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Ep. 98 Health Equity Collaborative in ENT with Dr. Alexander Chiu and Dr. Romaine Johnson
In this episode of BackTable ENT, Dr. Gopi Shah, Dr. Romaine Johnson (UT Southwestern), and Dr. Alex Chiu (University of Kansas) discuss health disparities rese
podcast41:15 · Jun 2026
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Surgeon Diana Ponsky: Wrong Labels and Winning Despite Them with Linda Kreter
Linda Kreter and WiseHealth for Women Radio presents an invigorating and thoughtful conversation with Dr. Diana Ponsky, Diana has a background of challenge: bo
podcast34:11 · Jun 2026
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Surgeon Diana Ponsky: Wrong Labels and Winning Despite Them with Linda Kreter
Dr. Ponsky's family left Vietnam as refugees due to war, traveled by boat to Indonesian islands, and came to the United States with help from Catholic agencies, settling in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
clinicalDiana Ponsky2:26 ↗
Dr. Ponsky learned English primarily through reading after-school stories and Nancy Drew novels as a child.
opinionDiana Ponsky3:19 ↗
Dr. Ponsky worked at the VA for two years treating veterans with head and neck cancer and broken noses, which led her to fall in love with plastic surgery and pursue a fellowship.
clinicalDiana Ponsky4:07 ↗
Studies and books have documented that reconstructive surgery for traumatic injuries helps restore veterans' self-esteem by letting them forget the afflictions of war.
host_summaryDiana Ponsky21:00 ↗
Domestic abuse victims have similar psychological needs as war veterans regarding reconstructive surgery - not wanting to be reminded of periods when they were suffering.
opinionDiana Ponsky21:31 ↗
Reconstructive surgery for trauma victims represents restoration of what they used to have and what they remember themselves to be.
opinionDiana Ponsky22:01 ↗
Some plastic surgery patients are looking to satisfy self-esteem or confidence issues, which can be problematic when they're seeking perfection that cannot be achieved.
opinionDiana Ponsky24:58 ↗
Plastic surgery is more achievable when patients are looking to restore their outside appearance to match how they feel inside, because people are feeling healthier and living longer.
opinionDiana Ponsky25:34 ↗
Social media has created expectations for people to look a certain way, with many seeking the perfection portrayed by influencers, half of which are not necessarily real or truthful.
opinionDiana Ponsky26:31 ↗
Working remotely has caused people to want more plastic surgery because they use filtered images online and want to match those filtered appearances when returning to in-person interactions.
opinionDiana Ponsky27:06 ↗
Two reasons people are seeking plastic surgery earlier: (1) millennials and teens are more aware of skincare due to social media, making everyone in households notice aging effects more, and (2) Ozempic causes rapid weight loss that leads to more rapid facial aging with gaunt, hollow appearance.
opinionDiana Ponsky29:02 ↗
The stigma around plastic surgery is fading as society accepts that people do things to better themselves, similar to losing weight or dressing better.
opinionDiana Ponsky30:21 ↗
Realistic surgical outcomes depend on what patients are made of - their bones, cartilage, and skin type - and cannot simply be designed like manufactured objects.
clinicalDiana Ponsky31:52 ↗
Surgeons and Social Media - with Diana Ponsky MD
Dr. Diana Ponsky is board certified in facial and reconstructive surgery with a private practice in Beechwood, Ohio for the past 6 years and has performed more than 1,500 rhinoplasties.
host_summaryCatherine Mali0:18 ↗
Dr. Ponsky is an assistant professor for the Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospitals.
host_summaryCatherine Mali0:29 ↗
Dr. Ponsky's path to facial plastic surgery was influenced by mentors at each stage, including a chemist in college who inspired her to pursue sciences and a dermatologist she worked for who introduced her to the medical field.
opinionDiana Ponsky1:52 ↗
Dr. Ponsky fell in love with ENT during medical school rotations for the intricacies of head and neck cancer surgery, then developed a stronger interest in rhinoplasty while working at the VA for 2 years during her husband's fellowship.
opinionDiana Ponsky2:38 ↗
Dr. Ponsky maintained a hybrid academic-private practice model for many years before leaving academia completely in August 2020 to focus solely on private practice.
clinicalDiana Ponsky3:22 ↗
The transition from academic to private practice was gradual because Dr. Ponsky was nervous about taking the bold step away from academia.
opinionDiana Ponsky3:38 ↗
In academic practice, Dr. Ponsky valued working within a team, having colleagues to consult, collaborating on cases, and teaching residents.
opinionDiana Ponsky4:06 ↗
Academic practice became difficult due to scheduling conflicts when the university used multiple staff members who worked with many different surgeons, and many of Dr. Ponsky's colleagues left, leaving her as probably the last one standing.
clinicalDiana Ponsky4:27 ↗
A major frustration in academic practice was that patients would get angry at Dr. Ponsky because the hospital billing office couldn't figure out a good system for functional nasal surgery combined with cosmetic nasal surgery, putting her in the middle without ability to influence the billing.
clinicalDiana Ponsky4:59 ↗
Dr. Ponsky worked throughout COVID, taking shifts for a whole week at a time to cover call and help protect pulmonary faculty.
clinicalDiana Ponsky5:41 ↗
In Dr. Ponsky's current practice, approximately 80% of cases are cosmetic and 20% involve functional insurance issues.
clinicalDiana Ponsky8:59 ↗
At the university, the Department of Otolaryngology/Facial Plastics marketed Dr. Ponsky purely in the nasal arena because plastic surgery took over everything else.
clinicalDiana Ponsky10:00 ↗
Dr. Ponsky completed her fellowship training with Bahman Guyuron and was trained in all aspects of facial plastic surgery including rhinoplasty, facelifts, blepharoplasty, and brow lifts.
clinicalDiana Ponsky10:28 ↗
Currently, approximately 75% of Dr. Ponsky's surgeries are rhinoplasties, 15-20% are facelifts, and the remainder are blepharoplasties and brow lifts, with time split evenly between non-surgical and surgical days.
clinicalDiana Ponsky10:51 ↗
The younger generation is more likely to try non-surgical treatments early on as part of preventive skin care and wrinkle prevention, which can delay the need for more invasive procedures.
opinionDiana Ponsky11:45 ↗
Some established plastic surgeons in the community do not perform Botox or fillers and instead send patients to dermatology, focusing only on surgical cases.
clinicalDiana Ponsky12:12 ↗
Dr. Ponsky values the relationship building that occurs through non-surgical treatments both before patients need surgery and for maintenance after surgery.
opinionDiana Ponsky12:25 ↗
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