The CMDA Student Pulse Podcast

Stacy Dunn, an Air Force ENT surgeon’s wife reflects on the trials and challenges medical families face during the rigorous training years of medical school and residency. Stacy married her college sweetheart, Joel, in the summer of 2006. Stacy and Joel authentically open up about their family’s CHAOTIC life during the training years and beyond in hopes of encouraging and equipping more medical families for success at home and at work. When medical families win, so do our communities.

Dr. Tatiana Santos was raised in Florida and earned her B.S. from Florida

International University. She then went on to complete medical school at

the University of Silesia School of Medicine, where she co-founded the 6 th

Chapter of the Student Government Association. Dr. Santos recently

completed her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Purdue

University. She has served on the Health Impact Council for the United

Way Worldwide and Advisory Board for Best Buddies International. Her

interest in medical ethics began in her previous career as a trial paralegal

for medical malpractice cases, and from her involvement with the American

Medical Association on the ongoing issue of physician-assisted suicide.

She has extensive knowledge on end of life decisions from her participation

in advance directive preparations at the University of Florida. Dr. Santos is

fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.

Harrison Hines grew up in Indiana before moving to North Carolina and graduating from Duke in 2012 with bachelor's in chemistry and religion. He then went to medical school at Stanford and between his 2nd and 3rd years of medical school, he went back to divinity school at Duke where he became a part of the theology, medicine, and culture fellowship. There, he focused on new ways to meld his dual passions of medicine and ethics which wound up leading him to public policy. During his fourth year of medical school, he was a staffer for a California lawmaker which he loved; he plans to continue working in political advocacy throughout his career. He is currently a resident in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is married to his medical school sweetheart who gave birth to their son in September 2019. He loves listening to audiobooks, trying new restaurants with friends, and playing tennis whenever he's not stuck in the hospital.

Ray Barfield is a Professor of Pediatrics and Christian Philosophy at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He received his MD and his PhD (in philosophy) from Emory University. He is a pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician with an interest in expanding the role of the humanities and the arts in the formation of physicians. He has published widely in medicine, philosophy, and literature, including several books.

Currently, he is the director of the Medical Humanities Program for the Trent Center for Bioethics, Medical Humanities, and History of Medicine in the Medical School. Ray is Married to Karen Barfield, an Episcopal priest. They have two children, Micah and Alexandra, and one grandson named Crew.

Chris Zalesky, MD shares about the resource he is creating, The CMDA Student Survival Guide. He is currently serving as a CMDA National Resident Representative. He attended Wake Forest University for his undergraduate education. After Wake Forest, he attended Emory University School of Medicine. While in Atlanta He was active in his local CMDA chapter. During his medical studies, he took a year to pursue a Master's in Clinical Research. Currently, training has taken Chris to Cincinnati, Ohio where he is completing an Emergency Medicine Residency. Chris is excited to support, encourage, and pray for residents across the country.

Jake Morris, MD shares about a talk he gave to graduating medical & dental students about how to stay steadfast & resilient during residency.

Val Tramonte, MD, speaker at the 2018 Remedy Conference in Orlando, FL, concludes his message about doing harm by sharing the wrong message when trying to witness to people about Jesus Christ.

Val Tramonte, MD, speaker at the 2018 Remedy Conference in Orlando, FL, shares about doing harm by sharing the wrong message when trying to witness to people about Jesus Christ.

Guests Allan Harmer, Grant Hewitt, Akeem Walker & Michael McLaughlin discuss ways to spiritually flourish during your professional healthcare training.

Ken Jones discusses his book "If I Should Die Before I Live: Sorting Out What Matters Most". Ken Jones (PCC) has been a member of CMDA’s field staff since 2004, serving as area director for the San Francisco Bay Area and Redding from 2004-2015. He now serves as the Director of Coaching for CMDA, and is a Professional Certified Physician Life Development Coach.