thanks so much for your time. Shirley
Submitted by: Shirley McCurley, 08/10/2008 14:54:17 -
I begin classes this week to start my training in the surgical field. I am so inspired by these professionals on the show. I appreciate that it shows that these doctors and nurses not only help save lives but have real lives of their own. This show has heightened my excitement about becoming part of the field. I want more HOPKINS!! Is it going to happen?
Submitted by: Leigh Wright, 08/10/2008 14:33:16 -
I do see the point that the allergy comment was a joke. It wasn't a private joke between two doctors....it was broadcast on national television..and the doctor making the comment knew he was 'on stage' as it were.
Submitted by: Lisa, 08/10/2008 13:19:36
People with multiple life threatening food allergies have it tough. Allergies are associated with neurosis in popular culture. And while allergies are taken more seriously now by most doctors, there is also general skepticism about the rapid rise in allergic diseases in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. I still find that doctors (even good ones) don't bother to check medications for food-derived ingredients (!!!) Egg, soy, milk-derived ingredients are all very common in meds. And corn is virtually unavoidable.
To make an analogy here:
Homosexuality like allergies was in the past seen as relating to psychiatric issues.
I'm sure everyone would see how it would be wrong for a doctor to say on national television:
"Do you know what homosexuality is? It is a condition caused by childhood trauma. You should send gay patients to a psychiatrist."
I see the comment on allergies as being just as offensive. The fact that the comment on allergies *is* seen as funny speaks volumes about how allergies are not taken seriously in general and how people don't understand what it is like to live with life threatening allergies in our society. -
Do you get to choose where you want to do your residency? Or do you need to apply, just like to medical school? After you're done with being an intern, do you usually stay with the same hospital, or go practice somewhere else?
Submitted by: Courtney, 08/10/2008 09:40:34 -
People! Lighten up about the allergies thing. It was *obviously* a JOKE! Get over it. Personally, I think we need more doctors with a sense of humor who don't take certain things too seriously and aren't afraid to laugh with their patients under the right circumstances.
Submitted by: noneya, 08/10/2008 02:47:06 -
Question for the residents (Avo):
Submitted by: RT, 08/10/2008 01:06:14
How long are your work hours? Do you choose the types of cases you want to be apart of? oh and avo are you single??! -
This has been one of the best series I have seen on TV yet. Thank you !
Submitted by: mr, 08/09/2008 22:18:36 -
OMG people Dr. Reifsnyder was OBVIOUSLY kidding about allergies...lighten up
Submitted by: njdocisin, 08/09/2008 21:35:32 -
Yeah, I've got a question...is Avo single??
Submitted by: Jasmine, 08/09/2008 17:43:43 -
if dr bethea gets a divorce can i marry him?
Submitted by: Candi, 08/09/2008 15:23:43 -
Two more comments (apologize for the length in advance):
Submitted by: Ronnie, 08/09/2008 13:06:25
1) I think Terrence Wrong has created a basis for incredible, revolutionary opportunities here in "entertainment". Granted the ratings might not be as high by phasing out some of the transplant heroics, what if several episodes were created that solely focused on individual, major medical problems that face our country - like obesity/diabetes, hypertension/high cholesterol/heart disease, smoking/COPD/lung cancer. Rare diseases would also be interesting to learn about. There could certainly be glimpses into the clinical side of things with individual patient cases and treatment of complications, beyond basic education in risk factors and pathophysiology. This would also cut down on the amount of time needed for production time (more focused, organized filming). Generally, even a primary care physician is limited in the amount of time he/she can counsel a patient (having something like 10 minutes to get to the next on the list). I imagine that many of us are satisfied with our physician interactions, but maybe wish that we had just a little bit more time to ask questions (though this is simply impossible at times given the number of other patients). An hour show on one medical issue could allow for so much more education, by the experts, with visual reinforcement to really hit home (better than having to sift through the internet with countless questionable resources, or decode an actual medical textbook). Would there be sufficient interest to sustain such a new approach to public health education?
