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Dr. Jain is an academic Hematology/Oncology physician in the Chicago area. She discusses the heme/onc docs role and what she likes so much about it.

Session 7 Whether you are a pre-med or medical student, you have answered the calling to becoming a physician. Soon you will have to start deciding what type of medicine you want to practice. This podcast will tell you the specialists from every field, so you can have the information you need to make the most well-informed decision possible when it comes down to choosing your specialty. Today we hear from Shoshana R. Ungerleider, M.D, an internist practicing hospital medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. CPMC is an academic hospital set in a community setting with several residencies, including internal medicine, where she is on the teaching faculty. She has been practicing medicine for three and a half years and finished her residency in 2013.  (2:20)  Discovery Moment Shoshana knew she wanted to be a hospitalist midway through internal medical residency while working “night float” shifts (6pm-8am), admitting patients into the hospital overnight as well as doing cross cover. While

Dr. Robey is a private-practice nephrologist in Arizona. She shares what it takes to be a nephrologist and why she likes it so much.

Session 5 In this week's episode, Ryan talks with an orthopedic hand surgeon in a hybrid setup. He's in a community-based hospital and program but he has residents he interacts with who rotate through the hospital. He has been practicing for almost two years. Here are the highlights of the conversation with Ragu: When he knew he wanted to be an orthopedic hand surgeon: Deciding he wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon towards the end of 2nd year medical school He chose hand surgery towards the middle of his orthopedic residency after doing some rotations and liking the intricate nature of the hand What led him to orthopedics vs. general surgery: Enjoying the aspect that you focus on the extremities It's a specialty with multiple subspecialties - (ex. sports, joint replacements, shoulder, knee, hand, children) so it gave him a lot of options General surgery is like a primary care field with no cross-correlation for orthopedics. Other specialties he was considering: Anesthesia Radiology EENT Traits

Session 4 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Patrick Pickett, an anesthesiologist who practices in the community hospital in Oklahoma as he shares about his path to anesthesiology, his typical day at work, work-life balance, as well as the things that he like most and least about being an anesthesiologist. Finally, he gives his opinion on the future of anesthesiology specifically merging with CRNAs. Here are the highlights of the conversation with Patrick: Choosing the kind of setting to practice in: Always thinking he wanted to do academics Realizing he didn't want to do academic setting after doing a fellowship in critical care medicine Started looking for jobs and happened to find a community job and realized it was a better fit for him When he knew he wanted to be an anesthesiologist: Patrick majored in engineering and volunteered at a biomedical engineering department at a hospital and realized it wasn't something he wanted to do. Getting to watch surgeries and working with the anesthesia side

Session 03 In this episode, Ryan talks with a neurologist, Dr. Allison Gray, as they discuss all things about neurology. Notice that Ryan follows a standard regimen of questions in his episodes so you can compare each of the answers to hopefully help enlighten you in choosing your residency. Allison is working as a neurologist at a large medical group in a community setting in Colorado. Here are the highlights of the conversation with Allison: When Allison knew she wanted to pursue Neurology: Getting fascinated at neuroscience Her father being a neuropsychologist Why community versus academic: Being drawn more to clinical practice Types of patients: Of all ages - teenagers and up (Pediatric Neurology is a separate specialty with a separate board of accreditation) Fairly healthy and dealing with chronic conditions like migraine People very debilitated by acute neurologic problem like stroke or chronic problem like ALS A typical day in the life of Allison: 8am - 5pm Sees 10 patients a day (This is

Session 02 In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Freess, a community-based Emergency Medicine physician who shares with us why he likes Emergency Medicine and how you can become a competitive applicant. He also talks about the benefits of being an EM doctor and why he would still have chosen to become an Emergency Medicine doctor if he ever had to do it all again. Here are the highlights of the conversation with Dr. Freess: His path to Emergency Medicine: Initially wanting Pediatrics and realizing after shadowing that he wanted Emergency Medicine Why he chose Emergency Medicine: Fast-paced atmosphere Down-to-earth people Variety (everyday being completely different) Meeting people and learning about them Can introverts be good EM physicians? Yes, a little different but you can create a bond with the patient probably in a different way. Working in a community hospital vs. academic hospital: There is a teaching aspect in the academic setting but there are more patients, more processes, residents, etc.

Session 01 Welcome to the first episode of the Specialist Stories podcast, sharing with you stories of specialists from every field to give you the information you need to make sure you make the most informed decision possible when it comes to choosing your specialty. This podcast is hosted by Dr. Ryan Gray where he will interview different physicians from various specialties to help medical students and premedical students get different perspectives on what led them to their career path. The Specialist Stories podcast is part of the MedEd Media Network where you will find all of our other shows. In this week's episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Michelle Hure, a dermatopathologist who has her own solo practice in her community. A brief look into Ryan's background: Ryan went to medical school wanting to be an orthopedic surgeon and he came out of medical school (through an HPSP scholarship from the Air Force) knowing that orthopedic surgery was right for him. Unfortunately the Air Force had different plans for h