ABOUT DOMINICK

Welcome.

I’m a health worker and student working towards my dream of becoming a doctor.

Hey, I'm Dominick.

I've spent most of my life somewhere between the exam room and the waiting room—close enough to medicine to see how it works, and close enough to people to see what it costs them when it doesn't.

I grew up in a family where medicine wasn't just a career—it was a calling. So I chased it. I've worked in community health, surgery, oncology, and dermatology. I've been the person in the room taking notes, translating, and watching what actually happens when healthcare meets real life.

Somewhere along the way, I started noticing a gap. Not just between patients and providers, but between what medicine is supposed to be and what people actually experience. I saw it on the frontlines during COVID, when the system was stretched and the cracks became impossible to ignore. I saw it in the classroom. I saw it in the field, conducting research on healthcare access barriers in underserved communities. And I saw it every time someone raised their eye at something their provider said—or told me they didn't trust their doctor, didn't understand their diagnosis, or felt too intimidated, even ashamed, to ask questions.

Nobody was talking about it honestly. So I started Scrub Talk.

This show is my attempt to have the conversations medicine needs but doesn't always make room for. Look, I wish I had the answers—I'm still a student, still figuring it out. But I think that's kind of the point. Come figure it out with me.

Official Bio

Dominick Ramos is a health worker and student with clinical experience in dermatology, surgery, oncology, and community health. He is completing a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Health Science Management at the University of Virginia, with plans to apply to medical school. His research interests include health disparities and equity, care delivery models, and surgical oncology with a focus on head and neck cancers and cutaneous malignancies.

Dominick is the host and creator of Scrub Talk, a podcast dedicated to finding humanity in medicine, one story at a time.