Docs With Disabilities

In the fourth installment in our series on BIPOC voices Dr. Woolridge and Dr. Meeks discuss Dr. Woolridge's journey through medical school as a black man with a disability, the challenges of receiving accommodations for a cognitive disability, and what needs to change to make medicine more welcoming to BIPOC individuals and people with disabilities.

Key Words: BIPOC, Cognitive Disability, Accommodations, Dyslexia, Pediatrics

In the third installment in our series on BIPOC voices we have a two-part interview with Dr. Diana Cejas and Dr. Justin Bullock who talk about the intersection between disability and race, their experiences as black physicians with disabilities, what it means to be a good ally, and the value of mentorship, sponsorship, and community throughout one's career.

Guests:

Diana Cejas, MD, MPH

Assistant professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and faculty of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

Justin Bullock, MD, MPH

Third year resident in internal medicine at UCSF

Key Words: BIPOC, Chronic Illness, Cancer, Stroke, Psychological/ Mental Health, Bipolar, Depression, Suicide, Neurology, Medical Student, Internal Medicine

In the third installment in our series on BIPOC voices we have a two-part interview with Dr. Diana Cejas and Dr. Justin Bullock who talk about the intersection between disability and race, their experiences as black physicians with disabilities, what it means to be a good ally, and the value of mentorship, sponsorship, and community throughout one's career.

Guests:

Diana Cejas, MD, MPH

Assistant professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and faculty of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

Justin Bullock, MD, MPH

Third year resident in internal medicine at UCSF

Key Words: BIPOC, Chronic Illness, Cancer, Stroke, Psychological/ Mental Health, Bipolar, Depression, Suicide, Neurology, Medical Student, Internal Medicine

In this episode, Dr. Meeks speaks with Emmanuel Asenso Jr., a fourth year medical student at Rowan SOM. Throughout their conversation, they discuss how soon to be doctor Asenso navigates patient encounters with a disability, how his identity as a Black man and an individual with a disability affects his experiences within the medical world, and the barriers that need to be eliminated in order to welcome more disabled individuals and more Black individuals into healthcare spaces.

Guests:

Podcast Co-host, Lisa M. Meeks, PHD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Future Dr. Emmanuel Asenso Jr, Rowan School of Medicine

Key Words: BIPOC, Cognitive Disability, Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder, Medical Student

As a young adult, Dr. Hammad Aslam was in an automobile accident that caused a traumatic brain injury and a T2 complete spinal cord injury. In this episode, he discusses his journey through medical school and residency, the impact of mentorship throughout his career, how being a wheelchair user has shaped his relationships with patients, and his outlook on life. Dr. Aslam shares how disability has leveled the playing field and allows him to connect with others despite differences in race, religion, and cultural background.

Guests:

Podcast Co-host, Peter Poullos, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medicine and Founder and Co-Chair, Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalitiion (SMAC)

Hammad Aslam, MD, FAAMPR, Physiatrist, Medical Director, Northside Glancy Rehabilitation Center

Key Words: BIPOC, Physical Disability, T2 Spinal Cord Injury, SCI, Wheelchair, Cognitive Disability, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Advocate

Dr. Lisa Iezzoni is a professor at Harvard Medical school and an internationally recognized health services researcher. In Episode 36 she discusses the ongoing issue of bias against people with disabilities, how this shapes medical education, and the 'hidden curriculum' medical students receive that threatens to perpetuate the healthcare disparities for patients with disabilities.

Key Words: Chronic Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Professor of Medicine, Researcher, Health Policy

In this podcast, Dr. Bliss Temple discusses how #DocsWithDisabilities have the power to inform and improve healthcare all patients and how she brings her disability identity to her medical practice.

Key Words: Physical Disability, Wheelchair, Primary Care, Medical Education

In this podcast, Dr. Meeks and Dr. Bulk discuss the experiences of disabled learners in health professions, how to create a more inclusive environment in health professions education, and the emerging research on the value of #DocsWithDisabilities in healthcare professions. Dr. Bulk also recounts her own stories and struggles as a blind individual in Occupational Therapy.

Key Words: Physical Disability, Visual Disability, Partially Blind, Occupational Therapy, Researcher

Dynamic Duo Dr. Cori Poffenger and med student Richie Sapp, leaders in disability advocacy at Stanford Medicine, talk with Dr. Peter Poullos about what drew them to their work in disability education, the curricula they developed and implemented to teach med students how to better care for patients with disabilities, and the impact of amplifying the voices of patients, faculty, med students, and healthcare providers with disabilities.

Guests:

Podcast Co-host, Peter Poullos, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford Medicine and Founder and Director, Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC).

Cori Poffenberger, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Development and Wellness for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, soon to be at the University of New Mexico.

Richie Sapp, MS, MD Candidate 2021 - Medical Student, Stanford School of Medicine, rising Emergency Medicine resident at Harvard, Leader in disability advocacy at Stanford Medicine.

Key Words: Physical Disability, Wheelchair, Cognitive Disability, Intellectual and Learning Disability, Law, Education, and/or Research, Emergency Medicine, Medical Student

Rana Awdish, MD, FCCP is the author of In Shock, a critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir based on her own illness. A critical care physician and faculty member of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, she completed her medical degree at Wayne State in 2002 where she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society, her residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York, and her fellowship training at Henry Ford Hospital where she serves as the current Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program. She also serves as Medical Director of Care Experience for the entire Health System. Dr. Awdish's mandate as well as her passion is to improve the patient experience across the system and speak on patient advocacy at health care venues nationally.

After suffering a sudden critical illness, herself, she has devoted much of her career to improving empathy through connection and communication. She lectures to physicians, health care leaders and medical schools across the country. Her book has been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the US and Europe. She was awarded the Speak-Up Hero award in 2014 for her work establishing a workshop-based program called CLEAR (Connect, Listen, Empathize, Align, Respect), which trains faculty and trainees in relationship-based communication skills utilizing improvisational actors. She was named Henry Ford Hospital's Critical Care Teacher of the Year in 2016. She was named the National Compassionate Caregiver of the Year by The Schwartz Center as well as Physician of the Year by Press Ganey in 2017. She has been interviewed by The Times, The Telegraph, The BBC, NPR, the Today Show online, MedPage, Health Leaders Media, and Beckers Hospital Review. She has written for Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, as well as the New England Journal of Medicine. Her NEJM Perspectives article, A View from the Edge, went viral garnering over 120,000 views and is ranked in the 99th percentile for reach.

Key Words: BIPOC, Physical Disability, Sudden Critical Illness, Miscarriage, Serious Medical Complications, Psychological/ Mental Health, Distress, Emotional Burnout, Depression, Critical Care, Pulmonology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Research