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Oncology Overdrive
Hosted by Shikha Jain, MD · EN
In this podcast by Healio, host Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, covers modern day health care in an ever-evolving world. Through interviews with experts, Jain explores hot topics in oncology and beyond.
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Understanding the Physician's Value with Elisabeth Potter, MD (Re-Release)
Jan 1500:39:14Tap to summarizeIn this throwback episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Elisabeth Potter, MD, about physicians pushing back against insurance companies, bringing physicians back into positions of autonomy and more. · Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 · About Potter 1:41 · The interview 2:04 · How did you decide to become a plastic surgeon? What was your path? 2:26 · How many years do you have to train for plastic surgery? 3:36 · What kind of physician is your father? […] Did you ever think you wanted to practice in the same field as him? 4:10 · Can you tell us about what happened that led you to post your recent viral video? 6:11 · Have you noticed an increase in insurance obstacles lately, or has it always been this way? 8:45 · When you talk to insurance companies, do you feel like you speak with someone who is qualified to understand these claims? 10:06 · Other than hiring people to deal with insurance claims, how can we work towards actually driving change in this space? 12:11 · Jain and Potter on the value of physicians knowing their worth and the cost of their care/procedures. 16:03 · Jain and Potter on the importance of physician autonomy. 23:21 · Potter and Jain on the changing national dialogue. 28:48 · When it comes to direct care models, how would patients be able to get second opinions? 33:53 · Are you optimistic that we will be able to realistically drive change? 35:37 · What do you suggest physicians, patients and advocates do to raise their voices and be heard? 35:56 · If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 40:14 · How to contact Potter 40:41 · Thanks for listening 41:38 Elisabeth Potter, MD, is a board-certified plastic surgeon offering a variety of plastic surgery, ranging from breast reconstruction to breast and body cosmetic procedures. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Potter can be reached on Instagram @drelisabethpotter, TikTok @drelisabethpotter and YouTube @DrElisabethPotterMD. Disclosures: Jain and Potter report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Addressing Social and Cultural Health Care Issues with Reproductive Health Hotline
Dec 3000:40:33Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jennifer Karlin, MD, and Rachna Vanjani, MD, about being a resource to support health care providers, navigating the various policies surrounding sexual and reproductive health and more. · Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 · About Vanjani 1:18 · About Karlin 2:10 · The interview 3:13 · Rachna, can you tell us about what led you to becoming an OB-GYN and an advocate for reproductive justice? 3:25 · Jennifer, tell us about your journey and how you ended up becoming the principal investigator for the Reproductive Health Hotline. 8:53 · Can you tell us what the Reproductive Health Hotline is, why it was created and what is its mission? 16:22 · How are you managing the growing politicization of reproductive health in the US, and how are you protecting the people who call into this hotline? 24:04 · Discussion on the hotline providing national support and information. 30:17 · Jain, Vanjani and Karlin on the rising importance of resources like hotlines in health care. 34:14 · Do you feel like this is a book for physicians, patients, caregivers or everyone? 11:47 · If someone could only listen to the last couple of minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 36:48 · How to contact Karlin and Vanjani 38:05 · Thanks for listening Rachna Vanjani, MD, is a board certified OBGYN and reproductive justice advocate whose work focuses on equity, health care of incarcerated people, all trimester abortion care & access, and holistic medicine. Jennifer Karlin, MD, is an associate professor in the department of family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Karlin and Vanjani can be reached via email at reprohh@protonmail.com, or at www.reprohh.ucsf.edu. Call the Reproductive Health Hotline at 1-844-ReproHH (1-844-737-7644) and follow them on LinkedIn. Disclosures: Jain, Karlin and Vanjani report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Advancements in Breast Cancer, Lifestyle Medicine and A Preview of SABCS with Amy Comander, MD
