
Christian Espana MD PODCAST
Hello I am Christian Espana Schmidt MD. During my 25 years of medical career I have lived the change of the medical career. 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 still persists, 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 from scratch the POCUS program in Danbury Hospital and now I have started the POCUS program of CIFC Health a program dedicated exclusively to teach POCUS in the outpatient clinic. As you can see I already said I teach POCUS, however I am interested very much in other topics in medicine. I used to call the podcast the Danbury Medical Files, and you can hear the prior episodes.
Of course I will continue to discuss POCUS, however I hope to dive in new topics in medicine.
Welcome to my podcast and I hope you find something of value.
All of the content is not generated with AI, all content is cured and I try to present the evidence behind of my opinions.
The Podcast is mainly for entertainment purposes and my recommendations need to be taken as such.
Welcome again
Episodes
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.

Welcome to Internal Medicine Residency

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"
