Behind the Microscope BTM Productions

Dr. Ira Schwartz is a Professor of Pediatrics, An Associate Dean of medical education and student affairs, and the Director of admissions at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz earned his bachelor’s degree from Union College, his MD from Chicago medical school, did his residency in pediatrics at Children’s Memorial Hospital at Northwestern University medical center, and then complete a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Chicago. Somewhere in there he spent a year as part of the international rescue committee in Thailand and 3 years as a member of the epidemic intelligence service in the division of parasitic diseases at the CDC. I have been wanting to have this conversation with Dr. Schwartz for a long time, partly because his career path demonstrates the opportunity for diverse experience in academic medicine, and partly because of his role as the director of admissions. His task, for many years, has been to try to put together a cohesive class of budding physicians and distill down tens of thousands of applications into roughly 150 accepted applicants. Today we discuss his process, and the process of the admissions committee at large, for doing so, while exploring his own unique journey in medicine and how it has shaped his perspective on medicine and those who practice it.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Schwartz for being on the podcast.

Dr. Schwartz’s Faculty Page: https://med.emory.edu/education/emorydocs/bios/ira-schwartz.html

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Executive Producers:

- Bejan Saeedi

- Joe Behnke

- Michael Sayegh

- Carey Jansen

Faculty Advisors

- Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: behindthemicroscope.com

Dr. Alfred Lee is a classical hematologist and professor of Medicine in Hematology at Yale University. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he also serves as the Director of the hematology/oncology fellowship program.  He earned his MD-PhD in the Yale Medical Scientist Training Program, and completed his internal medicine residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, where he also served as chief resident. He then completed his fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute before returning to Yale to join the faculty. Since joining the faculty at Yale, Dr. Lee has remained actively involved in medical education and research. Today he shares his career path, how he has discovered his passions along the way, the shared importance of being a superior communicator in both science and medical education, and the innovative ways a person can live out a career as a physician-scientist.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Lee for being on the podcast.

Dr. Lee’s Faculty Page: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/alfred_lee/

Today's Host: Carey Jansen

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer – Bejan Saeedi

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: https://www.behindthemicroscope.com/

Dr. Will Parsons is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine. He also serves as the Director of the Baylor Pediatrician-Scientist Training Program, Director of the Center for Personal Cancer Genomics and Therapeutics, and Co Director of the Neuro-oncology and Cancer Genetics and Genomic Programs at Texas Children’s. Sr. Parsons earned his MD and PhD from the Ohio State University, did his residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, and a clinical fellowship in hematology-oncology at the national cancer institute followed by a fellowship in neuro-oncology at Johns Hopkins. Today, Dr. Parsons shares his personal and professional journey to becoming a pediatrician-scientist and discusses the role for physician-scientists and PSTPs in pediatric medicine.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Parsons for being on the podcast.

Dr. Parson’s Faculty Page: https://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-doctor/donald-williams-will-parsons-md-phd

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Executive Producers:

- Bejan Saeedi

- Joe Behnke

- Michael Sayegh

- Carey Jansen

Faculty Advisors

- Dr. Mary Horton

- Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: behindthemicroscope.com

Dr. Niroshana Anandasabapathy is a dermatologist and associate professor of Dermatology and vice chair of research at Weill Cornell Medical School. She earned her MD-PhD in the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program, completed her residency in Dermatology at NYU and trained as a postdoctoral fellow under the late Ralph Steinman at the Rockefeller University, where she also earned a Master's of Science in Clinical and translational science. Today she shares how she discovered her passion for science and for practice at the intersection of science and medicine, the pivotal decision points in her career that have led her to where she is today, how she has taken wisdom from each experience she has had along the way, and the importance of finding innovative ways to support women and underrepresented physician scientists. 



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Our thanks to Dr. Anandasabapathy for being on the podcast.



Follow Dr. Anandasabapathy on twitter: @niroanandalab



Dr. Anandasabapathy’s Webpage: https://anandasabapathylab.weill.cornell.edu



Today's Host: Carey Jansen



Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke



Executive Producer – Bejan Saeedi



Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh



Associate Producer – Josh Owens



Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson



Twitter: @behindthescope_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: https://www.behindthemicroscope.com/

Dr. Holly Bauser-Heaton is an assistant professor and interventional pediatric cardiologist and physician-scientist at Sibley Heart Center at Children’s Healthcare of Altanta. She is also a co-director of the MD-PhD program at Emory University. She earned her MD and PhD at Indiana University, completed residency in pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and fellowship at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Today she shares her journey to becoming a physician-scientist in a procedural field, and her thoughts on moving physician-scientist training forward as a co-director of an MSTP. Without further ado, here is my conversation with Dr. Holly Bauser-Heaton.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Bauser-Heaton for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Bauser-Heaton on twitter: @hbh_mdphd

Dr. Bauser-Heaton’s Faculty Page: https://www.pedsresearch.org/people/faculty/holly-bauser-heaton-md-phd

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisors – Dr. Mary Horton and Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: behindthemicroscope.com

Dr. Mark Mullins is a neuroradiologist and professor Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, he also serves as the Vice-chair for education within the department and as well as the Director of Radiology Medical Student Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Mullins completed his undergraduate and graduate training in chemistry at Harvard University and his medical education as part of the Harvard MIT program in Health Sciences and Technology. He then completed his diagnostic radiology residence and neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since joining the faculty at Emory, Dr. Mullins has remained actively involved with medical education, including having previously served as the diagnostic radiology residency program director. He also holds numerous teaching and mentorship awards received throughoutthe years, including the 2020 Radiological Society of North America’s Outstanding Educator Award.

In today’s episode, we discuss several important educational initiatives of his during his time at Emory, including the creation of the Emory research-track residency program. We also discuss important transitions throughout/phd and physician-scientist training.

Credits:

Our thanks to Dr. Mullins for being on the podcast.

Follow Dr. Mullins on twitter: @markemullins

Dr. Mullins’ faculty page: https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/bios/faculty/mullins-mark-e.html

Host: Bejan Saeedi

Co-Host and Audio Engineer – Joe Behnke

Executive Producer and Social Media Coordinator – Carey Jansen

Executive Producer – Michael Sayegh

Associate Producer – Josh Owens

Faculty Advisor – Dr. Brian Robinson

Twitter: @behindthescope_

Instagram: @behindthemicroscopepod

Facebook: @behindthemicroscope1

Website: behindthemicroscope.com