Appalachian Health Podcast

Listen as host Danny Scalise talks with a prominent staff member of a local public health agency about her experience with breast cancer. Lori Kersey is the Public Information Officer for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department and former reporter for the Charleston Gazette-Mail. She was well known as a journalist covering health and has helped the health department navigate the issues of the COVID-19 pandemic while going through treatment for cancer. Lori has chronicled her experiences in her column at the Charleston Gazette-Mail and on her website: notesforthememoir.com. You can follow her on Twitter @LoriKerseyWV.

Listen as host Danny Scalise talks about physical therapy and yoga with Deb Mattingly, a physical therapist and yoga instructor at Advanced PT in Charleston, WV.

Listen now as AHP host Danny Scalise talks to West Virginia's Senior Senator Joe Manchin about the pandemic as they discuss the Senator's work to expand telemedicine, increase broadband, as well as their discussion on coronavirus testing, rural healthcare, and the opioid crisis.

Listen as host Danny Scalise & Dr. Elise Anderson discuss challenges for women in the field of medicine.

Listen as host Danny Scalise has a conversation with Reggie Jones as they discuss the racial unrest in America today and what society can do to solve some of these problems.

Listen as Dr. Lisa Costello, a frequent guest of the AHP gives an update to West Virginia's COVID-19 response.

Listen as host Danny Scalise discusses the COVID-19 pandemic with West Virginia Bureau for Public Health Commissioner and State Health Officer Dr. Cathy Slemp.Dr. Cathy Slemp has spent a career working in public health at community, state and national levels. At present, she is excited to be back with staff at the WVDHHR, Bureau for Public Health, serving as Commissioner and State Health Officer. From 2002 to 2011, Dr. Slemp served as both the Bureau’s Acting State Health Officer and the founding director of the state’s public health emergency preparedness and response programs. Prior to these roles, she worked with local health departments and other partners to build epidemiology capacity and was the founding director of the state’s Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. In recent years, prior to returning to the Bureau for Public Health, Dr. Slemp had an active public health consulting practice. She served as an action-learning coach for the Public Health Institute’s National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health working with multi-sector teams to advance health equity in communities, provided executive level support to the Department of Health in the US Virgin Islands, and worked locally as Relief and Development Coordinator for the Episcopal Diocese of WV, coordinating disaster recovery efforts and engaging faith-based organizations with community partners using a gifts / asset-based approach. Dr. Slemp also has a long history working on efforts to model, measure, and advance our nation’s health security and resilience, including COPEWELL (Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University) and previously, the National Health Security Preparedness Index. She is particularly interested in exploring the intersection between disaster recovery and community development. At the national level, Dr. Slemp serves on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Preparedness and Response and on the National Biodefense Science Board for the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, co-chairing workgroups for each. Locally, she volunteers with non-profits working on issues of safe housing and food security. Dr. Slemp has authored or co-authored publications on a wide variety of public health and medical topics.Dr. Slemp is board certified in both Public Health / Preventive Medicine and in Family Practice. She undertook her medical training at Duke University, her Preventive Medicine Residency and MPH at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, and her Family Practice Residency at St. Margaret Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA. She received her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and has undertaken leadership training through both the Southeast and National Public Health Leadership Institutes.

Listen the lates in a series of AHP episodes as host Danny Scalise talks about the effects of COVID-19 on the City of Charleston with Mayor Amy Goodwin.

Listen to the latest episode as host Danny Scalise talks with WVU pediatrician Dr. Lisa Costello. Dr. Costello is temporarily working with the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health on the state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Their discussion, recorded while social distancing, centers around the virus and children and has some great tips for parents on where to find information and how to talk to children about the virus.

The novel coronavirus has made its way across the globe and has dominated the news. Listen as host Danny Scalise discusses COVID-19 with Kanawha Charleston Health Department Executive Director Dr. Sherri Young.

Listen as host Danny Scalise and guest John Law discuss the bills that affect health during day 60 of the West Virignia Legislative Session.

In this episode of the Appalachian Health Podcast, host Danny Scalise discusses medical education with West Virginia University 4th year medical students Rachel Heist, Clara Novotny, and Lindsay Weatherly. Listen as they discuss the foundational education for a medical student, the MCAT, Match Day and more.

