Operate with Zen
While incredibly rewarding and honored vocations, careers in medicine and surgery are fraught with stress, burnout and challenges in work-life balance. OWZ is intended to open dialogue about a mindful approach to surgery - to create a space where physicians and surgeons can enhance their life's work and life experience with a focus on presence, purpose and practical skills. OWZ combines didactic-like monologues to provide baseline information and available scientific data on practical topics like time management, sleep hygiene and burnout; as well as interviews with surgeons and experts to share what works and doesn't work in their daily routines.
Episodes
79 episodes
77. Physical Health and Diet for Busy Surgeons and People with Dr. Paul Maroni
Paul Maroni, MD is a urologic oncologist at the University of Colorado in Denver. He is a repeat guest on OWZ (#41. Joy in the Service of Others… https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811662/105...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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58:41
76. Putting on Your Armor with Dr. Scott MacDiarmid
Scott MacDiarmid, MD is a private practice urologist in Greensboro, North Carolina and the author of “Fist Pumps” – a self-help book to lift up physicians and healthcare providers who serve (
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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1:03:58
75. Surgical Coaching from the Master with Dr. Caprice Greenberg
Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH is the Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Surgical Oncologist. She is the President and Co-founder of the Academy for Surgical Coaching (
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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51:25
74. Leading with Kindness with Ms. Nadine Coull
Ms. Nadine Coull, MBBS, MS, FRCS (Urol) is the Deputy Medical Director of the National Health Services (NHS) and President of the Urology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. In addition, she is the Deputy Medical Director of Kingsto...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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55:42
73. A Legacy of Mindfulness in Surgery with Dr. Mick Malotte
Dr. Mick Malotte, MD is a retired ENT surgeon from California who has been practicing mindfulness as a surgeon for over 30 years. Not only does Mick practice mindfulness through a daily practice and retreats, but he teaches mindfulness to...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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53:12
72. Mindful Communication with Dr. Marissa Theofanides
“All healthcare is delivered through relationships.” This is the key statement from this episode of OWZ and highlights that effective communication is a key component of delivering excellent patient care. Marissa Theofanides, MD<...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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1:02:32
71. A Day of Reflection with Dr. Angela Smith
Dr. Angela Smith is a frequent flyer on the Operate with Zen podcast. She is guru to me and many others for life hacks and practical, personal improvements to be more efficient and to have more ease and enjoyment in our daily routine.&nbs...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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54:45
70. Understanding Mindfulness Through Sexuality with Dr. Kelly Casperson
Dr. Kelly Casperson, MD is a surgical rockstar!!! … a urologist and sexual medicine expert, a extremely successful podcaster, author and now Ted-Talker! Kelly hosts the “You Are Not Broken” podcast (
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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1:03:31
69. Getting to What Matters with Dr. Brian Lane
Being a cancer surgeon can be tough. Being a cancer patient even tougher. Brian Lane, MD is facing both daily. He is an accomplished surgeon and academic urologic oncologist. In this thoughtful and honest discussion, we ...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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1:03:27
68. Surgeons are Not Superhuman with Dr. Kevin Turner
Kevin Turner, MA, DM, FRCS (Urology) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. In 2015, he helped to start the Surgeon Wellbeing Research Team with colleagues from the Department of Psychology at Bournemouth...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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59:47
67. The Golden Hour with Jeff Bloovman
Jeff Bloovman, BSN, RN, is an operating room nurse with really unique interests and perspectives on life. He has been an actor and director, is currently a firearms and combat instructor as well as an avid practitioner and instructor of B...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:10:07
66. Surgical Ergonomics with Dr. Andrew Gabrielson
Andrew Gabrielson, MD (@urogabe) is currently a resident at the Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins. He is a budding pediatric urologist and developed an interest in surgical ergonomics and physical well-...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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58:31
65. Recovering from Injury as a Surgeon with Drs. Angela Smith and Jay Shah
Physical ailments are a part of life, and all surgeons will encounter physical pain or injury in their career. Good friends and fellow surgeons, Angela Smith, MD, and Jay Shah, MD, (and repeat guests on the show) are no strangers to injur...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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1:17:27
64. Difficult Interactions and "Difficult" Patients with Dr. Joan Naidorf
Dr. Joan Naidorf, DO (https://www.drjoannaidorf.com/) is an Emergency Room physician who, through clinical experience, developed expertise in managing the difficult patient. She is the author o...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:06:04
63. The Best Caregivers Care for Themselves with Dr. Jeremy Grummet
Jeremy Grummet, MBBS, Master of Surgery, FRACS is a urologist in Melbourne, Australia and a world leader in prostate cancer imaging and diagnostics. He is also a deep thinker and deeply interested in the wellbeing of surgeons and his coll...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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1:05:43
62. Mindfulness in Surgery: Enhanced Stress Resilience Training with Dr. Carter Lebares
Dr. Carter Lebares, MD is a Gastrointestinal Surgeon at the University of California San Francisco and the Director of the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery. In addition to being a thoughtful and skilled surgeon, she ran two randomiz...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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1:07:16
61. Getting to the Why? in Medicine with Dr. Bradley Block (Physician's Guide to Doctoring)
Bradley Block, MD is an otolaryngologist in New York and founder of the “Physician’s Guide to Doctoring” podcast. The founding principle of the Physician’s Guide is “all the stuff we s...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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49:17
BONUS CONTENT - 5-minute Breathwork with Dr. Dharam Kaushik
5 minute breathwork exercise.
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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51:12
60. Connecting the Body & Mind with Dr. Dharam Kaushik
Dharam Kaushik, MD is a urologic oncologist who does big time cancer surgeries. He is also a researcher and educator at the University of Texas San Antonio where he runs the urologic oncology fellowship program and leads the kidney cancer...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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51:12
59. Running Toward Well-Being and Mindfulness with Dr. Michelle Quirk
Michelle Quirk, MD is a pediatrician and pediatric hospitalist in the Philadelphia area. She is also a certified run coach and started Mindful Marathon (mindful-marathon.com) to help busy profes...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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57:24
58. Incorporating Mindfulness with Dr. Betsy Koehne
Dr. Elizabeth "Betsy" Koehne, MD is at the wonderful transition between training and complete surgical independence. She is a urologist and Acting Instructor and Society of Urologic Oncology fellow at the UW School of Medicine in Seattle....
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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58:07
57. The Insane Privilege of Surgery with Dr. Bradley Erickson
Dr. Bradley Erickson is a Professor of Urology, a reconstructive urologist, and Director of Functional Urology at the University of Iowa. We are great friends and bonded over similar loves of baseball and skiing – sharing quite a few lift...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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1:07:36
56. Coaching Surgeons to Success with Dr. Diana Londoño
Diana Londoño, MD is a urologist in Los Angeles with a specific interest in coaching surgeons through tough times. She is the founder of Physician Coach Support (https://physiciancoachsupport.co...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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1:11:16
55. Responding to Intraoperative Stress with Dr. Kristin Chrouser
Kristin Chrouser, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Michigan and Section Chief of Urology at the VA in Ann Arbor Michigan. She is an expert in intraoperative stress - something all surgeons are familiar with - an...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:10:03
54. The Spaces Between Technique with Dr. Jason Han
Jason Han, MD is a cardiac surgery resident at the University of Pennsylvania, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the founder of The Modern Surgeon. Jason provides unique perspective from a trainee with his eyes uniquely on th...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:07:14