Mentor Spotlight Podcast

Welcome!

Hi everyone! Welcome to our student-produced podcast, Mentor Spotlight!

We are Manasa Veluvolu, Weijia Shi, Hannah Hubbard and Jasmin Cotoco, medical students here at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. What is Mentor Spotlight? Well, it is a podcast designed for students at our school to connect with faculty mentors you might not know about otherwise who can guide you during your career path. It was started because we all know the struggle of trying to find mentors when:

You’re an M1 and you didn’t even know you needed one.
You’re an M2 and drowning in house lectures and Step prep.
You’re an M3 and just trying to survive the rotations with Step 2 coming up.
You’re an M4, when you finally figured out what you want to do but that residency application is due in two months or less…

Don’t panic! We hope this podcast can help you find the right people to connect with! We, along with periodic guest hosts, will be talking to different UAMS/ACH/VA faculty about their career journeys, hobbies, and advice they live by. Our conversations will give you a peek into the diversity available within medicine – whether that be the career pathways you can create, the different personalities within a field, or even the specialities you can choose from and how to integrate your passions into them. We are super excited to get this podcast going! In our first episode, we will be talking with renowned EP cardiologist, Dr. Paydak. We hope you join us!

Please reach out to any of us via email, or fill out the form on this page, with suggestions, questions and/or concerns. Thank you!

Episodes

Episode 6: Nolan Bruce, M.D.

In this episode, learn about Dr. Nolan Bruce, a trauma surgeon and intensivist here at UAMS. We discuss his career and research interests, as well as his take on different aspects of a medical education/career. We also discuss some of his interests outside of medicine, including sand volleyball, and his pets!

Episode 5: Kathryn Stambough, M.D.

Our first female physician mentor we are featuring is Dr. Kathryn Stambough, a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at ACH, as well as the Assistant Program Director of the OB/GYN residency program at UAMS. In this episode, she shares her journey to and within OB/GYN, as well as her passions both within and outside the field. Listen to hear her honest advice and tips for navigating a career in medicine.

Episode 4: John Spollen, M.D.

In the fourth episode, we have a conversation with Dr. John Spollen, a psychiatrist at the VA and the Clinical Co-Course Director of the M1 Brain and Behavior module. We talk about his educational journey to medicine, the highlights of his career, and his work with ECT and Ketamine. Dr. Spollen is enthusiastic about his work with students, so we can’t wait for you to meet him.

Episode 3: Matthew Spond, M.D.

In this episode, we have a conversation with Dr. Matthew Spond, an anesthesiologist here at UAMS.

Episode 2: Joseph Margolick, M.D.

Our second episode highlights Dr. Joseph Margolick, a general and trauma surgeon as well as Assistant Professor within the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care in the Department of Surgery.