01/03/2022

Friends of Franz Podcast S1 E3: Emergency Medicine with Dr. Calvin Sun

Do you believe in serendipity? That things in life just happen, whether for a concrete reason and, if not, just random but feel so mystically intentional? This is the case for our episode guest, whom I have admired for the longest time since I stumbled upon him in a YouTube video way back in nursing school. The Monsoon Diaries travel agency founder & CEO, choreographer, photographer, filmmaker, activist, public keynote speaker, medical contributor to national television's biggest news channels, circulating NYC Emergency Medicine physician, and now someone that I consider a great friend and mentor: Dr. Calvin Sun.

Dr. Sun stood as the first-hand reporter of the COVID-19 pandemic during its Spring 2020 spike in New York City emergency rooms. It was, therefore, just fitting that we looked to his years of education and training expertise to answer all things ER: the craziest event he has ever witnessed, the weirdest things he has pulled out from a person's body, first-handed witnessing of supernatural events in the hospital, and if the media was ultimately lying about the magnitude of the virus.

Hands-down being one of the most passionate people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and talking to, we went on a journey to uncharted waters of conversations about the serendipitous events he went through in life that led him to medical school, his love for traveling even throughout medical school and residency (190 countries in total!), keys to avoiding burnout, the importance of mental health, the broken healthcare system, activism against the rise of AAPI hate and racial violence, thoughts on the COVID-19 vaccines, and even one of the most requested answer...his workout routine. Come and learn about all medicine, life in general, and yes...the abs. 🥵