The Visible Voices

In this episode I speak with Dr. Thomas Fisher, an emergency medicine physician and Chicago Illinois congressional candidate. We discuss the profound impact of the pandemic on healthcare, the intimate relationships formed in emergency medicine, and the motivations behind Dr. Fisher's run for Congress. The conversation delves into the importance of moral leadership, social determinants of health, and the role of physicians in civic engagement. Dr. Fisher emphasizes the need for active participation in shaping healthcare policies. Conversation highlightsThe  writing of his 2022 book The Emergency as a cathartic process during the pandemic. Emergency medicine provides a unique perspective on humanity and vulnerability. Social determinants of health are crucial for understanding patient care: the healthcare system often penalizes poverty. Hope can be found in collective action and community support: it's important to take risks and step out of comfort zones for change. If you enjoy the show, please leave ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Apple, subscribe 👍🏻 on YouTube and sign up via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

Dr. Resa E. Lewiss has spent over 25 years educating, speaking, and writing about healthcare, equity, and innovation. She is an emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine physician, a TEDMED speaker, healthcare designer, and award-winning author. In The Visible Voices Podcast, Resa shares smart, sharp, and insightful conversations with subject matter experts and interesting people—people who are really making a difference, have something to say, and a story to share. Resa doesn't do surface-level healthcare conversations here. She examines the architecture—power structures, equity gaps, and the distance between evidence and practice—to help you choose health and healthier behaviors in all aspects of life. She connects ideas most people keep in separate boxes. Since 2020, Resa has been here weekly with new episodes every Wednesday.

Dr. Lillian Liang Emlet is a Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, dually trained in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. She's also a certified energy leadership coach and the CEO founder of Transforming Healthcare Coaching.  She also hosts a podcast by the same name. We talk about a common phenomenon in healthcare: clinicians who are exceptional at their work getting promoted into leadership roles without the skills or support to succeed. Lillian shares how she helps healthcare leaders at all levels—physicians, nurses, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, executives—develop as whole people first before tackling the complexities of leading teams and systems. Lillian explains what energy leadership coaching actually means, and why healthcare will always need guides for its leaders even as we work to transform the culture. If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

In this episode, Dr. Resa E. Lewiss speaks with Jillian Johnsrud, author of Retire Often and mini-retirement coach, about taking intentional career breaks to combat burnout and realign with what matters most. Jillian defines mini-retirements as breaks of a month or longer where professionals step away from their primary career to focus on recovery, adventure, or family time. She works primarily with high-achieving professionals who have over-indexed on career advancement while under-indexing on lifestyle and wellbeing. The conversation explores the unique challenges facing healthcare professionals, including a dangerous cultural narrative instilled during medical training that physicians must suffer, lack agency, and simply endure. This programming makes it extraordinarily difficult for doctors to prioritize their own health and take necessary breaks. Website: https://retireoften.com/ Book Purchasing Link: https://lnk.to/retireoften Free Opt-In Worksheets:Planning: https://retireoften.com/mini/ Negotiating: https://retireoften.com/onemonth/ If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

In this episode of Visible Voices, Dr. Resa E. Lewiss is in conversation with Dr. Claire Wardle, a leading expert on misinformation, media literacy, and public trust in science. Claire is an associate professor at Cornell and co-founder of the Information Futures Lab at Brown University's School of Public Health. She shares her decades of experience working across academia, international news organizations like the BBC, and the United Nations and in community non profits. The conversation explores the intersection of misinformation and public health, from vaccine hesitancy to the rise of AI chatbots and their impact on mental health. Dr. Wardle emphasizes that trust is local and everyone has an emotional relationship to information, explaining why human-centered design and community engagement are essential to combating false narratives. She offers practical advice for healthcare professionals considering social media storytelling, discusses the importance of media literacy education, and reveals what keeps her up at night about the absence of regulatory oversight in the age of personalized AI. The discussion highlights how communities, authentic storytelling, and cross-sector collaboration can help transform the internet into a place of trust while protecting public health and democracy. Follow Claire's work via her website and LinkedIn. If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

