Bonus Episode: The Commissioner

Robert Califf, MD, spent the majority of his career as a physician, administrator, leader, and innovator at Duke University. Most recently, he was vice chancellor for health data science; the Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Professor of Cardiology; and the director of Duke Forge, an initiative using data science to improve health outcomes. Dr. Califf also …

Bonus episode: Nancy Andrews

Thanks to everyone who helped make the pilot season of Voices of Duke Health a satisfying success. We hope you enjoyed listening to the podcast as much we enjoyed working with all the participants of the listening booth. We’re making plans for season two, with an expansion of the listening booth and more conversations from …

Episode Fifteen: The Physician Patient

David Zaas was diagnosed with leukemia on Valentine’s Day of 2017. In the weeks that followed, he faced many challenges—breaking the news to his sons, undergoing chemotherapy, and learning how to be a patient. At his side for every bit of this was Aimee Zaas, his wife and like him, a Duke doctor. David Zaas, …

Episode Fourteen: The Lollipop Moments

Tell Me Something Good—that’s the name of a weekly email Emily Depetris sends to her coworkers in the pediatric cardiac ICU. In the PCICU, they take care of really sick kids. So Emily wanted to give the PCICU staff a weekly reminder of the good things that come from their work—in the form of pictures …

Episode Thirteen: The Puzzle Pieces

What’s happening when the overhead speakers in the hospitals, hallways, and clinics of Duke University Medical Center alert everyone to a Code Blue? A designated team of doctors, nurses, and Duke Life Flight medics is converging on a person in need of emergency care. One day in October 2018, the person in need was Betsy …

Episode Twelve: The Residents

Ahmad Adi, MD, was born to Syrian parents and went to medical school in Saudi Arabia. Heather Kim, MD, was born in Korea and grew up in Canada. Now, they’re both fourth-year psychiatry residents at Duke. In this episode, they share what brought them to Durham, what psychiatry has taught them, and what it’s like …

Episode Eleven: The First Years

For Krunal, it was a car accident. For Jess, an unrelenting, life-threatening illness. The students who come to medical school come with different reasons for pursuing a career in medicine. In this episode, we hear from six Duke med students — each in their first year — as they share their motivation, their hopes, and …

Episode Ten: The Gauntlet

Anthony Galanos, MD wants people to know what happened to his son, Nicholas. And he especially wants his colleagues across Duke Health to understand his grief about Nick’s untimely death. “There probably are no good words,” he says in this episode of Voices of Duke Health. “So maybe we just have to acknowledge there’s no good …

Episode Nine: The Butterfly Effect

Allison Chrestensen worked as an occupational therapist, and absolutely loved her job. “I did some work in hospitals and in people’s homes and just really got to experience what it was like for people and families to overcome illness,” she said. Seeing patients redefine their lives wass rewarding, and she saw that delivering the best …

Episode Eight: The Happiest Person I Know

A few months after her 40th birthday, Jane Shealy woke up and realized she’d forgotten to get married and have children. One thing led to another, and a few years later, Jane found herself in China with baby Maggie in her arms. Today Jane is an editor for the Duke School of Nursing. She came to …