#30 Hematologist/Oncologist Interview - End of Life, Breaking Bad News, and Lifestyle
01/15/24 • 83 min
Amy Mackenzie, MD, grew up in Los Angeles but fled the scene in 1994 after college in rural New York to live and work in Japan for 3 years. She decided to pursue medicine at that time and headed back to the states to finish up pre-med work while working for the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles. She then moved to Philadelphia in 2000 to work and apply to med school, ultimately enrolling at MCP-Hahnemann (now Drexel). After a year as part-time faculty at the med school, she went on to 3 years of IM residency at Temple and subsequently worked as a hospitalist at Fox Chase for a year between residency and fellowship. She completed heme/onc fellowship at Jefferson in 2013 and then became the first oncologist to do a geriatrics fellowship at Jefferson. She has 4 board certifications: internal medicine, hematology, oncology and geriatrics. She is an associate professor and a fellow of the American College of Physicians, actively participates in an older adults task force with ASCO (Amercian Society of Clinical Oncology) and sits on the board of the newly formed American Academy of Geriatric Oncology. Welcome to the show!
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0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Statistics About Oncology
2:24 - What Is Hematology Oncology?
7:06 - Journey Into Heme-Oncol.
12:39 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People
19:16 - What Was Heme-Oncol. Fellowship Like?
26:29 - Getting Into Geriatrics
30:07 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?
37:33 - Dealing With Very Sick People
41:23 - Delivering Bad and Good News
50:24 - Lessons Learned From Treating Very Ill Patients
55:32 - An Average Day/Week of a Hematologist Oncologist
1:06:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?
1:09:09 - Worst Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist
1:11:50 - Best Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist
1:13:27 - Advice to People Looking Into Hematology Oncology
1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship
1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine
1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!!
1:27:24 - Closing Message
1:30:22 - Outro
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Amy Mackenzie, MD, grew up in Los Angeles but fled the scene in 1994 after college in rural New York to live and work in Japan for 3 years. She decided to pursue medicine at that time and headed back to the states to finish up pre-med work while working for the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles. She then moved to Philadelphia in 2000 to work and apply to med school, ultimately enrolling at MCP-Hahnemann (now Drexel). After a year as part-time faculty at the med school, she went on to 3 years of IM residency at Temple and subsequently worked as a hospitalist at Fox Chase for a year between residency and fellowship. She completed heme/onc fellowship at Jefferson in 2013 and then became the first oncologist to do a geriatrics fellowship at Jefferson. She has 4 board certifications: internal medicine, hematology, oncology and geriatrics. She is an associate professor and a fellow of the American College of Physicians, actively participates in an older adults task force with ASCO (Amercian Society of Clinical Oncology) and sits on the board of the newly formed American Academy of Geriatric Oncology. Welcome to the show!
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0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Statistics About Oncology
2:24 - What Is Hematology Oncology?
7:06 - Journey Into Heme-Oncol.
12:39 - Entering Med School Older Than Most People
19:16 - What Was Heme-Oncol. Fellowship Like?
26:29 - Getting Into Geriatrics
30:07 - What Is It Like Being an Attending?
37:33 - Dealing With Very Sick People
41:23 - Delivering Bad and Good News
50:24 - Lessons Learned From Treating Very Ill Patients
55:32 - An Average Day/Week of a Hematologist Oncologist
1:06:20 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?
1:09:09 - Worst Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist
1:11:50 - Best Thing About Being a Hematologist Oncologist
1:13:27 - Advice to People Looking Into Hematology Oncology
1:16:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Fellowship
1:19:09 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine
1:25:22 - Super Important Question!!!
1:27:24 - Closing Message
1:30:22 - Outro
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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.
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Resources
The Defining Decade by Meg Jay: https://amzn.eu/d/1mO3gWe
Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers: https://a.co/d/czgdFFn
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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes, I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.
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#31 Endocrinologist Interview - Diabetes Breakthroughs, Lifestyle, and True Passion
SERGE A. JABBOUR, MD, FACP, FACE is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Jefferson. He is also the Director of the Jefferson Diabetes Center. Dr Jabbour completed his training in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic Diseases at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.Dr Jabbour has been recognized with many honors and he is holder of many teaching awards. Dr Jabbour was named Top Doc in Philadelphia area every year since 2011 by Philadelphia Magazine and one of the best endocrinologists in the nation by Castle Connolly every year since 2012. Dr Jabbour is a member of numerous professional organizations, including The Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Dr Jabbour has published many articles and chapters on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, various endocrine topics; he serves on the Editorial Board of many journals and he just finished in September 2021 his 5-year tenure as the Chair of the Endocrine Board Review Committee for The Endocrine Society.
Dr Jabbour’s main research interest is in the field of diabetes. He is involved in many clinical research trials related to new diabetes drugs. He also gives many lectures all over the world on different endocrine topics, mainly diabetes, either in the setting of grand rounds, symposia or other CME presentations. I am truly honored to have such an inspiring and world-class endocrinologist with me today. Welcome Dr. Jabbour, let’s see how many people we can convince to do endocrinology.
Jefferson Endocrinology:
https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/endocrinology-diabetes-metabolic-diseases?gclid=CjwKCAjwiOCgBhAgEiwAjv5whBW4FTPRCa_lVxnQI577rjIie4qMEkxca7tNsBwTxndwYCamtYfiMBoCknsQAvD_BwE
Jefferson Diabetes Center:
https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/clinical-specialties/diabetes-center
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0:00 - Intro
1:49 - Statistics About Endocrinology
3:10 - What Is Endocrinology?
5:22 - Journey Into Medicine and Endocrinology
13:07 - Keeping the Team Happy
15:42 - An Average Day/Week of an Endocrinologist
19:40 - Advice for People Looking Into Leveling up Ranks
22:50 - If I Give You $100 Million, What Would You Do?
25:25 - Best Thing About Being an Endocrinologist
27:35 - Making a Rare Diagnosis
32:16 - Passion for Studying Diabetes
34:21 - Things We Should Know About Type 2 & 1 Diabetes
53:06 - What Do You Think About Ozempic and Glp-1?
59:44 - Dietary Tips
1:06:21 - Hemoglobin a1c Levels
1:20:10 - SGLT2 Inhibitors
1:16:48 - Future of Endocrinology
1:19:34 - Changes Over the Years
1:20:17 - Myths About Diabetes
1:24:29 - High Number of Diabetic Patients in the U.S.
1:30:39 - Advice to People Looking Into Endocrinology
1:32:36 - Maximizing Competitiveness Going Into Endocrinology
1:39:00 - What Makes the Best-Med Students/Residents/Fellows?
1:42:28 - Advice to People Entering a Career in Medicine
1:45:17 - What Advice Would You Give Your 18-Year-Old Self?
1:48:20 - Adapting to the U.S.
1:49:43 - Closing Message
1:51:57 - Outro
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Resources
Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson: https://amzn.eu/d/dZHrYY8
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Welcome to the Zach Highley Show, where we discuss personal growth and medicine to figure out how to improve our lives. My name is Zach a Resident Physician in Boston. Throughout these episodes I’ll interview top performers from around the world in business, life, and medicine in hopes of extracting the resources and techniques they use to get to the top.
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