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Designed To InspireDesigned To Inspire EP 35 - Carrie DollWhen business leaders are preparing to present innovative ideas to propel their company, they call Carrie Doll. Every organization needs to equip their people with strong public speaking skills. This is where Carrie can help. She empowers clients to craft strong messages, feel comfortable no matter how big or small the stage, and connect with the audience whether online or in person. Carrie Doll merged her love of storytelling and public speaking by becoming a coach, keynote speaker and professional emcee following a 20-year career as a television news anchor. She considers public speaking to be a...2022-06-071h 11Essential WisdomCarrie Dubeau, MS-4 - SurgeryJoin me for this final episode of Essential Wisdom: Inspiring Future Female Physicians! In this episode, I will share my story, drawing on many of the ideas and concepts that we've learned throughout this journey. I am a fourth year medical student at Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, and I hope to pursue surgical residency. Thank you all for being a part of this podcast journey: for listening, sharing stories, and walking this path with me! 2020-02-1335 minEssential WisdomKelly Crusio, PhD - Immunology and MicrobiologyHelp me welcome Dr. Kelly Crusio! Dr. Crusio is an Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. She completed her BS in Molecular Biology at Fairfield University, and received her PhD in Immunology and Microbiology from Georgetown University. She has spent time studying viruses, leukemias, and molecular mechanisms of disease. Her research been focused on translational and posttranslational modifications and mutations, in particular those that lead to leukemia. As a faculty member at Quinnipiac University, she has the joy of teaching immunology and microbiology to medical students while continuing...2020-02-1234 minEssential WisdomCarolyn Ho, MD - CardiologyHelp me welcome, Dr. Carolyn Ho. Dr. Ho is the Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She is an Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ho completed her undergraduate education at Yale University, and went on to complete Medical School at Harvard Medical School. She trained in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, completing her fellowship in Cardiology/Cardiovascular Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research and clinical interest is in the diagnosi...2020-02-1137 minEssential WisdomJennifer Rockfeld, MD - Internal MedicineHelp me welcome Dr. Jennifer Rockfeld. Dr. Rockfeld practices Internal Medicine in Guilford, Connecticut at Northeast Medical Group. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Sciences at Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, where she serves as Assistant Course Director of Clinical Arts and Sciences. In doing so she participates in continued development of the clinical skills course, acts as a clinical-skills preceptor, and teaches in the Medical Student Home program, welcoming first and second year medical students to her outpatient office each week. She earned her MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and...2020-02-0434 minEssential WisdomAnn LaCasce, MD, MMSc - Hematology and OncologyHelp me welcome Dr. Ann LaCasce! Dr. LaCasce practices medical oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. She is the Director of Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare Hematology-Medical Oncology Fellowship, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and an Instructor of Medical Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. LaCasce received her MD from Tufts University and went on to complete residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She earned her fellowship in Hematology & Oncology Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare. Her academic interests include Hodgkin/Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the study of novel treatment agents. She is also ac...2020-01-3024 minEssential WisdomTraci Marquis-Eydman, MD - Family MedicineHelp me welcome Dr. Traci Marquis-Eydman! Dr. Marquis is a Family Physician currently practicing in the urgent care setting, as well as a faculty member at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. She serves as Director of the Medical Student Home program, Director of the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship, and Director of Fourth Year electives in Rural Emergency Medicine, Rural Primary Care (Maine), and Healthcare for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. She attended medical school at Dartmouth Medical School and completed her training in Family Medicine in St Louis, MO. She then went on to practice...2020-01-2837 minEssential WisdomKatherine Vaillancourt, MS-4 - Family MedicineA conversation with a fourth-year medical student discussing advice for the third and fourth years of medical school! 2020-01-2343 minEssential WisdomListy Thomas, MD, FACEP - Emergency MedicineHelp me welcome Dr. Listy Thomas. Dr. Thomas practices Emergency Medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport Connecticut. She is an Associate Professor of Medical Sciences at the Frank H Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University where she currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Clinical Arts and Sciences course. She received her BA at New York University, MD at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and went on to complete her residency in Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Dr. Thomas is interested in the development of physicians with strong clinical an...2020-01-2131 minEssential WisdomRoberta Lockhart, MD - PediatricsDr. Lockhart practices Pediatrics in Milford, CT. She attended Youngstown State University for undergraduate and earned her