In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jennifer Karlin, MD, and Rachna Vanjani, MD, about being a resource to support health care providers, navigating the various policies surrounding sexual and reproductive health and more. · Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 · About Vanjani 1:18 · About Karlin 2:10 · The interview 3:13 · Rachna, can you tell us about what led you to becoming an OB-GYN and an advocate for reproductive justice? 3:25 · Jennifer, tell us a...
Dec 30, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 130
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Amy Comander, MD, about incorporating lifestyle medicine into cancer care, exciting advancements highlighted at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 • About Comander 1:16 • The interview 3:42 • How do you find time to do everything that you do? 4:06 • When you started on your path, did you see your journey taking you to breast cancer, lifestyle medicine and author...
Nov 26, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 128
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jason Williams, MD, and Nathan Goodyear, MD, about innovations in immunotherapy, the future of cancer care and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 • About Williams 1:12 • About Goodyear 1:56 • The interview 3:08 • Nathan, can you explain the concept of your medical philosophy, Docēre rāphè, and how you integrate it into your practice? 3:29 • Jason, how did you get to where you are today, and how did you end up ...
Nov 20, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 127
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Maureen McBeth, PT, MPT, CLT-LANA, about understanding individualized patient experiences with lymphedema, the value of exercise oncology and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About McBeth 0:23 • The interview 0:52 • How did you end up in the lymphedema and cancer rehab space? 1:31 • Why is lymphedema such a big topic, especially in the breast cancer space? 3:20 • Jain and McBeth on the complexities of indi...
Oct 30, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 126
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Shakira Grant, MBBS, about providing patients and physicians with the proper education on AI tools, focusing on marginalized communities and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Grant 0:26 • The interview 2:07 • How did you get to where you are today? 2:38 • Tell me about how you got into the AI space […] What aspects interest you specifically? 4:19 • Can you take me step-by-step through how CROSS works ...
Sep 25, 2025•32 min•Season 1Ep. 125
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with James Hamrick, MD, and Sanjeev Kumar about the value of biomarker testing and precision oncology, personal journeys with patient advocacy and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:05 • About Kumar 1:20 • About Hamrick 1:52 • The interview 2:30 • Sanjeev, can you tell us about how you got involved in oncology and immunology? 2:59 • James, how did you get into this space and start working with Caris Life Sciences? 7:1...
Sep 11, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 124
In this special edition episode, recorded live at the ASCO Annual Meeting, hosts Shikha Jain, MD, and Edward Kim, MD, honor Healio's 2025 Disruptive Innovators for their positive disruption in the field of hematology/oncology, and for pushing the status quo to improve clinical practice. • Welcome to the fourth annual Healio Disruptive Innovator Awards in hematology/oncology. 1:00 • VK Gadi, MD PhD, presents the Health Equity Award. 3:56 • The Health Equity Award winner, Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD,...
Aug 28, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 123
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Mika Stambaugh about bridging the patient and doctor information gap, her personal journey with patient advocacy and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Stambaugh 1:43 • The interview 4:00 • How did you get into media and PR? […] What Was your journey to get to this point in your career? 4:31 • Have you seen the evolution of people in health care speaking with the media? 6:57 • How do you remain objecti...
Aug 14, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 122
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Elisabeth Potter, MD, about physicians pushing back against insurance companies, bringing physicians back into positions of autonomy and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Potter 1:41 • The interview 2:04 • How did you decide to become a plastic surgeon? What was your path? 2:26 • How many years do you have to train for plastic surgery? 3:36 • What kind of physician is your father? […] Did you ever thi...
Jul 10, 2025•42 min•Season 1Ep. 121
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Don Dizon, MD, about innovation throughout times of uncertainty in medicine, challenges currently facing physicians and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Dizon 1:44 • The interview 2:27 • How did you decide to become an oncologist and navigate a traditional academic career with many non-traditional "add-ons"? 3:01 • Jain and Dizon on the importance of providing humanity to physicians. 7:19 • Jain and ...
