The Medicine Mentors Podcast

Daniel Cabrera, MD, MPH is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, the Assistant Residency Program Director for Internal Medicine and Assistant Student Clerkship Director for Diversity and Inclusion at the Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake. He completed his medical school and residency from the University of Wisconsin. He also obtained a MPH f...

David Hatem, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He completed his medical school at Tufts University in Boston, and his residency at the Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago. His early interests in faculty development and teaching the Medical interview evolved into applying the principles of the provider pati...

Dr. Jada Bussey-Jones is the Chief of General Medicine and Geriatrics at Emory University, Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine, and the Director for Education for Emory's Urban Health Initiative, where she has a strong interest in minority health and healthcare disparities. In addition to her local work, Dr. Jones is involved with se...

Carla Spagnoletti, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Director of the Academic Clinician-Educators Scholars Fellowship in General Medicine and the Director of the Masters & Certificate Programs in Medical Education at the Institute for Clinical Research Education. Her research focuses on patient-doctor communication, the patient experience, and professional d...

John Ratelle, MD, is an Attending Physician in Hospital Medicine at Mayo Clinic and the Associate Program Director in the Internal Medicine Residency Program, where he focuses on systems-based practice. Dr. Ratelle has been extensively involved in resident education and mentorship from being a chief resident of his residency program to pursuing research in medical education, quality improvement an...

Dr. Stacey Rose is the Assistant Dean of Clinical Curriculum and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Baylor College of Medicine. As a physician leader, educator, and mentor, Dr. Rose has received many national honors and awards from bodies such as the American College of Physicians and the ACGME. She is committed to improving medical education through curriculum...

Richard Pittman, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the Emory School of Medicine. Dr. Pittman was trained at the University of Mississippi, completed his residency at UT Southwestern, and then spent 16 months in Swaziland for HIV care before joining Emory University. Dr. Pittman's interests in technology began as a hobby, but have grown to...

Dr. Eileen Moser is the Associate Dean for Medical Education and a Professor of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine. As the Associate Dean, she oversees the curriculum for more than 600 medical students at the college. Dr. Moser completed her education and training in internal medicine and geriatrics at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She has held multiple positions through undergraduate,...

Christopher Jackson, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. He is passionate about resident education and is the Associate Program Director for Curriculum and Education in the Internal Medicine Program and also is part of medical student education as the Assistant Clerkship Director for Internal Medicine. Dr. J...

Robert Bacallao, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and an Adjunct Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Bacallao completed his training from the University of Illinois and completed his fellowship in Nephrology from UCLA. Dr. Bacallao is widely regarded for his research on polycystic kidney disease, and has published extensively on its patho...

Dr. Richard Kovacs is the current President of the American College of Cardiology and the Q.E. and Sally Russell Professor of Cardiology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He trained at Indiana University, where he was the chief medical resident and chief cardiology fellow. He is a clinical cardiology leader for Indiana University Health Physicians where he is responsible for the coordinati...

Debra Leizman, MD, FACP, is the Director of Medical Student Education at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Her focus areas are medical student education and clinical practice. She is also the Director of the Internal Medicine Core Clerkship for University Hospitals, and serves as Clinical Dir...

Rahma Warsame, MD, is a Consultant in the Division of Hematology and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Warsame's research focuses on amyloidosis and multiple myeloma. She is also interested in investigating existing health care delivery systems to improve patient-reported outcomes and quality of life. She is working on incorporating patient perspectives systematically and effi...

Stacy Higgins, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Director, Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program at Emory University. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Higgins has pursued her passion for leadership in medical education and has led research on a variety of topics including humanism, reflective learning, mentorship and diversity. She founded the Women's Clinic within the Grady Primary Care Ce...

Amit Dayal, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and an Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency Program at Loyola University. He joined the staff at Hines VA Medical Center and the faculty at Loyola in 2006. He has been actively involved in medical education and has developed several novel programs during his tenure. Dr. Dayal has served as Medical Clerkship Site Director si...

D r. Lauren Shapiro is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Montefiore Hospital. Her areas of interest include resident wellness, social determinants of health, clinical reasoning, and above all, resident education. Dr. Shapiro is originally from southern New Jersey and obtained her undergraduate degree in biology from Rutgers. After receiving her medical degree from...

Robert Morrison, MD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Morrison received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indiana, IN. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Colorado. Dr. Morrison went on to complete his fellowship in infectious diseases at Walter Reed Arm...

Robert Centor, MD, is a Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Chair-Emeritus of the ACP Board of Regents. He has served as Dean of Huntsville Regional Medical Campus as well as Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at UAB. Dr. Centor has held many prestigious positions in national organizations and has been the president for The Society for Medi...

  Dr. Jillian Catalanotti is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Associate Professor of Medicine and of Health Policy & Management at The George Washington University (GW). She is responsible for 110 residents in two programs and 55 fellows in 12 fellowship programs. Dr. Catalanotti has co-designed and co-directs the Underserved Medicine and Public Health concentrat...

Thomas Radomski, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical & Translational Science within the Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Director of Academic Programs and Clinical Research for the Institute of Clinical Research Education, where he oversees all master's and certificate level...

Dr. Jennifer Christner is the Dean of School of Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. Over the last 20 years, she has been devoted to leadership and mentorship of physicians across a number of prestigious universities, from an Associate Pediatric Residency Director at the University of Toledo to an Assistant Dean at the University of Michigan to the Associate Dean at SUNY Upstate. She has pu...

Dr. Alia Chisty is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Penn State Health Milton Hershey Medical Center. After completing her medical school from Stony Brook University in New York, Dr. Chisty completed her residency in internal medicine from Yale-New Haven Medical Center in Connecticut. Dr. Chisty is extensively involved in resi...

Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD, PhD, FIDSA, is the Charles CJ Carpenter Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Brown University. He is also the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital and the Director of the COBRE Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Therapeutic Discovery. He has eight patents, has edited five books, and has published more than four hundred art...

Today we had the honor of speaking with Dr. Susan T. Hingle, who is one of the most influential and reputable doctors in her field. Dr. Hingle is a general intern and Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean as well as Director of Faculty Development for the Center of Human and Organizational Potential at the SIU School of Medicine. Dr. Hingle is also a fellow with the prestigious Executive Leader...

For this episode we are joined by Dr. Viswanath Vasudevan, who is the Program Director, Resident, and Medical Director of the Sleep Center at The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Dr. Vasudevan's expertise on clinical reasoning really shines through in this interview. Dr. Vasudevan's perspective reveals some of the key systemic issues that physicians are facing in their training and clinical contexts, and...