
Game Changers in Medicine
Game Changers in Medicine is a groundbreaking medical history podcast about the serendipitous events, chance encounters, and unlikely heroes and heroines behind some of the world’s most significant medical discoveries. Through oral histories, memoirs, and other first-person accounts, we get to know the scientists whose curiosity, innovation, and dogged determination contributed to game-changing medical discoveries that almost didn’t happen—and which continue to define patient care today.Created by Dramatic Health co-founder Sean Moloney, who serves as executive producer, with host Dr. Rubin Pillay, Professor of Medicine and Business, Assistant Dean for Global Health Innovation, School of Medicine, and Chief Innovation Officer at UAB Health System, University of Alabama at Birmingham. New episodes monthly.
Podcasting since 2020 • 9 episodes
Game Changers in Medicine
Latest Episodes
The personal EKG and the dawn of life-saving medical devices in your pocket
This episode marks the end of season one of Game Changers in Medicine, and we felt there was no better way to wrap up the show than interviewing a modern-day game changer. In this episode, you’ll hear directly from Dr. David Albert, inventor of...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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33:52

Insulin: The bonus episode
Last month's episode focused on the incredible twists and turns that resulted in Dr. Frederick Banting’s discovery of insulin in the early 1920s. Today, we’ll hear more from our expert panelists.Dr. Jay Skyler of the Diabetes Research Insti...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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36:42

Insulin: The lucky coin toss and improbable partnership that led to this life-saving elixir
Currently, more than 460 million people have some form diabetes. However, what was once a life-threatening disease is now a manageable condition thanks to the discovery of insulin.In today’s episode you’ll meet the young Canadian surgeon, D...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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45:50

X-Rays: This invisible diagnostic light was born in the dark 125 years ago
Photographs. Sometimes they capture a moment. Sometimes they tell a story. And sometimes, a photograph can change the world. This month, join us as we revisit the discovery of the x-ray and how it would change patient care forever.How do x-...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:37

Warfarin: How a rat poison became one of the world’s most widely prescribed drugs
In the 1930s, an unknown disease was killing cattle across the Midwest. One Wisconsin farmer traveled 200 miles through a blizzard to the University of Wisconsin, desperate to find a solution. To emphasize the dire nature of the situation, that...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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32:55
