The WoMed

Today on The WoMed, the queen of pimple popping, Dr. Sandra Lee (@ drpimplepopper ), joins D and Dani to talk about how she discovered people’s love of extractions through social media and created a dermatology empire. Dr. Lee wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do growing up, but was surrounding by dermatology through her father’s profession. After discovering her own love of dermatology, she re...

Today on The WoMed, Dr. Kristamarie Collman ( @drkristamarie ) joins D and Dani to talk about the importance of mentorship, her choice to pursue family medicine, and the motivation behind her empowering social media presence. Dr. Collman first became interested in the medical field at a young age due to her brother’s rare genetic disorder, and this interest ultimately grew into a love of science a...

Today on The WoMed, Nurse-Entrepreneur Suzie Welsh (@ mybinto , MyBinto.com ) joins D and Dani to share her journey in the world of medicine and how the broken system led her to launch her very own company. Suzie’s interest in healthcare and passion for women empowerment began when she was just 16 and had the opportunity to see the poverty-stricken country of Malawi. After earning her degree in Nu...

Today on The WoMed, Dr. Tali Lando Aronoff (@ hellandbackbook ) joins D and Dani to share her incredibly inspirational story of surviving breast cancer, her training and career as a Pediatric ENT, and her powerful book, To Hell and Back. Dr. Lando was born with the desire to achieve, admitting she started stressing when she was only in the second grade. Even though her training to become a Pediatr...

Today on The WoMed, Michelle Maneevese ( @mmaneevese ) joins D and Dani at the FIGS Retreat to discuss their life-changing experiences together in Peru, her journey so far as a woman in the field of Interventional Radiology, and how yoga has influenced all aspects of her life. Michelle explains the relatively new field of IR is and how it is constantly innovating and evolving. If Interventional Ra...

Today on The WoMed, Madalyn Nguyen (@ themadmusings ) shares her motivation behind becoming an osteopath, her soon-to-be-concluded journey through medical school, and how she uses her influence to spread positivity and help others reach their goals. Madalyn, D, and Dani are coming to you from the FIGS retreat in Ojai, and start off today’s episode with a Lubrication Question centered on which anim...

Today on The WoMed, neonatologist Shaliz Pourkaviani ( @doc_by_day ) joins D and Dani to talk about the importance of a positive attitude, the benefits of locum tenens, and the need for women to support each other in the workplace. Dani asks something we’re all wondering when listening to Shaliz: is this much energy normal for her? The answer is absolutely. Shaliz finds time to take care of hersel...

Today on The WoMed, cardiologist turned singer-songwriter, Suzie Brown (@ suziebrownsongs ), joins D and Dani to talk music, medicine, and following your passions. Growing up, Suzie always loved music but was shy about her talent and kept mostly to herself. She decided to follow in her parent’s footsteps by going to medical school and focusing on her strengths of science and math, but she couldn’t...

Today on The WoMed, Lauren Link (@ linktonutrition ) joins D and Dani to define what exactly it means to be a dietician, her role as Director of Sports Nutrition at Purdue, and how athletes can effectively transition to post-athlete life. After playing soccer in college, Lauren knows exactly what it means to be an athlete. Her experience and degrees allow her to be prepared for whatever the day ma...

Today on The WoMed, D and Dani are joined by Nurse Sarah (@ shesinscrubs ) who is celebrating her anniNURSEary this very week! Transitioning from a new grad to a bedside nurse can end a career just as fast as it started, and Sarah discusses how seeking out preemptive therapy helped her to develop the coping skills she needed to get through her first year of nursing. Inspired one of our favorite Wo...

This week on The WoMed, D has a big announcement to make that leads into an honest and emotional conversation on the realities of nursing and how to lead authentic and meaningful lives while still making sure to make care of yourself. Their Lubrication Question brings them back to their childhood hobbies and favorite indulgences and reveals what age Dani refers to as the best year of her life. The...

Rachel Cruze ( RachelCruze.com ) joins D and Dani to tackle the overwhelming subject of personal finance and how best to achieve financial health. The WoMed’s Lubrication Question this week centers on the funniest things they’ve seen strangers do, which results in some very strange but equally hilarious responses. Rachel describes how she became involved in finance from a young age by traveling th...

