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.
Michael Boatman from Spin City, Arliss, The Good Fight...- Episode 985
Greg Grunberg - Episode 984
Don Dokken - Episode 983
Lex Medlin from ”CSI: Vegas” - Episode 982
Roger Earl from Foghat - Episode 981
Randy Jackson from Zebra - Episode 980
Jesse Colin Young - Episode 979
Greg Hawkes from The Cars - Episode 978
Princess Goes - Episode 977
Maddie Corman - Episode 976
Courtney Taylor-Taylor from The Dandy Warhols - Episode 975
Jesse James Dupree from Jackyl - Episode 974
John Fugelsang - Episode 973
Musical Youth - Episode 972
Right Said Fred - Episode 971
Bill Wadhams - Episode 970
Ian Buchanan - Episode 969
Vini ”Mad Dog” Lopez from The E Street Band - Episode 968
Thaao Penghlis - Episode 967
Shannon DeVido - Episode 966
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