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#33 Re-imagine Consults

Doctors in BusinessFeb 05, 2021

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Dr. John Whyte: CMO of WebMD & Healthcare Information

Dr. John Whyte: CMO of WebMD & Healthcare Information

In this episode, our guest is Dr. John Whyte, MD, MPH, and CMO of WebMD. Dr. Whyte brings years of experience from working for the FDA, CMS, and Discovery Channel to WebMD and helps create high level strategy. Focusing on healthcare mis/information, we discussed the role of AI, drug advertising, challenges during the pandemic, and consumerism in healthcare. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in taking agency over their health information or becoming a physician-businessperson.


Follow us on Twitter @doctorsinbiz to meet more creative doctors!

This episode was hosted and edited by David Park.


Timestamps

(01:08) Role of CMO at WebMD

(02:17) Balancing corporate and clinical work

(06:10) Med school to health policy space

(08:45) Choosing the right content for WebMD

(11:35) AI in healthcare delivery

(14:35) Health is wealth

(15:30) Growth strategies and initiatives

(18:31) Direct-to-consumer drug advertising

(21:55) Misinformation and transparency

(24:23) Data trends from search engines

(26:29) Challenges and opportunities during the pandemic

(27:45) Controlling social media algorithms

(33:03) Retail healthcare and consumerism

(36:10) Personal goals

Mar 04, 202438:40
Dr. Reid Waldman: Forbes 30 Under 30 & Dermatology Innovation

Dr. Reid Waldman: Forbes 30 Under 30 & Dermatology Innovation

In this episode, our guest is Dr. Reid Waldman, M.D., Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2024, dermatologist, and founder and CEO of Veradermics. With over $40 million raised, Veradermics is looking to change the fact that there has been little to no innovation in dermatology in recent years. Dr. Waldman took a huge risk by jumping from medicine to the startup space. He talks about how he can make a much larger impact on patients’ lives through Veradermics than by being an individual physician. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in becoming a physician entrepreneur and understanding how a medical background can provide an edge in starting and growing a successful business.


Follow us on Twitter @doctorsinbiz to meet more creative doctors!


This episode was hosted and edited by David Park.

Timestamps

(01:16) Background

(02:45) Hacking Dermatology to $40M raised

(04:23) Meeting his lead investor during Series A

(05:10) Why has there been little innovation in dermatology?

(07:07) Physician entrepreneur

(08:42) Taking risks: from medicine to startup

(10:49) Goal of Veradermics

(11:39) Veradermics differentiator

(13:40) Challenges

(14:51) Learning on the job

(19:49) Thought partners

Feb 01, 202421:24
Dr. David Nathan: Drug Policy Reform & Cannabis Legalization

Dr. David Nathan: Drug Policy Reform & Cannabis Legalization

In this episode, our guest is Dr. David L. Nathan, M.D., psychiatrist, founder of Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR), and co-designer of the universal cannabis symbol. We talk about his motivation behind founding a non-profit and the challenges that came with it. We also explore what it’s like working with politicians to make physician voices heard and to create evidence-based policies. In 2019, Dr. Nathan testified in front of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee regarding cannabis regulation and legalization. He professes his love for graphic designing and labeling which, with the help of his son, Eli, led to them designing the International Intoxicating Cannabis Products Symbol (IICPS), adopted by four states now. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in advocacy work in healthcare and understanding a doctor’s perspective on drug legalization and regulation in the U.S.

Follow us on Twitter @doctorsinbiz to meet more creative doctors! This episode was hosted and edited by David Park. Music for this episode is credited to Nightfloat.

Timestamps

(00:57) What’s D4DPR?

(02:08) What does D4DPR do?

(05:17) Biden pardons Marijuana users

(07:44) Starting a non-profit

(14:30) Testifying in front of Congress

(16:00) Increase in ER visits by children in newly legalized states?

(21:40) Evidence-based public health policy

(26:13) Risks of underage use of cannabis

(32:40) Designing the universal cannabis symbol

(37:37) Destigmatizing cannabis use

(40:50) Hit’em where they ain’t

Jan 08, 202444:40
Dr. Lucy McBride: Health "Beyond the Prescription"

Dr. Lucy McBride: Health "Beyond the Prescription"

In this episode, join Dr. Lucy McBride as we unravel the intricate tapestry of what true health entails. She is the host of the podcast “Beyond the Prescription,” where she brings on guests ranging from musicians to politicians, discussing how their life challenges allowed them to view holistic health differently. She shares her personal motivation behind creating the podcast and the health challenges she faced as a young adult. Dr. McBride is currently a practicing primary care physician based in D.C.

