Otomentor: Recent Episodes

Cristina Cabrera-Muffly

A podcast to provide mentorship for your Otolaryngology career. Please click on this link to provide feedback: https://ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_40FYuvlhOL93wjj

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Listen in as I chat with Dr. Thomas Robey, the Residency Program Director at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He tells the story of how five of his residents delivered healthy babies in the spring of 2024!

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Join us as we interview Dr. Soham Roy about how to put your best foot forward during the otolaryngology residency interview process.

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Otomentor is back for 2024 with all new episodes. In this episode, I interview Dr. Taylor Erickson and Dr. Sarah Clark, both PGY3 residents at different training programs to find out how they decided which program was right for them. We would love your feedback! Please fill out our survey here: https://ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXdsLnVyX2oAGAm

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Back with a special episode!  Join me as I chat with Dr. Neil Kondamuri and Dr. Jan Groblewski about applying to otolaryngology when your medical school doesn't have a ENT residency program.

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Thinking about practicing general otolaryngology in a rural area?  Hear what Dr. Paul Nies thinks about his experiences doing just that!

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Listen as I chat with Dr. Scott Chaiet, a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the University of Wisconsin, about his journey in our field.

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Listen to pearls of wisdom from Dr. Brian Herrmann as he takes us through what questions you should ask when selecting a practice, as well as RVUs, buy-ins, contract clauses, and more!

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In this episode, I get both sides of the story with perspectives from Dr. Anne Getz, a Rhinologist and Associate Program Director, and Dr. Victoria Fischman, one of our residents at Colorado.  Dr. Getz is a member of our application review team.  Dr. Fischman was an impressive away rotator in 2019 and ended up matching in our program. What do they think about away rotations?

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Can you be a successful fellowship trained Neurotologist and also be in private practice?  Join me as a talk to Dr. Doug Backous as he describes how he is doing just that.

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I'm back with the third season of the Otomentor podcast.  Listen as I interview Dr. Andy Johnson, a general Otolaryngologist, about his career path and what he has learned in his first few years of practice.

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Meet Marie Jette and Liz Cuadrado, two of our superstar Sleep Language Pathologists at the University of Colorado on this episode.  

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Join me as I chat with Dr. Lisa Shnayder, Head and Neck Surgeon at the University of Kansas, about Work Life Balance. 

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Listen as I talk to Carrie Francis, MD, a Pediatric Otolaryngologist at the University of Kansas, about her experiences as a Black woman in Otolaryngology.

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Join me as I chat with Dr. Troy Woodard, Rhinologist at the Cleveland Clinic, about his experiences as a Black male in Otolaryngology. 

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Listen as I chat with Robie Gray, a PA in our department, about her experiences working on our Otolaryngology team. 

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Think you might enjoy both treating patients clinically and answering research questions in the lab?  Listen as I talk to Dr. Sam Gubbels about his clinician-scientist career.

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Listen as I talk to Craig Quattlebaum, MD as he shares what life is like as a community based general Otolaryngologist. 

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Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time.  My guest on this episode is Paul Bryson, MD.

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Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time.  My guest on this episode is Herman Jenkins, MD.

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Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time.  My guest on this episode is Evelyne Kalyoussef, MD.

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Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time.  My guest on this episode is Conner Massey, MD.

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Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time.  My guest on this episode is Craig Quattlebaum, MD

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Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time.  My guest on this episode is Samuel Gubbels, MD.

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In this episode, I discuss how to network and become involved with Stacey Ishman, MD, otolaryngologist and pediatric sleep expert.  

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Join me for the last choosing a fellowship episode!  I speak with Owen Darr, MD about his decision to pursue Pediatric Otolaryngology. 

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Welcome back for Season 2 of the Otomentor Podcast!  This episode, I interview Dr. Ross Shockley about Wellness, Mental Health, and Burnout as it relates to an Otolaryngology career.  

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See you in 2020 as I bring you Season 2 of the Otomentor podcast.  

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Join me as I talk to Brekel Kemp, a medical student interested in Otolaryngology, about our field's history.

If you want to learn more, here are the references for this episode:

  1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otolaryngology

  2. https://www.entnet.org/content/about-us

  3. https://www.aboto.org/about_us.html

  4. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/509881

  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11448308

  6. http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?jp04025

  7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.04.012

  8. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1909/kocher/biographical/

  9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215118001214

  10. http://muttermuseum.org/exhibitions/chevalier-jackson-collection/

  11. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/health/11swallow.html?src=me&ref=hea

  12. https://www.fda.gov/media/116890/download

  13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696071/

  14. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/otolaryngology/our_team/directors/cummings.html

  15. https://professorships.jhu.edu/professorship/charles-cummings-professorship-in-otolaryngologyhead-and-neck-surgery/

  16. https://pmj.bmj.com/content/76/892/65.full

  17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17559714

  18. https://www.ama-assn.org/residents-students/match/inside-numbers-behind-record-setting-2019-match

  19. https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-turnarounds-ideas-to-improve-performance/73-facts-and-statistics-on-ent-and-ascs.html

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Join me as I talk to Dr. Carissa Thomas, who describes her experiences as a recent graduate from Head and Neck fellowship training in Toronto.  

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Join me as I interview Jameson Mattingly, new faculty member at The Ohio State University and recent Neurology Fellowship graduate. 

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In this episode I interview Dr. Geoff Ferril, a fellowship trained Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, about his journey to this subspecialty.

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In this episode I have 2 guests!  Taylor Gilliland and Libby Boscoe, who are both residents who participated in the couples match, talk about the process.  

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In this episode I interview Dr. Dan Fink, a laryngologist at the University of Colorado, about his path to this subspecialty.

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Listen in as Dr. Nathan Cass talks about lessons he learned during his residency, including as an administrative chief. 

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Thinking about having a baby? Join me as I discuss pregnancy, childbirth, and life with a newborn with Emily Ambrose, MD, recent otolaryngology residency graduate. 

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Join me as I interview Dr. Douglas Girod, the 18th Chancellor of the University of Kansas and prior Chair of the University's Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery.  We discuss leadership opportunities within otolaryngology.

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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Brook McConnell, division chief of Otolaryngology at the Veterans Administration in Denver, about choosing Otolaryngology as a specialty.

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In this episode, I discuss applying to Otolaryngology residency with Dr. Scott Mann, who serves as associate program director for the University of Colorado Otolaryngology Residency Program. 

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In this episode, I interview Dan Beswick, MD, who completed a Rhinology fellowship before joining our department.  

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Join me as I talk to Dr. Katherine Green, who is double board certified in Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. 

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This is the introductory episode to the Otomentor podcast.