The EthnoMed Podcast
The official podcast of EthnoMed.org, a website based in the Interpreter Services Department at Harborview Medical Center which serves as a cultural bridge connecting providers and patients with resources for cross-cultural medicine. The podcast features provider interviews, community highlights, and topical episodes related to cross-cultural medicine.
Episodes
33 episodes
Provider Pulse Ep. 32: Dr. Ayman Youssef, MD (Part 2) - From Texas to Harborview: Information is the Key
Getting into medical school felt like the finish line. It wasn't.In Part Two of our conversation with Dr. Ayman Youssef, Chief Resident of Quality Improvement in Internal Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, we pick up where we left of...
Provider Pulse Ep. 31: Dr. Ayman Youssef, MD (Part 1) - From Texas to Harborview: Finding Identity and a Place at the Table
What does it mean to belong somewhere when you've never quite fit anywhere?In this episode of the Provider Pulse Series EthnoMed Podcast, we interview Dr. Ayman Youssef, Chief Resident of Quality Improvement in Internal Medicine at Harbo...
Provider Pulse Ep. 30: Dr. Anuj Khattar, MD (Part 2) - Medicine, Burnout, and Finding Balance
"The medical system we have is very oppressive in this country. It doesn't primarily value humanity and the human experience and the health of human beings."In Part 2 of our conversation with family physician Dr. Anuj Khattar, the ideali...
Provider Pulse Ep. 29: Dr. Anuj Khattar, MD (Part 1) - The Making of a Community Doctor
What happens when an idealistic pre-med student becomes a physician and discovers the healthcare system isn't quite what they expected? In this first part of our conversation with Dr. Anuj Khattar, we trace the path from a diverse San Jose chil...
Provider Pulse Ep. 28: Bayle Conrad, MPH (Part 2) - Finding Agency in the Work
After her crisis of conscience in Kenya, Bayle Conrad made a decision: no more international work. But finding her place in global health wasn't that simple.In this second part of our conversation, Bayle returns to Seattle with an MPH de...
Provider Pulse Ep. 27: Bayle Conrad, MPH (Part 1) - The Voyeurism of Global Health
What's the difference between helping and voyeurism? Between witnessing and exploiting? These are the uncomfortable questions that nearly made Bayle Conrad quit her Master of Public Health program.In this first part of our two-part conve...
Provider Pulse Ep. 26: Which Hard to Choose - Dr. Angelo Cabal and Finding Authenticity on the Path to Medicine (Part 2)
Part 2: "Which Hard to Choose" (Part 2 of 2)What happens when you do everything “right” and still don’t get in? When two full application cycles pass with no interviews? When you abandoned a degree program only to face rejection?I...
Provider Pulse Ep. 25: Which Hard to Choose - Dr. Angelo Cabal and Finding Authenticity on the Path to Medicine (Part 1)
Part 1: "Which Hard to Choose" (Part 1 of 2)What does it take to become a doctor when you don't fit the mold? When you've never met a physician, when your high school gets overwhelmed by budget cuts, when you're the first in your fam...
Provider Pulse Ep. 24: From Siberia to Harborview - Yuliya Speroff and the Art of Medical Interpreting (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our conversation with Yuliya Speroff, Medical Interpreter Supervisor at Harborview Medical Center, we further explore the profound human work of medical interpretation. Yuliya pulls back the curtain on what interpreters witness eve...
Provider Pulse Episode 23: From Siberia to Harborview - Yuliya Speroff and the Art of Medical Interpreting (Part 1)
Medical interpreter and educator Yuliya Speroff traces her path from a book-filled childhood in Siberia to high-stakes conversations in Seattle hospitals. She explains how medical interpreting in the U.S. often falls to inter...
Provider Pulse Ep. 22: Crossing to Privilege - What Global Health Taught Tra Tran About Power
Raised by Vietnamese parents who survived war, Tra Tran grew up believing that everything would be okay—but learning what that really means took her from New Mexico to the global stage and back again. She shares how generational resilience, pri...
