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The Southern California Research Forum: Advancing GU Cancer Care - Monty Pal & Rana McKay

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Rana McKay and Sumanta (Monty) Pal join Zach Klaassen in discussing the Southern California Genitourinary (GU) Cancer Research Forum, a program aimed at uniting healthcare professionals in Southern California to coordinate research and patient care in GU cancers. The program highlights include discussions on kidney cancer, bladder cancer, and prostate cancer, integrating patient advocates and show...

Exploring Burnout in Healthcare "Fist Pumps: The Prescription for Provider Burnout" - Scott MacDiarmid

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Scott MacDiarmid joins Diane Newman in a conversation about his book, Fist Pumps , which discusses burnout in healthcare. Dr. MacDiarmid believes that the commoditization of medicine is the root of the problem, causing the devaluation and gutting of the profession of medicine and record numbers of burnout among healthcare providers. He argues that the American healthcare system has become over-cor...

The Role of Community Partnerships in Advancing Our Understanding of Prostate Cancer Disparities and Improving Patient Outcomes - Samuel Washington & Yaw Nyame

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Samuel Washington and Yaw Nyame join Matthew Cooperberg in a discussion with a broader view of prostate cancer disparities. Drs Washington and Nyame explore the drivers of prostate cancer disparities, focusing on health, social, and structural factors. Efforts are moving forward, and Dr. Washington believes we are changing the paradigm in how we explore them. We understand we now need more granula...

Social Media as an Effective Tool for Consuming Treatment Research and Health Information - Axel Merseburger

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Alicia Morgans is joined by Axel Merseburger to discuss the dissemination of clinical information and engagement through social media platforms to help listeners, clinicians, patients, and caregivers benefit from the newest developments in oncology. Dr. Merseburger discusses the need to cast a broader outreach using social media to consume and support the take-home messages from medical conference...

Urologists for Social Responsibility - Aditya Bagrodia & Manoj Monga

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Aditya Bagrodia and Manoj Monga discuss the Urologists for Social Responsibility meeting. The goal of this meeting is to bring together our extended community to learn more from each other and experts in the field regarding the nuances of these social topics and to discuss approaches to being effective leaders for social change through dialogue, advocacy, and activism. Urologists for Social Respon...

Identifying Unmet Needs in the Patient Journey in Prostate Cancer - Alicia Morgans

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Oliver Sartor is joined by Alicia Morgans to discuss her presentation at the GU ASCO 2022 Annual Meeting on the largest digital survey conducted in patients with prostate cancer, the initial results of an international survey of patients with prostate cancer. The goal of this survey was to map patient experiences, expectations, and attitudes, and to identify challenges and unmet needs in diagnosis...

From the Stage to the Clinic and Back: Medicine and Burnout - Stuart H. Bloom

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Stuart Bloom, MD, a well-known Twin Cities oncologist, joins Charles Ryan, MD to highlight his work on physician burnout including his theatrical play “How to Avoid Burnout in 73 Minutes”. The play represents Dr. Bloom's path to becoming a physician. Dr. Bloom spent the first 30 years of his life as an actor and comedian, the next 31 as a physician. In this conversation, the pair discuss how he co...

The Academic Community-Hybrid Model in Medical Oncology - Dan Roberts

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In a conversation with Alicia Morgans, Daniel Roberts discusses his innovative approach to oncology care through an academic-community hybrid model. Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, this model aims to bridge the gap between academic research and community-based care. Roberts, who is also based at Dana-Farber, explains that the model allows him to engage in clinical medicine while als...

From Athens to Seattle: A Global Conversation on Urologic Care and the Société Internationale d'Urologie - Petros Grivas & Athanasios Papatsoris

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In a discussion, Alicia Morgans, Athanasios Papatsoris, and Petros Grivas focus on the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) and its global medical education efforts. Dr. Papatsoris emphasizes the SIU's role as the third-largest urological association, uniting over 10,000 members from 130+ countries, while Dr. Grivas emphasizes its mission to eradicate disparities and educate urologists worldwid...

Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk - Lorelei Mucci

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Lorelei Mucci joins Alicia Morgans in a conversation on exercise and nutrition in cancer care. Dr. Mucci provides an overview of the impact of lifestyle and nutrition on cancer and disease risk. She highlights specific types of dietary patterns that are associated with a lower risk of cancer overall, specifically more aggressive forms of prostate cancer or cancers that ultimately will become fatal...