Beyond the White Coat

In this week’s episode of “Beyond the White Coat,” David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH, senior associate dean for well-being and resilience and chief wellness officer at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, about how we can care for ourselves, and others, in the era of COVID-19.

Episode Guest:

• Jonathan Ripp, MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine, Medical Education and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Senior Associate Dean for Well-Being and Resilience and Chief Wellness Officer at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS).

Episode Credits:

• Hosted by David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC.
  Produced by Stephanie Weiner, AAMC manager of digital strategy, and Kristin Zipay, AAMC executive communications lead writer.
  Edited by Laura Zelaya, AAMC production manager.

You Might Also Be Interested In:

• “Preventing a Parallel Pandemic — A National Strategy to Protect Clinicians’ Well-Being” (New England Journal of Medicine, May 13, 2020)
• "Coping with sickness and stress” (AAMCNews, April 10, 2020)
• AAMC Well-being Resources
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Office of Well-being and Resilience

On this week’s episode of “Beyond the White Coat,” David J. Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, talks with Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about the NIH’s newly announced RADx initiative, the importance of public-private partnerships, the important of basic research, and more.

Episode Guest:

• Francis Collins, MD, PhD, is the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this role, Dr. Collins oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research.

Episode Credits:

Hosted by David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC.
Produced by Stephanie Weiner, AAMC manager of digital strategy, and Kristin Zipay, AAMC executive communications lead writer.
Edited by Laura Zelaya, AAMC production manager.

You Might Also Be Interested In:

• "NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics" (National Institutes of Health, April 29, 2020).
•  “Labs put research on ice” (AAMCNews, April 21, 2020).
• “To address COVID-19 and future pandemics, we must answer fundamental questions” (Research!America, April 15, 2020).
• “Here’s why we can’t rush a COVID-19 vaccine” (AAMCNews, March 31, 2020).
• “Coronavirus testing: How academic medical labs are stepping up to fill a void” (AAMCNews, March 12, 2020)

America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals, and their dedicated teams of physicians, nurses, and scientists, and other health care professionals have been at the forefront of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Their selflessness and bravery have been truly awe-inspiring as they’ve worked tirelessly to save lives. And yet, this pandemic has laid bare so many fault lines in our health care systems – so many areas where we can and must do better – as a community and as a nation.  On this week’s episode of Beyond the White Coat, David Skorton, MD, talks with Mark Laret, president and CEO of UCSF Health about how we can take advantage of the disruption the pandemic has caused – not only to dispose of old thinking – but to accelerate this innovation and create lasting change. 

Full transcript available on SimpleCast or via the AAMC's website.

Episode Guest

• Mark R. Laret is president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health, which is comprised of Benioff Children's Hospitals San Francisco and Oakland, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics and the Faculty Practice. Laret, who joined UCSF in 2000, is a 30-year veteran of health care management and a national leader in health care reform. His career began at UCLA Medical Center, where he served from 1980 to 1995 in several leadership positions, before being named CEO of UC Irvine Medical Center, which he led from 1995 to 2000.He is the immediate past chair of the California Hospital Association and past chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

You Might Be Interested In

• “A nightmare approaches: Hospitals painfully prepare for life and death decisions” (AAMCNews, April 7, 2020)
• "If Covid-19 gets bad, triage will be needed. Are we ready for that?" (STAT, March 10, 2020)
• “Academic medicine in the 21st century” (JAMA Internal Medicine, October 13, 2014)

Credits

Hosted by David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC; produced by Stephanie Weiner, AAMC manager of digital strategy, Gabrielle Redford, AAMCNews Director & Managing Editor, and Kathy A. Gambrell, AAMC senior digital content strategist; edited by Laura Zelaya, AAMC production manager.

AAMC Chief Scientific Officer Ross McKinney, Jr., MD, and Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, director of the Medical College of Wisconsin Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, join AAMC President and CEO David Skorton, MD, in this engaging podcast discussion that explores the emerging clinical guidelines that inform rationing of care and equipment and the inherent challenges of balancing bioethics with health equity.

Full transcript available on SimpleCast or via the AAMC's website.

Episode Guests

• Arthur Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, is the director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Institute for Health & Equity, Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Derse is member of the board of the American Society for Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME) and of the board of the Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD). He is a member and past chair of the Ethics Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). He serves on the Administrative Board of the Council for Faculty and Societies (CFAS) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
• Ross McKinney, MD, AAMC Chief Scientific Officer, is an infectious disease specialist and a member of the Duke University faculty for over 30 years. During his time at Duke, he was director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, vice dean for research at Duke University School of Medicine, and director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine. Dr. McKinney leads the AAMC programs that support medical research and the training of physician-scientists in academic medicine.

You Might Be Interested In

• “A nightmare approaches: Hospitals painfully prepare for life and death decisions” (AAMCNews, April 7, 2020)
• "The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic" (New England Journal of Medicine,  March 23, 2020)
• "If Covid-19 gets bad, triage will be needed. Are we ready for that?" (STAT, March 10, 2020)

Credits

Hosted by David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the AAMC; produced by Stephanie Weiner, AAMC manager of digital strategy, and Kathy A. Gambrell, AAMC senior digital content strategist; edited by Laura Zelaya, AAMC production manager.