Medical Education and Leadership, Part 3: Sumita Khatri, MD

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In this episode, I sit down with Sumita Khatri, MD, director of the Asthma Center at Cleveland Clinic, to discuss unconscious bias, advocating for immigrant physicians, overcoming imposter syndrome and balancing work and family life.

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• Intro :15
• About Khatri :39
• The interview 1:12
• You have so many hats you wear … how do you do justice to this? 2:49
• Is there a strategy to working with and instructing fellows? 4:25
• You are a strong ally and a strong advocate for both immigrant physicians or foreign graduates … and you’re a role model to women in medicine. How did you manage to do that? 7:29
• Do you have any advice for people who are aware of the unconscious bias between male and female physicians and who want to do more? 13:30
• How did you manage raising triplets while balancing your career? 17:00
• In your own words, describe your journey 21:02
• Is there a solution to that level of anxiety when it comes to fellows finding a good job? 25:47
• What did you do to be more disciplined about work and personal life? How did you make it more personalized? 28:23
• Do you have any specific experiences from med school and residency that have always stayed with you? 30:00
• How do you get over your impostor syndrome? How do you get over your fears? 33:57
• How do you handle your successes and failures? 35:36
• You’re a full professor and you started a leadership program for women … how did that start? 39:23
• You are also involved with advocacy and you’re a part of the leadership at the American Lung Association. How did that happen? 42:25
• As an advocate, as a leader, as a clinician, as a teacher, as a researcher, how do you do justice to family time? 44:09
• You love traveling. What have been some of your favorite places to travel to? 49:01
• Some of Khatri’s favorite books 50:29
• Final words of advice for the listeners 53:28
• Thank you so much for joining today 53:46

Sumita Khatri, MD, MS, is a professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and an adult pulmonary and ICU physician with a specialized focus in asthma patient care and clinical research. Khatri is also the director of the Asthma Center at Cleveland Clinic and cares for patients in the Medical ICU.

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Disclosures: Bhardwaj and Khatri report no relevant financial disclosures.