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The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Rick Komotar

230 episodes

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EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also makes regular appearances across ESPN’s studio shows including SportsCenter and College Football Live during the college football season. Along with his ESPN duties, Manuel co-hosts Off Campus on SiriusXM with Jimbo Fisher and Jacob Hester. One of the most productive quarterbacks in Florida Sta...

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EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also makes regular appearances across ESPN’s studio shows including SportsCenter and College Football Live during the college football season. Along with his ESPN duties, Manuel co-hosts Off Campus on SiriusXM with Jimbo Fisher and Jacob Hester. One of the most productive quarterbacks in Florida Sta...

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The Brain Surgeon's Take

EJ Manuel: The College Football Playoffs

EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also makes regular appearances across ESPN’s studio shows including SportsCenter and College Football Live during the college football season. Along with his ESPN duties, Manuel co-hosts Off Campus on SiriusXM with Jimbo Fisher and Jacob Hester. One of the most productive quarterbacks in Florida Sta...

1 week ago

29 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Christian Ponder: THE POST - Leaders Built by Sport

Christian Ponder is a former American football quarterback who played six seasons in the NFL, most notably with the Minnesota Vikings, who drafted him 12th overall in the first round of the 2011 draft. He played college football at Florida State, where he was a three-year starter and won the 2010 Bobby Bowden Award. After his NFL career, which also included stints with the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers, he has been involved in business ventures and works on a platform for athletes tr...

2 weeks ago

34 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Nick Wray: NEURALINK - Mind Meets Machine

The Neuralink N1 chip is a brain-computer interface (BCI) device with 1,024 electrodes across 64 ultra-thin, flexible threads that are surgically implanted into the brain by a robotic system. The coin-sized implant records neural activity, processes the signals, and transmits them wirelessly via Bluetooth to a connected app, which allows users to control external devices like a computer cursor with their thoughts. It is designed to be fully implantable, hermetically sealed, and wirelessly cha...

1 month ago

41 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Jenna McCarthy: Tylenol Does NOT Cause Autism - The Facts

Dr. McCarthy is a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist practicing at the South Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Jupiter, Florida. Dr McCarthy completed her undergraduate work at Dartmouth before attending medical school at the University of Michigan where she graduated with distinction in research. Dr. McCarthy completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology and a clinical and research fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Univers...

1 month ago

27 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Akheem Mesidor: Chasing a National Championship

Hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, Akheem Mesidor has taken a unique path to his future in the NFL. After a stint at the Royal Imperial Collegiate of Canada, Mesidor made waves at Clearwater Academy International in Florida, racking up 92 tackles and 10 sacks in his senior year. His dominance caught the eye of college recruiters, earning him a 4-star rating from ESPN. Mesidor’s college career began at West Virginia, where he quickly established himself as a defensive standout. In just two seasons ...

1 month ago

28 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Craig S. Phillips: Investing in the Current U.S. Economy - Opportunities and Considerations

Mr. Phillips served as Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Treasury from January 2017 to January 2019. Under Secretary Mnuchin, he focused on financial institution and capital markets policy, fiscal operations, government asset and liability management and general economic policy. He led the development for policy under the Core Principles established by Executive Order 13772. He supported Secretary Mnuchin in the development of policy for comprehensive housing finance reform and in oversi...

2 months ago

47 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. J. Mack Slaughter Jr.: From Hollywood to The Emergency Room

J. Mack Slaughter Jr. is an American emergency physician, philanthropist, youtuber, tiktoker and retired actor and singer. Slaughter began acting in local theatre as a child. At the age of 15, he successfully auditioned for a boy band called Sons of Harmony started by a radio station in Dallas. They toured with Destiny’s Child and opened for Bon Jovi and Jessica Simpson. Three years later, in 2001, the band broke up, after which Slaughter moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. In ...

2 months ago

33 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Dipen Parekh: UHEALTH – Transforming The Medical Landscape

Dr. Dipen J. Parekh is a globally renowned urologic oncologist, healthcare innovator, and leader in academic medicine. He was appointed Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Miami and Chief Executive Officer of its health system (UHealth) on June 1, 2025. He remains Founding Director of the Desai Sethi Urology Institute and is an accomplished researcher and professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine who holds the Victor A. Politano Endowed Chair ...

2 months ago

43 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Don Saladino - LONGEVITY: Lifestyle Strategies for a Healthy, Long Life

Don is a coach & fitness expert known for his work with celebrities & athletes. With a passion for helping individuals achieve their best selves, he emphasizes the importance of strength training, especially as we age. He opened his first NYC Gym in 2005. After operating gyms for 15 years, he expanded to a global online fitness business. He has developed a reputation for training some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Sebastian ...

