5 Codes Podcast
The 5 Codes podcast is hosted by Dr. Cameron Chesnut, a double board–certified physician and practicing facial plastic surgeon with a deep focus on regenerative medicine, functional health, and long-term human performance. Working at the intersection of performance and medicine, Dr. Chesnut brings a unique, practical perspective shaped by years of experience with high performers from around the world.
Despite disciplined lifestyles, advanced health practices, and even cutting-edge biohacks, many driven individuals still feel a disconnect between how they look, how they feel, and how they perform. The 5 Codes exists to bridge that gap.
Each episode explores the principles and tools that help people perform, move, look, feel, and connect as the most optimized version of themselves. Topics include longevity, regenerative medicine, metabolic health, recovery, aesthetics, and personal discipline - approached through a grounded, strategic lens focused on real-world application.
Designed for those who take responsibility for their health and believe their next level can be built intentionally, The 5 Codes is a guide to preserving your prime and optimizing performance in every dimension of life.
5 Codes Podcast
Latest Episodes
EP 36: Optimize Your Workspace for Peak Performance | DEEP FOCUS
In this episode, I explore how to turn any workspace into an environment built for focus, creativity, and sustained performance. Using my own operating room as the blueprint, I break down the specific design choices I made to keep myself and my...
EP 35: Chin Lipo, Kybella, and GLP-1s: A Perfect Storm | OR DIARIES
In this episode, I share an OR Diary from a surgery on a 40 year old patient, which is very young for my operating room. She arrived as a perfect storm of factors, some she could control and some she couldn’t. Those factors included a genetic p...
EP 34: Pain, Recovery, and Regulating Your Nervous System | Dr. Jason Wersland
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Jason Wersland, the founder of Therabody, to explore how nervous system regulation shapes recovery, performance, and healing. Jason works with many of the best athletes and teams in the world, and his perspe...
EP 33: How I Use Light to Stay Sharp Through Winter | DEEP FOCUS
In this episode, I break down how I use light to protect my sleep, mood, focus, and peak performance as the seasons change and the days get shorter. Light is the signal our brain uses to micro adjust our circadian rhythm, and the timing, bright...
EP 32: "I Don't Need Much" Can Be an Expensive Mindset | OR DIARIES
In this OR Diary, I share a revision case that challenged something I say often: that having a procedure at a younger age does not limit your options for future procedures. My patient, now 53, had surgery at 51 with the mindset that she was ear...
