Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions. An uplifting story about Jack McKee, a man who becomes an extraordinary surgeon, as well as an extraordinary person, once he experiences first-hand what its like to be a cancer patient. This movie is based on the real life story of Edward Rosenbaum, MD. Dr Rosenbaum wrote an autobiography of his experience entitled "A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Becomes the Patient".

About the speakers: Dr. Karen Cheng is an assistant professor in the department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Charles R. Drew University and a core investigator with the International Core of the UCLA/Drew Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS).

Her current work marries two passions:  health promotion in low-resource countries and the use of computer technology in culturally-appropriate ways.  In particular, Dr. Cheng has been investigating ways to strengthen HIV/AIDS prevention programs in sub-Saharan Africa with culturally-appropriate computer technology.  She recently completed several studies assessing the acceptability and cost-effectiveness of using handheld computers to collect self-reported sexual behavior data in Angola.  In addition, Dr. Cheng directs the team that develops culturally-appropriate assessment surveys, as well as data collection and data entry strategies in low-resource settings, for Drew HIV/AIDS prevention projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr. Cheng’s work builds upon years of research on cultural identity within social networks, such as dyadic relationships, and on cognitive processing of social information among bicultural and bilingual people.
Dr. Cheng received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California and her PhD in social psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Daniel Ortiz is an Assistant Professor at Charles R. Drew University with a dual appointment at the University of California, Los Angeles. As part of the Drew Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services he develops research programs targeting HIV/AIDS prevention in at-risk populations and has developed entertainment educational tools for HIV prevention including card games and comic books. His projects have included HIV/AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan Africa and measuring Los Angeles Latino day laborers HIV risk.

His research is guided by the perspective that individual behavior is strongly influenced by the social environment. To this end, Dr.Ortiz isvery interested in creating interventions through media, education, and structural changes that are sensitive to social and cultural factors. He is also interested in increasing access to medical care and services for disadvantaged populations that may otherwise go
unserved.

He received his BA in psychology in 1994 from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD in social psychology in 2001 from the University of California, Los Angeles. During his graduate studies, Dr.Ortiz was part of a research team at AIDS project Los Angeles that conducted a countywide survey of persons living with HIV/AIDS. He has published numerous articles on HIV/AIDS prevention.