Follow us on Twitter @doctorscreate to hear more from creative doctors! This episode was hosted and edited by David Park. Music for this episode is credited to Nightfloat.

Timestamps

(01:28) Origins of “Beyond the Prescription” podcast

(06:13) Writing a newsletter “Are You Okay?”

(10:16) Problems with the current primary care doctor

(16:37) Conversations you should have with your primary care doctor

(19:21) Getting from intention to execution

(23:22) A teenage girl’s problems

(26:17) Managing stress in college   

(31:12) Normalizing the human condition

Jan 01, 202435:32
Dr. Shilpa Darivemula: Story of the Aseemkala Initiative

Dr. Shilpa Darivemula: Story of the Aseemkala Initiative

In this episode, Dr. Shilpa Darivemula shares about how her experiences as both a dancer and a doctor led her to create the Aseemkala Initiative. This group is dedicated to harnessing the power of traditional dance to perform modern stories about healthcare inequities. Dr. Darivemula is trained in a form of Indian classical dance known as Kuchipudi. She is also an OB/GYN, currently completing a General Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive Health Fellowship at UNC. You can learn more about the Aseemkala Initative at https://aseemkala.org.

Dr. Darivemula was also involved in the Re-imagining Medicine Festival, which we covered in Episode #49. You can also watch the performances from the 2023 Reimagining Medicine Festival here.

This episode was hosted and edited by Mekala Neelakantan. Check out https://www.doctorswhocreate.com/about for the full podcast team. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!

May 05, 202333:57
Dr. Nina Vasan: Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation

Dr. Nina Vasan: Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation

In this episode, learn more how to harness the power of technology to improve mental health, from digital psychiatrist and creative extraordinaire Dr. Nina Vasan. She shares about her experiences as the founder and executive director of Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation, designing new tools for Pinterest and TikTok, as the chief medical officer of Real, a startup dedicated to expanding online access to psychiatric treatment, and as the author of Do Good Well: Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation.

Follow us on Twitter @doctorscreate to hear more from creative doctors! This episode was hosted and edited by David Park. Music for this episode is credited to Nightfloat.

Timestamps

(06:42) Screen time and depression

(07:46) Interdisciplinary team at Brainstorm

(10:12) Mental health help on Pinterest

(13:09) Brainstorm x Pinterest

(20:05) Brainstorm x TikTok

(26:16) Modern therapy through Real

(32:43) Does Real actually help you get better?

(36:25) First generation mental health apps

(40:06) Lack of mental health professionals

(44:47) Creativity in medicine

Apr 07, 202346:49
#49 Reimagining x DWC

#49 Reimagining x DWC

In this episode, learn more about the Reimagining Medicine Festival, a traveling, virtual festival exploring the intersection of arts with justice in medicine. The theme of this year's festival, hosted by Weill Cornell and sponsored by the American Medical Women's Association Dance and Theater Task Force, is "Metamorphosis." We hear from members of the planning committee, Kate Cox, Andrea Samson, Jasmine Thomas, and Sophia Salingaros about the process of creating this community space and how they have bridged their personal experiences with dance, art, and medicine! 

Check out https://www.reimaginingmedicinefestival.org/ for information about how to participate!

This episode was hosted and edited by Darlina Liu. Check out https://www.doctorswhocreate.com/about for the full podcast team. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!

We will be back with our regularly, monthly podcasts in Spring 2023!

Nov 25, 202220:50
#48 “Speaking in Thumbs” with Dr. Mimi Winsberg
Jul 08, 202228:01
#47 Creating the right FIT: Health Equity 2

#47 Creating the right FIT: Health Equity 2

Dr. Evan Ashkin is the director and founder of the North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition (NC FIT) program, which helps connect chronically ill formerly incarcerated individuals to primary care medical services. He currently serves as a professor of family medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, teaching in the underserved track of the residency program, and sees patients at Piedmont Health Services, which serves vulnerable populations.

You can reach Dr. Ashkin with questions or comments at ashkin@med.unc.edu. If you’re interested in hearing more about the program, please visit their website at ncfitprogram.org.

To hear more about the Transitions Clinic Network upon which the NC FIT program was based, please visit their website at https://transitionsclinic.org/.

If you’re interested in an overview of post-release healthcare and re-entry programming, you can read more about it in an article co-authored by Dr. Ashkin, called “Prison And Jail Reentry And Health”: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20210928.343531/.

References of interest:

•    The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (https://newjimcrow.com/)

•    13th by Ava Duvernay (a documentary viewable on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741)


This episode was hosted and produced by Margaret Wang. Check out https://www.doctorswhocreate.com/about for the full podcast team. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!

