Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce present Episode 7 - Laissez les bon temps rouler.

Dr. Malachi G. Sheahan III, MD, FACS is a distinguished vascular and endovascular surgeon based in New Orleans, currently Professor and Chair of Surgery at LSU Health Sciences Center and Program Director of both the integrated Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship Programs.

He earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine (1994), completed a general surgery residency at New York Medical College, and pursued fellowships in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Tufts and in vascular surgery at Harvard’s Beth Israel . Board-certified in vascular surgery, Dr. Sheahan joined LSU in 2004 and became Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery in 2012.

Over two decades, he’s built one of the country’s top training programs, mentoring up to a dozen fellows annually and overseeing a team of over 11 vascular surgeons providing care in both academic and community hospitals, including a VA and a pediatric hospital.

A prolific researcher, Dr. Sheahan has published extensively—covering skills assessment, burnout and wellness in surgery, vascular trauma, and innovations in minimally invasive endovascular procedures—while playing key roles in shaping surgical education and physician well-being.

He is an active leader within the Society for Vascular Surgery and other national bodies, contributing to wellness initiatives, training standards, and strategic planning.

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The aim of 'The Missing Needle' podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

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The views, information, or opinions expressed during The Missing Needle podcast are solely those of the individuals involved, and do not necessarily represent those of University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Yale University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, or any professional organizations which the hosts represent. USF, TGH, UAB, and Yale are not responsible for, and do not verify accuracy of any information contained in the podcast series available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast series is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.

Advertising, which is incorporated into, placed in association with, or targeted toward the content of this podcast without the expressed approval and knowledge of developers, is forbidden. You may not edit, modify, or redistribute this podcast. The developers of The Missing Needle podcast series assume no liability for any activities in connection with this podcast. Any use of this podcast with any other Web site, computer, or playing device is prohibited. Listener discretion is advised.

Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce present Episode 6: From The Heart - Part 1

Arvind Bhimaraj is an advanced heart failure cardiologist who claims no titles other than an aspirant of being a good human being, research scientist, an advocate for what’s right, and for changing what’s not right.

The aim of 'The Missing Needle' podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

DISCLAIMER

The views, information, or opinions expressed during The Missing Needle podcast are solely those of the individuals involved, and do not necessarily represent those of University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Yale University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, or any professional organizations which the hosts represent. USF, TGH, UAB, and Yale are not responsible for, and do not verify accuracy of any information contained in the podcast series available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast series is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.

Advertising, which is incorporated into, placed in association with, or targeted toward the content of this podcast without the expressed approval and knowledge of developers, is forbidden. You may not edit, modify, or redistribute this podcast. The developers of The Missing Needle podcast series assume no liability for any activities in connection with this podcast. Any use of this podcast with any other Web site, computer, or playing device is prohibited. Listener discretion is advised.

Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce present Episode 5: Lucky Lucky London.

London Guidry, MD is a respected colleague and friend of the Missing Needle Team and is affectionally our BV Needle. London is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a received her medical degree in General Surgery in 2009 from Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC), where she also completed her Vascular Surgery Fellowship in 2011.

She is the Chief of Vascular Surgery at Baton Rouge General and is currently serving as a board member for End Stage Renal Disease Network 13. Dr. Guidry is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at LSUHSC, as well as the Assistant Program Director for Integrated Vascular at LSUHSC. She has won two teaching awards for the LSU Surgery Department in 2019 and 2020, respectively. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and holds memberships in the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, the Louisiana State Medical Society, Capital Area Medical Society, and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

A master surgeon, dedicated educator, quick to laugh and one of the best people you will meet—London Guidry.

The aim of 'The Missing Needle' podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

DISCLAIMER:

The views, information, or opinions expressed during The Missing Needle podcast are solely those of the individuals involved, and do not necessarily represent those of University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Yale University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, or any professional organizations which the hosts represent. USF, TGH, UAB, and Yale are not responsible for, and do not verify accuracy of any information contained in the podcast series available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast series is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.

Advertising, which is incorporated into, placed in association with, or targeted toward the content of this podcast without the expressed approval and knowledge of developers, is forbidden. You may not edit, modify, or redistribute this podcast. The developers of The Missing Needle podcast series assume no liability for any activities in connection with this podcast. Any use of this podcast with any other Web site, computer, or playing device is prohibited. Listener discretion is advised.

Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce present Episode 4 - Hygge Henrik

'Hygge' is Danish for enjoy, describing a cozy, contented mood evoked by comfort and conviviality,

Our guest today is Dr. Henrik Sillesen, MD, DMSc. He is a professor of vascular disease at University of Copenhagen, and former chairman at the department of vascular surgery at Rigshospitalet, Denmark. During Dr Sillesens 23 years as chair, the dept. staff reached appr. 120 in total, incl. 37 MD’s of which 20 were board certified vascular surgeons.

