The Brain Surgeon's Take
The Brain Surgeon's Take is a discussion based podcast where experts in every field from Nobel Laureates to Navy SEALS to NASA Astronauts to NFL Athletes sit down and talk with world renowned Neurosurgeon and Professor of Neurological Surgery Dr. Rick Komotar.
Episodes
204 episodes
Dr. Adrian Mesa: America’s Mental Health Crisis
Dr. Adrian L. Mesa is the founder and CEO of AMP Mental Health. Active within the healthcare field since 2006, he earned his doctorate degree from the University of Miami, and has board certifications by the American Nurses Credentialing Center...
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Gregory Shepard: The Startup Lifecycle – Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success
Gregory Shepard is a 20 year startup veteran and serial entrepreneur with 12 liquidity events under his belt, two of which were sold as part of a $925M transaction that won 4 Private Equity awards for transactions between $250M-$1B. He is a For...
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Dr. Luis Tumialan: Special Forces and Neurosurgery – Parallels
Luis Manuel Tumialán is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute specializing in minimally invasive spinal surgery. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine, completed his internship at the Naval Medica...
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Eric Renaghan: Achieving Peak Performance
In his 15th year of service, Eric Renaghan is in his first year as Director of Sport Science for Football. His role uses scientific principles to support the health, safety, and performance of their student-athletes through research, educ...
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Dr. Krista Varady: Intermittent Fasting – Pros and Cons
Dr. Krista Varady is a Professor of Nutrition at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her research focuses on the efficacy of intermittent fasting for weight loss and metabolic disease reduction in people with obesity. Her work is funded by the...
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Dr. Diane Hennacy: Autism and Psychic Powers – The ESP Enigma
Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D. is an author, researcher, public speaker and practicing psychiatrist who started as a neuroscientist before obtaining her medical degree and training in medicine, neurology, and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University....
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Drew Rosenhaus: SHOW ME THE MONEY
Drew Rosenhaus negotiated over 10 billion dollars in contracts. Only Agent ever to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Appeared in national ESPN commercial. Published Autobiography with brother Jason titled ‘A Shark Never Sleeps”. Cameo appe...
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Dr. Anil Menon: Humans to Mars
Dr. Anil Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class. Menon was SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, helping to launch its first humans to space during the Demo-2 mission and building a medical organization to support the hu...
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Dr. Tracy Crane: Alcohol and Cancer Risk – What We Know
Dr. Crane is a distinguished leader in cancer control and is passionate about her commitment to the science of better outcomes for patients and community. Her work sits at the intersection of lifestyle medicine and digital health with a goal of...
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Dr. Michael Fischer: The AI Revolution in Weather Forecasting
Dr. Michael Fischer is an Assistant Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) at the University of Miami. His research interests involve environmental and convective influences on tropical cyclone struc...
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Sean Swarner: Impossible is Nothing
Sean Swarner is a living testament to resilience. Given 14 days to live, he emerged as the first cancer survivor atop Everest, scaling all seven continents’ peaks, skiing to both Poles, and completing the Hawaii Ironman World Championship. Beyo...
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Eric Mac Lain: The 2024 College Football Playoffs
Eric Mac Lain joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Friday evenings and Saturday mornings throughout the fall. Mac Lain also appears on studio shows across ESPN networks throu...
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Dr. Robert Hariri: The Evolution of Cellular Medicine
Dr. Bob Hariri is an accomplished surgeon, biomedical scientist, and serial entrepreneur in two technology sectors, biomedicine and aerospace. He is the chairperson, founder, and chief executive officer of Celularity, Inc., one of the world’s l...
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Joseph Echevarria: Roadmap to UMiami’s New Century
As President of the University of Miami and CEO of UHealth, Joe Echevarria leads more than 20,000 professionals whose focus is transforming lives through education, research, and patient care.A seasoned chief executive, Mr. Echevarria serve...
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Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.: Dismantling Structural Racism
One of the nation’s most prominent scholars, Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., is a passionate educator, author, political commentator, and public intellectual who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience. His writings, including “Democr...
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Mike Tipton: Cold Water Immersion: Kill or Cure?
Educated at the Universities of Keele and London, Professor Tipton joined the University of Surrey in 1986. After 12 years at the Robens Institute and European Institute of Health and Medical Science he moved to the University of Portsmouth in ...
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Renee Diresta: Conspiracy Theories in The USA
Renée DiResta is the technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, a cross-disciplinary program of research, teaching and policy engagement for the study of abuse in current information technologies. Renée investigates the sp...
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Daniel Corbett: From SEAL Team 6 to Mercenary
Daniel Corbett III served as an elite Navy SEAL operator, part of SEAL Teams 5, 6, and 17. He’s now an ex-military operator for hire. He joined the navy shortly after graduating high school in 2002 and was deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2005...
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Dr. Alex Piquero: What Makes A Criminal?
Alex R. Piquero is Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar the University of Miami and previously served as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one of the nation’s t...
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Dr. Rico Simonini: Never Settle – Combining 2 Careers
Rico Simonini is an Italian-American actor and cardiologist. Rico Simonini graduated New York University with a bachelor’s degree and the John Parkes History Award. As an actor he has enjoyed the opportunity to play leading roles in dozens of p...
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Wendy K Smith: The Power of Paradox
Management thought leader and award-winning organizational psychologist Wendy K. Smith is on a mission to help individuals and organizations turn our problems into possibilities. Smith currently holds the prestigious title of Dana J. John...
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Dr. Armando Hernandez Rey: Reproductive Rights in The USA
Dr Hernandez Rey specializes in treating patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), recurrent pregnancy loss (miscarriage), and severe endometriosis. He is especially interested in fertility preservation (egg freezing) for patients who mus...
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EJ Manuel and Dr. Myron Rolle: Should Tua Retire?
EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also co-hosts ACCN’s In Play with Kelsey Riggs ...
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Dr. Gauri Agarwal: Will AI Revolutionize or Ruin our Educational System?
Dr. Agarwal has been on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Medical School prior to returning to the University of Miami in 2007, where she has been inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha and the Ir...
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Kendall Burman: The Next Pandemic... Not If, But When
Kendall Burman serves as PHC Global’s President. Prior to joining PHC Global, Burman held leadership roles at Alloy, a data and technology start-up for the progressive political market. Burman previously served as the Deputy General Counsel for...
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