The podcast guests today Ben, Muqi and Nick. These are three people that I've worked with regularly over the last 12 months and beyond. It's very much a light-hearted podcast and I hope you enjoy it.

#59 - LiM - Are we in a simulation?

Oct 10th, 2023 1h 7m

Ben Lyons is a Orthopaedic nurse at a major Melbourne trauma centre. He has a wealth of of experience and has a great attitude towards his word and life in general.

#58 - LiM - Surgery after the pandemic

Aug 11th, 2022 58m 18s

Jarrad Stevens is an othopaedic surgeon. We talked about medicine, the military and some of the challenges that daily life offers us.

#57 - LiM - Growing herbs and knowing history.

Nov 24th, 2021 57m 2s

Luis Prado is the CMO for Epworth healthcare. He has been in the role for some years now. However, as always with these conversations we quickly left medicine and talked about gardening, history and military history. We did touch on COVID but n

#56 -LiM - Fellowship downunder?

Nov 19th, 2021 54m 25s

Alex Meldrum is a Canadian trained fellow who has come to Australia to gain experience in trauma care. He has done so during a difficult time but has still managed to get the most out of the experience and he should be commended on this. We tal

#55 - LiM - Education interrupted

Oct 23rd, 2021 1h 2m

John Daffy is an infectious disease physician. He has been working in this are for over 2 decades. Being from a rural back ground he has very pragmatic approach to medicine. More interesting is the back story about how he took time off from me

#54 - LiM - All things evidence based.

Oct 13th, 2021 1h 7m

Richard Page is an Orthopaedic surgeon based in Geelong. He has a primary area of interest in upper limb pathology and takes on the challenge of research better than most.

#53 - LIM - Is that operation really needed?

Oct 6th, 2021 1h 4m

Ian Harris appears on the podcast for the second time. This time it is discuss the issues that affect medicine and surgery and utility of some interventions. This is in the lead up to a new book that he has coming out called - Hippocrasy, How

#52 - LIM - Collaboration with other specialties.

Aug 24th, 2021 57m 2s

Phillip Antippa is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the but has a particular interest in thoracic surgery. He has developed techniques for plating rib fractures and he discusses the learning curve associated with this procedure. Like always it is ha

#51 -LiM - How does a dial phone work?

Aug 16th, 2021 55m 17s

David Bainbridge is an orthopaedic surgeon who has been a keen teacher of medical students and junior doctors over several decades. He has always felt that teaching is critical to the ongoing care of the community. Like always this conversation

#50 - LIM - Knife in the fast lane.

Aug 9th, 2021 1h 10m

Bill Ribbans is an orthopaedic surgeon, based in the UK. He as recently stopped operating but continues to work clinically with patients and athletes. He as long career of caring for people with sports injuries and comes with a wealth of wisdom

#49 - LIM - Adult learning during a pandemic

Jun 30th, 2021 44m 36s

Johnny Rayner is a first year orthopaedic trainee who has appeared on Life in Medicine before. This episode is an effort to follow hip during his training and hopefully will continue to do so over the coming years.

#48 - LIM - Can we or should we educate medical students via the web?

May 11th, 2021 52m 12s

Peter Morley is an ICU physician who also has a keen interest in teaching helping educate medical students. He is the director of medical governance and also the director of medical education at his teaching hospital.

#47 - LIM - Know when you are wrong.

Mar 29th, 2021 54m 53s

Xavier Griffin is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who lives in London. He is currently living through a lockdown that has extended for some months. Despite this he has kept up his optimism and making the most of it. He has been a very active contributor

#46 - LiM - Do surgeons need a coach?

Mar 17th, 2021 55m 44s

Martin Richardson is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has increasingly become interested int eh idea of surgical coaching over recent years. This has developed after he joined the Australian Defence force. He does take this opportunity to offer up a

#45 - LiM - Law and Medicine, together?

Mar 12th, 2021 50m 58s

David Slattery is an Orthopaedic Surgeon who has also embarked on a medicolegal career from a relatively early age and stage in his career. He has done this his practice partner and together they have created something that is hard to do. We ta

#44 - LiM - Medicine in Space

Jan 25th, 2021 56m 28s

Professor Wayne Derman is Sports Medicine Doctor from Cape Town, South Africa. He is the Director of the Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has had a career that ha

#43 - LIM - The long commute.

Jan 10th, 2021 56m 47s

Alison Taylor is an Orthopaedic surgeon who dedicated herself to foot and ankle surgery. Over the course of her career she has dedicated herself to her family, teaching and various administrative roles. She continues to do with a good balance b

#42- LiM - Crocodiles and Orthopaedics.

Nov 22nd, 2020 57m 29s

Chris Morrey is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based in Cairns. He has recently taken on the role of one the AOA vice presidents and will thus be the AOA President in a few years time. He has great enthusiasm for work in regional and rural areas of Aus

#41 - LiM - Ilizarov frames and General Orthopaedics

Nov 21st, 2020 1h 5m

Anita Boecksteiner is an Orthopaedic surgeon who has balanced the issues of sub-specialisation and general orthopaedics in a major city. She has taken on the challenges of complex orthopaedic problems in the format of using ilizarov frames and

#40 - LiM - Life in the UK, Lockdown 2.0

Nov 13th, 2020 47m 46s

Ruban Ambikaipalan is recently graduated orthopaedic surgeon who is currently undertaking a fellowship in the UK. Unfortunately the timing has meant that his fellowship is during the pandemic in the UK which has altered his the experience he wa

#39 - LiM - I take Vitamin D too!

Nov 13th, 2020 55m 52s

Jit Balakumar is a Melbourne based Orthopaedic surgeon who specialises in pelvic work. However we discussed things like the Pandemic and also how diversity of opinion in these times is so important. The pandemic has lead to some good things lea

#38 - LiM - Driving a Combine Harvester.

Oct 21st, 2020 1h 5m

Richard Kjar is a orthopaedic surgeon based in rural Victoria. I have known Richard for nearly 20 years and I am always amazed at how he can balance a healthy outdoor life with a busy orthopaedic practice.

#37 - LiM - Setting up a new practice.

Oct 12th, 2020 1h 5m

James Churchill is a orthopaedic surgeon who has recently set up a practice in regional Victoria. He discusses some of the challenges associated with that. He also talked about the returning to Australia during a lockdown and having to quaranti

#36 - LiM - Finding a Mentor

Oct 10th, 2020 58m 25s

Marinis Pipiris is a Orthopaedic surgeon who I have known now, for about 25 years. He has moved from one challenge to another throughout his career. We talk about COVID and its effects on the community and move onto other things like the roles