Dr Sillesen was President of the European Society for Vascular surgery (ESVS) 2018-9, Secretary General of ESVS 2004-9, President of the Danish Heart Association (2006-8) and Secretary General Secretary General of the Scandinavian Association for Vascular Surgery 2000-2004. Henrik Sillesen was appointed member of the Danish Medical Research Council 2002.

Dr. Sillesens main research interest is prevention, treatment and non-invasive diagnosis of vascular disease. He has been the project-leader of an EU funded multicenter study 1992-5 and leader of the Danish research center CADUS, funded by the Danish Research Council 1995-2000. Dr. Sillesen has served as member of many scientific steering Committee’s for phase 2 and 3 drug trials.

Dr. Sillesen has published > 275 scientific articles in peer-review journals and presented more than 250 invited lectures worldwide (H-index is 62 and > 22.000 citations (Google Scholar)).

After having served as chair and professor for 23 years, Dr. Sillesen was recruited for the Novo Nordisk Foundation in 2021 to build up a Cardiovascular Research Portfolio within the foundation. Among these projects is the “REACT” study which is testing whether early detection of atherosclerosis can prevent MI, stroke and CVD death, funded by 100M$. In 2023, Dr. Sillesen joined Airfinity Ltd, a London based medical analytics company, to serve as Chief Medical Officer.

The aim of 'The Missing Needle' podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

DISCLAIMER

The views, information, or opinions expressed during The Missing Needle podcast are solely those of the individuals involved, and do not necessarily represent those of University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Yale University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, or any professional organizations which the hosts represent. USF, TGH, UAB, and Yale are not responsible for, and do not verify accuracy of any information contained in the podcast series available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast series is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.

Advertising, which is incorporated into, placed in association with, or targeted toward the content of this podcast without the expressed approval and knowledge of developers, is forbidden. You may not edit, modify, or redistribute this podcast. The developers of The Missing Needle podcast series assume no liability for any activities in connection with this podcast. Any use of this podcast with any other Web site, computer, or playing device is prohibited. Listener discretion is advised.

Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce present Episode 3 - The Scarlet Scrub Cap. In this episode we give our take on industry in the surgical world. There are many ways to treat vascular disease, and knowledge of devices as well as working, professional relationships with industry are what drive outcomes for patients.

The aim of 'The Missing Needle' podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

DISCLAIMER

The views, information, or opinions expressed during The Missing Needle podcast are solely those of the individuals involved, and do not necessarily represent those of University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Yale University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, or any professional organizations which the hosts represent. USF, TGH, UAB, and Yale are not responsible for, and do not verify accuracy of any information contained in the podcast series available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast series is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.

Advertising, which is incorporated into, placed in association with, or targeted toward the content of this podcast without the expressed approval and knowledge of developers, is forbidden. You may not edit, modify, or redistribute this podcast. The developers of The Missing Needle podcast series assume no liability for any activities in connection with this podcast. Any use of this podcast with any other Web site, computer, or playing device is prohibited. Listener discretion is advised.

Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce are back for episode 2 to expand upon what it means when we say 'patients' are getting f**ked.'

The aim of 'The Missing Needle' podcast is to discuss a variety of provoking, and at times uncomfortable, topics within healthcare. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital.

Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

DISCLAIMER

The views, information, or opinions expressed during The Missing Needle podcast are solely those of the individuals involved, and do not necessarily represent those of University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, Yale University, The University of Alabama-Birmingham, or any professional organizations which the hosts represent. USF, TGH, UAB, and Yale are not responsible for, and do not verify accuracy of any information contained in the podcast series available for listening on this site. The primary purpose of this podcast series is to educate and inform. This podcast series does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.

Advertising, which is incorporated into, placed in association with, or targeted toward the content of this podcast without the expressed approval and knowledge of developers, is forbidden. You may not edit, modify, or redistribute this podcast. The developers of The Missing Needle podcast series assume no liability for any activities in connection with this podcast. Any use of this podcast with any other Web site, computer, or playing device is prohibited. Listener discretion is advised.

Drs. Jean Bismuth, Jonathan Cardella, and Benjamin Pearce introduce the new podcast 'The Missing Needle' and discuss a variety of topics within healthcare. This is episode 1 of a new series of discussions that we hope will spark further discourse on the many facets of being a practicing vascular surgeon. Intended audience are medical professionals, friends and family of practicing physicians, and anyone else who might enjoy learning about what it is like to be a physician outside the hospital. Viewer discretion is advised, recommended for mature audience only.

Produced by Andrew Matar.

The Missing Needle Podcast Trailer with Hosts Jean Bismuth, MD, Jonathan Cardella, MD, and Benjamin Pearce, MD.

New series on the way, stay tuned!