Jun 26, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 120
In this episode, recorded live at the 2025 ASCO annual meeting, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Sonali Smith, MD, about the power of mentorship and advocacy, preserving the academic mission of research within health care systems and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Smith 1:56 • The interview 3:14 • What was your journey to get to where you are now in your career? 3:38 • How do you incorporate your advocacy work into patient care, and how do you adv...
Jun 12, 2025•41 min•Season 1Ep. 119
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Sadie Dobrozsi, MD, about the power of information in personalized oncology care, understanding the impacts of genetic testing and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Dobrozsi 1:39 • The interview 2:03 • What was your path to this field of pediatric oncology, and how did you decide to focus on genetic testing? 2:33 • Can you talk about what it means to use genomics to optimize therapy and tailor precisi...
May 29, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 118
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Abiola Ibraheem, MD, about the role culture plays in improving global oncology, launching the Best of ASCO in Africa and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Ibraheem 1:42 • The interview 3:02 • How did you get where you are today? 3:28 • Can you tell me more about Aortic Africa and your role within the organization? 5:41 • What are some challenges you have encountered in doing this work, both locally an...
May 15, 2025•29 min•Season 1Ep. 117
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Nadine Spring, PhD, about the importance of DEI in clinical care, driving positive social change forward and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Spring 0:20 • The interview 1:00 • Tell me about the journey that got you to where you are today? 1:18 • Can you tell me more about Adtalem Global Education and your role there? 5:11 • Why does diversity and equitable representation in clinical trials and care ...
Apr 24, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 116
In this special crossover episode with Physicianary, guest Navin Goyal, MD, and Physicianary host, Hansa Bhargava, MD, discuss side gigs in the health care space, encourage physicians to explore their fields of interest and talk about his book, Physician Underdog. • Intro 0:28 • Navin Goyal, MD 0:35 • You have done a lot to help Medicaid patients with your venture capital group, OFFOR Health. Can you tell us about that? 1:25 • What was the driver of your venture capital group? Was it access to c...
Mar 27, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 115
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Kimberly Richardson about driving changes in patient advocacy efforts, the importance of including DEI in cancer research and clinical trials and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Richardson 0:20 • The interview 1:15 • How did you get to where you are today as such a leader and advocate? 1:56 • Did you feel welcomed into this space when you started doing your advocacy work, or did you feel like it was...
Feb 20, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 114
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Anna Rathkopf about the mental and physical toll of cancer treatment and survivorship, using photography to connect with patients and caregivers and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Rathkopf 0:20 • The interview 1:23 • How did you get into storytelling through photography around your cancer diagnosis and your caregiver experience? 1:46 • How did you navigate questions and challenges surrounding ferti...
Feb 06, 2025•36 min•Season 1Ep. 113
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with ASH president, Belinda Avalos, MD, about the importance of DEI practices in medicine, leading molecular medicine developments and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Avalos 0:18 • The interview 1:18 • How did you know you know you wanted to be a hematologist and how did you end up in this space doing the work you're doing now? 1:47 • Jain and Avalos on the innovations and patient relationships in the fi...
Jan 23, 2025•31 min•Season 1Ep. 112
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Opyl co-founder Damon Rasheed about using machine learning to better predict clinical trial outcomes, handling ethical concerns surrounding AI in health care and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Rasheed 0:20 • The interview 0:58 • How did you end up in the AI-powered medicine and clinical trials? 1:48 • What is Opyl, and what is TrialKey? 3:54 • Is TrialKey predominantly based in Australia or is it a...
Dec 30, 2024•21 min•Season 1Ep. 111
In this special crossover episode of Oncology Overdrive, we bring you Healio coverage from the ASH Annual Meeting and Exhibition, as well as Healio's top headlines from the meeting. Gwen L. Nichols, MD, reviews a panel discussion on how hematologists and oncologists can best address patients' concerns as AI's role in medicine invariably expands. :24 Thomas G. Knight, MD, addresses financial toxicity for people with blood cancer. 6:29 Charles S. Abrams, MD, discusses results of the HIBISCUS trial...
