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# NAM Scholars in Dx Ex

Diagnostic Excellence

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- [Home](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/) - Advancing Equity and Implementing National Strategies to Improve Diagnosis Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, this collaborative program between the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) is designed to advance equity and develop a cadre of leaders who can drive implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level.
- [Current Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Dania Daye, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison Ahmed Hassoon, MD, MPH Johns
- [2025-2026 Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars-2025-2026/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Emily Abdoler, MD, MAEd University of Michigan Medical School/Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor
- [Program](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/program/) - Program Overview Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, with additional funding from the Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence (CODEX) at the University of California, San Francisco, this collaborative program between the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) is designed to develop a cadre of leaders who
- [Advisory Committee](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/advisory-committee/) - An NAM-appointed advisory committee consists of the NAM members and various experts/thought leaders in the field of diagnostic excellence. Members of the advisory committee assess the applicants, select the scholars, and serve as an important resource for program structure, educational content, and connections across the specialties in medicine. Carolyn Clancy, MD (co-chair) Former Assistant Under
- [Applicant Information](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/applicant-information/) - The NAM and CMSS are strongly committed to developing a cadre of national leaders in diagnostic excellence. Strong preference will be given to candidates whose proposed program objectives address specific recommendations of the 2015 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) consensus report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, when applicable. IMPORTANT DATES
- [About](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/about/) - Program Administration This collaborative program is administered by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in partnership with the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS). Funding for the program is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. National Academy of Medicine Founded in 1970 as the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the NAM is one of
- [2024-2025 Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars-2024-2025/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Carl Berdahl, MD, MS Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Jessica Gold, MD, PhD Northwell
- [Scholars’ Symposiums](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars-symposiums/) - Scholars' Symposiums The annual symposium for the NAM Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence provided an opportunity for the incoming and outgoing scholars to connect with one another, as well as with the advisory committee members and invited national experts in the field. In addition, the outgoing cohort of scholars showcased their program proposals and shared their
- [2025 Scholars’ Symposium Gallery](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/2025-scholars-symposium-gallery/) - 2025 Scholars' Symposium Photo Gallery Washington, DC
- [2023-2024 Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars-2023-2024/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Akshar Abbott, MD Veterans Health Administration/ U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Raja-Elie
- [2022-2023 Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/2022-2023-scholars/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Reuben Arasaratnam, M.D., M.P.H. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and VA
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/frequently-asked-questions/) - Program What is the expected overall time commitment to participate in this program and complete the proposed program? Expand Generally, scholars spend a few hours every month on both the synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences. In addition, scholars participate in quarterly scheduled check-in calls with the program staff as well as quarterly scheduled assigned group
- [2022-2023 Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars-2022-2023/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Reuben Arasaratnam, MD, MPH University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and VA
- [2021-2022 Scholars](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/scholars-2021-2022/) - Meet this year's exceptional scholars who are driving implementation of effective strategies to raise awareness of diagnosis in medicine, support diagnostic excellence, and reduce diagnostic errors at the national level. If you would like to connect with any of them, please contact us. Jonathan Baghdadi, MD, PhD University of Maryland School of Medicine Komal Bajaj,
- [Podcasts](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcasts/) - Expert Introduction Podcast As part of the program, scholars get to connect with and learn from leaders and experts in the field during the monthly educational sessions. Scholars also get to serve as hosts for podcast episodes to hear about the incredible journeys of these guest experts and have a discussion around a specific topic
- [2024 Scholars’ Symposium Gallery](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/2024-scholars-symposium-gallery/) - 2024 Scholars' Symposium Photo Gallery Washington, DC
- [2023 Scholars’ Symposium Gallery](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/2023-scholars-symposium-gallery/) - 2023 Scholars' Symposium Photo Gallery Washington, DC
- [2022 Scholars’ Symposium Gallery](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/2022-scholars-symposium-gallery/) - 2022 Scholars' Symposium Photo Gallery Washington, DC
- [Contact](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/contact/) - 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 334-1506 Email: yphillips@nas.edu NAM.Scholars@nas.edu Contact Us Name Please enter your name. Email Please enter a valid email address. Your Message Please type your message. Please check the captcha to verify you are not a robot. Send Message failed. Please try again. Thanks for your message! We'll be
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## Episode

