Doctoring the Truth

Ep 47-Fatal Mismatch: A Transplant Tragedy

Send us a textA teenage girl crosses a border for a chance at life—and loses it to a mistake so basic it should have been impossible. We dive into the case of Jesica Santillán, the 17-year-old who received an incompatible heart-lung transplant, and trace how a single missed safeguard exposed cracks across donor services, hospital protocols, and communication chains. This isn’t a story about rare complications or experimental risk; it’s about the simplest check in medicine—blood type matching—and how failing it changed transplant safety nationwide.If the episode moved you, share it with a friend who works in healthcare, leave a review to help others find the show, and follow us for more cases that challenge and change the way we think about medicine.Resources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anatomy-of-a-mistake-04-09-2003/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp030033?download=true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25077248/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesica_Santillan https://www.jstor.org/stable/3528375?read-now=1&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.wral.com/10-years-later-questions-surround-jesica-s-hope-chest-charity/12997462/ https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/duke-releases-letter-unos-concerning-jesica-santillan https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/us/girl-in-transplant-mix-up-dies-after-two-weeks.html  Support the showDon't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at doctoringthetruth@gmail.com. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week! Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing! Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at: *thecuminclub.com for 30% off *https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off *www.handful.com for 30% off *www.standshoes.com for 15% off *www.oldglory.com for 15% off *www.getcheeky.com for 30% off *https://mollybz.com for 10% off *www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off *klearprotein.com for 20% off

Ep 46-Don't Die: Bryan Johnson and Longevity Science

Send us a textA cookie-fueled cold open gives way to one of the thorniest questions in modern medicine: are we getting healthier, or just better at making numbers look good? Using Brian Johnson’s “Blueprint” as a case study, we unpack the science behind epigenetic clocks, the appeal of tight control, and the lesson medicine keeps relearning—lowering a risky marker isn’t the same as improving a life. We trace hard-won examples from ICU glucose control to HRT and anti-arrhythmics, then map that history onto today’s longevity culture, where proxies move fast and outcomes arrive slow.Enjoy the ride, laugh at the holiday detours, and leave with a pragmatic checklist: sleep on purpose, move daily, eat simply, and be skeptical when a perfect metric is sold as a cure. If this resonated, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps us keep the conversation honest and useful.Resources: Steve Horvath’s original epigenetic clock (2013, Genome Biology)National Law Review+1BryanJohnson.comGrimAge and PhenoAge models (Aging, Nature Communications)DunedinPACE (eLife, 2022)Home | CALERIEAmerican Federation for Aging Research+1The Documentary “Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever” on Netflix Support the showDon't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at doctoringthetruth@gmail.com. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week! Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing! Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at: *thecuminclub.com for 30% off *https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off *www.handful.com for 30% off *www.standshoes.com for 15% off *www.oldglory.com for 15% off *www.getcheeky.com for 30% off *https://mollybz.com for 10% off *www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off *klearprotein.com for 20% off

Ep 45-Bristol’s Broken Heart Unit and the Dangers of Club Culture

Send us a textA newborn’s first breaths should be a promise. For too many families in Bristol during the 1980s and 1990s, that promise was broken by a system that mistook confidence for competence. We walk through how a respected pediatric cardiac unit drifted into preventable tragedy—where prolonged surgeries, poor post-op pathways, and a “club culture” sidelined data, silenced concerns, and cost lives. Then we connect the dots to the reforms that followed: centralizing complex surgery, raising volume thresholds, validating outcomes, and demanding transparency that patients can trust.If you care about patient safety, surgical outcomes, and how real change happens, you’ll find both caution and hope here. Subscribe, share this episode with someone who trusts medicine to get it right, and leave a review telling us: what should be public by default—surgical volumes, complication rates, or both?Resources: Gresham College Lecture https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1120824/ https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/hc3201.097067 https://www.bristol-inquiry.org.uk/final_report/Summary.pdf http://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1174641/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/547035.stm https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/27/mr-james-wisheart https://www.enablelaw.com/news-and-insights/bristol-childrens-heart-scandal-20-years-on-from-the-gmc-hearings/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/23/jamesmeikle2 http://news.bb Support the showDon't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at doctoringthetruth@gmail.com. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week! Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing! Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at: *thecuminclub.com for 30% off *https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off *www.handful.com for 30% off *www.standshoes.com for 15% off *www.oldglory.com for 15% off *www.getcheeky.com for 30% off *https://mollybz.com for 10% off *www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off *klearprotein.com for 20% off

