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Shannon Watts: Fearless Gun Safety Advocate
“There are 400 million guns in a country of 330 million”, says Shannon Watts, the dynamic founder of Moms Demand Action, a grass-roots network in the USA that advocates for public safety measures ...
Bedside Reading Podcast: “Project Hail Mary” with Mark Shapiro, MD
It was great fun this week to record with Mark Shapiro, host of the phenomenally successful podcast Explore the Space https://www.explorethespaceshow.com/ which has a mission of “Examining the...
Rock The Ride Is About Action, Accountability
Liz Russell says that recalling that horrific day in 2018, when three of her colleagues and friends were gunned down during a workplace party, is not a burden. It’s become, in some ways, a tool. Or ...
Sonoma County Voices Weigh in on Newsom’s Proposed Gun Control Amendment
When Dr. Mark Shapiro heard Thursday about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution and enshrine into law a host of gun control measures, he had what turned out to be a fairly...
Interview with Dr. Mark Shapiro (Explore The Space Podcast/MedLasso)
On this special episode, the guys interview physician and podcaster Dr. Mark Shapiro, host of the ‘Explore the Space’ podcast and ‘Med Lasso’. The guys ask Mark about his “origin story” an...
Ted Lasso Season Three Predictions with Explore the Space Show, They’re Soulmates, Lasso Cast and Coach Beard’s Book Club!
Hello all you Lasso fans! We have been waiting for this episode for over a year. Since season two we have met some of the best Lasso content creators around. We recently gathered as many of them as we...
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in October it was anybody’s guess how things might change on the platform. Not even two months later the company has lost almost 67% of its 7,500 employees,1 verified a...
Impactful Communication with Mark Shapiro, MD
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with hospitalist and host of Explore The Space Podcast, Mark Shapiro, MD, about honing impactful communication skills, how health care workers can get inv...
Make The Most Of Media Opportunities
It’s the sign of the times—24-hour news cycles, information at your fingertips, and “experts” everywhere willing to share their voices. During the last two years especially, health care profes...
Twitter-famous Santa Rosa doctor uses White House invite to hone his message of activism
It almost sounds like the premise of a joke: A pediatric nephrologist, a physician-scientist, a medical student and a CEO walk into the White House… But this is no joke. Dr. Mark Shapiro, who practi...
The Global Interview: Mark Shapiro, Producer and Host at Explore The Space Podcast. Hospitalist.
Mark Shapiro, MD, is a practising Hospitalist and is the creator, producer and host of Explore The Space Podcast, a show focused on bringing those who provide healthcare and those who seek healthcare ...
Gun Violence in America: A Healthcare Issue That Is In Our Lane with Dr. Mark Shapiro
As of August 15, 2022, There have been 27,889 deaths from gun violence by all causes. There have been 419 mass shootings and 19 mass murders. There have been 215 children between the ages of 0-11, as ...
MedLasso with Mark and Sayed from Explore the Space Podcast
Hello all you Lasso fans! In our quest to continue to seek out other Lasso content creators, we found this amazing community of medical professionals who have really taken to the show. This week we ar...
Rep. Mike Thompson Hails New Federal Gun Violence Prevention Law Alongside Allies in Santa Rosa
Sonoma County leaders joined North Bay Rep. Mike Thompson Thursday morning to mark the passage of the new federal gun violence prevention law that Thompson said would “save lives.”...
Santa Rosa Health Professionals Tackle Root of Gun Violence
Bay Area communities are rethinking how they tackle the gun violence issue. KCBS Radio’s Mike DeWald reports that in Santa Rosa doctors and mental health professionals are chiming in to identify...
Santa Rosa Doctor No Longer Silent On Gun Issues
Dr. Mark Shapiro knows the endless wave of gun massacres is a political hot potato and a source of nightmares and a national character flaw. But to Shapiro, a hospitalist at Providence Health’s Sant...
Learn To Surf
Recently, three hospitalists turned what could have been a webinar focused on venting into something positive and inspirational....