- [Patient Stories with Mr. Kevin Wake](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-stories-with-kevin-wake/) - SIDM Fellow in Dx Ex, Dr. Carl Berdahl, interviews Mr. Kevin Wake about how racial profiling resulted in him not receiving the care he needed for sickle cell disease. Mr. Wake then discusses his advocacy work to ensure other sickle cell patients do not go through what he did.
- [Patient Engagement with Ms. Suz Schrandt](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-engagement-with-suz-schrandt/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Jess Keim-Malpass, interviews patient engagement expert Suz Schrandt about how she became involved in patient engagement, patient engagement terminology and methods, and best practices when engaging patients in the diagnostic process.
- [Patient Engagement with Ms. Sue Sheridan](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-engagement-with-sue-sheridan/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Vinita Parkash, interviews Sue Sheridan about her journey as a patient safety advocate and engaging patients in test result management. Ms. Sheridan discusses the CURES Act, which gave patients immediate and full access to test results, and how there is still work to be done around ensuring health systems are complying with this act. She also emphasizes that it is clinicians’ responsibility to communicate test results in a way that their patients understand.
- [Patient Stories with Dr. Diana Cejas](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-stories-with-dr-diana-cejas/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Linda Geng, interviews Dr. Diana Cejas about her 5-year cancer misdiagnosis and how the delay led to further complications. Dr. Cejas also shares how her experience of doctors not listening to her concerns b has changed the way she interacts with patients and her recommendations to improve the diagnostic process.
- [Patient Engagement with Dr. Sigall Bell](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-engagement-with-dr-sigall-bell/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Carl Berdahl, interviews Dr. Sigall Bell about her journey studying patients reporting of diagnostic process breakdowns and using open and honest feedback to improve diagnostic excellence. She discusses her work developing a framework of common language taxonomy between patients and clinicians to improve communication within diagnostic excellence.
- [Patient Stories with Dr. Helen Haskell](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-stories-with-helen-haskell/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Linda Geng, interviews Helen Haskell about her son, Lewis Blackman, and how a diagnostic error led to his death at age 15. Ms. Haskell identifies the breakdowns in Lewis’ care and how his death propelled her to become involved in patient advocacy. Finally, she shares key takeaways for clinicians to prevent future diagnostic errors.
- [Health Equity with Dr. Kevin Johnson](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/health-equity-with-kevin-johnson/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Gezzer Ortega, interviews Dr. Kevin Johnson about the intersection of digital health, clinical informatics, health equity and diagnosis. They discuss the future of digital health technology, moving data into its electronic form, and the use of AI to narrow the digital divide and make access to healthcare more equitable through education for both healthcare professionals and patients.
- [Structural Racism & Diagnosis with Dr. Clyde Yancy](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/structural-racism-diagnosis-with-clyde-yancy/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Efren Flores, interviews Dr. Clyde Yancy about his life and career. Dr. Yancy shares moments throughout his life where he faced racism and discusses how racism is multi-dimensional – cultural, personal, and systematic. He also emphasizes the importance of taking ownership over your work and building a better, more equitable future.
- [Systems Thinking with Dr. Dean Sittig](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/systems-thinking-with-dean-sittig/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Bat-Zion Hose, interviews Dr. Dean Sittig about his journey in clinical informatics. Dr. Sittig discusses the advantages and challenges of transitioning to electronic health records and explores ways to enhance health IT design for better diagnostic accuracy. He examines the best roles for both humans and computers in an effective diagnostic team.
- [Effecting Change with Dr. Terry Fulmer](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/effecting-change-with-dr-terry-fulmer/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Anand Narayan, interviews Dr. Terry Fulmer about the process of building the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement. Dr. Fulmer shares the importance of defining the problem you want to solve, talking to everyone about your goals, and using change-centered language.
- [Patient Engagement with Dr. Traber Giardina](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/patient-engagement-with-dr-traber-giardina/) - 2023 NAM Scholar in Dx Ex Dr. Tina Cifra interviews 2021 NAM Scholar in Dx Ex Dr. Traber Giardina about her career in patient engagement. They discuss the joy and value of collaboration — with patients across different backgrounds, with other clinicians, and with local organizations.
- [Equity & Diagnosis with Dr. Monica Lypson](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/equity-diagnosis-with-dr-monica-lypson/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Akshar Abbott, and Dr. Monica Lypson discuss the importance of connecting health equity policy to the whole patient and how policy and technology can help improve access to quality care.
- [Behavioral Science and Diagnosis with Dr. Katy Milkman](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/behavioral-science-and-diagnosis-with-dr-katy-milkman/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Brandon Maughan, discusses with Dr. Katy Milkman how clinicians can use behavioral science research on checklists, habit forming, and heuristics to improve their clinical reasoning.
