MEDamorphosis Podcast

Iman speaks with Dr. Gerald Da Roza, an internist and nephrologist at UBC. This episode is jammed packed with gems and pearls of wisdom regarding career decision making, lifestyle in medicine, and considerations when choosing an internal medicine subspecialty. Dr. Da Roza shares his journey to medicine and nephrology while giving very candid advice about being honest with yourself throughout this journey and touching on the comparison game. Regardless of your specialty of interest, this episode is sure to touch on a topic you’ve been thinking about! 

Guest: Dr. Gerald Da Roza 

Hosted and Edited by: Iman Lahouaoula

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

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MEDamorphosis Podcast returns for Season 5! We begin this season by presenting “It Makes Cents”, a mini-series aimed at improving the financial education of medical students across Canada.

Host Ali Jatoi, a medical student with a past life in finance, discusses personal finance topics in these short-form podcast episodes. In today’s episode, Ali covers Student Loans, including how to apply for educational funding, how to get access to free grants and bursaries and the process of repaying your student loan. Listen now and make finance “make cents”.  

Hosted and Edited by: Ali Jatoi

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

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New episodes of MEDamorphosis will be available the last Monday of each month. Please rate, review, and subscribe to our podcast and explore the entire UBC Medicine Learning Network roster of podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and where you find your podcasts.

As part of our Career Options in Family Medicine series, we sit down with Dr. David Mongar, a family physician based in Burnaby, BC who specializes in Maternity Care, Addiction Medicine, and a blend of the two - Perinatal Addiction Medicine. Join us as we explore Dr. Mongar's journey from being inspired in a medical school Obstetrics session to practicing full-fledged Maternity Care, meconium stains and all. Dr. Mongar talks about his involvement in the Sheway Pregnancy Outreach Program in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver helping pregnant patients navigate and overcome addiction, as well as his experiences practicing rural medicine in Yellowknife, BC. He provides a wealth of advice for students interested in crafting their own unique career in Maternity Care as well as Family Medicine in general, and explores the different options available. With this episode, as with our larger series, we hope to inform and inspire medical students with the flexibility that a career in Family Medicine provides.

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Guest: Dr. David Mongar

Hosted and Edited by: Igor Mihajlovic

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

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In this episode, family physician Dr. Vincent Valdrez (he/him) talks about what it’s like to be “out” in medicine. As a queer physician serving Vancouver’s inner-city populations, Dr. Vincent Valdrez shares his story of discovering a love for family medicine and providing care for marginalized individuals.

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Guest: Dr. Vincent Valdrez, Family Physician at Three Bridges Community Health Clinic and BC Centre for Disease Control.

Hosted and Edited by: Brianna Creelman

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

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Resources:

UBC OUTreach Mentorship Initiative: https://mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/student-affairs/mentorship/outreach-2slgbtqia-identified-in-medicine/

UBC 2SLGBTQIA+ in Medicine Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ubcqueermedicine/

Canadian Queer Medical Students Association Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cqmsa/

In this episode, Maya speaks with Dr. Sorush Rokui, a resident physician in Cardiac Surgery at UBC. Dr. Rokui walks us through what the specialty of cardiac surgery is, what drew him to the field, and his daily life in residency.  Dr. Rokui also takes us through his journey of deciding on cardiac surgery, his reflective process, and advice for medical students.

New episodes of MEDamorphosis will be available the last Monday of each month. Please rate, review, and subscribe to our podcast and explore the entire UBC Medicine Learning Network roster of podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and where you find your podcasts.

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Guest: Dr. Sorush Rokui

Hosted and Edited by: Maya Naidu

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

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MEDamorphosis Podcast Season 4 re-launches with this new episode from 2nd Yr UBC Medicine learner, Maya Naidu.

New episodes of MEDamorphosis will be available the last Monday of each month.

Maya speaks with Dr. Abhi Cherukupalli, a resident physician in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (also known as ENT) at UBC. Dr. Cherukupalli walks us through his journey to his specialty and discusses finding his passions in medical innovation & global health along the way. Dr. Cherukupalli brings up the important topics of burnout and self-care in medical training, and shares his advice for medical students.

