Dr. Tekmyster is double board-certified in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and sports medicine. As a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, his focus remains on decreasing pain and working with his patients to allow them to resume their activities. Dr. Tekmyster is a physician consultant for the Los Angeles Kings professional hockey team and USC Trojans Athletic Medicine and team physician for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard teams. His specialties include advanced interventional spine care, regenerative treatments, and sports medicine. He is at the forefront of spine research, interested in regenerative therapeutics to treat chronic lower back pain. In the time he has been a part of Keck Medicine of USC, he has brought in new technologies to treat chronic lower back pain and spinal stenosis. He discusses his professional and recreational life, explains common spinal issues, and describes new and ongoing treatments/procedures related to the same.

This episode's guest speaker is the Clinical Director of the Fatty Liver Disease Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine- Dr. Albert Do. Dr. Do completed his undergraduate studies with Bachelor’s Degrees in Molecular and Cell Biology and Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, and a medical doctorate and Master’s in Public Health Epidemiology at Boston University. He completed his residency and fellowship training at Yale University. He has expertise and interest in gastroenterology, hepatology, obesity medicine, and metabolic health. He is particularly interested in all forms of fatty liver disease, including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and associated obesity, as well as alcohol-associated fatty liver disease, which are significant public health problems. Being board-certified in obesity and lifestyle medicine further informs his interest and skills in metabolic health.

The episode covers information pertaining to liver diseases that lead to cirrhosis, obesity medication, drugs, research, differential diagnosis of hepatic diseases, the obesity epidemic, and more!

This article discusses how even drugs like Acetaminophen (Tylenol) impact the liver: Hinson, J. A., Roberts, D. W., & James, L. P. (2010). Mechanisms of acetaminophen-induced liver necrosis. Handbook of experimental pharmacology, (196), 369–405. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00663-0_12

Welcome back to the DocTalk everyone! I am thrilled to interview the guest speaker for today’s episode- Dr. Sandip Biswal. Dr. Biswal is a board-certified musculoskeletal radiologist affiliated with Stanford Medicine. He received his MD from Harvard and MIT medical school. He pursued his internship at Columbia followed by his residency at Stanford and finally his fellowship at UC San Diego. His focus on diagnostic radiology coaxed him to develop clinical imaging methods that would objectively pinpoint the site of pain generation using novel agents that specifically seek out molecular and cellular pain markers to highlight hypersensitive pain-sensing nerves. His clinical work is nothing short of groundbreaking as it seeks to reduce unnecessary surgeries, improve outcomes, aid in the development of novel analgesics, and potentially reduce healthcare costs associated with the management of chronic pain.