Earning My Patients’ Trust, The Ted Lasso Way
Other doctors have recognized how Lasso’s leadership and connection to his team could serve as a model for physicians. Mark Shapiro, a hospitalist who leads a medical career-focused podcast, even st...
Dr. Mark Shapiro, MD, California on Global Booster Lessons | NewsX
Dr. Mark Shapiro, MD, California on Global Booster Lessons | NewsX...
Proceedings of the Third Annual Women in Medicine Summit: An Evolution of Empowerment 2021
The #IStandWithHer Awards contain several categories and were presented to the following individuals this year: #HeForShe Award Winner Dr. Mark Shapiro of Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in California...
Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso with Mark Shapiro MD
Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso – with Mark Shapiro, MD Nov 10, 2021 In this week’s Growth Edge episode, I welcome former guest and fellow Ted Lasso fan Dr. Mark Shapiro to join me in discus...
NINY RAO AND MARK SHAPIRO ON THE SCIENCE AND TASTE OF COFFEE
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BONUS #MedLasso! (with Drs. Mark Shapiro and Sayed Tabatabai)
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! On this bonus episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with not just one – but two – amazing guests from the #MedLasso community ...
Dirty Drinks Podcast: “Exploring The Hospitalist’s Space”
Join co-hosts, Dr. Rick Starlin and Sarah Stream as they get together with other Infectious Disease and Infection Prevention professionals for a chat over coffee. They explore what keeps these profess...
“I Stand With Her #HeForShe” Women In Medicine Summit Award Acceptance Speech
I am so deeply honored & touched to receive the 2021 Women In Medicine Summit “I Stand With Her #HeForShe” Award! Here is a link to my brief acceptance speech. Gentlemen, closing the...
Leadership, Stories, Social Media & Life During The Pandemic
Dr. Mark Shapiro is a fellow physician and podcaster. His show Explore the Space has been running for almost 7 years. In this episode, he shares how his podcasting journey started and the themes in hi...
Moment vs Movement: Mission-Based Tweeting for Physician Advocacy
As individuals and groups spread misinformation on social media platforms, there is a greater need for physician health advocacy.2 We have learned through the COVID-19 pandemic that rapidly evolving i...
Mentoring Millennials With Dr. Mark Shapiro
In this episode Dr. Mark Shapiro and host Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen have a conversation about advice for millennials, speaking up on controversial topics and not selling ourselves short by using language s...
Warriors Coach Steve Kerr, Rep. Mike Thompson Team Up to Take on Gun Violence
Like a lot of productive ideas, this one was born of sweat. As three Wine Country cycling buddies rode past the historic Veterans Home in Yountville in 2018, they were struck by the magnitude of what ...
StartOver: Finding Hope After Covid
Join us for a conversation and Q&A with Mark Shapiro, MD, who is a hospitalist, producer and host of the Explore The Space Podcast. What has it been like to be in an inpatient service for COVID, a...
The Skill Set of the ‘Pluripotent’ Hospitalist
Editor’s note: National Hospitalist Day occurs the first Thursday in March annually, and serves to celebrate the fastest growing specialty in modern medicine and hospitalists’ enduring contributio...
Will We Ever Grasp the Enormity of the Pandemic?
As long as we focus on deaths and statistics, the bigger story of Covid-19 will go untold...
TEDx: Compliments As A Performance Lever During Covid-19
Mark Shapiro, MD is the creator and host of Explore The Space Podcast, a show focused on bringing those who provide healthcare and those who seek healthcare closer together through conversations with ...
Roundtable Discussion: The Pluripotent Hospitalist
In honor of National Hospitalist Day, the Society of Hospital Medicine and the Explore the Space podcast are teaming up to bring you a roundtable discussion, featuring a diverse group of hospitalists ...
Solidarity of Service – Season 1, Episode 5: Service, Science and Storytelling
In this fifth installment of the podcast that brings you stories of the intersection and spirit of service with exclusive content, Operation Gratitude CEO Kevin Schmiegel and NAMI Chief Strategy and O...
