Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Maria Zorzitto, MD, FRCPC. During her university years, Maria experienced a traumatic car accident that left her with a spinal cord injury, making her paraplegic overnight. What followed was a long period of hospitalization and rehabilitation, learning how to manage daily life, before eventually returning to her medical training. In this conversation, Maria reflects on navigating a career in medicine as a person with accessibility needs, the invaluable support she received from her teachers and colleagues, and how creative, "out of the box" thinking shaped her experiences as a patient and as a practicing physician.

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Dr. Maria Zorzitto is a geriatrician practicing at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. With over 40 years in practice, Dr. Zorzitto has been involved in clinical geriatrics, teaching and research in all settings of geriatric services in academic and community care. At St. Michael's Hospital, she has worked with a multidisciplinary team to establish the Geriatric Emergency Management Program, the Geriatric Trauma Service and the Acute Care of the Elderly Unit.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Nancy Olivieri, MD, FRCPC. The discussion highlights the importance of advocacy in medicine, particularly in support of patients, and exploring how fear can prevent some from speaking out. They also discuss what someone can do to support a colleague taking a risk if they are not comfortable speaking up for themselves. Royal College members: you can earn MOC Section 2 - Individual Learning credits for watching this video.

A Hematologist, Dr. Nancy Olivieri is a professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is a Senior Scientist with the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and the Cancer Care Research Unit with the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Dr. Olivieri's research focuses on blood disorders: sickle cell disease and thalassemia.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Sharon Straus, MD, FRCPC about her own evolution from being a mentee to developing her own skills and passion as a mentor. They also discuss Dr. Straus's transition from clinical work into leadership roles and the importance of prioritizing her own wellness so that she can be a model for the people that she leads. The conversation also touches on what leaders can do to support health care professionals and learners in a post-pandemic world with ongoing challenges facing the health care system. Royal College members: you can earn MOC Section 2 - Individual Learning credits for watching this video.

Dr. Sharon Straus is the Executive Vice-President, Clinical and Chief Medical Officer for Unity Health Toronto. She is also a geriatrician and scientist at St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto) and has held leadership positions at the hospital and the University of Toronto since 2009. Dr. Straus is recognized for her commitment to excellence in mentorship, impactful research, and knowledge translation.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Thomas Piggott, MD, FRCPC. Together they talk about formative experiences that influenced Dr. Piggott's desire to become a public health physician. They also discuss the unique challenges that he and other health care professionals encounter when choosing a career in public health. Lastly, Dr. Piggott explains how advocacy and communication are integral to the work of a public health physician whose patient consists of an entire population rather than a single person. Royal College members: you can earn MOC Section 2 - Individual Learning credits for watching this video.

Dr. Thomas Piggott is currently the Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer of Peterborough Public Health in Peterborough, Ontario, having previously served as the Medical Officer of Health and VP lead for Population Health and Rural and Remote Health in northern Labrador. In addition to completing of his residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, he also completed his Masters in Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and his PhD in Health Research Methods at McMaster University.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Nazik Hammad, MD, FRCPC about her own journey from Sudan to Canada as an International Medical Graduate (IMG) including the joys, barriers and resilience needed when learning and practicing in a new country. Dr. Hammad also speaks of her work in health equity as well as equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging from the point of view of medical education and systems design. Royal College members: you can earn MOC Section 2 - Individual Learning credits for watching this video.

Dr. Nazik Hammad is a Professor in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at St. Michael's Hospital and is a member of the Division of Medical Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She also serves as co-chair of the Black Physicians Association of Ontario's Network for Advancing Medical Learners (N-ABL). Dr. Hammad has an interest in medical education, in particular health professions education in low and middle-income countries. She is a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and teaches at the Clinical Oncology Training Program in Khartoum, Sudan.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with P. Ronan O'Connell, MD, FRCSC (Hon) about the importance of mentorship for surgeons-in-training and early career physicians. They also touch on the experience of bearing witness to changes in medicine throughout his career, as well as insights about the future of medical practice for physicians and surgeons. Royal College members: you can earn 0.5 MOC Section 2 credits for watching this video. Look forward to more credits as you apply reflections to the issues brought forward by Professor O'Connell.

Professor O'Connell is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at University College Dublin and former president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). In recent years, Prof. O'Connell led the creation of the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, making the College a degree-granting organization. He was instrumental in developing a strategy to reduce the incidence of obstetrical injury to the pelvic floor and is an expert in the surgical treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer – a technically challenging area of surgical oncology. In September 2023, Professor O'Connell became an Honorary Fellow in the Division of Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Jamiu Busari, MD, FRCSC (Hon) about his career path in medicine and his passion for the science of teaching in medical education. They also discuss Dr. Busari's approach and work in the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) space.

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Dr. Jamiu Busari is a pediatrician and dean at Horacio Oduber Hospital in Aruba. He is widely recognized for unwavering leadership in health care and advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). He is a founding investigator with the Equity in Health System (EqHS) Lab, a transdisciplinary team working to address racism, discrimination, and social injustice in the health system; and a founding member and director of the lab's international series, Critical Dialogues for Action (CDFA), a monthly dialogue on EDI that focuses on identifying practical steps to bring about meaningful change. In September 2023, Dr. Busari became an Honorary Fellow in the Division of Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Jan Christilaw, MD, FRCSC about an impactful experience in her formative years influenced her approach to medicine: "What we need in medicine is not brilliant people, it's human people.". Their conversation also touches on the importance of having interests outside of medicine to enable physicians to see themselves in the context of their whole lives and not solely through the lens of their practice. Royal College members: you can earn 0.5 MOC Section 2 credits for watching this video. Look forward to more credits as you apply reflections to the issues brought forward by Dr. Christilaw.

Dr. Jan Christilaw is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist who practiced in White Rock-Surrey, British Columbia for over 20 years. She served as President of BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre from 2008 to 2017 and, as of 2017, was appointed to the Order of Canada for her work in obstetrics nationally and internationally. She is a Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and serves as the Director of Women's Health with the Canadian Network for International Surgery, an organization that aims to improve health and safety through capacity building and skills training in low-income countries.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Garry Willard, MD, FRCPC about the extraordinary experience of practicing medicine in a war zone during the Vietnam War and how it forever shaped his world view and identity as a clinician. They also discuss Dr. Willard's recollections as a battlefield surgeon and the similarities of the COVID pandemic on healthcare professions to battles of the past.

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Trained as a general surgeon, Dr. Garry Willard also practiced vascular and trauma surgery during his career. He holds a Royal College Fellowship from Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the International College of Surgeons (FICS). Among other professional associations, he is a Life Member of the Ontario Medical Association and the New York Academy of Science. He was a Founding Member of the American Trauma Society.

Join host Jillian Horton, MD, FRCPC as she speaks with Cornelia (Nel) Wieman, MSc, MD, about the importance of changing the physician mindset to accept that when you are sick, you "can't fix it yourself", and you can seek help to begin the journey of healing. They also discussed the structural barriers facing physicians when reentering practice after treatment for their illness.

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Dr. Nel Wieman is a Psychiatrist and the Acting Chief Medical Officer at First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), the first and only provincial First Nations health authority in Canada. The FNHA works with British Columbia First Nations, government partners and others to improve health outcomes for BC First Nations people.