Interviewee: Amy Rule, MD, MPH, FAAP Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA Description: In this episode we are joined by neonatal and pediatric hospitalist and academic pediatrician Dr. Amy Rule. In this episode, Dr. Rule talks about navigating the academic experience of medical school as a person with disabilities, her experiences in medical school and residency, how her disability impacts her work as a pediatrician and parenting a child with a disability. Resources: “I Am That Parent” (Cited in epi...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Description: This 'bonus' listen of our Research and Resource Rounds covering the article, “The Evolution of Disability Language: Choosing Terms to Describe Disability” and authored, in part, by Dr. Ayers, is offered here as a bonus episode to Dr. Kara Ayers interview on our main podcast. In this article the authors enumerate a series of models used to conceptualize disability and the terminology associated with each model. They provide in-depth explorations of person-first and identity-first la...
Sep 21, 2023•17 min
Interviewee: Dr. Kara Ayers Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD Description: In this episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interview Dr. Kara Ayers disability researcher and associate director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Together they discuss advocacy work, interprofessional collaboration, the language we use when describing marginalized communities and how ableism impacts the health outcomes and safety of our patients. Resources: (1) Evolution...
Sep 21, 2023•48 min
Interviewee: Rasheera Dopson, MPH Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD Description: Today, we are joined by public health researcher and disability advocate Ms. Rasheera Dopson. In this episode, Ms. Dopson and Dr. Poullos discuss the interactions between disability and chronic illness, how the experience with disability and the healthcare system changes throughout different life stages, and the intersection of race, gender, and disability . Bio: Rasheera Dopson, MPH is a motivational speaker, podcaste...
Sep 05, 2023•37 min
Interviewee: Dr. Kruti Shah (PharmD) Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Description: In this BIPOC II episode, Dr. Lisa Meeks is joined by Dr. Kruti Shah, a Clinical Operations Pharmacist at Rush University Medical Center. Being a woman of color and having a disability of hearing loss, Dr. Shah is a passionate advocate for Disability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Rush. Dr. Shah and Dr. Meeks discuss how her upbringing shaped her evolving perceptions of her own disability, the ways in which her f...
Aug 23, 2023•46 min
Description: In this episode, Dr. Meeks interviews New York Times best-selling author, pediatrician, and Boston Children’s Pediatric simulation center director, Dr. Jennifer Arnold. Together, they discuss the elevated standards placed on disabled students, the role disabled physicians play in empowering their patients, and the value of disability education in health care. Interviewees: Dr. Jennifer Arnold (personal website: https://jenarnoldmd.com/ ) Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producer: Gabe Ab...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Description: In this episode, Dr. Meeks, Dr. Troung, and Dr. Charnsangavej discuss the residency accommodation system from multiple perspectives, the importance of team-wide support in GME to ensure access for doctors with disabilities, and the value disabled doctors bring to health care. Interviewees: Dr. Uyen Troung, and Dr. Nalinda Charnsangavej Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producer: Gabe Abrams Key words: medical education, physical disability, disability research, accommodations, wheelchair,...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Description: In this episode, we are joined by emergency medicine physician, and DIO, Dr. Anne Messman for a conversation about disability disclosure, seeking and receiving accommodations, and creating inclusive and welcoming spaces for trainees. Interviewee: Dr. Anne Messman Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producer: Sofia Scholzman Key Words: Non-apparent disabilty, GME, Emergency Medicine, Invisible disability, DocsWithDisabilities, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Medical Education, Residents, Residency, ...
Jul 19, 2023•42 min
Description: In this episode Dr. Meeks and Dr. McCulloh, general surgeon and medical technology innovator, discuss the importance of mentorship for disabled healthcare workers, how and when to disclose a disability and the impact of disability representation in medical education. Interviewee: Dr. Christopher McCulloh Interviewer: Dr. Lisa Meeks Producers: Gabe Abrams, and Pranati Movva Key words: medical education, physical disability, disability research, accommodations, wheelchair, SCI, medica...
