EMJ Podcast: Insights For Healthcare Professionals

In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Angela Goyal, a general practitioner and media doctor. Goyal is also the Director of Inspired Medics, an organisation that provides medics with education in lifestyle medicine for patients and medics. They discuss Goyal’s career and how she came to specialise in dermatology, as well as her time volunteering at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh, India. Goyal details lifestyle modification and medicine in treating and preventing certain diseases and disorders.

Chronic cough expert, Dr. Imran Satia, answers questions about chronic cough: the definitions of different types of chronic cough, including refractory chronic cough or unexplained chronic cough (RCC/UCC), patients’ chief complaints when they seek medical consult, and the guidelines-based pathway to diagnose patients with RCC/UCC.

This episode of the EMJ podcast explores various aspects of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and features expert insights from Antonis Pantazis, Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals in London, UK, and Chairperson of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases.

This podcast was sponsored by Myokardia and Bristol Myers Squibb.

The attendees can expect two highly interesting interviews with two well-known experts in the field of rheumatoid arthritis, namely Prof. Gerd Burmester and Prof. Mikkel Østergaard.

Prof. Burmester provides expert tips around MTX treatment of RA patients in the context of COVID-19 vaccinations and elaborates the effects of MTX hold on the vaccination response.

Prof. Østergaard elucidates the role of Methotrexate as an anchor drug in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, including the possibility of using it in a combination therapy. Furthermore, the advantages of subcutaneous Methotrexate over oral Methotrexate are highlighted.

This podcast has been funded by medac Gmbh, the market leader and innovator in scMTX therapy

In this episode, Jonathan Sackier is joined by David Crosby, Head of Prevention and Early Detection Research at Cancer Research UK. The pair discuss Crosby’s career, providing insights into Cancer Research UK’s mission, and his role within the organisation. Further discussion points include the challenges and solutions for prevention and early detection of cancer.

On this week’s episode, Evgenia, editor of the EMJ family of journals, recalls the most noteworthy moments of the last 3 months on the EMJ podcasts. Looking back on the past quarter, this episode highlights the most memorable moments with our guests, covering a range of topics, from food allergies to poetry.

In this episode, host Jonathan Sackier is joined by Rebecca Dobson, Consultant Cardiologist at Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, UK. The pair discuss Dobson’s career in cardio-oncology, and gender inequality in the field of cardiology. Discussion points include her experience as a female cardiologist, and her role as lead of the British Cardiovascular Society Women in Cardiology.

Development of The Greenest Inhaler podcast was supported and reviewed by Trudell Medical International.

This EMJ podcast explores the carbon footprint of different inhaler devices and features the expert insight of guest speakers Omar S. Usmani, Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Imperial College London, UK, and Consultant Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK; and John N. Pritchard, Private Consultant and Member of United Nations (UN) Committee on Propellant Medical Usage.

In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Joubert Gama, a Medical Consultant in the pharmaceutical industry. They discuss their experiences in medical school which they attended together, and Gama provides insights as to what attracted him to working in the pharmaceutical industry with an emphasis on drug development, pharmacodynamics, and clinical affairs including medical regulations and compliance. Gama takes us on a journey of what it takes to bring a drug to market, as well as delving into his surprising appearances on well-known several television series!

In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Sir Michael Brady, Professor of Oncological Imaging at the University of Oxford, UK. They discuss Brady’s educational history at Manchester and later in Australia, where he studied mathematics; how he chanced upon image analysis; and the heart-breaking story that led to Brady to start developing technology to support and inform clinicians in cancer. Brady also looks forward, discussing the future implications that artificial intelligence and robotics could have on medicine and surgery.