Jun 03, 202227:45
#46 Creating Solutions: Health Equity
Apr 01, 202229:22
#45 Creating New Opportunities Abroad

#45 Creating New Opportunities Abroad

In this episode, learn more about how one general surgeon created balance in his life and moved his family and work to New Zealand! Dr. Charles Black is a prolific writer and photographer. In his most recent Doximity Op-Med he writes about how "Good Enough is Good Enough, in the OR and in Life." You can read more about Dr. Black's creative pursuits on his personal blog and on Doximity. 

If you are interested in contributing to the Doctors Who Create podcast or joining the team, send us an email at dwcfilesubmission@gmail.com. This episode was hosted by Darlina Liu and edited by Mekala Neelakantan. Check out https://www.doctorswhocreate.com/about for the full podcast team. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!

Mar 11, 202226:18
#44 The Vaccine Song
Feb 04, 202232:54
#43 Sweet CareAlign
Jan 07, 202232:19
#42 GiftedTaste: Awakening Creativity
Dec 03, 202138:05
#41 How to Create (feat. my co-interns)
Nov 05, 202129:27
#40 Committed to Creativity
Oct 01, 202126:57
#39 Flower Power
Aug 06, 202119:30
#38 The Creative Path
Jul 02, 202132:49
#37 Creating a Life Together
Jun 04, 202116:40
#36 A Practical Guide to Combating Hate
May 07, 202125:46
#35 Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Apr 02, 202142:15
#34 Physician-as-Advocate
Mar 05, 202121:34
#33 Re-imagine Consults
Feb 05, 202155:18
#32 Re-imagine Notes

#32 Re-imagine Notes

Welcome to episode 2 of 3 in our Re-imagine Healthcare mini-series! This time, we’ll be talking all about medical documentation. In this episode, learn how Dr. Danielle Ofri, Dr. Prashant Patel, and Dr. Ken Braslow write their clinical notes and hear their ideas on how to improve the documentation process.

You can check out more of Dr. Ofri’s work at www.DanielleOfri.com and the Bellevue Literary Review, www.BLReview.org. Or at the upcoming virtual screening of Why Doctors Write on January 11th, 2021: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bellevueliteraryreview/463821#.

You can learn more about Luminello, the user-friendly EHR founded by Dr. Braslow, at www.luminello.com.

Stay tuned for our next episode on Re-Imagine Consults. If you'd like to share your ideas about how to improve consultations, send us an email at dwcfilesubmission@gmail.com.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Mekala Neelakantan. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!

Jan 01, 202101:00:22
#31 Re-imagine Rounding
Dec 04, 202058:18
#30 Voting for Patients

#30 Voting for Patients

Four years ago, Dr. Kelly Wong was inspired to help patients stuck in the hospital exercise their right to vote. This became PatientVoting. In this episode, learn about how to broach the conversation of voting with your patients and more. Check out PatientVoting.com for details on how to request emergency absentee ballots in your state.

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

The episode was edited by Darlina Liu.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Mekala Neelakantan. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Oct 30, 202018:42
Re-imagining Healthcare Series!
Oct 02, 202003:44
#29 Doctors Who Create

#29 Doctors Who Create

There is so much creativity within our community and we wanted to dedicate part of our platform to showcase those voices. In this long awaited episode, we hear from talented artists, board game creators, cartoonists, singers, writers and more!

We would like to thank the following contributors for sharing their stories:
Dr. Akshata Hopkins
Dr. Lakshman Swamy (@laxswamy @CritCareGame)
Dr. Nitya Rajeshuni
Dr. Jack Maypole
Virali Shah
Dr. Nitin Kapur
Dr. Jet Patterson

The episode was edited by Darlina Liu.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Social media outreach by Mekala Neelakantan. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Sep 04, 202046:47
Call for Submissions!

Call for Submissions!

We are collecting audio submissions for our September episode! If you would like a chance to be featured, send a 1-3 minutes audio clip (.mp3) to dwcfilesubmission@gmail.com by Friday, August 14th, 2020. Some questions to answer: Who are you? What is your creative outlet? What are the challenges to being creative in medicine? If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Doctors Who Create through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/DoctorsWhoCreate/

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Aug 07, 202002:27
#28 Baby Doctor Mamas

#28 Baby Doctor Mamas

In this episode, Doctors Who Create founder Dr. Vidya Viswanathan sits down with Dr. Diana Montoya-Williams and Dr. Joanna Parga-Belinkie to discuss the making of their podcast on medicine and motherhood, Baby Doctor Mamas (https://babydoctormamas.com/).