Jun 30, 2023•49 min
Description: Today, we are joined by two guests and namesakes, Drs. Heather Feldner and Heather Evans, both from the University of Washington, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine . In their conversation with Dr. Pete Poullos, Dr. Evans and Dr. Feldner discuss their arrival to disability studies scholarship at the University of Washington, the curious and impactful forms that their work has taken as products of inter-departmental collaboration, and their visions for a medical education that is ...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Description: In this episode, Dr. Poullos is joined by Dr. Michelle Meade, a professor within the University of Michigan Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Family Medicine and a practicing rehabilitation psychologist. Dr. Meade's research focuses on topics such as healthcare disparities, health self-management, and the employment of individuals with physical disabilities. She joins us today to talk about her career journey and some of her recent work. Interviewee: Dr. Mich...
Jun 01, 2023•35 min
Description: This BIPOC II episode is a continuation of Episode 67, part 1. In this episode, Drs. Green and Jain discussing the delicate distinction between the risk of stigma vs. the reward of accommodation and inclusion, and how people navigating the decision to disclose disability and request accommodation face a multitude of barriers. Interviewee: Emily Green, MD, MA Interviewer: Dr. Neera Jain Producer: Lisa Meeks Key Words: Dyslexia, ADHD, Residency, Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry, Advocacy,...
May 23, 2023•47 min
Description: In this BIPOC II episode Dr. Neera Jain, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at The University of Auckland interviews Dr. Emily Green, a PGY 3 psychiatry resident at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Drs. Jain and Green first met many moons ago as part of the AAMC lived experience project research study, which included interviews with trainees at all levels. At that time, Dr. Green was a medical student. In this epi...
May 23, 2023•46 min
Description: In this episode, Baylor College of Medicine Associate Professor Dr. Michelle Ludwig discusses navigating life as a deaf individual. Listen or read along as she and Dr. Meeks converse about accommodations in medical school and beyond, the importance of self-advocacy, and the benefits of mentorship through The Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses. Interviewee: Michelle Ludwig, MD Interviewer: Lisa Meeks, PhD Producer: Sofia Scholzman Bio: Dr. Ludwig is an associate...
Apr 16, 2023•43 min
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussion of violence against minorities, depression, and suicidality. We advise that you use discretion when listening. For any U.S. listeners, if you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline can be reached by dialing 988, and additional resources will be available in the show notes of this episode. Description: In today’s episode, guest interviewer Dr. Justin Bullock, a nephrology fellow at the University o...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Episode 64 Interviewee: Andrea Dalzell, The Seated Nurse Interviewer: Drs. Lisa Meeks and Pete Poullos Description: We are excited to bring you the continuation of our series on Voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with Disabilities in Medicine. These episodes amplify the voices of healthcare providers at the intersection of disability and BIPOC identity, enlightening our understanding of challenges for multiple marginalized populations. By elevating these stories and sharing these l...
Mar 09, 2023•48 min
In this episode we are joined by disability civil rights attorney Mary J Goodwin-Oquendo for a discussion about strategies and barriers for receiving accommodations throughout one's medical training. If you're a student with a disability, at any stage in your academic journey, we strongly encourage you to give this episode a listen. Key Words: med ed, law, chronic illness, high-stakes exams, NBME, MCAT, Step 1, Clinical Accommodations, accommodations Transcript Bio: Mrs. Goodwin-Oquendo is from ...
Feb 25, 2023•1 hr
Description: 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 ...
Feb 13, 2023•52 min
Description: In this episode we are joined by a group of physicians from the University of Colorado Medical School who published a paper in the Journal of Surgical Education about their experiences accommodating a student with physical disabilities during a surgery clerkship. In this episode, the group discusses the processes behind the group's publication and the collective experience of creating an accessible experience in medical school for a student with a physical disability and students wi...
Feb 02, 2023•45 min
Description: In this episode we are joined by Dr. Conrad Addison. Dr. Addison recently completed a Sleep Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah and is now practicing as a Sleep Medicine physician in Billings, Montana. In this episode, he and Dr. Meeks explore the experiences Conrad faced when resuming his medical training with a newly acquired disability weighing the challenges and values of inviting others to take part in this process. Key Words: Sleep Medicine, Physician, cervical spina...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Description: In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Amy Houtrow. Dr. Houtrow is a pediatric rehabilitation medicine physician, a health services researcher for children with disabilities, and a person with childhood-onset disabilities. In this episode, she joins Dr. Poullos to discuss her career path, her research, and her advice for aspiring healthcare providers with disabilities. Key Words: pediatrics, education, physical disability, Contra dystrophia calcium cans congenita, scoliosis, visual d...