2) I recognize that many people are turned off by how "raw" the show can be. Certainly seeing dying children without warning can be gut-wrenching. There should probably be sufficient advisory regarding such imagery before the show starts. At the same time, however, I think it IS healthy for us to see reality as it is - not only to better understand our physicians and see what they see, but to remind us of the fact that tragedy happens on a daily basis, and we can and should find ways to contribute to the alleviation of such suffering regardless of what line of work that we are in.
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This is the best show I have seen on television in quite a while. Please if at all possible bring the show back. More Hopkins please.
Submitted by: Robert C, 08/09/2008 10:57:20 -
A comment rather than a question. Again, not to defend anyone in particular, but let us remember that this show was spliced together from clip after clip with cameramen running all over the hospital. Surgeons BS in the OR to keep things lively (some play rock music, others joke around with their residents). It is not intended to disrespect the patient, but probably to dull the pain of usually sailing past the 80 hour work week that does not permit much of a family or other personal life (although I suppose you could certainly be a bit more careful with a camera in your face). Additionally, this is the #1 medical center in America, and probably the world, for 18 years running. You cannot truly be an idiot and get a residency there (the docs are the best of the best - that takes a LOT considering you have to be pretty good to just get into medical school). It is possible to scrape by in medical school because you just are not the best or the most interested in rote memorization for the Kreb's cycle or whatever and all of the basic science portion of medical education and then you find something that you so absolutely love clinically during year 3 that you cannot imagine NOT trying to be the best. I agree that the show could have been angled towards education a bit more in hindsight, but I think that the director/producer did his best to make the show interesting and dramatic enough to balance out the complete nonsense of Grey's Anatomy that totally misrepresents the inner workings of the medical world to the public. I am sure that if a short series returns in the future, this sort of feedback will be taken into consideration, and clips with "dangerous" information could be more efficiently screened such that only truly educational information is presented to the public. They should probably hire a medical consultant to filter the final cut for such a purpose next time seeing as how it has been perceived as such a problem. This would be the perfect platform for education about things like hypertension, diabetes, and other preventative health issues by incorporating more internists, pediatricians, family practitioners, on top of the dramatic.
Submitted by: Ronnie, 08/09/2008 09:59:40 -
I loved this series and have been telling my friends about it since it started. The producers Terence Wong and Peter Bull did a wonderful job and the staff in my eyes are rock stars.
Submitted by: Bob James, 08/09/2008 07:18:38
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Excellent series... except for the stupid comment about allergies.
Submitted by: BloomieGirl, 08/09/2008 02:55:12 -
The series was fascinating. I just lost a family member to complications arising from polycystic disease of the kidneys (6 years of dialysis) and liver. I believe she was not treated appropriately and that her doctors didn't fight hard enough to get her transplanted. It was good to see the successful transplants, but it would have been informative to show how difficult it is for some patients to get on a transplant list in a timely (i.e., live-saving) manner.
Submitted by: Eyleen Nadolnhy, 08/09/2008 01:07:33 -
I am still waiting to hear responses from episodes 5&6 especially from Dr Tufaro are you all going answer any of the questions
Submitted by: Katie, 08/09/2008 00:46:36 -
People please Dr. Reifsnyder was obviously making a joke who gets there medical advice from a damn televison show. What he was saying was just a myth and most logical people know that. I suffer severly with allergies and did not find his comments in appropriate. It would be different if he was giving a patient that advice it was a general comment and again people should rely on their own phys for advice not get it from television.
Submitted by: Heather, 08/09/2008 00:42:17 -
[I messed up this question the first time I posted...here's an improved version.]
Submitted by: Lisa, 08/09/2008 00:16:14
I suspect Dr. Reifsnyder was joking when he said that allergies are psychosomatic. But as someone who has nearly died from anaphylactic shock, I find his comments highly objectionable. Sexist, racist, and homophobic jokes would be clearly inappropriate on this show (or on any show). Jokes directed at people with physical or mental disabilities also fall in this category. Do you as a medical professional consider it acceptable to reinforce a commonly held stereotype about a group of people with a life threatening medical condition? That is my question.
