In their own words
From the experts
Physicians who work under fluoroscopy every day, on what radiation and lead have cost them and their colleagues, and what changed when their labs protected everyone in the room.
In their words
What they said, and where they said it.
Every quote links to the moment it is said in the video, on this page and on YouTube.
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On why the risk is easy to ignore.
“Radiation is a silent killer. People who are exposed don’t feel it, they don’t know it, they’re often unaware of it.”
Dr. Mort KernChief of Cardiology, Long Beach Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA
From The Radiation Problem (Full Version), at 6:54 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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After naming colleagues lost to cancer.
“I say their names because I want people in the audience to know it could be you.”
Dr. Mark GoodwinChief of Cardiology, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
From The Radiation Problem (Full Version), at 6:44 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On administrators who say protection costs too much.
“The insanity of saying you would not do everything humanly possible to protect healthcare workers is nuts.”
Dr. Mark GoodwinChief of Cardiology, Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
From The Radiation Problem (Full Version), at 8:39 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On the limits of lead, after surgery for a cancer on his nose.
“I can’t wear a lead shield on my face. That’s why systems which cut down scatter, I think, are going to be important.”
Dr. Jonathan Hill
From The Radiation Problem (Full Version), at 9:06 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On who is exposed in the lab.
“It doesn’t matter who you are. It could be a nurse. It could be X-ray tech or a doctor. You’re getting scatter radiation.”
Dr. Dean Kereiakes
From Dr. Dean Kereiakes on Doctor Radio Sirius XM Channel 110, at 2:51 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On whether lawsuits will be what makes hospitals act.
“That shouldn’t be litigation. It should be the right thing.”
Dr. Dean Kereiakes
From Dr. Dean Kereiakes on Doctor Radio Sirius XM Channel 110, at 16:10 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On what his cancer diagnosis changed about how he sees the work.
“You do this to enjoy your life. You do this to enjoy your kids, hopefully your grandkids.”
Bryan Cogar, MDInterventional Cardiologist, INTEGRIS Health Cardiovascular Physicians, Oklahoma City, OK
From Dr. Cogar: Personal Story and Testimonial, at 2:32 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On the complex coronary, structural and peripheral work his lab does with EggNest®.
“I do every case that I want to do, I can do with the system.”
Bryan Cogar, MDInterventional Cardiologist, INTEGRIS Health Cardiovascular Physicians, Oklahoma City, OK
From Dr. Cogar: Personal Story and Testimonial, at 5:10 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On his first days in light lead, then no lead.
“Regular lead, you get to the day and you are just whooped. You are tired. Light lead, completely different. And then no lead, that’s just like another day at the office.”
Robert Riley, MD, MSInterventional Cardiologist, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, Bellevue, WA
From Dr. Riley EggNest Testimonial, at 1:00 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On the first thing a protection system has to do.
“Everyone gets radiation. Everyone gets orthopedic issues. So, the entire team has to be protected.”
Robert Riley, MD, MSInterventional Cardiologist, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, Bellevue, WA
From "Storm In A Teacup" Optima Education in London, at 3:42 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On why labs should demand protection.
“You simply cannot take care of people if you’re being injured over time.”
Robert Riley, MD, MSInterventional Cardiologist, Overlake Medical Center & Clinics, Bellevue, WA
From "Storm In A Teacup" Optima Education in London, at 7:59 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On having EggNest now, after decades without it.
“It certainly would have been nice to have this 30 years ago.”
Eric Dippel, MD, FACC, FSCAIInterventional Cardiologist, Vascular Institute of the Midwest, Davenport, IA
From EggNest Testimonial: Dr Riley, Dr. Cogar, and Dr. Dippel, at 0:33 (opens YouTube at this moment)
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On orthopedic injuries among interventional cardiologists, before presenting his group’s study.
“These are not theoretical concerns. These are real concerns.”
Santiago Garcia, MDThe Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
From Dr. Santiago Garcia: EggNest Data CRT 2026, at 1:00 (opens YouTube at this moment)
Titles and affiliations are as the video showed them when it was made, and may have changed since. Quotes are trimmed only of filler words and repeated words.
Talks, testimonials and interviews.
Testimonials
Physicians on what radiation and lead have cost them and their colleagues, and on working with EggNest.
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Dr. Cogar: Personal Story and Testimonial
Bryan Cogar, MD
Dr. Cogar on the thyroid cancer he was diagnosed with three years into practice, what it changed for him and his family, and why his lab wanted protection for everyone in the room.
