TBDP S2:E7 Emergency Medicine Physician Battles Healthcare Disparities

10/19/20 • 40 min

Dr. Italo Brown is an Emergency Medicine Physician practicing in California. After graduating from Morehouse College, he earned his Master’s Degree in Public Health before attending Meharry Medical College. After completing residency, Dr. Brown attended Stanford for a fellowship in Social Emergency Medicine.Italo shares a typical day in the life of an Emergency Physician at a busy Level 1 Trauma center. He highlights several exciting aspects of the specialty that are pertinent to medical students considering applying to emergency medicine. Dr. Brown’s pathway was long and challenging, but highlighted by his passion for service. His fellowship in Social Emergency Medicine focused on tackling barriers to care and understanding contributors to healthcare disparities. Dr. Brown is the Chief Impact Officer for TRAP Medicine, a non-profit organization that provides barbershop health interventions in local communities.Are you or someone you know interested in Emergency Medicine? Would you like to learn more about healthcare disparities? Are you curious about the unique role HBCUs play in increasing diversity in healthcare? This episode is for you!TBDP is a volunteer passion project with the goal of inspiring all who listen. In-house music and audio production, so any ideas for improvements or suggestions for future guests are welcome. Thank you so much for listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a comment or rating.If you are thinking about starting your own podcast, check out my 30 Minutes To Podcast masterclass on my website www.StevenBradley,MD.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackdoctorspodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackdoctorspodcast/support

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TBDP S2:E6 Black Mental Health Matters

Dr. Danielle Hairston is a double-boarded Psychiatrist and residency program director at the Howard University Hospital. (She was also my resident when I was a medical student at Howard University College of Medicine). In this episode, she shares a glimpse into her practice as a Psychiatrist and how she interacts with her team of residents and medical students.Dr. Hairston is advocate, effecting change for the state of mental health in the black community. She shares how she was initially discouraged from pursuing a career in Psychiatry, and how she ultimately decided to follow her calling. We discuss her pathway to medicine, which included the ODASIS pipeline program at Rutgers.Dr. Hairston discusses current events including the pre-hospital use of ketamine (a powerful sedative) to treat “excited delirium”. She also provides her thoughts on residency interviews and the Match process in the setting of COVID19, information that will be very helpful for current medical students.Are you or someone you know finishing medical school and applying to residency this year? Are you considering pursuing a career in mental health? This episode is for you!TBDP is a volunteer passion project with the goal of inspiring all who listen. In-house music and audio production, so any ideas for improvements or suggestions for future guests are welcome. Thank you so much for listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a comment or rating. If you are thinking about starting your own podcast, check out my 30 Minutes To Podcast masterclass on my website www.StevenBradley,MD.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackdoctorspodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackdoctorspodcast/support

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TBDP S2:E8 Tails of Diversity in Veterinary Medicine

This episode of The Black Doctors Podcast features Dr. Derecka Alexander, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine currently practicing in Las Vegas, Nevada. During our chat, she talks about a typical day in her life. She works primarily with dogs and cats and functions in an extremely robust practice that includes anesthetizing AND operating on her patients.In this episode, she provides fantastic information for students interested in pursuing Veterinary Medicine. She speaks about the significance of shadowing and volunteering in the field. Veterinary Medicine programs are few and extremely competitive, but Dr. Alexander provides some tips to help you succeed. In addition to reflecting on her pathway into the profession, she talks about the many different sub-specialties available to Doctors of Veterinary Medicine. She wraps up by discussing how Veterinarians are tasked with navigating what is best for the patient, with what is best for the clients/owners. Do you know anyone who loves animals and is thinking about becoming a veterinarian? This is the episode for them. Dr. Alexander is available on Instagram and Linked In and is passionate about being a resource and increasing diversity in the field.TBDP is a volunteer passion project with the goal of inspiring all who listen. In-house music and audio production, so any ideas for improvements or suggestions for future guests are welcome. Thank you so much for listening. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a comment or rating.If you are thinking about starting your own podcast, check out my 30 Minutes To Podcast masterclass on my website www.StevenBradley,MD.com--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blackdoctorspodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackdoctorspodcast/support

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