Lung Cancer Screening with Dr. Leah Lin

Today's Episode  In today's episode, Dr. Raj talks with Dr.
Leah Lin about radiology and the importance of lung cancer
screening as well as female leadership within the medical
community.   Today’s Guest Dr. Lin grew up in Rochester, MN,
and Scottsdale, AZ. She earned her B.A. Magna Cum Laude from
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME, her M.D. degree from Jefferson
Medical College in 2008 in Philadelphia, PA, completed her
Diagnostic Radiology Residency in 2013 at Kaiser Permanente Los
Angeles and completed her Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Imaging and
Intervention at USC in 2014. She then joined the faculty of USC's
Department of Radiology as Assistant Professor of Clinical
Radiology. Her clinical and research interests include lung cancer,
lung cancer screening, interstitial lung disease, and vascular
imaging. In addition to interpreting chest x-rays, CT, and MRI, she
performs thoracic interventions including percutaneous CT-guided
lung biopsies. Teaching is one of her passions, and she teaches
cardiothoracic fellows, radiology residents, and medical students
in both the clinical and lecture settings. Dr. Lin is the Director
of the USC Lung Cancer Screening program, the Director of the
Cardiothoracic Imaging and Intervention Fellowship, and the
Associate Section Chief of Cardiothoracic Imaging. She can be
reached at leahlin@med.usc.edu   About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a
quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the
University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT
series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show
The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment
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