As a young adult, Dr. Hammad Aslam was in an automobile accident that caused a traumatic brain injury and a T2 complete spinal cord injury. In this episode, he discusses his journey through medical school and residency, the impact of mentorship throughout his career, how being a wheelchair user has shaped his relationships with patients, and his outlook on life. Dr. Aslam shares how disability has leveled the playing field and allows him to connect with others despite differences in race, religion, and cultural background.    Guests:  Podcast Co-host, Peter Poullos, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medicine and Founder and Co-Chair, Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalitiion (SMAC)   Hammad Aslam, MD, FAAMPR, Physiatrist, Medical Director, Northside Glancy Rehabilitation Center

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Episode 37: Dr. Hammad Aslam

Dr. Lisa Iezzoni is a professor at Harvard Medical school and an internationally recognized health services researcher. In Episode 36 she discusses the ongoing issue of bias against people with disabilities, how this shapes medical education, and the ‘hidden curriculum’ medical students receive that threatens to perpetuate the healthcare disparities for patients with disabilities.

Episode 36: Dr. Lisa Iezzoni

Dr. Lisa Iezzoni is a professor at Harvard Medical school and an internationally recognized health services researcher. In Episode 36 she discusses the ongoing issue of bias against people with disabilities, how this shapes medical education, and the ‘hidden curriculum’ medical students receive that threatens to perpetuate the healthcare disparities for patients with disabilities. 

In this podcast, Dr. Bliss Temple discusses how #DocsWithDisabilities have the power to inform and improve healthcare all patients and how she brings her disability identity to her medical practice.

Episode 35: Dr. Bliss Temple

In this podcast, Dr. Meeks and Bulk discuss the experiences of disabled learners in health professions, how to create a more inclusive environment in health professions education, and the emerging research on the value of #DocsWithDisabilities in healthcare professions. Dr. Bulk also recounts her own stories and struggles as a blind individual in Occupational Therapy.

Episode 34: Dr. Laura Bulk

Dynamic Duo Dr. Cori Poffenger and med student Richie Sapp, leaders in disability advocacy at Stanford Medicine, talk with Dr. Peter Poullos about what drew them to their work in disability education, the curricula they developed and implemented to teach med students how to better care for patients with disabilities, and the impact of amplifying the voices of patients, faculty, med students, and healthcare providers with disabilities. Guests: Podcast Co-host, Peter Poullos, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medicine and Founder and Director, Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC). Cori Poffenberger, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Development and Wellness for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, soon to be at the University of New Mexico. Richie Sapp, MS, MD Candidate 2021 - Medical Student, Stanford School of Medicine, rising Emergency Medicine resident at Harvard, Leader in disability advocacy at Stanford Medicine.

Episode 33: Dr. Cori Poffenberger and Richie Sapp

Rana Awdish, MD, FCCP is the author of In Shock, a critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir based on her own illness. A critical care physician and faculty member of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, she completed her medical degree at Wayne State in 2002 where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society, her residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, and her fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital where she serves as the current Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program. She also serves as Medical Director of Care Experience for the entire Health System. Dr. Awdish’s mandate as well as her passion is to improve the patient experience across the system and speak on patient advocacy at health care venues nationally. After suffering a sudden critical illness, herself, she has devoted much of her career to improving empathy through connection and communication. She lectures to physicians, health care leaders and medical schools across the country. Her book has been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the US and Europe. She was awarded the Speak-Up Hero award in 2014 for her work establishing a workshop-based program called CLEAR (Connect, Listen, Empathize, Align, Respect), which trains faculty and trainees in relationship-based communication skills utilizing improvisational actors. She was named Henry Ford Hospital’s Critical Care Teacher of the Year in 2016. She was named the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year by The Schwartz Center as well as Physician of the Year by Press Ganey in 2017. She has been interviewed by The Times, The Telegraph, The BBC, NPR, the Today Show online, MedPage, Health Leaders Media, and Beckers Hospital Review. She has written for Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, as well as the New England Journal of Medicine. Her NEJM Perspectives article, A View from the Edge, went viral garnering over 120,000 views and is ranked in the 99th percentile for reach.