- [Clinical Reasoning and Assessment with Dr. Michael Barone](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/clinical-reasoning-and-assessment-with-dr-michael-barone/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Raja-Elie Abdulnour, discusses clinical reasoning assessment with Dr. Michael Barone. They discuss assessment as a quality improvement tool, as well as how to adapt assessment and learning considering technological changes.
- [Human Factors to Improve Diagnosis with Dr. Pascale Carayon](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/human-factors-to-improve-diagnosis-with-dr-pascale-carayon/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Michael Pulia, interviews Dr. Pascale Carayon about the human factors discipline and how it can be used to improve patient safety. Dr. Carayon discusses her pioneering work in systems engineering and as a member of the committee that authored the National Academies’ 2015 Improving Diagnosis in Health Care report.
- [Behavioral Change with Dr. Julia Minson](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/behavioral-change-with-dr-julia-minson/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Kimberly Claeys, interviews Dr. Julia Minson about her research on communication and the psychology of disagreement, and how her work applies to diagnosis. Dr. Minson discusses the importance of thoughtful engagement and how the specific language we use affects the success of a conversation.
- [Cognition and Clinical Reasoning with Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/cognition-and-clinical-reasoning-with-dr-gurpreet-dhaliwal/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Komal Bajaj, interviews Dr. Gurpreet Dhaliwal about his career journey and the role of cognition in the diagnostic process. They discuss the rise of metacognition, the importance of tracking diagnostic outcomes, and how both bias and noise affect cognition and diagnostic decision-making.
- [Systems Thinking with Dr. Tejal Gandhi](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/systems-thinking-with-dr-tejal-gandhi/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Komal Bajaj, interviews Dr. Tejal Gandhi about her career path and her experience implementing best practices around safety and leveraging technology to improve care. Dr. Gandhi discusses how to embed best practices into workflows and technologies to reduce systematic errors.
- [Systems Thinking with Dr. Hardeep Singh](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/systems-thinking-with-dr-hardeep-singh/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh, interviews Dr. Hardeep Singh about system vulnerabilities in the diagnostic process. Dr. Singh breaks down the ways our complex adaptive healthcare system impacts the diagnosis process and how his research works to improve care within that system.
- [Technology & Diagnosis with Dr. Bob Wachter](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/technology-diagnosis-with-dr-bob-wachter/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Traber Giardina, interviews Dr. Bob Wachter who discusses how he merged his interests in political science and medicine to study the organization of hospital care, as well as the history of the digitization of healthcare. Dr. Wachter also discusses how he harnessed social media during the COVID-19 pandemic and his choice to share a more personal narrative around the new research and making informed choices.
- [Technology & Diagnosis with Dr. Karen DeSalvo](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/technology-diagnosis-with-dr-karen-desalvo/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Cornelius James, interviews Dr. Karen DeSalvo about her work improving quality care systems and what she considers the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and diagnosis. Dr. DeSalvo also shares how working in a broken system inspired her to work to fix that system, how seemingly simple administrative and technological changes can make a big difference, and how during the COVID-19 pandemic, she had to come to terms with the fact that she could make the biggest difference partnering with organizations to address misinformation, rather than on the frontlines treating patients.
- [Effecting Change with Dr. Chris Goeschel](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/effecting-change-with-dr-chris-goeschel/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Jess Keim-Malpass, interviews Dr. Chris Goeschel about how to meaningfully effect change. Dr. Goeschel discusses the importance of talking about successes and failures in care and, when working to make change, starting where you are rather than waiting for the perfect circumstances.
- [Equity & Diagnosis with Dr. Said Ibrahim](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/equity-diagnosis-with-dr-said-ibrahim/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Alaina James, interviews Dr. Said Ibrahim about his work to improve health equity. They discuss DEI initiatives, community-centered care, and how to effect change around equity issues.
- [Equity & Diagnosis with Dr. Urmimala Sarkar](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/equity-diagnosis-with-dr-urmimala-sarkar/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, and Dr. Urmimala Sarkar discuss structural inequities in health care and the work that needs to be done to achieve health equity – from leadership to research to organizational structures.
- [Structural Racism & Diagnosis with Dr. Alicia Fernández](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/podcast/structural-racism-diagnosis-with-dr-alicia-fernandez/) - NAM Scholar in Dx Ex, Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, interviews Dr. Alicia Fernandez about her career and how to effect change. Dr. Fernandez discusses the importance of finding and engaging stakeholders, rapid system learning and testing, and when to stop researching and start acting.

## Podcasts

- [NAM Scholars in Dx Ex](https://dxexscholars.nam.edu/series/nam-scholars-in-dx-ex/)