Steve Cooper talks with doctor/musician Neil Ratner. Neil learned the music business working as a tour manager, assistant manager and producer for groups like Edgar Winter, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd and T-Rex, among others. After a number of successful years working in the music biz, he had an epiphany and decided to pursue his other childhood dream of becoming a doctor. He finished college, learned Spanish, spent four years at a medical school in Mexico, completed two years of surgical training and an anesthesia residency, and helped create the new specialty of office-based anesthesia in Manhattan. In doing so, he became an expert in the use of the new drug, Propofol. Although he encountered many celebrities in his anesthesia practice, one would change his life... Michael Jackson. One day Michael walked into an office in which Neil was the Director of Anesthesia. He became a trusted friend and personal physician of Michael's from 1994 to 2002, periodically going on tour and spending time with Michael at Neverland. He recently wrote the book called Rock Doc which talks about Rock & Roll, Michael Jackson, Nelson Mandela, a prison sentence with very unexpected results and how helping the poorest of the poor became a key part of his life.
Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult - Episode 1,004
Phil Hendrie, radio legend - Episode 1,003
Reed Diamond - Episode 1,002
Rich Redmond drummer of Jason Aldean - Episode 1,001
Mick Mars from Motley Crue - Episode 1,000
Tom Bailey from Thompson Twins - Episode 999
Terry Serpico from Law & Order: SVU, Army Wives, Cobra Kai - Episode 998
Guthrie Govan from The Aristocrats - Episode 997
Dunstan Bruce from Chumbawamba - Episode 996
Joe Bonamassa - Episode 995
Artimus Pyle from Lynyrd Skynyrd - Episode 994
Al Sapienza from The Sopranos and Reacher - Episode 993
Malcolm Goodwin from Reacher and iZombie - Episode 992
Adam Baldwin from Full Metal Jacket, Firefly, etc. - Episode 991
Actress Anne-Marie Johnson - Episode 990
Billy Crain from Henry Paul Band & The Outlaws - Episode 989
Nick Bakay - co-creator of HBO Max’s Bookie - Episode 988
Steven Bauer from Scarface, Ray Donovan, Breaking Bad...Part 2 - Episode 987
Steven Bauer from Scarface, Ray Donovan, Breaking Bad...Part 1 - Episode 986
Michael Boatman from Spin City, Arliss, The Good Fight...- Episode 985
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