EMRA Cast Host Natalie Hernandez Podcasts
Natalie Hernandez, MD, MPH
Harbor-UCLA
Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2025
UCSF Medical Education Fellow, 2025
EMRA*Cast Episodes
War Zone Emergency Medicine
May 1, 2025
In this episode of EMRA*Cast's "Bridging Health and Humanity" series, host Natalie Hernandez, MD, MPH, speaks with Aslam Akhtar, MD, PhD, a fourth-year EM resident at Harbor UCLA, about his experience volunteering on a medical mission trip to Northern Gaza.
Bridging Health and Humanity: Capacity and Consent
Jan. 15, 2025
Decision-making capacity is a key component of patient autonomy. In this episode, host Natalie Hernandez, MD, MPH, and guest Ilene Claudius, MD, discuss potential challenges to assessing capacity and obtaining consent - particularly among the pediatric population.
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