A Second Opinion - A Voice for Minorities in Medicine (A2O)

Addiction Medicine & Physician Wellness w/ Dr. Armika Collins

Part 2 with Dr. Armika Collins, where she talks about her fellowship in addiction medicine, stigma against those suffering from substance use disorders, and her other passion for physician wellness!

Embracing the Non-Traditional Path to Medicine - Dr. Armika Collins (Part 1)

Listen to Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Armika Tatum, a family medicine trained physician and current Addiction Medicine Fellow at Wright State University. Hear her share her non-traditional path to medicine, the support system that kept her going, and the lessons she learned along the way.

Personal Growth Pt. 2 - Dr. Gabrielle Sagesse

In this episode, recent Family Medicine resident graduate Dr. Gabrielle Sagesse discusses her journey of personal growth all the way through residency, and the lessons on grief, self-love, and faith that she learned along the way. She is a proud native of Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from the The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Residency Program. She recently became a obesity medicine certified physician and looks to own her own practice in the future.

Personal Growth Pt. 1: Dr. Enrique Ceppi

Listen to our great conversation with Dr. Enrique Ceppi, a PGY-4 in The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Family Medicine-Psychiatry combined training program. He tells us about his story of personal growth from his upbringing as a child of undocumented immigrants, his struggles with mental health, and how his journey has shaped his personal and professional life as a combined primary care physician and psychiatrist

Muslim Women & Medicine feat. Dr. Rana Elgazzar

(Recorded in March 2021)On this week's episode, an episode release long overdue featuring then M4 (now PGY-1 at Vanderbilt Internal Medicine Residency) Rana Elgazzar.  Here her talk about her experiences growing up in Tennessee, being a Muslim woman in medicine, and Rana & Habeeb's QI project around Improving Obstetric Care for Muslim Women! Interview:  IntroductionWho is Rana Elgazzar? How did you get to where you are sitting right now?UpbringingHigh SchoolCollege/Pre-MedMedical SchoolDiscussion: Muslims & MedicineWhat is it like being Muslim in clinical spaces (either as provider and/or patient)? What is it like as a hijabi to interact with patients and colleagues who may have preconceived notions of you (or you should be)?What kind of issues have you seen or been involved in that deal with Muslim patients?Discussion: Caring for Muslim PatientsTell us about your quality improvement project:  “Improving Obstetric Care for Muslim Patients”; how did it start? What kind of work did you do? What were the results?There are often many ethical concerns that come to play when caring for Muslim patients.  Specifically, questions often arise about discrimination, preferential treatment, and whether accomodations are even possible.  What do you think about these issues? Are there practical ways that such issues can be tackled? Ending10 years from now:  where can we find you?Where can we follow you?