Oct 12, 2020
Pamela Kunz, MD, is an expert in GI cancers and a courageous voice against gender discrimination and harassment in health care. In this episode, Kunz shares her story and provides guidance for those facing these types of challenges.
- Intro :04
- About Kunz :13
- The interview 1:45
- How did you get where you are now? 2:04
- Can you tell us about your recent transition from Stanford to Yale? 3:40
- How did you decide to start speaking out? 6:54
- How do you guide women who find themselves in a similar situation? 9:11
- What happened after you came out with this information? 11:32
- If you don’t witness it, you may not know it’s happening 14:27
- What are some of the challenges you encountered after going public? 17:16
- Don’t read the comments 18:45
- Did you tell Yale this would come out before transitioning from Stanford? 20:43
- The importance of having support 22:40
- Moving the needle 24:56
- At what point should people be reporting these things? 28:58
- If no one’s reporting, things won’t change 43:07
- The importance of mentors and sponsors 34:24
- Do you think this experience has changed you as a leader? 36:21
- Kunz’s take-home message 40:48
- How to reach Dr. Kunz 42:00
Pamela Kunz, MD, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Oncology at Yale University School of Medicine; leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven and Yale Cancer Center; and director of GI Medical Oncology within the Section of Medical Oncology.
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Dr. Kunz can be reached on Twitter at @PamelaKunzMD and via email at pamela.kunz@yale.edu. Follow us on Twitter @HemOncToday @ShikhaJainMD
Disclosures: Jain reports she is a paid freelance writer for Lippincott. Kunz reports stock and other ownership interests in Guardant Health; consulting or advisory roles with Advanced Accelerator Applications, Ipsen, Lexicon and Novartis; and research funding from Advanced Accelerator Applications, Brahms (Thermo Fisher Scientific), Ipsen, Lexicon and Xencor.