(Season 2, Ep. 7) The 3AM Call from Sweden: Dr. Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman Share their Nobel Prize-Winning Trajectory
Release Date: 04/12/2024
(Season 3, Ep. 6) Leading Innovation During Tumultuous Times: A Conversation with Dean Epstein
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How can the Penn community thrive when so much is changing in academic medicine and higher education? Our guests Dean Jonathan Epstein, MD, returns to provide some insight and share his hopes for the future. Dr. Epstein serves as Dean, Perelman School of Medicine, Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System, and is the Robert G. Dunlop Professor at PSOM. Together with host Meryl Cohen, they discuss Dean Epstein's philosophy on balancing career trajectory with personal values and goals. He also shares the scientific work that has led him to his current position,...
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(Season 3, Ep. 5) Leading an Integrated Health System: Understanding How the University of Pennsylvania Health System Works
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What does it look like to have truly integrated health & school of medicine systems, and why does it make a difference? Our guest is Kevin B. Mahoney, Chief Executive Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Though he began this role in 2019, he has been a part of the Penn Medicine community since 1996 overseeing the expansion of the health system through his roles in information technology, strategic planning, the primary care network, human resources and capital planning. Alongside host Meryl Cohen, they discuss how Kevin found his passion for healthcare in his late teens...
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(Season 3, Ep. 4) Building Tomorrow's Knowledge: Medical Innovation in Academic Medicine
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What does the process of innovation in healthcare look like? Our guest Christian Terwiesch is the Andrew M. Heller Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Professor in Wharton’s Operations and Information Management department, co-director of Penn’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and also holds a faculty appointment In Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. His research on Operations Management and on Innovation Management appears in many of the leading academic journals ranging from Management Science to The New England Journal of Medicine....
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(Season 3, Ep. 3)Being a Consummate Professional: How to Model and Lead in a Challenging Workplace
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How can we consistently show our colleagues and trainees what it looks like leading as a professional in clinical and research settings? Our guest, Dr. Jody Foster, MD, MBA, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Pennsylvania Hospital, leads the Professionalism Program at Penn Medicine as the Executive Clinical Director, is the Assistant Dean for Professionalism at Perelman School of Medicine, and serves as team Psychiatrist for the current champion Philadelphia Eagles. With...
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(Season 3, Ep. 2) Demystifying the Academic Clinician Track
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What does it mean to thrive on the Academic Clinician Track at Penn? As a matter of fact, what exactly makes the AC Track unique compared to the other faculty tracks? Our guests Eydie G. Miller-Ellis, M.D., Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Vice Chair for Academic/Faculty Affairs, Department of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Chair of the COAP Sub-Committee on Academic Clinicians and Clinical Track Faculty and Portia A. Kreiger, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division Chief, Anatomic Pathology, The Children's...
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(Season 3, Ep. 1) On the Cutting Edge: Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine as a Leader
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What happens when a new tool emerges and its potential impact is still becoming apparent? Artificial Intelligence is one of the most controversial and least understood technologies emerging today. Our guest Ethan Mollick is the Ralph J. Roberts Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies the effects of artificial intelligence on work, entrepreneurship, and education. His academic research has been published in leading journals, and his work on AI is widely applied, leading him to be named one of TIME...
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(Season 1, Episode 11) Research Track: Trajectory, Impact and Success
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How can you succeed at Penn as a Research Track faculty member? Our guests Roderic G. Eckenhoff, MD, Austin Lamont Professor of Anesthesia and Co-Chair of Committee of Appointments and Promotions at PSOM and Nirmala Nirinjini Naidoo, Ph.D., Research Professor of Sleep Medicine sit down to illuminate this least understood track. Alongside host Meryl Cohen, they tackle what exactly makes this track different from the others that exist at the Perelman School of Medicine. After sorting through the wrinkles of the track, they discuss how to ensure that you build impact and prestige when you are...
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(Season 2, Ep. 10) Helping those who Help: Utilizing Penn COBALT to Maintain your Mental Wellness
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How can we make sure that the people first inline to help others during a crisis are well taken care of themselves? That question during the COVID pandemic led to the creation of Penn COBALT, a tool for the entire Penn Medicine community to help manage mental, financial, and personal health. Guest Rachel Kishton, MD, MSHP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health and Medical Director of the Penn Medicine COBALT Program joins us to share how Penn achieves results through this innovative tool. Alongside host Meryl Cohen, they discuss how COBALT came to exist and the...
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(Season 2, Special Episode) Clinician Educator Panel: Myths, Questions, and Advice for the CE Track
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What does it take to succeed on the CE track, and how does that contrast to what new faculty think it takes to succeed? In this special episode, a live panel discussion with prominent faculty on COAP and in the CE track respond to questions frequently asked by new faculty in the CE track at PSOM. Host Meryl Cohen shares her own experiences as well as guiding the conversation through topics that can change the way you work in academic medicine. The panel discusses how many publications are REALLY required for promotion and the qualityof those publications. They share how they are able to...
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(Season 2, Ep. 9) Give it to Me Straight: Feedback Strategies that Get Results
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How do you successful navigate difficult but necessary feedback to learners? Every situation is unique, but there are best practices and frameworks that can make those conversations more positive and productive. Our guests Ben Abella, former William G. Baxt, M.D. Professor in Emergency Medicine at PSOM and current Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Jennifer Kogan, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Director, Medical Education Area of Concentration for Medical Students, Perelman School of Medicine,...
info_outline How will know when your work is leading to a discovery that can help improve and save the lives of millions, and what does it take to persevere through the obstacles in achieving that work? This special epsiode looks at what happens when chocolate and peanut butter meet and greatness occurs. Our guests are the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recipients Dr. Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Dr. Drew Weissman, MD, PhD. Their discoveries lead to develop of an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 and opens the door to new ways to manage disease through new approaches to vaccine development, immunology, and more. Dr. Karikó is an adjunct professor of Neurosurgery in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, and has recently published her memoir "Breaking Through: My Life in Science". Dr. Drew Weissman is the Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research in the Perelman School of Medicine, the Director of Vaccine Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Director of the Institute for RNA Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania.
Alongside host Meryl Cohen, the Nobel Prize winners share how they got started in science and recount the trajectory that led them to today. They share how passion and curiosity are the ultimate driving force agains thte failure and rejection that research brings, look ahead to how the science they've research can be used to innovate medicine in the future, and share the surreal experience of getting the call that they've won the Nobel prize. This is a can't miss episode for anyone interested in science, academic medicine, or even those curious to know the people behind one of the most notable scientific innovations of our time.