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Deeper Levels

by Natalie Banet

A podcast about pathology, medicine, and science. Mostly.Disclaimer: This podcast and its website do not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 37: Surgery, Parenting, and Glitter in the Era of Covid-19 with Dr. Brittany Bankhead-­Kendall

    Dr. Bankhead Kendall's institutional page. In case you became intrigued as I did. I didn't even know this was a career! Twitter profile. This is powerful stuff! A master class in social media-ing!

  2. Episode 36: Why (Gyn)Pathology (Vol 7), with Drs. C. Matt Quick and Karen Talia!

    Join me as I speak with Drs. C. Matt Quick and Karen Talia. We talk about their journeys into medicine and Pathology with many detours, laughs, and great advice for those thinking of a career in this field! Read more about the episode by clicking here.

  3. Episode 35: Season 2 Premiere with Josh Sommer (Chordoma Foundation)

    Read more about Josh here. Brachyury is in the news! In case you want to read the Forbes piece. And a presentation that josh gave about his journey - with video!

  4. Episode 34: Season 1 Finale: Putting 2020 in the rearview! (with Dr. Cristina McLaughlin)

    Note: Season two will start in the first quarter of 2021. Thanks to all of my listeners (Levelheads unite)!

  5. Episode 33: Why (Gyn) Pathology, with two special guests!

    Article mentioned by Dr. Bennett (from MSK) can be found here. Link to more about the episode can be found here.

  6. Episode 32: Scientific journalism, and the effects of Covid-19 and HPV in the prison population with Dr. Bryn Nelson.

    Dr. Bryn's articles from Cancer Cytopathology can be found by clicking here and then here. CDC data on HPV vaccine. The Marshall Project. UCLA Covid behind bars. Dr. Ramaswamy.

  7. Episode 31: Happy Friendsgiving! A conversation with Dr. Laura Wood.

    Dr. Wood is an impressive person. Read all about it! There's a whole cadre of folks who eat the same thing for lunch everyday. It's so interesting! Episode picture is of my former "roomies" during my fellowship year, including Dr. Wood (standing next to me, I'm in the red dress), also (from left…

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  8. Episode 30: Why (Gyn) Pathology, with LOTS more special guests!

    For full description, click here. Dr. Ellenson's editorial from 2017 can be found here. AJCP article on gender in Pathology faculty can be found here, with further details here. Dr. McCluggage's lecture on endometrium can be found here.

  9. Episode 29: A revolution in teaching and learning with Drs. Josh Kim and Edward Maloney

    Dr. Kim’s home page. Dr Kim’s blog. Dr. Maloney’s information. 15 Fall Scenarios, the blog that started the book! And the subsequent poll of how students responded to said post. Latency video for musicians (this is so cool). Blog post about musicians and the latency issue. If you need to know…

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  10. Episode 28: “We can’t make good decisions based on bad surveys” with Dr. Anthony Artino.

    Dr. Artino’s profile page can be found here. Selected writings of Dr. Artino: Keep yourself out of trouble when designing surveys! Simulation paper. To Tweet, or not to Tweet? A great blog on survey design! Things we mention on the podcast: The Dunning-Kurger effect. Diffusion of Innovation…

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  11. Episode 27: Why (Gyn) Pathology? with Dr. Robert Kurman.

    Dr. Young's interview with Dr. Kurman can be found here. You can read about pickle ball here.

  12. Episode 26: Radical Authenticity and Intentionality with Dr. Patricia Poitevien

    Dr. Poitevien’s Brown page: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/ppoitev1 Note: the audio cuts out a bit in this episode, but it is brief and gets better! Stay to the end for all of the good advice and humor.

  13. Episode 25: Why (Gyn) Pathology? Vol. 2 - Featuring Dr. Brigitte (Biggy) Ronnett!

    Profile page, click here. Info on Brigitte. For more info on the show, check out my Why Gyn Path? page here.

  14. Episode 24: Six podcasts, eleven voices, one mega show! (A crossover show for the ages)

    People of Pathology Computationally Yours Pathpod ScopeMD Dead Men Do Tell Tales Nerdy things we nerded about, in case it's interesting to you: Descript Garageband Squadcast Wavepad Audacity Podcasting course- Pat Flynn (Dr. Scope mentions this)

  15. Episode 23: Patient Voting, Social Media, and the cautious use of expletives with Dr. Kelly Wong.

    Read about Dr. Wong’s organization, Patient Voting. Dr. Wong was interviewed in the NYT. Follow Dr. Wong on Twitter, you won’t regret it! Dogs are sniffing out Covid. Though I’m waiting to get excited about it. If you’d like to mentor a medical student, sign up for Prescribe it Forward. My…

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  16. Episode 22: Why (Gyn) Pathology? Vol. 2 - Featuring LOTS MORE special guests.

    For more information, visit: https://www.notion.so/Gynecologic-Pathology-d02db0e8d4204333a19bbee9eea86ea9

  17. Episode 21: "A right to health and a right to live" with Dr. Akilah Jefferson Shah.

    Show notes: Dr. Jefferson’s Huffington Post piece: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-black-american-community-devastated_n_5ed6a2c2c5b68113b7e4c1ee?test_ad=spot_test_mw_life,taboola_iframe_desktop_news Poll, cited by Dr. Jefferson:...

  18. Episode 20: ACE2 is having a moment: with special guest Dr. Ankit Patel

    Dr. Patel’s articles: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763803 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763803 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7314195/pdf/ciaa627.pdf

  19. Episode 19: The Impact of Pathology on Patient Care, with Drs. Lotte Mulder and Jeff Myers

    Article: https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/doi/10.1093/ajcp/aqaa106/5859038 Michigan Data: https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98163_98173---,00.html Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified…

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  20. Episode 18: Perspectives on Medical Education: from a Senior Associate Dean to a Second Year Student (Guests Dr. Alan Tunkel and Leigh Kinney).

