White Coat Story

Our guest is Dr. Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, professor and chair of the Department of Surgery and holds the Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Sosa received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Princeton University. From there, she went to Oxford University where she received her Master of Arts degree. After that, Dr. Sosa went to Johns Hopkins University where she received her MD, and then did the Halsted residency program, followed by a fellowship.

In this podcast, you’ll hear about what an average day is like for a chair of surgery, her scenic path to becoming a surgeon, and the impact her father had on her journey there.

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there. 

Dr. Bell is an assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of Infectious Diseases and International Health and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Virginia (UVA) located in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is also the Director of the medical intensive care unit (ICU).

Dr. Bell graduated from UVA with a degree in African American studies. From there, he went on to complete medical school at Columbia University. He went on to train in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his infectious disease fellowship there, and then did a fellowship in critical care at the National Institute of Health.

In this podcast, you’ll hear about how Dr. Bell deals with the challenges of being a critical care doctor, his unique take on stress, his role model, and his take on what should change in medicine.

You can see his full bio at: https://uvahealth.com/findadoctor/profile/taison-d-bell 

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there. 

Dr. Kamala Tamirisa is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, In Dallas Texas.

Dr. Tamirisa completed her training in Internal Medicine and served as Chief Resident at St. Louis University. She then went on to complete her General Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology, and Cardiac MRI fellowships at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In this podcast you’ll hear about Dr. Tamirisa’s unique take on how to become a leader in the field of medicine, her fascinating hobbies and how she uses them to decompress after a long day at work, you’ll hear her explain how the heart works in very simple terms, and the direction in which her field is moving.  Her twitter handle is @KTamirisaMD. 

You can see her full bio at: https://tcaheart.com/dr-kamala-tamirisa/

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there. 

Today’s podcast is very special because it is our first international podcast!

This White Coat Story is with Dr. Chris Armstrong! Dr. Armstrong is a general surgeon who specializes in Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery at Summit Surgical in Calgary Canada.

Dr. Armstrong tells us about what should change in medicine today, and what led him to be a surgeon, some insights about the differences between medicine in Canada and the US from a doctor’s perspective, and some great advice for children aspiring to be doctors and more. His twitter handle is @docstrongarm.

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there. 

Dr. Michael Sgroi is Clinical Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery at Stanford University and Associate Program Director.

Dr. Sgroi completed his medical education at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine followed by residency at UC Irvine in General Surgery. From there, he went to Stanford University to finish his fellowship in Vascular Surgery where he then joined the faculty.

Don’t miss hearing about Dr. Sgroi’s day as a Vascular Surgeon, his thoughts on work-life balance for physicians, and the business side of medicine. You can find him on twitter @michaelsgroi15.

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there.

Dr. Neil Floch, MD, is a bariatric surgeon who practices at the Nuvance Danbury Hospital Campus and the WCHN Norwalk Hospital Campus.

Dr. Floch got his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He then went on to complete his residency at Beth Israel Medical Center (now part of Mount Sinai Health System), followed by a fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.

Don’t miss hearing about Dr. Floch’s inspiration to enter the medical field, some of the problems in today’s medical system and how Dr. Floch is able to combine his passion for art and metabolic surgery in his everyday life. His twitter handle is @NeilFlochMD. 

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there. 

Dr. David H. Chafey, MD is Associate Professor, Musculoskeletal Oncology, and Orthopedic Trauma, at University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is also the Fellowship Director for Trauma and Oncologic Reconstruction there. Dr. Chafey got his medical degree from the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. He completed his orthopedic residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He then went on to complete a fellowship in orthopedic trauma at Sonoran Orthopedic Trauma Surgeons in Scottsdale, Arizona. He then got a second fellowship in musculoskeletal oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Don’t miss hearing about Dr. Chafey’s early inspiration for medicine as a calling, and his insights into a day in the life of an Orthopedic Surgeon. His twitter handle is @davidcmd.

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there.

This White Coat Story is with Dr. Christian Jones, Director of Acute Care Surgery Fellowship and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. After completing a postgraduate degree in mathematics, he changed fields and graduated from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California before his residency in general surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He completed his fellowship at Ohio State University in Surgical Critical Care where he then joined the staff. From there he joined Johns Hopkins University where he is now. Enjoy this deeply thoughtful conversation with Dr. Jones’ unique view of medicine and his advice for aspiring physicians. His twitter handle is @jonessurgery and you can see his blog at https://jonessurgery.com/.

You can see his full bio at https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/10003148/christian-jones.

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there.  

Peter Chin-Hong is Associate Dean for Regional Campuses. He is a medical educator who specializes in treating infectious diseases, particularly infections that develop in patients who have suppressed immune systems, such as solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and HIV+ organ transplant recipients. He directs the immunocompromised host infectious diseases program at UCSF. His research focuses on donor derived infections in transplant recipients and molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases in patients with suppressed immune systems. He went to Brown University for his undergraduate and medical degrees. He has earned many awards at UCSF including the UCSF Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009. 

You can see his full bio at https://profiles.ucsf.edu/peter.chin-hong#narrative. 

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there. 

Dr. Linda Girgis MD, FAAFP, is a dedicated board-certified family physician in private practice in South River, New Jersey and its surrounding communities. She is a clinical assistant professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as well as a faculty member of CME courses at Harvard Medical School.

This is a special COVID-19 edition of the White Coat Story podcast. 

White Coat Story is a podcast series for school students to gain first-person insights into the practice of medicine, and what it takes to get there.