Vital Signs

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A transplant surgeon gets a new heart. A psychiatrist treats debilitating anxiety with magic mushrooms. A medical student rushes to the front lines of a pandemic. On Vital Signs, we bring medicine to life, and introduce you to the people behind the scrubs, featuring the real-life doctors, patients, nurses, researchers and staff from NYU Langone Health.

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It's All In Your Head

Dec 4th, 2023 8:00 AM

If you have chronic back pain, something's wrong...right? Maybe not. Sometimes, it might all be in your head... or at least, in the neurons of your brain. Listen in as neurosurgeon Dr. Erich Anderer explains how pain isn't that simple, and how incorporating ancient practices into modern therapies can help treat chronic back pain.

I Wanna Go Home

Dec 4th, 2023 8:00 AM

After suffering a traumatic brain injury as a result of being hit by a car on his bike, Dr. David Jevotovsky had a long road to recovery. Hear him piece together the accounts of his family and friends, and the first hand account of his emergent surgery from the neurosurgeon who treated him.

A Real Fundamental Impact

Dec 4th, 2023 8:00 AM

From sci-fi dreams to the cutting edge of prostate cancer treatment, Dr. James Wysock tells the story of his roundabout journey to becoming an oncologic urologist... and finding fulfillment in his career.

Drawn to Medicine

Dec 4th, 2023 8:00 AM

You may have a picture in your head of what medical school is like, but getting there and succeeding there, isn't always a straight line. For Dr. Michael Natter, connecting the dots of his journey with diabetes and his passion for art helped him paint the portrait of the doctor he is today.See Dr. Mike Natter's drawings on his instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/mike.natter/

Season 3 - Coming Soon!

Nov 21st, 2023 8:57 PM

Coming soon... Season 3 of Vital Signs! Hear more incredible personal stories of doctors, nurses, and researchers at NYU Langone Health. Hear how one doctor took a very atypical path toward becoming an oncologic urologist on the cutting edge of prostate cancer treatments; how the manager of NYU's high-containment labs managed an onslaught of attention during the COVID-19 pandemic; how a neurosurgeon is helping patients with chronic back pain find relief with an ancient practice from halfway around the world; how a young boy with diabetes doodled his way through medical school to become an endocrinologist, and how a medical student's traumatic brain injury and recovery changed everything about his career trajectory and his life's priorities.

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