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions. Show notes: Video of Dr. Tunkel’s address to the class of 2019:...

  21. Episode 17: Why (Gyn) Pathology? With LOTS of special guests, Vol. 1

    My guests are all specialists in Gyn Pathology whom I wanted to know more about! I find their stories and personal philosophies inspiring! A full description of the episode with links to their profiles can be found at: https://www.notion.so/Gyn-Pathology-d02db0e8d4204333a19bbee9eea86ea9 Briefly:...

  22. Episode 16: Epidemiology, Big Data, and Health Equity in Cancer Research (with special guest Mya Roberson).

    Show notes: Her research paper we discussed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31828465/?from_single_result=Premenopausal+gynecologic+surgery+and+survival+among+black+and+white+women+with+breast+cancer Her profile page: https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/meetthescholars/mya-roberson/ Article...

  23. Episode 15: Two Peas in a Pod(cast): A Deeper Levels/People of Pathology Crossover episode!

    Some of my favorite podcasts: https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/ https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily (forgot to mention this one) https://cafe.com/ss_series/cafe-insiders/ (and this one) https://www.krpoliticaljunkie.com/ Disclaimer:...

  24. Episode 14: Improving Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Pathology (with special guest Dr. Marissa White).

    Show notes: Dr. White’s publication on inclusion and diversity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734606/ Dr. White’s recent Grand Rounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhaViHmuK7o&t=455s Johns Hopkins statement:...

  25. Episode 13: Pregnancy and health care disparities in the time of Covid-19, with special guest Dr. Jackie Parchem

    Show notes: Dr. Parchem's other research, very interesting stuff here! Article on health disparities: Parchem JG, Gupta M, Chen HY, Wagner S, Mendez-Figueroa H, Chauhan SP. Adverse Infant and Maternal Outcomes Among Low-Risk Term Pregnancies Stratified by Race and Ethnicity. Obstet Gynecol....

  26. Episode 12: Digital Pathology: A new microscope? (With Drs. Maheswari Mukherjee and Liron Pantanowitz)

    References: Article reviewed in detail in show: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213294519300936 Cytotechnology decrease: https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/134/5/820/1766532 Changing role of Cytopathology: https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article/136/1/108/1766572

  27. Episode 11: Histology education in a virtual medium: Exceptional videos from the mind of a medical student (with special guest Chris Demas).

    Chris’ Youtube channel, Illustrations of Histology https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9hT3pD4Pw7yHtVRxCA846w Study aids that Chris mentions: https://sketchymedical.com/ https://apps.ankiweb.net/

  28. Episode 10: Global Maternal Health and Emerging Infections with Dr. David Schwartz.

    Dr. Schwartz’s recent articles on SARS-Co V-2 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32338533/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32180426/ https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/2/194 Maternal death, Iran case series: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(20)30516-0/fulltext Stillbirth in Switzerland:...

  29. Episode 9: A view from Houston: Cancer care, the state of research, and how to consume information (with special guest Dr. Anirban Maitra).

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions. Delay in some cancer surgeries:...

  30. Episode 8: From early Medical School graduation to an inpatient Covid unit: An (interim) intern’s experience (with special guest Dr. Gregory Kirschen).

    WHO caution: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/world-health-organisation-cautions-against-immunity-passports/ High NY numbers of antibodies https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/nyregion/coronavirus-antibodies-test-ny.html Some question antibody testing:...

  31. Episode 7: Physician Burnout in Pathology- with special guests Edna Garcia and Dr. Alexandra Brown

    Burnout article: Pubmed ID: 32080726 Elective surgeries decreasing: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hospitals/u-s-hospitals-halt-lucrative-procedures-amid-coronavirus-crisis-job-cuts-follow-idUSKBN21I388 Layoffs:...

  32. Episode 6: A Pulmonologists' view from the ICU (Intesive Care Unit) with Dr. Andrew Courtwright

    CDC data on deaths from COVID, with age breakdown. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm Men>Women https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/men-are-much-more-likely-to-die-from-coronavirus-but-why New York - allocation...

  33. Episode 5: The public health imperative, featuring Dr. Sara Wobker

    State Counts: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html Winslow address: https://zenodo.org/record/1448241 CDC definition: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/what-public-health Dr. Winslow did many, many things (sheesh!):...

  34. Episode 4: "A pause for applause (and then I almost cried)" with special guest Dr. Laura G. Pastrián (Madrid, Spain)

    CIA factbook, Spain https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html CIA factbook, USA https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html State counts: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html#states Spain corona data:...

  35. Episode 3: ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) in patients with COVID-19 with special guest Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay.

    Articles with description of lung pathology: Xu Z, Shi L, Wang Y, et al. Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Apr; 8:420-422. Fei Zhou, Ting Y, Ronghui Du, et al. Clinical Course and Risk Factors for Mortality of Adult...

  36. Episode 2: Information Niagra Falls

    NYT live updates, for those who can’t get enough https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/coronavirus-live-news-updates.html Financial Times page, excellent source of data and A+ inforgraphics https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest World o Meter, keeps US numbers as a whole, most others break down...

  37. Episode 1: Test Early, Test Often with special guest Dr. Cristina McLaughlin

    These are the articles that I used as a reference for this episode: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-south-korea-scaled-coronavirus-testing-while-the-us-fell-dangerously-behind https://www.nature.com/articles/d41587-020-00010-2...

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A podcast about pathology, medicine, and science. Mostly.Disclaimer: This podcast and its website do not constitute medical advice. Always seek the advice of your own physician or other qualified health care professional regarding any medical questions or conditions.

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