The Danbury Medical Files
Hello, I am Christian Espana Schmidt, MD. During my 25 years of medical career, I have witnessed changes in the medical profession. Starting as a medical student in Guatemala, Central America, where after medical school I completed my internal medicine residency, and then I served in a rural community for 6 years with innovation that persists, I went to New York City, where I repeated another internal medicine residency and was chief resident. My joy for teaching took me to Pensilvania where I learned about Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) a revolutionary technique to enhance physical examinations. I proudly started the POCUS program at Danbury Hospital. Now, I am developing the POCUS program of CIFC Health, a program dedicated exclusively to teaching POCUS in the outpatient clinic. As you can see, I already said I teach POCUS; however, I am very interested in other topics in medicine.
Of course I will continue to discuss POCUS, however I hope to dive in new topics in medicine.
Welcome to my podcast. I hope you find something of value.
The content is not generated with AI; all content is curated, and I try to present the evidence behind my opinions.
The PodPodcast is mainly for entertainment purposes, and my recommendations need to be taken as such.
Welcome again
Episodes
POCUS in the outpatient clinic, my first impressions.
The data breach of the century. How and why your health information is not secure anymore.
Hospital Mergers
Three cases in outpatient POCUS
Thoughts about the volume status assessment
Lung Congestion and POCUS
Is it safe to perform and teach lung ultrasound?
Black History Month Special. An Interview with Dr. Brenda Ayers MD and her fascinating work towards equity.
Is auscultation safe?
POCUS and Portal hypertension.
POCUS in the daily life of a Hospitalist: Two patients with liver disease.
Celebrating Women in Medicine, Interview with the Chief Residents.
Pleural effusion, the black bag of the physician, the case for POCUS
Everyday tips.
Are gun deaths a matter of public health? Shall we have an opinion?
Pulsus and pulsus paradoxus
The Danbury Medical Files: COVID 19 and POCUS. The "Patricia Tiejen Academy"