Leveling the Playing Field: Accounting for Academic Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Professional upheavals caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have affected the academic productivity of many physicians. This is due in part to rapid changes in clinical care and ...
COVID-19, Social Media, and the Role of the Public Physician
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an avalanche of information, much of it false or misleading. Social media posts with misleading or dangerous opinions and analyses are often amplified by celebrit...
She’s On Call: Episode 29
This is She’s On Call, a weekly show hosted by NYC-based doctors ENT specialist Dr. Sujana Chandrasekhar and general surgeon Dr. Marina Kurian. Reeling after this week? We’re talking health an...
What Happened in 2020? Updating Your Pre-Pandemic Resume/CV
As you look back on your professional life in 2020, you might be asking yourself, “What happened?” Frantic transitions of courses from on campus to online, closed laboratories suspending r...
COVID Patients are Dying Alone in Bay Area Hospitals, with Digital Devices the Only Way to Say Goodbye
The dying man did not want to say goodbye. Not like this. Alone in a hospital room, he gasped for air as the coronavirus slowly took over his lungs, shutting off his airway. He would likely be intubat...
They Couldn’t Say Goodbye in Person, so ICU Patients are Using Tablets Instead
(CNN)Some hospitals are stocking enough iPads to rival a modest Apple store. But the reason for this reflects a grim reality: They’re being used to connect Covid-19 patients with their families ...
Santa Rosa Doctor Uses Twitter to Describe Isolation, Grief & Joy in Hospital COVID-19 Ward
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital doctor Mark Shapiro got home about 4 p.m. Thursday after a shift on the COVID-19 ward, made a cup of coffee and sat down to write. Stand next to me outside the room. Hand ...
Sonoma County hospitals avoid autumn surge of coronavirus patients
As coronavirus infections keep climbing around the state, Sonoma County hospitals are taking steps to ensure they have sufficient drug treatments, staffing and medical supplies to deal with a potentia...
A Sensitive Pre-Holiday Conversation: On Life, Liberty, Happiness, and The Hard Ask
It’s the week of Thanksgiving during the COVID-19 pandemic that has only worsened. Most of us are hunkered down at home where we’re craving to be with family and friends for the holiday that i...
21 Best Medical Podcasts to Subscribe to in 2021
Whether you are an aspiring physician or experienced in your specialty, we have no doubt that you are passionate about the medical industry. You know it’s important to stay up to date on the latest ...
Dr. Corbie-Smith Featured in Explore the Space Podcast
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MPH, Director for UNC Center for Health Equity Research and Kenan Distinguished Professor for Social Medicine and Medicine has been featured on a recent episode of Explore th...
Women In Medicine 2020 Award Winners
#IStandWithHer Awards: Honorable Mention for #HeForShe 2020...
Medical Communities Go Virtual
Throughout history, physicians have formed communities to aid in the dissemination of knowledge, skills, and professional norms. From local physician groups to international societies and conferences,...
Most Covid-19 Patients Don’t Check Themselves Into Hospitals. This is how Experts Say it Usually Works.
Just hours after announcing Saturday that he had contracted the novel coronavirus, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R) — one of several prominent figures close to President Trump who have ...
Using the Curriculum Vitae to Promote Gender Equity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
We commend Malisch et al. on their Opinion (1) on immediate solutions to ensure gender equity during the COVID-19 pandemic given the disproportionate burden placed on women due to childcare and househ...
Patients Come First Podcast-Dr. Mark Shapiro
This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Mark Shapiro, a hospitalist and Associate Medical Director for St. Joseph Health Medical Group in California who als...
Podcasting In Medical Education
Podcasting was already the ‘new black’ in a media saturated world, but the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated medical educators’ interest in putting themselves in front of a microphone....
Examining The Interface Between Healthcare & Society
In the latest episode of Impetus Digital‘s Fireside Chat, I sat down with Mark Shapiro, MD, Founder & Host of the Explore The Space Podcast and discussed, among other things, how Mark’s backgr...
