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Session 33

How do you translate a personal family mission into an impactful medical career at two of the country’s most prestigious institutions? Join host Deana Golini as she interviews Binisha, a recent graduate of Stanford Medicine and an incoming Internal Medicine resident at Duke University.

Binisha details her full-circle return to Durham, pulling back the curtain on how her personal experiences supporting her brother fostered a deep dedication to adult disability advocacy. She outlines the sharp transition and systemic gaps that occur when pediatric patients with chronic illnesses transition into the adult healthcare system. Binisha opens up about the immense academic pressures of medical training, sharing a vulnerable story about an emotional breakdown under her desk while studying for Step 2 and detailing why integrating professional therapy and journaling was vital to protecting her identity outside of being a scholar. Finally, she explains how Stanford’s flexible curriculum allowed her to leverage institutional power to serve local Bay Area communities by first pausing to ask a single, transformative question: “What is it that you need?”

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