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Season 239 Episode 8114

The Challenges Of Western Medicine - SNIGDHA NANDIPATI

Snigdha Nandipati is a patient advocate, writer, and recent Neuroscience graduate from Yale University. Her work and thought leadership is focused on fostering relationships across different disciplines, cultures, and belief systems to create impactful change. Snigdha’s professional experiences as a scientific researcher and medical assistant, coupled with her personal values as a Telugu- and Hindu-American, have encouraged her to explore these intersections of medicine, culture, language, and spirituality. Snigdha is the author of A Case of Culture, a non-fiction book that explores how people from different cultures navigate the challenges of Western medicine. She decided to write this book with the hopes of better understanding the struggles that immigrant patients face in seeking healthcare and finding a solution to break down these barriers. The solution she’s found? Cultural brokership. Outside of her writing & healthcare endeavors, Snigdha loves making music, trying new vegetarian recipes, watching Telugu movies with her family, and reading spoilers on Wikipedia.

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