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The Fresh Flow podcast is a collaboration between UAB Medicine and the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors (AACD). Podcast guests and discussions are aligned with the AACD’s stated mission of leveraging unique perspectives to improve perioperative operational processes. Fresh Flow takes listeners beyond the basic science and clinical application conversations to explore timely, thought-provoking topics that impact anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, both now and in the future.

Recent Episodes

Amr Abouleish, MD, MBA : Avoiding Empty ORs : Supply, Demand, and the Future of Anesthesiology

This episode gives a tactical playbook for reducing needless anesthesia demand through protocols, smarter preoperative screening, and clearer service agreements with surgical teams. Dr. Amr Abouleish (Professor of Anesthesiology, UTMB) walks through prot

61 MIN

Charles W. “Chuck” Whitten, M.D. : Grace and Grit: Recruiting the Next Generation of Academic Anesthesiologists

Dr. Charles W. “Chuck” Whitten, M.D. discusses the future of the specialty — from predictive analytics and remote patient monitoring to AI-assisted care — and what it means for staffing, supervision, and clinical practice. This is a focused conversation

38 MIN

Jarrett Heard, M.D., MBA : The Blind Side: The Obstacle is the Way

In this conversation Jarrett Heard, M.D., MBA shares how a scoring algorithm combining patient comorbidities and surgical risk can direct the right patients to the right preop pathway — reducing redundancy, unnecessary travel, and last‑minute cancellatio

38 MIN

Sunjay Letchuman : The Healing of America: One Patient at a Time

In this episode we dig into Medicare Advantage overspending, the role of risk scores, and what hospitals and policymakers can do to protect patient dollars. Featuring Sanjay Letchuman, MD candidate (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) — incoming ane

Zeev N. Kain, M.D., MBA, : Defining Innovation: Discover, Teach, Heal

Dr. Zev Kane shares insights into the current state of perioperative medicine and highlights how collaborative efforts across specialties could lead to better patient outcomes. Understand the unique challenges our specialty faces and explore innovative s