55. Building a Career of Innovation in Pain Medicine

 I'm Dr. Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez. Welcome to Episode #55!

Today we have a very wonderful guest, who has made some amazing contributions to the field of medicine, through his research and product development. His name is Dr. Peter Staats, and we're going to be talking about building a career of innovation in pain medicine. Are you ready? Let's go!

You can email Dr. Peter Staats with any questions here:
peterstaats@hotmail.com

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:50 Dr. Peter Staats Introduction
• 2:22 Welcome, Dr. Staats
• 2:27 Early Inspirations
• 5:56 Medical School
• 7:53 Interventional Pain Management
• 10:05 Pain Management Evolution
• 11:51 Research & Development
• 16:26 The Patent Process
• 19:58 The Vagal Nerve Stimulator
• 23:29 Stimulator Experiences
• 25:49 COVID Discoveries
• 29:28 Long COVID
• 32:11 Telomere Lengthening Patent
• 34:08 Some Entrepreneurial Insights
• 35:03 Tips for Physician Developmers
• 38:00 FDA Submission Learnings
• 40:44 Adoption of Therapies
• 43:23 Some Final Thoughts
• 45:32 Patient Feedback
• 47:54 Contact Info
• 48:28 Outro