MD from Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Dr. Lockhart completed her residency at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron. She is active as a faculty preceptor at Quinnipiac University, where she mentors and trains medical students in early clinical experiences and third/fourth year clinical rotations. Dr. Lockhart is interested in childhood behavior and development. She loves to travel, spend time with her family, and read. 2020-01-0935 minEssential WisdomJennifer Berumen, MD - Abdominal Transplantation SurgeryHelp me welcome Dr. Jennifer Berumen! Dr. Berumen is a surgeon who practices Abdominal Transplantation including liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation as well as hepatobiliary surgery at University of California San Diego, Jacobs Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from Tulane University, and attended residency training at UC San Diego. She went on to complete her fellowship training in Abdominal Transplantation at Stanford University, with a focus on pediatric liver and kidney transplantation before returning to UCSD on faculty. Her clinical and research interests include pediatric transplantation and clinical research, medical student and resident education, enjoying San Diego...2020-01-0724 minEssential WisdomChristine Van Cott, MD - Hepatopancreaticobiliary SurgeryHelp me welcome Dr. Christine Van Cott. Dr. Van Cott practices General Surgery and Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Surgery at Saint Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT, where she is the chief of general surgery and director of acute care trauma services. She is a mom to two boys and has been married for 16 years. She is the Surgical Clerkship Director and a Professor of Surgery at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine. Dr. Van Cott earned her MD at State University of New York at Buffalo and completed General Surgery residency at Hospital of St. Raphael, New Ha...2020-01-0238 minEssential WisdomLauren Kane, MD - Congenital Cardiac SurgeryDr. Lauren Kane practices as a Congenital Cardiac Surgeon at The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, University of Central Florida. Dr. Kane attended medical school at the University of Texas Houston and completed General Surgery Residency at University of Texas Southwestern Dallas. Following this she went on to complete a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University, and fellowship in Congenital Heart Surgery at University of Southern California at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She has served as faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and Baylor College of Medicine before he...2019-06-2437 minEssential WisdomNancy Nekvasil, PhD - Interim President, Saint Mary's College, Past Biology Department Chair, Health Professions AdvisorDr. Nancy Nekvasil currently serves as the Interim President of Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. She holds BS in biology from New Mexico State University and PhD in Biology from the University of Notre Dame and has served for 35 years as faculty, chair of the biology department, and as Health Professions advisor, among many other things at Saint Mary’s College. She has designed and instructed a wide variety of courses, a few of which include “Physiology of women”, “Pathophysiology”, “General Physiology”, “Medical Terminology” and “Research in Biology”. Her research interests include women in stem, physiology education, and pathophysiology. Dr...2019-06-2441 minEssential WisdomChristine Rizk, MD - Breast SurgeryDr. Rizk practices as a Breast Surgeon at Saint Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT, where she is also the Director of the Comprehensive Women’s Health Center. She is a graduate of the University of Rochester, where she earned her B.S. in Neuroscience. She went on to receive her M.D. at SUNY Upstate Medical Center, completed General Surgery Residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and a fellowship in Breast Disease at Brown University Women and Infant’s Hospital, Rhode Island. Dr. Rizk is truly passionate and caring about her work and patients. In her 13 years of practice she...2019-06-1850 minEssential WisdomRashma Jhunja, MD - Internal MedicineDr. Jhunja practices as an outpatient Internal Medicine physician in Bloomfield and Wethersfield, CT. She earned her medical degree at the University of West Indies - St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad, West Indies and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT. Dr. Jhunja and I came to know one another through the Quinnipiac University Medical Student Home Program which provides a primary care experience during the first and second medical school years. She’s interested in Integrated and Holistic Medicine and plays piano in her free time. 2019-06-1328 minEssential WisdomLindsey Scierka, MD, MPH - Internal MedicineDr. Scierka is a second year internal medicine resident at Yale New Haven Hospital in the Yale Primary Care Program. She’s received her MD in 2017 from Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and MPH in Health Policy and Management at New York Medical College in 2013. She has been an accomplished clinical research manager and project coordinator, with experience in cardiac electrophysiology clinical outcomes studies. Her interests include preventative cardiology and improving cardiovascular outcomes at the primary care level. Dr. Scierka lives in New Haven, CT with her fiancé Kamil and pup Lola. I am so...2019-06-1026 minEssential WisdomWelcome to Essential Wisdom: Inspiring Future Female Physicians!Welcome to Essential Wisdom: Inspiring Future Female Physicians. Join me on Monday's and Thursday's through the month of June and July as we explore the stories, advice, joys, and challenges of being a woman physician.2019-06-0601 min