Narratives of North Broad Podcast - Stories From Temple Health

Today’s guest is surgical oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Farma.He is truly “Temple Made”. A former Temple University Medical Student, he went to Temple for his general surgery residency, and now he’s at Temple Fox Chase Cancer Center where he is the Chief of the Division of General Surgery, Co-Director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, and the Program Director for the Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship.Last year he was admitted to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Su...

Today we are speaking with Dr. Noah Levinson, a neurologist at Temple University Hospital. Dr. Levinson is a born teacher, and shares with us today his path to medicine, his interest in the brain, his decision to pursue neurology, and what he loves about teaching students and residents. He recently was the attending on my neurology rotation, and we'll talk about some of the firsts I experienced alongside him. Having a patient die, delivering bad news, and getting close with a patie...

Today we are speaking with Dr. Jessica Beard.A trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and the Director of research at the Philadelphia Center for gun violence reporting. She just became a Stoneleigh Foundation fellow, giving her more opportunity to do research on gun violence prevention. Dr. Beard has a background in public health and has been devoted to trying to reduce the amount of gun violence in Philadelphia. She talks today about her path to medicine, her pa...

On this episode, medical student Hank Davis, and the Director of Narrative Medicine, Michael Vitez sit down with Dr. Oneida Arosarena. She is an otolaryngologist at Temple and Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion. We asked her all about what the last year has been like for her, both as a surgeon and physician working during the pandemic, and in her role as Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at a time when the pandemic has shown so clearly the inequality in our city and...

This is our first repeat guest, Dr. Thomas Fekete. He is the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Temple, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a specialist in infectious diseases. We had Dr. Fekete on our podcast back in March at the outbreak of Covid-19, and asked him back on the show to get an update. We talk all things coronavirus -- what we’ve learned, what we still don’t know, and what it’s been like for him at Temple hospital dur...

Our guest today is Dr. Daniel Eun, the renowned robotic surgeon at LKSOM whose patients come from all over the country and the world. Dr. Eun will share with us his early life story, how his father was a missionary, and how he came to America and Philadelphia. He will tell the remarkable story of how he made lemons into lemonade — he didn’t match on match day, but determination, hard work and serendipity landed in him in the perfect place to pioneer robotic surgery in urology. Dr. ...

For this episode, our guest is the remarkable Dr. Zoe Maher.Raised by artistic parents, a former dancer herself, who has become a trauma surgeon at Temple. She is also one of the leading physician advocates in our region for changing gun laws, working with legislators and communities to stop the flow of gun violence victims before they find their way into Temple's trauma bay. (Note: this episode was recorded on October 22, 2019)Instagram: @narrativesofnorthbroadTwitter: @NarrativesofNB

Dr. Ellen Tedaldi is an icon at Temple University Hospital and the Lewis Katz School of Medicine. She is beloved by patients, students and colleagues alike. Dr. Tedaldi has been caring for AIDS and HIV patients since before the disease had a name, and she continues to care for her patients today, still making home visits even in a pandemic. We caught up with Dr. Tedaldi before the coronavirus pandemic swept the world and nation to talk about her life in medicine, and we think the interview is...

In this episode, Hank and Michael speak with Dr. Thomas Fekete.Dr. Fekete shares with us what it feels like inside Temple Hospital as doctors and nurses prepare for the pandemic to hit our area. He's an expert in infectious diseases and his passion for and knowledge of the subject pours out in this conversation. He tells us why coronavirus is different, what we should be doing, and we talk about what the next few weeks and months could look like. As dangerous as this pandemic is, Dr. Fekete g...