The Undifferentiated Medical Student

Ep 067 - Combined Pediatrics-Anesthesiology with Dr. Mark Rockoff

Jun 15, 2018

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Dr. Mark Rock of Boston Children's Hospital

Ether - It Was Discovered at the Mass General

What Was Your Role in the Founding of the First Combined Pediatric Anesthesiology Program?

Is That Correct? Um, Yes, I Believe There Are Seven Programs

Combining Pediatrics and Anesthesiology Training

What Is the Difference Between Pediatrics and Anesthesiology?

Pediatric Anesthesia

Do You Have a Career in Combining Anesthesia and Critical Care?

What Do You Do in Pediatric Anesthesia?

What Is the Strength of Pediatric ICU Training? Is It a Pediatrician or an Anesthesiologist?

Pediatric Anesthesia Training

Pediatric Critical Care Without Anesthesia Training or Core Pediatrics Training?

The Benefits of Combining Medical Education and Anesthesia Training

Combined Training and Pediatrics and Anesthesiology

What Do You Love About Your Specialties?

What's the Favorite Real 95 for Anesthesiologist?

Do You Want to Do an Anesthesia Residency?

The Advantage of Combining Pediatrics and Anesthesia Training

Do You Want to Do a Combination Training Program or Pediatrics First?

Do You Want to Do a Pediatric Internship?

Combining Specialty Training - How Does the Practice Change Dependent on Setting

Children's Hospitals

01:01:50 • 1min

Do You Have Dual Training in Pediatric Anesthesia?

01:03:18 • 3min

Pediatric Anesthesiology

01:06:44 • 1min

Do You Need to Do a Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship?

01:08:09 • 2min

Do You Have a Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship?

01:09:56 • 3min

The Value of Combining Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology Training

01:13:03 • 3min

Pediatrics and Pediatrics - What Do You Like Doing?

01:15:37 • 2min

What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing the Combined Specialty?

01:17:30 • 3min

I Don't Think They're Going to Close Because People Go Into Anesthesia

01:20:04 • 1min

What Resources Would You Recommend for Medical Students?

01:21:17 • 4min

Is Your Specialty Right for You?

01:24:54 • 3min

Is There a Head-to-Head Between Pediatrics and Anesthesia?

01:27:26 • 3min

What Made You Take the Fork Towards Anesthesiology

01:30:44 • 3min

01:33:17 • 3min

Mentorship as a Medical Student

01:36:02 • 2min

Mentoring - Is There an Opportunity Where We Could Get Together Again?

01:38:04 • 2min

What Mentors Want Out of Their Mentors?

01:40:09 • 1min

What Would You Do Differently in Your Career?

01:41:35 • 6min

Is Your Marriage a Part of Your Career?

01:47:14 • 3min

What Career Career Mistakes Do Physicians Make?

01:49:59 • 3min

What Do You Think Makes You a Good Doctor?

01:52:41 • 3min

What Do You Think You Should Do as a Medical Student?

01:55:50 • 2min

What Are You Struggling With as a Medical Student?

01:58:07 • 3min

The Advantage in Medicine Is That You're Always Going to Be OK

02:00:42 • 2min

Harvey Cushing Biography by Michael Bliss

02:02:58 • 2min

Dr Rock Up Before He Thinks Before We Bring Things to Close

02:05:22 • 2min

The Undifferentiated Medical Student Podcast

02:07:13 • 3min

See below for time stamps.

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Dr. Mark Rockoff

Dr. Rockoff is a Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital.

A native of New Jersey, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 and Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1973. He then completed residencies in both pediatrics and anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in neuroanesthesiology at the University of California at San Diego. After leaving San Diego, he was on staff at MGH for two years when he moved to Boston Children's Hospital where he has been since 1981.

Dr. Rockoff is board-certified in pediatrics, anesthesiology, pediatric anesthesiology, and critical care medicine. He has been a member of the Residency Review Committee for Anesthesiology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and is a Past-President of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is Chairman of the Archives Committee at Boston Children's Hospital and has had a longstanding interest in American and medical history. Importantly, Dr. Rockoff is seen by many as the father of combined pediatric-anesthesiology training spearheading the founding of the first combined residency program in Boston. He and his wife have three children and two grandchildren and reside in Hingham, MA.

Please enjoy with Dr. Mark Rockoff!

Time Stamps

Part 1: "Tell us about your specialty" [10:54]
- Routines, patients and outcomes [19:13]
- Most exciting / most mundane [44:50]
- One thing you wish you had known [48:43]
- One thing to consider in earnest [58:52]
- How practice changes depending on setting [59:44]
- Specific questions about combined peds-anesthesia [1:08:17]
- Biggest challenges / prediction for the next 10-20 years [1:17:56]
- Resources [1:22:46]
Part 2: "Tell us about how you decided your specialty was right for you" [1:24:54]
Part 3: "Give us advice for long-term career planning irrespective of your choice of specialty" [1:42:43]
Book recommendations [2:02:44]