This is The Way Podcast
The Society of Advanced Bronchoscopy presents “This is the Way” podcast, with your host, Dr. Dominique Pepper. In this podcast series, Dr. Pepper interviews leaders and experts in advanced bronchoscopy, interventional pulmonology and lung cancer. Dr. Pepper is the former Chair of the Website and Social Media committee at the Society of Advanced Bronchoscopy.
The Society of Advanced Bronchoscopy presents “This is the Way” podcast, with your host, Dr. Dominique Pepper. In this podcast series, Dr. Pepper interviews leaders and experts in advanced bronchoscopy, interventional pulmonology and lung cancer. Dr. Pepper is the former Chair of the Website and Social Media committee at the Society of Advanced Bronchoscopy.
Episodes

7 days ago
7 days ago
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Dr. Bobby Mahajan. They discuss stage shift and reduction in time to diagnosis of lung cancer after implementing a formal incidental lung nodule program. Dr. Mahajan is the System Chief for Inova Interventional Pulmonology in Fairfax, VA.

Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
LADS vs VESPA randomized trial to minimize atelectasis in robotic bronchoscopy
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Dr. Roberto Casal. They discuss the LADS vs VESPA randomized clinical trial to minimize atelectasis in robotic bronchoscopy. Dr. Casal is an Interventional Pulmonologist and a Professor of Medicine at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Sustained breath holds in bronchoscopy
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Dr. Ankush Ratwani. They discuss sustained breath holds in bronchoscopy. Dr. Ratwani is an Interventional Pulmonologist and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE.

Sunday Jan 11, 2026
Prone positioning in cone beam CT-guided robotic bronchoscopy
Sunday Jan 11, 2026
Sunday Jan 11, 2026
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Dr. Abdul Alraiyes. They discuss prone positioning in cone beam CT-guided robotic bronchoscopy. Dr. Alraiyes is the Medical Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago, IL.

Saturday Jan 10, 2026
Safety and value of the 1.7mm cryoprobe in CT guided robotic bronchoscopy.
Saturday Jan 10, 2026
Saturday Jan 10, 2026
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Dr. Or Kalchiem-Dekel. They discuss the safety and value of the 1.7mm cryoprobe in CT guided shape-sensing robotic bronchoscopy. Dr. Kalchiem-Dekel is an Interventional Pulmonologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Friday Aug 08, 2025
Monarch vs. ION Robotic-Assisted Bronchoscopy Platforms
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Drs. Dakota McNierney, DO and Kenneth Sakata, MD from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Sakata is the Director of Interventional Pulmonology and Dr McNierney is a Chief Fellow in Pulmonology and Critical Care.

Sunday Jul 13, 2025
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Dr. Judith Brock from Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg Germany. Dr. Brock is a senior physician specialized in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and intensive care medicine and works mainly in the field of Interventional Pulmonology.

Saturday Jun 21, 2025
Conflicts of Interest in Interventional Pulmonary: CHEST Editorial
Saturday Jun 21, 2025
Saturday Jun 21, 2025
In this episode of "This is the Way" Podcast, Dr. Pepper interviews Drs. Seeley and Gesthalter from the UCSF Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care on their CHEST editorial entitled "Conflicts of Interest in Interventional Pulmonary: Let's shut the door on ambiguity".