The episode was edited by Darlina Liu.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Jul 03, 202044:13
In Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Jun 05, 202010:41
#27 COVID Creativity

#27 COVID Creativity

In this episode, Dr. David Hindin shares his experience as a Biodesign Innovation Fellow at Stanford and teaches us how to apply the principles of design thinking to solve problems in the time of COVID-19.

You can find more from Dr. Hindin on Twitter (@DavidHindin), Instagram (@thesurgeonlife), or his YouTube channel!

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
May 01, 202021:57
#26 Under the Surface: Health Disparities in Medicine
Apr 03, 202020:41
#25 Seriously Fun Games

#25 Seriously Fun Games

In this episode, we discuss how to create serious games for medical education with Dr. Michael Cosimini. Learn more about his card game, Empiric, which teaches about guideline based antibiotic selection in pediatrics.

More information at @EmpiricGame or @ MichaelCosimini on Twitter or at
EmpiricGame.com

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Mar 06, 202017:08
#24 Sleep Talk with Guy Leschziner

#24 Sleep Talk with Guy Leschziner

This month, Shiv sits down with Dr. Guy Leschziner, a consultant neurologist at Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospitals. A specialist in sleep, Guy has also worked across various media: he's been featured on BBC's Mysteries of Sleep podcast and on channel 4's The Secrets of Sleep, has written a book, and has most recently collaborated with artists on an exhibit at the Science Gallery in London. Listen as he shares his experience educating the public in this unique way. At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Feb 07, 202016:34
#23 Creativity in Private Practice

#23 Creativity in Private Practice

Join us in this candid episode about all the creativity that goes behind creating a private practice and about the ways that Dr. Dana Wang thinks about art in her design of Rivia Medical and her practice of psychiatry.

More information about Rivia Medical can be found here:
riviamedical.com/

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Jan 03, 202022:46
#22 Medicine Unboxed

#22 Medicine Unboxed

"The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person." -Czeslaw Milosz

Hello from London! This month, we sit down with Dr. Sam Guglani, poet, writer, and oncologist here in the UK. Sam is also the director and founder of Medicine Unboxed, which is a conference for health professionals and the public to use the arts and humanities to explore medicine, life, and death. Listen as we discuss how valuing literature, poetry, and the arts can lead to better caregiving, and thus, better doctoring.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat and YouTube's audio library. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Dec 06, 201920:25
#21 Dr Mini Mental Health

#21 Dr Mini Mental Health

In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Mini Tandon, a child psychiatrist who wrote a children's picture book series about the adventures of Dr. Mini Mental Health and the young Willie Wannaknow.

Wanna know more? Read about her book series here:
www.drminimentalhealth.com

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Nov 01, 201917:31
#20 Meet The Producers

#20 Meet The Producers

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu (@darlinaliu) and Shiv Nadkarni (@_shivn). But who are they really?!

In this special episode, we're taking you behind the scenes to meet the producers, hear about their own creative passions, and get a heads up about their plans for this podcast.

Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Oct 04, 201920:53
#19 Musician First, Physician Second

#19 Musician First, Physician Second

As people from all walks of life enter the medical field, how do they grapple with having their lives taken over by the arduous but rewarding monster that is medicine? How do they build upon their previous identities without erasing them? Listen as we discuss these questions and more with musician-ENT Tiffany Peng-Hwa, who entered the field as a trumpeter and teacher, and now uses her identity as a physician to increase her impact.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat, YouTube's audio library and clips from the Cornell Music in Medicine Program. As always, please tweet us (@doctorscreate) with any questions, comments, or feedback!
Sep 06, 201915:45
#18 Brain Scanning Spirituality

#18 Brain Scanning Spirituality

This week, we hear from a doc who is and has been doing some really interesting research in neurotheology, a field that studies the neuroscience of religious and spiritual beliefs. This director of integrative health at Jefferson University Hospital will tell us how he came to these interests, what they mean for his life and medical practice, and what they mean for humanity. Let’s sit down with Dr. Andrew Newberg to hear what he has to say.

