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Hosted by Dr Maria Christodoulou · society · EN-ZA
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.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe 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.
Awakening Doctor is hosted by Dr Maria Christodoulou. The show has published 38 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Prof Gubela Badhakazi Mji, Reclaiming Indigenous Wisdom" (5 August 2026, 103 minutes), "Dr Albert Viljoen, Being Fully Human" (1 July 2026, 78 minutes), and "Dr Anne Biccard, Grand Old Lady of the ED" (3 June 2026, 88 minutes).
Awakening Doctor publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 86 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for Awakening Doctor is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Awakening Doctor requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Awakening Doctor's contact route on record: verified email.
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Dr Maria Christodoulou hosts Awakening Doctor, a society podcast with 38 episodes published.
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Episode #38
A rural village, a small radio, and a grandmother determined to raise global citizens. That's where Emeritus Professor Gubela Badhakazi Mji's story begins - and where her lifelong commitment to dignity, inclusion and...
Episode #37
What does it take to move beyond inherited roles and identities and become more fully ourselves? In this episode of Awakening Doctor , host Maria Christodoulou speaks with Dr Albert Viljoen, a medical doctor turned...
Episode #36
<p>Dr Anne Biccard has spent nearly three decades working on the frontlines of South Africa’s healthcare system, much of that time in the intensity and unpredictability of the emergency department. In this episode of...
Episode #35
<p>What are the odds that a young man from Sluma View, Katlehong, will find himself at Oxford University?</p><p>Whatever they are, Dr Wonderful Thabiso Khumalo, medical doctor, Rhodes scholar, award-winning poet, and...
Episode #34
<p>What might change if we allowed ourselves to really be with death? If we turned towards our mortality, rather than away from it?</p><p>In this episode of Awakening Doctor, host Maria Christodoulou speaks with...
Episode #33
<p>Before she even graduates as a doctor, final-year medical student Sarah Stein is already asking questions many doctors avoid.</p><p>Her widely published article, What They Don’t Teach in Medical School, in which she...
Episode #32
<p>In this episode of Awakening Doctor, we meet Dr Lethukwenama Letsoalo, a medical doctor from Bergville in rural KwaZulu-Natal, whose personal journey into medicine and public health is deeply shaped by community...
Episode #31
<p>What do you do when the plan you’re committed to doesn’t work out the way you’d hoped, but your sense of purpose stays the same? </p><p>Dr Bianca Leigh Edwards - or Dr B, as she’s affectionately known by her patients...
Episode #30
<p>From growing up among political exiles to advocating for the right to health and shaping national policy, Professor Lydia Cairncross's career traces the edges of the operating table and the front lines of social...
Episode #29
<p>What would the world be like if we understood that each time a patient shares their story, they are inviting us into the sacred ground of their life? What wisdom might we gain from truly listening to those we aim to...
Episode #28
<p>In this episode of Awakening Doctor, we meet Dr Yumna Moosa, clinician-scientist, mathematician, mother, activist, and truth-teller.</p><p>Fresh from her PhD graduation, Yumna speaks with striking honesty about...
Episode #27
<p>What are the deeper reasons that draw us into the healing professions, and how do they shape the way we practice medicine?</p><p>In this episode of Awakening Doctor, Dr Angela de Sá – family physician, integral...
Episode #26
<p>Professor Hennie Botha is a renowned gynaecological oncologist and the Executive Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stellenbosch University. A leading clinician, teacher, mentor and researcher, with a particular...
Episode #25
<p>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...
Episode #24
<p>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...
Episode #23
<p>What happens when you walk away from the life everyone expects you to live?</p><p> In this episode of Awakening Doctor, Dr. Aisha Moolla shares her personal story of walking away from a career in clinical medicine...
Episode #22
<p>Is it okay for a doctor to decide that medicine is not the nucleus of their life?</p><p>In this episode of Awakening Doctor, we sit down with Dr. Hloni Bookholane, author of Becoming a Doctor: Learnings and...
Episode #21
<p>Dr. Rosemary Pitsi is a dedicated young doctor currently working at a tertiary hospital in South Africa's North West province. She is also the founder of Book Buddies, a literacy initiative for underprivileged...
Episode #20
<p>Prof. Nomafrench Mbombo is a distinguished leader with over three decades of experience spanning healthcare, academia, politics, and public service; a woman with an unwavering commitment to social justice, equitable...
Episode #19
<p>From her achievement as the Miss South Africa runner-up in 2021 to her impactful roles as medical doctor, health advocate and social media influencer, Dr Moratwe Masima is determined to redefine what it means to be a...
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associate professor and Deloitte Foundation Faculty Fellow, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
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