The PennMed Ultrasounds: Hemophilia

The PennMed Ultrasounds are all mic'd up in this Dunlop-auditorium performance of "Hemophilia," a hematological spin on the classic Billy Joel song, The Longest Time. The lyrics were written by The Ultrasounds' very own Andrew Stern. Special thanks to Dr. Haig Kazazian for being a good sport. Thanks also to Joe the AV guy at Penn Med for recording this video. Sopranos: Chony Lu, Anita Lyons, Aditi Sagdeo Altos: Laury Rosefort, Morgan Sellers Tenors: Andrew Stern, Brian Finkelman, Ryan Moy Basses: Yin Li, Eric Ojerholm, Sesh Sundararaman, Dan Adler Complete lyrics: Whoaaa Hemophilia Whoaaa Hemophilia Hemarthrosis, joints are freakin' huge Ecchymosis, not just any bruise This bleeding's so bad Much worse than any I've had It surely must be hemophilia This boy's making zero factor eight Like his uncle; it's an X-linked trait It's a mutation Flip-tip recombination Just ask the expert Haig Kazazian Whoaaa Hemophilia Whoaaa Hemophilia Check his PT, perfectly okay PTT's so long I might go grey Give him correction He's got a predilection To bleed and bleed it's hemophilia Queen Victoria carried the gene Then it got passed To the Russian regime Prince Alexei got the disease The swelling in his knees Was then healed by Rasputin First unclear, but now it's understood Why the rabbis said in the Talmud: Don't cut his foreskin The first two boys of his kin Both sadly died of hemophilia Found in one in ten thousand kids It's not very fun But better than SIDS Look at his chart, check out his name We know who to blame He was born "Romanovsky" Looks like we've just saved this child's life Now I've got to go home to my wife You want to look svelte? Just tuck your tie in your belt Just like the expert Haig Kazazian Whoaaa Hemophilia Whoaaa Hemophilia Whoaaa Hemophili- Laury Rosefort: Haig Kazaziaaaaan Tutti: Ahhhhhhhhhhh