CancerSurvivorMD®

About CancerSurvivorMD®

Hello! Welcome to CancerSurvivorMD’s podcast by Brad and Josie! We will share our experiences with living in sickness, health, and anything in between to allow healing and growth. The topics will focus on cancer survivors and caregivers but will likely resonate with anyone who has been diagnosed with any health condition. Brad is a retired English professor and cancer survivor, now a facilitator of the Writing as Healing workshop. Josie is a retired medical oncologist and cancer survivor. If you have any questions or topic suggestions, please send them our way, and we will try to incorporate your request. Please take a look at the disclaimers (https://cancersurvivormd.org/disclaimers). Words can hurt—if you feel you might get or have been triggered, please stop listening and seek support.

Publisher

Brad Buchanan and G [Josie] van Londen

Category

education · health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

13 Sept 2023

Latest episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Provider Chat with Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH

   In this episode of Cancer Survivor MD, Dr. G. van Londen and Brad Buchanan speak with Dr. Kathryn Schmitz, Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, Co-Director of the Hillman Cancer Center Survivorship Program, and Founding Director of the Hillman Exercise Oncology Program (Moving Through Cancer). They discuss how Hillman is integrating personalized exercise into routine cancer care, along with the benefits of strength training for muscle, bone health, lymphedema, neuropathy, an...

2. 

   29 May 2026

   Author Chat with Tim McDonald

   In this Author Chat, Josie and Brad welcome Tim McDonald, stage IV colorectal cancer survivor, liver transplant recipient, patient advocate, and author of From Patient to Advocate: Turning Survivorship into Impact for Healthcare Advocates. Tim shares how his diagnosis led him from self-advocacy to broader patient advocacy, including the search for second opinions, coordination between cancer and transplant teams, and the importance of finding providers willing to communicate across instituti...

3. 

   18 May 2026

   Provider Chat with Janette Poppenberg

   In this episode of Cancer Survivor MD, Dr. Josie van Londen is joined by Brad Buchanan, Colleen Dwyer Diehl, and special guest Janette Poppenberg, a cancer-certified personal trainer in the Pittsburgh area, for a practical and compassionate conversation about physical activity after cancer treatment. Focusing on survivors who are no longer in active therapy, the group discusses how to safely begin moving again, why “start where you are” matters, and how small, consistent steps can help rebuil...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

42,628

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

0

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