Ali Haider, MD
Dr. Ali Haider is an interventional cardiologist and medical director practicing in the Northeastern United States as well as an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massechesetts Medical School. He also has a substantial following on social media as @yourheartdoc where he educates on topics such as medicine, healthcare, and fighting misinformation.
Cardiology is one of the most relevant practices when it comes to preventive medicine as heart disease has been the biggest killer of Americans for many years. In our episode with Dr. Haider, we discuss balancing the principles of preventive medicine in his role as an interventional cardiologist, how the institution of medicine can come to promote prevention, and his efforts on social media in educating and dispelling misinformation. We also touch on topics such as nutrition as it relates to cardiology and the effect of COVID-19 on the heart and reports of post-COVID myocarditis which has been circulating on the internet.
Dr. Haider is incredibly energetic and passionate about what he does which can be heard as this energy translates into his voice on the podcast. This is an episode you don’t want to miss!
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Show Notes
(1:00 – 7:00) – Introductions
Question 1 : Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you decided to go into medicine
(7:00 – 13:00) – Preventive Medicine
Question 2: What does preventive medicine mean to you as an interventional cardiologist?
Question 3: How did we get to the point where cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of Americans and come to develop so many risk factors of cardiovascular disease?
(13:00 – 20:00) – The Healthcare System and Prevention
Question 4: How can we as future physicians and as a group make the system better, does the system allow us to be better?
Question 5: What do you think the role of interventionalists such as yourself come into play if preventive medicine takes off?
Question 6: What can we do right now to promote preventive medicine without waiting for the healthcare system to change?
(20:00 – 32:00) – Diet and Cardiology
Question 7: Do you make any specific recommendations in terms of diet for your patients?
(32:00 – 42:30) – Social Media and Medicine
Question 8: How did you get into the social media space and how has that impacted your reach?
Question 9: Do you think that interactive devices or platforms such as Peleton can get more people exercising?
Question 10: Do you agree that social media is one of the best tools we have to spread preventive medicine?
(42:30 – 51:00) – Misinformation in the Media Age
Question 11: How do you separate the science from the politics or push them both at the same time when necessary?
Question 12: Have you dealt with someone or a patient in person who has had anti-science views?
(51:00 – 54:00 ) – Heart Problems in COVID-19
Question 13: What are you seeing in terms of heart complications in COVID-19 patients?
(54:00 – 58:34) Closing Remarks
Question 18: If you were waiting for your coffee and someone comes up to ask you “How do I get healthy,” what do you tell them in 2 minutes?
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