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About Dr. Bisgrove: She is a a board certified family physician with a passion for health equity and how policy affects all we do in healthcare. She is deeply committed to improving the lives of the people she serves in Chicago through work in health equity and education at Rush University Medical Center and nationally as a member of the American Medical Association's (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health and as inaugural chair of the AMA’s Disability Advisory Group.

Previously, she has served in multiple leadership positions in both governance and advocacy, including with SSM Health Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. 

She is currently pursuing a masters of public health in maternal & child care through the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in their online program with expected graduation of Spring 2025.

She is also a proud member of the #docswithdisabilities community. Her disability is bilateral hearing loss, which she has had since birth.

Questions:

1. What is your background and journey into the field of medicine?
2. What is the impact of your unique perspective on patient care?
3. Could you please delve into being a parent of a children with a disability?
4. What are your thoughts on breaking the culture of ablism and promoting diversity in the medical community?
5. What advice do you have for future or current medical professionals living with disabilities? 

Dr. Bisgrove: “OWN YOUR STORY & OWN YOUR TRUTH"

Studies Mentioned: 

• Michael McKee, MD el al. "Medical Schools’ Willingness to Accommodate Medical Students with Sensory and Physical Disabilities: Ethical Foundations of a Functional Challenge to “Organic” Technical Standards” AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(10):993-1002. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.10.medu1-1610. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-schools-willingness-accommodate-medical-students-sensory-and-physical-disabilities-ethical/2016-10 
• Iezzoni, Lisa I et al. “Physicians' Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care.” Health affairs (Project Hope) vol. 40,2 (2021): 297-306. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01452 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8722582/ 

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

0:33 Meet Dr. Bisgrove

2:12 Diagnosed with a hearing disability

6:12 Individuals with Disability Educations Act (IDEA)

7:42 How to be your own advocate

8:22 Applying to Medical School

9:40 Ablism in Medicine

12:29 Use of Privilege as a Tool

14:30 Patient Satisfaction Scores

15:15 Fighting for Clear Masks

19:32 Being a Lab Rat in Residency

20:10 Disclosure in Applications

23:40 Technical Standards

26:30 Being an Advocate

31:15 Being a Parent of a Child with Disabilities

35:50 Keep Fighting

37:15 Marriage

41:35 It takes a village

42:05 Own your Story