Even though many of our initiatives are only a few years old, we owe a lot to the student leaders who took it upon themselves to find a niche for student-led initiatives, projects, and tools when the NAMS was first established.

In our fourth episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with la Dra. Michelle Disher and Dr. Alec Contag, the two founders of the Student Coalition when it was first developed in 2019. They formalized many of our goals and community training sessions we've provided over the years, and la Dra. Disher worked closely with la Dra. Pilar Ortega to develop the toolkit that the NAMS Student Coalition uses to train on membership on the importance of Medical Spanish Ambassadorship and Language Concordant care.

They provided some fantastic insight on how and why they got involved in these initiatives as Medical Students, how Medical Spanish has followed them during their Residency and Fellowship training, and their thoughts on the importance and power of language concordant care.

Since finishing Medical School at Case Western Reserve University SOM, Dr. Disher completed her Residency at North Colorado Family Medicine and is a current Emergency Medicine Fellow at St. Anthony North Family Medicine. Likewise, Dr. Contag finished Medical School at Oregon Health & Science University and his Residency at Scripps Family Medicine in Chula Vista, and is a current Sports Medicine Fellow at UC San Diego. The thoughts and opinion expressed by both of these physicians in this podcast are thier own.

For more information on NAMS membership benefits, please visit https://www.namspanish.org/resources and remember that student memberships are free!

Hosted by: Rafael Ramos and Bahareh Sharafi
Guest: Dr. Michelle Disher MD/MPH and Dr. Alec Gabriel Contag MD

Produced, Directed, and Edited by: Rafael Ramos

Intro and Outro Music:
Bossa Samba Ballad by Studio Le Bus
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