The Physician's Pulse

On Physician’s Pulse, host Dr. Ramin Manshadi welcomes Dr. Ash Alizadeh, Stanford professor of medicine, oncology and hematology and head of the Genomic Program at the Stanford Cancer Institute, to discuss his path as a physician-scientist spanning patient care, cancer biology, genomics, computational medicine, and AI. Dr. Alizadeh shares how immigrating to the U.S. and his mother’s cancer shaped...

In this episode of Physician’s Pulse, Dr. Anthony Hilliard, president of Loma Linda University Health and an interventional cardiologist, discusses Loma Linda’s culture of innovation and whole-person, faith-based care. He reflects on the 1984 Baby Fae baboon-heart xenotransplant, its ethical controversy, what it proved technically, and how it helped shape Loma Linda’s leadership in infant heart tr...

On The Physician’s Pulse, Dr. Ramin Manshadi interviews Johns Hopkins cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Joseph Marine about lifelong learning, the Hippocratic tradition, and how modern medicine can fray ethically under corporatization, productivity pressures, and moral relativism. They discuss trust as the foundation of the physician–patient relationship, concerns about euthanasia’s expansion (citin...

Dr. Ramin Manshadi interviews pediatrician and former California State Senator Dr. Richard Pan, now a U.S. Congress candidate, about his shift from clinical medicine to health policy driven by community health and social determinants. Dr. Pan highlights legislative achievements including expanding coverage to 4 million Californians, enabling an $11 generic insulin, and strengthening vaccination la...

Christopher Callahan, the 26th President of the University of the Pacific discusses launching a new School of Medicine to address severe physician shortages across 20 underserved Central Valley counties.  Callahan explains why Pacific is positioned to take on the long, resource-intensive accreditation process, targeting a first class by fall 2030, and how building from scratch enables a future-foc...

In this episode of Physician’s Pulse, Ramin speaks with the famed cardiologist and former American College of Cardiology president Dr. Kim Allan Williams Sr., now chair of Medicine at the University of Louisville, about increasing healthspan, health equity, and physician leadership. Dr. Williams shares his upbringing on Chicago’s South Side with housing and food insecurity, how repeated childhood...

Physician's Pulse welcomes Dr. Archana Chatterjee, Dean of the Chicago Medical School and SVP for Medical Affairs at Rosalind Franklin University. Dr. Chatterjee discusses her insight in admissions profiles and what elements go into accepting applicants. They discuss holistic admissions values centered on service, the benefits of gap years, generational changes in students, and the need to nor...

Dr. Ramin Manshadi hosts board-certified pediatrician and physician advocate Dr. Shannon Udovic-Constant, a longtime Kaiser Permanente clinician, UCSF clinical professor, founder of Physician Women Rising, and 2024 California Medical Association president representing 50,000+ physicians. Dr. Udovic-Constant describes how a patient’s comment about not being able to drink water at school led her to...

In this Episode, host Dr. Ramin Manshadi speaks with Dr. Susan Murin, Dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine, about medical education, physician wellbeing, and leadership. Dr. Murin shares what the reality of medical school looks like today for students. She talks about the stressors contributing to burnout, including the medical school admissions “lottery" driven by applicants applying to more s...

Dr. Ramin Manshadi interviews Dr. Eldrin Lewis, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford, about physician wellbeing and cardiology burnout. Dr. Lewis highlights major drivers of burnout and potential solutions. He discusses how AI can help solve many issues faced by modern physicians, and highlights some of the risks. Dr. Lewis brings his personal experiences to the table and he advises traine...

After experiencing sudden chest discomfort and using his Apple Watch to identify atrial fibrillation at a heart rate of 171, cardiologist Dr. Ramin Manshadi is wheeled to the ER as a patient—an experience that prompts him to ask what is happening to those who dedicate their lives to healing others. He reflects on the pressures of pre-med, medical school, residency, and private practice, including...

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