Stories from the World of Medicine
Series produced by The Nocturnists
Original stories from frontline healthcare workers.
The Nocturnists is a live show and podcast where health professionals tell stories from the world of medicine. Based in San Francisco and hosted by physician Emily Silverman, our show is animated by a deep-seated curiosity about health, disease, illness, and human connection.
38 Pieces
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Hospitalist Archna Eniasivam describes the time she made a diagnostic error with one of her favorite patients.
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 30:57
Family medicine physician Catherine Forest listens to one of he classical music idols serenade a dying loved one in the hospital.
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 32:32
82-year-old retired trauma surgeon Bill Meffert, who cared for wounded soldiers in Vietnam, reflects on that bloody experience and the words of a p...
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 35:44
When caring for a young woman with a brain cancer diagnosis, medicine resident Colleen Farrell comes to grips with her own mortality.
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 33:36
Hospitalist Peter Barish recounts an intense, intimate moment with a patient.
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 36:02
Michele DiTomas, a hospice physician who cares for incarcerated men, races against the clock and slashes through bureaucratic tape to help a dying ...
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 37:16
Emergency medicine physician Joe Sills panics when the patient he has just pronounced dead regains a pulse.
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 33:51
Season 2 of The Nocturnists, hosted by physician Emily Silverman, explores stories from the world of medicine.
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 01:23
Cardiologist Dhruv Kazi recounts the heart-stopping tale of an emergency medical encounter in North Korea.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 36:33
Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 30:10
The electronic medical record and a list of to-dos distract family medicine resident Milana Pebenito from her patient's impending death.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 30:04
Hospitalist Meghan O'Brien recounts the frustration of caring for a homeless patient who would rather be on the streets.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 32:47
Grand Smith, chief resident in internal medicine at UCSF, recounts the story of his first code blue.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 23:16
In the hospital, pediatrician Dana Gal struggles with a young patient who asserts her autonomy in ways that are frustrating, and even dangerous.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 34:33
Hospitalist Ann Knapp navigates her own doubts and assumptions when her patient, a ninety-year-old man, states he wants to die -- today.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 29:25
Sirisha Narayana, a hospital internal medicine physician, discusses her strong identity as a physician, and how it collided with her other identiti...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 29:46
Ben Lerman, an emergency medicine physician, describes how his ability to empathize with his patients deteriorated throughout his medical training,...
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 29:31
The Nocturnists, hosted by Emily Silverman, explores stories from the world of medicine.
- Added: Jun 06, 2019
- Length: 02:58
