As the co-host of the Waiting Room Revolution podcast and faculty member at McMaster University, Sammy and Damon discuss low her career as a palliative care physician has heavily influenced her approach to patients & families as they prepare for end of life experiences. Sammy also shares her views on MAID assessments (medical assistance in dying) and how she has found authentic opportunities to be the best patient advocate she can be.
As a healthcare system advocate and senior advisor for Queen’s University Health Sciences, Celina and Damon unpack some of the issues surrounding the topic of EDIIA (equity, diversity, inclusion, Indigeneity & accessibility). Celina describes the creation of “brave spaces” for important discussions that need to occur within the healthcare system, politics & society as a whole as a key step for coming together.
With a career full of leadership roles at Queen’s University and the Canadian Medical Association (among others), Chris walks Damon through the exciting transformational changes happening at the Ontario Health Network in his new role as Chief Medical Officer. They also discuss career setbacks, serendipitous opportunities, the ongoing COVID pandemic, and protecting the principles of our universal healthcare system.
Dawn shares her personal journey of early career burnout as an ER doc in Toronto with Damon and the path she’s taken to work through various career challenges. Her insights about shame, vulnerability, and wellness …and the path to becoming a professional coach and photographer…are shared openly with Damon. during their interview together.
Damon and Sal “get into it” together as the cover multiple topics related to the COVID pandemic, ongoing struggles of professional practice, and Sal’s perspective as an accomplished academic leader at Western University, the University of Toronto, and the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
Damon & Annie discuss her journey to becoming a neuro-oncologist and lead scientist at Sick Kids Hospital & the University of Toronto after immigrating to Canada as a teenager. Annie also shares insights about her important work with families as a clinician for young children with brain tumours and the ongoing relationship she maintains with Damon since caring for his son Callum in 2006.