Medical Matters Weekly Welcomes Breast Cancer Researcher

09:21AM / Friday, September 30, 2022Print Story | Email Story

BENNINGTON, Vt. — The next guest on Southwestern Vermont Medical Center’s Medical Matters Weekly is Linda Vahdat, MD, MBA, a leading breast cancer researcher who has developed breast cancer drugs that have saved hundreds of lives. The show airs on Facebook Live at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

Dr. Vahdat is the section chief of Medical Oncology and the interim section chief of Hematology at Dartmouth Health and a professor of medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She earned her medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed an internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, both in New York City. She completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

A translational breast cancer medical oncologist, Dr. Vahdat’s expertise is in drug development. She has been involved in the identification, conceptualization, design, and conduct of clinical trials of new therapies in high-risk, adjuvant, and metastatic breast cancer patients since 1994. She has led four separate drug development efforts that lead to FDA approval of three drugs active in metastatic breast cancer.l

Medical Matters Weekly is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can view on facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download as a podcast on svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters.

The show is broadcast on Facebook Live, YouTube, and all podcast platforms. After the program, the video is available on area public access television stations CAT-TV (Comcast channel 1075) and GNAT-TV's (Comcast channel 1074), as well as on public access stations throughout the United States.

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CAT-TV: Tell Your Story in 60 Seconds

01:22PM / Wednesday, September 16, 2026

BENNINGTON, Vt. — There's still time to make a movie — and it only needs to be one minute long.

CAT-TV and GNAT-TV are inviting local filmmakers, students, families, first-time creators and experienced storytellers to take part in the competitive 2026 Shires 1-Minute Film Fest.

The idea is simple: create an original film that is 60 seconds or less and submit it by the extended deadline of Oct. 9.

"We really want people to know this is something anyone can try," said William Gardner of CAT-TV. "You don't need to think of yourself as a filmmaker or have expensive equipment. Come up with an idea, grab your phone and see what you can create. Sixty seconds goes by pretty quickly."

Films can be funny, dramatic, documentary-style, animated, experimental, heartfelt, strange or something completely unexpected. You do not need professional equipment or filmmaking experience to participate. A phone, camera or tablet and a good idea are enough to get started.

The festival is open to all ages and experience levels. Films must be original, 60 seconds or less and appropriate for a public community screening. Participants should also follow the festival theme and/or dialogue choices and review the complete submission guidelines before entering.

And with the submission deadline getting close, there is a little extra incentive to finally make that film you have been thinking about.

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