Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Plenary Session

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A podcast on medicine, oncology, & health policy. Host: Vinay Prasad, MD MPH from University of California, San Francisco. Tweet your feedback to @Plenary_Session or e-mail plenarysessionpodcast@gmail.com.

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Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

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4.05 Exodus from Academia and the Regretful FDA Approval of Aducanumab with Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari 07.07.2021 53:16

Today we are joined by Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari of Harvard Medical School to discuss how so many great minds in oncology are leaving cancer research in academia for industry. We also talk about the evidence (or lack thereof) behind the recent FDA approval of aducanumab to treat Alzheimer's disease. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channe...

4.04 Treatment Algorithm for Follicular Lymphoma & Assessing RCTs 26.06.2021 30:34

Today we have a short monologue for you on just a few topics: a treatment algorithm for follicular lymphoma and our host Dr. Prasad's new paper out now in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation: "Reliable, cheap, fast and few: What is the best study for assessing medical practices? Randomized controlled trials or synthetic control arms?" RCTs or Synthetic Control Arms?: doi.org/10.1111/eci...

4.03 Multiple Myeloma, Productivity Metrics, and Field Changes in Oncology with Dr. Nina Shah 18.06.2021 1:09:26

Today we're back with another real-life (non-virtual!) interview. We're joined by Dr. Nina Shah of UCSF to discuss her career and her work in mutiple myeloma as well as the complexities of advancing your career -- dealing with productivity metrics like the h-index or the Kardashian index, switching institutions, balancing work with your home life, adapting to the changing field of oncology, and mo...

4.02 The History of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment with Dr. George Sledge 15.06.2021 1:43:36

Today we sit down with Dr. George Sledge of the Stanford University Medical Center to hear the story of his career and to discuss the history of breast cancer research and treatment. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

4.01 Highlights from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting 11.06.2021 49:58

Today we're launching season 4 of Plenary Session! This season we're returning to our love of monologues. On today's episode we talk about highlights from the recent annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.90 Redesigning Health Care, Overuse, Burnout, and COVID-19 Groupthink with Dr. Marty Makary 04.06.2021 1:16:02

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health on how he chose his path in medicine, how health care as it is in the United States needs to change, and how groupthink dominated COVID-19 health policy. We discuss a variety of topics from his research on overuse, the prevalence of burnout in healthcare professionals, silos...

3.89 How to Think About COVID-19 Policy with Rare Events and Declining Probabilities 03.06.2021 27:57

Today we have a brief monologue for you on how to think about COVID-19 policy in the context of rare event and declining probabilities. We also touch on what to expect from season 4 of this podcast, as season 3 comes to an end. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.88 Behind the Scenes for the One-Year Anniversary of Malignant with Dr. Vinay Prasad 02.06.2021 1:18:00

Today's episode is hosted by guest Logan Powell, an incoming medical student at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and creator of this podcast's show notes. He reverse interviews our usual host, Dr. Vinay Prasad, in honor of the one-year anniversary release of Dr. Prasad's book "Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer". They explore a few behind-the-scenes stories. Show n...

3.87 Round Table on Multiple Myeloma Initial Therapy, High Risk, and Maintenance 31.05.2021 1:03:53

Today we try something new. We're joined by five esteemed multiple myeloma experts for a back-and-forth round table discussion on the disease, including initial therapy, high risk, and maintenance. Our guests are Dr. Raj Chakraborty of Columbia University, Dr. Sam Rubinstein of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dr. Manni Mohyuddin of the University of Utah, Dr. Ben Derman of the Univer...

3.86 Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab or Everolimus for Advanced RCC with Dr. Karine Tawagi 28.05.2021 34:41

Today we bring back our popular Journal Club with a Fellow segment. We're joined by Dr. Karine Tawagi of the Oschner Clinic in Louisiana to discuss the CLEAR trial: "Lenvatinib plus Pembrolizumab or Everolimus for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma" as published in the New England Journal of Medicine. CLEAR: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2035716 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our...

3.85 Med-Psych, Palliative Care, and Respect for Autonomy and Dignity with Dr. Joshua Briscoe 27.05.2021 46:37

Our guest today is Dr. Joshua Briscoe of Duke University. We discuss Med-Psych (a joint internal medicine and psychiatry residency) and how it and palliative care connect to the human side to medicine: providing the care for quality of life and dignity that patients actually need, from comfortable bedding to physician-assisted suicide. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out o...

