Awakening Doctor
The Awakening Doctor podcast explores the personal stories of those who work in the medical and health professions. Each episode aims to highlight the humanity of an individual doctor or healer, and thereby challenge and transform social perceptions of the profession and the individuals who practice it. Join Dr. Maria Christodoulou as she meets with colleagues, leaders, and educators in healthcare to reveal the human side of being a medical professional.
Podcasting since 2023 • 25 episodes
Awakening Doctor
Latest Episodes
Prof Beth Engelbrecht, Leading with Grace
Servant leadership is not a job description; it’s a way of being. One that Professor Beth Engelbrecht has embodied with rare clarity and quiet conviction across more than three decades of public service in South Africa. In this epis...
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Episode 25
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1:24:04
Dr Anita Parbhoo, Leading with Heart
As a child, Dr. Anita Parbhoo waited in the car outside Cape Town’s world-renowned Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital while her father did pre-med ward rounds. Today, she leads that very same hospital as its CEO, and her innovative lead...
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Episode 24
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1:25:15
Dr Aisha Moolla, Doing Hard Things
What happens when you walk away from the life everyone expects you to live? In this episode of Awakening Doctor, Dr. Aisha Moolla shares her personal story of walking away from a career in clinical medicine midway through her intern...
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Episode 23
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1:20:05
Dr Hloni Bookholane, Breaking Up With Medicine
Is it okay for a doctor to decide that medicine is not the nucleus of their life? In this episode of Awakening Doctor, we sit down with Dr. Hloni Bookholane, senior associate at the Boston Consulting Group and author of Becoming...
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Episode 22
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1:37:14
