The official podcast of EthnoMed.org, a website based in the Interpreter Services Department at Harborview Medical Center which serves as a cultural bridge connecting providers and patients with resources for cross-cultural medicine. The podcast features provider interviews, community highlights, and topical episodes related to cross-cultural medicine.
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Provider Pulse Ep. 25: Which Hard to Choose - Dr. Angelo Cabal and Finding Authenticity on the Path to Medicine (Part 1)
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Send us a text Part 1: "Which Hard to Choose" (Part 1 of 2) What does it take to become a doctor when you don't fit the mold? When you've never met a physician, when your high school gets overwhelmed by budget cuts, when you're the first in your family to navigate the American education system? In Part 1 of Angelo Cabal's story, we follow his journ…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 24: From Siberia to Harborview - Yuliya Speroff and the Art of Medical Interpreting (Part 2)
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Send us a text In Part 2 of our conversation with Yuliya Speroff, Medical Interpreter Supervisor at Harborview Medical Center, we further explore the profound human work of medical interpretation. Yuliya pulls back the curtain on what interpreters witness every day—the cultural gaps, missed cues, unintended misunderstandings, and the invisible labo…
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Provider Pulse Episode 23: From Siberia to Harborview - Yuliya Speroff and the Art of Medical Interpreting (Part 1)
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Send us a text Medical interpreter and educator Yuliya Speroff traces her path from a book-filled childhood in Siberia to high-stakes conversations in Seattle hospitals. She explains how medical interpreting in the U.S. often falls to interpreters juggling work for many different fields, how vicarious trauma can affect medical interpreters, and wha…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 22: Crossing to Privilege - What Global Health Taught Tra Tran About Power
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Send us a text Raised by Vietnamese parents who survived war, Tra Tran grew up believing that everything would be okay—but learning what that really means took her from New Mexico to the global stage and back again. She shares how generational resilience, privilege, and honesty shaped her work in refugee advocacy and self-discovery. In this convers…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 21: Mentorship as Legacy: Dr. Bukola Salami
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Send us a text From a teenager navigating a new life in Toronto to becoming Canada’s first African woman to hold a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in the health sciences, Dr. Bukola Salami’s story is one of resilience, representation, and the transformative power of mentorship. In this episode, Dr. Salami joins host Dr. Duncan Reid to discuss her migr…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 20: Crossing Oceans, Building Trust: Franky Erra and the Marshallese Community
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Send us a text Franky Erra grew up on Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands—an archipelago shaped by ocean, community, and a deep history of resilience. In this episode, Franky traces his path from a close-knit childhood surrounded by family and coral lagoons to his current role as a Disease Research and Intervention Specialist with Public He…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 19: From Phnom Penh to Harborview - The Journey of Jeniffer Huong
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Send us a text In this moving episode of the Provider Pulse Series of the EthnoMed podcast, we hear the extraordinary life story of Jeniffer Huong — one of Harborview’s original Cultural Care Mediators in the Community House Calls Program, which now serves patients in eight different languages. Born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jeniffer’s early years w…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 18: Brandon Gim, RN - Finding your Why
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Send us a text What does it really mean to find your why in medicine? In this episode, registered nurse Brandon Gim joins the EthnoMed Podcast Provider Pulse series to share his nonlinear journey—from growing up in a Korean immigrant family in South King County to finding meaning in community health and mentorship at Harborview. Brandon reflects on…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 17: Kenn Arning - 47 years as Harborview's Postal Detective and Community Builder
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Send us a text This episode of Provider Pulse goes beyond clinical roles and takes you behind the scenes with Kenn Arning, Harborview’s longtime mail clerk and self-described ‘postal detective.’ For more than four decades, Kenn has sorted 5,000 pieces of mail a day, tracked down misdirected packages, and built connections across every department in…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 16: Stories that Heal - Jefferson Nguyen on Listening, Resilience, and Becoming a Doctor
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Send us a text In this episode of the Provider Pulse Series, Dr. Duncan Reid sits down with Jefferson Nguyen, medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Growing up in South Seattle as the son of Vietnamese refugees, Jefferson Nguyen never imagined that his path to medicine would be a straight line — because it wasn’t. In th…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 15: Dr. Ethan Hua on Mentorship, Medicine, and the Importance of Narrative
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Send us a text In this episode ofProvider Pulse, Dr. Duncan Reid sits down with Dr. Ethan Hua, faculty in Interventional Radiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Hua shares his journey from growing up as the child of Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants in Southern California to finding his way into medicine — a path that incl…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 14 (2): In the Shadow of War, Toward the Light of Opportunity: Daniella Runyambo's Story (Part 2)
