Healthcare Unfiltered
Healthcare Unfiltered is an honest, raw, timely podcast tackling any and all topics in healthcare that affect stakeholders. Dr. Chadi Nabhan uses his dynamic conversational skills to challenge his guests to address controversial and important topics. He also brings on world renowned experts to discuss clinical advances in medicine.
Episodes
280 episodes
Episode 281: Precision Oncology in India With Sewanti Limaye
Chadi is joined by Dr. Sewanti Limaye to discuss what precision oncology looks like in India, exploring the realities of access, affordability, infrastructure, and innovation in cancer care. Drawing on her experience training and practicing in ...
Episode 280 - Cooperative Group Trials: Now and Tomorrow With Sue Yom
Chadi sits down with sit down with Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO—radiation oncologist at UCSF, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, and leader within NRG Oncology—to explore the critical role of coop...
Episode 279 - CGT in the Community: Challenges and Solutions
Gary L. Simmons, DO, MSHA—physician and entrepreneur in a Virginia community practice—dives into the rapidly evolving world of cell and gene therapy (CGT), including bone marrow transplant, CAR-T, and TILs, and what it takes to bring these cutt...
Episode 278: What’s New in Multicancer Early Detection With Tom Beer
Returning guest Dr. Tom Beer, Chief Medical Officer for Multicancer Early Detection (MCED) at Exact Sciences, joins the show to break down the promise and complexity of MCED testing—what it is, the clinical gap it aims to fill, and how it could...
Episode 277 - When “Yes” Becomes Too Much: Confronting Physician Burnout
Chadi sits down with Dan Golden, MD, MHPE, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Rush University, to discuss his deeply personal and recently published account of physician burnout. He shares the mental and physical toll of burnout, clar...
Episode 276: Radiation Therapy for GI Cancer With Nina Sanford
Chadi sits down with Nina Sanford, MD, Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology Service at UT Southwestern, to explore the evolving landscape of radiation therapy in upper and lower GI malignancies. They discuss how advances in systemic tre...
Episode 275: PAVING the Path After Breast Cancer With Amy Comander
Chadi sits down with Amy Comander, MD, a breast cancer medical oncologist at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute and author of “Paving Your Path Through Breast Cancer and Beyond,” to discuss how patients can take control of their health and q...
Episode 274 - Food and Cancer: The Truth
Chadi sits down again with Dr. Urvi Shah for an in-depth, evidence-driven exploration of the often confusing relationship between food and cancer. They dive into how nutritional research is actually conducted—and why it’s so challenging—while s...
Episode 273 - Radiation Oncology: Past and Future
Chadi sits down with Dr. William “Bill” Small, Jr., a nationally recognized radiation oncologist and cancer center director at Loyola University Chicago, to explore the evolution of radiation oncology from its historical foundations to its rapi...
Episode 272: Genomics for Rare Diseases With Katherine Stueland
Chadi sits down with Katherine Stueland, President and CEO of GeneDx, to explore how genomic sequencing is transforming the diagnosis of rare diseases—especially for pediatric patients who often endure years searching for answers. She discusses...
Episode 271: Behind the Scenes of “The Pitt” With Sylvia Owusu-Ansah
Chadi sits down with Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, a pediatric emergency physician at UPMC, to discuss her role as a medical advisor for the HBO Max series “The Pitt” and how she helped bring real-world authenticity to the show. She explains how the ...
Episode 270: Translational Research Questions in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Chadi sits down with Misty Shields, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine, to explore the evolving translational research landscape in small cell lung c...
Episode 269: The Pain Brokers and Tort Law With Beth Burch
Chadi sits down with award-winning legal scholar Elizabeth (Beth) Chamblee Burch to explore “The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers, and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory,” her deeply reported investigation into a multilevel sca...
Episode 268: Everything ADCs in Cancer With Paolo Tarantino
Paolo Tarantino, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, joins Chadi for a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)—sometimes dubbed “super-chemotherapies.” He traces the fascinating orig...
Episode 267: State of Peer Review and Medical Publishing With Nora Disis
Chadi sits down with Nora Disis, MD—Editor in Chief of JAMA Oncology and professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center—for a candid, wide-ranging discussion on the modern state of peer review and medical publishing. Dr. Disis reflects on the found...
Episode 266 - History of Viruses: Kill Switch
Award-winning stem cell transplant pioneer, Dr. Richard Burt, discusses his book “Kill Switch: The History of How Viruses Shaped Humanity and Led to COVID-19,” guiding listeners through the deep, often surprising role viruses like smallpox, pol...
Episode 265: ASCO GI Updates: Special Episode
Drs. Shaalan Beg, Shruti Patel, and Emil Lou—the “Only Oncologists in the Building”—offer an in-depth, clinically focused review of the most important research presented at the ASCO GI Annual Meeting. The conversation spans the rising incidence...
Episode 264: Oncology Career Paths With the Two Onc Docs
In this cross-collaboration episode, Drs. Sam Armstrong and Karine Tawagi—hosts of the “Two Onc Docs” podcast—join the show to share their personal journeys into oncology and the inspiration behind launching a podcast for the oncology community...
Episode 263: ADCs in Breast Cancer: What to Know With VK Gadi
VK Gadi, MD, PhD, of the University of Illinois Cancer Center, joins the show for a deep dive into antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in breast cancer, tracing the history and basic science that fueled their development and early interest in the f...
Episode 262: MRD and ctDNA in Lymphoma With Megan Melody
Returning guest Megan Melody, MD—lymphoma and CAR-T hematologist at Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida—joins the show for a practical, data-driven discussion on the evolving role of measurable residual disease (MRD) and ...
Episode 261: Rebooting Cancer Care With Doug Flora
Returning guest Doug Flora, MD, LSSBB, practicing oncologist and healthcare innovator, joins the show to discuss his new book Rebooting Cancer Care and his pragmatic vision for how artificial intelligence is reshaping oncology today. Dr. Flora ...
Episode 260: TNBC Now and the Future With Greg Vidal
Chadi sits down with Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at the West Cancer Center, for a comprehensive, state-of-the-field discussion on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Dr. Vidal walks listeners through how TNBC emerged as a diagn...
Episode 259: AI Enhancing Cancer Diagnosis With Jonathan Chen
Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD—Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University—joins the show and offers a pragmatic look at how data science and AI can be meaningfully integrated into everyday medical practice. He bre...
Episode 258: AI Now and Later With Sanjay Juneja
Chadi sits down with Sanjay Juneja, MD—board-certified hematologist/oncologist, healthcare futurist, and physician executive—to demystify artificial intelligence and explain what it truly means for patient care today and in the years ahead. Dr....
Episode 257: Reflections of an ASCO President With Robin Zon
In this reflective and wide-ranging conversation, ASCO President Robin Zon, MD, FACP, FASCO, looks back on the formative moments that led her to oncology and the grit required to build a thriving community-based research program while balancing...