20-Minute Health Talk

Aletha Maybank, MD, shares her origin story, which begins with a Fisher-Price doctor kit and a beloved pediatrician — and grows into a career shaped by proximity, community and equity.

Craig Spencer, MD, ER physician, global health leader and public health professor at Brown University, shares his remarkable story, spanning his childhood dreams of “sharkology” to the front lines of the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.

David Skorton, MD, discusses ways in which academic medicine can responsibly integrate emerging technologies — from ambient listening tools to AI competencies — while ensuring that curricula, faculty development, and assessments keep pace.

Eric Wei, MD, makes the case for empathy and listening to community messengers over monologues, shares COVID coordination lessons we must hardwire and outlines top NYC public health priorities.

Host Sandra Lindsay, RN, MBA, and Christine Metz, PhD, co-director of the ROSE (Research OutSmarts Endometriosis) Study at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, discuss what endometriosis is, why symptoms can be so misleading, and how today’s “gold standard” laparoscopy still misses cases.

Abe Sutton of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) joins host Chethan Sathya, MD, to share his personal path into public service and the lessons that shaped his approach to health policy.

Tara Narula, MD, discusses her groundbreaking book, ”The Healing Power of Resilience.” Discover how emotional and physical health intersect, why resilience is both innate and learnable, and practical tools for bouncing forward—not just bouncing back—from life’s challenges.