Guest Episode: Exploring Art & Advancement Within Medicine
Guest Episode: Exploring Art & Advancement Within Medicine

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This week's Parallax is hosting a guest episode recorded for Internal Medicine & Beyond. Tune in to this new podcast from Dr Varun Aitharaju.

Exploring Art & Advancement Within Medicine - A Conversation with an Interventional Cardiologist

Dr. Ankur Kalra MD is an interventional cardiologist, entrepreneur, poet, and podcaster. In this episode, he discusses his journey in cardiology. He shares his non-clinical passions, including leading a non-profit organization and publishing a poetry book, and provides advice to future physicians on how to balance clinical medicine with other passions. Tune in for an extremely inspirational episode!


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