This week, we have an INCREDIBLE episode for you. We welcome Titilope Fasipe, MD, PhD, who not only is the Co-Director of the Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Program at Texas Children’s and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine, she herself also has sickle cell disease! Dr. Fasipe takes us through her life story ... Show More
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Episode 169: Pancreatic Cancer Series, Pt. 4 – Metastatic Disease
This week, we continue our Pancreatic Cancer series with the setting where most of our patients live: metastatic disease. Using our case of a patient with newly diagnosed metastatic pancreatic cancer, we trace how first-line chemotherapy evolved from single-agent gemcitabine to F ... Show More
33m 17s
Oct 14
Episode 167: Pancreatic Cancer Series, Pt. 2 – Resectable Disease
This week our pancreatic cancer series moves from diagnosis to management, starting with resectable disease. Using the case of a 68-year-old man with a 2.8 cm adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head, we define what "resectable" actually means, review the operation and the goal of a ... Show More
26m 23s
Mar 2022
Approach to a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease
This podcasts covers an approach to sickle cell including pathophysiology, diagnosis, history, physical exam, investigations and treatment. It was developed by Noha Elsherbini a fourth year medical student at McGill University with Dr. Surabhi Rawal, a Pediatric Hematologist Onc ... Show More
20m 59s
Aug 2020
Ep 56 Sickle Cell Disease: Invisible Illness, Enduring Strength
<p>Neglected and ignored by the medical establishment throughout most of its history, sickle cell disease remains one of the most common (and commonly misunderstood) genetic conditions in the world. In this episode, we break down the myriad effects that one nucleotide substitutio ... Show More
1h 59m