{"id":10738,"date":"2024-08-22T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2024-08-22T20:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:00:47","slug":"meet-our-doc-emily-downs-md-cardiothoracic-surgeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10738","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Doc: Emily Downs, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZQXK4pC6ZQ?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Formally trained as a musician, Emily Downs, MD, is amazed at how similar the energy is between performing music and performing surgery. Of course, as a cardiothoracic surgeon, she gains much more than a standing ovation \u2013 she gets a family\u2019s respect and gratitude for life.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Downs also feels a different sense of accomplishment after performing heart surgery. Especially those that are more complex or take some extra investigative work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to think about the potential in every child that you\u2019re taking care of,\u201d she says, \u201cand how they have this future that they\u2019re going to carry forward and whatever you do is just an ongoing investment in their future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado is very lucky that Dr. Downs decided to change career paths, and we know the children she treats feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Dr. Downs and what drives her as a cardiothoracic surgeon: https:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org\/doctors-and-departments\/physicians\/d\/emily-downs\/?utm_source=youtube&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=slr_heart<\/p>\n<p>Connect with Children\u2019s Colorado:<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/childrenscolo<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/childrenshospitalcolorado<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChildrensCO_Pro<br \/>\nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/children&#8217;s-hospital-colorado<br \/>\nPinterest: https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/childrenscolo\/<br \/>\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.childrenscolorado.org<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dZQXK4pC6ZQ\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formally trained as a musician, Emily Downs, MD, is amazed at how similar the energy is between performing music and performing surgery. Of course, as a cardiothoracic surgeon, she gains much more than a standing ovation \u2013 she gets a family\u2019s respect and gratitude for life. Dr. Downs also feels a different sense of accomplishment &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}