Head of the departments of surgery at both the Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, and Am Johal’s former brain surgeon, Dr. Gary Redekop, joins Am on this episode of Below the Radar. 

Dr. Redekop and Am discuss advancements in medical procedures, how patients and medical practitioners experience surgery differently, and the relationship between neuroplasticity and human resilience. This episode explores the importance of preventative care, and celebrates our amazing capacity for human resilience and recovery.

Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/214-gary-redekop.html

Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/214-gary-redekop.html

Resources:
Dr. Gary Redekop: https://neurosurgery.med.ubc.ca/faculty-spotlight/gary-j-redekop-bsc-md-msc-frcsc/
UBC: Department of Surgery: https://surgery.med.ubc.ca/about/

Bio:
Dr. Redekop received his MD from the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and completed neurosurgical residency and fellowship training in cerebrovascular surgery in the Division of Neurosurgery at UWO. He completed graduate studies in the molecular biology of growth factors and angiogenesis, and went on to join the Division of Neurosurgery at the University of British Columbia.
Dr. Redekop is head of the departments of surgery at both the Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia.

Cite this episode:
Chicago Style

Johal, Am. “Episode name.” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, May 16, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/214-gary-redekop.html.

Reflecting on Brain Surgery — with Dr. Gary Redekop

Good grief, broken records, & brain surgery. Maria Chavez is back in Canada reuniting with Lana Del Satan mini pug this week.

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Drone music's slow moving ambience and long repetitive tones position it as a soothing genre, suitable for relaxation, meditation, and therapeutic practices. Drone music can also contain harsher vibes, just as I have found therapy can also produce anxieties and traumas as it attempts to lessen them.

Drone Therapy is a comedy performance series about mental health and treatment access. It began as a Youtube series in 2015 while I was struggling in a free three month Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) program, and has continued as Drone Therapy Live, which takes Drone Therapy out of my bedroom to venues, galleries, or festivals, sometimes with guests. In December 2017 Drone Therapy Podcast (aka Dying But Fine Podcast) launched as a regular audio series focusing on Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) via Vice Motherboard. The podcast continues forever as everything else crumbles to dust.

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Brigitte Bardon't presents Drone Therapy

Drone Therapy Podcast Ep. 26: Needles & the Damage Won Ft. special guest Maria Chavez

In 1930, while on a trip to the UK, the father of modern neurosurgery Harvey Cushing operated on a monkey in the lab of his friend Sir Charles Sherrington, the famed neurologist. This is a very brief note describing that operation.

This is from Chapter 17 of HARVEY CUSHING, A Biography, by John Fulton (1946). The entire 40 hour unabridged narration will soon be available from Audible.

Read by  Edison McDaniels

e170.e3 A Simian Craniotomy Ch17

Brain surgery involves complex procedures to treat neurological conditions such as tumors, aneurysms, and epilepsy. Utilizing advanced imaging and surgical navigation, modern techniques ensure greater accuracy, reduced risk, and improved recovery, offering patients safer and more effective treatment options.

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brain surgery (5)

Some neuro disruptions with Gigas Fakshi (https://soundcloud.com/krystian7007)

Anewryzm

End of brain surgery? Injectable chips self-implant to treat brain disease safely Microscopic wireless implants from MIT could treat brain diseases by self-implanting through a simple injection. 


(Verse 1)
In a vial lies a spark, smaller than a grain
Slips beneath the skin, swims the crimson vein
No wires, no blades, no trembling steel
Just a quiet pulse the neurons feel

(Chorus)
Injectable brain, rewriting the pain
Whispering code in the blood's refrain
From the depths of thought to the edge of the chain
We're healing the mind with an injectable brain

(Verse 2)
A signal hums where silence grew
Electric dreams begin anew
From MIT to the living light
Circuits bloom inside the night

(Chorus)
Injectable brain, rewriting the pain
Whispering code in the blood's refrain
From the depths of thought to the edge of the chain
We're healing the mind with an injectable brain

(Bridge)
No cradle of chrome, no surgeon's hand
Just the body learning to understand
What once was science, now becomes soul
As the data mends what time stole

(Verse 3)
Tiny voices wake within
Repair begins where wounds have been
Through a drop, through a gate unseen
Flows the dawn of the new machine

(Final Chorus)
Injectable brain, rewriting the pain
Whispering code in the blood's refrain
From the depths of thought to the edge of the chain
We're healing the mind with an injectable brain

Injectable Brain

The problem with the advent of AI is it proves that we are more artificial than intelligent

Sweet Songs is an independent record label specializing in roots and electronic music

Amplifying ideas that fly below the radar. We talk environmental and social justice, arts, culture, community-building and urban issues with featured guests.

This podcast is produced by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement as a part of our Knowledge Democracy Project @ 312 Main — encouraging the meaningful exchange of ideas and information across communities.

Hosted and currently produced by:
Am Johal
Joey Malbon
Julia Aoki
Kathy Feng
Samantha Walters

Visit our website for archived audio and video recordings of our public events: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/library.html

Audiobook narrator Edison McDaniels does both fiction and nonfiction work. He also has the technical expertise and background to do complicated technical narrations, such as medical and legal books and papers. He is also interested in and quite adept at military fiction and war stories, especially naval adventures. A special interest is speculative fiction and literary fiction.

Edison has his own in house audio studio. He has a unique and varied background, all of which contribute to his expertise in spoken word audio production in general and audiobook narration in particular. He is a Stanford Med School graduate, a physician, a board certified surgeon, a veteran of sixteen years of active duty naval service (promoted through the ranks from E1 to 05 [that’s Commander, one step below full Captain]). An author, he has published a dozen novels and numerous short stories. Most of his stories are either speculative fiction; he is partial to ghost stories. All of his stories are intense, and tend to showcase ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Find him on Amazon.

His spoken word audio work is rich and diverse. He has narrated over 50 books and a number of short stories. The SurgicalFiction Podcast showcases many of the books and tales he has narrated. Selections on the podcast include entire stories lasting several hours, as well as chapter readings, brief excerpts, and pieces of popular fiction and nonfiction. You will also find selections of both popular and obscure tales from the public domain.

He has a special affinity for tales showcasing medical and surgical fiction (hence the name of the podcast), as well as nautical fiction.

His fully outfitted audio studio includes a dedicated Studiobricks audio booth, several Apple computers and monitors, a Studio One Artist (v. 5) digital audio workstation, an IoStation 24c audio interface, and Izotope RX6 Standard for mastering and production standardization. He uses a Sennheiser MK4 condenser microphone for all his productions. He uses a punch and roll technique, which allows for on the fly direction and immediate correction for word substitutions, tone shifts, pronunciation errors, characterizations, etc. 

The voice you hear is always his and his alone. You can catch him on reading his own stories on facebook live from time to time as well. Follow him on facebook and join his email list at surgicalfiction.com. He also has a presence on facebook and his twitter handle is @surgeonwriter.

live from the bottom of the well 
∤ Brigitte Bardon’t aka Kristel Jax makes disney princess noise and Drone Therapy Podcast, where drone music tracks comedic, sincere explorations of mental illness and treatment. She lives in Toronto and hosts Infinite Poolside sometimes. 

Brigitte Bardon't:
2020 Pink @industrialcoast
2019 Radio Songs @already-dead-tapes

Drone Therapy Podcast x iTunes, Spotify, Bandcamp (aka Dying But Fine Podcast)

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