This was an enlightening and inspiring conversation with Dr. Lavannya Pandit, a Physician-Scientist at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Pandit is a clinician who also performs scientific research. She is a pulmonary critical care physician on staff at the Veteran's Affairs Hospital. She is Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program there and serves as an Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine.
Her research centers on the physiologic and molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular disease.
Her mission is to advance understanding of vascular disease. In this episode, Dr. Pandit describes her work, which is focused on serving her patients, particularly the veterans who have fought for our country. As a scientist, she also spends time applying for competitive grant funding, mentoring, reviewing, and conducting research.
An overview of physician-scientists has noted that their numbers in the United States are decreasing rapidly for several reasons.
However, clinicians who are closely involved in understanding the challenges of a particular disease have important insights into research questions. In this episode, Dr. Pandit describes her path to becoming physician-scientist and gives advice to medical students.
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