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Dr. Jack West reviews emerging new information and controversial topics in health care in general, cancer treatment in particular.
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We're Removing The West Wind Podcast Video Feed - Now Watch on YouTube & BeaconMedIC.com
We're removing the West Wind Podcast video feed. You can still watch the podcast in video format on our YouTube channel (/BeaconMedIC) or at the Beaco...
Dr. Hossein Borghaei (Pt 2): Reflecting on Progress & Future Directions in Immunotherapy
Drs. Hossein Borghaei and host Jack West discuss long term outcomes in lung cancer with immunotherapy, potential utility of IO combinations, and when...
Dr. Hossein Borghaei (Pt 1): On His Own at 16, Journey from Tehran to Philadelphia
Dr. Hossein Borghaei sits with Dr. Jack West and traces his difficult journey from war-torn Iran to Germary and then the US, which he made alone as a...
Dr. Gideon Blumenthal (Pt 2): Working to Balance Access, Efficacy, and Safety at the FDA
Dr. West questions Dr. Gideon Blumenthal of the FDA about how he and his team there struggle to provide timely access to emerging cancer treatments, w...
Dr. Gideon Blumenthal (Pt 1): The Journey into Working for the FDA on Cancer Treatment Regulation
Drs. Gideon Blumenthal & Jack West discuss his early career interests and trajectory from medical oncology training at the NIH to joining the Federal...
Dr. Jack West on New Data Combining Radiation with Immunotherapy in Advanced NSCLC: A Brief Critical Review
Dr. Jack West provides a brief summary of key findings & limitations of two new papers just out in JAMA Oncology (Theelen et al & Bauml et al.) that e...
Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 2): Advances and Impasses in Precision Medicine for Cancer
Dr. Jack West speaks with Dr. Sandip Patel about how molecular oncology has changed outcomes in cancer care, but also how we face great difficulty in...
Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 1): The Importance of Language & Good Communication to Connect with Patients
Drs. Sandip Patel & host Jack West track his early interest in medicine and even oncology & the importance of good communication & value of effective...
Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg: A Statistician's Perspective on the Changing Landscape of Clinical Trials in Cancer
Dr. West speaks with Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg about her path into biostatistics, leadership in shaping trials with ECOG & Dana Farber Cancer Institute, &...
Dr. Puneeth Iyengar (Pt 2): Open Questions and Controversies in Radiation Oncology Today
Host Dr. Jack West questions Dr. Puneeth Iyengar, radiation oncologist at UT-Southwestern, about proton beam radiation therapy, risks & benefits of cr...
Dr. Puneeth Iyengar (Pt 1): The Appeal of Entering Radiation Oncology, & How the Field is Evolving
Dr. Puneeth Iyengar talks with Dr. Jack West about growing up Indian in Louisiana, his training path from Boston to New York before returning to Texas...
Dr. Esther Choo (Pt 2): Gender Equity in Medicine, Social Media & Mass Media
Dr. Jack West speaks with Dr. Esther Choo, academic ER specialist at OHSU in Portland, about her commitment to gender equity in medicine, gender & rac...
Dr. Esther Choo (Pt 1): Medical Care & Social Policy in the ER
Dr. Esther Choo, ER Physician at OHSU in Portland, speaks with Dr. Jack West about being an outsider growing up, as well as her path into medicine & i...
Dr. William Dale (Pt 2): Integrating Supportive Care with Aggressive Anti-Cancer Therapies
Drs. William Dale & Jack West, both from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, reflect on the challenges of having patients & fellow health care p...
Dr. William Dale (Pt 1): Developing a Focus on Supportive Care and Geriatric Oncology
Dr. William Dale from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center discusses with host Jack West how he became interested in supportive care & geriatric o...
Dr. Chadi Nabhan (Pt 2): Reflecting on Career Priorities, Struggling to Say No, & Defining a Place for Real World Evidence in Cancer Treatments
Dr. Chadi Nabhan & host Jack West consider the challenge of pruning career activities after struggling to define priorities & say no to opportunities;...
Dr. Chadi Nabhan (Pt 1): Reviewing the Path in a Medical Career from Clinic to the Business of Health Care
Dr. Chadi Nabhan speaks with host Jack West & reviews his circuitous course from medical training in Syria to lymphoma specialist & rising administrat...
Dr. Lecia Sequist (Pt. 2): Post-ASCO Debrief & Efforts with IASLC
Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH of Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School debriefs with host Dr. Jack West about key ASCO 2019 findings in EGF...
Dr. Lecia Sequist (Pt. 1): Combining Interests in Science and Practical Issues in Cancer Care
Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH of Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School speaks with Dr. Jack West about the trajectory of her early career a...
Dr. Monty Pal: From an Early Commitment to Medicine Down the Path to ASCO & GU Oncology Leadership
Dr. Sumanta (Monty) Pal of City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center describes his precocious entry into medicine, the tremendous opportunities it has...
Dr. Heather Wakelee: Prioritizing Mentorship & Leadership in Thoracic Oncology
Drs. Heather Wakelee and Jack West review how she entered & became a leader in thoracic oncology, her prioritization of mentorship, & her efforts to c...