Nov 2600:30:06Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Amy Comander, MD, about incorporating lifestyle medicine into cancer care, exciting advancements highlighted at the 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 • About Comander 1:16 • The interview 3:42 • How do you find time to do everything that you do? 4:06 • When you started on your path, did you see your journey taking you to breast cancer, lifestyle medicine and authorship? How did you get to where you are today? 4:34 • Jain and Comander on the shifting mindset toward holistic patient care. 6:36 • Jain and Comander on the importance of lifestyle interventions in cancer care. 7:50 • Jain and Comander discuss optimizing survivorship. 9:04 • Tell us more about your latest book, PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond […] What are you most excited about sharing from this book? 9:50 • Do you feel like this is a book for physicians, patients, caregivers or everyone? 11:47 • Is there anything related to lifestyle medicine, or breast oncology in general, that you are looking forward to hearing about at this year's San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium? 14:38 • What are your thoughts on ESMO's latest press release regarding mRNA COVID vaccines and improved response to immunotherapy? 17:29 • Jain and Comander on specific lifestyle interventions to improve quality and quantity of life, as well as "guilty pleasures". 20:23 • How do you train for all the marathons you run, and when do you find the time to train regularly? 21:43 • What are the things that you are looking forward to seeing in the breast cancer space over the next decade in cancer care? 25:24 • If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 27:37 • How to contact Comander 28:45 • Thanks for listening 29:42 Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM, FACLM, MSCP, is a breast oncologist and medical director of the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute in Waltham, director of the lifestyle medicine program at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, and an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. You can get a copy of her new book, PAVING Your Path Through Breast Cancer, here. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Comander can be reached on Instagram @dramycomander, LinkedIn, or via email acomander@mgh.harvard.edu. References • Grippin AJ, et al. Nature. 2025;doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09655-y. • PAVING the Path to Wellness. https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer-center/patient-and-family-resources/supportive-care/paving. Published 2021. Accessed November 11, 2026 Disclosures: Jain and Comander report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Cancer Treatment Innovations with Jason Williams, MD and Nathan Goodyear, MD
Nov 2000:36:33Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jason Williams, MD, and Nathan Goodyear, MD, about innovations in immunotherapy, the future of cancer care and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 • About Williams 1:12 • About Goodyear 1:56 • The interview 3:08 • Nathan, can you explain the concept of your medical philosophy, Docēre rāphè, and how you integrate it into your practice? 3:29 • Jason, how did you get to where you are today, and how did you end up founding the Williams Cancer Institute? 5:28 • Nathan, as an OB-GYN and lifestyle physician, what was your path to this space and at Williams Cancer Institute? 14:22 • How do you both navigate being creative in the current climate of misinformation from a patient and physician standpoint? 20:17 • Jason, what are the benefits and challenges of practicing in other countries versus in the United States? 26:05 • Discussion on patient education through scientific evidence and innovation. 31:00 • If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 33:37 • How to contact Goodyear & Williams 35:42 • Thanks for listening 36:11 Jason Williams, MD, DABR, is a medical doctor, board-certified radiologist and image-guided cancer specialist. As a leader in immunotherapy, he performed the world's first ablation procedure combined with intra-tumoral immunotherapy injections. Dr. Williams serves as the Director of Interventional Oncology and Immunotherapy at the Williams Cancer Institute, which he founded to advance innovative cancer treatments. Nathan Goodyear, MD, MD(H), is an integrative medicine physician, board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and a leader in wellness and cancer prevention. He specializes in functional and regenerative medicine, focusing on healing and teaching the body to restore itself. Dr. Goodyear works at the Williams Cancer Institute, pioneering innovative cancer care with a holistic approach. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Goodyear and Williams can be reached at williamscancerinstitute.com. Disclosures: Jain, Goodyear and Williams report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Lymphedema in Cancer Care with Maureen McBeth