Provider Pulse Ep. 21: Mentorship as Legacy: Dr. Bukola Salami
From a teenager navigating a new life in Toronto to becoming Canada’s first African woman to hold a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the health sciences, Dr. Bukola Salami’s story is one of resilience, representation, and the transformative powe...
Provider Pulse Ep. 20: Crossing Oceans, Building Trust: Franky Erra and the Marshallese Community
Franky Erra grew up on Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands—an archipelago shaped by ocean, community, and a deep history of resilience. In this episode, Franky traces his path from a close-knit childhood surrounded by family and coral l...
Provider Pulse Ep. 19: From Phnom Penh to Harborview - The Journey of Jeniffer Huong
In this moving episode of the Provider Pulse Series of the EthnoMed podcast, we hear the extraordinary life story of Jeniffer Huong — one of Harborview’s original Cultural Care Mediators in the Community House Calls Program
Provider Pulse Ep. 18: Brandon Gim, RN - Finding your Why
What does it really mean to find your why in medicine?In this episode, registered nurse Brandon Gim joins the EthnoMed Podcast Provider Pulse series to share his nonlinear journey—from growing up in a Korean immi...
Provider Pulse Ep. 17: Kenn Arning - 47 years as Harborview's Postal Detective and Community Builder
This episode of Provider Pulse goes beyond clinical roles and takes you behind the scenes with Kenn Arning, Harborview’s longtime mail clerk and self-described ‘postal detective.’ For more than four decades, Kenn has sorted 5,000 pieces of mail...
Provider Pulse Ep. 16: Stories that Heal - Jefferson Nguyen on Listening, Resilience, and Becoming a Doctor
In this episode of the Provider Pulse Series, Dr. Duncan Reid sits down with Jefferson Nguyen, medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine.Growing up in South Seattle as the son of Vietnamese refuge...
Provider Pulse Ep. 15: Dr. Ethan Hua on Mentorship, Medicine, and the Importance of Narrative
In this episode ofProvider Pulse, Dr. Duncan Reid sits down with Dr. Ethan Hua, faculty in Interventional Radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.Dr. Hua shares his journey from growing up as the chil...
Provider Pulse Ep. 14 (2): In the Shadow of War, Toward the Light of Opportunity: Daniella Runyambo's Story (Part 2)
We continue our Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to hear the paths people took to their current roles and how their life experiences shape the care they provide.In the second p...
Provider Pulse Ep. 14: In the Shadow of War, Toward the Light of Opportunity: Daniella Runyambo's Story (Part 1)
We continue our Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to hear the paths people took to their current roles and how their life experiences shape the care they provide.In the first pa...
Provider Pulse Ep. 13: Between Worlds - How Identity Shaped a Nurse's Path with Alexandria Braithwaite, RN
We continue our Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to hear the paths people took to their current roles and how their life experiences shape the care they provide.In this episode...
Provider Pulse Ep. 12: From Kuala Lumpur to Medical School - Chelsea Ng on Mentorship and Resilience
In this episode of Provider Pulse, we continue our mission to elevate diverse voices from across healthcare, exploring the unique paths people take to their current roles.Our guest is Chelsea Ng, an i...
Provider Pulse Ep. 11: Refugee Roots, Creative Wings - JJ Bola’s Story of Art, Advocacy, and Social Work
In this episode of Provider Pulse, we continue our mission to elevate diverse voices from across healthcare, exploring the unique paths people take to their current roles.Our guest is JJ Bola—writer, ...
Provider Pulse Ep. 10: From Somalia to Seattle - An IMG's Journey featuring Dr. Abdifitah Mohamed
The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles.On this episode, we speak with Dr. Abdifitah Mohamed, an inte...
Provider Pulse Ep 9: Living the Diagnosis - How Childhood Illness Shaped Dr. Noga Rogel’s Medical Path
The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles.On this episode, we speak with Dr. Noga Rogel, an internal me...
