Uncovering Patient Pearls with Christina Gomez, MD

Oncology Overdrive

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Christina Gomez, MD, about the power of patients’ voices, finding joy in physicians work-life balance and more. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :58 • About Gomez 1:09 • The interview 1:45 • How did you get to where you are today as a GI oncologist? 2:02 • Have you seen an increase in young people with GI malignancies, and do you have any thoughts as to why we are seeing this change? 5:23 • Where did the inspiration for your book, Stopped in My Tracks: A Physician's Collection of Cancer Patients' Quotes, come from? 9:08 • Jain and Gomez on the power of patient voices. 12:41 • Thoughts on creating another book? 15:30 • Where do you see the landscape of oncology going in the age of machine-learning and new technologies? 17:05 • Jain and Gomez on the different ways physicians can demonstrate personalized care for patients. 21:00 • What should we do as oncologists and as a society to prevent burnout in health care professionals? 24:00 • Jain and Gomez on the mindset shift on work-life-balance for physicians. 27:33 • Jain and Gomez on motherhood and how it can define patient interactions and delivery of care. 29:51 • If someone could only listen to the last few minutes of this episode, what would you want them to take away? 34:41 • How to contact Gomez 36:07 • Thanks for listening 37:31 Christina Gomez, MD, is a gastrointestinal medical oncologist at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at [e-mail]. Follow Healio on X, formerly known as Twitter, and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X, formerly known as Twitter: @ShikhaJainMD. Gomez can be reached at christinagomezmd.com, via Facebook or on Instagram @christygomezmd. Disclosures: Jain and Gomez report no relevant financial disclosures.