Blubrry Podcast Of The Month
We’re wrapping up summer highlighting science for our Podcaster of the Month series. ...
CV Matrix Aims To Improve Gender Equity By Accounting For Covid Time
COVID-19 has dramatically changed the ways in which health care professionals carry out their careers. Some providers have switched to telehealth platforms or taken on new leadership roles in COVID un...
The Disruption of Health Care, COVID-19, Social Media & Everything in Between
Mark Shapiro, MD, host of Explore the Space podcast joins us to discuss the role of social media in health care, the evolving role of physicians as public voices and figures, and the evolution of heal...
Guy Fieri serves free lunch to hospital workers, first responders in Sonoma County
Folks don’t usually save the paper boxes their takeout food comes in. But let’s see if souvenirs aren’t made of a good many of the clamshell cartons distributed Wednesday in Santa Rosa, filled w...
Summertime, And The Living’s Uneasy?
San Francisco’s health orders governing the city’s behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic are remarkably specific — in some cases....
Why The Bay Area Can’t Reopen Yet
Dr. Mark Shapiro, a hospitalist at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and the host of the podcast Explore the Space, explains why it’s important to continue sheltering in place despite the regionR...
Medical Editors On Effective Information Sharing
On an episode of the “Explore the Space” podcast, Vinny Arora, MD, and Samir Shah, MD, (social media editor and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine, respectively) discuss t...
Us, Interrupted: How This Internist Is Responding To The Impact Of COVID-19
Mark Shapiro, M.D., is an internist and the associate medical director for hospital services with St. Joseph Health Medical Group in Sonoma County, California. He is also the creator and host of the E...
Social Issues In Medicine, The Habits of High Achievers, & What Makes A Great Story
In this episode of the Med Inspired podcast I sit down with Dr. Mark Shapiro. Dr. Shapiro is a practicing physician and podcaster who hosts the popular Explore the Space podcast. We discuss why its im...
100+ Doctors Tell You The TRUTH About Battling Coronavirus
This is a tremendous YouTube project from Dr. Mikhail Varshavski (aka Doctor Mike) capturing the words and thought of physicians around the United States in the early days of the Covid19 pandemic...
New Sonoma County Crowdsourcing Site Aims To Help Community Respond To Coronavirus Crisis
“In our region, we have been through this before,” said Shapiro, an internist at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. “When people ask that question, they are not asking for the sake of asking. Let’s...
Covid19 Craziness
Drs Bryan Vartabedian and Mark Shapiro, two of medicine’s most opinionated podcasters, hammer through the events of the week. From scuba mask ventilators to medical students graduating early to flat...
Sonoma County Doctors Detail Life On The Front Lines During Coronavirus Crisis
Dr. Mark Shapiro has a routine. When he leaves work at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, he drives approximately one mile to his home. He parks in the garage and proceeds to wipe down the inside of his ca...
Dr. Amy Goldberg And Scott Charles Featured In Explore the Space Podcast
Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, George S. Peters, MD and Louise C. Peters Chair and Professor of Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Surgeon-in-Chief of Temple University ...
Does A Physician’s Social Media Impact Belong On Their CV
“I highly recommend reading this white paper by the physicians Mark Shapiro, Charlie Wray, and Vinny Arora. Their accompanying podcast (of course the white paper has a podcast episode!) is illum...
OHSU Dept Of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Click the link and scroll down to entry for October 15, 2019 I was honored to speak at Oregon Health & Science University Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. The topic of the presentatio...
Keeping it 100 on Where Doctors Fit in Healthcare
Dr. Mark Shapiro, Host of Explore The Space podcast, jumps on the hot-seat to talk about where the hell physicians fit in the current landscape of healthcare. Are we still in the center, or are we stu...
Mark Shapiro, MD, of the podcast Explore the Space
The interview is with the host of the podcast Explore the Space, we find out where in the world Emi Okamoto, MD, is off to, and how purpose in life appears to be impacting mortality....