D and Dani are answering the listener questions you submitted through their Instagram stories, from the serious topics you want their advice on to D’s highly recommended matcha latte recipe. They open up with a musical Lubrication Question that results in two very different but equally compelling answers. The WoMed discuss how to best prepare for the NCLEX, the biggest changes they would make to o...

Katie Duke (@ thekatieduke ) is back for round two today, because one episode of Katie is simply not enough. Katie discusses how working as an ER Nurse in New York has impacted the woman she is today and given her the confidence to move forward in life. While New York can be a crazy place to live, Katie reveals why it is all worth it in the end. The WoMed talk about how leaving their hometowns may...

Katie Duke (@ thekatieduke ), social media influencer, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker sits down with the WoMed to discuss her journey in the medical field thus far. You may recognize Katie’s name, attitude, and personality from her time on NY Med, a docuseries that followed Katie as she worked as an ER Nurse in New York City. While on the series, Katie began...

On today’s episode of The WoMed, Kati Kleber ( FreshRN.com , @ kati_kleber ) joins D and Dani to discuss her journey through medicine, and how her books, courses, and podcast help newbies in the nursing field master the learning curve, create boundaries, and care for themselves. As a new nurse and one who changed paths throughout her career, Kati wished there was a resource that could answer all t...

On today’s episode of The WoMed, the two Danielles speak with Leilani Graham (@ leilanirgraham ) about her powerful journey as a four-time cardiac arrest and open-heart surgery survivor and heart transplant recipient. At the age of just thirteen, Leilani discovered her heart wasn’t like those around her – she would have to fight to survive through countless challenges, and this journey would be li...

On this episode of The WoMed, Erin Treloar (@ rawbeautytalks , rawbeauty.co ) and the two Danielle’s dive into the deep and complex topic of self-care and purpose. Many of us, especially women, and even more so women in the medical field, are so capable of taking care of others but rarely manage to take care of ourselves. Whether our failure to make ourselves whole stems from our inherently giving...

On this episode of The WoMed, D and Dani speak with Dr. Leah Roberts (@ leahrobertsmd ) about the journey that led her to ultimately specialize in emergency medicine, as well as her passion for nutrition and personal fitness. Prior to entering the medical field, Leah worked as a nutritionist and personal trainer, and she definitely hasn’t lost her love for fitness as she has competed nine times in...

Today on The WoMed, Dr. Brittany Odom ( @drbrittodom ) joins D and Dani to discuss how she decided to become a pediatric doctor and her journey to starting her first big girl job. Dr. Britt initially planned to specialize in cardiology until her pediatric rotation during her third year of medical school changed her direction and altered her path in the medical field. During her years of schooling,...

On this episode of The WoMed, Dr. Natalie Crawford ( @nataliecrawfordmd ) joins D and Dani to discuss her journey as a reproductive endocrinology and infertility expert, and answers the questions we all face when it comes to fertility: when is the best time to freeze our eggs, and is birth control really leading to the decrease in fertility we’ve been seeing recently? Dr. Crawford shares her exper...

Today, Elizabeth “Liz” Presta ( @esandoz , @miraculousmamas ) joins The WoMed to discuss all things about doulas. What exactly is a doula, what role do they serve for soon-to-be mamas, and what does it take to become one? Liz explains the three main jobs a doula is tasked with: education, emotional support, and physical support, and why anyone can benefit from having a doula as part of their birth...

On this episode of The WoMed, D and Dani tackle the challenging question: how do you best handle being nurses when loved ones are in the hospital? The two discuss their previous hospital visits as patients rather than nurses, their experiences coping with family members being in the care of others, and how to best approach these situations. They share advice on how to step outside of your nursing...

Today’s episode of The WoMed centers on the various paths that nurses can take when it comes to education. D and Dani share their personal stories that led them to their current roles in the NICU and ICU, including D’s journey straight out of high school to fulfill her lifelong goal of becoming a nurse, and Dani’s longer road that led her to an accelerated nursing program and ultimately to pursue...

Today’s episode of The WoMed is all about the dreaded night shift. D and Dani discuss the good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between. When it comes to working nights, every nurse is different, and hopefully this community will allow nurses to share tips and tricks that work for them to help other women going through the same struggles. D and Dani share what helps them fall asleep in the mo...