In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Mika Stambaugh about bridging the patient and doctor information gap, her personal journey with patient advocacy and more.

•    Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:34
•    About Stambaugh 1:43
•    The interview 4:00
•    How did you get into media and PR? […] What Was your journey to get to this point in your career?  4:31
•    Have you seen the evolution of people in health care speaking with the media? 6:57
•    How do you remain objective when discussing hot button political topics with experts? 10:05
•    Who is the coolest or most interesting person you have interviewed?  11:08
•    Can you tell us about your recent cancer diagnosis and how it impacted you? 13:25
•    How did your facial Mohs surgery impact your career? 18:39
•    What was it about this situation that made you decide to share your journey publicly? 24:11
•    Do you recommend getting a second opinion to people? How did the decision to seek out a second opinion come about for you? 27:57
•    Do you see yourself continuing to work in the patient advocacy space? 30:35
•    If someone could only listen to the last minute of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 36:50
•    How to contact Stambaugh 37:55
•    Thanks for listening 39:05

Mika Stambaugh is an Emmy award winning journalist and dynamic entrepreneur.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Stambaugh can be reached @MikaStambaugh on X and @mikastambaugh on Instagram, or via email mikastambaugh@gmail.com.

Disclosures: Jain and Stambaugh report no relevant financial disclosures.