Dr. Ross Camidge (Pt 2): NCCN Guidelines, New Research Initiatives, & Partnering with Patient Groups
Dr. West speaks with Dr. Ross Camidge about the experience of contributing to the NCCN guidelines, developing the ATOMIC network as a novel platform f...
Dr. Ross Camidge (Pt 1): Working at the Forefront of Developing New Targets and New Therapies
Dr. Ross Camidge from the University of Colorado discusses his career trajectory, how cancer research in narrow molecularly defined populations has ev...
Dr. Mark Lewis (Pt. 3): Raising a Family while Managing a Familial Cancer Syndrome
Dr. Mark Lewis and host Jack West reflect on the personal decisions involved with having children with the uncertainty of a familial cancer syndrome,...
Dr. Mark Lewis (Pt. 2): Managing My Cancer Diagnosis, from Watchful Waiting to a Whipple Procedure
Dr Jack West & guest Mark Lewis discuss the evolution of his cancer as his care evolves from watchful waiting to a decision to pursue a Whipple proced...
Dr. Mark Lewis (Pt. 1): The Fateful Path to a Medical Career and Self-Diagnosis
Dr. Mark Lewis and host Jack West trace back from his father's surprise diagnosis of cancer to his own path into medicine, ultimately his self-diagnos...
Dr. Greg Riely (Pt 2): Should local ablation therapy in oligometastatic or oligoprogressing cancer be incorporated into routine practice?
Dr. Greg Riely from MSKCC and Dr. Jack West review the changing role for plasma NGS and local ablation therapy (LAT) for oligometastic disease (OMD) o...
Dr. Greg Riely (Pt 1): Current Practice & Challenges in Execution of Genomic Testing in Lung Cancer Treatment
Dr. Greg Riely from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) chats with Dr. Jack West about current standards in molecular testing for advanced...
Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay (Pt. 2): Integrating Artificial Intelligence, Telemedicine, and Other New Technologies to Improve Pathology Globally
Dr. Jack West & pulmonary pathologist Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, MD from the Cleveland Clinic discuss changing workflows in pathology introduced by artifici...
Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay (Pt. 1): Medical Education & Outreach in the Age of Social Media
Dr. Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, pathologist at Cleveland Clinic, speaks with Dr. Jack West about the strong pathology community on Twitter and how social med...
Dr. Bishal Gyawali (Part 2): The Cancer Ground-Shot, Enforcing Common Sense, and Stirring the Pot While Rethinking Dubious Standards in Cancer Care
Dr. Bishal Gyawali and Dr. Jack West discuss the concept of a "cancer ground-shot," challenges to enforce common sense in oncology, and questions abou...
Dr. Bishal Gyawali (Part 1): Truly Global Perspective on Oncology Care, from Kathmandu to Canada
Dr. Bishal Gyawali speaks with Dr. West about his trajectory from medical trainee in Nepal to an international authority on evidence-based cancer care...
Dr. Charu Aggarwal (Part 2): Building a Career and Family Life Together, Overcoming Barriers
Dr. Charu Aggarwal discusses with Dr. West how she and her colleagues at Univ. of Pennsylvania can develop their own careers alongside each other, #me...
Dr. Charu Aggarwal (Part 1): Growing Momentum for Plasma-Based NGS Testing in Advanced NSCLC
Dr. West & Charu Aggarwal from University of Pennsylvania reviews data from her own group & other centers, demonstrating increasing practical utility...
Dr. Jack West: Why the Broader FDA Approval of First Pembrolizumab Monotherapy based on KEYNOTE-042 is an Invitation to Inferior Care in Advanced NSCLC
Dr. Jack West reviews why the new FDA approval of first line pembrolizumab monotherapy for the 1-49% PD-L1 subgroup won on a technicality and now offe...
Dr. Jed Gorden (Part 2): Defining the Role of Interventional Pulmonology in a New Era of Lung Cancer Management
Drs. Jed Gorden and Jack West reflect on the evolving field of interventional pulmonology and their role not only in performing biopsies but also in l...
Dr. Jed Gorden (Part 1): Rolling Out Chest CT Screening and Pulmonary Workups into the Real World Beyond Tertiary Care Centers
Dr. Jed Gorden speaks with Dr. Jack West, reviewing the obstacles limiting broader adoption of lung cancer screening in practice and how novel approac...
Weighing the clinical significance of new clinical trial results with immunotherapy in stage III and IV NSCLC
Drs. Jack West & Corey Langer debate the criteria for adopting early clinical data as practice-changing as immunotherapy trials in locally advanced &...
Dr. Gil Morgan (Part 2): Overcoming Barriers in Cancer Care Delivery, Smoking Cessation, & Lung Cancer Screening Globally
Dr. Jack West & Sweden-based Dr. Gil Morgan discuss disparities in access & overall quality of cancer care, challenges in smoking cessation efforts, &...
Dr. Gil Morgan (Part 1): Social Media & Digital Education Cultivating a Global Oncology Community
Dr. Jack West & Sweden-based Dr. Gil Morgan reflect on how social media are forging new conversations & educational opportunities for the global oncol...