Pediatricians, Residents, and Medical Students from all over the Mountain State took part in the WV Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics annual Tiny Hearts Day at the Capitol in Charleston, WV. Dr. Lisa Costello and Dr. Neil Copeland are co-directors of Tiny Hearts Day and had a discussion with AHP host Danny Scalise about the day, the Blueprint for Children, and why advocacy is important.The Blueprint for Children emphasizes advocacy priorities of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics for 2020 and includes: improving access to care, including care for vulnerable populations such as those in foster care and kinship care; addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress; maintaining strong immunization laws; obesity prevention and treatment; promoting tobacco cessation; addressing the opioid epidemic and its impact on children; and firearm injury prevention.

Host Danny Scalise interviews Dr. Brooke Buckley, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Meritus Health as they discuss artificial intelligence in healthcare and the effects of burnout. Follow Dr. Buckley here: https://twitter.com/BuckleyFACS

Listen to the first episode of Season 2 of the AHP as host Danny Scalise and WVSMA Communications Director John Law discuss upcoming health policy issues in front of the second session of the 84th West Virginia Legislature.

Listen as host Danny Scalise interviews Christine Teague, Director for the CAMC Ryan White Program about HIV and Hepatitis C.

Listen as host Danny Scalise discusses the field of Rheumatology with Dr. Suzanne Gharib.

Listen as host Danny Scalise discusses the Physician Assistant profession with University of Charleston faculty member Melissa Jensen.

Listen as host Danny Scalise and Dr. Jeannie Sperry talk about cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of pain & addiction from the site of the Appalachian Addiction & Prescription Drug Abuse Conference in Morgantown, WV.Dr. Jeannie A. Sperry (PhD, LP, ABPP) is a Clinical Health Psychologist and Consultant in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She serves as Co-Chair of the Division of Addictions, Pain, and Transplant. Dr. Jeannie A. Sperry completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. For over two decades she has worked in academic medicine settings training health care providers in the interdisciplinary care of chronic pain, opioid use reduction, and prevention of pain-related disability. Her research interests focus on communication skills for physicians and evidence-based practices for chronic pain. Her work at Mayo Clinic is in the Pain Rehabilitation Center where patients are tapered off of opioids and instructed in self-management techniques for chronic pain. She has served on Mayo’s Opioid Stewardship Subcommittee on Patient and Provider pain and opioid education, the ICSI MN Health Collaborative work group on pain and opioid addiction, and chairs Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Curriculum Subcommittee on Pain and Opioid Addiction.

Listen as host Danny Scalise talks with WVU Medicine's dual-certified women’s health nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife Kelly Lemon as they discuss addiction, pregnancy & NAS.Kelly Lemon is a West Virginia native and WVU graduate. She is a dual-certified women’s health nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife who practices full-scope Midwifery and Women’s Health Care in Morgantown, WV. She sees patients at multiple clinic sites, and attends births every week at Ruby Memorial Hospital. She is the Principal Investigator for the “ACE” Program. ACE stands for Assist, Connect, and Encourage, and is the WVU Drug Free Mom and Babies program that is funded through the WV Perinatal Partnership. She is active in her national Midwifery organization, and is currently the Vice-President for the WV Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She is married to her high-school sweetheart, and resides here in Morgantown with her husband and a very spoiled cat.

Listen as host Danny Scalise discusses marijuana, thc, cbd, and other items with Dr. Libby Stuyt as recorded from the Appalachian Addiction & Prescription Drug Abuse Conference.Dr. Stuyt is a board certified Addiction Psychiatrist and has worked in the addiction/behavioral health field since 1990. She has been the Medical Director for the Circle Program, a 90-day inpatient treatment program, funded by the state of Colorado, for persons with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse who have failed other levels of treatment since 1999. She was instrumental in helping the Circle Program to become tobacco free in January 2000 and has been a strong advocate of the need to address all addictions at the same time, including tobacco, in order to improve outcomes. She has been actively incorporating complementary treatments into treatment programs, including the 5-point ear acupuncture NADA (National Acupuncture Detoxification Association) protocol and BST (Brain Synchronization Therapy), to help patients recover from addiction as well as trauma which often underlie addiction and chronic pain issues. Her current mission is to educate as many people as possible on the un-intended consequences of the commercialization of marijuana in Colorado, focusing primarily on the deleterious effects of high potency THC on the developing brain.

