Small Talk, Big Topics
Fellows & Early Career
Season 3 now available!
A podcast for trainees & early career GIs
If you’ve ever thought, “I wish I learned that in GI training,” this new AGA podcast is for you. Join gastroenterologists Matthew Whitson, Nina Nandy and CS Tse for small talk on big topics within the world of gastroenterology. They’ll interview big names in the field to break down clinical guidance and share advice on how to make it big in GI. They’ll also get candid with fellow early career GIs. Get ready to laugh, enhance your practice skills, and advance your career with our new podcast.
Meet our hosts
One previously taught English at an IKEA in Lithuania, one’s cats are Instagram famous, and one is a former radio DJ who always dreamed of hosting a podcast. Subscribe to Small Talk, Big Topics to get to know our hosts. Check out this profile of our hosts in The New Gastroenterologist.
Matthew Whitson, MD, MSEd
GI Fellowship Director
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell
Great Neck, New York
@MJWhitsonMD
Nina Nandy, MD, FACG
Gastroenterologist
Austin Regional Clinic
Austin, Texas
@NinaNandyMD
CS Tse, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
@CSTseMD
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Season 3 episodes
- Episode 5: Janice Jou: Live from #DDW2024 with tips for your first job
- Episode 4: Loren Rabinowitz and Rachel Issaka: building research collaborations
- Episode 3: Andy Tau: how to treat GI emergencies
- Episode 2: Laurel Fisher and Asma Khapra: advancing and advocating for women in GI
- Episode 1: Barbara Jung: Unpacking mentorship with AGA’s president
Season 2 episodes
- BONUS: Live from #DDW2023: How to navigate this massive meeting
- Episode 10: Why climate change matters to GI
- Episode 9: How to navigate working in private practice
- Episode 8: What does AI mean for GI?
- Episode 7: How to navigate LGBTQIA identity as an early career GI
- Episode 6: How to be a better endoscopic trainer
- Episode 5: How to develop clinical expertise
- Episode 4: Special crossover episode with Liver Fellow Network
- Episode 3: GI fellowship program director extravaganza!
- Episode 2: John Carethers (part 2): Advice to build your career
- Episode 1: John Carethers (part 1): Deep dive with the AGA president
Season 1 episodes
- BONUS: John Inadomi: Defining and personalizing your career path
- BONUS: Rhonda Souza: Your #DDW2021 Recap
- Episode 14: Brijen Shah and Lauren Nephew: Mentorship, part 2 – The early career experience
- Episode 13: Lin Chang and Jim Lewis: Mentorship, part 1 – Insights from experienced mentors
- Episode 12: Sandra Quezada and Carlos Diaz: Disparities in GI health care: 8 key questions and answers
- Episode 11: Shahnaz Sultan and Joseph Lim: Inside the guideline development process
- Episode 10: David Rubin: 20+ insights to improve your IBD patient care
- Episode 9: Susan Reynolds: Burnout — how to spot it and take action
- Episode 8: Amrita Senthi and Mythili Prabhu Pathipati: Women in GI innovation
- Episode 7: Special holiday bonus episode
- Episode 6: Olivia Pickett-Blakely: Nutrition for the clinical GI
- Episode 5: Sheryl Pfiel: Developing a career in medical education
- Episode 4: Laurie Keefer: Building resiliency in trainees and young faculty
- Episode 3: Todd Baron and Andrew Wang: How to treat pancreatic necrosis
- Episode 2: Janice Jou: What you wish you knew in GI fellowship
- Episode 1: Austin Chiang: “Influencing” GI through social media
