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June 5, 2024 59 mins

#006 - Join host Dr. Red Hoffman for a conversation with Dr. LJ Punch, self-proclaimed "trauma surgeon in recovery."   LJ shares how his career as a trauma surgeon and now as community health provider was inspired by the desire to address human suffering.  LJ is the Medical Director of The T (a holistic harm reduction program) and the founder of the Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC).

A bullet related injury is the physical, mental, social, and spiritual impact of a bullet, whether you are physically injured, threatened by a bullet, or someone you love has been lost.  LJ and his team are creating language, scales, tools, indices, and protocols that will eventually encompass a new medical subspecialty. 

You can find LJ on his website, on X, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Learn more about the BRIC.

For more information on Dr. Red, check out her website and follow her on X, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Watch Dr. Red's TEDx talk, Making Meaning After Violent Death.

Interested in surgery and palliative care?  Listen to Dr. Red on the Surgical Palliative Care Podcast.

Learn more about the Surgical Palliative Care community here.

Learn more about the Surgical Palliative Care Society here and here.

Music by Chazz McConnell.  

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