EMRA Cast Host Maiya Smith Podcasts
Maiya Smith, MD
University of Utah
Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2025
@Maiyaandtheadventuremutts
EMRA*Cast Episodes
Vacation Gone Deadly: Toxins in Paradise
June 1, 2025
Join EMRA*Cast hosts Maiya Smith, MD, and Lauren Rosenfeld, MD, in this group discussion with toxicologist and EM physician Dr. Ken Katz. Inspired by Season Three of The White Lotus, this episode tackles toxins you might encounter while traveling. Dr. Katz discusses the deadly "suicide tree," pong pong, and also explores other toxins like xylazine and carbon monoxide poisoning.
Talking with Residents: The Mistakes We Make
Feb. 15, 2025
Mistakes are an unavoidable part of medical training. Yet, they're often under-discussed, contributing to feelings of burnout and isolation. In this episode, host Maiya Smith, MD, is joined by residents Lulu Weindruch, DO, Stephanie Michael, DO, and Jarred Millard, MD, as they share their personal experiences with errors and the strategies they've developed to grow from them.
Weight Loss Drugs: What Do We Need to Know?
Nov. 1, 2024
We're seeing a LOT more medications like Ozempic in the emergency department nowadays. In fact, 12% of U.S. adults have used a GLP-1 drug! So, what do we need to know about these drugs? Dr. Megan Boysen Osborn, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California Irvine, discusses these GLP-1 agonists with host Maiya Smith.
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Oct 09, 2019
Critical Care Alert: Fluid Overload and Mortality in Adult Critical Care Patients
Fluid overload has not been clearly defined in the critical care arena. In situations where patients have renal, cardiac, and pulmonary dysfunction, commonly seen in the ICU, large volume fluid therapy can have adverse effects.
Dec 29, 2020
Against-Medical-Advice Discharges from the ED: Literature and Strategies Review
Every year in the United States, approximately 500,000 patients request to be discharged against medical advice. This can lead to poor outcomes for the patient, ethical turmoil for the physician, and liability for the health care system. Emergency physicians in training need to be equipped with the skills and training to have critical conversations with patients and families.
Dec 09, 2020
8 Tips to Finding a Job During a Global Pandemic
A pandemic has introduced the house of medicine to unprecedented numbers of hiring freezes, suspended bonuses, and scaled-back continuing medical education funds and stipends. Add to that looming cuts by CMS. What does a job search look like in these conditions?