If this Dr. does in fact believe that allergies are psychosomatic, I urge him to crack open the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. -
I suspect Dr. Reifsnyder was joking when he said that allergies are psychosomatic. But as someone who has nearly died from anaphylactic shock, I find his comments highly objectionable. He reinforces a common and dangerous stereotype of people with allergies. Sexist, racist, and homophobic jokes would be clearly inappropriate. Why, then, is it alright to reinforce a group of people with a life threatening medical condition? That is my question.
Submitted by: Lisa, 08/09/2008 00:07:22 -
SERIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY INFORMATIVE SHOW, AMERICA SURE COULD USE ALOT MORE EDUCATIONAL SHOWS/ EPISODES. PLEASE CONSIDER KEEPING THE SHOW RUNNING, THANK YOU, BONNIE
Submitted by: BONNIE, 08/08/2008 23:11:47 -
I would like to know if there is a possibility of Hopkins becoming a regular series. I really enjoyed the show and all the episodes. It was a very realistic series.
Submitted by: Tara Pollman, 08/08/2008 23:10:43 -
Great show! I wish it would come back again for another season next year. I am a heart patient and have had many heart surgeries (5 to be exact), I am 15. I extremely enjoyed this seeing how I would like to be a Pediatric Cardiologist some day. Thanks for the great experience.
Submitted by: Taylor, 08/08/2008 22:58:16 -
Do you have a myspace??? jiji, probably not, cause your a doctor, no time, as far as I see on the show :-)......
Submitted by: Linda, 08/08/2008 22:35:17
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!! -
Not a question but a note to Michael Kriner:
Submitted by: Prior Hopkins RN, 08/08/2008 21:39:53
Michael, I am SOOO glad to hear you are doing well. I was REALLY hoping that your story about living donor transplantation would have been told to since I was one of the nurses that took care of you right before you left the SICU. I saw the little video clip of you and was wondering how you were doing. As ICU nurses we don't always get to know what happens to the patient beyond their stay with us, so THANK YOU for sharing that you are doing well. I wish you all the best and hope that you continue to do well. You were a true joy to take care of. I too hope that the sharing of all these stories brings some awareness to the importance of organ transplantation. Hopkins is truly blessed with many wonderful,and diverse people who are so dedicated to the helping of others. ABC you did a great job w/this series! -
This series was my favorite program and I always looked forward to watching "Hopkins" every week. I really was hoping that there would be another season and was curious if you'll were aware of another season in the making?
Submitted by: Lawrence Bryant Jr., 08/08/2008 20:26:12 -
Joel Bray, the man who died after the liver transplant - What was his underlying disease? I thought it was odd that the surgeon made a comment about blockages, then he died from an artery blockage. Was this a complication of the surgery, or one of his other "health issues"? I am waiting for my second liver translant and never heard any specific concern about arterial blockage.
Submitted by: Brad, 08/08/2008 19:47:37 -
i am a 14 year old girl and im just wondering what type of surgeon would you recommend for me as a career since i cant choose between the two. should i be a neurological surgeon or a cardiovascular surgeon?
Submitted by: faith, 08/08/2008 19:17:22 -
this is in reply to the comments by Jennifer Dollman and RK...M.D.Reifsnyder was being sarcastic when he stated that allergies are caused by unresolved child hood conflicts, this was an old belief held by many psychoanalytics back in the day. I believe he was trying to make a point about how silly this belief was...and just because someone is a bad student doesn't mean they will be bad at their profession...think of Albert Einstein, he was a complete failure in school, and I think he was a pretty intelligent guy.
Submitted by: hants, 08/08/2008 17:51:08 -
I was wondering why you are presenting dangerous information to the public? You stated that allergies are issues from the past, and that no medical treatment is necessary. As a mother and a medical professional I more than strongly disagree with you. And I challenge you for the basis of your information. You are in the position of having input to public opinion, and you are spreading not only false, but dangerous information. Any medical doctor should know better. Shame on you.
