Episode 62: Dr. Donald Egan

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Donald Egan, MD, MPH is currently a psychiatry resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. His road to residency has been shaped by the challenges of growing up both gay and with cerebral palsy (CP). In medical school and residency, Dr. Egan has advocated for students with disabilities to matriculate to medical school and has written and presented about how the experiences that come with living with a disability or coming from a sexual minority group often make compassionate and empathetic physicians. 

Dr. Egan is interested in medical education, addiction psychiatry, interventional methods, and LGBTQ+ mental health and is a Diversity Leadership Fellow for the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Outside of medicine, he enjoys running with his husband, Nick, and reading beside their cat, Nutella. 

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yf-d6KXxXgMyVWeHvZ16R-4LOCyl_pEIBEXgiGBkdNk/edit?usp=sharing

Key Words: LGBTQ+, Psychiatry, cerebral palsy, CP, medical education, mental health, physical disability, intersectionality, disclosure