2 months ago

41 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Arthur Caplan: What the Big Beautiful Bill Means for American Healthcare

Prior to coming to NYU, Dr. Caplan was the Sidney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, where he created the Center for Bioethics and the Department of Medical Ethics. He has also taught at the University of Minnesota, where he founded the Center for Biomedical Ethics; the University of Pittsburgh; and Columbia University. He received his PhD from Columbia University. Dr. Caplan is the author or editor of 35 books and m...

3 months ago

35 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Edward Miguel: US Tariffs: What Is The Impact?

Edward Miguel is Distinguished Professor of Economics, the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, & Faculty co-Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 2000. He earned S.B. degrees in both Economics and Mathematics from MIT, received a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow, and has been a visiting professor at Princeton University and Sta...

3 months ago

36 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. David Tse/Dr. Daniel Pelaez: Whole Eye Transplant Moon Shot

The “Whole Eye Transplant Moon Shot” refers to the ambitious research initiative at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute to transplant a whole eye, including the optic nerve, with the goal of restoring vision in blind patients. This project is considered a “moonshot” due to the immense scientific and technical challenges involved in successfully transplanting and reconnecting all the intricate components of the eye, particularly the optic nerve. The goal is to achieve whole eye transplantati...

3 months ago

30 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

EJ Manuel: The 2025 College Football Season

EJ Manuel, a former first-round NFL Draft pick, joined ACC Network in 2019 and is a studio analyst on The Huddle, ACCN’s signature football show that airs Saturday mornings throughout the fall. He also co-hosts ACCN’s In Play with Kelsey Riggs and is a regular each week on ESPN’s College Football Live. Along with is his ESPN duties, Manuel co-hosts College Sports Today on SiriusXM with Brock Huard. One of the most productive quarterbacks in Florida State history, Manuel led the Seminoles to ...

4 months ago

37 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Kevin Tracey: The Great Nerve

Kevin J. Tracey is president and CEO and the Karches Family Distinguished Chair in Medical Research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research; professor of Molecular Medicine and Neurosurgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; and Executive Vice President, Research, at Northwell Health. A leader in the scientific fields of inflammation and bioelectronic medicine, his contributions include discovery and molecular mapping of neural circuits controll...

4 months ago

38 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Bryan Norcross: The 2025 Hurricane Season

Bryan became nationally known as the man who “talked South Florida through” Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which lead to his work on NBC, as the CBS News Hurricane Analyst, and as Senior Hurricane Specialist at The Weather Channel. He is currently the Hurricane Analyst at Fox Weather.

4 months ago

44 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Manuel Kadre: Advancing Excellence at The U

Manuel Kadre is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies. He is Chairman of Republic Services, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of MBB Auto, LLC, President at CC1 Caribbean Importers LLC, Director & Partner at Gold Coast Restaurants, Inc. and Vice President & General Counsel at de la Cruz Cos. He is also Member of New York State Bar Association, Member of The Florida Bar and Senior Member at Orange Bowl Committee and on the board of 10 other compa...

5 months ago

37 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Susanna Søberg: The Thermalist Method - the first science backed contrast therapy

Dr. Susanna Søberg is an international leading scientist in our metabolism during stress and rest. She did her PhD at The University of Copenhagen and has contributed to a deeper understanding of our metabolism during stress and rest in humans. She is an expert in cold & heat therapy and functional breathing for optimized health and performance. She is the founder of the “Soeberg Institute” and her science backed program “The Thermalist Cure” has helped thousands of people out of stress a...

5 months ago

34 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Matthew Marquardt: Extreme is Nothing - Pro Triathlete and Medical Student

While balancing his studies as a medical student at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Marquardt finished fourth in the 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series with three podium finishes at IRONMAN Texas, IRONMAN 70.3 Mont Tremblant, and IRONMAN Lake Placid. He is driven not only to be one of the best triathletes in the world but also to make a positive impact by increasing cancer awareness and supporting research that integrates his experiences in triathlon and the medical field.

5 months ago

34 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Carlos Migoya: Public Healthcare in the USA

Carlos A. Migoya has served as CEO of Jackson Health System since May 2011, overseeing one of the nation’s largest and most respected public healthcare networks. Jackson has the distinction of bringing world-class medical care – including the medical school faculty and students from the University of Miami and Florida International University – to a taxpayer-owned system that guarantees a single high standard of care for all residents of Miami-Dade County. The system is anchored by Jackson Me...

6 months ago

43 minutes

The Brain Surgeon's Take

Mariandl Hufford: Smart Phones & Technology in K-12 Education

Mariandl Hufford is the first female head of school at Miami Country Day School, one of the top schools in the USA. Mariandl is the seventh head of the school, which is located in Northeast Miami-Dade near Miami Shores. The private, co-educational school has about 1,250 students from preschool to 12th grade. Previously, Hufford served as the assistant head of school and director of the Center for the Advancement of Girls at the Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Hufford grew ...

6 months ago

34 minutes