Phil Polakoff
Health transformation advisor and consulting professor at Stanford School of Medicine with decades of experience in health policy, advocacy, and filmmaking focused on health equity and system change.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 22min
265. Complexity to Connection: Humanizing High-Stakes Communication
Phil Polakoff, a Stanford health transformation advisor focused on equity and systems change, and Jonathan Berek, a gynecological oncologist and storyteller, discuss turning complex medical moments into human connection. They explore storytelling, leveling language to meet audiences, empathy and listening as trust builders, and concise, memorable messaging for high-stakes communication.
