This week we welcome Dr. Dar Dowlatshahi to the show! Dr. Dowlatshahi is a dual doctor (has completed both his MD and PhD) who works at The Ottawa Hospital as a Stroke Neurologist and Senior Scientist. Dr. Dowlatshahi chats about how he balanced starting medical school in the middle of his PhD; his experience working with the Calgary Stroke Program before returning to Ottawa to build a Clinical Epidemiology Stroke Program; his research on Intracerebral hemorrhages, which is referenced in most ICH work worldwide; how COVID has negatively affected time to diagnosis and treatment; and, his advice for young Clinician Scientists. Enjoy!

 

Link to Dr. Dowlatshahi's paper for young Clinician Scientists:

"Experience, the Name We Give Our Mistakes Common Pitfalls Encountered by Junior Clinician-Scientists"

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021529