The Hippocratic Society Podcast

The Hippocratic Society is a community of physicians that forms and sustains clinicians in the practice of good medicine. In the podcast series, we reflect on and grow together in what it means to be a good physician. Podcasts are released every two weeks, and each episode has two parts: Part 1- Interviews of doctors and philosphers discussing medicine, life, and beyond Part 2- Shorter, practical episodes on bringing the ideas from Part 1 into daily life Reach out to contact@hippsoc.org for any questions, comments, or suggestions. We hope you enjoy our show!!

The Hippocratic Society Podcast is a health podcast hosted by The Hippocratic Society, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Hippocratic Society hosts The Hippocratic Society Podcast, a health show with 33 episodes published.

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  Hope in Medicine: Lucas Martuano and Mariana Kobata - Hope at the Bedside: Care Beyond Cure

  Sep 21, 202638 min

  What does hope look like when cure is no longer possible? In Hope at the Bedside: Care Beyond Cure , Brazilian medical students Lucas and Mariana explore hope as a virtue between despair and wishful thinking. Drawing on philosophy and the patient–physician relationship, they consider how honest communication, compassionate presence, and attention to dignity can sustain meaningful care, even at the end of life.

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  Hope in Medicine: Dr. Meg Chisholm and Dr. Khaled El Zamzami - Visual Thinking Strategies

  Sep 8, 202644 min

  In this episode of the Hippocratic Society Podcast, Dr. Meg Chisholm, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a certified Visual Thinking Strategies facilitator, joins Dr. Khaled El Zamzami, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins. Together, they explore how art can deepen reflection, strengthen community, and support the cultivation of virtue in medicine.

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  Hope in Medicine: William Stigall Abstract Session - Medicine as (Aristotelean) Art

  Aug 24, 202637 min

  In this abstract session of the Hippocratic Society Conference, Dr. William Stigall, Vice President and Chief Research Officer at Cook Children's Healthcare System, discusses the art of medicine under an Aristotelean framework. He strategically parses out what makes the medical profession distinct in its essence from other professions and types of work.

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  Hope and Truth in Narrative Oncology: Dr. Brian Quaranta Abstract Session - HippSoc Conference 2026

  Aug 10, 202622 min

  Recorded at the 2nd Annual Hippocratic Society Conference, this talk works through the question using two texts Dr. Quaranta teaches at Duke: Stephen Jay Gould's essay "The Median Isn't the Message," written after his own diagnosis with an incurable cancer, and Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film Ikiru , in which a Tokyo bureaucrat is lied to about his stomach cancer and must decide what to do with the months he has left.

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  Hope in Medicine: A Fireside Chat with Dr. John Rhee and Dr. Farr Curlin - Hippsoc Conference 2026

  Jul 28, 202648 min

  At the Hippsoc 2026 Conference, Dr. John Rhee and Dr. Farr Curlin guide the audience to dive more deeply on the subject of hope in the medical practice and how it might look day to day. In this lecture, the presenters discuss a clinical experience and shed light on how we might generate hope practically in the clinical setting.

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