Myth Crushing & Living Brave with Dr. Mark Shapiro
In this episode of The Brave Enough Show, your host, Dr. Sasha Shillcutt talks with Dr. Mark Shapiro, a physician and host of the successful podcast Explore the Space Show. Mark and Sasha talk about t...
Listen & Learn: A Guide To Podcasts For Internists
During a long, grinding commute, you quickly (and safely) pick a podcast to listen to as you gear up for a busy day. Why not learn about the latest and relatable medical topics to share during rounds ...
Hospitalists Can Make A Difference In Disasters
When fire is eating entire neighborhoods, or a hurricane is smashing towns like toys, the hospitalist will invariably run right toward the disaster. It sounds completely crazy, unless you’re a hospi...
Mark Shapiro, MD – Lead from the Front
This podcast shares the habits and practices of peak performers and top leaders, from many walks of life; physicians, senior executives, entrepreneurs, and academics. And from every season, from the s...
A Conversation with Dr. Mark Shapiro, host of Explore the Space
This is a fascinating conversation with the host of one of medicine’s fastest growing podcasts. In this episode we discuss Dr. Shapiro’s path to podcasting and how it fits in with his daily workfl...
Podcast of the Week: Explore the Space
Explore The Space looks at the interface of healthcare and society through conversations with thought leaders across four Pillars: Illness & Recovery, Leadership & Culture, Innovation &...
Explore The Space of Medical Culture | Mark Shapiro MD
Our next guest is Mark Shapiro MD, Hospitalist, Medical Director, and Physician Podcaster located in Northern California. Mark Shapiro is the creator of Explore The Space Podcast which looks into heal...
Practicing Without A Playbook
Mark Shapiro, MD, was awakened by his wife: She’d noticed a red glow behind the mountain in Santa Rosa, Calif., where both they and his parents live. The fires that would engulf parts of Sonoma, Nap...
#6 MARK SHAPIRO
In this episode, I am joined by Dr Mark Shapiro. Dr Shapiro is a hospitalist in Northern California and is the creator of Explore the Space Podcast. This is a special interview for me since Dr Shapiro...
Bringing Nonphysicians Into The Fold
MARK SHAPIRO, MD—who is the medical director of a hospitalist program in northern California—is thriving with a new house, a new job and a new baby. He’s also carving out time for what’s been ...
Hospitalists Should Endorse Their Team Members
It is vital that our patients feel assured they are being cared for by a high-functioning team of experts. During any given hospital stay, our patients will meet consulting physicians, nurses, therapi...
Health care pros grab a piece of the podcast pie
A growing number of health care providers and communicators are launching podcasts. Patients are as well. Microphones and basic audio equipment are available to folks who treat chronic illnesses—and...
Mark Shapiro, MD, Host of the “Explore the Space” Podcast
It’s been a little over a year since we began examining innovation from all its various aspects. We’ve covered every side, except for the physician side, so in today’s episode, Travis Good, MD g...
From Digital Health to The Opioid Epidemic with Dr Mark Shapiro
Dr Mark Shapiro is an Internal Medicine physician here in the California area and is the host of the fascinating podcast ‘Explore The Space’. This is our second conversation on the show, mostly be...
Explore the Space: Dr. Mark Shapiro on expanding the healthcare conversation through podcasting
Ultra-marathons, generation gaps, managing change and Navy SEAL-style tactics for being a better leader — not topics one might expect to delve into everyday as a physician or healthcare professional...
Dr Mark Shapiro On Exploring The Blind Spots We Have As Physicians
Dr Mark Shapiro is a Baylor College of Medicine, Texas trained Hospitalist who practices full time here in California. He is also the host of the healthcare podcast ‘Explore The Space’ and in a...
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
Mark Shapiro, MD, has been appointed chief of medicine at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego. A hospitalist with Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group since 2006, Dr. Shapiro recently began work as a phys...