Dr. Amir Ashrafi. NeoHeart Co-Founder. Secrets to Navigating High-Stress Situations, Saving Tiny Lives, + Unleashing the Medical Buzz. Cardiac Neonatologist. Entrepreneur. Speaker
The Cellfie Show
Tori Meskin x Sam Manassero
4.9 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined by Dr. Amir Ashrafi. Get ready for a spicy conversation! He is an expert in neonatology and neonatal-cardiac physiology. Dr. Ashrafi’s primary focus is treating newborns with congenital heart disease. He holds the national distinction of being one of the few physicians to receive formal training in both neonatal intensive care and cardiac intensive care. Dr. Ashrafi attended medical school at the University of Utah and completed pediatric residency training at Emory University in Atlanta.
He spent time in the Emergency Dept at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles prior to completing his Neonatal Intensive Care Fellowship at UCLA, where he was recognized as the Chief Fellow. Dr. Ashrafi then completed a second fellowship in Cardiac Intensive Care at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard University. Dr. Ashrafi is the co-founder of the conference NeoHeart: Cardiovascular Management of the Neonate, an international collaboration dedicated to advancing the care of newborns with complex heart disease. From navigating high-stress clinical situations, sharpening leadership skills, the science behind saving tiny lives, and unleashing your medical buzz.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys. |
| 0:08.0 | Hey guys. Welcome back to another episode of The Selfie Show where we are bringing you the weekly dose of sweet and salty. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm Tori the founder now co-host of The Selfie Show. I'm a nurse blogger and podcaster. |
| 0:15.7 | And I'm Sam. I'm a nurse, podcaster, powerlifter, co-host of the selfie show. And today, we're truly off the clock. |
| 0:22.2 | This was so spicy. I am so pumped for you guys to hear this episode. Yeah. So we have Dr. Amir Ashrafi. He's a neonatologist that Tori and I actually worked with for many years. So that's why when I say we're off the clock, it's like we're having the conversations that we could never have when we were actually on the clock with him. |
| 0:38.9 | So this is a fun one. |
| 0:40.3 | It's going to be a fun one. |
| 0:41.2 | He's... So that's why when I say we're off the clock, it's like we're having the conversations that we could never have when we were actually on the clock with him. |
| 0:38.9 | So this is a fun one. It's going to be a fun one. He's such a mover, shaker. He's also a cowboy. He's just one of those really fun personalities. I think you guys are in for a real treat today. This is funny. And we get some unpopular opinions in this one. I think we have unpopular opinion. |
| 0:53.9 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:54.7 | He's also one of the co-founders of Neohart, and we're going to get into that. we are we get some unpopular opinions yeah you think we have unpopular opinion yeah yeah yeah |
| 0:54.8 | he's also one of the co-founders of neohart and we're going to get into that yes in a little bit |
| 1:00.2 | um unpopular opinion ready it's got to be said okay here we go not all babies are cute and we we all |
| 1:08.0 | know that i'm not telling you something you don't know. |
| 1:13.6 | The popular part is that I'm just actually saying it. Right. |
| 1:14.3 | Can we just normalize that babies, somebody's ugly? |
| 1:17.2 | Not all babies are cute. |
| 1:18.9 | And okay, wait, this is a good question. |
| 1:21.1 | As a parent, are there times when you look at your kid and you're like, |
| 1:24.8 | do you know that this is not a cute moment? Okay, |
| 1:28.7 | and this is the thing too. Some babies start out really cute and then go through a phase of being |
| 1:33.9 | really, really not cute. I will say like my nonny had self-awareness because she cried when her |
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