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Dr. Eric Grafstein is an emergency physician, health system leader, and one of my longtime professional mentors. His work has profoundly shaped how emergency care is delivered—both for patients and for the clinicians working inside the system. He has been practicing medicine for over 40 years and has held some of the most influential leadership roles in emergency medicine in British Columbia, including serving as the Regional Head of Emergency Medicine, overseeing 13 emergency departments across the province. In this conversation, we dive into some of the most pressing issues facing emergency medicine and healthcare today, including: -Burnout among healthcare workers -Substance use and moral distress in medicine -Emergency department wait times and system strain -Public trust in healthcare—and how we begin to rebuild it This is an honest, thoughtful, and systems-level conversation about what’s breaking, what still works, and what needs to change if we want a sustainable future for emergency medicine and healthcare as a whole. Whether you’re a healthcare worker or someone who’s ever needed an emergency department, this episode offers rare insight into how the system really works—from the inside.