Doc Talk

About Doc Talk

Join Cook Children's health professionals as they present Doc Talk, a new podcast series keeping you on the edge of pediatric programs, research, life-changing treatments and the latest news that advances the care we provide to kids.

Publisher

Cook Children's

Category

health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Jan 2021

Latest episode

3 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Pediatric precision health: Beyond the diagnostic odyssey

   Cook Children’s AVP executive scientist and director of pediatric precision health, Dennis Lal, PhD, shares innovative strategies for tackling today's complex, data-driven research challenges. The goal? Turn data into direct impact on patients’ lives and end the diagnostic odyssey for families searching for answers. Discover the goal of precision health, spanning rare disease, clinical genetics, and the development of learning health systems to translate rapidly evolving scientific knowledge into routine care building health care systems that learn from every patient, and the partnerships driving the future pediatric medicine.

2. 

   10 Apr 2026

   Tracheomalacia: Early Intervention Strategies - Lifelong Outcomes

   Discover how Cook Children’s utilizes a multidisciplinary team—including Pulmonology, ENT, and GI—to manage tracheomalacia. Drs. Mokdad and Pancham review long-term outcome research and surgical innovations designed to prevent chronic lung damage and improve pediatric quality of life.

3. 

   17 Feb 2026

   Cochlear implants: profound loss to hearing as early as 3 months old

   Otolaryngologist Patricia Purcell, M.D. and audiologist Mandy Pendleton discuss early intervention by the specialized cochlear implant team at Cook Children's restores hearing in children ages 3 months and up with profound hearing loss.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

17,960,281

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.