Dec 14, 2022•57 min
In this episode, Dr. Meeks is joined by Dr. Megan Creasman, a resident physician in Weill Cornell’s Internal Medicine program on the Primary Care track. They discuss the ways in which Dr. Creasman experienced different forms of disability throughout her medical training, how these experiences have influenced her interactions with colleagues and patients, and the importance of positionality in considering diverse disabled perspectives. Key Terms: Medical Education, Internal Medicine, Rheumatology...
Dec 07, 2022•50 min
In this episode, Dr. Poullos is joined by Dr. Lisa Iezzoni to discuss her new book titled, "Making Their Days Happen: Paid Personal Assistance Services Supporting People with Disability Living in Their Homes and Communities. Dr. Iezzoni is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a medical researcher particularly known for her work on health disparities among people with disabilities. Dr. Iezzoni first appeared on the Docs with Disabilities podcast last September, where she and Dr. ...
Nov 24, 2022•54 min
In today's episode, Dr. Meeks is joined by Quinten Clarke, a psychiatry resident at the University of British Columbia and the vice president of the CAPD, and Shira Gertsman, a current medical student at McMaster Medical School who just finished her first year of clerkships. Throughout this episode, our guests discuss their experiences navigating medical school and residency with multiple disabilities and the work they're doing with the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities. Bio :...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min
In this episode, we continue our collaboration with the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities for a conversation with Dr. Michael Quon about the lessons he learned from his own experience with Traumatic Brain Injury and the work he's doing to support physicians with disabilities across Canada. Key Words: TBI, Internal Medicine, Policy, Canada, Cognitive Disability Bio : Michael Quon - Biography Dr. Michael Quon is a General Internal Medicine specialist in Ottawa, Canada and Lectur...
Oct 25, 2022•38 min
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Lynn Ashdown, a patient experience expert who advocates for the inclusion of patients in all levels of healthcare. Dr. Ashdown obtained her medical degree from The University of Ottawa and began her residency in family medicine before experiencing an accident near the end of her training that exposed her to the experience of being a full-time patient. In this episode, Dr. Meeks and Dr. Ashdown discuss how Dr. Ashdown's perspectives on healthcare changed afte...
Oct 19, 2022•52 min
In this episode, we are joined by Doug Lebo, a current medical student at the University of Montreal and the Administrative Co-Chair of the Canadian Queer Medical Students Association. In this interview, student doctor Lebo and Dr. Meeks discuss the intersectionality between queer and disabled identities, how to redesign healthcare systems to better support diverse patient populations, and the difference between acting as an ally and acting as an accomplice. Transcripts: https://bit.ly/DWDPodcas...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In this episode, we continue our collaboration with the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities with an interview with Dr. Franco Rizzuti, a public health and preventive medicine physician and the current president of the CAPD. In this conversation, Dr. Meeks and Dr. Rizutti discuss how Dr. Rizutti’s disability impacted his perspectives on patient care and share the work that Dr. Rizutti is doing with the CAPD to better support trainees and providers with disabilities. Bio: Dr. Rizz...
Oct 04, 2022•45 min
In partnership with the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities (CAPD) The docs with disabilities brings you the Canadian Series. In the first of this 6-part series, Dr. Meeks was joined by Dr. Marie Picard, a first-year psychiatry resident at McGill, for a conversation about how to effectively support disabled learners, how to look after one’s mental health in medical training, and Dr. Picard’s advice for students with disabilities. We begin with an introduction from Dr. Picard. Tr...
Sep 27, 2022•46 min
This is part two of a two-part interview with Dr. Rex Marco, a musculoskeletal oncologist and reconstructive spine surgeon who is living with C3 quadriplegia. He is currently the chief medical ambassador for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, in addition to working as a clinician, investigator, and teacher at Houston Methodist Hospital. In these episodes, Dr. Marco recounts his inquiry, what he’s learned from practicing mindfulness, and how his time as a patient changed how he viewed his...
Sep 26, 2022•39 min
