Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast


Latest Episodes

Global Surgery Episode 2: Trauma Care in Resource-Limited Settings
March 25, 2024

Join us for another episode of our Global Surgery series, where we have a special focus on trauma care in resource-limited settings.Traumatic injury remains one of the largest burdens of disease and causes of mortality internationally. The WHO estimate

Global Surgery Episode 1: How Health Infrastructure Interacts with Global Surgical Care
March 21, 2024

Join us for a new edition of our global surgery series! On this episode, Dr. Jon Williams is joined by Dr. Sudha Jayaraman and Dr. Justina Seyi-Olajide to discuss how we define global surgery today and how health infrastructure interacts with global surgi

Journal Review in Surgical Education: Artificial Intelligence
March 18, 2024

With the increasing popularity of artificial intelligence, its uses are quickly becoming not only a part of everyday life, but also training in surgery. Those of us without much understanding of the technology might be intimidated by this nebulous topic,

Hot Topics in Trauma: Western Trauma Association 2024
March 14, 2024

The Fellowship of the Snow kept it interesting this yearboth on and off the slopes! On this episode, Patrick Georgoff discusses the Western Trauma Associations updated resuscitative thoracotomy algorithm with Ron Tesoriero, the results of a WTA multice

Clinical Challenges in Vascular Surgery: Dialysis Associated Steal Syndrome
March 11, 2024

In this episode of Behind the Knife the vascular surgery subspecialty team discusses a few case scenarios of patients with dialysis associated hand ischemia (or steal syndrome). Although a rare, steal syndrome can be detrimental to patients with end stage

Circulation-First Approach to Trauma Resuscitation
March 07, 2024

Join BTK eduction fellows, Drs. Nina Clark and Jon Williams along with guests Drs. Sharmila Dissanaike and Paula Ferrada for a discussion on whether its time for a paradigm shift toward a circulation-first approach to trauma resuscitation.Hosts: Nina

Journal Review in Surgical Oncology: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)
March 04, 2024

Join the Behind the Knife Surgical Oncology Team as we discuss One versus Three Years of Adjuvant Imatinib for Operable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Randomized Trial, the randomized trial guiding duration of imatinib treatment for gastrointestinal

Clinical Challenges in Hernia Surgery: Lateral Abdominal Wall Hernias
February 29, 2024

Though relatively rare, lateral abdominal wall hernias present a unique challenge to surgeons. Join Drs. Ajita Prabhu, Lucas Beffa, Sara Maskal and Ryan Ellis as they talk through their approach to these difficult cases.   Hosts:   · Ajita Prabhu, MD, Cl

In-Flight Emergencies
February 26, 2024

Do the words Is there a doctor on board fill you with anxiety? For Dr. Thomas Doyle, responding to in flight medical events is just another day at the office. As the medical director for STAT-MD, him and his team provide on the ground consultation for p

Journal Review in Colorectal Surgery: Anal Dysplasia and Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
February 22, 2024

You have a patient referred to you for a history of anal dysplasia and found to have an anal lesion on colonoscopy. How do you evaluate this? What are the risk factors? How will you perform surveillance afterwards? Does everyone need HRA? Tune in to find