The Medicine Mentors Podcast

S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, is the Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and Chair of the ECOG Myeloma Committee. He is also the Associate Editor of Mayo Clinic proceedings, as well as the Editor-In-Chief of Blood Cancer Journal. He was recently awarded the Giants of Cancer Care Award in 2019 and the Waldenström Award for lifetime achievement in myeloma. When Dr....

Joseph Treat, MD, is a Professor of the Department of Hematology/Oncology, Vice Chair of Education and Medical Director for Ambulatory Care at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Dr. Treat completed his medical school from Temple University and residency in Internal Medicine from Georgetown University Hospital where he stayed to pursue an Oncology fellowship at the Lombardi Cancer Center. He has dedicated hi...

Stephen Rennard MD, is the Larson Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine. He completed Internal Medicine training at the Washington University in St Louis followed by training in pulmonary diseases at the National Institutes of Health where he conduc...

Ariela Marshall, MD, is the Director of the Women's Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program and the Associate Program Director of Non-Malignant Hematology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She is an international leader and innovator in practice leadership and medical education with a passion for mentoring trainees into positions at top institutions. Dr. Marshall completed her medical school...

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, is a hospitalist and Chair of Medicine at the University of Colorado. He was previously the Inaugural Chief of Hospital Medicine at the University of Michigan. He completed his medical school at Grant Medical College in India and residency in Internal Medicine from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is an accomplished physician-scientist and health services rese...

Suresh Ramalingam, MD, FACP, FASCO, is the Professor of the department of Hematology-Oncology, Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished Chair and Assistant Dean for Cancer Research, Director of Division of Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also the Deputy Director at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Dr Ramalingam completed his medical school from Kilpauk Medical...

Shlomo Melmed, MD, MB, ChB, FRCP, MACP, is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Executive Vice-President and Dean of the Medical Faculty at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and holds the Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Chair in Investigative Medicine. Dr. Melmed completed his medical school from University of Cape Town and Residency in Internal Medicine from Sheba Medical Center in Israel. He then trai...

Sowmya Nagaraj, MD is currently the Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine residency program at the East Carolina University. Dr Nagaraj grew up in India and completed her medical school from JSS Medical College in India  before moving to  the United States.  She then pursued a residency in Internal Medicine from Hurley Medical Center of Michiga...

Fred J. Schiffman, MD, is a Hematologist/Oncologist and the Associate Physician-in-Chief at The Miriam Hospital, the Medical Director of the Lifespan Cancer Institute, the Sigal Family Professor of Humanistic Medicine and the Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. Dr. Schiffman is a graduate of NYU Medical School. He completed his r...

Stephanie Halvorson MD is the Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. She completed her medical school at the University of Minnesota and her residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. In 2005, she joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine at OHSU a...

Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, is the Professor of surgery, pathology and laboratory medicine, Phase-I Foundation Distinguished Chair and Director of the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and Cedars Sinai Cancer. Dr. Theodorescu completed his medical school from Queens University, Ontario and residency in Urology from University of Toronto. He then pursued a fellowship in Urologic Oncology f...

Dr. John Donnelly has had a career at ChristianaCare committed to excellence in medical education. After completing medical school at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Dr. Donnelly did his dual training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at ChristianaCare and Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children. Dr. Donnelly has worked with countless medical students and residents in...

Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD, FACP, is Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Director, Cancer Center at Brown University, practicing oncologist and ACS Professor. El-Deiry earned MD/PhD degrees at U. Miami, completed Medicine residency, Oncology fellowship at Johns Hopkins where he discovered CDK-inhibitor p21WAF1. He was HHMI Investigator, tenured Professor of Medi...

Matthew A. Sparks, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Nephrology and the Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program at the Duke University School of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of Medical Student Research, and Lead of Society for Early Education Scholars Program in the department of medicine. Dr. Sparks completed his medical school and residency...

Oluwaferanmi Okanlami MD is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Urology at University of Michigan. He is also the Interim Director of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) and Director of Adaptive Sports & Fitness within the Division of Student Life at the University of Michigan. He is the Spokesperson for Guardian Life in their Equal & Able P...

Ruth Gotian, EdD, MS, is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is the former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to F...

Alan Wasserman MD is the Eugene Meyer Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is the former President of the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA), which comprises the University's full-time clinical faculty. Dr. Wasserman completed his medical school from Hahnemann Medical Coll...

Laxmi Suthar MD is the Program Director Of  UCLA-Olive View Categorical and Preliminary Internal Medicine Residency, and an Associate Professor Of Medicine at David Geffen School Of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Suthar completed her medical school from Oregon Health Sciences University and residency in internal medicine from the University of California -- San Francisco. She also completed a teaching fell...

Christopher Whinney MD is the Department Chair for Hospital Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, where he oversees 200 providers and 6 hospitals. He completed his medical school at Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University and residency in Internal Medicine from Temple. His Clinical Interests include inpatient and perioperative medicine. He enjoys mentoring students, residents and facu...

Dr. Matthew Fitz is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Fitz completed his medical school from University of Kentucky College of Medicine and residency in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics from Loyola University Medical Center. He was a Chief Resident, then the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Subinternship Director before transit...

Moises Auron MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical Director of Blood Management for the Cleveland Clinic, and Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Officer for the Department of Hospital Medicine on the Main Campus. He is also a part of the core faculty of the internal medicine residency program and the pediatrics hospital medicine fellowship program. Dr. Auron complete...

Patricia Conolly‌ MD‌ is the former ‌Executive‌‌ Vice‌ ‌President‌ ‌of‌ ‌Information‌ ‌Technology‌ ‌& Associate‌ ‌Executive‌ ‌Director‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌National‌ ‌Kaiser‌ ‌Permanente‌ ‌Leadership‌ ‌Team.‌ ‌She is currently practicing as an internist and teaching‌ ‌at‌ ‌UCSF‌ ‌and‌ ‌Alameda‌ ‌Health‌ ‌Systems‌ ‌in‌ ‌Oakland‌ ‌California.‌ ‌Dr.‌ ‌Conolly‌ ‌completed‌ ‌her medical‌ ‌school‌ ‌from‌ ‌UCLA‌...

Marijane Hynes, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University. After completing her medical school and residency at Georgetown University, Dr. Hynes became interested in trying to help her patients lose weight as a treatment for many of their medical problems. In 2009, Dr. Hynes started The Weight Loss Clinic, which focuses on behavior changes in diabetes prevention and i...

Yul Ejnes MD is the Chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Chair Emeritus of the ACP Board of Regents and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown Medical School, his alma mater where he completed his medical school and residency training. Dr. Ejnes is also the founding partner of Coastal Medical, the largest physician owned and governed primar...

Stefanie R. Brown, MD is the Internal Medicine Residency Program Director at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Section Chief for the Med-Peds and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Brown completed her medical school from the University of Cincinnati, pursued a residency in Med-Peds from Rutgers New Jersey followed by a chief resident year. Prior to this role, Dr. Brown has been t...