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The Minor Consult

The Minor Consult

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 The Minor Consult explores leadership with innovators, changemakers, and risk-takers.

Hosted by Stanford School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, the podcast convenes top minds from across fields to share their perspectives, impart lessons from their careers, and discuss the complex challenges leaders face today. Through their conversations, Dr. Minor unearths the qualities and skills that leaders need to succeed in turbulent times.

Dr. Minor has served as Dean since 2012 and is also a professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. Under his leadership, Stanford Medicine has emerged as a leader in the Precision Health revolution, which emphasizes preventive, personalized health care and leverages advances in biomedicine to treat and cure complex diseases. With more than 160 published articles and chapters, Dr. Minor is an expert in balance and inner ear disorders. In 2012, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

Disclaimer: Lloyd Minor has no financial interests in or formal relationships with the organizations of his guests. Stanford Medicine Economics Management Management & Leadership Science
Episodes
  • S9 Ep5: Physician-Journalist Dhruv Khullar on How AI Is Rewriting the Clinician and Patient Experience

    S9 Ep5: Physician-Journalist Dhruv Khullar on How AI Is Rewriting the Clinician and Patient Experience
    Feb 18 2026
    Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Dhruv Khullar, MD, contributing writer to The New Yorker and associate professor at the Weill Cornell School of Medicine, for a conversation about AI’s evolving role in health care. They discuss its potential to enhance diagnosis, reduce administrative burden, improve the patient experience, and accelerate drug discovery, while also examining the risks of overreliance and clinician de-skilling. They also explore how AI will reshape medical education, and why communication, trust, and the enduring practice of healing will remain central to the future of medicine.
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    26 mins
  • S9 Ep4: Lucy Shapiro’s Big Idea: Using Cell Biology to Fight Superbugs

    S9 Ep4: Lucy Shapiro’s Big Idea: Using Cell Biology to Fight Superbugs
    Jan 14 2026

    In this episode of the Big Idea series, Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Lucy Shapiro, PhD, for a conversation about how her unconventional thinking unlocked new insights about how bacterial cells behave, fundamentally changing how scientists understand cells and laying the groundwork for systems biology. They explore how her research informed new approaches to treating infections and other diseases, and how these advances opened new paths for developing antibacterial and antifungal drugs to fight superbugs. They also discuss the biological threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and ways that the global community can prepare for the next pandemic.
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    36 mins
  • S9 Ep3: Stanford Graduate School of Business Dean Sarah Soule on What Makes a Great Leader

    S9 Ep3: Stanford Graduate School of Business Dean Sarah Soule on What Makes a Great Leader
    Dec 10 2025
    Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes Sarah Soule, Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, for a conversation about how leaders, organizations, and the GSB itself are evolving in a rapidly changing world. During the GSB’s centennial year, they explore the school’s leadership model — emphasizing self-awareness, perspective taking, communication, and deep listening — and how its entrepreneurial culture has inspired alumni whose bold ideas became transformative companies. They also discuss the future or organizational behavior and her vision for the school’s next chapter, including new initiatives in investing, leadership development, and the future of work and AI.
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    39 mins
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