After Hours

After Hours showcases the exciting lives of healthcare providers outside of their day-to-day practice, highlighting their hobbies across the globe – spanning speedways, art studios, wineries, and more – After Hours takes a look into what they enjoy most when their white coat is retired for the day.

Episodes

After Hours: Deer Hunting

Dr. Michael Birrer explains how deer hunting entered his life while growing up in New Jersey and how he still makes time for it today.

After Hours: Biosimilar Whiskey

As high-end whisky can take decades to develop and total to thousands of dollars per bottle, a novel process created by Sarfaraz Niazi, adjunct professor of biopharmaceutical sciences and advisory board member for the Center for Biosimilars®, seeks to circumvent both time and cost by replicating the biosimilar approach to therapeutic drugs to that of whisky. Dr. Niazi speaks with The American Journal of Managed Care® on the distillation process, how the biobetter whiskies compared with their reference products, and future considerations for the alcohol industry.

After Hours: Playing Guitar, Music, Podcasting About Rheumatology

Sebastián Herrera, MD, of Clínica Las Américas Auna and ARTMEDICA joins After Hours to discuss his passions of playing guitar, music, podcasting about rheumatology.

After Hours: 77-Year-Old Basketball Star

On this episode of After Hours, we are featuring Dr. Marc Rosenberg, who can be seen at the clinic as the director of Voorhees Veterinary Center in New Jersey, or on the court sinking shots as a basketball star.

After Hours: Wordle

In this episode of After Hours, Gretchen A. McNally, PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP, a nurse practitioner scientist with The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute of Ohio State University, joins Oncology Nursing News® to discuss and compete in the daily word puzzle, Wordle, that has taken the internet by storm.

After Hours: Vasectomy Madness

Every March there is an increase in vasectomies as coinciding with the NCAA tournament so that the recovery time can be spent watching basketball. Urologists are now embracing this trend and marketing for an increase in vasectomies. Sarah Vij, MD, speaks about this trend.

After Hours: An Oncologist With a Curing Voice

Steven Eisenberg, DO, a San Diego-based oncologists at California Care Associates for Research & Excellence, has a passion for singing and songwriting, which he shares with patients and with the world.

After Hours: Dice, Dragons, and Dental Labs

Jessica Vanhouten started her own Dungeons & Dragons dice business because she wanted more and more custom dice for role playing games, but the skills she learned there led her to a job finishing dentures in a Wisconsin dental lab.

After Hours: Playing Polo

Biotricity CEO Dr. Waqaas Al-Siddiq discusses his unique hobby of playing polo and how it not only helps him to relax, but that it forces him to focus on just one thing and not multitask. He offers some insights on playing the game as well as the care of the horses and some insights into the game for those who are not familiar with it.

After Hours: Vet Tech by Day, Comedian by Night

Veterinary technician Walter Brown explains how he began his comedy career and how he uses his sense of humor to make clients feel at ease about their pet’s care.

After Hours: Drums

In this episode, we’ll hear one of our associates at Medical Economics interview Dr. Michael DeGeorgia, a neurologist at University Hospitals of Cleveland and founding director of the Center for Music and Medicine. Dr. DeGeorgia became interested in the drums as a child, but stopped playing while getting his medical education. His passion reignited while organizing medical conferences in the early 2000s, and in 2006 decided to form his own rock and roll band, The Codes, made up entirely of fellow physicians. Dr. DeGeorgia is also intrigued by music’s use as a therapeutic tool for people who have experienced brain injury.

After Hours: Writing for General Readers

Writing for general readers can be a very rewarding experience. William H. Reid, MD, MPH, walks us through the process of writing and publishing fiction and nonfiction books, plus how you can get started.

After Hours: Triathlons

This interview discusses William “Bill” Loeffler and his outside hobby of competing in triathlons and climbing the Adirondacks.

After Hours: Blacksmithing & Woodworking

On working days, Dr. Michael S. Jellinek is a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. John B. Herman, associate chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. On Saturdays though, the 2 physicians wake up at 6 am, go for an early breakfast at a local restaurant, and then head over to Dr Jellinek’s fully equipped woodshed, situated behind his home in Barre, Massachusetts for a day of woodworking and blacksmithing.

After Hours: Dr. Langer's Love of Poetry

Corey J. Langer, MD, discusses his passion for poetry and how he got involved with the Delaware Valley Poets.

After Hours: Passion for Music

James Q Del Rosso, DO, discusses his passion for music. They discuss the recordings he made during his time at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and how his passion for music started.

After Hours: Lute Music

Urologist Daniel Shoskes, MD, discusses his passion for early music and, in particular, the lute.

After Hours: Love of Exercise

When Betsy O’Donnell isn’t working to treat patients with multiple myeloma at the Massachusetts General Hospital, she is often taking on endurance challenges and exploring her love of exercise. She emphasizes how sports are one of her biggest passions outside of her career, from college sports to even considering participating in sports professionally. Over the years, even after recovering from sports injuries, O’Donnell continues to live an athletic lifestyle by cycling to and from work; in 2020, she even biked over 10,000 miles.

After Hours: Beatboxing Gastroenterologist

Dr. Brennan Spiegel is a beat boxer who recently published a video on twitter of him telling the story of COVID while beatboxing. He has been in tournaments and performed at conferences. Dr. Spiegel talked about how he learned he had this talent and how he does it.

After Hours: 29029 Everesting

On this episode of After Hours, Betsy Charles, DVM, MBA, details her inspiring journey hiking at the 29029 Everesting event in honor of her late husband.

After Hours: Football Kicking Pharmacist

Before pursuing a career in pharmacy, Dr. Sonia Oskouei, vice president of Biosimilars at Cardinal Health, played soccer from childhood to high school varsity where she was then asked in her senior year to test her kicking skills as a football placekicker. Sonia discusses her experiences as the kicker for her boys’ high school football team and how key lessons she gained through athletics continue to resonate with her today.

After Hours: Surf’s Up for California Neurologist

Jack Schim, MD, has been surfing since his boyhood in Miami but found the waves much better in southern California where he went to medical school—and stayed. He uses the word “magical” to describe the sport and says it’s part of the self-care that helps him care for his patients.

After Hours: Passion for Fishing and Wine

David R. Gandara, MD, discusses his passion for weekly fishing expeditions, plus his love for wine tasting and sharing.

After Hours: Passion for Ballet

Dr. Elizabeth Brem joins After Hours to talk about finding time to continue her passion for ballet dancing while treating patients with cancer.

After Hours: Music as Therapy

Music has a number of therapeutic qualities and can even help us find meaning in life. In this installment of After Hours, Jeffrey Becker, MD, shares his musical background and the joys of finding your own voice through music.

After Hours: Nature

Kathryn Dao, MD, of UT Southwestern Medical Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Rheumatology, joined After Hours to discuss her love of nature.

After Hours: Urologist Magician

From the time of the pyramids, people have been entranced by the wonder of so-called magic. A few cups and balls, a length of rope, a pack of common playing cards are the tools that greats like Houdini, Kellar, and Germaine used to enchant the masses. Dr. Neil Baum, professor of urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, is very passionate about bringing that same wonder to healthcare.