In this episode of The Doc Talk,  Arundathi Reddy, MD hosts a conversation with The Doc Talk founder Amir Mian, MD about topics including how the podcast got started,  professional development and advice for young physicians, leadership, artificial intelligence in healthcare and more. A variety of insightful topics and conversation recorded remotely on The Doc Talk.

In this episode of The Doc Talk,  Dr. Cam Patterson, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences joins us to talk about leadership in healthcare. Dr. Patterson talks about his career journey, leadership traits and lessons he has learned along the way. The discussion also touches on physician burnout, healthcare equity, and other valuable insights into leadership in healthcare.

Arkansas Children's President & CEO Marcy Doderer joins The Doc Talk to share her daughter's healthcare experiences and how they shaped her perspective and values in the healthcare field. Marcy also discusses the forever changing landscape of healthcare in America, innovations to connect to our families and children, and how mission, values and the culture at Arkansas Children's drives the organization to provide the best care for the children of Arkansas and beyond.

In this episode of The Doc Talk, Pat Walker Chair of Ophthalmology, Executive Vice-Chair, and the Dean of College of Medicine at University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Chris Westfall, sits down to discuss the leadership skills he learned from his military training, how they applied to his development as a medical leader, and the institutional leadership needed to establish culture for faculty and students so they can be successful.

What are our must do's to cure cancer? How is translational research affecting this? How do we mentor the next great physicians? In this episode of The Doc Talk division chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant at Nationwide Children's, professor of Pediatrics at Ohio State and the Leader of the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at Nationwide Children's. Dr. Tim Cripe.  Dr. Cripe discusses his accomplished research career within the cancer field, how to build the best team, and his thoughts on mentorship.

Can you be an entrepreneur and a physician? Is it possible? In this episode of Doc Talks, Dr. Mian sits down with Dr. Gresham Richter, Director of Vascular Anomalies Center of Excellence at Arkansas Children's, to discuss significant events in his profession that had massive impact, the  value of the Vascular Anomalies Center of Excellence at Children's, and how possible is it to balance the workload of being a physician and the innovation of a potential entrepreneur.

In this episode of Doc Talks, Dr. Mian sits down with Dr. Rick Barr, Chair for the Department of Pediatrics at UAMS and Arkansas Children's, to discuss how his journey into Clinical and Translational Research gave him to tools to grow in his field, personally and professionally. Dr. Barr also discusses how mentoring and sponsoring professional colleagues can help not only provide professional opportunities and growth, but the children of Arkansas and beyond.

In this episode of Doc Talks, Dr. Mian sits down with Dr. Steve Schexnayder discuss the guidelines in pediatrics, medicine, and research; their constant revisions, and how these ever changing guidelines in medicine will benefit in the future. Dr. Schexnayder also talks about his Medical Mission trips impacted how he grew in his medical field and curiosity.