Docs With Disabilities
114 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsJoin hosts Drs. Lisa Meeks, Peter Poullos and guest hosts as they take a deeper dive into the experiences of health care providers with disabilities through critical conversations with the doctors, researchers, administrators, faculty and policy makers that work to ensure medicine remains an equal opportunity profession.
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Bonnie Swenor, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins and of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
December 09, 2019 21:00 - 29 minutes - 56.2 MBDr. Bonnielin Swenor's research aims to improve the health of persons with disabilities, by transforming traditional thinking on health disparities research. Over the past decade, there has been an increased focus on identifying and addressing health disparities among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic minority groups; however, persons with disabilities have largely been absent from these efforts. Motivated by her personal experience with a vision impairment and resulting disability, Dr. Swen...
Dr. Bonnie Swenor, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins and of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
December 09, 2019 21:00 - 29 minutes - 56.2 MBDr. Bonnie Swenor's research aims to improve the health of persons with disabilities, by transforming traditional thinking on health disparities research. Over the past decade, there has been an increased focus on identifying and addressing health disparities among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic minority groups; however, persons with disabilities have largely been absent from these efforts. Motivated by her personal experience with a vision impairment and resulting disability, Dr. Swenor ...
Dr. Satendra Singh, MBBS, MD, University of Delhi
November 25, 2019 18:00 - 29 minutes - 51.9 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Singh discusses his work in advocating for equal access in medical education and his success with ensuring competencies around the care of patients with disabilities are taught to every medical student in India. Key Words: BIPOC, Law, Education, and/or Research, MBBS, Advocate, Medical Education
Satendra Singh, MBBS, MD, University of Delhi
November 25, 2019 18:00 - 29 minutes - 51.9 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Singh discusses his work in advocating for equal access in medical education and his success with ensuring competencies around the care of patients with disabilities are taught to every medical student in India.
Alexandra Adams, Medical Student in the UK (Part 2 of 2)
November 12, 2019 21:00 - 25 minutes - 49.3 MBIn Part 2 of our interview Dr. Meeks and Alexandra discuss the power of social media to bring people together, crowd sourcing information, and finding mentorship from anywhere in the world. Alexandra also shares her experiences coming to the US where she found a medical environment where disability was often a normal part of the narrative. Key Words: Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Physical Disability, Visual Disability, Deaf-Blind, Medical Student
Alexandra Adams, Medical Student in the UK (Part 1 of 2)
November 11, 2019 21:00 - 28 minutes - 55 MBIn Part 1 of our interview we talk to Alexandra about her formative experience as a patient, her desire to be a doctor, and the process of applying to medical school.Alexandra and Dr. Meeks also discuss navigating accommodations in the UK and the US and the respective views about #DocsWithDisabilities in these countries. Key Words: Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Physical Disability, Visual Disability, Deaf-Blind, Medical Student
Dr. Michael Argenyi, MD, MPH, MSW, Preventive Medicine Resident University of Massachusetts Medical School
October 28, 2019 20:00 - 31 minutes - 59.5 MBMichael Argenyi’s story is well-known. His historic legal case is one of the most cited cases regarding the inclusion of DHOH individuals in medical education. In this podcast, we move beyond the case and talk to Michael about his experiences across the medical education continuum, starting with the decision to apply to medical school and how his knowledge of, and contact with, another deaf physician, gave him the confidence to move forward.In a pay-it-forward moment, Michael offers sage adv...
Dr. Nichole Taylor Part 2, Assistant Dean of Students Wake Forest School of Medicine
October 14, 2019 20:00 - 20 minutes - 38.9 MBAs a physician-educator and administrative leader with a disability Dr. Nichole Taylor is in a unique position to effect change. In this second part of her interview, Dr. Taylor discusses disclosure, help seeking behavior and the benefit of early identification and accommodation for learners with disabilities. She also discusses how programs who do not have a disability specialist in house can “crowd-source” information about inclusion. Key Words: Chronic Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Assis...
Dr. Marley Doyle, MD
October 01, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes - 55.7 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Meeks interviews Dr. Marley Doyle, a psychiatrist with a visual disability. Through a recounting of Dr. Doyle’s experiences, they touch on several items including the ethical responsibility to disclose a disability, the difficulties surrounding disclosure, the choice of a specialty that will not impose concerns regarding patient safety, mentorship specific to disability, the critical need for role models, and messaging around disability accommodation. For episode trans...
Dr. Laura Pratesi, AUD, CCC-A, FAAA, Audiologist, Citrus Hearing Clinic
September 17, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes - 45.9 MBIn this podcast Dr. Pratesi discusses her path to becoming an audiologist including her diagnosis, living with and without accommodations and assistive devices, working with disability resources in college, helping others request accommodations in the workplace and finding a way to engage with her passion of theatre and music as a person with hearing loss. Dr. Pratesi thoughtfully reflects on why, as a person with degenerative hearing loss, she makes an empathic and informed audiologist. F...
Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA First-Year Psychiatry Resident University of Toronto (Part 3 of 3)
August 23, 2019 10:00 - 27 minutes - 49.8 MBIn this three-part series we talk with Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos, a Psychiatry resident and researcher at the University of Toronto, and embark on a winding and multi-layered conversation about the barriers in medical education for individuals with disabilities. Within this series, we touch on the unwritten curriculum, student wellness, disability disclosure, and much more from Dr. Stergiopoulos’ perspective as a learner in medical school and residency. Guest Narration by Dr. Joseph Murray ...
Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA First-Year Psychiatry Resident University of Toronto (Part 2 of 3)
August 22, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 46.4 MBIn this three-part series we talk with Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos, a Psychiatry resident and researcher at the University of Toronto, and embark on a winding and multi-layered conversation about the barriers in medical education for individuals with disabilities. Within this series, we touch on the unwritten curriculum, student wellness, disability disclosure, and much more from Dr. Stergiopoulos’ perspective as a learner in medical school and residency. For episode transcript, go to MDisab...
Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA First-Year Psychiatry Resident University of Toronto (Part 1 of 3)
August 21, 2019 10:00 - 23 minutes - 43.8 MBIn this three-part series we talk with Dr. Erene Stergiopoulos, a Psychiatry resident and researcher at the University of Toronto, and embark on a winding and multi-layered conversation about the barriers in medical education for individuals with disabilities. Within this series, we touch on the unwritten curriculum, student wellness, disability disclosure, and much more from Dr. Stergiopoulos’ perspective as a learner in medical school and residency. For episode transcript, go to MDi...
Dr. Nichole Taylor, Assistant Dean of Students Wake Forest School of Medicine
July 30, 2019 17:28 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBWhen you are a physician, and disability occurs post-training, you may have to pivot. Join us to hear the first-person account of Dr. Nichole Taylor and how she took her passion for medicine and her deep commitment to training learners, and crafted a unique position in medical education that has a powerful impact on shaping UME and GME perceptions of disability. For episode transcript, go to MDisability - Transforming Medical Education Key Words: Chronic Illness, Multiple Sclerosis, Ass...