
Inspirations and Insights
In celebration of Cleveland Clinic’s centennial, hosts Dr. Cara King and Dr. Mary Rensel share conversations with women doctors at Cleveland Clinic, exploring the highlights and challenges of being a woman in medicine.
Episodes
22 episodes
Susan J. Rehm, MD, FACP, FIDSA, BCC
Susan J. Rehm is Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Vice Chair of Infectious Disease, Executive Director of Physician Health, Associate Chief of Staff, and was an elected member of the Board of Governors at Cl...
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Allison Vidimos, MD
Chair of the Department of Dermatology and Professor of Dermatology at Cleveland Clinic for over 18 years, Allison Vidimos, MD, joins Hadley Wood, MD (subbing for our regular hosts) for a conversation about her career and leadership as she she ...
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Michelle Medina, MD
Dr. Michelle Medina is currently the Associate Chief of Clinical Operations within Cleveland Clinic Community Health, overseeing practice operations and professional staff affairs across 3 primary care departments, Hospital Medicine, Medical Care ...
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30:59

Zeina Nahleh, MD
Dr. Zeina Nahleh is a breast oncologist and the Chair of the Department of Hematology-Oncology and Director of the Cleveland Clinic Florida Maroone Cancer Center. She has received numerous awards and distinctions and has authored over 50 articles ...
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33:52

Kendalle Cobb, MD
Kendalle Cobb, MD, is a board-certified Family Physician at Cleveland Clinic with an interest in health maintenance and disease prevention and adolescent health. She is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of...
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37:24

Lisa Yerian, MD
Lisa Yerian, MD is a trained pathologist and serves as Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Improvement Officer, where she directs, coordinates and evaluates improvement strategies, methods and implementation across the Cleveland Clinic enterprise. Since 2010...
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35:09

Sumita Khatri, MD
Dr. Sumita Khatri is a Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Vice Chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Respiratory Institute, Director of the Asthma Center and a practicing Adult Pulmonary and ICU physician. She serves o...
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Kandice Kottke Marchant, MD, PhD
Now retired, Kandice Kottke Marchant, MD, PhD, served as Chair of the Institute of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and is Professor of Pathology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. She talks candidly about her experience with grief, ...
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33:51

Deborah L. Benzil, MD
Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS is the Vice-Chair of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic, Professor of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and a founding member of Women in Neurosugery (WINS). She is widely published on man...
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Cynthia Kubu, PhD
Cynthia Kubu, PhD, is Professor of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, a practicing is a neuropsychologist in the Center for Neurological Restoration at Cleveland Clinic and serves as Vice Dean of Faculty Development at the C...
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Karen Murray, MD
Karen F. Murray, MD is Chair of Pediatrics, Physician in Chief at Cleveland Clinic Children's and President of Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation and Professor of Pediatrics at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. In t...
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Lyssette Cardona, MD
Lyssette Cardona, MD is the Chief Wellness Officer for Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Chair of Infectious Disease at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health in Florida. She spent six years at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi where she pioneered the inaugural I...
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Melissa Li-Ng, MD
Melissa Li-Ng, MD is an Endocrinologist and currently Medical Director of International Operations, overseeing Cleveland Clinic’s growth in the Asia Pacific region. In this episode she discusses growing up in NYC’s Chinatown with a Tiger Mom, buil...
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Lara Jehi, MD
Professor of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Lara Jehi, MD, was appointed Cleveland Clinic’s Chief Research Information Officer only weeks before the COVID pandemic started. In this podcast she talks about that transition...
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Elaine Wyllie, MD
Elaine Wyllie, MD, is Professor of Neurology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and a preeminent epilepsy specialist at Cleveland Clinic and editor of Wyllie’s Treatment of Epilepsy, the standard in the field through seven editions, a...
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30:18

Lilian Gonsalves, MD
Psychologist Lilian Gonsalves, MD, came from Bombay, India to Cleveland, Ohio for her residency during the Blizzard of ’77 and for over 40 years has built her practice and her career at Cleveland Clinic. In this interview Lilian shares with Cara K...
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29:48

Margaret McKenzie, MD
Margaret McKenzie, MD, is the President of Cleveland Clinic’s South Pointe Hospital in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. She is Associate Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and an Obstetrician and Gynecologist in the Dep...
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27:02

Rita M. Pappas, MD
Rita M. Pappas, MD, FAAP, FHM is the Medical Director of Hospital Operations at Cleveland Clinic and a staff physician in the Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. In 2020, she was appointed Chief Medical Officer of Hope Hospital, Cleveland C...
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33:46

Linda Bradley, MD
Linda Bradley is an internationally recognized gynecologic surgeon, Vice Chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Women’s Health Institute and Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. She holds innume...
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28:11

Serpil Erzurum, MD
Dr. Serpil Erzurum is the Chief Research and Academic Officer and the Chair of the Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland Clinic. She is a practicing pulmonologist and has innumerable scientific accomplishments and awards that have been far-reachi...
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