Oct 3000:34:46Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Maureen McBeth, PT, MPT, CLT-LANA, about understanding individualized patient experiences with lymphedema, the value of exercise oncology and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About McBeth 0:23 • The interview 0:52 • How did you end up in the lymphedema and cancer rehab space? 1:31 • Why is lymphedema such a big topic, especially in the breast cancer space? 3:20 • Jain and McBeth on the complexities of individual lymphedema cases, including studies on lymphatic imaging. 5:25 • Do you feel like there have been advancements in the lymphedema space that can improve our understanding of it? 9:43 • Have stigmas around lymphedema evolved over the years? 12:31 • McBeth on the educational materials available to physicians surrounding cancer-related lymphedema and prospective surveillance. 15:15 • Tell us about ImpediMed and its purpose. 17:06 • How do you incorporate these technologies into the current dialogue about more holistic care? 21:27 • Jain and McBeth on exercise oncology and its impact on overall survival. 24:22 • In ten years, what would you envision as the future of lymphedema and exercise oncology? 29:01 • If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 32:31 • How to contact McBeth 33:33 • Thanks for listening 34:20 Maureen McBeth, PT, MPT, CLT-LANA, is a licensed physical therapist and certified lymphedema therapist with over 25 years of experience in oncology rehabilitation, clinical education, and patient advocacy. She currently serves as senior medical affairs liaison at ImpediMed. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. McBeth can be reached via email mmcbeth@impedimed.com. Learn more about ImpediMed at https://www.impedimed.com/, or follow them on LinkedIn or Instagram @impedimedhealth. References • Pasket ED, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2012;doi:10.1200/JCO.2012.41.8574 • Schmitz KH, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2025;doi:10.1093/jncimonographs/lgaf007. • Stout NL, et al. Cancer. 2012;doi:10.1002/cncr.27476. Disclosures: Jain and McBeth report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Humans at the Center of Health Care with Shakira Grant, MBBS
Sep 2500:31:54Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Shakira Grant, MBBS, about providing patients and physicians with the proper education on AI tools, focusing on marginalized communities and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Grant 0:26 • The interview 2:07 • How did you get to where you are today? 2:38 • Tell me about how you got into the AI space […] What aspects interest you specifically? 4:19 • Can you take me step-by-step through how CROSS works with different health care organizations? 8:05 • How does CROSS address concerns about AI? 10:33 • Do you think AI could widen our disparities if it's taking its prompts from biases in humans? 13:31 • How do we educate people about fixing the challenges presented by AI so that we can use this data more accurately? 16:38 • Where do you see this going? […] What would you view as success in the next ten years? 18:22 • How are you managing the current political climate with this type of work? 21:31 • What do you plan to do next in your own career? 27:42 • If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 29:25 • How to contact Grant 30:23 • Thanks for listening 31:28 Shakira J. Grant, MBBS, MSCR, is a physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive who works at the intersection of clinical medicine, health policy, and artificial intelligence. She is the founder of CROSS Global Research & Strategy, LLC (CROSS), a company dedicated to providing end-to-end solutions that ease the adoption of AI in healthcare. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Grant can be reached on LinkedIn or via email drgrant@crosscatalyze.com. Disclosures: Jain and Grant report no relevant financial disclosures.
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The Value of Precision Medicine with James Hamrick, MD and Sanjeev Kumar
Sep 1100:45:38Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with James Hamrick, MD, and Sanjeev Kumar about the value of biomarker testing and precision oncology, personal journeys with patient advocacy and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:05 • About Kumar 1:20 • About Hamrick 1:52 • The interview 2:30 • Sanjeev, can you tell us about how you got involved in oncology and immunology? 2:59 • James, how did you get into this space and start working with Caris Life Sciences? 7:15 • Sanjeev, how did your mother's experience unfold, and how did you incorporate your personal knowledge help advocate and navigate throughout the situation? 12:00 • Hamrick and Kumar on the importance of patient advocacy. 17:44 • Jain, Hamrick and Kumar on the impact precision oncology can have on personalized cancer care. 23:57 • How do we make current innovations available to everyone? How can we help advocate for patients in rural areas? 28:33 • Hamrick on how precision oncology helps support decision-making for physicians and community oncologists. 35:13 • Jain, Hamrick and Kumar on the art and practice of medicine. 40:57 • If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 41:53 • How to contact Kumar 44:13 • How to contact Hamrick 44:34 • Thanks for listening 45:14 James Hamrick, MD, MPH, is the chairman of the Caris Precision Oncology Alliance™ (Caris POA) at Caris Life Sciences. Sanjeev Kumar is chairman and CEO of the Gallbladder Cancer Foundation, and is a biotech manufacturing leader with a background in immunology from UC Berkeley. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Kumar can be reached via email at sanjeevk@gallbladdercancer.org, or at the Gallbladder Cancer Foundation website. Hamrick can be reached at the Caris Life Sciences website. Disclosures: Jain and Kumar report no relevant financial disclosures. Hamrick reports being an employee of Caris Life Sciences and an advisor to Community Oncology Partners LLC.
