Openness to Innovation with Don Dizon, MD

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Don Dizon, MD, about innovation throughout times of uncertainty in medicine, challenges currently facing physicians and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34 • About Dizon 1:44 • The interview 2:27 • How did you decide to become an oncologist and navigate a traditional academic career with many non-traditional "add-ons"? 3:01 • Jain and Dizon on the importance of providing humanity to physicians. 7:19 • Jain and Dizon on finding balance when providing patients with information. 9:03 • Jain and Dizon on federal funding challenges facing oncology advancements. 10:17 • Can you tell us more about transitioning to your new role at Tufts? 12:50 • Jain and Dizon on the growing amount of career shifts in medicine. 17:22 • How do we move forward with these new guardrails up from corporatization? 18:34 • Jain and Dizon on how the age of social media has changed the perception, training and demands of doctors. 24:56 • Dizon and Jain on the power of being able to admit "I don't know." 28:22 • What are some tips that you have for new attendings and people just starting in their careers? 33:54 • Dizon and Jain on the importance of humanizing patients during their care. 38:34 • If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 44:17 • How to contact Dizon 44:57 • Thanks for listening 45:51 Don Dizon, MD, is a professor of medicine at Tufts University and is the system chief of hematology and oncology for Tufts Medicine. He is also the editor in chief of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the flagship journal of the American Cancer Society as well as the vice-chair of membership and accrual at the SWOG Cancer Research Network.

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Disclosures: Jain and Dizon report no relevant financial disclosures.