Submitted by: r k , 08/08/2008 17:30:53 -
If allergies are from childhood trauma, why can my two year old DIE from eating a peanut??
Submitted by: Jennifer Dollman, 08/08/2008 17:19:03
And which Ebay store sold Tom Reifsnyder M.D.
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What happened to the 11 yr old soccer player in cardiac arrest?
Submitted by: Elena, 08/08/2008 17:08:04 -
I think this is an excellent show and I hope ABC brings it back. Especially enjoyed watching the dynamics of the cardio-thoracic residents and their learning experiences.
Submitted by: Ria Gifford, 08/08/2008 16:54:16 -
I have a Pineal Cyst on my Pineal Gland - it measures 1.4 CM by 1.2 CM by 1.3 CM - I have eye problems, feel as if I am out of it all the time, walk around in a dazed state, have pressure build up symptoms where I feel that I need to swallow and pop something, when I sleep I have really deep heavy sleeps wherein I wake up groggy/lethargic, my eyes bounce when reading, are sensitive to light and therefore when I sleep I need total darkness and wear an eye mask - the doctors in my area do not know much about the function of the gland - I would love to be part of a team of doctors that are looking to figure out the function of this gland and the affects on patients with cysts attached to it - Please let me know if you have any wisdom at all on the subject - Thank you - Michelle
Submitted by: Michelle Anderson, 08/08/2008 14:17:31 -
I am not sure if it is because she is a female doctor, but every scene that involved Dr. Ann Czarnik portrayed her as being more focused on her love life than her profession. Most likely she is an intelligent professional resident, but most of the conversations shown were of her talking about dating, men, marriage. It made her seem extremely shallow and self-centered. Even when she was shown "in action" stitching another doctor, she was discussing her patient (in this case a colleague) and his marital status.
Submitted by: Carol, 08/08/2008 13:39:02 -
Why did you have doctors say that allergies are not real and should be treated by a psychiatrist? I'm very sorry to hear that type of misinformation on this type of medical show. My son has life-threatening food allergies and I find it difficult at times to get people to believe food could cause him serious harm. Comments such as the one on your show make life much more difficult for people who have anaphylactic alllergies. Why did you have this kind of dangerous misinformation on your show?
Submitted by: gardengirl, 08/08/2008 13:33:29 -
How many doctors usually stay at Hopkins after their residency?
Submitted by: Shan, 08/08/2008 13:09:35 -
Will you guys have another season with the same doctors? I think it would do very well!
Submitted by: Greg, 08/08/2008 12:08:55 -
Why don't you guys do a series where you follow Ann around the whole time? She is my favorite, she is smart, outspoken and I believe a great role model for girls! By far the most interesting on the show!
Submitted by: Crissy, 08/08/2008 12:01:45 -
I would just like to say, THANK YOU to Dr. Montgomery, Dr. Maley, Dr. Cameron, Maura Belden, Cindy Cohen and all the hospital nurses, and everyone that took wonderfull care of me during my live donor liver transplant on 2-26-07.(See trailer on Iraq War Veteran) Most of all thank you to my brotherinlaw Randy, for a giving me a second chance at life. It's been almost 18 months now and I'm doing very well, and feeling like a brand new man. I just wish ABC news would of airred about live donor liver transplantation, afterall not everyone knows about it. I sure didn't know while being on the liver transplant list, until I developed cancer of the liver, then I was told about it. I think more lives could be saved if the public were made aware of the live donor program. Once again, Thank You Randy, and everyone from Johns Hopkins. By the way, Randy is doing just fine, and went back to Iraq to serve his country once again. WHAT A MAN. MY HAT IS OFF TO HIM.
Submitted by: Michael Kriner, 08/08/2008 11:12:17 -
Why did you Ann so much face time? Every time she was on I cringed.
Submitted by: cslade, 08/08/2008 10:17:28 -
To all the gifted doctors in transplantation - do you all believe the "mechanics" are down pat and it is the chemical side (maintenance) that has to be explored and monitored more aggressively?
Submitted by: CC, 08/08/2008 09:37:42
In other words - better living through chemistry or engineering?
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