3.84 DLBCL, Bad Cancer Drugs and Bad Twitter Users with Dr. Aaron Goodman 26.05.2021 1:11:31

We're joined today by Dr. Aaron Goodman, a hematologist/oncologist at the University of California San Diego, to discuss diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We talk about bad cancer drugs and bad Twitter users. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.83 MetaResearch, Reproducibility, Expertise, & Early Career Researchers with Dr. Ioana Cristea 25.05.2021 1:17:29

Today we sit down with Dr. Ioana Cristea of the University of Pavia, Italy and the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford to discuss meta-research, reproducibility, and expertise. We also talk about our shared experiences as "early career researchers" (ECRs), also known as Early Stage Investigators, a term coined by the National Institutes of Health to describe researchers who earned their la...

3.82 Classical Hematology Chat on CVT and VITT with Drs. Sven Olson and Joseph Shatzel 24.05.2021 46:20

Today we host a Classical Hematology Chat on thrombosis associated with COVID-19 vaccines. We're joined by Drs. Sven Olson and Joseph Shatzel of Oregon Health & Science University as we talk about cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) and vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/U...

3.81 Impact of COVID-19 on Sociology, Politics, and Democracy with Genève Campbell 21.05.2021 1:16:57

Today we are joined by Genève Campbell, scholar of democracy and government, as we discuss sociology and politics in the context of COVID-19. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.80 ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) with Drs. Bishal Gyawali and Nathan Cherny 20.05.2021 54:24

Today we sit down with Dr. Bishal Gyawali of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and with Dr. Nathan Cherny of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel to talk about the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the ESMO-Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS), which aims to improve cancer therapy decision-making. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession...

3.79 Sweden's Stance on COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine, Schools, & Mask Data with Dr. Cathrine Axfors 19.05.2021 1:09:07

On today's episode, we sit down with Dr. Cathrine Axfors of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) to discuss how Sweden responded to COVID-19 and the nation's attention to what policies would be sustainable. We also touch on her paper "Mortality outcomes with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in COVID-19 from an international collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials" a...

3.78 Astronomy, Being a Scientist, and the Culture of the Academy with Dr. Avi Loeb 18.05.2021 1:00:42

Today we talk with Dr. Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics about astronomy and the culture of the academy, as well as diving into topics discussed in his new book Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Extraterrestrial: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Extraterrestrial/9780358274551 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out...

3.77 Reporting of Race in US FDA Registration Trials with Dr. Mark Lythgoe 17.05.2021 25:54

Today we talk with Dr. Mark Lythgoe, a Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London, on his new paper titled "Race reporting and diversity in US food and drug administration (FDA) registration trials for prostate cancer; 2006-2020", out now in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. Race Reporting: doi.org/10.1038/s41391-021-00361-0 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check o...

3.76 COVID-19 Transmission in Schools with Dr. Christopher Whaley and Dr. Neeraj Sood 14.05.2021 43:15

On today's episode, we invite Dr. Chris Whaley of RAND and Dr. Neeraj Sood of the USC Price School of Public Policy to discuss their new paper titled "Back to School: The Effect of School Visits During COVID-19 on COVID-19 Transmission", out now in the National Bureau of Economic Research. Back to School: doi.org/10.3386/w28645 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTu...

3.75 All Things COVID-19 with Infectious Disease Professor Dr. Paul Edward Sax 14.05.2021 1:23:08

Today our guest is Dr. Paul Edward Sax, Clinical Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. We talk about all things COVID-19. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.74 Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology with Dr. Roxana Daneshjou 13.05.2021 43:19

On today's episode, we interview Dr. Roxana Daneshjou, a clinical scholar in dermatology and postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University. We talk about artificial intelligence in dermatology and beyond. Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUibd0E2kdF9N9e-EmIbUew

3.73 CheckMate 577: Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer 12.05.2021 15:38

On today's episode, we have a short monologue for you on the recent CheckMate 577 study that was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The title of the paper is "Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer". CheckMate 577: doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2032125 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube channel: www.youtub...

3.72 Industry Payments to US Physicians for Cancer Therapeutics with Dr. Daniel Meyers 11.05.2021 48:28

Today we're joined by Dr. Daniel Meyers of the University of Calgary who's here to discuss his new paper out now in the Journal of Cancer Policy. It's titled "Industry payments to US physicians for cancer therapeutics: An analysis of the 2016–2018 open payments datasets". Industry payments: doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2021.100283 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession Check out our YouTube...

3.71 How Research Influences Policy with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo 05.05.2021 1:30:51

Today we sit down with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine. We talk about mentorship throughout a career, the unique value of epidemiology and biostatistics, finding passion in your work, disparities in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, and mo...