Episode 16: Mike Harrison on emergency medicine during a pandemic, flight surgery and the long way to get to what you love
Mike Harrison (BScKin’02, MScExSS’05) is a flight surgeon as well as an emergency medicine and critical care physician at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He was recently one of the flight surgeons for SpaceX’s Crew-1 Dragon - which launched in 2020 and returned in 2021. Mike graduated from UNB with a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology and a Master of Science in exercise and sport science. We talk with Mike about his work as a physician during these strange times, what it’s like to be part of a space crew, and what it takes to follow your dreams and shoot for the stars.
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Links and resources:
Mike’s Twitter
UNB Kinesiology
Thanks to:
Our alumni host, Ian Smith
Music by alumni artist, Beats of Burden
Our alumni Affinity Partners, TD Insurance, Manulife, and MBNA Mastercard
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