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The Healer’s Art

You can hear a clip from this episode on our BEST OF SEASON ONE file, available as a free podcast download on iTunes.

This week, we had an inspiring and heartwarming discussion with internationally renowned physician Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, the author of the New York Times bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal. Dr. Remen joined us via telephone and spoke for almost an hour on the role of the physician as a healer, and she discussed the great power of humanity that lies at the heart of medicine. Dr. Remen is the founder of the Healer’s Art course program that is used by medical schools all over the world, and as we heard on Sunday, she is a master storyteller.

In the second half of the show, we opened things up for a roundtable discussion. With Dr. Remen still on the line, we were also joined by two additional guests in the studio. First, we spoke to Dr. Evangeline Andarsio, who is an OB/GYN in Dayton, Ohio and a Clinical Professor at the Boonshoft School of Medicine (BSOM). She is also the co-director of BSOM’s Healer’s Art Program. Finally, we were joined by Dr. Dean Parmelee, a Child Psychiatrist and Dean of Academic Affairs at BSOM, who has helped implement the Healer’s Art program at BSOM in addition to other innovative educational opportunities.

Med School Rx

This episode, which aired on January 10, 2010, is now available as a free download on our iTunes page!

This episode features Dr. Walter Hartwig, Professor and Department Chair of Anatomy at Touro University in California. He is the author of the recently released book entitled Med School Rx: Getting In, Getting Through, and Getting On with Doctoring.

Dr. Hartwig eloquently discusses his views regarding the meaning of being a physician, and he provides advice for both pre-medical students and medical students to get the most out of their journeys through the medical profession. Among the topics discussed: Dr. Hartwig’s views on the difference between motivation and inspiration, his advice for pre-medical students applying to medical schools, and his thoughts regarding the continued dedication that doctors should naturally have– to be “in [the patient’s] moment” and “to be able to rise in the morning to be as excted about something that you’ve already mastered, as if it were the first time you’re seeking to master it.”

This episode also features the debut of the weekly Residency segment, featured throughout Season 3 of Radio Rounds, during which we hear from a residency program director from somewhere around the country. This episode features Dr. Michael Leitman, Director of the General Surgery Residency Program at New York City’s Beth Israel Medical Center. Dr. Leitman discusses how he compares medical students who are applying to his residency program, and he also shares his thoughts regarding residency interviews.

Global Health

You can hear a clip from this episode on our BEST OF SEASON ONE file, available as a free podcast download on iTunes.

In this episode, we enjoyed a riveting discussion about global health concerns, as well as the elaborate connections between medicine and nutrition. Our feature guest was Dr. Diklar Makola (left), a gastroenterologist in Dayton, Ohio, who has extensive experience in practicing medicine both in the United States and abroad. Dr. Makola also has a PhD in nutrition, and his perspectives on medicine and global health have been further enhanced by his research work, which he also discussed on the program.

In the second half of the show, we were joined by Matias Iberico and Jonathan Slaughter, who are second-year medical students at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University, in the Class of 2011. Matias and Jonathan are also co-chairs of the School of Medicine’s ‘Global Health Initiative.’ Both have had valuable experience working in medical settings abroad, and they were able to share their insights regarding the importance of global health care efforts. Visit the Global Health Initiative website here!

January Heat Wave

This is the Season3 premiere of Radio Rounds, which aired on January 3, 2010 and is available as a free download on our iTunes page!

Indeed, Season 3 of Radio Rounds got off to a hot start, so to speak, as the ‘Rounds crew’ welcomed special guest Dr. Harlan Selesnick, the team physician for the NBA’s Miami Heat.

Dr. Selesnick also served in 2000 as the physician for the Gold Medalist U.S Men’s Olympic Basketball Team in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Selesnick shares with the Radio Rounds team the intricacies of his orthopedic practice in Miami, as well as the rewards and challenges of working regularly with high-profile professional athletes. He also discusses how he came to be a sports team physician in the first place, and he takes us all behind-the-scenes of his popular “The Jock Doc” column for The Miami Herald.

Again, the free-to-download podcast of the show is on our iTunes page!

Health Inequity & Disparities (A Lyon-Hearted Approach)

The free podcast of this episode is available on our iTunes page!

In this episode, in August 2009, we were joined by Dr. Evan Lyon (left), an Associate Physician at the Division of Global Health Equity and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lyon is also an Editor of the Journal of Health and Human Rights. He has worked extensive in Haiti since 1996 on behalf of the renowned Partners in Health organization, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and co-founded by Dr. Paul Farmer.

Dr. Lyon talks with us about health inequalities, as well as several projects he has been working on (including a fascinating prison project).

UPDATE: Be sure to check out Episode 303, in which Dr. Lyon returned to Radio Rounds to speak about the Partners in Health relief efforts following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti… and also Episode 412, in which Dr. Lyon discusses the October 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti.

Improvisation in Medicine… And All That Jazz

This episode featured a discussion about the connections between medicine and music — and the common theme of improvisation. Due to copyright regulations regarding the jazz music played during this episode, the podcast is currently unavailable. We will make an announcement when this episode becomes available.

If you have any questions regarding this episode or the topic of music in medicine, email contact@radiorounds.org