Raise the Line
Join host Lindsey Smith and other Osmosis team members for a global conversation about improving health and healthcare with prominent figures in education and healthcare innovation such as Chelsea Clinton, Mark Cuban, Dr. Ashish Jha, Dr. Eric Topol, Dr. Vivian Lee and Sal Khan, as well as senior leaders at organizations such as the CDC, National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins University, WHO, Harvard University, NYU Langone and many others.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 540
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Looking Abroad for Solutions to the Nursing Shortage in the US: Bhavdeep Singh, Founder and CEO of Global MedTeam
Today, we add another voice to our ongoing conversation on Raise the Line about how to improve the nurse staffing crisis faced by the US healthcare system. That voice belongs to Bhavdeep Singh, found…
The Building Blocks of Post-Acute Infection Syndromes: Special Series from The Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illnesses at Mount Sinai
Today, we’re excited to bring you the first episode in a special Raise the Line series that Osmosis from Elsevier has created in partnership with the Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Il…
Growing the Workforce for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Dr. Ingmar Gorman & Dr. Elizabeth Nielson, Co-Founders of Fluence Training
For those proponents of psychedelic-assisted therapy concerned that demand for therapists will outstrip supply in the coming years, you may be reassured by today’s conversation with Dr. Ingmar Gorman…
Scalable Education for Cancer Patients and Their Loved Ones: Dr. David Grew, Founder and CEO of PRIMR
Part of why we love bringing Raise the Line to you is we get to introduce you to creative, committed people who see challenges in the healthcare system as opportunities to improve it. Today’s guest,…
“Less Fear, More Go For It”: Dr. Desiree Franco Lugo, Regional Lead in the Osmosis Medical Education Fellowship
“Maybe we think we’re just students and we’re just learning, but you can have an impact as a medical student,” says Dr. Desiree Franco Lugo, who has acted on that insight throughout her recently comp…
Bringing Innovation and Hope to Alzheimer's and Dementia Care: Eleonora Tornatore-Mikesh, Stephani Shivers and Dr. Anne Kenney of CaringKind
Promising research, a growing respect for the patient voice and innovative ways of using technology to support patients might be adding up to a new reality of Alzheimer’s and other dementias being ex…
A Revolutionary Moment in Transplant Surgery: Dr. Andrew Cameron, Surgeon-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins Medicine
“There is a revolution at hand in which, after years of struggling to locate a new source of organs, there may finally be an answer and to everyone's surprise it is animal organs. Pigs may save the d…
A Mother’s Perspective on Childhood Cancer: Bethan Keall
Today’s Raise the Line guest has a simple but powerful message for medical providers, born of a mother’s heartbreak. “It's going to be rare in your career to meet a zebra but the impact you can have …
The Many Paths to Excellence in Emergency Medicine: Dr. Sharon Bord and Dr. Amelia Pousson, Emergency Medicine Clerkship Leaders at Johns Hopkins University
Today, we're continuing our close look at clerkships and residency programs and what students can do to be successful in them with Dr. Sharon Bord and Dr. Amelia Pousson, who are both physicians and …
Current and Future Changemakers in Healthcare: Drs. Lawsen Parker, Rebecca Wolff and Stephanie Koplitz of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association
Medical school is so demanding that it’s always impressive to meet students who make time for other activities, and doubly impressive when what they devote their precious free time to is intended to …
Changing the Culture and Climate of Medicine: Dr. Susan Mackinnon, Director of the Center for Nerve Injury and Paralysis at Washington University School of Medicine
Today’s guest is a trailblazing surgeon who performed the first successful nerve allograft, among other important achievements, but that’s actually not what host Shiv Gaglani wanted to focus on in th…
A Partner for Nursing Programs: Dr. Kathy Chappell, CEO of the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
There are more than 2,600 colleges and universities with nursing degree programs in the United States, offering a mix of options from associate-level degrees to doctorates. Ensuring that those progra…
Creating Therapeutic Journeys with Music: Kerry Devlin, MMT, Senior Music Therapist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine
When Raise the Line host and third year medical student Shiv Gaglani witnessed the creation of a “heart song” at the bedside of a terminal patient during his recent neurology clerkship, he immediatel…
Building a New Appreciation for the Value of Nursing: Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, President of the American Nurses Association
We've had the pleasure of speaking to nursing leaders at a variety of health systems and at nursing schools on past episodes of Raise the Line, but today we're going to zoom out for a big picture per…
Facilitating Mentorship, Advocacy and Professional Development - Lauren Lodico, President of the National Student Nurses Association
Bringing Best Practices and Clinical Tools to Under-resourced Providers - Dr. Rebecca Weintraub, Director of Better Evidence at Ariadne Labs
After working alongside healthcare providers in under-resourced countries, today’s Raise the Line guest Dr. Rebecca Weintraub came to see that the desire to serve patients and the curiosity to learn …
Empowering Patients and Their Families to Solve Rare Disease Mysteries: Dr. Lukas Lange, CEO & Co-Founder of Probably Genetic
As we’ve learned on previous episodes of Raise the Line, people dealing with rare diseases usually wait 4-7 years before receiving a diagnosis, during which time their condition can deteriorate signi…
New Approaches Are Needed to Improve Access to Veterinary Medicine - Dr. Kathryn Meurs, Dean at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine
We've devoted quite a bit of time on Raise the Line to learning about persistent workforce shortages in human healthcare and what is being done about them, but as yet have not turned our attention to…
Strategies for Integrating Technology Into Medical Education: Dr. Warren Wiechmann, Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Science Education and Educational Technologies at University of California Irvine
The question of how generative AI and other recent advances in technology will change medical education is one we're continually seeking answers to on Raise the Line, and today we're turning to a rea…
Helping Busy Physicians Earn Passive Income: Brett Riggins, Founder of Physician Wealth Systems
Most people associate being a physician with achieving financial security, but according to a recent report issued by Medscape, only about half of physicians in the United States report having a net …