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A podcast to provide mentorship for your Otolaryngology career. Please click on this link to provide feedback: https://ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_40FYuvlhOL93wjj

Cristina Cabrera-Muffly


    • Apr 6, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Super Women - Episode 5: The Double Bind - Too Hard, Too Soft, Getting to Just Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 30:51


    In collaboration with the Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Join me as I discuss The Double Bind with Dana Thompson, MD, the Lauren D. Holinger Professor and Division Head of Pediatric Otolaryngology at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

    Super Women - Episode 4: Pay Equity and Negotiating as a Female Surgeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 34:27


    In collaboration with the Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Join Dr. Taylor Standiford Erickson as she discusses pay equity and negotiation as a female surgeon with Dr. Kathy Yaremchuk, Chair Emeritus of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, and Dr. Jolie Chang, Professor and Chief of Sleep Surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California San Francisco.

    Super Women - Episode 3: Aligning Work and Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 32:37


    In collaboration with the Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Join me as I discuss Aligning Work and Life with Yuri Agrawal, MD, Professor and Chair of the University of Colorado Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.

    Super Women - Episode 2: Essentialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 28:58


    In collaboration with the Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Join me as I discuss Essentialism with Sonya Malekzadeh, MD, Professor at the MedStar Georgetown Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in Washington DC.

    Super Women - Episode 1: Imposter Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 21:58


    In collaboration with the Women in Otolaryngology (WIO) Section of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Join me as I discuss Imposter Syndrome with Lisa Shnayder, MD, Interim Chair of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Kansas.

    Season 4, Episode 4: Signaling in Otolaryngology Residency Application

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 34:45


    Join us as we talk to Dr. Steven Pletcher, one of the innovators who brought signaling to the match process in Otolaryngology during the 2020-21 Match cycle.

    Season 4, Episode 3: Supporting Trainees Wanting to Start a Family During Residency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 39:20


    Listen in as I chat with Dr. Thomas Robey, the Residency Program Director at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He tells the story of how five of his residents delivered healthy babies in the spring of 2024!

    Season 4, Episode 2: How to successfully interview for an otolaryngology residency position

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 51:30


    Join us as we interview Dr. Soham Roy about how to put your best foot forward during the otolaryngology residency interview process. We would love your feedback! Please fill out our survey here: https://ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXdsLnVyX2oAGAm

    Season 4, Episode 1: How to select the right residency program for you

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 37:05


    Otomentor is back for 2024 with all new episodes. In this episode, I interview Dr. Taylor Erickson and Dr. Sarah Clark, both PGY3 residents at different training programs to find out how they decided which program was right for them. We would love your feedback! Please fill out our survey here: https://ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aXdsLnVyX2oAGAm

    Episode 38: Applying to Otolaryngology Residency without a Home Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 48:49


    Back with a special episode! Join me as I chat with Dr. Neil Kondamuri and Dr. Jan Groblewski about applying to otolaryngology when your medical school doesn't have a ENT residency program.

    Rural Private Practice in Otolaryngology, Season 3, Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 43:14


    Thinking about practicing general otolaryngology in a rural area? Hear what Dr. Paul Nies thinks about his experiences doing just that!

    LGBTQ+ Identity in Otolaryngology - Season 3, Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 34:36


    Listen as I chat with Dr. Scott Chaiet, a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the University of Wisconsin, about his journey in our field.

    Selecting an Otolaryngology Practice - Season 3, Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 44:17


    Listen to pearls of wisdom from Dr. Brian Herrmann as he takes us through what questions you should ask when selecting a practice, as well as RVUs, buy-ins, contract clauses, and more!

    Away Rotations in Otolaryngology (Season 3, Episode 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 36:25


    In this episode, I get both sides of the story with perspectives from Dr. Anne Getz, a Rhinologist and Associate Program Director, and Dr. Victoria Fischman, one of our residents at Colorado. Dr. Getz is a member of our application review team. Dr. Fischman was an impressive away rotator in 2019 and ended up matching in our program. What do they think about away rotations?

    Private Practice Neurotology (Season 3, Episode 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 25:38


    Can you be a successful fellowship trained Neurotologist and also be in private practice? Join me as a talk to Dr. Doug Backous as he describes how he is doing just that.

    Lessons Learned in the First Years of Practice (Season 3, Episode 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 30:54


    I'm back with the third season of the Otomentor podcast. Listen as I interview Dr. Andy Johnson, a general Otolaryngologist, about his career path and what he has learned in his first few years of practice.

    Season 2, Episode 10: Working with your Speech Language Pathologist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 29:03


    Meet Marie Jette and Liz Cuadrado, two of our superstar Sleep Language Pathologists at the University of Colorado on this episode.

    Season 2, Episode 9: Work Life Balance in Otolaryngology

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 28:22


    Join me as I chat with Dr. Lisa Shnayder, Head and Neck Surgeon at the University of Kansas, about Work Life Balance.

    Season 2, Episode 8: The Underrepresented Minority Experience in Otolaryngology Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 39:41


    Listen as I talk to Carrie Francis, MD, a Pediatric Otolaryngologist at the University of Kansas, about her experiences as a Black woman in Otolaryngology.

    Season 2, Episode 7: The Underrepresented Minority Experience in Otolaryngology Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 26:26


    Join me as I chat with Dr. Troy Woodard, Rhinologist at the Cleveland Clinic, about his experiences as a Black male in Otolaryngology.

    Season 2, Episode 6: Working with APPs in Your Otolaryngology Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 16:55


    Listen as I chat with Robie Gray, a PA in our department, about her experiences working on our Otolaryngology team.

