medamorphosis

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.

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/

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

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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

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

Hosts: Ali Jatoi and Adam Sage

Class of 2023 Guests: Erin Flanagan, Tanelle Smith, Taylor Ricci, Dunavan Morris-Janzen, Sahil Kumar

Editing: Adam Sage and Ali Jatoi

Music: Dr. Ian Downie