We are joined with Dr. Join Luh in this episode discussing the serendipity of a random suggestion to do a rotation in radiation oncology that led Dr. Luh to a patient-facing practice in a non-metropolitan location.

We are excited to introduce you to our guest on this episode, Georgia Giakoumis Spear, MD. We discuss her work as a radiologist, educator, legislative activist, mother, and more!

It takes two to tango, and we discuss the steps to the familiar dance with our imposter syndrome and more.

The only constant is change, and in this episode Andy and AJ discuss the new rules of medicine that brings us to the n of 1 for the patient and their health.

We are back at the mics again, this time looking for those small moments where we find ourselves saying, "Aha!" and re-discover the art of Medicine.

Goodbye to the worst year ever as we look to the future.

Main Topic: Point Turning Point, The Case for Universal Health Care Secondary Topic: Unhealthy Dietary Habits are Associated With the Risk of Proteinuria Onset Third Topic: Wound-healing Biomaterial Activates Immune System for Stronger Skin

Note: Make sure to listen until you get to the second topic where we get into the meat of exploring leadership, it is worth the wait. As we begin to move into the winter months we are going to most likely have to face another set of challenges with darkness, cold, and additional loneliness due to the pandemic and social distancing. The three of us …

❤️💜 Today is Nov. 6, 2020. It is the 7th anniversary of my father's passing. My father taught me through his life, his choices in facing cancer, and how he approached death that we always have a choice. When I calculate the total number of minutes in my father's life it equals 36.2 million minutes. It is important for all of us to realize that life…

Have you ever seen the Christopher Nolan movie Inception? If not, you will want to make sure you watch it this weekend. It is a movie in which a team of dream hackers has the ability to plant an idea into one's mind, while they are dreaming. The idea takes hold, grows, and becomes the person's own conscious dream and therefore their reality. This v…

In this episode, we begin by exploring the topic of mental health and how it has been impacting residents within the hospital. As we begin to unpack the article we begin to highlight how the pandemic is shining a light on the system of productivity that has been perfected over the last 10 decades within medicine. What the pandemic has done is place…

In this episode, we get into several heavy topics: President Trump being diagnosed with COVID-19, racism in medicine, and the need for physicians to help us transition from healthcare back to medicine. We need to understand that the pandemic we live in today is a matter of choice. Our choice to acknowledge, to do our part, and to ensure the safety …

In this episode, we explore the opportunity Walmart has as they begin to open more healthcare (medical) clinics that offer a comprehensive set of services including imaging such as X-Ray and other diagnostic services. With more than 250 million visits per week globally it offers Walmart a footprint, access, and an opportunity to meet more people lo…

This week's episode we welcome a special guest, Shawn Prince. Shawn is an expert in healthcare policy, reimbursement, and payment and government management. Shawn shares with us his views on how the RO-APM will potentially impact radiation oncologists, hospitals/clinics, insurance carriers, especially Medicare, and patients. The final rule was anno…

Today's episode we begin by looking at 3 interesting concepts to help focus on work that is the most important. Everyone has heard of and perhaps used to-do lists. We explore 3 concepts: Alarms, Just-in-Time learning, and the 20% itch rule. Our second topic on Nompohbia, or the loss of not being able to access a mobile device and the ramifications …

#004 Will The New Norm Shift Culture? We investigate the topic of the "new norm" and what it means to our culture. Perhaps the new norm isn't new at all but rather what we should have been doing all along, wearing a mask when we aren't feeling well. For those of us that work within the world of medicine, perhaps being an ethical leader continues on…

#003 we begin with the story of Chernobyl. If you were given personal safety equipment and told that you needed to go outside and perform a cleanup, were being timed, and then had to come out immediately and be showered off, what would you think? What would you do? We explore how this relates to the similar situation of what it is like to go out in…

Episode 002: In today's episode we explore the topics of personal brand and what makes physicians stand out the most is the very thing that makes physicians human, their personal life. We discuss the pros and cons of sharing personal experiences on social media when working in medicine. We transition and discuss the topic of proton therapy and the …

Episode 1: Observations At The End Of The Day is a new podcast hosted by Cancergeek and 2 of his colleagues and friends. On this episode, Andy, aka Cancergeek, introduces this new podcast, his friends AJ Montpetit and Awais Mirza to listeners. Each week they will each highlight an important and relevant topic in the world of medicine. Each bring's …

Episode 003 I highlight an amazing conversation I had with my colleague on social media, Erin Gilmer. Erin and I had a discussion about the use of empathy versus compassion within the world of healthcare. I share with Erin my own observations on using the word empathy versus compassion. I also share my own personal story of being caught between two…

In this episode, I highlight an article published on March 16, 2018 in the New York Times entitled, "Picture A Leader, Is She A Woman?" (link: https://nyti.ms/2JSenCQ) While I find the article fascinating, what I find even more interesting is that it is completely different than my own experience inside of healthcare. If I was asked to draw a pictu…

Welcome to the launch of Observations via Cancergeek. On episode 001 Sam's Story & Twitter I highlight the power of patient's, their stories, and the importance of remembering to share their stories inside of healthcare. I highlight the importance of tools such as Twitter. The tools we have, allow us to recall the past today so that we may connect …