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 [email protected]. 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.