In our first-ever guest episode, Dr. Perry Gdalevitch sits down with Dr. Jean-Paul Brutus, a Montreal hand surgeon who left academic and public practice to build Canada's most successful private hand surgery practice, and founded Exception MD to promote exceptional patient care. He's also an author, most recently of the novel Silent Oath.

They talk about the "desperation, not inspiration" behind his decision to leave the public system, the difference between burnout and moral injury, why physician suicide is "the tip of the iceberg," what's broken in Quebec's healthcare model, and why he's optimistic (not scared) about AI in medicine.

Bone & Beauty Podcast — real conversations on medicine, beauty, and everything in between, hosted by Dr. Marie and Dr. Perry Gdalevitch.

Nearly half of physicians report burnout, yet the word "burnout" doesn't capture what's really happening. In this episode, Dr. Marie and Dr. Perry Gdalevitch unpack moral injury: the toll of knowing what your patients need and being blocked from providing it, over and over again.

They discuss:

• Why doctors are leaving medicine at 48-49, walking away from 20 years of training and service
• The difference between moral distress and moral injury
• How trust between doctors and patients has eroded since COVID
• Why fear of litigation is reshaping how medicine gets practiced
• Where AI can help medicine, and where it can't replace "the heart" of care
• What Alberta's public/private healthcare model gets right (and wrong)

Next episode: our first-ever guest joins the show. Subscribe so you don't miss it.

Bone & Beauty Podcast — real conversations on medicine, beauty, and everything in between, hosted by Dr. Marie and Dr. Perry Gdalevitch.

Where does cosmetic surgery end and medically necessary surgery begin?

In Episode 6 of Bone & Beauty, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Marie Gdalevitch and plastic surgeon Dr. Perry Gdalevitch explore one of medicine's biggest gray zones: the relationship between form and function.

From rhinoplasty and breast surgery to bunions, limb length discrepancy, bow legs, and cosmetic limb lengthening, they discuss why appearance and function are often inseparable—and how healthcare systems decide which procedures deserve coverage.

The conversation also explores how beauty standards can sometimes improve function... and when they may actually compromise it.

In this episode:
• Rhinoplasty and breathing
• Breast reduction and back pain
• Bunions and foot biomechanics
• Limb length discrepancy
• Bow legs and knock knees
• Cosmetic limb lengthening
• Healthcare policy and what gets covered
• The overlap between aesthetics and function

Bone & Beauty is hosted by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Marie Gdalevitch and plastic surgeon Dr. Perry Gdalevitch, exploring the intersection of medicine, surgery, innovation, and the human experience.