PUTTING THE HEALTH BACK IN HEALTHCARE
Medicine Redefined
Medicine Redefined
Dr. Darsh Shah, DO & Dr. Altamash Raja, DO interview practitioners who challenge the norm and promote health during a time when the healthcare system feels broken. Find out how experts in the fields of sleep, nutrition, exercise, stress resilience, rehabilitation, precision & performance medicine, and so many more are using "unconventional" approaches to move the needle forward and redefine medicine as we know it.
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203. What Medical School Doesn’t Teach About Health, Fulfillment, and Finding Your Why | Brian Devorkin

Dr. Darsh Shah and Dr. Altamash Raja sit down with Brian Devorkin, a third-year medical student at Case Western and host of BackedBriScience , for a wide-ranging conversation on fulfillment, longevity, chronic illness, and the harder questions behind choosing medicine. Brian shares how chronic fatigue and Lyme disease shaped his understanding of health, agency, and what it means to “get your life back.” From his gap year working with longevity researcher David Sinclair to the realities of medica

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203. What Medical School Doesn’t Teach About Health, Fulfillment, and Finding Your Why | Brian Devorkin
June 22, 2026

203. What Medical School Doesn’t Teach About Health, Fulfillment, and Finding Your Why | Brian Devorkin

Dr. Darsh Shah and Dr. Altamash Raja sit down with Brian Devorkin, a third-year medical student at Case Western and host of BackedBriScience , for a wide-ranging conversation on fulfillment, longevity, chronic illness, and the harder questions behind choosing medicine. Brian shares how chronic fatigue and Lyme disease shaped his understanding of health, agency, and what it means to “get your life back.” From his gap year working with longevity researcher David Sinclair to the realities of medica
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202. Metabolic Osteoarthritis: How Fat Tissue Talks to Your Joints
June 8, 2026

202. Metabolic Osteoarthritis: How Fat Tissue Talks to Your Joints

In this episode, Dr. Darsh Shah and Dr. Altamash Raja explore the emerging concept of metabolic osteoarthritis and the growing evidence linking joint degeneration to obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome. They break down novel research on GLP-1 medications and metformin, discuss how excess adipose tissue may contribute to joint damage, and explain why treating metabolic health could become an important part of osteoarthritis care in the future. TOPICS COVERED • Is ost
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201. You Spend Your Whole Life Chasing Something… Then What? The Psychology of High Performers | Casey Stevens, MS, LMFT
May 25, 2026

201. You Spend Your Whole Life Chasing Something… Then What? The Psychology of High Performers | Casey Stevens, MS, LMFT

Casey Stevens is a trauma-informed therapist, speaker, and guide focused on nervous system healing, consciousness, emotional resilience, and the relationship between trauma, identity, and human potential. In this conversation, we explore high performance, vulnerability, trauma, nervous system regulation, parenting, purpose, and the hidden emotional costs of achievement. Casey shares her perspective on mysticism, somatic healing, post-traumatic growth, value systems, and why true peace comes from
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200. Can Hospital Food Help Patients Heal? Food as Medicine at Tampa General | Tanuja Sharma, MD
May 11, 2026

200. Can Hospital Food Help Patients Heal? Food as Medicine at Tampa General | Tanuja Sharma, MD

Dr. Tanuja Sharma is a board-certified family and integrative medicine physician and the Medical Director of Integrative Medicine and Arts at Tampa General Hospital. She completed her integrative medicine fellowship through the Andrew Weil Center at the University of Arizona and is leading one of the most ambitious hospital wellness overhauls in the country — from redesigning the patient menu with a Michelin-rated chef to running evidence-based mindfulness, acupuncture, and music therapy program
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199. The Mental Strength Playbook: Workplace Stress, Burnout, and Showing Up Under Pressure | Amy Morin, LCSW
April 27, 2026

199. The Mental Strength Playbook: Workplace Stress, Burnout, and Showing Up Under Pressure | Amy Morin, LCSW

Dr. Altamash Raja and Dr. Darsh Shah sit down with Amy Morin, LCSW, to discuss how to turn pressure into strength, build resilience through small wins, and navigate burnout in today’s work culture. Morin gives us simple tools and a practical approach to manage anxiety, dread, and difficult situations. We talk about significance of self-awareness, focusing on what you can control, and how using actionable strategies like a “motivation buddy,” clearer communication, and adapting to others can help
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198. Beyond LDL: The 2026 Guidelines Make Lp(a), ApoB & 30-Year Risk Essential
April 13, 2026

198. Beyond LDL: The 2026 Guidelines Make Lp(a), ApoB & 30-Year Risk Essential

Darsh and Altamash unpack the first major ACC/AHA lipid update since 2018, now reframed as a dyslipidemia guideline expanding beyond LDL to include triglycerides, ApoB, and lipoprotein(a). They highlight earlier prevention, the new PREVENT risk calculator, return of numeric LDL and non-HDL targets, routine Lp(a) screening, stepwise therapy beyond statins, and greater use of CAC imaging. Using a “trucks and cargo” analogy, they clarify lipid markers, review therapies from statins to PCSK9 inhibit
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