Navigating Life as a Heart Transplant Patient with Dr. Alin Gragossian

41min | 06/01/2023

Description

Dr. Alin Gragossian talks about her experience with a health issue that interrupted her graduate medical education. She developed cardiogenic shock, was in the ICU, received a heart transplant and still managed to finish her emergency medicine residency and critical care fellowship!

[00:00:23] Interrupted Medical Training.

[00:05:33] Cardiogenic shock and resuscitation.

[00:06:41] Severe heart failure.

[00:12:44] Heart transplant urgency.

[00:16:04] Heart transplant candidacy.

[00:20:36] Facing mortality before surgery.

[00:23:44] Phrases that helped.

[00:25:36] Caregivers and support people.

[00:28:13] Patient privacy in hospitals.

[00:31:39] Patient support in transplant.

[00:34:39] Heart transplant support group.

[00:37:07] Meeting a hero.

[00:41:35] Power of social media.

[00:43:29] Transplant patient as a resident.

Many thanks to Doc2Doc Lending for supporting the show. If you’re needing a doctor loan expert to help guide you on your financial journey, this company comes highly recommended by our audience!

Did ya know…

You can also be a guest on our show? Please email me at brad@physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect.

Socials:

@physiciansguidetodoctoring on FB

@physicianguidetodoctoring on YouTube

Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow!

Disclaimer:

This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Succeed in Medicine

Was your training enough to handle everything physician life demands? From lawsuits to leadership, career decisions to challenging conversations, balancing the personal with the professional — not enough was addressed in medical school, residency or fellowship. This show fills those gaps so you can live up to the expectations that come with the white coat — not just in the exam room, but in all the places your MD follows you. Your host, Dr. Bradley Block, a private practice ENT, is right there with you — navigating the same challenges and bringing in world-class guests to teach, as he puts it, “everything we should have been learning while we were memorizing Kreb’s cycle.” With nearly 500 episodes and close to half a million downloads, Brad has built a trusted space where physicians come for brass-tacks, immediately-applicable advice. You don’t need another certification. You need a podcast that covers personal finance, private practice, side-gigs, main-gigs, reacting to bad reviews, misinformation, social media, charting, parenting, communicating, negotiating, leading, managing, teaching, learning and what to do when someone yells, “Is there a doctor on board?”

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Succeed in Medicine

Was your training enough to handle everything physician life demands? From lawsuits to leadership, career decisions to challenging conversations, balancing the personal with the professional — not enough was addressed in medical school, residency or fellowship. This show fills those gaps so you can live up to the expectations that come with the white coat — not just in the exam room, but in all the places your MD follows you. Your host, Dr. Bradley Block, a private practice ENT, is right there with you — navigating the same challenges and bringing in world-class guests to teach, as he puts it, “everything we should have been learning while we were memorizing Kreb’s cycle.” With nearly 500 episodes and close to half a million downloads, Brad has built a trusted space where physicians come for brass-tacks, immediately-applicable advice. You don’t need another certification. You need a podcast that covers personal finance, private practice, side-gigs, main-gigs, reacting to bad reviews, misinformation, social media, charting, parenting, communicating, negotiating, leading, managing, teaching, learning and what to do when someone yells, “Is there a doctor on board?”

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Dr. Alin Gragossian talks about her experience with a health issue that interrupted her graduate medical education. She developed cardiogenic shock, was in the ICU, received a heart transplant and still managed to finish her emergency medicine residency and critical care fellowship!

[00:00:23] Interrupted Medical Training.

[00:05:33] Cardiogenic shock and resuscitation.

[00:06:41] Severe heart failure.

[00:12:44] Heart transplant urgency.

[00:16:04] Heart transplant candidacy.

[00:20:36] Facing mortality before surgery.

[00:23:44] Phrases that helped.

[00:25:36] Caregivers and support people.

[00:28:13] Patient privacy in hospitals.

[00:31:39] Patient support in transplant.

[00:34:39] Heart transplant support group.

[00:37:07] Meeting a hero.

[00:41:35] Power of social media.

[00:43:29] Transplant patient as a resident.

Many thanks to Doc2Doc Lending for supporting the show. If you’re needing a doctor loan expert to help guide you on your financial journey, this company comes highly recommended by our audience!

Did ya know…

You can also be a guest on our show? Please email me at brad@physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect.

Socials:

@physiciansguidetodoctoring on FB

@physicianguidetodoctoring on YouTube

Visit www.physiciansguidetodoctoring.com to connect, dive deeper, and keep the conversation going. Let’s grow!

Disclaimer:

This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, financial, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional for personalized guidance.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Succeed in Medicine

Was your training enough to handle everything physician life demands? From lawsuits to leadership, career decisions to challenging conversations, balancing the personal with the professional — not enough was addressed in medical school, residency or fellowship. This show fills those gaps so you can live up to the expectations that come with the white coat — not just in the exam room, but in all the places your MD follows you. Your host, Dr. Bradley Block, a private practice ENT, is right there with you — navigating the same challenges and bringing in world-class guests to teach, as he puts it, “everything we should have been learning while we were memorizing Kreb’s cycle.” With nearly 500 episodes and close to half a million downloads, Brad has built a trusted space where physicians come for brass-tacks, immediately-applicable advice. You don’t need another certification. You need a podcast that covers personal finance, private practice, side-gigs, main-gigs, reacting to bad reviews, misinformation, social media, charting, parenting, communicating, negotiating, leading, managing, teaching, learning and what to do when someone yells, “Is there a doctor on board?”

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Succeed in Medicine

Was your training enough to handle everything physician life demands? From lawsuits to leadership, career decisions to challenging conversations, balancing the personal with the professional — not enough was addressed in medical school, residency or fellowship. This show fills those gaps so you can live up to the expectations that come with the white coat — not just in the exam room, but in all the places your MD follows you. Your host, Dr. Bradley Block, a private practice ENT, is right there with you — navigating the same challenges and bringing in world-class guests to teach, as he puts it, “everything we should have been learning while we were memorizing Kreb’s cycle.” With nearly 500 episodes and close to half a million downloads, Brad has built a trusted space where physicians come for brass-tacks, immediately-applicable advice. You don’t need another certification. You need a podcast that covers personal finance, private practice, side-gigs, main-gigs, reacting to bad reviews, misinformation, social media, charting, parenting, communicating, negotiating, leading, managing, teaching, learning and what to do when someone yells, “Is there a doctor on board?”

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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