Globally Minded Medicine

Episode 7: Podoconiosis with Mia and Maison

Dr. Mark Season 1 Episode 7

Student Doctors Mia Panlilio and Maison Evensen-Martinez guide us through a discussion on what Podoconiosis is and what is being done about it.

Co-Host/Guest Information:
Mia Panlilio is a second year medical student originally from Walnut Creek, California. She did her undergrad at San Diego State University and then completed a post-bacc program at UC San Diego prior to starting at RVU, and in her free time she loves traveling, teaching yoga, cooking, and going to concerts.

Maison Evensen-Martinez is a second-year medical student at Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his undergraduate in Spanish at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and enjoys traveling and reading. As a future physician, he plans to work with underserved communities both nationally and internationally.

For more information on Podoconiosis, check out the following resources:

https://podo.org

https://www.who.int/teams/control-of-neglected-tropical-diseases/lymphatic-filariasis/podoconiosis-endemic-non-filarial-elephantiasis 

Disclaimer intro by Claire Eliason.
Intro/Outro Music by Westin Wong

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