Medicus
Episodes
Ep 175 | Inside the World of Healthcare Simulation with Dr. Alex Croft
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to prepare healthcare providers for the cases they'll never see coming? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Croft, a fellowshi...
Ep174 | From the U.S. to the U.K.: One Anesthesiologist's Life in Two Healthcare Systems w/ Dr. Brock Andreatta
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What actually happens when a US-trained physician packs up and moves their practice to another country? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brock An...
Ep 173 | Specialty Spotlight: Combined Emergency Medicine/Anesthesiology w/ Dr. David Leon
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
By their 4th year of medical school, most students have chosen one specialty - one path forward. But what if the career you actually want doesn’t fi...
Ep172 | Careers in Healthcare: Pharmacist
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. In...
Ep 171 | Neurodiversity in Higher Education and the Clinic with Dr. Devon Price
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we examine the complexities of neurodiversity within clinical environments and higher education. Dr. Devon Price discusses the nuance...
Ep 170 | Redefining a Medical Career: From Gynecological Oncology in Poland to Psychiatry in the U.S.
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We heard stories of physicians practicing in the USA in a specialty different from the ones they originally trained in, perhaps even from a different ...
Ep 169 | Resident Perspective Series: Neurosurgery
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini series, we interview resident physicians to gain a deeper understanding into the responsibilities and challenges of their chosen specialt...
Ep 168 | Mental Health for Patients and For Oneself: Finding Purpose in the Modern World with Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Martinez
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daniel B. Martinez is a Chicago-born, board-certified psychiatrist and one of the leading voices in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry servin...
Ep167 | Resident Perspective Series: Dermatology
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this new mini series, we interview resident physicians to gain a deeper understanding into the responsibilities and challenges of their chosen spec...
Ep 166 | Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Pediatrics Critical Care with Dr. Elaine Cheng
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Dr. Elaine Cheng, a neonatologist at Loyola, to learn about her experiences with navigating the challenges she faces in the NICU and how ...
Ep 165 | When ICE Enters the Hospital: The Fight for Sanctuary Doctoring with Dr. Amy Blair and Dr. Monica Maalouf
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As ICE raids escalate across Chicago, hospitals and clinics have become sites of risk and confrontation for immigrants seeking healthcare. What happen...
Ep164 | Careers in Healthcare: Pathologists’ Assistant
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. In...
Ep 163 | Cultural Humility in Pediatrics
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cultural humility is a lifelong practice of self-reflection, openness, and respect for the diverse backgrounds of the families we serve. Unlike cultur...
Ep162 | Careers in Healthcare: Paramedic
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. In...
Ep161 | Careers in Healthcare: Lawyer, Student Edition
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep160 | AI in Medicine: Entrepreneurship and the Future of Medical Education
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The goal of this mini series is to spark conversations of these new tools and practices within the community of current and future medical practitione...
Ep159 | Medical Content Creation with Dr. Paul Tran
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Paul Tran, a pediatric gastroenterologist who may be better known as the “med student on rotations” with his soc...
Ep158 | Medicine’s Moral Injury Epidemic With Dr. Carol Paris
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful episode, we explore moral injury in healthcare - the profound distress physicians face when they’re forced to make decisions that g...
Ep157 | MS4 Perspective: Pathology
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we chat about the field of Pathology. Our guest, Dr. Anaisa Quintanilla-Arteaga, shares advice on how t...
Ep156 | Careers in Healthcare: Dietitian
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. In...
Ep155 | AI in Medicine: Its Current State and Future Implications
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The goal of this mini series is to spark conversations of these new tools and practices within the community of current and future medical practitione...
Ep 154 | Careers in Healthcare: Physician Associate, Student Edition
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep153 | Careers in Healthcare: Social Worker
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep 152 | Careers in Healthcare: Physician Scientist, Student Edition
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to better understand the variety of team members involved in patient care. For this episo...
Ep151 | Physician Wellness with Dr. Laura Vater
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Laura Vater, board certified Gastrointestinal Oncologist at Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Cent...
Ep150 | HOCUS POCUS - Exploring Point of Care Ultrasound with Dr. Mary King
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mary King, an internal medicine physician and POCUS enthusiast, to discuss how point-of-care ultrasound is trans...
Ep149 | Female Sexual Wellness and Dysfunction
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Mary Lynn, an obgyn at Loyola University Medical Center, about the often overlooked topic of female sexual wellne...