Listen as host Danny Scalise has a conversation with Dr. Marvin Seppala of the Hazelden Betty Ford Clinic about the integration of addiction treatment with medication assisted treatment and 12-step programs.Marvin D. Seppala, MD, is chief medical officer at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry for Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science. His responsibilities include overseeing all interdisciplinary clinical practices at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, maintaining and improving quality of care, and supporting growth strategies for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s residential and nonresidential addiction treatment programs. Seppala obtained his MD at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, and served his residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in addiction at University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis. Dr. Seppala is author of Clinician’s Guide to the Twelve Step Principles, and a co-author of When Painkillers Become Dangerous, Pain-Free Living for Drug-Free People, and Prescription Painkillers, Hazelden Publishing.

This is the first in a series about addiction. Each episode is recorded at the Appalachian Addiction and Prescription Drug Abuse Conference held at the Marriott at Waterfont Place in Morgantown, WV. This episode is an interview about the stigma of addiction with Dr. Alisa Duran of the University of Minnesota and Ken Rodenbaugh, an experienced emergency medicine and mental health nurse.Dr. Alisa Duran is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and practices internal medicine at the Minneapolis VA Hospital in the Women’s Health Clinic. Dr. Duran has spent her career focused on medical education of both residents and medical students. She currently serves as a Faculty Advisor in the University of Minnesota Medical School and directs Women’s Health education at the Minneapolis VA. Dr. Duran is also a physician in recovery from alcohol use. She has been working to decrease the stigma around mental health and substance use issues in health care providers. Ken Rodenbaugh has been an Emergency Medicine and Mental Health nurse for over 13 years. He has earned his National Certifications in Addictions Nursing and Emergency Nursing, is a graduate of the Recovery and Monitoring Program of New Jersey, and is currently a member of the third cohort of the New Jersey Hospital Executive Leadership Academy whose primary focus is establishing new policies to help fight the opioid epidemic we are currently facing, and the stigma surrounding it. Ken has spoken to thousands of nurses throughout the country, sharing his story of recovery which began on Feb 12, 2013 after being terminated for diversion of narcotics. Ken’s passion to educate on active addiction, recovery, and stigma is contagious, and he is always excited to open the minds of whoever is willing to listen.

Listen to host Danny Scalise and WVU Associate Professor Dr. Christiaan Abildso as they talk about physical activity. Dr. Abildso is an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavior Sciences; research interests include health promotion program evaluation and social-ecological determinants of physical activity, including policy and the built environment.

American Medical Association President, Psychiatrist, and West Virginia native talks with host Danny Scalise on her background, the Opioid Crisis, public health and much more.

Michelle Chappell of the American Cancer Society gives great advice on screening and other issues around breast cancer.Donate to the American Cancer Society's Real Men Wear Pink campaign.

West Virginia Health Right CEO Angie Settle discusses the free & charitable clinic in Charleston, WV and its outreach beyond.Learn more about West Virginia Health Right on their website.

Learn about vaccines from WVU Professor of Pediatrics and WV Vice President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Dr. Lisa Costello.Find #Tweetiatrician Dr. Costello on Twitter here.

Public Health physician and author Dr. Sherri Young discusses the facts, and what we don't know, about vaping.Purchase Dr. Young's children's book, co-written and illustrated by her daughter, Gabi Breinig, "Lucky" here.

Dr. Rahul Gupta, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical & Health Officer of the March Dimes talks with Danny Scalise about why mom & baby health is important, maternal mortality, the opioid crisis' affect and more.Learn more about Dr. Gupta and the March of Dimes here.

Host Danny Scalise introduces listeners to the Appalachian Health Podcast.Get to know your host, Danny Scalise, at dannyscalise.com or on these platforms:FacebookInstagramLinkedInTwitter