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EggNest Testimonial: Dr Riley, Dr. Cogar, and Dr. Dippel
Robert Riley, MD, MS; Bryan Cogar, MD; Eric Dippel, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Three interventional cardiologists on moving from full lead to light lead and no lead, the cases they do with EggNest, and wishing it had come sooner.
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Dr. Riley EggNest Testimonial
Robert Riley, MD, MS
Dr. Riley on his lab’s trial of EggNest Protect, adding the ceiling-hung Complete shield, and his first days in light lead and no lead.
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The Radiation Problem (Short Version)
Physicians from the full version
A shorter cut of The Radiation Problem, further down this list: interventional cardiologists on the cancers they fear and the ones they have been diagnosed with.
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Dr. Kereiakes EggNest Testimonial
Dr. Dean Kereiakes
A WLWT News 5 Cincinnati report on Dr. Kereiakes, temporarily paralyzed after decades of wearing heavy lead aprons, and the protection system his hospital was about to install.
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The Radiation Problem (Full Version)
Dr. Mort Kern; Prof. James Spratt; Dr. Mark Goodwin; Dr. Matt Price; Dr. Jonathan Hill; Dr. John Hung
Six physicians on what ionizing radiation does to the body, the colleagues they have lost, their own cancer diagnoses, and why they want systems that cut down scatter.
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Dr. Ramaiah speaks on EggNest™
Dr. Venkatesh Ramaiah
Dr. Ramaiah on radiation in long, complex procedures, and the exposure his team documented for everyone in the room using EggNest at a 2024 conference.
Talks and presentations
Conference sessions, data presentations and testimony.
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Can We Perform Complex PCI with Zero Radiation? | Dr. Santiago Garcia at SOLACI 2026
Santiago Garcia, MD
Dr. Garcia introduces the EggNest Complete system at SOLACI 2026 with an Egg Medical clinical specialist, then shows his own setup and dosimetry during a recorded patent foramen ovale closure.
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Dr. Robert Wilson at OPCI 2026
Dr. Robert Wilson
Dr. Wilson on what radiation protection has to do before a lab will use it: protect everyone in the room, stay out of the workflow, and install without construction.
Dr. Wilson is the CEO of Egg Medical and one of the developers of EggNest.
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What A Safe Lab Looks Like
Dr. Robert Riley
Dr. Riley’s four pillars of a safe lab, from his talk at Optima Education’s London PCI course: protection for everyone, seamless workflow, procedural versatility and robust data. A cut of the full talk, further down this list.
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CRT 2026 with Dr. Dean Kereiakes
Dr. Dean Kereiakes
On a CRT 2026 panel, Dr. Kereiakes on the sense of immortality that keeps interventionalists from taking their own exposure seriously.
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"Storm In A Teacup" Optima Education in London
Dr. Robert Riley
Dr. Riley’s full session at Optima Education’s London PCI course: why protection has to cover the whole team, what a protection system needs before it gets used, and why labs should demand it. Audience questions follow.
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Dr. Santiago Garcia: CRT 2026 Q&A
Santiago Garcia, MD
Dr. Garcia takes questions after presenting his group’s data at CRT 2026: which procedures his hospital uses EggNest for, how Protect and Complete differ, and how staff decide whether to go without lead.
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Dr. Santiago Garcia: EggNest Data CRT 2026
Santiago Garcia, MD
Dr. Garcia presents his group’s study comparing standard shielding with EggNest Protect and EggNest Complete, with standard and light lead aprons, in coronary procedures.
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Arizona State Senate Committee Hearing 1.21.2026
Dr. Rizik and Dr. Sorajja
Two interventional cardiologists testify before the Arizona State Senate Health and Human Services Committee on bills to improve radiation protection for healthcare workers.
Interviews and podcasts
Longer conversations, on the radio and on camera.
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Dr. Dean Kereiakes on Doctor Radio Sirius XM Channel 110
Dr. Dean Kereiakes, with host Dr. Fred Feit
Dr. Kereiakes on decades of wearing lead, the spinal injury that left him temporarily paralyzed, scatter for everyone in the room, and the multi-society consensus statement then about to be published.
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Bob Wilson, EGG Medical & Luc Marengere Interview
Dr. Bob Wilson; Dr. Luc Marengere
Dr. Wilson on the friends with radiation-related illness who led him to design protection for everyone in the lab, and Dr. Marengere of TVM Capital on why the fund invested in Egg Medical.
Dr. Wilson is the CEO of Egg Medical. TVM Capital is an investor in the company.
Live cases, product demonstrations and company videos are on the Egg Medical YouTube channel. What the studies found is on the Evidence page.
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