In this special throwback episode, Shikha Jain, MD, talks with Olympic champion Kikkan "Kikkanimal" Randall, about how her positive attitude and athlete mentality have helped her navigate a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, valuable advice for both oncologists and patients and more. • Intro 1:44 • About Randall 1:58 • The interview 3:22 • Tell us a bit about you. Who are you? How did you get to where you are and how did you decide you wanted to be a part of the U.S. Olympic cross-country sk...
Aug 08, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 99
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Shyam Natarajan, PhD, about machine learning in cancer research and testing, using technological innovation to address disparities in health care trials and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:17 • About Natarajan 1:22 • The interview 2:10 • How did you get into the medical technology space? 2:29 • Can you explain what machine learning means? 4:37 • How did you end up co-founding Avenda Health? 7:18 • Do you think...
Jul 25, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 98
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Komal Jhaveri, MD, about breakthroughs in breast cancer treatment, where the field is evolving with anti-body drug conjugates and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:17 • About Jhaveri 1:21 • The interview 1:41 • How did you get into this highly specialized field? […] How did you become a breast oncologist and find yourself at Memorial Sloan Kettering? 2:07 • As a breast oncologist, what has really excited you in ...
Jul 11, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 97
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with David Cosgrove, MD, about implementing real-world utilization of clinical trials, the importance of diversity in clinical trials and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:17 • About Cosgrove 1:26 • The interview 2:54 • How did you make your way from Ireland to Portland, Oregon? 3:18 • As a fellow GI oncologist, what are you excited about in the cancer research space? 6:13 • How can we realistically address dispariti...
Jun 27, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 96
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with MOLLI Surgical co-founder and CEO, Ananth Ravi, about inventing surgical technology to provide better patient care, addressing inequities in surgical tool access and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:15 • About Ravi 1:27 • The interview 2:10 • Tell me about how entered this field and how you ended up founding a company that invents surgical instruments. 2:42 • How did you end up moving from Zambia to Canada? 5:0...
Jun 13, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 95
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Cyclacel CEO, Spiro Rombotis, MPH, about developing techniques and therapies for drug development, how technology has affected these advancements and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:15 • About Rombotis 1:23 • The interview 2:21 • Can you tell us about how you ended up in the biotech and pharma spaces? 2:41 • How did you transition to the first CEO of Cyclacel, and what has kept you in the same space for over t...
May 30, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 94
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jennifer Michaelson, PhD, about how to seek out opportunities in the health care industry, making space for diversity in biotech innovation and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:15 • About Michaelson 1:21 • The interview 2:30 • Can you tell us about how you ended up in the biotech executive space? 2:47 • How do people get involved in this type of work? 12:32 • Tell us about sourcing innovation in biotech, along ...
May 16, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 93
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Sean Bohen, MD, about how cancer therapies are changing how oncology can be discussed, shifting from clinical to industry work and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Bohen 1:04 • The interview 1:30 • Tell us about your journey. How did you become an oncologist, and how did you make the transition into working in the pharmaceutical industry? 1:51 • How did you end up at Olema Oncology after working with ...
May 02, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 92
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jonathan D. Licht, MD, about becoming and training qualified leaders in the field, challenges facing health care leaders and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Licht 1:16 • The interview 3:17 • Can you tell us about your journey into hematology-oncology and how you ended up where you are today? 3:58 • How have you found the time and ability to balance and succeed in the research, clinical, translational...
Apr 18, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 91
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Aparna Parikh, MD, about cancer and GI malignancies in the global health space, circulating tumor DNA in the field of oncology and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Parikh 1:07 • The interview 2:08 • What was your path into medicine, cancer care and GI oncology? 2:35 • Tell us about what you do in the global health space and what your thoughts are on colon cancer and GI malignancies in the global healt...
Apr 04, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 90
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Barnaby Balmforth, PhD, about the evolution of genomics in cancer care, the impact of personalized care tools and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Balmforth 1:12 • The interview 3:01 • How did you get to where you are today? What drove you to become a leader in this space? 3:45 • What is genomics, and why is genomic analysis important in cancer care? 7:18 • Jain and Balmforth on the evolution of techn...
Mar 21, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 89
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Christina Gomez, MD, about the power of patients' voices, finding joy in physicians work-life balance and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Gomez 1:09 • The interview 1:45 • How did you get to where you are today as a GI oncologist? 2:02 • Have you seen an increase in young people with GI malignancies, and do you have any thoughts as to why we are seeing this change? 5:23 • Where did the inspiration fo...
Mar 07, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 88
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Ashley Sumrall, MD, about advocacy outside of their oncology practices and organizations, what lies ahead for the field of neuro-oncology and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Sumrall 1:16 • The interview 2:54 • How did you end up in the neuro-oncology space? 3:21 • As a neuro-oncologist, how do you stay up-to-date with neurology, oncology and medicine? 7:28 • Is there a difference in the way you inter...
Feb 22, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 87
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with George Sledge, MD, about patient feedback benefiting leadership decision-making, the future of precision medicine in oncology and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Sledge 1:03 • The interview 2:59 • How did you become an oncologist? 3:24 • Tell us about your journey into leadership in oncology. 5:27 • Did you continue to see patients while leading organizations? 7:48 • Jain and Sledge on learning from ...
Feb 08, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 86
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jan Kitajewski, PhD, about blending community need with scientific advancement, his role as the director of a cancer care center and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Kitajewski 1:08 • The interview 2:59 • Tell me about how you started and your pathway to this position. 3:26 • You have a very diverse background in various fields of medicine. Was there something that drew you to lead a cancer center? 6:...
