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.
Chan Kinchla - Episode 885
William Sadler - Episode 884
Jerry Casale - Episode 883
John Corabi - Episode 882
Dedee Pfeiffer - Episode 881
Carmine Appice - Episode 880
Midge Ure - Episode 879
Yul Vazquez - Episode 878
Steve Kilbey - Episode 877
Amanda Wyss - CooperTalk 876
Pete Byrne - Episode 875
Brad Gillis - Episode 874
C. Thomas Howell - Episode 873
Don McManus - Episode 872
Eddie Trunk - Episode 871
Richard Blade - Episode 870
Paul Carrack - Episode 869
David Duchovny - Episode 868
Wendy Liebman - Episode 867
Glenn Tilbrook - Episode 866
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