Healthcare Musings

Dr. Rod Fontenette, board-certified Emergency AND Critical Care Medicine physician, told me that in the military, they always said, "One Team, One Fight." In this episode of Healthcare Musings, Dr. Hassaballa reflects over this phrase and what it means to him in light of his previous conversation with Dr. Fontenette.

"They don't make Residents like the used to." I have been saying that a lot. So, when I sat down and spoke with a Resident, Dr. Kumail Hussein, you know what I couldn't help but keep saying? "Fair Enough."

I frequently get triggered when an Emergency Medicine colleague calls me and says, "I want to admit this patient to the ICU..." But then I sat down with a colleague and friend who works in both, Dr. Rod Fontenette, and I came away with a whole new appreciation of life across the hall from the ICU. Guest information: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roderick-w-fontenette-md-mhcm-cpe-facep-fccm-b9160250/

In honor of World Sepsis Day 2026, and Sepsis Awareness Month, Dr. Hassaballa discusses how sepsis is the great impostor, and if we are not constantly vigilant, it is liable to sneak up and take our patients' lives.

"They don't make residents like they used to." I have said that again and again, and I am becoming more and more of a curmudgeon as I get older in my career. I believe with the changes implemented in modern Residency and Fellowship, trainees are being set up for failure. Well, I spoke to one of "them," one of the new generation of physicians, to get his take. Third-year Family Medicine Resident Dr. Kumail Hussain is my latest guest on the podcast. It was a great conversation, and I learned a lot and have a much better understanding of how newer doctors feel. This is a must listen episode.