Episodes

Dr. Bruno Fernandes is an ophthalmologist who also holds a PhD in visual sciences. He is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. and is a 4 time World Champion as well as a 4 time Pan-American …

Dr. Glenn Wakam is a 5th year general surgery resident at the University of Michigan. Prior to this he attended Princeton University for his undergraduate degree where he played football for the Tigers . He then attended the...

Dr. Robert Krell. A Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He is a child survivor of the Holocaust, and has devoted his life to the treatment of holocaust survivors and th...

Annie Hoang is a medical student at the University of California San Francisco and is from Jersey City and will also be receiving her MPH at Harvard. She was born to Amerasian parents who came to the US under the …

Dr. Ortega talks to us a little bit about his background and the importance of diversity and mentorship in medicine especially for those underrepresented in medicine. He is a Brooklyn native, born to immigrant parents from th...

4th year Harvard medical student and retired U.S. Army Captain Gregory Galeazzi talks to me about leadership, people with disabilities, and going from patient to now future provider. Captain Galeazzi earned his Army Ranger ta...

Rising second year medical student Lala Forrest, a member of the Pit River Tribe, discusses her journey to medical school. She is an advocate for her community and has raised awareness for the lack of American Indian-Alaska N...

Rising second year medical student Francis Coppola had worked almost 20 years in construction and painting before going back to school. He had to balance working full-time, being a parent, and going back to school. Listen to ...

Dr. Minerva Romero Arenas, MD, MPH, is an Endocrine/ General Surgeon and faculty member at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. In this episode Dr. Minerva Romero shares her story of going into medicine and surgery. She...

Brooklyn native Sotonye Douglas discusses her journey to medical school and overcoming failure.

Retired United States Army Lt. General Nadja West was the 44th U.S. Army Surgeon General and former commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Command. Please Join me as Lt. General West shares her story and gives us advice ...