About
43cc exposes how doctors - or at least two outspoken ones - really feel about healthcare in America. We spill some hard truths (but never spill our not-so-soft drinks), drop some deep research, and do our best to bring solidarity and solutions to patients and practitioners.
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OUR STORY
After meeting by accident <Wendy’s> and after more than 15 years of complaining behind closed doors, in the fall of 2023, Wendy and Matt decided it was time to make real noise and meaningful change.
Every Friday in medical school, we had happy hour. We'd shoot some pool, shoot the shit, drink bad beer (or not), and compare notes about how to do better and be better the next week.
We hung out after hours in residency, bonding over its brutality, and if we were lucky, watched attendings hash things out with each other during journal club, learning the culture of this profession, and the interpersonal skills and business savvy it takes to be successful, along the way.
Who's got time for that now, though?
Enter 43cc. Informal, informative, irreverent, and importantly, fun.
We’re bringing the spirit of those happy hours to the fight to end moral injury, building community and coalitions along the way.
Join us? We promise, it’s never dull.
HOSTS
Wendy Dean, MD
Dr. Wendy Dean practiced emergency medicine and psychiatry, spent a decade as a US Army civilian deeply involved in medical innovation, and was an executive in a half-billion-dollar nonprofit. When the challenges of getting high quality healthcare nearly cost her physician husband his life, Dr. Dean left that work to change healthcare. She is now the leading voice for reframing health worker distress to include moral injury. She cofounded and leads Moral Injury of Healthcare, a 501c3 nonprofit, is the author of, If I Betray These Words, and also cohosts the Moral Matters and WCC podcasts.
Matt Ramsey, MD
Dr. Matthew L. Ramsey is an orthopaedic surgeon subspecializing in shoulder and elbow surgery. Dr. Ramsey has held multiple leadership positions during his career as a board member, chief of service, Vice Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and in subspecialty organizations and journals. He is committed to two ideals in reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and elbow: physician excellence and a holistic approach to patient care. He is passionate about preserving physician autonomy and physician leadership in healthcare.
PODCAST PRODUCER
Jill Ruby
Jill Ruby has developed and produced radio, podcasts, and television series and specials for multiple national organizations and networks including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Reach Out and Read, George Washington University, PBS, A&E, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Court TV, OLN, HGTV, and Discovery Health Channel. She holds a BA Hons. from the University of Toronto and a MA in Broadcast Journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.
Jill is a member of New York Women in Film & Television, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. She is a judge for The Webby Awards, The Signal Awards, The International Women in Podcasting Awards, and has been a judge for the Daytime Emmys.
She has won several awards for podcasting, including two Webby Awards, four Webby-Anthem Awards, and five Signal Awards. Additionally, her work was selected as a 2024 Webby Honoree for Best Live Podcast and shortlisted for a 2024 International Women’s Podcast Award.
