Cullen Kehoe was born half Irish and half Italian, and having grown up in Houston, Tx, he learned to fish with his dad in both salt and fresh waters. He boasts that he has caught more redfish, trout and bass than anyone in his family.

 

An Aggie (Texas A&M), he graduated in biomedical science, and after medical school in Fort Worth, moved to Chicago for internship and residency in emergency medicine. In Fort Worth he learned the health and pathologies of the human body from a first rate faculty, did multiple practicums, and played guitar - vocal gigs in various bars in Fort Worth, earning good tips and free beer.

 

One of his finest experiences took place in the summer after his junior year in high school at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston. Through “Amigos de Americas” he spent a summer in a village in Paraguay working and encouraging sanitation and health. He became a son and brother to his “mother” and “siblings” where he lived, and friends with many villagers. There he learned to enjoy hard work, hanging out, drinking mate tea, and dreaming in Spanish. He still maintains occasional contact with his family there.  During his residency in Chicago, he had the opportunity to work a month in a village hospital in Africa, where he saw firsthand the joys and sorrows of the people he got to treat and to know. It was in residency that he bonded with a fellow ER doctor in training and friend, Raj Kalsi.

 

Shortly after residency Cullen began practicing emergency medicine as an attending ER Physician at various hospitals across the country and gained a wide variety of experience in city and rural hospitals.  He is married to his beautiful wife, and enjoys friends, jogging, workouts and guitar. He describes music and playing guitar as his solitary relaxation and prayer.

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Cullen has been collaborating with Raj for years now on various projects and this podcast merged both his and Raj's desire to bring unity to a community and nation currently struggling to find common ground.

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ER Docs and Crucial Talks is UN-scripted.  All music for our intro and exit for the podcast is the original work that is written and performed by Cullen Kehoe.  Thank you for sharing in their conversation and joining us in this journey!