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Episode 58: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

In this episode, we speak with Danielle Dawes, a women’s health nurse practitioner at Stanford University about perinatal mental health and how it is diagnosed. We also discuss the stigma associated with the conditions that fall under the umbrella of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, which refers to “a mental health disorder experienced during pregnancy, after having a new baby, adopting, or experiencing pregnancy/infant loss." Our conversation includes screening tools and resources to help patients. Additionally, Danielle shares various treatment options available to patients, including non-pharmacological strategies, such as exercise, meditation, proper sleep hygiene and more.
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Episode 57: Hot Topics Mini-Series: Women in Medicine

In honor of Women's History Month, in this episode, we continue to focus on sharing stories of women in medicine. Today, we speak with Dr. Carla Pugh who is a Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. Our discussion will focus on when Dr. Pugh first considered pursuing medicine and what sparked her interest. Dr. Pugh will share her journey with us, her insights into what helped her get to where she is today and the she will also talk about the issues facing minority women in medicine today.
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Episode 56: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Women in Medicine

In this episode, we focus on the impact of Women in Medicine, with Raji Koppolu, a pediatric nurse practitioner with the general surgery service at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Raji provides direct clinical care in both inpatient and ambulatory settings and has been involved in the development of the trauma and injury prevention programs and subspecialty general surgery clinics. She has a strong interest in the transition of complex patients from hospital to home. Today, Raji shares her journey as a nurse practitioner and advocate for children, through her work as a clinician in clinical care to health policy and QI.
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Episode 55: Pediatric Pulse Mini-Series - A Pediatric Surgeon’s Story

In this episode, Dr. Gary Hartman, a Clinical Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Stanford University, shares his journey through medical school and into pediatric surgery. Dr. Hartman discusses the common conditions he sees in his practice today, including developmental maladies, where organs do not develop normally prior to birth. Operating on babies is much more challenging than operating on adults, as the margin of error is very limited in babies. Dr. Hartman will share the challenges and rewards of the work he is doing in caring for neonates.
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Episode 54: Pediatric Pulse Mini-series - Understanding Eating Disorders

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Megan Vo, a pediatrician at Stanford Medicine who focuses on treating eating disorders in children, teens and young adults. Listen in as we discuss the most common types of eating disorders in pediatric patients, including restrictive eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and binge eating disorders.
Discussion also includes the symptoms of eating disorders, how to spot them in your pediatric or adolescent patients, and the benefits of collaborating with other healthcare providers and families to treat/manage eating disorders in your patients. We will also address the impact of social media on eating disorders, factors that lead to eating disorders and resources available to clinicians.
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Episode 53: Highlights from Season 3

In this episode, podcast host - Dr. Ruth Adewuya presents highlights from her conversations with Season 3 guests to date.
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Episode 52: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Social Media: The future of medical knowledge dissemination?

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Michael Gisondi, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University who is a medical education researcher and an expert in the application of social media in medical education. Dr. Gisondi will share insights about the pros and cons of social media. We will discuss how digital and social media is the new wave of online learning and learn the five steps to debunk social media misinformation.
To learn more, please see these resources:
Pendergrast, T. R., Jain, S., Trueger, N. S., Gottlieb, M., Woitowich, N. C., & Arora, V. M. (2021). Prevalence of Personal Attacks and Sexual Harassment of Physicians on Social Media. JAMA internal medicine, 181(4), 550–552. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7235
Gisondi, M. A., Barber, R., Faust, J. S., Raja, A., Strehlow, M. C., Westafer, L. M., & Gottlieb, M. (2022). A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the Power of COVID-19 Misinformation. Journal of medical Internet research, 24(2), e35552. https://doi.org/10.2196/35552
http://www.momthisishowtwitterworks.com/
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Episode 51: Physician Distress Mini-Series - Emotional Health Support for Healthcare Workers

In this episode, we discuss the types of help and support available to healthcare workers in distress with Ariel Brown, PhD, Board President & Founder of The Emotional PPE Project. Physician burnout, depression, suicide, and other forms of occupational distress is a significant issue in modern medicine. Each year in the United States, one in 10 physicians think about or attempt suicide, around 400 die by suicide each year, and more than half of physicians know of a colleague who has either thought about, attempted or committed suicide. Suicidal ideation has been associated with high workload volume and medical errors. Physicians who experience suicidal ideation have been shown to be less likely to seek the help they need. Today, we will discuss the ways in which clinicians can receive the help they need. 
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Episode 50: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Pregnancy and Epilepsy: Balancing the Risk and Outcomes

In this episode, Dr. Kimford Meador, Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences at Stanford University and Clinical Director of Stanford Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, provides an overview of epilepsy and women of child bearing age. Patients with epilepsy who become pregnant are at risk of complications, including changes in seizure frequency, maternal morbidity and mortality, and congenital anomalies due to antiepileptic drug exposure. We will discuss the appropriate management of epilepsy during pregnancy, the impact of epileptic drugs on children born to epileptic mothers, the risk for epileptic women to experience anxiety and depression. Dr. Meador will also provide tips for clinicians treating patients with epilepsy, to improve their outcomes and the reduce the risks to their children.
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Episode 49: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Monkeypox Updates

With the declaration of Monkeypox as a public health emergency in the US a few months ago, this episode continues the conversation about the latest development with Monkeypox in the US. Together with Dr. Benjamin Pinsky, Professor and Director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory for Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health and Dr. Jorge Salinas, Assistant Professor and Co-Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control Program at Stanford Healthcare, we discuss the current status of Monkeypox in the US, new measures being taken to reduce the spread of the disease, testing, vaccines and lessons learned from the COVID pandemic that will help members of the healthcare team protect themselves from exposure.
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