SNMA Presents: The Lounge

In this episode, we discuss the importance of maintaining mental health as a healthcare professional, and how medical culture can contribute to poor mental health among physicians. We also interview Dr. Roxann Clarke, certified in Podiatric Medicine and Reconstructive Foot and Ankle surgery, where she discusses her journey into podiatry and how her career connects to her business. Then, step into...

In this jam-packed episode, we discuss many things to get your life right, from the importance of financial literacy to how to protect your skin from the sun’s often unforgiving rays. We also have two guest speakers, Drs. Smith and Slater, who speak on how to help our patients get their care right, from the support of palliative medicine to hospice planning, and where diversity in medicine fits in...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Lounge 💃🏾 In this episode, we discuss Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday, Black women continuing to elevate the bar for excellence, the global pandemic's impact on South America, public (mis)trust in federal science institutions, and more. Let us know your thoughts on these topics at podcast@snma.org! 

You in my business...don't do dat! In this episode, we discuss the current conflict in Gaza, Biden dropping the ball once again, and Plies minding black women's business.

It’s been a crazy month full of news and we’ve got you covered. Join as we discuss the George Floyd trial outcome, racism in research, anti-LGBT legislation, DMX, and mass shootings as America reopens fully.

This episode is all about the big event, our Annual Medical Education Conference! We discuss a few sessions and events we think you won't want to miss. Shameless plug: The Lounge will be LIVE...so come join the discussion. #TheLoungexAMEC

It's Women's History Month here in the Lounge and well... the title says it all! Join us as we discuss adhesive on the brain, two black women physicians not being supported in the workplace, Joe's ongoing 100 days, and Vaccines 101. 

We invited Dr. Benfield, board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Associate Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center, to the Lounge to discuss inequalities in black maternal morbidity and mortality and what reproductive justice looks like in 2021.

We're celebrating Black History Month in the Lounge...but don't get it twisted, black history is 365! Join us as we discuss some of our under-appreciated black heroes, The Family Hustle in some mess, and the effects of the termination of Step 2 CS. #OneMonthIsntEnough

It’s clearly December 54th, 2020. In this episode, we discuss white supremacists occupying the Capitol, slow vaccine rollout, the pandemic’s effect on healthcare providers, and how Clubhouse can go wrong.

Whew, America we did it. In this episode, we discuss our election night stress, the goals of the newly elected administration, and how we need to apply pressure for the health of our nation. Also, throw in the towel, boss!

Work hard, play harder! Homecoming szn lives on despite a pandemic. Join us as we pay homage to the HBCU Homecoming experience.

We invited Dr. Chery, Commonwealth Fund Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to the Lounge to discuss what medical professionalism means and how to navigate it successfully as a black healthcare worker.

What exactly is professionalism and why are underrepresented minorities more harshly policed? Dating as a medical student, Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, and black hair in the hospital.

We invited Dr. Maybank, Chief Health Equity Officer of the American Medical Association, to the Lounge to discuss how we got here, where we are currently, and where we go next in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID just won’t let us be great...or is it us? Civil Rights legends, traveling during a pandemic, Back to School?, America being America

It’s our first episode, and we came to shake the table. #BLM, ‘Rona, mentorship in medicine, & LGBTQIA healthcare.