Dr. Tali Lando is a pediatric otolaryngologist, speaker and survivor of advanced breast cancer whose compelling voice bridges the worlds of medicine and memoir. Fellowship-trained in Pediatric Airway at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Cornell-Columbia ENT residency program. She maintains a busy academic practice at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital of Westchester Medical Center.Her debut memoir, Hell and Back: Doctor and Patient, Wife and Mom, Dragon Slayer, uses raw honesty in describing her battle with advanced stage breast cancer as a young surgeon and mother of three. Her second book, Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink and Back, is a compelling amalgamation of her life’s work. Her voice is real, raw, full, and heartfelt. Her writing is enthralling, superb, and unflinchingly honest—an edge-of-your-seat experience that resonates deeply with readers. Her stories are vivid and complex, with evolving storylines that unfold like episodes from a gripping, high-stakes medical drama. She is also a mother of three daughters in Westchester and dog mom, she brings authenticity, medical insight, and humanity to every stage she steps on and every story she tells.Some of the topics we discussed were:How Dr. Lando got into storytellingHow talking to her her patients about their background invigorated Dr. LandoStorytelling as a natural learning tool for traineesImportant lessons retaining more easily when they’re related to an individual patientHow medical conferences utilized storytelling through doctors coming together, doing case reports and teaching each otherIndividual stories still being at the core of what doctors do and communicate with each otherImproving patient outcomes through storytellingThe connections that can be formed via sharing individual storiesHow Dr. Lando’s first book really came together after she was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancerDr. Lando being a writer that became a doctor and integrated the twoCrafting stories that are accurate, fun, and accessible to readTelling the stories that make it all worth itApproaching the structure of the book as an operating roomThe audiobook for Dr. Lando’s newest bookAnd more!Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now.Website: amazvitamd.comEmail:[email protected] more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/Connect with Dr. Lando:Website:www.drtalilando.comInstagram:@drtalilandoBook:Breathless: Surgical Tales from the Brink (and Back)

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