Jan 25, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 85
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Avital O'Glasser, MD, about the challenges facing non-traditional scholarship, amplifying diverse voices in medicine and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About O'Glasser 1:15 • The interview 2:36 • Jain and O'Glasser on their friendship and how they met. 2:52 • What is non-traditional scholarship, and why is it so difficult for academics to adopt to these practices? 5:16 • Jain and O'Glasser on the added va...
Jan 11, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 84
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with St. Jude's Steven Gottschalk, MD, and Paulina Velasquez, MD, about the evolution of bone marrow transplant and cell therapy, increasing accessibility to CAR T-cell therapy and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Gottschalk 1:12 • About Velasquez 1:57 • The interview 2:23 • About Gottschalk's journey and how he ended up in this space. 2:56 • About Velasquez's journey and how she ended up in this space. 4:...
Dec 28, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 83
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Erica Barnell, MD, PhD, about Geneoscopy's non-invasive screening and early detection technology, helping improve patient compliance for gastrointestinal health and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Barnell 1:07 • The interview 2:05 • Tell me about how you got into this space and co-founded your unique company. 2:30 • How did you find the time to co-find a company on top of completing your PhD program?...
Dec 14, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 82
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Laura Petrillo, MD, about navigating patients through changes and goals in palliative care, understanding patients living with and surviving advanced cancer and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Petrillo 1:03 • The interview 1:40 • How did you find yourself in medicine, specifically in palliative care and geriatrics? 2:04 • How has the evolution of cancer care and technology impacted the way you engage...
Nov 30, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 81
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Kerry Reynolds, MD, about immunotherapy-related adverse events, creating educational resources on immunotherapy management and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Reynolds 1:06 • The interview 2:45 • Tell me about how your journey led you to this field of immunotherapy-related adverse events? 3:12 • Jain and Reynolds on how immunotherapy has changed how we talk about cancer care. 5:41 • How did you start...
Nov 16, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 80
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Amy Comander, MD, about incorporating lifestyle changes for cancer patients, developing lifestyle pathways for survivors and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Comander 1:14 • The interview 3:40 • How do you manage to incorporate running on such a high level into your day-to-day life? 4:04 • Tell us about what lifestyle medicine is and why it is so important to include in patient care? 6:43 • How do you...
Nov 02, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 79
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Pia Chowdry, MD, about access to care in rural communities, how physicians can present information to patients and their caregivers and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Chowdry 1:04 • The interview 1:54 • What was your journey into oncology and how did you end up practicing in Louisiana? 2:07 • Can you talk about your work in racial and ethnic disparities, variables in cancer care, and prevention? 4:1...
Oct 19, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 78
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Douglas Micalizzi, MD, and Lecia Sequist, MD, about adopting novel technologies for early detection, public perception of prevention screening and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Micalizzi 1:12 • About Sequist 2:26 • The interview 4:06 • Sequist's background and how she got into the screening and prevention area of oncology 4:21 • Micalizzi on his chemistry background and how he got into this space 8...
Oct 05, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 77
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Mettle Health's Claritza Rios, MD, and Bridget Sumser, SW, about misconceptions surrounding palliative care, communication training as self-care for physicians and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :50 • About Sumser 1:07 • About Rios 1:52 • The interview 2:18 • About Rios and how she got into palliative care 2:47 • About Sumser's journey and how she ended up in the palliative care space 4:15 • How do we approach ...
Sep 21, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 76
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Cardinal Health's Parisa Asgarisabet, PhD and Scott Swain, PhD, MPH about benefits and uses of real-world evidence, the issue of diversity in clinical trials and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:11 • About Swain 1:26 • About Asgarisabet 2:45 • The interview 3:30 • About Swain and how you ended up at Cardinal Health 3:50 • About Asgarisabet's journey and how she ended up at Cardinal Health 5:09 • What is Cardina...
Aug 31, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 75
In this episode, hosts Shikha Jain, MD, Douglas H. Jones, MD, Amy Comander, MD, Dagny Zhu, MD, Don Dizon, MD, and Mark A. Lewis, MD, discuss the new social media platform, Threads and how physicians can use it for their practice. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :57 • The topic 1:10 • How many have created a profile on Threads? Why or why not? 2:59 • Dr. Jain has a Thread profile but is unsure how to get more engagement 3:20 • Dr. Lewis has convinced coworkers to use s...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 74
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with the Patient Empowerment Network's Tracy Rode about providing patients with tools for advocacy, developing accessible patient resources and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:11 • About Rode 1:23 • The interview 2:34 • Can you tell us about your journey and how you ended up in this space as such a strong voice for patient advocates? 2:52 • Tell me more about Patient Empowerment Network (PEN), what it does for pati...
Jul 06, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 73
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Medidata's Alicia Staley about enhancing the patient care experience from a former patient's perspective, building empathetic technical solutions and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:11 • About Staley 1:22 • The interview 2:37 • Tell me about your journey and how you ended up at Medidata with your unique skillset? 2:55 • Jain and Staley on medical advances in cancer care, and how delivery of that care has not c...
Jun 22, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 72
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Stephen Beeson, MD, about the challenges physicians face when prioritizing work life balance, components for building skills to lead in health care and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:11 • About Beeson 1:23 • The interview 2:36 • Tell me about how you got into the coaching and mentorship space. What is it that inspired or motivated you? 3:08 • Jain and Beeson on empowering physicians to find the joy in their c...
Jun 08, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 71
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Ken Bloom, MD, FCAP, about developing technologies to assist cancer analysis and pathology, the spatial component of antibody conjugates and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:11 • About Bloom 1:16 • The interview 2:10 • How did you come into your clinical roles, deciding to become a pathologist and get involved with immunotherapy, and then make the transition into industry? 2:42 • Bloom on how he got involved wi...
May 18, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 70