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Finding fulfillment in medicine: Physician side gigs and exploring new avenues, with Navin Goyal, MD (Crossover with Physicianary)
Mar 27, 202500:25:40Tap to summarizeIn this special crossover episode with Physicianary, guest Navin Goyal, MD, and Physicianary host, Hansa Bhargava, MD, discuss side gigs in the health care space, encourage physicians to explore their fields of interest and talk about his book, Physician Underdog. • Intro 0:28 • Navin Goyal, MD 0:35 • You have done a lot to help Medicaid patients with your venture capital group, OFFOR Health. Can you tell us about that? 1:25 • What was the driver of your venture capital group? Was it access to care? 3:21 • Tell us about your interest in health equity and access to care? What happened next. 6:28 • Tell us about your book, Physician Underdog. Did the book come before, during or after your journey with your venture capital group? 7:55 • What is your advice to physicians and health care workers who feel burnt out and unfulfilled in their career path? 11:54 • Bhargava and Goyal discuss change and adapting to changes in career paths. 14:57 • Bhargava and Goyal discuss the difference between careers in health care and other professions that are likely to pursue new avenues. 16:42 • There are plenty of physicians out there looking for side gigs. What is your advice to physicians and health care workers who want to explore other avenues and side gigs? 19:29 • How do you do it all? 22:10 • Thanks 24:42 Navin Goyal, MD, is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, physician and author—driven by his passion for human-centered leadership. He is the co-founder and managing partner at LOUD Capital, specializing in early-stage investments in healthcare and technology startups. Goyal is also co-founder of OFFOR Health, a venture-backed startup that provides mobile anesthesia services for pediatric patients on Medicaid, and Beyond Physician, an online learning management platform and job marketplace to enable physicians to learn new skills, get contract work and grow their thought leadership. His journey and insights are captured in his book, Physician Underdog. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Follow Goyal on Instagram @navin.g.md, X @Navin_MD, Facebook and LinkedIn and visit his website: navingoyalmd.com. Disclosures: Bhargava and Goyal report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Pioneering Changes in Patient Advocacy with Kimberly Richardson
Feb 20, 202500:33:58Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Kimberly Richardson about driving changes in patient advocacy efforts, the importance of including DEI in cancer research and clinical trials and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Richardson 0:20 • The interview 1:15 • How did you get to where you are today as such a leader and advocate? 1:56 • Did you feel welcomed into this space when you started doing your advocacy work, or did you feel like it was an uphill battle? 5:12 • Jain and Richardson on how physicians and patient advocates can come up with solutions that coincide with the transformation of what advocacy work has become. 8:23 • What are the different ways people can be patient advocates? 10:59 • Jain and Richardson on research advocacy and the power of the ripple effect when it comes to how this work impacts patients. 15:45 • Jain and Richardson on how physician and patients can collaborate to overcome institutional challenges with timing of visits and quality of care. 19:11 • Richardson and Jain on educating patients in underrepresented communities on research and policy changes that will lead to more diversity in clinical trials. 24:21 • If you could look back one year from now, what do you hope your research grant accomplishes? 30:00 • If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 32:00 • How to contact Richardson 32:33 • Thanks for listening 33:27 Kimberly Richardson is a survivor of ovarian cancer and early stage, triple positive breast cancer. Kimberly has founded the Black Cancer Collaborative, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization that creates partnerships between Black cancer patients and the medical and scientific communities on issues of health equity, patient inclusion and clinical trials participation. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Richardson can be found on Bluesky under Black Cancer Collaborative and on LinkedIn. Disclosures: Jain and Richardson report no relevant financial disclosures.
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Survivorship and Visual Storytelling with Anna Rathkopf
Feb 6, 202500:35:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Anna Rathkopf about the mental and physical toll of cancer treatment and survivorship, using photography to connect with patients and caregivers and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Rathkopf 0:20 • The interview 1:23 • How did you get into storytelling through photography around your cancer diagnosis and your caregiver experience? 1:46 • How did you navigate questions and challenges surrounding fertility during the first five years of your diagnosis? 4:07 • On top of everything else going on in your life at the time, how did your decision to document your treatment become part of your plan? Why was it so important for you to do in that moment? 7:50 • Did photography help you feel like you had some control in your life? 10:45 • Overall, how did this impact your mental health along with your physical health? 11:17 • What were you doing from a photojournalistic standpoint prior to your diagnosis? How did that prepare you for this next step in what you have created? 14:46 • How did your partner’s caregiving responsibilities incorporate into your photography? 16:48 • Jain and Rathkopf on the sacrifices caregivers make. 19:53 • If you had to give advice to someone going through the initial time after cancer diagnosis, caregiver or patient, what would you say you would do the same or differently? 21:29 • What do you suggest loved ones do or say to help patients and caregivers? 24:49 • What was the transition into survivorship like for you after the first five years? How did that change your mentality? 27:24 • If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 33:34 • How to contact Rathkopf 34:20 • Thanks for listening 35:22 Anna Rathkopf is an award-winning photographer whose work focuses on empathy, health, and identity. She is the author of HER2: The Diagnosed, The Caregiver, and Their Son, a poignant exploration of the realities of cancer under 50. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Rathkopf can be found on Instagram @rathkopfphotography. Purchase HER2: The Diagnosed, The Caregiver, and Their Son on Amazon or on the website www.rathkopf.com. For more from the Rathkopfs: Check out photos and video from their installation at A(I) Brighter Tomorrow: Cancer and Beyond) exhibition at Montefiore Einstein through April 18, 2025. Disclosures: Jain and Rathkopf report no relevant financial disclosures.
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