Ep148 | Why Integrative Medicine? A Look at Health Beyond Disease with Dr. Jennifer Ron
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Medicus, we’re diving into the world of integrative medicine—a healthcare approach that goes beyond symptom management to treat...
Ep147 | Careers in Healthcare: Health Educator
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep146 | The Autopsy in Medical Education
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The autopsy has wide-ranging benefits on medicine, public health, and research. However, the rates of autopsies performed in the hospital have decline...
Ep 145 | Genetic Testing Fraud
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Julien Stroumza sits down with Medicus member Jackie Tarsitano to discuss the alarming rise of genetic testing fraud, a multibil...
Ep144 | MS4 Perspective: Neurosurgery
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we chat about the field of Neurosurgery. Our guest, Dr. Deja Rush, shares advice on how to set yourself...
Ep 143 | Charity Care Lifelines: Breaking Free from Medical Debt with Jared Walker from Dollar For
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the U.S., a medical emergency can quickly turn into a financial crisis, leaving many patients buried under insurmountable medical debt. In this epi...
Ep142 | Careers in Healthcare: Epidemiologist
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep141 | MS4 Perspective: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we chat about the field of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics. Our guest, Bran Garcia, shares advice on how...
Ep140 | MS4 Perspective: Psychiatry
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we discuss the field of Psychiatry. Our guest, Julia Versel, shares advice on how to set yourself up fo...
Ep139 | From Learner to Leader With Dr. Cassandra Ward
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a discussion about the journey through medical education and the destination of becoming an emergency medicine attending physician. Hear a...
Ep138 | MS4 Perspective: Anesthesiology
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we chat about the field of Anesthesiology. Our guests, Steph Ryan and Will Chan, share advice on how to...
Ep137 | MS4 Perspective: Radiation Oncology
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we chat about the field of Radiation Oncology. Our guest, Dylan Ross, shares advice on how to set you...
Ep136 | The Residency Couples Match 101 with Hana O’Hagan and Adam Cardone
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss everything you need to know about the Residency Couples Match, and more! We interview two recent graduates from Loyola Uni...
Ep135 | Dual Applying to Residency with Stephanie Moss, MD
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Moss is an incoming PGY-1 Psychiatry Resident Physician at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago. With her passions for diversity,...
Ep134 | Empowering Doctors: The Rise of Medical Residency Unionization with Dr. Josh Neff
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we delve deep into the evolving landscape of medical residency unions. In this insightful episode, we sit down with Dr. Josh Neff, Member L...
Ep133 | When the Placenta Attacks: A Birth Story
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with return guest Dr. Cyndie Chow about her complicated pregnancy and birth experience. Dr. Chow is a 36-year-old mom of two ...
Ep132 | MS4 Perspectives: Urology with Farah Rahman
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Farah Rahman is a fourth-year medical student and a Las Vegas native who has traversed nearly every corner of the United States, from the Bronx and Ne...
Ep 131 | From Loans to Liberation with Dr. Christina Benedict
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Christina Benedict on public service loan forgiveness and other topics in the financial world that medical trainee...
Ep 130 | Curriculum Chronicles: Demystifying the Preclinical Curriculum with Dr. Gregory Gruener
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The transition from learning in an undergraduate or graduate program to learning in medical school is a big one, and some may wonder the reasoning beh...
Ep129 | Medical School Detours: Stephanie Moss, MS4
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we talk to individuals who took a detour in medical school and did not stick to the traditional 4-year curriculum. Stephanie Moss...
Ep128 | A Summer at NASA: Med Student Edition
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the first year of medical school, many students spend their summers doing research and exploring their interests but few students get to parti...
Ep127 | Bioethics in Medical Education
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kayhan Parsi and Dr. Emily Anderson, two faculty members at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership, give us an understan...
Ep126 | Extra! Extra! The Third Medicus Reading List
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for a good read, show, and/or podcast (besides Medicus of course)? It is in fact the holidays, so what are you waiting for? Tune in now to our...
Ep125 | Exploring the International Medical Graduate Experience of Practicing Medicine in the United States with Dr. Ivan Cuesta
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Iván Cuesta, MD. Dr. Cuesta was born and raised in the Dominican Republic (DR) where he attended and graduated ...
Ep124 | Medical School Detours: Nick Sasso, MAT
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we talk to individuals who took a detour in medical school and did not stick to the traditional 4-year curriculum. Nick Sasso, ...
