Oct 19, 2023
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks
with Pia Chowdry, MD, about access to care in
rural communities, how physicians can present information to
patients and their caregivers and more.
• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology
Overdrive :58
• About Chowdry 1:04
• The interview 1:54
• What was your journey into oncology and how did you
end up practicing in Louisiana? 2:07
• Can you talk about your work in racial and ethnic
disparities, variables in cancer care, and prevention?
4:18
• Do you feel like being exposed to rural health care
settings and challenges has changed the way you practice and talk
about care to people outside the area?
6:19
• How do you navigate enrolling patients in rural
areas into clinical trials?
10:35
• Jain and Chowdry on misconceptions surrounding
clinical trial enrollment in rural areas.
12:42
• What excites you about your job and motivates you to
avoid burnout? 13:48
• Has your experience as a caregiver for patients with
cancer affected the ways in which you navigate patients and
caregivers through treatment and care?
16:25
• Jain and Chowdry on the importance of how physicians
present themselves to patients and caregivers.
19:39
• Chowdry and Jain on obstacles facing cancer care in
rural areas, as well as benefits.
24:25
• If someone could only listen to the last two minutes
of this episode, what would you want them to take away?
30:41
• How to contact Chowdry
31:54
• Thanks for listening
32:28
Pia Chowdry, MD, is a medical oncologist with LSU Health in New Orleans, LA specializing in genitourinary malignancies.
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Disclosures: Jain and Chowdry report no
relevant financial disclosures.