Scrub Talk

Healthcare is complicated. Not just the science — the experience of it. The waiting rooms, the diagnoses you don't fully understand, the moments where you leave an appointment with more questions than answers. The things providers see every day that never make it past the exam room door.

Scrub Talk is the after visit summary you actually need. Every episode, host Dominick Ramos dives into the healthcare system — slowing down, asking harder questions, and looking for what keeps getting lost: the humanity underneath the mess. The premise is simple, but uncomfortable: the system is breaking patients, providers, and institutions simultaneously, making them blame each other instead of examining the structure. Scrub Talk refuses to let that happen.

From AI and emerging technology to disparities, leadership, and the future of medicine itself — we unpack the science, the myths, and the perspectives that shape the culture of medicine. Nothing is off limits. Just honest, compassionate conversation about a system that touches all our lives.

Hosted by Dominick Ramos — medical assistant, student, and future physician who still believes medicine can be what it was meant to be.

Contributors

Host

Dominick Ramos

Dominick Ramos is a health worker and student with clinical experience in dermatology, surgery, oncology, and community health. He is completing a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Health Science Management at the University of Virginia, with plans to apply to medical school. His research interests include health disparities and equity, care delivery models, and surgical oncology with a focus on head and neck cancers and cutaneous malignancies.

Dominick is the host and creator of Scrub Talk, a podcast dedicated to finding humanity in medicine, one story at a time.

Guests

Guest

Maureen Leahey, CHC, CPC

Maureen Leahey is an undergraduate student in the Bachelor of Professional Studies in Health Science Management program at the University of Virginia's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, where she serves as a peer mentor and member of the University Judiciary Committee. She is an inductee of UVA's prestigious Raven Society and a member of the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society, from which she received a national scholarship.

She is a full-time auditor with Sentara Health working in compliance, with nearly a decade of experience in healthcare administration. She is also a certified integrative nutrition health coach. Outside of work and school, Maureen is a devoted mother, a survivor, and an advocate for domestic violence awareness and trauma-informed care. She hopes to one day bring her story and her expertise to a national stage — including, eventually, Congress.

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