In this episode, The Female Pain Docs are joined by patient advocate Ilana Jaqueline to discuss the topic of medical gaslighting. Medical gaslighting occurs when a healthcare professional dismisses a patient’s concerns or wrongly misdiagnoses symptoms as mental illnesses. They discuss signs for patients to lookout for, how patients can advocate for themselves, and changes that need to be made within the medical community to combat medical gaslighting.

In this episode, Dr. P interviews Dr. Dana Corriel. Dr. Corriel made it her mission to disrupt healthcare by empowering physicians to promote autonomy, build a community of forward thinking professionals and provide cross pollination of ideas to advance healthcare for the greater community and patients everywhere. She has built an online platform to promote healthcare innovation and businesses, called SoMe Docs otherwise known as Social Media Docs. In this episode Dr. P breaks down the common types of medical practices as well as the difficulties of navigating each type.

In this episode, Dr. P of The Female Pain Docs chat with special guest, Dr. Tina Dosh, an interventional pain physician with extensive knowledge on neuropathic pain treatments as well as supplements for chronic pain. They discuss the pros and cons of utilizing supplements as well as the role they play in comprehensive pain management.

In this episode, The Female Pain docs discuss physician burnout with special guest, Dr. Anoushka Afonso, board certified anesthesiologist and internal medicine physician. They discuss rates of physician burnout particularly amongst anesthesiologists, risk factors for burnout, as well as outcomes related to physician burnout. They further discuss how this impacts the individual physician, patient care, and the field of medicine as a whole.

In this episode, The Female Pain docs explore pelvic floor physical therapy for the treatment of pelvic pain in persons with male anatomy with special guest, Jessie Klein, physical therapist. Dr. K goes in depth to discuss the anatomy of the pelvic floor muscles, how the integrity of the pelvic floor is assessed, and how physical therapy can help decrease pelvic pain. They also discuss pelvic pain conditions in males and how this affects the pelvic floor. They further discuss what pelvic floor physical therapy entails and who may be a good candidate for pelvic floor physical therapy and why.

In this episode, The Female Pain docs explore breast cancer pain with special guest, Dr. Amitabh Gulati, interventional pain physician specializing in cancer pain. They discuss breast cancer pain throughout the course of the disease - pre cancer treatment, during cancer treatment, and post cancer treatment, as many patients are left with pain after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. They explore treatment options for breast cancer pain, including medication, therapy, and procedures.

In this episode, The Female Pain docs explore the topic of sexual health with special guest, Dr. Rachel Rubin, board certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist. They discuss in particular the clitoris - its anatomy, its physiology, and its history. Research has lagged behind on women’s sexual health, including the clitoris, and they explore why this occurred, where the research and understanding lies now, and what paths will be forged in the future.