When The Doctor Becomes Family with Dr Mohamed Elziam
About this episode
Dr. Mohamed Elziam discusses the challenges of balancing his role as a family physician and a brother dealing with his sibling's schizophrenia.
Send us Fan Mail A white coat can make people think medicine is all control, clarity, and clean answers. Then a crisis hits your own family, and you learn how fast that illusion collapses. We sit down with Dr. Mohamed Elziam, a family physician, to talk about his brother’s late-onset schizophrenia and what it’s like to live in two roles at once: the clinician who understands diagnoses and pharmacology, and the brother who is grieving, advocating, and trying to keep everyone safe. We get spec...
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Host: Michael Mackniak
Guest: Dr Mohamed Elziam
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