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The Smartest Doctor in the Room Podcast
The expert access athletes and CEOs get, for everyone
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Athletes, CEOs, and celebrities have direct access to the world’s top medical specialists. Most people don’t — until now. On The Smartest Doctor in the Room, board-certified immunologist Dr. Dean Mitchell sits down with leading researchers and physicians from institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and the NIH to break down the health conditions affecting you and your family — in plain English, without the jargon or the seven-minute appointment.
With more than 230 episodes covering chronic fatigue, MCAS, candida overgrowth, mold illness, food allergies, gut health, and dozens of other conditions, there’s an episode for whatever you or your family are facing. New episodes every week.
Episode 232: July 14, 2026
No More Multiple Choice: The Med School Rethinking How Doctors Are Trained
Guest: Dr. David Battinelli — Dean, Zucker School of Medicine
Zero multiple-choice tests in four years — only oral, essay, and simulation exams. First-year students ride real ambulances as licensed EMTs before their first lecture. Dean David Battinelli rebuilt medical training from scratch, and his graduates report feeling less overwhelmed when facing real-world uncertainty.
Episode 231: July 7, 2026
Stuck in Fight or Flight? The Nervous System Link Most Doctors Miss
Guest: Dr. Andrew Holman — University of Washington rheumatologist
For years, patients with fibromyalgia were told the pain was imaginary and sent to a psychiatrist. A University of Washington rheumatologist explains why that was wrong — and how a nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight drives chronic pain and autoimmune disease. In one research pilot, addressing it raised remission from 25% to 79%.
Episode 230: June 30, 2026
“It’s Not Parkinson’s” — The Walking Problem Doctors Keep Getting Wrong
Guest: Dr. Alexander Shtilbans, Movement Disorder Director at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell
Heavy legs, short shuffling steps, a Parkinson’s diagnosis — except the medication did nothing. A second look at the MRI revealed water on the brain, and a shunt dramatically restored his walking. Neurologist Alexander Stilbans explains why gait problems get misdiagnosed — and why exercise is the only thing proven to slow Parkinson’s.
About the Host: Dean Mitchell, MD
Dr. Dean Mitchell, M.D. is a board-certified allergist and integrative immunologist and the founder of Mitchell Medical Group, a holistic and functional medicine practice in New York City and Long Island. For over 30 years, he has specialized in the complex immune conditions most doctors miss — MCAS, candida overgrowth, mold illness, food allergies, and chronic fatigue — and was one of the first allergists in the U.S. to adopt sublingual immunotherapy (allergy drops).
He is the author of two books: Conquering Candida: The New 30-Day Protocol for Restoring Your Microbiome and Health (2025) and Dr. Dean Mitchell’s Allergy and Asthma Solution (2006). A Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, he teaches at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been featured in The New York Times, Martha Stewart, and DoctorOz.com.
On The Smartest Doctor in the Room, he brings his patients’ most pressing questions to the top specialists in the country — including researchers from Harvard, Stanford, and the NIH — so you get the expert access usually reserved for athletes, celebrities, and CEOs.