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Send us a text We continue our Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to hear the paths people took to their current roles and how their life experiences shape the care they provide. In the second part of this two-part episode, we continue our conversation with Daniella Runyambo, co-executive d…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 14: In the Shadow of War, Toward the Light of Opportunity: Daniella Runyambo's Story (Part 1)
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Send us a text We continue our Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to hear the paths people took to their current roles and how their life experiences shape the care they provide. In the first part of this two-part episode, we speak with Daniella Runyambo, Co-Executive Director of Programs a…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 13: Between Worlds - How Identity Shaped a Nurse's Path with Alexandria Braithwaite, RN
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Send us a text We continue our Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to hear the paths people took to their current roles and how their life experiences shape the care they provide. In this episode, we speak with Alexandria Braithwaite,RN a nurse at the International Medicine Clinic. Alexandri…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 12: From Kuala Lumpur to Medical School - Chelsea Ng on Mentorship and Resilience
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Send us a text In this episode of Provider Pulse, we continue our mission to elevate diverse voices from across healthcare, exploring the unique paths people take to their current roles. Our guest is Chelsea Ng, an incoming first year medical student whose path to medicine has taken her from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and Seattle. Chelsea reflects on…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 11: Refugee Roots, Creative Wings - JJ Bola’s Story of Art, Advocacy, and Social Work
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Send us a text In this episode of Provider Pulse, we continue our mission to elevate diverse voices from across healthcare, exploring the unique paths people take to their current roles. Our guest is JJ Bola—writer, poet, mental health social worker, and UNHCR Ambassador. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in London, JJ Bola shares…
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Provider Pulse Ep. 10: From Somalia to Seattle - An IMG's Journey featuring Dr. Abdifitah Mohamed
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Abdifitah Mohamed, an internal medicine resident at the University of Washington. Dr. Abdifitah Mohamed's journey began in …
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Provider Pulse Ep 9: Living the Diagnosis - How Childhood Illness Shaped Dr. Noga Rogel’s Medical Path
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Noga Rogel, an internal medicine resident at the University of Washington who is preparing to start a fellowship in rheumat…
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Provider Pulse Ep 8: Taking Time, Finding Purpose - A Filipino American’s Path to Critical Care with Dr. Kristine Cueva
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Kristine Cueva, an internal medicine resident at the University of Washington who is preparing to start a fel…
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Provider Pulse Ep 7: From Singapore to Seattle - Dr. Edwin Wang on Identity, Persistence, and Cross-Cultural Care
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Edwin Wang, an internal medicine resident at the University of Washington who is preparing to start his gastr…
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Provider Pulse Ep 6: From Constraints to Possibility - A Filipino American Perspective on Building a Career in Public Health with Catherine Evangelista
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare. On this episode, we speak with Catherine Evangelista, an administrative specialist in the Community Prevention Unit at Public Health – Seattle &…
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Provider Pulse Ep 5: From Moscow to Seattle - Natalya Sarkisova, MPH on Overcoming Setbacks and Finding Purpose
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare. On this episode, we talk with Natalya Sarkisova, MPH an epidemiologist with the TB control program as Seattle King County Public Health. She ref…
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Provider Pulse Ep 4: From Iraq to UC San Diego - Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Health Advocacy with Rawnaq Behnam, MPH
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare, and how their cross-cultural experiences have helped them provide more informed care to diverse patient populations. Rawnaq Behnam, MPH received…
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Provider Pulse Ep 3: Medicine, Identity, and the Peace Corps Experience with Dr. Chloe Donegan
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare, and how their cross-cultural experiences have helped them provide more informed care to diverse patient populations. Dr. Chloe Donegan is an int…
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Provider Pulse Ep 2: Bridging Worlds - Dr. Jennifer Zhu's Path from First-Gen College Student to Physician
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Send us a text The next installment of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare. Dr. Jennifer Zhu is an internal medicine resident at the University of Washington Medical Center. She discusses her childhood in Medford, Oregon…
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Provider Pulse Ep 1: From Semnan to Seattle - Dr. Kimia Memar's Journey Across Borders and Disciplines
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Send us a text The inaugural episode of the Provider Pulse interview series where we elevate diverse voices from across healthcare fields to learn the paths people took to their current roles in healthcare. Dr. Kimia Memar is an internal medicine resident at the University of Washington Medical Center. She discusses her childhood in Iran, her early…
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