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Oncology Overdrive


Aug 22, 2024

In this special 100th episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with her father, Krishna Jain, MD, about work-life balance pertaining to private practice, improving a fragmented health care system and more.

•    Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:18
•    About Krishna Jain 1:27
•    The interview 2:27
•    How did you end up in the United States? What was your journey to becoming a world-renowned vascular surgeon?  2:44
•    What was it like being a resident back then, especially as someone who came from abroad?  7:30
•    After training, why didn’t you go back to India? 10:12
•    Shikha Jain on how her father inspired her passion for research and mentorship.  13:19
•    Why did you choose to go into private practice, and how did you build your practice and become a leader in this space?  15:18
•    The Jains on the importance of being present for and supporting family.  19:16
•    How did your entrepreneurial life start?  23:55
•    What do your limb preservation centers do?  27:33
•    What are some things that need to be done to improve our fragmented health care system?  29:45
•    What led you found the South Asian American Vascular Society?  34:16
•    How did you end up deciding to go to Kalamazoo, MI instead of going back to India? 39:11
•    What are most proud of in your career? 41:28
•    What do you want to share with the next generation of surgeons and physicians? 44:07
•    The Jains on their relationship growing up and now. 45:44
•    If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want them to take away? 47:48
•    How to contact Jain 48:48
•    Thanks for listening 50:43

Krishna Jain, MD, is a vascular surgeon who has been intimately involved in the growth of office based endovascular centers throughout the country since 2007.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Krishna Jain can be reached via email dockrishna1@gmail.com

Disclosures: Jain reports no relevant financial disclosures.