Thank you Dr Gajal Kumar for taking time out of your busy day to speak with me! Gajal is a trauma surgeon living in Oklahoma, living with her 2 young kids and chef husband. She is currently pregnant with her 3rd child and has run all 6 major marathons, 3 of them while pregnant! Gajal is a super star and such a pleasure to get to know. Please enjoy our conversation!

It was so fun catching up with Dr Hebah Hefzy (Heb Samir) here on our 11th episode of the MDRT podcast. Hebah is a vascular neurologist in Michigan, single mom of 3 gorgeous kiddos and an avid marathoner! She has qualified for the Boston marathon 4 times, most recently at the 2019 Chicago marathon with a shiny new PR. We talk all things marathon training as a single mom, Doctor and woman of faith, and how it feels to not necessarily blend in all the time and what unites all of us. Thank you Hebah for an awesome conversation and please enjoy!

Dr Laura Morrison, one of our fearless admin of MDRT, graciously interrupted her vacation to talk with me for this special episode of the MDRT podcast. Laura is an obgyn in Portland and has 4 kids. You get to hear the story of the 2 obgyn Laura’s: west coast v east coast, country mouse v city mouse. It was so fun to finally get to speak with Laura who is one of my hero’s on MDRT. Please enjoy!!

Thank Dr Heather Hammonds for spending some time with me today! You are so inspiring. Heather is a primary care sports medicine physician in Arkansas who lives there with her two beautiful kids and dermatologist hubs. She was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but is not letting it slow her down. Thank you for sharing your courageous story with us!

Yay one of my favorite MDRTs agreed to be on our podcast: Dr Lisa McQueen! Lisa is a pediatric emergency medicine physician in Chicago, has 2 awesome kiddos and wonderful supportive husband and is a badass runner! She will be running her 2nd New York City marathon at the end of this week and has completed 3 Chicago marathons as well as Big Sur and Pikes Peak marathon. Please enjoy my fun conversation with Dr Lisa!

Today I had the pleasure of catching up with my friend Dr Nikoleta Kolovos. Nickie is a pediatric intensivist living in St Louis with her beautiful daughter Nina and trauma surgeon husband. I can’t thank Nickie enough for sharing her story as a breast cancer survivor and she continues to inspire me with all her posts and running and overall kick ass attitude. Please enjoy getting to know Nickie in this very special episode!

Thank you Dr Melissa Gastorf for taking the time to talk to me! Dr Melissa is a family practice physician in Oklahoma and lives there with her 2 sons and husband who is also family medicine. Melissa is MDRTs race warrior and enjoys signing up for ALL THE RACES. She completed 3 marathons this year, toed the line at the Chicago marathon but could not finish due to injury and is also signed up to run the New York City Marathon next week! We had a lot of audio trouble on this podcast so o apologize in advance. But please enjoy my conversation with Melissa!!

I an so excited to bring you my talk with Dr Gay Purcell who is a internal medicine physician living in Kansas City. Gay is an ultra marathoner, wife and mother of 2 beautiful kiddos. We get into her running and life in Kanas City, as well as how she and husband Brett adopted her children through the foster care system. Gay is such a pleasure to speak with and I know you will enjoy our conversation!

I’m so happy to bring you my conversation with Dr Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, who is an Associate Professor at UT. She is a physiatrist specializing in brain injury and stroke, wife, a mom of two and of course an accomplished runner. We talk about her running highs and lows, injuries and her training for the upcoming New York City Marathon. Please enjoy!

In episode 3 of the MDRT podcast, I had the pleasure of talking with Dr Alice Briones. Alice is the Deputy Director of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System for the Department of Defense. She’s a forensic pathologist at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, mother to her “coffee bean owlet” and supported by her “spousal unit” Jesus. It was a pleasure chatting with Alice as she had a very busy week which included completing her first marathon! We talk all things Chicago Marathon, her fascinating job and her adorable family. Please enjoy!