We invite you to listen to “Conversations That Matter,” a podcast in which Leon McCrea II, MD, MPH, senior associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, interviews members of the College of Medicine community about their lives, their journeys in medicine, and their thoughts on diversity in medical practice and education.
These conversations cover a range of topics, including increasing inclusivity in the workplace, ensuring equitable patient care, improving the experiences of bilingual health care providers and patients, creating inclusive spaces for queer and transgender people, the meaning and importance of holistic student affairs, and finding community through shared backgrounds, just to name a few.
Also be sure to tune in for guests’ thoughts on the best restaurants in East Falls, the fish hoagie as a classic Philadelphia food, where to get vegan food in Pittsburgh and the finest takeout in Bryn Mawr.
Recent guests have included:
- Seema Baranwal, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine; senior associate dean for student affairs
- Rita Guevara, MD, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics; assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion
- Justin Camacho, MD ’25, and Julianna Kinsolving, MD ’25, co-presidents, Latino Medical Student Association
- Janet Cruz, MD, assistant professor, Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine
- Annette Gadegbeku, MD, associate professor, Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine; associate dean, community health; faculty director, Healing Hurt People
- Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MEd, MPPM, professor and academic chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and chief clinical diversity, equity and inclusion officer, Allegheny Health Network
- Maryssa Lyons, MD, general psychiatry resident, Tower Health – Phoenixville Hospital