Our 18th episode is here and we're super excited to welcome Lekha Sunkara Deere, MD. Lekha is an old friend from college, and we get into a lot of really interesting topics like her experiences as a pulmonary medicine fellow on the front lines in New Orleans during the peak of the pandemic in the area, becoming a mother during her fellowship, getting respect from both patients and other medical professionals, moving to Mississippi at 9, and of course, THE VACCINE. Timestamps and links below!

🎬 TIMESTAMPS: 

00:00:00 Intro 

00:05:15 Diversity in Mississippi 

00:09:36 Moving to Mississippi at 9 

00:13:20 Diversity in Higher Education 

00:16:38 The Brain Drain 

00:18:26 Race in Medicine 

00:25:10 Power Mom - the Work Life Balance 

00:30:32 Tokenized or Fetishized 

00:37:15 The Pragmatic Indian 

00:40:55 Pandemic Trauma on Medical Workers 

00:45:29 Facing Your Own Mortality 

00:47:00 Does Trauma Affect Children? 

00:54:08 Women's Authority is Constantly Questioned 

00:57:51 Should I Get Vaccinated? 

01:05:55 Do Patients Lie? 

01:08:14 How to Combat Stigma of Bad Doctors 

01:19:32 The Vaccine Experience 

01:22:49 Garbage PPE 

01:24:56 GET VACCINATED

FURTHER READING: 

📖 The Garbage Bags - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nurse-at-brooklyn-hospital-on-coronavirus-protective-clothing-its-a-garbage-bag-its-like-something-out-of-the-twlight-zone-2020-04-07

📖 The Early Pandemic in New Orleans - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/us/coronavirus-louisiana-new-orleans.html 

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