Vital Capacity

May 10, 2022

Mentorship and Compassion with Serpil Erzurum, MD

<p>In this episode, <strong>Serpil Erzurum, MD,</strong> draws on her vast experience at health care systems across the country to discuss the importance of compassion as a mentor and trainee when paving the path for others, breaking the cycle of self-doubt and learning from disappointment and failure in our careers.</p> <ul> <li>Intro <strong>:01</strong></li> <li>The interview <strong>:18</strong></li> <li>Who is Dr. Erzurum as a person? Passions, interests and childhood <strong>1:13</strong></li> <li>What have been your favorite parts of working in health care across the country? <strong>5:22</strong></li> <li>How do you juggle and find balance between the many different roles in health care? <strong>9:53</strong></li> <li>The importance of enjoying life above all <strong>11:50</strong></li> <li>Erzurum on surrounding yourself with people that respect your life choices <strong>15:00</strong></li> <li>Paving the path for others; being a good mentor and leader <strong>16:35</strong></li> <li>Erzurum on trusting and communicating with your mentors <strong>20:00</strong></li> <li>Working through ‘imposter syndrome’; dealing with failure and self-doubt <strong>21:45</strong></li> <li>Times when Dr. Erzurum faced disappointment and failure. <strong>25:32</strong></li> <li>What do you do for fun? <strong>28:15</strong></li> <li>Have you inspired your daughters? <strong>30:12</strong></li> <li>Why don’t we expose specialists and trainees to specialties outside their own institutions? <strong>31:44</strong></li> <li>What skillsets should trainees work to improve during Fellowship? <strong>36:02</strong></li> <li>Final thoughts <strong>39:15</strong></li> <li>Outro <strong>41:18</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Serpil Erzurum, MD,</strong> is the chief research and academic officer at the Cleveland Clinic. She is also the chair of Lerner Research Institute.</p> <p>We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhardwaj at podcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/HealioPulm">@HealioPulm</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/abhi_bhardwaj99">@abhi_bhardwaj99</a>.</p> <p><strong>Disclosures:</strong> Bhardwaj and Erzurum report no relevant financial disclosures.</p>

March 16, 2022

Critical Illness Cosurvivors: An Interview with Lady Glaucomflecken

<p>We all will be at the receiving end of critical illness for ourselves or our loved ones. It is almost guaranteed. A family’s needs are the blind spot of the overstretched and dysfunctional health care system that needs to be addressed. Here, <strong>Kristin Flanary,</strong> also known as Lady Glaucomflecken, shares her experience, hoping to highlight the challenges of the families who are at the revived end of critical illness for their loved one.</p> <p>Take-home lessons for health care professionals: While clinical excellence and focus on the patient is an absolute given, what sets a great HCP apart is clear and frequent communication, empathy and kindness. Let’s do better.<br /> <br /></p> <ul> <li>Intro <strong>:00</strong></li> <li>The interview <strong>:39</strong></li> <li>Tell me a bit about yourself. Where did you grow up? What was life like before and now? <strong>3:40</strong></li> <li>Having to do CPR on your loved one <strong>13:01</strong></li> <li>Can you share with me what exactly happened when your husband went into cardiac arrest? And what can we do better? <strong>20:47</strong></li> <li>The experience of being in the hospital <strong>28:42</strong></li> <li>How did you manage being kicked out of the hospital? How long was he in the ICU and in the hospital for? <strong>47:25</strong></li> <li>The struggle starts for patients and families when they come home because now they don't have the same support system. Can you share some of those struggles? <strong>55:10</strong></li> <li>We are almost 21 months out from the cardiac arrest at this point. How are you both doing now? <strong>1:02:14</strong></li> <li>Spreading the message about sudden cardiac arrest and learning to do bystander CPR. <strong>1:05:32</strong></li> <li>Can you share a happy moment or memory since the cardiac arrest event? <strong>1:11:15</strong></li> <li>Flanary’s message to listeners <strong>1:16:15</strong></li> <li>Thank you, Kristin Flanary <strong>1:18:32</strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Kristin Flanary, MA,</strong> is administrator and communications manager at Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education & Talent Development at the University of Iowa.</p> <p>To read Flanary’s article in Journal of Cardiac Failure, click here: <a href= "https://www.onlinejcf.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1071-9164%2821%2900403-6"> https://www.onlinejcf.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1071-9164%2821%2900403-6</a>.</p> <p>We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhardwaj at podcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/HealioPulm">@HealioPulm</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/abhi_bhardwaj99">@abhi_bhardwaj99</a>. You can follow Kristin Flanary on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/LGlaucomflecken">@LGlaucomflecken</a>.</p> <p>Disclosures: Bhardwaj and Flanary report no relevant financial disclosures. </p>

February 18, 2022

Holding onto Hope During a Pandemic with Hassan Khouli, MD