Ep123 | Medical School Detours: David Mata, MD
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this new mini-series, we talk to individuals who took a detour in medical school and did not stick to the traditional 4-year curriculum. We hope ...
Ep121 | Tackling Racial Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease Research
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rasa discusses the innovative research being conducted by Dr. Lisa Barnes at Rush University Medical Center and how she is helping cl...
Ep122 | Mira Krivoshey: A Decade of Advocating for Survivors of Sexual Violence
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this engaging episode, Vamsi and Monica chat with Mira Krivoshey, the Director of Health Promotions at Loyola University Chicago. Mira, a certified...
Ep120 | Surrogacy and Fertility Law: A Conversation with a Collaborative Reproduction Attorney
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we talk to Ryan Ferrante, a lawyer whose own experiences with infertility inspired him to pivot his career from tax law to assist...
Ep119 | Careers in Healthcare: Audiologist
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep118 | Careers in Healthcare: Physical Therapist
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. In...
Ep117 | Climate Action in the Medical Field: Sustainability and Impact with Dr. Katie Lichter, MD MPH
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Katie Lichter, MD, MPH and the GreenHealth Lab are at the forefront of improving sustainability in the field of medicine. In this episode, she sha...
Ep116 | Careers in Healthcare: Medical Dosimetrist
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. F...
Ep115 | Trauma-Informed Care with Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Maureen Kerr, RN
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Maureen Kerr RN, who is certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE). Maureen has been a registered nurse since ...
Ep114 | MS4 Perspectives: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with Dr. Tate Halfman
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with another specialty series interview! In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Tate Halfman, MD, who graduated from the Loyola University Chi...
Ep113 | MS4 Perspectives: Internal Medicine with Dr. Elizabeth Belford
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of our specialty series, where we interview MS4 students about their experiences applying and matching into their chosen specialt...
Ep112 | Reclaiming Voices: Ending the Cycle of Sexual Exploitation with Reclaim13 Founder Dr. Cassandra Ma
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the uncomfortable yet important issue that plagues our society - child sex trafficking. Dr. Cassandra Ma discusses what ma...
Ep111 | Careers in Healthcare: Occupational Therapist
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient care. Fo...
Ep110 | From Marines to Medicine With Daniel Estrada
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss transitioning from careers outside of healthcare to medical school. We sit down with Daniel Estrada, a second year studen...
Ep109 | Space Medicine with Dr. Michael Barratt
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, learn all you can about space medicine from Dr. Barratt! As a NASA astronaut and a flight surgeon double board certified in internal ...
Ep108 | Breaking Barriers: Addressing Anti-Racism in Medicine & the Creation of Pathology Central with Dr. Andrea Deyrup
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our podcast, we have the pleasure of speaking with the accomplished and passionate Dr. Andrea Deyrup. As a Professor of Pathology a...
Ep107 | Careers in Healthcare: Speech-Language Pathologist
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this new mini-series, we explore different health professions to get a better understanding of the variety of team members involved in patient ca...
Ep106 | Addressing Maternal and Fetal Health Disparities - Dr. Kecia Gaither
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we address the topic of maternal and fetal health with Dr. Kecia Gaither, a double board-certified physician in Ob/Gyn and Maternal F...
Ep105 | Asian American Diversity in Medicine with Dr. Nolan Kagetsu
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are excited to be speaking with Dr. Kagetsu about his stories and experiences with Asian-American diversity within Medicine. Dr. K...
Ep104 | Dean Darrell Nabers Answers, "Should I Do a Post-bacc or an SMP?"
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Insup and John interview Dean Darrell Nabers about post-baccalaureate and special masters programs (SMPs) as a means to gaining admis...
Ep103 | Shedding Light on Mental Health Struggles and Building Your Ideal Practice with Dr. Delicia Haynes
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Delicia Haynes, a Family Medicine Physician, about her personal mental health struggles and how she is using that ex...
Ep102 I Father Doctor David DeMarco
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You read that right, Father AND Doctor. It doesn’t get any more Loyola than that. But how does a physician with a private practice in Dayton, Ohio f...
Ep101 | Military Medicine
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we take a look at a unique scholarship opportunity that allows healthcare professionals to pay for their education while serving...
Ep 100 | Diversity Within Medical School Admissions
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Sunny Nakae is back! In this episode we discuss diversity within medical admissions - a hot topic with recent news coming out about affirmative a...