    Season 2, Episode 5: The Otolaryngology Clinician-Scientist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 27:47


    Think you might enjoy both treating patients clinically and answering research questions in the lab? Listen as I talk to Dr. Sam Gubbels about his clinician-scientist career.

    Season 2, Episode 4: Life as a General Otolaryngologist in Private Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 30:48


    Listen as I talk to Craig Quattlebaum, MD as he shares what life is like as a community based general Otolaryngologist.

    COVID Special Series Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 28:46


    Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. My guest on this episode is Paul Bryson, MD.

    COVID Special Series Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 17:22


    Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. My guest on this episode is Herman Jenkins, MD.

    COVID Special Series Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 24:07


    Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. My guest on this episode is Evelyne Kalyoussef, MD.

    COVID Special Series Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 13:31


    Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. My guest on this episode is Conner Massey, MD.

    COVID Special Series Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 16:41


    Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. My guest on this episode is Craig Quattlebaum, MD

    COVID Special Series Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 11:43


    Sharing the Otolaryngology community's thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time. My guest on this episode is Samuel Gubbels, MD.

    Season 2, Episode 3: Networking Locally and Nationally

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 22:47


    In this episode, I discuss how to network and become involved with Stacey Ishman, MD, otolaryngologist and pediatric sleep expert.

    Season 2, Episode 2: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology - The Pediatric Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 24:07


    Join me for the last choosing a fellowship episode! I speak with Owen Darr, MD about his decision to pursue Pediatric Otolaryngology.

    Season 2, Episode 1: Wellness, Mental Health and Burn Out in an Otolaryngology Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 29:36


    Welcome back for Season 2 of the Otomentor Podcast! This episode, I interview Dr. Ross Shockley about Wellness, Mental Health, and Burnout as it relates to an Otolaryngology career.

    Episode 15: Happy Holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 0:56


    See you in 2020 as I bring you Season 2 of the Otomentor podcast.

    Episode 14: The History of Otolaryngology

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 26:36


    Join me as I talk to Brekel Kemp, a medical student interested in Otolaryngology, about our field's history. If you want to learn more, here are the references for this episode: 1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otolaryngology 2. https://www.entnet.org/content/about-us 3. https://www.aboto.org/about_us.html 4. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/509881 5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11448308 6. http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?jp04025 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.04.012 8. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1909/kocher/biographical/ 9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215118001214 10. http://muttermuseum.org/exhibitions/chevalier-jackson-collection/ 11. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/health/11swallow.html?src=me&ref=hea 12. https://www.fda.gov/media/116890/download 13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696071/ 14. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/otolaryngology/our_team/directors/cummings.html 15. https://professorships.jhu.edu/professorship/charles-cummings-professorship-in-otolaryngologyhead-and-neck-surgery/ 16. https://pmj.bmj.com/content/76/892/65.full 17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17559714 18. https://www.ama-assn.org/residents-students/match/inside-numbers-behind-record-setting-2019-match 19. https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-turnarounds-ideas-to-improve-performance/73-facts-and-statistics-on-ent-and-ascs.html

    Episode 13: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology -- The Head and Neck Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 29:31


    Join me as I talk to Dr. Carissa Thomas, who describes her experiences as a recent graduate from Head and Neck fellowship training in Toronto.

    Episode 12: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology--The Neurotology Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 18:44


    Join me as I interview Jameson Mattingly, new faculty member at The Ohio State University and recent Neurology Fellowship graduate.

    Episode 11: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology--The Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 27:17


    In this episode I interview Dr. Geoff Ferril, a fellowship trained Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, about his journey to this subspecialty.

    Episode 10: Navigating the Couples Match in Otolaryngology

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 43:06


    In this episode I have 2 guests! Taylor Gilliland and Libby Boscoe, who are both residents who participated in the couples match, talk about the process.

    Episode 9: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology - The Laryngology Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 19:34


    In this episode I interview Dr. Dan Fink, a laryngologist at the University of Colorado, about his path to this subspecialty.

    Episode 8: Lessons Learned from Otolaryngology Residency

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 28:31


    Listen in as Dr. Nathan Cass talks about lessons he learned during his residency, including as an administrative chief.

    Episode 7: Pregnancy and Childbirth during OTO residency.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 13:58


    Thinking about having a baby? Join me as I discuss pregnancy, childbirth, and life with a newborn with Emily Ambrose, MD, recent otolaryngology residency graduate.

    Episode 6: Leadership Opportunities in Otolaryngology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 15:27


    Join me as I interview Dr. Douglas Girod, the 18th Chancellor of the University of Kansas and prior Chair of the University's Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. We discuss leadership opportunities within otolaryngology.

    Episode 5: Choosing Otolaryngology as a Specialty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2019 17:29


    In this episode, I chat with Dr. Brook McConnell, division chief of Otolaryngology at the Veterans Administration in Denver, about choosing Otolaryngology as a specialty.

    Episode 4: Applying to Otolaryngology Residency

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 21:35


    In this episode, I discuss applying to Otolaryngology residency with Dr. Scott Mann, who serves as associate program director for the University of Colorado Otolaryngology Residency Program.

    Episode 3: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology--The Rhinology Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 12:46


    In this episode, I interview Dan Beswick, MD, who completed a Rhinology fellowship before joining our department.

    Episode 2: Choosing a Fellowship in Otolaryngology--The Sleep Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 21:37


    Join me as I talk to Dr. Katherine Green, who is double board certified in Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. Please click on this link to provide feedback: ucdenver.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_40FYuvlhOL93wjj

    Episode 1: Otolaryng-what and why this podcast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 2:49


    This is the introductory episode to the Otomentor podcast.

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