No Referral Required
Ever wonder what your doctor is actually thinking? No Referral Required is a weekly conversation hosted by two physicians and a non-doctor who's just as curious as you are. Together they demystify the medical world — how doctors are trained, how they make decisions, and what they wish their patients understood. Each week they're joined by a guest from a different specialty to share the human side of medicine, in plain language anyone can follow. No referral, and no medical degree, required.
Episodes
In Episode 8 of No Referral Required, Mandy, Courtney, and Lara are joined by Dr. Sue, a pediatrician of two decades who owns her own practice — and who Mandy has known since med school, where, she notes, the future pediatricians were identifiable within the first two weeks as the kindest people in the class. Dr. Sue took the long way to ownership: four years of newborn care at a county hospital with 50 to 70 babies born a da...
In Episode 7 of No Referral Required, Mandy, Courtney, and Lara are joined by Dr. Tyler, an emergency medicine physician with more than 25 years in practice, to talk about the one specialty that takes whoever walks through the door. Dr. Tyler lays out the mental framework behind every encounter in the emergency department (what could kill this patient in the next two minutes, two hours, two days, two months) and why that approach l...
In Episode 5 of No Referral Required, Mandy, Courtney, and Lara welcome interventional radiologist Dr. Nic to break down one of medicine's best-kept secrets. Dr. Nic explains how IR uses minimally invasive, image-guided procedures — through incisions the size of a pen tip — to treat everything from liver cancer and uterine fibroids to blood clots and infections, making IRs what he calls "the last true generalists." The ...
In this episode of No Referral Required, Mandy, Courtney, and Lara sit down with anesthesiologist Dr. Laura for an eye-opening conversation about one of medicine’s most misunderstood specialties. From the moments before a patient falls asleep to the critical decisions that happen throughout surgery, Dr. Laura pulls back the curtain on what anesthesiologists actually do—and why their role extends far beyond simply &ldquo...
In Episode 2 of No Referral Required, the hosts welcome their first guest, Nashville OB-GYN Dr. Josh, for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about what it’s really like to care for women throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. From his journey into obstetrics and gynecology to the realities of being a male physician in a specialty increasingly dominated by women, Dr. Josh shares thoughtful insights into building tr...
Episode 1 of No Referral Required starts strong with the voices behind the podcast: Courtney, Mandy, and Lara. In this candid kickoff conversation, listeners get an inside look at the world of medicine through the lens of two complex benign gynecologic surgeons and one patient advocate. Mandy and Lara share their journeys from medical school through residency and fellowship, explaining the training, specialties, and career decision...
Episode 0.5 - Who are the voices behind No Referral Required? In this special introduction episode, hosts Dr. Lara Harvey, Dr. Mandy Yunker, and Courtney McClendon share their backgrounds, the friendships that brought them together, and the inspiration behind creating a podcast that makes medicine more accessible. From the rapid pace of medical advancements to the confusion many patients experience when navigating referrals and spe...
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