About us
Today, caring about your health means navigating a minefield. Health insurers reject doctors’ orders, wellness gurus push sketchy products, and new laws could impact your care at any moment. In the face of confusing and conflicting messages, you need guidance from trusted experts to cut through the noise.
Straight Talk, No Jargon. The Clarity Every Patient Deserves.
That’s where we come in.
We’re surgeons with backgrounds in military and law, here to help you stop guessing and start making sense of your health. We’re bringing you crucial information, breaking down health trends, and sharing insights on your most pressing problems.
On Vital Discourse, we’re medical experts and long-time friends, making evidence-based solutions easy to understand and a blast to hear.
Get advice on whether to act, wait, or push when it comes to your care. Deep dives on why your partner won’t stop snoring. Debates about whether a TikTok health trend actually works. Interviews with medical experts and outcasts. The inside scoop on how policy and law affect your health. And so much more.
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— The Doctors Are In.
Dr. Ben Cilento, M.D.
Dr. Ben is a surgeon and veteran who breaks down science without making you fall asleep.
He’s a board-certified ENT and facial plastic surgeon, as well as a sinus and snoring specialist, an assistant professor, and a rancher.
Outside of the operating room, Dr. Ben can be found working on his ranch, providing fitness consulting, and giving lectures to students around the world.
Dr. Lee Mandel, M.D., J.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.R.S.
Dr. Lee is a surgeon and lawyer who knows how to battle insurance companies and opposing counsel.
He’s a board-certified ENT and facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon who wants to help people understand how healthcare policy impacts their health.
Dr. Lee does expert witness consulting for court cases, talks sinus procedures on the local news, and pioneers new minimally-invasive techniques to treat snoring and sleep apnea.