Inside the OR

About Inside the OR

The operating room is a sterile, enigmatic place where much is at stake. The people who work in the OR - nurses, doctors, technicians and more - experience all manner of highs and lows inside its walls. On this podcast, pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Max Feinstein talks with people who work in operating rooms to hear their stories from this unique workplace.

Publisher

Max Feinstein, MD

Category

health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episode

7 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Nov 2026

   Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery: The intense surgical specialty most people have never heard about

   Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) is an uncommon group of heart conditions that can lead to serious illness or death if left untreated. In this episode, ACHD surgeon Dr. Castigliano Bhamidipati explains what it's like to perform these highly specialized types of surgeries.

2. 

   10 Oct 2026

   Cardiovascular perfusion: The intense career most people have never heard of

   Everyone knows what heart surgery is, but most people don't know who runs the heart-lung machine that makes it possible. In this video, I talk with pediatric perfusionist Caleb Varner about what it's like to take over for a patient's heart and lungs during major surgery.

3. 

   25 Sept 2026

   What does it feel like to perform surgery on an eyeball?

   Ophthalmologists operate on tissue that's 4 microns deep, which is 1/20 the width of human hair. In this video, Dr. Sagar Rambhia explains how he stays calm performing this kind of microsurgery on patients who happen to be awake.

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