At Doctors Who Create, our podcasts are brought to you by Darlina Liu and Shiv Nadkarni. Music for this episode is credited to the band, Nightfloat, and YouTube's audio library. As always, please tweet us with any questions, comments, or feedback. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Correction: In my first question, I ask Dr. Newberg about what got him interested in pioneering a field like "neuroethology." This should be "neurotheology."
Jul 05, 201922:58
#17 D.D.R. (Dance Doctors Revolution)

#17 D.D.R. (Dance Doctors Revolution)

In the last episode of this month’s Spotlight Series, we don’t dance around the subject… we’re talking about how knowledge about movement can influence our practice of medicine. In this episode, we interviewed Nina Shevzov-Zebrun and Dr. Elizabeth Barchi about their plan to teach others about movement and medicine and we interviewed Marleigh Stern who created a documentary about creatives in medicine during medical school and her inspiration from her own dance background. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. We hope you’ve enjoyed this series as much as we have! "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students’ creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM
Jun 28, 201927:31
#16 The Art of Medicine

#16 The Art of Medicine

Since starting medical school, I’ve begun seeing biology and medicine in art everywhere I look: at the MoMa, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, even the random art galleries in Chelsea… I see folded proteins and cells and viruses. In Episode 3 of our Spotlight Series, we are going to talk about how art and medicine go hand in hand. From the work of Dr. Mike Natter to making murals in a hospital waiting room to learning Art & Anatomy with Laura Ferguson, we can paint a colorful picture about the literal art of medicine. More information about Art & Anatomy can be found here: https://artandanatomy.com/ Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students’ creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM
Jun 21, 201929:46
#15 Writing to Heal (Part 2)

#15 Writing to Heal (Part 2)

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Spotlight Series, where we will be discussing the many ways that doctors and doctors-in-training can hone their writing skills, outside of clinical notes. In Part One, Dr. Colleen Farrell speaks candidly about her journey through writing and medicine, including her experience with writing about mental health, the confidence gap she witnessed in clinical medicine which inspired her Rudin Fellowship Project, and the essence of storytelling. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students’ creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM
Jun 14, 201927:09
#14 Healing to Write (Part 1)

#14 Healing to Write (Part 1)

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Spotlight Series, where we will be discussing the many ways that doctors and doctors-in-training can hone their writing skills, outside of clinical notes. In Part One, we share some six word stories from fourth year medical students, a project coordinated by Max Wang and others from the NYU Gold Humanism Society. Eli Cahan, an editor of Agora, NYU Medicine’s arts and literary magazine, discusses receiving feedback for work in journalism. And Dr. Jules Lipoff shares some words of advice about the process of publishing narrative medicine. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and to the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students’ creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM
Jun 14, 201921:25
#13 IMPROVing our skills

#13 IMPROVing our skills

We're kicking off our Spotlight Series on the NYU School of Medicine with a spotlight on improv and medicine! In this episode, we interviewed Nick Kanellis who taught a "Medical Improv" seminar and his students who shared about their experiences. Listen to learn more about improv games you can play to improv-e your skills with patients. Thanks to Darlina Liu for producing this episode, to our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and the band Night Float for providing our music. This episode was sponsored by the Master Scholars Program in Humanistic Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine as part of our four-episode Spotlight Series featuring: Medicine & Improv, Medicine & Writing, Medicine & Art, and Medicine & Dance. "Our program takes a broad, inclusive approach to medical humanities, with the goal of supporting students’ creative and intellectual interests outside the scope of traditional medical education. Many of our students come into medical school with a passion for the humanistic disciplines. Others develop this along the way, after encountering particular experiences or questions over the course of their training and looking to art or history or one of the social sciences to explore them more deeply. Students can do this through one of our mini-courses, like Art & Anatomy or Medical Improv, or through our Rudin Fellowship in Medical Ethics and Humanities, if they have a more targeted research project in mind. Many of our courses actually grow out of student-generated ideas—Medical Improv is a great example. Participants in our program often report that it helps sustain the many dimensions of their identities beyond their interest in biomedicine, and that the freedom of choice (either in selecting seminars or in the Rudin Fellowship, where students design completely individualized projects) is validating and empowering in a context that can often feel very hierarchical. It is imperative that we recognize and support each of our students as a whole person if we want them to develop into the kind of physicians who treat each of their patients as a whole person." – Katie Grogan, Associate Director, MSPHM
Jun 07, 201917:16
#12 Why Doctors Write: #MedHumChat Live!
May 03, 201938:43
#11 Undocumented But Not Forgotten
Mar 08, 201933:56
#10 Cannabis, Love, and Other Drugs

#10 Cannabis, Love, and Other Drugs

In this DWC podcast, we hear from psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, musician, and drug legalization advocate Dr. Julie Holland. She takes us through the whirlwind that is writing her fourth book, talks about her experience being a physician in the media, and tells us the whole truth about cannabis and other drugs.

Thanks to Shiv Nadkarni for conducting and producing this interview, our podcast leads, Shiv and Darlina, and the band Night Float (formerly, Trisomy Rescue) and AShamaluevMusic for providing our music.
Feb 08, 201929:17
#9 Medicine the Musical
Jan 04, 201922:59