A podcast focused on profiling inspiring people in the fields of medicine and science. You can't be what you can't see. Co-hosted by Aoifinn Devitt and Maeve McQuillan.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 17: Maternal Mortality in 2024 - The Story Continues: Tiffany McKever, Digital Healthcare Strategies
29:53
29:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:53
And now it is time to hear from one of the advocates whose work goes on, even when it is no longer news. Tiffany McKever is a digital healthcare strategist, whose work has included researching and developing a Population Health Initiative with a focus on environmental factors related to social determinants of health (SDOH) resulting in significant …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 16: Maternal Mortality: A Modern Crisis: Part 3 - looking around the world to global solutions
18:43
18:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
18:43
In the US, every 12 hours a woman dies due to complications resulting from pregnancy. Additionally, 2 babies die each day. According to data from the national center for health statistics the maternal mortality rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019 In 2021, the maternal mortalit…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 15: Maternal Mortality: A Modern Crisis: Part 2: Exploring Solutions
21:10
21:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
21:10
In the US, every 12 hours a woman dies due to complications resulting from pregnancy. Additionally, 2 babies die each day. According to data from the national center for health statistics the maternal mortality rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019 In 2021, the maternal mortalit…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 14: Maternal Mortality - A Modern Crisis: Part 1 - Exploring the Problem
25:46
25:46
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:46
In the US, every 12 hours a woman dies due to complications resulting from pregnancy. Additionally, 2 babies die each day. According to data from the national center for health statistics the maternal mortality rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019 In 2021, the maternal mortalit…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 13: Amy Lehman of Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic: Power Dynamics in Medicine and a Development Journey
35:34
35:34
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
35:34
Amy Lehman is Founder and CEO at Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic, an international organization, whose mission is to address the problem of healthcare access for millions of people who live in the isolated, but strategically critical lake, Tanganyika, great lakes region of central Africa. She received both an MD and MBA from the University o…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 12: Nkem Egekeze of Stealth Start-ups: Waste Not/Want Not - a Mindset for Medicine
23:41
23:41
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
23:41
Nkem Egekeze is chief innovation officer and Managing Director of Stealth Startup. He previously worked as an orthopedic surgery resident and as a research scholar at the University of Georgia, and a strategy advisor at Harvard Innovation Labs. He obtained his medical degree from University of Michigan medical school. He focuses on providing value-…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 11: Veronica O'Keane: On the Making of Memories and the Promise of Modern Psychiatry
43:37
43:37
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:37
Veronica O’Keane has recently retired from her position which was as a professor of psychiatry and consultant psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin. She has over 30 years of experience in the field and has published numerous research papers, especially on mood disorders and on perinatal depression. She is the author of the book A Sense of Self: Me…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 10: Maneesha Ghiya of FemHealth Ventures: Amplifying Women in Healthcare and Beyond
26:53
26:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
26:53
Maneesha Ghiya is Managing Partner and Founder of FemHealth Ventures, a firm focused on providing investment capital to entrepreneurs focused on women’s health. Investing in healthcare since 2000, Maneesha has invested via public equities, private equities and as a hedge fund specialist. She is a Senior Advisor to ExSight Ventures, an ophthalmology…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 2: Series 1 - 2023 - Brains, Breadth and Heart - Inspiring People in Medicine and Science
4:26
4:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
4:26
In Series 2 of our Inspiring People in Medicine and Science we continue to source inspiring voices and to ventilate topics relevant to us, our loved ones and the societies we live in. With topics as wide ranging as development aid, mental health, Femhealth and value – we dig deep into what these areas mean, why the conventional wisdom is not always…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 9: Shalom Lloyd of Emerging Markets Quality Trials: Transforming Healthcare through Research in Africa
19:00
19:00
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
19:00
