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Biz Beat Banter: Dr. Maithreyi Sarma

by | Jun 16, 2026 | BizBeat, BizBeat Banter, Podcasts

This week, Bill sits down with Dr. Maithreyi Sarma, a hematologist and medical oncologist for Mary Washington Healthcare. Among the topics discussed: how AI is affecting medicine, the need for good bedside manners, and how a family illness shaped her career decision.

Our previous guests were Joel Griffin, Charles W. McDaniel, April Peterson, Troy Paino, Chris Newman, Janet Gullickson, Kevin Breen, Mary Jane Pitts O’Neill, Anita Crossfield, Mary Katherine Greenlaw, Ryan DeWeese, Adrian Silversmith, Nick Cadwallender, Ted Schubel, Clint Van Zandt, Charlie Payne, Pete Morelewicz, Brian Lam, Amber Dawson, Emmett Snead, Joe Wilson, Neil Sullivan, Rich Larochelle, Antoine Carey, Jerry Ulman, Xavier Richardson, Doug Stewart, Gabe and Scarlett Pons, M.C. Morris, John Fick, Bruce Davis, Curry Roberts, Heidi Bass, Tom Callahan, Jeff Small, Fitz Johnson, John Nicholls, Seth Silber, Cedric Rucker, Nancy Moore, Susan Spears, Keith Lebor, Rennie McDaniel and Kelly Johnson, Karen Moschetto, Raymond Renault, Brian Shanle (Kalahari update), Danilo Orofino, Charles G. “Charlie” McDaniel, Bill Howell, Paino and Newman about a possible local medical school, Fitzhugh Johnson, Al Fagan, Jack Scholl, Julia Payne, Jeff Rouse, Richmond McDaniel, Fred Rankin, Anne Little, Barney Reiley, Jeff Harvey, Don Newlin, Ramona Settle (Carl’s Ice Cream), Rahmein Mostafavi, Tommy Mitchell and Dietmar Weselin. Next week’s episode will feature Mitzi Brown, an attorney and co-founder of the Fredericksburg Free Press.

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Bill Freehling covers local business for the Fredericksburg Free Press. He can be reached at [email protected].

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