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How a Lifelong Obese Cardiac Surgeon Became a Rebel M.D. - #1

How a Lifelong Obese Cardiac Surgeon Became a Rebel M.D. - #1

FromStay Off My Operating Table


How a Lifelong Obese Cardiac Surgeon Became a Rebel M.D. - #1

FromStay Off My Operating Table

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Philip Ovadia did everything right, but he was still fat. As a child. As a teenager. As a student at medical school. Even as a cardiac surgeon. Both his parents were obese. Both eventually had gastric bypass surgery. He resigned himself to being “genetically destined” for obesity. (Regrettably, this was another concept taught in med school.)He saw obesity every day, both in the mirror and in the hospital where he treated obese and diabetic people on a daily basis.Then, in 2015, everything changed.He went from obese cardiac surgeon to a Rebel MD doing his best to keep people out of his office and off his operating table. This is his story.Connect with Dr. Ovadia:TwitteriFixHearts WebsiteStay Off My Operating Table WebsiteAmazon Theme Song : Rage AgainstWritten & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey(c) 2016 Mercury Retro RecordingsProduced by 38atoms & Jack Heald
Released:
Sep 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

He was a morbidly obese heart surgeon. Through high school, college, med school and surgical training, he followed the U.S. dietary guidelines for both diet and exercise. Yet nothing he did could keep the weight off. Each day in the operating theater he would split open the chests of people just like himself. He was heading for the operating table and knew he had to find solutions that worked. In 2016, he finally found a way to lose 100 pounds and keep it off. Now - in addition to doing heart surgery - he helps people just like himself get healthy, lose the weight and keep it off. Dr. Philip Ovadia is now a rebel M.D. working to keep people OFF his operating table.