Patient Advocacy Through Journalism with Mika Stambaugh

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Mika Stambaugh about bridging the patient and doctor information gap, her personal journey with patient advocacy and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Stambaugh 1:43 • The interview 4:00 • How did you get into media and PR? […] What Was your journey to get to this point in your career? 4:31 • Have you seen the evolution of people in health care speaking with the media? 6:57 • How do you remain objective when discussing hot button political topics with experts? 10:05 • Who is the coolest or most interesting person you have interviewed? 11:08 • Can you tell us about your recent cancer diagnosis and how it impacted you? 13:25 • How did your facial Mohs surgery impact your career? 18:39 • What was it about this situation that made you decide to share your journey publicly? 24:11 • Do you recommend getting a second opinion to people? How did the decision to seek out a second opinion come about for you? 27:57 • Do you see yourself continuing to work in the patient advocacy space? 30:35 • If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 36:50 • How to contact Stambaugh 37:55 • Thanks for listening 39:05 Mika Stambaugh is an Emmy award winning journalist and dynamic entrepreneur.

We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Stambaugh can be reached @MikaStambaugh on X and @mikastambaugh on Instagram, or via email mikastambaugh@gmail.com.

Disclosures: Jain and Stambaugh report no relevant financial disclosures.