Review of Systems

This live episode was recorded during the SGIM (Society for General Internal Medicine) 2025 Annual Meeting. Credits: Hosts of Review of Systems: Julia Bast and Lizzie Esselman Guests: Drs. Tyra Fainstad, Brittany Denzer, and Troy Sterling Producer: Bejan Saeedi and Julia Bast Graphics and Music: Whitney Gould Social Media Team: Bryan Swanson and Molly Murphy Created by: Julia Bast, Lizzie Esselman...

Anna Neumeier is an Associate Professor of Medicine within the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado. She is the Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, the Associate Medical Director for the Medical ICU at Denver Health, and the Course Director for the Trek Basecamps in the School of Medicine. H...

Trish Kritek is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Kritek completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston followed by her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Harvard Combined Training Program. She has an EdM from Harvard Graduate S...

Eva Aagaard, MD, FACP is the Carol B and Jerome T Loeb Professor of Medical Education, Vice Chancellor for Medical Education, and Senior Associate Dean for Education at Washington University School of Medicine. A practicing general internist, in her current leadership role, she oversees medical education across the continuum including undergraduate (UME), graduate (GME) and continuing medical educ...

In this episode we discuss the challenges and rewards of parenting during medical training with special guests Dr. Yaa Asare, Dr. Kira Grush, & Dr. Kyle McDaniel. Yaa Asare is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician (2024) who trained at the University of Colorado. She is currently a fellow in the University of Colorado Hospice and Palliative Medicine Program. Her professional goals are...

Dr. Katie Berlacher, MD MS is the Associate Chief of Education and Director of the Women's Heart Program for the Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, as well as the Program Director of Cardiovascular Fellowship and Chair of Medicine at the UPMC Magee Womens Hospital.  She is the current Chair of ACC's Annual Scientific Sessions, member of the Health Equity T...

In this episode we discuss the struggles of medical training in the post-Roe era w/ rural family medicine physician and clinical educator Dr. Julie Lyons. Dr. Lyons earned her BA from Brown, her MD from Oregon Health & Science University, and trained in Family Medicine in Boise, Idaho. Since 2009, she has worked at St. Luke's Wood River Family Medicine in Hailey, Idaho, and also serves as...

Dr. Elisseou received her B.A. and M.D. at Brown University and completed residency and chief residency at Yale School of Medicine. She is a practicing physician in the VA healthcare system, an instructor at Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, and an internationally recognized expert in ⁠trauma-informed care⁠ (TIC), a strategic framework for supporting survivors of phy...

Our guest on this episode is Dr. Geoff Connors, MD. Dr. Connors is the Associate Dean for GME and Designated Institutional Official at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He was previously the Program Director for the University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program and Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Medicine where he helped bring about several systematic change...

This episode is dedicated to Dr. William West, an incredible human being and physician who died by suicide this spring. We hope that this conversation, and conversations like it, can help change the rhetoric around medical training. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jess Zhu, a PGY3 internal medicine resident, and our producer Bejan Saeedi to discuss the recent "Not Otherwise Specified&qu...

In this 3 part series we will be talking to fourth-year medical students as they go through the match process. There has been a lot of attention on ERAS and the Match and instead of directly reviewing those institutions, we wanted to get a sense of what the on-the-ground experience of current medical students is as they go through the process of applying, interviewing, and matching to residency. ...

In this 3 part series we will be talking to fourth-year medical students as they go through the match process. There has been a lot of attention on ERAS and the Match and instead of directly reviewing those institutions, we wanted to get a sense of what the on-the-ground experience of current medical students is as they go through the process of applying, interviewing, and matching to residency. ...

In this 3 part series we will be talking to fourth-year medical students as they go through the match process. There has been a lot of attention on ERAS and the Match and instead of directly reviewing those institutions, we wanted to get a sense of what the on-the-ground experience of current medical students is as they go through the process of applying, interviewing, and matching to residency. ...

Today we introduce a new series in which co-hosts Elizabeth Konon & Nikolai Harroun interview trainees at pivotal transitions in their training. Today's guest is Dr. Andrew Pham - a PGY3 in Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado. Andrew Pham is a native Coloradoan and a son to Vietnamese refugee immigrants. He has completed all of his training in state with undergraduate degrees f...

Shanta M. Zimmer, MD is the Senior Associate Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM). An infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Zimmer completed her medical school, residency, and fellowship training at Emory University in Atlanta.  She left Emory to join the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 2008 initially as director of the tran...

In this episode, Julia and Lizzie talk with Drs. Brandenburg, White, and Rueb about their experiences navigating personal grief while practicing medicine, and the extra roles physicians often take when a loved one is ill. More about our guests: Dr. Nicole Rueb is a PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Colorado. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Ne...

Dr. Caitlin Dietsche is an assistant professor and hospitalist at the University of Colorado Hospital. She is the Director of the medical education pathway for the internal medicine residency program and the Director of the medicine housestaff teams at the University hospital. In her free time, she enjoys spending time being active in the outdoors including rock climbing, backpacking, and skiing....

In this episode, we discuss the complex but critical field of competency assessment in medical education with Dr. Olle Ten Cate. Dr. ten Cate is an emeritus professor of medical education at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands and an adjunct professor of medicine at UCSF with a background of undergraduate medical training and a PhD in social sciences. He has four decades of ex...

In Today's Episode, we talk with Dr. Vineet Chopra about leadership, mentorship, and career development within academic medicine. Dr. Vineet Chopra is a Professor of Medicine, holder of the Robert W. Schrier Endowed Chair, and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado (CU). Prior to coming to CU in 2021, Dr. Chopra served as the inaugural Chief of the Division of Hos...

In today's episode we talk to Dr. Laura Vater about her journey in medicine and how she came to be passionate about promoting humanism in medicine and becoming an advocate for physician well-being. Laura Vater, MD, MPH, is a medical oncologist, writer, and advocate for clinician health. She has published a number of narrative medicine essays, is a member of the Pegasus Physician Writers at Sta...

In this episode we discuss the literature around duty hours and resident wellness and patient safety with Dr. Laura Barger and Dr. Matthew Weaver, with a focus on their recent study published earlier this year in BMJ: https://bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/bmjmed/2/1/e000320.full.pdf Dr. Barger is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physiologist in the Divisi...

Dr. Ngozi Anachebe is the Vice Dean of Educational Affairs at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. She is a cum laude graduate of the Mercer University College of Pharmacy, where she received her Pharm. D, and a graduate of the Morehouse School of Medicine where she received her M.D. degree. She did her internship and residency in Obstetrics/Gynecology at Morehouse School of Medic...

In today's episode, we talk to Dr. Bryan Carmody (AKA The Sheriff of Sodium) about the history of the match and navigating the current match system.  Dr. Carmody went to medical school at the University of Virginia, residency training at The Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, and then returned to UVA for a fellowship in pediatric nephrology. He now works at CHKD and teaches at Easter...

“*Content warning: This episode and caption discusses suicidal feelings* Released in honor of National Physician Suicide Awareness day - a topic that is exceedingly important to bring attention to. We hope this episode helps de-stigmatize mental health struggles and suicidal ideation in medicine and medical training. We were fortunate to chat with Dr. Chase Anderson about his personal struggles wi...

Dr. Tyra Fainstad is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado where she practices as a primary care doctor and teaching attending. She has a scholarship interest in learner-centered feedback and psychologically safe educational environments. She is a certified professional coach and co-directs a coaching curriculum for medical trainees called Better Together Physician Coach...