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Where Arts Meets MedicineAccess, Advocacy, and Care: Dr. Peter Poullos on Disability in MedicineIn this episode, we sit down with Dr. Peter Poullos, radiologist at Stanford Medicine and Founder and Co-Chair of the Stanford Medicine Alliance for Disability Inclusion and Equity (SMADIE). Dr. Peter Poullos shares his unique medical journey—from internal medicine and gastroenterology to radiology following a spinal cord injury—and how lived experience shaped his commitment to disability advocacy, access, and equity in healthcare. Together, we reflect on how Creative & Healing Arts helps build belonging and inclusive care for people with disabilities.Support the Creative & Healing Arts ProgramYour gift helps bring innovative, therapeutic tools—like V...
2026-02-0518 min
DocsWithDisabilities Research and Resource RoundsCollection IV: Episode 21: Policies towards Disability Inclusivity in the Health SciencesEpisode 21: Collection IV: policies towards disability inclusivity in the health sciences. Article or Publication discussed: Authors: Liz Bowen, Emily Cleveland-Manchanda, Peppar E.P. Cyr, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Susan Havercamp, Kristi Kirschner, Rebecca Kronk, Lisa M. Meeks, Peter Poullos, Zoie Clarise Sheets, Dorothy W. Tolchin, Stephanie Pham Van, Silvia Yee, and Erik Parens Citation: Bowen, Liz, Emily Cleveland-Manchanda, Peppar E.P. Cyr, et al. "Anti-Ableist Medical Education: Meeting the Challenges." The Hastings Center. Issue Brief, 2024 https://www.thehastingscenter.org/anti-ableist-medical-education-meeting-the-challenges/. Description: The Hastings Center Issue Brief covered in t...
2025-11-2114 min
Digital Health Talks - Changemakers Focused on Fixing HealthcareCombating Health Inequities and Improving Care for Patients with DisabilitiesHealthIMPACT Live Presents: Welcome & Keynote - Combating Health Inequities and Improving Care for Patients with Disabilities - A Vision for a Digitally Enabled Inclusive Healthcare SystemOriginally Published: Apr 7, 2022YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/brw1cQA2b5w Dr. Poullos is a native of Stockton, California. He attended Santa Clara University, then received his M.D. degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of California-San Francisco, finishing in 2002. He stayed at UCSF as a Gastroenterology fellow but, after a spinal cord i...
2022-05-0531 min
COVIDCallsEP #339 - 09.13.2021 - Doctors with Disabilities in the Fight against COVIDToday I welcome Peter Poullos to discuss doctors with disabilities in COVID times.
Dr. Peter Poullos is Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology and Gastroenterology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. In 2003, as a G.I. fellow at UC San Francisco, he suffered a spinal cord injury and subsequently re-trained in radiology. His specialty is body imaging, focusing on CT, MRI, and ultrasound of gastrointestinal diseases. He is the Founder and Cochair of the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition. He is a member of the School of Medicine Faculty Senate and the Stanford Medicine Diversity Cabinet. His work focu...
2021-09-1650 min
Stanford Medcast: Expert Voices in Medicine and HealthcareEpisode 17: Hidden and Here Mini-series - Part 2The Hidden and Here Mini-series aims to use storytelling to highlight and educate clinicians on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on caregivers, non-physician essential workers and teachers who we believe have been hidden but very much here. In this episode, Ranak Trivedi, PhD interviews Dr. Peter Poullos - a Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology and Founder/ Executive Director of the Stanford Medicine Abilities Coalition (SMAC). Dr. Poullos was interviewed for this episode, as he himself, requires caregiving as a result of a bicycle accident that took place during his fellowship training. He spoke of his experiences, both...
2021-04-1340 min