We’re celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Raise the Line podcast! Launched in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown with Osmosis co-founder Shiv Gaglani and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rishi Desai serving as hosts, its original purpose was to provide listeners with evidence-based information about the coronavirus and facilitate a conversation about how to strengthen healthcare systems as the world grappled with the greatest public health crisis. The podcast has evolved into an ongoing discussion of how to improve health and healthcare with leading figures in medicine, education, technology, science, publishing, and public policy, as well as frontline healthcare providers, health system leaders, entrepreneurs, and health professions faculty and students.
Over the past five years, we’ve released 525 episodes featuring three hundred hours of conversation with notable guests like Chelsea Clinton, Mark Cuban, and White House COVID Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, as well as senior leaders at organizations like the CDC, National Institutes of Health, World Health Organization, American Medical Association (and many other leading professional societies in healthcare) and a long list of medical school programs including Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Newcastle, Bar-Ilan University, and the University of Global Health Equity.
Raise the Line guests discuss a wide range of topics, including public health, digital health, medical education, healthcare reform, artificial intelligence and other advances in technology, nursing, provider burnout and workforce issues, women’s health, mental and behavioral health, online learning, drug development, health equity, rare diseases, chronic illnesses, holistic medicine, home care, and many others.
The podcast has been especially devoted to increasing awareness of rare diseases through its Year of the Zebra interviews and elevated the voices of future healthcare providers in the NextGen Journeys series.
In addition to Shiv and Rishi, hosts over the last five years include Lindsey Smith, Hillary Acer, Caleb Furnas, Maria Pfrommer, Kelsey LaFayette, Liz Lucas, Derek Apanovitch, and Jannah Amiel.
We’re looking forward to bringing you many more thoughtful conversations that illuminate the perspectives, actions, and innovations of people who care deeply about creating a healthcare system that provides quality care to all. If you have ideas for future guests to feature, please submit them HERE.
Raise the Line Anniversary Episodes
2020 Episodes
On April 15, 2020, Raise the Line’s very first guest was Dr. Tom Frieden, former Director of the Centers for Disease Control, who discussed his concerns about the U.S. response to COVID-19, the need for expanded access to testing, and examples of effective responses by governments in Asia.
2021 Episodes
In April 2021,Raise the Line featured Dr. Mark Slivkoff, associate professor of Physiology at Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, to discuss being one of the Raise the Line Faculty Awards winners. He advised students to stay humble in their careers and spread positivity whenever possible.
2022 Episodes
Raise the Line was honored to host Dr. Aditi Mallick, Chief Medical Officer for Medicaid at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for the show’s second anniversaryby discussingstrategies for improving health equity and what can help health professionals get through their hardest days.
2023 Episodes
Osmosis from Elsevier’s devotion to increasing awareness of rare diseases was well-represented on the podcast’s third anniversary in a discussion of the launch of Elsevier’s open-access journal, Rare, with editor-in-chief, Dr. Wendy van Zelst-Stams, as part of the Year of the Zebra campaign.
2024 Episodes
Raise the Line hashad the pleasure of speaking to nursing leaders at a variety of health systems and nursing schools throughout the run of the podcast. However, in April 2024, we got the big-picture perspective on the profession along with current and future challenges and opportunities from Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, president of the American Nurses Association.
2025 Episodes
Given Osmosis from Elsevier’s mission to educate the next generation of healthcare providers, it’s fitting that the fifth-anniversary episode should be an installment in our NextGen Journeys series featuring Osmosis Community Specialist Alfred Collins, who describes the Osmosis Health Leadership Initiative (OHLI) and how it offers students from all over the world the opportunity to develop skills that will serve them well throughout their careers.
Together, we’ve explored critical healthcare challenges and examined innovative solutions. A huge thank you to our incredible guests and dedicated listeners as we celebrate five years of the Raise the Line podcast. We look forward to continuing this journey and invite you to join us in shaping a better future for health.
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