Episode 32: Dr. Rana Awdish

In this final portion of our 3-part conversation with Dr. Jain, the conversation moves from Political Disclosure to Dr. Jain’s theory about the accommodation paradox, and the closely related capability imperative. Guest: Dr. Neera Jain: Disability Scholar, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education and Social Work

Episode 31, Part 3 Dr. Neera Jain

In this 3-part series we talk with Dr. Neera Jain about her research on disability in medical education. In Part 2, Dr. Jain continues the discussion of her work, and how the “isms” work together to create oppressive systems. Guest: Dr. Neera Jain: Disability Scholar, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education and Social Work

Episode 31, Part 2: Dr. Neera Jain

In this 3-part series we talk with Dr. Neera Jain about her research on disability in medical education. The discussion begins with Part 1, where Dr. Jain discusses her work, the topic of political disclosure, and who enacts political disclosure. Guest: Dr. Neera Jain: Disability Scholar, The University of Auckland, Faculty of Education and Social Work

Episode 30, Part 1: Dr. Neera Jain

In this episode, Dr. Meeks speaks with Drs. Cron and Meiss from the OBGYN residency program at Yale New Haven hospital about their article in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education titled, Training as a Doc with Disabilities. They also discuss the road to Lauren’s “match”, the process of disclosing a disability in residency applications, seeking accommodations as a trainee, Yale’s newly founded advocacy/support group for trainees with disabilities, and Dr. Cron and Meiss’s commitment to educating OBGYN programs about the benefits of training physicians with disabilities. Guest: Dr. Lauren Meiss, OBGYN Resident, Yale New Haven Hospital Dr. Julia Cron, Assistant Professor; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Residency Program Director, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences JGME article: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article/12/2/229/442179/Training-as-a-Doc-With-Disabilities?searchresult=1 Citation: Lauren Meiss, Julia Cron; Training as a “Doc With Disabilities”. J Grad Med Educ 1 April 2020; 12 (2): 229. doi: https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-20-00050.1

Episode 30: Drs. Julia Cron and Lauren Meiss

Steven Losorelli, Claire Rhee, and Maïté Van Hentenryck are Stanford Med students and co-founders of Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI). In this lively and slightly irreverent episode, we discuss their motivation for starting the organization, their personal sense of disability and identification, navigating medicine with humor, and challenges with disclosure and accommodations. Guests: Podcast, Co-host, Dr. Peter Poullos, Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medicine Steven Losorelli, Stanford School of Medicine student Claire Rhee, Stanford School of Medicine student Maïté Van Hentenryck, Stanford School of Medicine student

Episode 29: Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI)

In this episode, Dr. Meeks speaks with Dr. Chris Sterwald, chief psychiatry resident at the University of Texas Southwestern about navigating medical training with a physical disability and creating diverse communities in medicine-- including disability. Guest: Dr. Christopher Sterwald, Chief Psychiatry Resident, UT Southwestern

Dr. Chris Sterwald, MD

The DocsWithDisabilities Podcast is growing. In a special 6-series run, Dr. Meeks will be joined by co-host Dr. Peter Poullos from the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition. In this first episode of the series, Dr. Meeks and Poullos interview each other about the origin of the podcast and their respective motivations to grow this resource. They also discuss their views on building a diverse health professions workforce and delve into some personal questions that give us a peek into the personalities of these advocates for access.   Guests: Podcast, Co-host, Dr. Peter Poullos, Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medicine Podcast, Co-host, Dr. Lisa Meeks, Assistant Professor Family Medicine, UMMS

Double Trouble: Introducing the Stanford Series

The challenges to help-seeking for medical students and physicians is well-documented, yet solutions to reducing these barriers are lacking. We need a radical reboot. In this 3-part episode we have a critically honest conversation about the barriers to help-seeking and discuss potential next steps to reboot medical education and practice.

Radical Reboot: The Need for Systems Change, Part 1

Doctors with disabilities exist in small, but impactful numbers… How did they navigate their journey?  What were the challenges?  What are the benefits to medicine broadly? to patient care?  What are the opportunities for peer education? …and what are the potential benefits for reducing health care disparities for patients with disabilities?   Join hosts Dr. Lisa Meeks and MDisability Researchers and Physicians as we take a deeper dive into understanding the lived experiences of doctors with disabilities through critical conversations with the doctors, researchers, administrators, faculty and policy makers that work to ensure medicine remains an equal opportunity profession. Transcripts for each episode can be found @ http://bit.ly/mdisability-meded

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