Doctor+

"If you give care, you receive care." In the season 1 finale of Doctor+, we are sharing a recording of a conversation from the 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of ACP. Doctor+ host Tseganesh Seleameab spoke with Dr. Meghan Rothenberger about her passion for storytelling. Dr. Rothenberger also shares a personal story about a special woman she cared for early in her career. Ab...

"It opened up my mind in terms of realizing how much joy one can find if you have the opportunity to learn something new." Hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Anne Pereira about sailing. About the guest: Dr. Anne Pereira is a palliative medicine physician and leadership coach at Hennepin Healthcare. She received her undergraduate degree in English Literature at Vassar College and her medical...

"You give and you get so much from your job in medicine, but I think it's important to remember those other passions and give them equal time." Hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Ann Isaksen about showing and riding horses. About the guest: Dr. Ann Isaksen serves as a hospitalist member at Hennepin County Medical Center, caring exclusively for patients admitted to the hospital and working wi...

"It gives your the flexibility so that when go to do things outside of medicine, you have the ability to do that." Hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Chris Aakre about cryptocurrency. About the guest: Dr. Chris Aakre graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2011. Afterwards, he completed residency, chief residency, and clinical informatics fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester...

"Being in nature and being more connected to the environment has made me more whole as a person." Hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Karoline Lange about foraging. About the guest: Karoline Lange is an internist and primary care physician at Allina. Dr. Lange grew up in Germany and completed medical school in Goettingen, Germany. Being a dual citizen, she decided to move to Minneapolis for i...

"Similar to the way I practice and understand medicine...I feel like sometimes the less I do to [the bees], the better off they are." Hosts David and Tseganesh speak with Dr. Aaron Rutzick about beekeeping. About the guest: Aaron Rutzick is board-certified in internal medicine. Dr. Rutzick is a teaching physician, mentoring medical students and residents from the University of Minnesota Medical Sc...

"We really all are wounded healers. And as we seek out our own healing, we become better physicians." On this episode of Doctor+, hosts Tseganesh and David interview each other about their pluses of storytelling, podcasting, and radio hosting. About the guests: Dr. Tseganesh Selameab (pronouns she/her) is a wife and mother of three amazing girls who practices primary care in St. Paul. She is a gra...

"It is so incredibly therapeutic for me to claim a different part of my identity." Hosts David and Tseganesh speak with Dr. Amy Greminger about sewing, knitting, and other crafts. About the guest: Amy Greminger is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus. Her clinical work is with hospice in the Duluth area. Amy enjoys teaching just about anything at the...

"Medical improv teaches you to do unscripted, collaborative storytelling to the best of your capacity." On the series premiere of Doctor+, hosts Tseganesh and David speak with Dr. Ankit Mehta about medical improv, narrative medicine, and graphic medicine. About the guest: Ankit Mehta is a hospitalist with HealthPartners and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota (UMN). H...

Welcome to Doctor+, where we explore the adventures, hobbies, and activities of Internal Medicine doctors. ​ We often recognize doctors for their clinical work, research ,and academic achievements. But we don't always get to hear about the other sides of their lives: their “pluses." On the Doctor + podcast, Dr. David Hilden and Dr. Tseganesh Selameab spend a few minutes getting to know their colle...