In today's conversation Bremond Berry MacDougall and Lisa Endo Cooper, the duo behind Quite Literally Books talk about their heritage press republishing forgotten works by women authors. Lisa and Bremond share their journey of starting a heritage press without prior business experience. They describe the steep learning curve of navigating production, marketing, and sales.  The physical design of their books reflects meticulous attention to detail. They use premium Munken paper milled in Europe, custom typography by designer Louise Fili, and lay-flat dispersion binding that allows one-handed reading without breaking the spine. Some book covers feature work by artist Anthony Russo.  Their literary mission centers on republishing works that reveal how little has changed in over a century regarding issues of gender, race, and sexuality. They navigate the complex legacies of authors, acknowledging that women can be both progressive and flawed. Their first three releases explored the theme of home. The November release includes Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a cookbook from the 1890s, and all examining themes of home and domestic power. If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

What happens when an emergency medicine physician knows that the N95 mask she's wearing every day during the COVID-19 pandemic was invented by her great-grandfather over a century ago? Dr. Shan Liu joins me for a conversation that weaves together family legacy, innovation from the margins, and the power of storytelling to fight racism. Shan is an emergency medicine physician at Mass General Hospital, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and a children's book author. Her award-winning book, Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic, tells the remarkable story of her great-grandfather who created the first respiratory mask during the 1910 Manchurian plague outbreak. Wu Lien-teh was the first Chinese Malaysian to study medicine at Cambridge, faced relentless racism throughout his career, and became the first Chinese person nominated for a Nobel Prize in medicine. Website: shanwuliu.com If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

Andy Little DO, co-founder and host of EM Over Easy podcast, shares how the show was born in a Columbus OH diner during post-night shift breakfasts—mental health check-ins that evolved into conversations about leadership skills they weren't learning in residency. As a first-generation physician from small-town Montana, Andy never had "the playbook" for navigating medicine, relying on college counselors and ED mentors who gave him opportunities and trusted him to run with them. We discuss the closing MD/DO perception gap, his teaching philosophy of calculated trust (the "10-second countdown" for critical patients), and how the emergency department teaches perspective through patient stories. Andy explains AI's current "confidently incompetent intern" phase in medical education and his mission: Mentor everyone including those navigating medicine without a roadmap. Instagram: @AndyGLittle   If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

In this episode of the Visible Voices Podcast, Dr. Resa E. Lewiss sits down with Dr. Kevin Pho, the founder of KevinMD.com and host of The Podcast by KevinMD. Since 2004, Dr. Pho has built one of healthcare's most influential platforms, receiving over 3 million monthly page views and amplifying the voices of thousands of clinicians. Dr. Pho shares his journey from primary care physician to media entrepreneur, discussing why every physician needs a voice beyond the exam room. He opens up about the joy he still finds in his clinical practice after 23 years, the importance of combating misinformation, and why physicians can no longer afford to stay silent in today's politicized healthcare landscape. Kevin Pho MD is a board-certified internal medicine physician practicing primary care in Nashua, New Hampshire. Dr. Pho is the host of The Podcast by KevinMD, co-author of Establishing, Managing, and Protecting Your Online Reputation: A Social Media Guide for Physicians and Medical Practices, and an acclaimed keynote speaker. He has been featured on major outlets including CBS Evening News, CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Website: https://kevinmd.com/Podcast: https://kevinmd.com/podcast If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!

In this episode we speak with Dr. Christian Rose. Christian is an emergency physician and clinical informaticist at Stanford University specializing in the intersection of clinical medicine, information systems and innovation - specifically in machine learning, decision support, user-centered design and global health. We discuss the transformative potential of AI, particularly generative AI, in patient care and emergency medicine. The conversation explores the evolution of AI in medicine, the challenges of accuracy in generative AI, and the historical context of AI development. We also address the implications of AI for global health equity and the future of medical training, emphasizing the importance of finding one's voice in the medical field.  Some highlightsThe evolution of AI in medicine has gone through distinct historical phases. Generative AI's accuracy is a significant concern in medical applications. Medical education needs to adapt to the changing landscape of healthcare and technology. Read more about Christian on his website. If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Apple or a 👍🏻 on YouTube. Subscribe via the Website. Forward to a friend today!