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The Generalist Medicine - GeM - Podcast

The Generalist Med (GeM) podcast is a way to learn about a wide variety of medical topics. I'm your host, Aaron Rothstein! I'm a generalist family and emergency medicine physician practicing in Northern Ontario, Canada. 

Please email me with any questions or feedback: gempodcast@gmail.com

May 2, 2021

This is a discussion on the resurgent topic of Psychedelic Medicine. I talk with Dr. Ryan Patchett-Marble, a generalist physician with strong interest in addictions and mindfulness who has recently become interested in this emerging field. 

Additional Info:

Ryan and a patient he treated with Psilocybin: 


Feb 25, 2021

Let's talk about the hot topic of fever! We'll talk about why we get fevers, whether we should treat them, and different causes of fever including forms of hyperthermia. We'll also touch on special populations such as febrile neutropenia and febrile infants.


Feb 5, 2021

I am very excited to discuss Interventional Cardiology with my cousin Eric Rothstein who works at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre in New Hampshire. We discuss the field of Interventional as well as some STEMI/Acute Coronary Syndrome insights, with a bit on stable ischemic heart disease and mechanical...


Jan 10, 2021

I speak to Dr. Larry Willms about a very fundamental topic that doesn't get much discussion in medical learning - Food and Nutrition. We discuss the things that are well-established consensus in the field, why we get so confounded by nutrition research and fads, how to communicate the information to patients as well as...


Dec 14, 2020

I am joined by Dr. Josh Smith, an EM registrar in Dunedin, New Zealand, who discusses with me a basic approach to patients in the ER. 

We talk about key principles including that patients often require early treatment before we have much information, that a disposition is often more important than a definitive diagnosis...