Focus on the Patient Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Ideate. Innovate. Inspire. Stories forged from cancer and complex disease. Amplify humanity within the patient experience. Let's explore standards of excellence in healthcare. Let's share how health inequities are being tackled. From the old taking care of the young and the young taking care of the old. Join us to hear incredible stories of humanity, standards of patient excellence, incentives, joy, fear, love, and hope.

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Lea Ann Biafora is a 30-year oncology nurse veteran and CEO of Beacon Advocates. Listen in on her experiences and how being in the cancer setting helped shaped her "why" and purpose to create systematic change in healthcare.

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Ira Hughes tells Audrey’s Story. From a father’s perspective, it’s raw, emotional, and real. For those who want to truly understand the patient perspective and the caregiver perspective, this episode highlights the importance of advocating for each individual person facing cancer. Thank you Ira, for sharing.

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In this episode our guest is Rebecca Owens of Swellter. Rebecca comes from 20 years of healthcare experience in Cancer diagnostics. Listen in on how she details the importance of patient education, and how the improvements of precision medicine have helped change the pathway a patient might take.

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In this episode our guest is Dr Gregory Vidal, associate professor, director of Clinical Research, and practicing medical oncologist at the West Cancer Center. With breast cancer being his primary focus, listen in on how he details the “bench to bedside” research method as well as his focus and plan for disparities in oncology care.

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Jackie Graves details the history and importance of imaging and screening at the Margaret West Comprehensive Breast Center. Listen in on how advancements in screening technology have dramatically improved the individual’s care pathway.

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Leighanne Soden details the origins behind The West Cancer Foundation, and the different outreach programs confronting breast cancer disparities.

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In this episode, Carla shares what it truly means to be a healthcare advocate and how Memphis has encountered and is currently addressing local disparities. This is the first of a four-episode miniseries by West Cancer Center

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Bob Goldberg and Prosper DTX aim to protect cancer patients from the side effects of treatment that threaten wellbeing and survival. With over 25 years of experience in policy research and advocacy, listen in how they hope to accelerate patient access to new medicine and reduce costs by providing digital supportive care.

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Terri Coutee translates relevant and timely education in breast reconstruction after mastectomy to help patients engage in shared decision making. Listen to more about the DiepCfoundation on Terri’s episode of Focus on the Patient Podcast.

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Brad Power brings a unique perspective to how patients with advanced cancer can optimize their treatment decisions and create further hope! Aubrey Kelly CEO of Rabble Health conducts a great interview discussing Brad’s success with CancerHacker Lab.