Zoë chats with Dr Ahmad Malik about prioritising patient values in medical care

Bio

Doc Malik is the host of the Doc Malik podcast.

After a successful 25-year surgical career, Ahmad stopped practising as an orthopaedic consultant (foot and ankle specialist).

Ahmad has discovered that much of what he was taught in medical school, and his higher education was false and not conducive to good health.

Having reversed his type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity and low testosterone, Ahmad is keen to promote real health and optimal living.

Ahmad is also passionate about medical ethics and calling out Big Pharma corruption.

You can find details of his podcast and Substack writings via his website www.docmalik.com

Show notes

This was another one of those podcasts where I had some questions prepared and barely asked any of them. It’s always good to go where the guest goes.

In just over an hour, Ahmad and I covered the following:

- How did a boy growing up in Glasgow become a surgeon? Why medicine? Why surgery?

- Why does he now drink coffee? 😉

- What impact have UK National guidelines had on how doctors work? (Including the impact of conflicts of interest).

- How does doctor training work? When do you end up as an actual doctor seeing your own patients?

- The UK National Health Service (NHS) as a system – what’s good, what’s bad, where have things gone wrong?

- Why Ahmad stopped working in the NHS and how private practice was different, but not necessarily better.

- Why he no longer works as a surgeon in the NHS or private practice.

- Why you should trust your instincts if you think something is wrong with your health.

- How to take charge of your own health.

This was a personal, informative and insightful discussion. We hope you enjoy it.