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Guest: Dr. Abhi Cherukupalli

Hosted and Edited by: Maya Naidu

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

(C) 2023 UBC Medicine Learning Network

How many times does your care plan consist of "Refer to social work" and what happens after that? What is the big difference between nurses and doctors anyway? Is the hierarchy a thing of the past? This episode we take a moment to have two interviews with our social work and nursing colleagues to gain a bit of a better understanding of their training, scope, and how their work intersects with ours.

Spoiler alert: there's a lot more at play than you might think.

Guests: Social worker Jill Withers and Nurse Tanisha Stewart.

Hosted and Edited by: Mike Moreton

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

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In this episode, Chris (he/him) and Celine (she/her), as former co-leads of UBC Medicine’s 2SLGBTQ+ Mentorship Group, talk with Dr. Eva Moore (she/they), an Adolescent Medicine Paediatrician at BC Children’s Hospital, about navigating queer identity in medicine and how we can make medicine more inclusive, and maybe a little more loud, proud and rainbow-coloured. Dr. Moore candidly shares their journey both professionally and personally, from coming out (or perhaps “inviting in”) to starting a family, and what it has meant to be “out” throughout her life and career. We discuss the power of mentorship and representation outside of and within medicine, especially for queer trainees, and while we acknowledge the progress that has been made in society and in medicine, we recognize the ongoing harms of homophobia and transphobia that exist to this day. This podcast aims to add to the conversation that we hope will continue to shift the culture in medicine, to one that not only tolerates queerness, but which actively and openly celebrates it.

Guest: Dr. Eva Moore, Adolescent Medicine Paediatrician at BC Children’s Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency and Clinical Fellowship Training Program at UBC.

Hosted and Edited by: Chris Kobylka-Pang and Celine McCaughran-Contreras, recent graduates of the UBC MD 2022 Class.

Resources:

To learn more about the OUTreach Mentorship initiative, visit https://mdprogram.med.ubc.ca/student-affairs/mentorship/outreach-2slgbtqia-identified-in-medicine/

UBC 2SLGBTQ+ in Medicine Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ubcqueermedicine/

Canadian Queer Medical Students Association Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cqmsa/

Recorded on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations. 

In this candid episode, Sarah speaks with Dr. Pippa Hawley, a palliative care specialist who is Medical Director of the BC Cancer Pain and Symptom Management/Palliative Care Program and Head of the UBC Division of Palliative Care. They discuss the satisfying work that is palliative care, the importance of interprofessional collaboration, and the struggles and satisfactions for a clinical trialist. They also delve into the current place and evolving landscape of medicinal cannabis for cancer-related symptom management, and why Dr. Hawley is so passionate about its destigmatization. It’s an episode you won’t want to miss.

Resources

·       https://palliativecare.med.ubc.ca/

·       http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/health-info/coping-with-cancer/medical-cannabis

Hosted & Edited by: Sarah Keyes

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

Guests: Drs. Natalie Arnold, Tony Chae, and Gurk Sarohia - PGY1s in Ophthalmology at the University of Alberta

Hosts: Crystal Gong and Iman Lahouaoula

Edited by: Crystal Gong

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

Guest - Dr. Martin Gleave, Director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre and Distinguished Professor and Head of Department of Urologic Sciences at UBC

Host - Igor Mihajlovic

Edited By - Igor Mihajlovic

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

Guest - Dr. Janessa Laskin - Medical oncologist, co-founder and Clinical Lead for BC Cancer’s Personalized OncoGenomics Program

Host - Igor Mihajlovic

Edited By - Igor Mihajlovic

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

In this episode, Iman and Crystal speak with Dr. Kelly Lefaivre, an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital. They cover topics ranging from the apprehension to choosing a specialty, the value of strong mentorship and the unique road for women in a traditionally male-dominated field. This is an episode you don't want to miss - listen today and learn about what it means to be a lifelong learner and how to cater a medical career to your interests!

Hosted and edited by: Crystal Gong & Iman Lahouaoula

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

Guests: Dr. Sharon Salloum

Hosts: Aidan Pye and Mike Moreton

Editing: Mike Moreton

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

Guest: Dr. Kyle Wanzel, Plastic, Reconstructive, and Asthetic Surgery

Hosts: Crystal Gong & Iman Lahouaoula

Edited by: Crystal Gong

Music: Dr. Ian Downie

Guest - Dr. Paul Thiessen, Pediatrics

Hosts - Mike Moreton and Aidan Pye

Editing - Mike Moreton

Music - Dr. Ian Downie