This episode was recorded in Sept 2022 with my high school friend Dr. David Deyhimy, an anesthesiologist who specializes in addiction medicine. He's Founder and Medical Director of MyMATClinic and also practices in private practice as an anesthesiologist in Orange County, CA. We walk through his career path as I do with all of my MENTOR dna guests. We also spend some time discussing opioid usage disorder, more commonly known as opioid addiction.
Dr. Deyhimy got into medical school and thrived. As a thoracic anesthesiologist, he earned his spot as chief resident and moved his young family to start life in private practice. After a few years, Dr. Deyhimy was making great money but was stumped as to why he wasn't feeling fulfilled. He realized that his day-to-day grind wasn't totally aligned with what really drove him to be a doctor. He wanted to do more.
During a late night in the pperating room with a nurse friend, he listened to her chat about her son's heroin addiction and the medications he was using to stay sober. Dr. Deyhimy's interest was piqued.
His research led to studying the neuroscience of addiction. Brain chemistry and connections change, quickly transforming people from being casual users to those who will do anything to simply feel "ok."
Sadly, the illicit drug distribution landscape has changed dramatically in the past 5 years, so Dr. Deyhimy walks us through how to prepare to keep our family and friends safe from the recreational drugs that are almost all laced with fentanyl.
Dr. Deyhimy is an incredible leader in the addiction medicine space and we also chat about how a slight change in mindset can take a seemingly bad experience into one that unlocks tremendous learning and growth.
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