Shalom Lloyd, after a career of over 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry, went on to found two businesses. She is founder of Naturally Tribal skincare, a beauty line based on traditional remedies including shea butter, which she developed initially to cure her son’s eczema. She is also the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of eMQT, describe…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 8: Dr. Alan Carver - Neurologist and Palliative Care Expert - Treating the Individual Not the Disease
30:57
30:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
30:57
Dr. Alan Carver is a neurologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where he treats patients with neurological complications of cancer. Interviewed by Maeve McQuillan, the conversation starts with his journey into medicine and what attracted him to neurology. He describes his fascination with the brain, and how when the brain changes people …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 7: Dr. Patrick Devitt - Modern Psychiatry - Reflections on the Road to Here
41:05
41:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
41:05
Dr. Patrick Devitt is my father and co-host of the first series of Inspiring People in the Law. He is a consultant psychiatrist in in Dublin, Ireland, and formerly spent time as Mental Health Inspector. His area of specialty is community psychiatry and Medico-legal psychiatry. He also has degrees in law and science. Our conversation starts with his…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 6: Prof. Brian Devitt: Orthopaedic Surgeon - Mobility, Quality of Life, Sport and The Importance of EQ in Medicine
28:36
28:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:36
Professor Brian Devitt is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor of Orthopaedics and Surgical Biomechanics at Dublin City University. He studied medicine at University College Dublin and has a particular focus on the knee. He is also my brother and given that he has spent that last 8 years in Melbourne, Australia and we have only seen eachothe…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 5: Chidiebere Ibe: Medical Illustrator - Representation with a Difference
21:51
21:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
21:51
Chidiebere Ibe is a medical student and Forbes-Featured medical illustrator whose illustration of a black fetus in utero went viral in December 2021. Many commentators said that this was the first time that they had seen a depiction of a dark-skinned fetus or pregnant woman and provoked a discussion about the lack of representation of such images i…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 4: Dr. Yele Aluko: A Journey in Medicine; An Examination of Diversity
36:36
36:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:36
Yele Aluko is Chief Medical Officer at EY, a role he has held for close to 4 years. He is Co-Chair, Health Equity Advisory, at the international Well Building Institute, an Advisory Board Member at the Children’s National Hospital and a Board Member at the Wake Forest University School of Business. He has worked as a Cardiologist in hospital settin…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 3: Dr. Kate Baur - Busting Myths and Opening Doors in Medicine for LGBTQ+ patients
19:06
19:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
19:06
Kate Baur recently started her surgical residency in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She has a particular interest in colo-rectal surgery, in particular as anal cancer is a cancer that has a higher incidence in populations such as the LGBTQ+ population. Since recording her podcast she has not only started her surgical residency but has got married. Our conver…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 2: Miss (Dr.) Samantha Tross - Orthopaedic Surgeon - Bones, Boundaries and Self Belief
28:02
28:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:02
Miss (Dr.) Samantha Tross is a consultant orthopaedic hip and knee surgeon, and she was the first black female orthopaedic surgeon in the UK. She is Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at the American University of the Caribbean, a role she has held since 2010, and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Case Reports. She's a member of the Bo…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 1: Dr. Brian Dooreck - Time for the Ultimate Gut Check: Gut Health, How Patients Should Advocate For Themselves, and Navigating the Healthcare System
28:23
28:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
28:23
Dr Brian Dooreck is a Board Certified Gastroenterologist with a particular focus on private healthcare advocacy, life balance, and gut health. We met on Linked In when I became aware of his frequent health tips and his work within the private wealth community to promote ways to optimally navigate healthcare. He lives in Florida. Our conversation st…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 1: Fiftyfaces Focus Medicine and Science Podcast - Series 1 Trailer
5:08
5:08
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
5:08
In this inaugural Fiftyfaces Focus Medicine and Science podcast series we dive into disciplines that are rich and multi-layered, hold the power to transform lives and outcomes but also suffer from underrepresentation, neglect and bias. We first ask our diverse range of guests what it was that drew them to medicine or science, and find out what role…
…
continue reading