Ep 44-Moose, Murder, And Medicine: The Attack of a Nightmare Patient

Send us a textA quiet clinic. A calm voice in the hall. Then the shots that shattered a July morning in Petaluma, California. We follow the life and death stakes behind headlines: a breast cancer survivor seeking reconstruction, a competent surgeon navigating a fraught era of silicone implant fear, and the slow, chilling arc from anxious follow-ups to a fixed narrative of betrayal.We also step back to consider what safety looks like now. AI-assisted mammography is catching more interval cancers, reducing recalls, and freeing radiologists to spend time where it matters—conversation, judgment, and care. The contrast is stark: technology advancing early detection while human systems still learn to spot behavioral red flags—anger, fixation, refusal of evidence—before harm erupts. If this story moved you, share it with someone who cares about safer healthcare. Follow the show, leave a rating or review, and tell us: what warning signs would you act on earlier? Support the showDon't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at doctoringthetruth@gmail.com. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week! Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing! Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at: *thecuminclub.com for 30% off *https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off *www.handful.com for 30% off *www.standshoes.com for 15% off *www.oldglory.com for 15% off *www.getcheeky.com for 30% off *https://mollybz.com for 10% off *www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off *klearprotein.com for 20% off

Ep 43-Vengeful Pathologist: the Murderous Anthony Joseph Garcia

Send us a textA failed residency, a brittle ego, and years of simmering resentment—then two brutal double homicides that stunned Omaha. We unpack the Anthony Garcia case from the beginning, starting with his trajectory through medical school and pathology training at Creighton, the evaluations that documented poor judgment and disruptive behavior, and the dismissal that he interpreted as sabotage. What follows is a meticulous, evidence‑driven breakdown of how a professional grudge turned into targeted violence against the families of physicians he blamed for ending his career.If you value smart, evidence‑based storytelling at the intersection of healthcare and crime, hit follow, share this episode with a friend, and leave a rating or review. Your feedback helps more listeners find the show and keeps these deep‑dive investigations coming.Resources: Medical DailyKETVBoston Globe   https://www.nebraska.gov/apps-courts-epub/public/viewOpinion?docId=N00005924PUB https://www.wowt.com/ https://www.omaha.com https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-garcia-case-lone-star-defense-48-hours/ https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/topic/anthony-garcia https://apnews.com/search?q=anthony+garcia+omaha https://omaha.com/search/?q=Anthony+Garcia https://ww Support the showDon't miss a (heart) beat! Check out our Instagram @doctoringthetruthpodcast and email us your Medical Mishaps at doctoringthetruth@gmail.com. Join us on Facebook at Doctoring the Truth, and TikTok @doctoring the truth. Don't forget to download, rate, and review so we can keep bringing you more exciting content each week! Stay safe, and stay suspicious...trust, after all, is a delicate thing! Don't forget to check out these fantastic discounts using promo code STAYSUSPICIOUS from our sponsors at: *thecuminclub.com for 30% off *https://strongcoffeecompany.com/discount/STAYSUSPICIOUS for 20% off *www.handful.com for 30% off *www.standshoes.com for 15% off *www.oldglory.com for 15% off *www.getcheeky.com for 30% off *https://mollybz.com for 10% off *www.RSRVCollective.com for 30% off *klearprotein.com for 20% off