Narjust Duma, MD, is a thoracic oncologist, gender equity warrior and social media phenomenon. In this episode, we discuss recent events, microaggressions against women and people of color, and the beauty of diversity.

• Intro :14
• About Duma :18
• Jain’s history with Duma 2:08
• The interview 3:09
• How did you start getting into this specific work where you started doing research looking at the gender disparities that exist in oncology? 6:09
• Jain anecdote on conforming to gender standards that changed her personality 10:17
• Microaggression against women in power in the workplace and gender-based language 16:45
• Duma’s anecdote about cheese and the beauty of diversity 22:15
• Journal of Vascular Surgery’s controversial article on professional behavior 24:12
• Patients want their doctors to be human beings, not robots 29:40
• Duma’s thoughts on the #MedBikini movement, gender equity and intersectionality 31:50
• Duma on minority women being reluctantly volunteered to fix issues with gender inequalities and ethnic and racial inequalities 35:28
• Duma anecdote on the importance of the bystander effect on treating microaggressions 39:10
• The importance of positive feedback and giving of self for others 41:50
• Anecdotes on food and how it equates to living life 45:10
• Duma on using your challenges and discouragements to fuel your motivation 49:01
• Duma’s pearls 52:48
• How to find Duma 53:18

Narjust Duma, MD, is an assistant professor and thoracic oncologist at the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and Public Health and the co-founder of Latinas in Medicine.

References:

Hardouin S, et al. J Vasc Surg. 2020;72:667-671.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We should all be feminists. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we_should_all_be_feminists?language=en. Dec. 2012.

House AOC Recording - AOC Final. https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/9yPHdik6-HWSueGzu.html. July 23, 2020. (Note: The video includes profanity).

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at [email protected]. Dr. Narjust Duma can be reached at @NarjustDumaMD. Follow us on Twitter @HemOncToday @ShikhaJainMD

Disclosures: Duma reports consulting for AstraZeneca and Inivata, Inc. Jain reports she is a paid freelance writer for Lippincott.