Medical Conservatism, Myocarditis, and Physician Advocacy with John Mandrola, MD

The External Medicine Podcast

This conversation with Dr. John Mandrola was recorded on July 11th, 2021. In this interview, Daniel Belkin and Mitch Belkin speak with Dr. Mandrola about a 2019 article he co-authored entitled The Case for Being a Medical Conservative. They discuss concerns about vaccine-induced myocarditis in children, vaccine mandates, and whether the AMA and other physician organizations should take sides on controversial political issues.

Who is John Mandrola?

Dr. John Mandrola is a practicing cardiac electrophysiologist and a regular columnist for theheart.org on Medscape. He hosts the fantastic “This Week in Cardiology” podcast and is a blogger at drjohnm.org. He completed his medical training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Electrophysiology at Indiana University.

References:

The CAST trial

RECOVERY Trial

Medscape – Cardiology

Medscape – General Medicine

Blog

Substack

This Week In Cardiology Podcast

Twitter: @drjohnm
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