Ep99 l How to Teach Medical Students to be Healers with Dr. Sari Hart
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sari Hart is an Emergency Medicine physician at Hines VA Hospital and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Loyola University Stritch Sc...
Ep98 | Climate Change, Social Justice, and Medicine: Worlds Collide
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eva Rawlings Parker, MD is back! In this episode we discuss the intersection of climate change and social justice, and how it can have an impressive i...
Ep97 | More Homework: The Second Medicus Reading List
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, you! Yeah, YOU! What are you doing reading this podcast description when you could be reading one of the books recommended by Medicus team member...
Ep96 | Beyond Mad Cow: Prion Diseases Explained
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we learn about prions and the neurodegenerative diseases they cause. Join us as Michael Terranova explains how these rare infec...
Ep95 | Abortion Care in a Post-Roe v. Wade America
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, taking away the constitutional right to abortion ...
Ep94 | MS4 Perspective: Orthopedic Surgery
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we investigate the field of Orthopedic Surgery. Our guest, Dr. Brooke Dickens, shares what led her to p...
Ep93 | Addressing the Emergency Medicine Job Shortage Report: Dr. Mark Cichon
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we interview Emergency Medicine physician Dr. Mark Cichon on the recent ACEP report regarding potential Emergency Medicine physician ...
Ep92 | MS4 Perspective: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we investigate the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Our guest, Hye-Jin Yun, shares what l...
Ep91 | MS4 Perspective: Family Medicine
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we dive into the field of Family Medicine. Our guest, Kendall Frisoli, shares what drew her to this spe...
Ep90 I A Conversation with a Genetic Counselor
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the field of genetic counseling and its significance in both research and clinical settings. We talk with board certified ...
Ep89 I What It’s Like to Be An Intern: Wisdom From the Original Medicus Squad
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The original creators of the Medicus Podcast are wrapping up their first year of residency and offer their perspectives on being an intern. Alek Druck...
Ep88 I What It’s Like to Be a Hematologist-Oncologist With Many Interests: Dr. Elizabeth Henry, MD
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Henry, a clinical associate professor at Loyola University Chicago with a clinical focus on GU medical on...
Ep87 | MS4 Perspective: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this 4th year medical student (MS4) series, we investigate the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Our guest, Teresa Veselack, shares advi...
Ep 86 I Effects of Climate Change on Dermatology and Medicine
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medicine meets Mother Nature.Tune into this episode about the effects of climate change on the specialty of Dermatology and more broadly, medicine. Ou...
Ep85 I Medical School Admissions — What a Rush!
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is for all you pre-medical students who are aspiring to apply for medical school. Today, we have a special guest, Dr. Jill M. Volk who c...
Ep84 I High Yield Wisdom from “Pathoma” Creator, Dr. Husain Sattar, MD
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know his voice. You own and love his review book. He’s your go-to person for your medical school pathology studies. You must be thinking – the...
Ep83 | Crack Open a Good Book: The First-Ever Medicus Reading List
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you love Medicus, but you're caught up on all the episodes? Not sure where to turn for other great medicine and healthcare content? We feel y...
Ep82 l Extra Extra, Dr. Cory Franklin Will Write All About It
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder what your life would look like if you went to journalism school instead of medical school? Or the stories you’d have and people you’d ...
Ep81 I Hello From the Other Side: What It's Like to Date a Medical Student
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alex and Diana who tell their story about what it is like to date a medical student. This is a great episode about what it is like to...
Ep80 I Residency Round 2: How the Pandemic Inspired One Physician to Embark On a Second Residency
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rasa interviews family medicine physician Dr. Samantha Peterson who was inspired by what she saw on the frontlines of the pandemic to...
Ep79 I Nutrition and Body Kindness in Medicine with Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RDN, EP-C
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rasa chats with registered dietician, exercise physiologist, author, and fellow podcaster Rebecca Scritchfield about body kindness, i...
Ep78 | Incorporating Psychotherapy in Psychiatry
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lauren dives into the discussion of incorporating psychotherapy into the practice of psychiatry. Discussing this hot topic with her i...
Ep77 | Literature and Medicine with Professor Elena Fratto
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Want more content that explores links between the art and science of medicine? Here it is! In this episode, Brendan dips outside the usual world...
Ep76 I I Am Abel Foundation: Raising Our Next Generation of Healthcare Heroes with Dr. LaMenta Conway
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rasa chats with Dr. LaMenta Conway, founder of the I Am Abel Foundation, about creating communities that allow the dream of becoming ...