A few weeks ago, an Alabama physician announced that he would no longer treat people who refused COVID-19 vaccination. A few days later, Burke Allen interviewed me on The Big Time Talker Podcast and asked whether that doctor's action was consistent with medical ethics. Frankly, I wasn't sure, but I told him I personally wouldn't take that position. But was the Alabama physician's stance ethical? The question troubled me so much that I enlisted Ronald Pies, MD, a Lecturer on B

Thanks to veteran radio host Burke Allen for inviting me to his "Big Time Talker" weekly podcast. Our interview, "The importance of the in-person and caring physician with Dr. Andrew Wilner," was released yesterday on Blog Talk Radio and all the usual streaming podcast sites. Here's the link: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wams/2021/09/17/the-importance-of-the-in-person-and-caring-physician-with-dr-andrew-wilner Burke was an amazing host and posed challenging questions. To beg

As you may know, I am an Associate Professor of Neurology and Division Director of Neurology at Regional One Health, a "safety net" hospital in Memphis, TN. In this otherwise wonderful city, we are struggling with full hospitals and dying patients, in large part due to poor vaccination rates and incomplete adherence to masking. The situation here is so bad the National Guard just arrived to assist. For more background on this ongoing catastrophe, check out this essay publishe

Billie Wickstrom of Locumpedia was kind enough to interview me for this interesting article regarding how physicians approach the question of COVID-19 mandatory vaccination. It's a well-written concise summary. Your comments are appreciated! #COVID19 #vaccination #vaccinationhesitancy #medicalsociety #COVID #healthcaregroups #CDC

Vascular Biologist William Li, MD, and I had a nice chat on ReachMD.com about patients who have survived COVID19 infection but present later with a myriad of symptoms, up to 100 different ones according to Dr. Li. The National Institutes of Health has given this constellation of symptoms a name, "Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)." Click here to listen to Dr. Li share his expertise on the after-effects of COVID19. Your feedback is welcome. More interesting interviews at

Regional One Health just released a 6-minute film relating our experience and response to COVID-19. This mini-documentary is accurate, informative, sober, and inspiring. I'm proud to be part of it. You can watch it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lUqUyWEpN0 #COVID19 #Regionalonehealth #frontliners #vaccine

Please check out this COVID-19 update at the AAN plenary session. The AAN's Drs Natalia Rost and Paul George interviewed two of the world's COVID-19 authorities, Drs. Anthony S. Fauci and Walter J. Koroshetz. They discussed when (if) we will return to normal, the pandemic's morbidity and mortality, the effects of COVID-19 on the brain, healthcare disparities, the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 syndrome, the value of masks and vaccination, and treatment advances. You can read

Many thanks to Kevin Pho, MD, from KevinMD.com, for inviting me to discuss my essay, "An unexpected COVID-19 vaccine side effect." Over the years, I've written several articles for KevinMD.com, but this is the first time I've had an opportunity to speak with Kevin on his podcast. Maybe it had something to do with my article getting 38,000 shares! During the interview, Kevin brought me through my own experience of COVID-19 vaccination. Initially, I suffered trepidation regardi

In my spare time, I host Neurofrontiers, a program on ReachMD that explores research, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disease. ReachMD is a large broadcast network for medical professionals with millions of subscribers. Kenneth Tyler, MD, was kind enough to speak with me about COVID-19 on two episodes of Neurofrontiers. Dr. Tyler is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, and double-boarded in i

Introduction Many thanks to Jennifer Frontera, MD, Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, for discussing the new Neuro Databank-Biobank for COVID-19 with me on the latest episode of "The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner." Dr. Frontera is a neurocritical care specialist and has been caring for COVID-19 patients in New York City since the start of the pandemic. She has contributed to several important research publications on this t

Many thanks to Kenneth Tyler, MD, for sharing his expertise as a specialist in neurologic infections. Dr. Tyler is Professor and Chair of Neurology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO. You can listen to our discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppSKCo4cvL8 Dr. Tyler recently co-authored a paper on the neurologic complications of COVID-19, “COVID-19: A global threat to the nervous system,” published in the Annals of Neurology, July 2020. You

I'm amazed that it's still necessary to express a strong opinion regarding the importance of vaccination. As if the fact that more than 2,000 people die every day in the US from COVID-19 infection isn't sufficient argument to get vaccinated, here's a sad tale from my own city. A 37 year old physician, newly married, died from a delayed immune response to COVID. This type of reaction is much more common in children but has been reported in a couple-dozen adults. All the more

Last week I published a story on KevinMD. I have written for KevinMD a few times. My previous article, "Life Hacks from a 9-month old infant," summarized the wisdom I had gained from my baby son, Jack. The article garnered 159 shares, which I was pleased to see. Everyone likes babies! My experience with the COVID-19 vaccination, "An unexpected COVID-19 vaccine side effect," clearly resonated with the audience. It has been shared 25,000 times! Even my hospital, Regional One H

Last Friday, I hurried to the hospital to receive my second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, which must be administered 21 days after the first. I harbored some trepidation about possible adverse events, which are more common with the shot. Something very unexpected happened. You can read about it here: https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/01/an-unexpected-covid-19-vaccine-side-effect.html #euphoria #COVID19 #vaccination #antivaccer #immunization #immunity #herdimmunity #adverseeven

Pleased to announce that my interview program, “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner,” was included in Feedspot.com's list of the “Top 20 Physicians Podcasts You Must follow in 2021.” Ranking is based on multiple factors, including relevancy, lack of product promotion, frequency, social media follower counts and engagements, domain authority, and age. Feedspot.com included The Art of Medicine on last year's list as well. My most recent program, "How Covid-19 Kills," is

In Episode #25 of The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner, I had the pleasure of speaking with Maureen Czick, MD. Dr. Czick is a locum tenens anesthesiologist and author of an intriguing publication that explores the role of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the pathophysiology of COVID-19 (Czick et al. 2020). Dr. Czick shared how locum tenens returned “agency” to her life, which allowed her to spend more time with her family and pursue other interests, such as writin

Many thanks to Dr. Scott Strome, Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN. During this 15-minute Medscape interview, Dr. Strome shared the challenges and satisfactions of working as Dean during COVID-19. Please join us for an interesting discussion and leave your comments! https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/938236 #education #COVID19 #Dean #artofmedicine

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkI9sYryaQ&t=16s Many thanks to writer Alfie Alcorn for doing this terrific interview on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner! Mr. Alcorn wrote a prescient novel, "Sugar Mountain," about a devastating pandemic, published in 2013, long before anyone had heard of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Before devoting himself to writing full-time, Mr. Alcorn graduated from Harvard University and worked as a journalist, teacher, and trave

In this 15-minute ReachMD interview, Dr. Andrew Wilner interviews Dr. William Li, President of the Angiogenesis Foundation, about the findings published in his July 9, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine article, “Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19.” For this paper, Dr. Li and colleagues compared autopsy specimens from healthy controls to patients who died from COVID-19. Click on the link below to hear his findings: https://reachm

I am thrilled that my new podcast, "The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner," was named by Feedspot.com as one of the "Top 20 Physician Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020." The ranking depended on relevancy, frequency, social media follower counts, engagement, domain authority, age, Alexa Web Traffic Range, and other criteria. It was great being on the same list with some of my favorite podcasts like "Physician Nonclinical Careers," "The ZDoggMD Show," and "Doctors Unbound."