"The Pitt”, the ER, and the Mission
In this episode, our guests explore the stresses and coping skills needed in the emergency department—both in real-life and a fictional one. Supriya Ganesh, star of the hit TV show, “The Pitt” on MAX, portrays an ER doctor working on the front lines of a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is joined by Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, who serves as the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System and Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD, the Associate Director of Mount Sinai's Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth.
Stephen Calabria: [00:00:00] From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, this is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's Director of Podcasting.
On this episode, we have a special edition of Road to Resilience. It features actress Supriya Ganesh, who stars in the new hit TV show The Pitt on Max, where she portrays ER doctor Samira Mohan.
Supriya appears on this episode alongside Benjamin Abella, MD, MPhil, who serves as the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System.
Together, the pair discuss what it's like to work in both a real-life and fictitious emergency room, the challenges that arise in their respective fields, and how such stressful environments can test and foster resilience.
This episode is also guest hosted by Dr. Jon DePierro, the Associate Director [00:01:00] of Mount Sinai's Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth. The center was founded during the height of the Covid pandemic to support healthcare worker mental health.
We're honored to have Supriya Ganesh, and Drs. Benjamin Abella and Jon DePierro on the show.
Jon Depierro: Welcome to the Mount Sinai Road to Resilience podcast. My name is Dr. Jonathan DePierro, and I'm joined today by Supriya Ganesh, who is a actress on the hit television series, The Pitt, and I'm also joined in the studio here remotely by Dr. Benjamin Abella, our system chair for emergency medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System.
So, this show is all about resilience. We interview researchers about resilience. We interview folks who have been through challenging situations. Dr. Abella, you are the chair of emergency medicine at our hospital, so you supervise and teach in image organized chaos. And [00:02:00] Supriya, you are an actress and that's a top world in it of itself.
And you happen to portray a physician on the television series, the Pitt. What can you both tell the listeners about resilience personally and professionally? What does it mean for both of you?