Dec 19, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 110
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with David Gandara, MD, about how ctDNA and CAR-T cell therapies are transforming precision medicine, the importance of patient reported outcomes and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Gandara 0:19 • The interview 1:02 • Can you tell me a little more about what you are working on now? 1:25 • How did you get engaged with the community in Hawaii? 6:30 • What do you think is going to happen with ctDNA moving f...
Dec 12, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 109
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Michel van Harten, MD, about creating better information systems for physicians and patients, how shared decision-making can improve drug development and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About van Harten 0:20 • The interview 1:00 • What was your journey to becoming a physician and beyond to where you are now? 1:24 • How did you learn the necessary skills to be an exceptional leader in this space? 2:51 • Ho...
Nov 27, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 108
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Melody Harris about the evolution of precision medicine, what physicians and companies can do to help patients better understand precision oncology and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Harris 0:20 • The interview 1:11 • Tell us about how you ended up in this niche role. 1:32 • How did you make the decision to move from practicing law to transitioning your career into this space? 3:56 • Jain and Harri...
Nov 21, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 107
In this special crossover episode of Oncology Overdrive, we bring you Healio coverage from the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer, as well as Healio's top headlines from the meeting. With insights from Benjamin P. Levy, MD, and top headlines from the conference, Meeting Mic is your on-the-go source for highlights, pearls, and perspectives across all specialties. Benjamin P. Levy, MD, discusses key takeaways from the meeting. 0:49 Read the full coverage here: Ivonescimab extends PFS vs. pembrol...
Nov 14, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 106
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Alice Chen, MD, about the impact of misinformation and disinformation during elections, the health care issues on the 2024 ballot and more. Content warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics surrounding women's health and reproductive rights. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Chen 0:32 • The interview 1:38 • How did you get into the public health and advocacy spaces? 1:58 • Have you seen an evolution ...
Oct 31, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 105
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Amita Patnaik, MD, FRCPC, about providing patient access to breakthrough drug developments, bringing early phase cancer trials to physicians and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Patnaik 0:21 • The interview 1:23 • How did you decide to become an oncologist, and how did you end up co-founding the START Center for Cancer Research ? 1:32 • Can you tell me about START's overarching purpose and where you ...
Oct 17, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 104
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Annmarie Ison about developing safe and accurate software, how software can improve health care disparities and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Ison 0:25 • The interview 1:10 • Tell me about how you got into this space […] Can you explain what software development is? 1:34 • What is Elekta and what does the company do? 10:24 • How do you feel that this type of innovation is transforming cancer care ...
Oct 03, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 103
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Brian Fiske about bringing biotech business ideas to fruition, antibody drug conjugate developments and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Fiske 0:21 • The interview 1:45 • How did you get to where you are today, and how did you become interested in this specific area of health care? 2:06 • What is a timeline from start to finish to bringing an innovative idea to fruition? 6:01 • How long does it take ...
Sep 19, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 102
On this special edition episode, Shikha Jain, MD, with Physicianary's Hansa Bhargava, MD, and Mend the Gap's Dagny Zhu, MD, discuss the evolution of empowering yourself and others and advocacy with a panel of guests. • Intro 1:01 • What does it mean to empower women in medicine, and what are the ways that we can really empower others to achieve the things that they may not see for themselves? 2:39 • What are some ways in which you have empowered or hope to empower women in medicine? Are there ti...
Sep 05, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 101
In this special 100th episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with her father, Krishna Jain, MD, about work-life balance pertaining to private practice, improving a fragmented health care system and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:18 • About Krishna Jain 1:27 • The interview 2:27 • How did you end up in the United States? What was your journey to becoming a world-renowned vascular surgeon? 2:44 • What was it like being a resident back then, especially as someone...
Aug 22, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 100
