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Women Physicians Lead: Dismissed But Not Forgotten with Dr. Angela Marshall

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Dr. Angela Marshall shares how her son died after a doctor dismissed her urgent warnings.

Dr. Lisa Herbert hosts Dr. Angela Marshall, a board-certified internist and CEO of Comprehensive Women's Health, to discuss leadership and turning personal adversity into purpose. Dr. Marshall is a recognized top doctor, board chair for the Black Women's Health Imperative, and author of the forthcoming book "Dismissed: Tackling the Biases that Undermine Our Health Care." She initially pursued engineering before attending medical school, driven by a desire to help people through community service. Dr. Marshall founded her practice to focus on comprehensive women's health, arguing that medical research and standards often inadequately address physiological and metabolic differences in women. She highlights that women frequently prefer female doctors, and she connects more deeply with her women patients. A central, painful story from her life involves the loss of her infant son after a physician dismissed her concerns about his severe illness during her final month of medical school. Dr. Marshall explains this experience motivated her to become a physician who listens intently to her patients. Her book, "Dismissed," expands from her personal story to examine how biases affect not only Black women but also other groups, including people with disabilities, chronic pain, mental illness, and seniors. She references Dr. Susan Moore, a physician who died from COVID-19 after alleging racial bias in her treatment, and historical contexts like the Tuskegee study and Henrietta Lacks. For self-care, Dr. Marshall schedules massages and quarterly getaways, reframes exercise as positive self-care, and is married to a massage therapist. Her three tips for thriving are to believe in yourself, trust your past decisions (citing advice from Oprah), and view luck as preparation meeting opportunity. The episode is conversational and inspirational, blending personal narrative with professional insight into systemic healthcare issues. Women physicians interested in leadership, entrepreneurship, or health equity would find this episode compelling. Listeners seeking a purely clinical or non-personal discussion might prefer a different episode.

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A thoughtful look at women physicians shaping their own careers and leadership paths.

This episode follows women physicians building careers on their own terms. Dr. Lisa Herbert frames the discussion around women physician leadership, while Dr.

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