Mar 7, 2024
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks
with Christina Gomez, MD, about the power of
patients’ voices, finding joy in physicians work-life balance and
more.
• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology
Overdrive :58
• About Gomez 1:09
• The interview 1:45
• How did you get to where you are today as a GI
oncologist? 2:02
• Have you seen an increase in young people with GI
malignancies, and do you have any thoughts as to why we are seeing
this change? 5:23
• Where did the inspiration for your book,
Stopped in My Tracks: A Physician's Collection of Cancer Patients'
Quotes, come from? 9:08
• Jain and Gomez on the power of patient voices.
12:41
• Thoughts on creating another book?
15:30
• Where do you see the landscape of oncology going in
the age of machine-learning and new technologies?
17:05
• Jain and Gomez on the different ways physicians can
demonstrate personalized care for patients.
21:00
• What should we do as oncologists and as a society to
prevent burnout in health care professionals?
24:00
• Jain and Gomez on the mindset shift on
work-life-balance for physicians.
27:33
• Jain and Gomez on motherhood and how it can define
patient interactions and delivery of care.
29:51
• If someone could only listen to the last few minutes
of this episode, what would you want them to take away?
34:41
• How to contact Gomez
36:07
• Thanks for listening
37:31
Christina Gomez, MD, is a gastrointestinal medical
oncologist at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr.
Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com.
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Disclosures: Jain and Gomez report no relevant
financial disclosures.