Openness to Innovation with Don Dizon, MD (Re-Release)

Summary: In a throwback episode of the "Oncology Overdrive" podcast, host Dr. Shikha Jain talks with Dr. Don Dizon about the changing world of medicine. Dr. Dizon, a top cancer doctor at Tufts Medicine, shares his journey of mixing a traditional medical career with non-traditional paths, like being active on TikTok and Instagram. They discuss big challenges in healthcare today, like a lack of federal funding and the growing corporate control of medicine. Most importantly, they highlight the need to treat doctors and patients like real humans. Dr. Dizon even points out how powerful it is for a doctor to simply admit, "I don't know."

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Neoplasms
American Cancer Society