Healthcare Unfiltered

Making her triumphant return to the show is Urvi Shah, MD, hem/onc and multiple myeloma expert at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, this time to shed light on how dietary considerations present a low-risk way to modify the microbiome and help prevent cancer. She opines on whether her findings on the association between diet and cancer in myeloma will be scalable in other malignancies, offers a few of her findings related to dietary habits and cancer diagnoses, describes the double standard in the ways drug vs dietary clinical trials are considered, and shares a recent publication she published on the planetary impact of dietary choices, among other discussion points.Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Dr. Wes Fisher joins the show to continue highlighting ABIM recertification and the MOC program following a petition that has gathered over 12,000 signatures to end this program. Dr. Fisher is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL; he is also a clinical Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Fisher is triple board-certified in Internal Medicine (Grandfathered per the ABIM), cardiology, and cardiac electrophysiology. He is due for his FOURTH re-certification in cardiology after 12/31/2023 and FOURTH re-certification in EP after 12/31/2023.The process of re-certification and MOC became a core center in Dr. Fisher’s advocacy on behalf of the physicians. He co-founded Practicing Physicians of America to advocate and educate and has done significant investigative work on the ABIM; you can see much of his writing on his blog as well as many other outlets.Why does a respected EP physician, with over 3 decades of experience and thousands of patients seen, need to do this re-certification again and pay yearly dues? Please listen to this exclusive revealing podcast and share with your colleagues.This is another ABIM-related MUST LISTEN podcast.Read more about Practicing Physicians of America.https://practicingphysician.org/join/View Dr. Fisher’s blog.https://drwes.blogspot.com/Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

A lot has been stated about the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) implemented by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM,) and many physicians, regardless of specialty, have been opposed to the MOC as it adds cost, burden, and takes away from patient care. This led Dr. Aaron Goodman from UCSD to start a petition to end the MOC, which gathered unwavering support with over 10,000 signatures in 2 weeks. In response, Dr. Richard Baron, the president and CEO of ABIM, has agreed to come on the show to address the concerns raised by physicians and to answer questions that have flooded all social media channels since the petition started.What is the history of certification, recertification, and MOC? What is the “Grandfather” rule? What about data? COI? Cost? Burnout? Does the MOC really lead to better patient care? Why not stick to state-regulated CME courses? These issues are top-of-mind for a large number of physicians who are certified by the ABIM. You will not want to miss this heated, yet respectful and civil, discussion.In the podcast, there is a mention of COIs. The ABIM has provided links to their COI. https://www.abim.org/about/boards-and-committees/board-policies/financial-conflict-of-interest/and https://www.abim.org/about/boards-and-committees/board-policies/academic-conflict-of-interest/ Dr. Baron's specific COI are also listed.https://www.abim.org/about/leadership/#baronThe ABIM Board of Directors page lists all of their COIs as well. https://www.abim.org/about/boards-and-committees/governance/board-of-directors/Here is the page for all the Specialty Boards. https://www.abim.org/about/boards-and-committees/View the petition.https://www.change.org/p/eliminate-abims-moc-requirementCheck out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Kuljit Kapur, DO, MBA, hospice and palliative medicine specialist, is today’s guest of honor to bring about new perspectives and clarify some misconceptions regarding palliative and hospice care. Dr. Kapur shares her inspiration to go into palliative care and to pursue her MBA, reflects on her regular routine of home visits and how it affected her personal life, offers a way in which we can change the negative stigma around palliative care, opines on an appropriate timeline to begin palliative care in patients, explains how to manage family expectations against what is needed for patients, describes how palliative care and hospice care teams as well as reimbursements differ, and a whole lot more.Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD, medical oncologist and primary care physician with a focus on cancer patients, and esteemed author of the book “Fragmented: A Doctor's Quest to Piece Together American Health Care,” joins the show as today’s guest of honor. Chadi and Dr. Yurkiewicz discuss her unorthodox career path and inspiration to write the book, where the fragmentation within the healthcare system can be pinpointed (layers upon layers), the many narratives and original research she adds to the book to make the story relatable and compelling, and the low-hanging fruit that can change the system for the better, among many other things.Read more about “Fragmented: A Doctor's Quest to Piece Together American Health Care.”https://www.amazon.com/Fragmented-Doctors-Together-American-Health/dp/0393881199Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Dr. Julie Gralow, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of ASCO (American Society of Medical Oncology,) the largest society for oncologists around the world, shares her career journey until she assumed the post of ASCO-CMO during the COVID-19 pandemic.Julie is a pioneer in global oncology and a world-renowned leader in breast cancer, being an innovator and a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle for over 20 years. Her impact on the field is second to none.Dr. Gralow discusses how ASCO attempts to address hot and controversial issues in oncology in a timely and effective manner. We go over the current chemotherapy shortage and abortion rights for patients with cancer, among other topics.This episode is a must-listen for everyone in oncology; hear the most influential medical voice in oncology on behalf of our society and be inspired.View “A Day in the Life” of Dr. Gralow at the ASCO Annual Meeting.https://twitter.com/asco/status/1671578875145461774Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

In another change-of-pace episode, Chadi hosts Tom Harari, MBA, serial entrepreneur and writer of personal finance, business, and self-improvement. Tom shares his personal business ventures and professional story to date, opens up about how heartbreak in his personal life was a truly life-changing moment from which to grow, and recaps his viral Twitter thread of the “38 lessons I'd tell my 18 year old self.” There are plenty of advice nuggets and thought-provoking tidbits from this honest and self-reflective dialogue about how to better your life and set yourself up for future success.Read Tom’s recent writings and subscribe to his newsletter.www.tomharari.coCheck out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Alex Herrera, MD, associate professor of medicine and lymphoma “guru” at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, joins the show on the last day of the ASCO Annual Meeting after being on stage for his Plenary session. Dr. Herrera shares the remarkable, resilient story of his family life, upbringing, life-altering injury, and improbable journey from playing baseball in Miami to a leadership role at City of Hope. Captivating, inspiring, gut-wrenching, and uplifting, Dr. Herrera’s account is truly worthy of your attention.Read Dr. Herrera’s story in The ASCO Post.https://ascopost.com/issues/december-25-2022/alex-herrera-md-finds-a-path-from-the-baseball-fields-of-miami-to-a-leadership-role-at-city-of-hope/Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Tyler Olson of Olson Consulting LLC joins the show to share his financial advice and planning for physicians and medical students as they go through their careers. Chadi and Tyler hit on the early financial decisions that medical students and early career physicians should make to support their lives as they deal with delayed income, why Tyler decided to open his own consulting firm, and why he focuses his consulting solely for the benefit of medical professionals. He shares how medical students and residents can see the trajectory of the debt they accumulate while in training and set a “plan to plan” and manage cash flow to alleviate that debt efficiently. View resources on the Olson Consulting website.https://www.olsonconsultingmi.com/homeCheck out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA

Nitin Jain, MD, associate professor in the department of leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is the guest of honor to provide a comprehensive and simplified overview of the major advances in chronic lymphocytic leukemia over the past two decades. Dr. Jain talks mutations and time to treatment, prognostic markers, BTK inhibitors, combination regimens, current research, toxicities, cost, and a host of controversies with trial comparator arms, drug similarities, and MRD.Check out Chadi’s website for all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes and other content. www.chadinabhan.com/Watch all Healthcare Unfiltered episodes on Youtube. www.youtube.com/channel/UCjiJPTpIJdIiukcq0UaMFsA