COVID-19: Commonsense Conversations on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Today's episode is a cross post from The Dr. Raj Podcast. In this episode he talks about how covid-19 and the vaccine could impact people with Sarcoidosis. Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do?  You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.  The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Today's episode is a cross post from The Dr. Raj Podcast in which he discusses the new covid vaccine with a nurse who is pregnant and they discuss the risks and benefits. Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do?  You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.  The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Recorded September 21st, 2020. Our guest today is Dr. Alex McDonald who is a Family physician and Sports Medicine specialist in the fields of physical activity, advocacy, health equity and policy. Dr. McDonald holds an undergraduate from Connecticut College as well as his medical Degree of the University of Vermont Larnar College of Medicine. He completed his medical internship at Duke University, Family Medicine residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Southern California Kaiser Permanente Fontana, CA. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)!  Dr. McDonald currently is a member of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Fontana, CA where he is involved with family medicine resident and sports fellow graduate medical education as well Clinical professor at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. He serves on the board of the California Academy of Family Physician as well as the Public Information Committee for the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. McDonald is also a member of the American Association of Sports Medicine and serves on the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Membership Services as well as Congress of Delegates.   He serves as the team physician for the California State University San Bernardino and Upland High School.   Links for this episode Twitter: @AlexMMTri Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.  The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded September 8th, 2020. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)!  Dr. Stefanie Kaiser is an interventional cardiologist and the assistant chief of cardiology of Permanente Medicine East Bay which includes the Oakland and Richmond medical centers.  Dr. Kaiser has been part of the extensive team preparing the medical centers for and taking on an unprecedented pandemic. Dr. Kaiser has been treating Covid-19 positive patients with heart conditions since the first cases were reported in the Bay area. Needless to say, the past months have brought quite a change to her usual practice. To contain the spread of this highly infectious virus many appointments have been moved to a virtual setting and a modification of protocols when performing interventional procedures has taken place. Dr. Kaiser is passionate about improving patient care and outcomes for COVID-19 positive patients as we learn more about this virus and management is evolving.  Dr. Kaiser was born and raised in Germany and completed her medical training at Heinrich-Heine-University in Duesseldorf. Dr. Kaiser has been calling California her home now for the past 15 years.  Dr. Kaiser finished her internal medicine residency at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco serving as a chief resident. Her cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowship took place at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center where she had the honor of being appointed chief fellow.  Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.  The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded August 24th, 2020. Our guest today is Dr. Ashish Jha, the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), to discuss issues around schools reopening and then also discuss the topics of viral spread and what we currently know about immunity to COVID-19. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)!  Dr. Ashish Jha is the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI). He is a practicing General Internist and is also Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jha received his MD from Harvard Medical School and trained in Internal Medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. He completed his General Medicine fellowship at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and received his MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Jha is a member of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In September, Dr. Jha will begin work as the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health.  Dr. Jha’s research focuses on improving the quality and costs of healthcare systems with a specialized focus on the impact of policies. He has published over two hundred papers in prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, and the British Medical Journal, and heads a personal blog on using statistical data research to improve health quality. He has led groundbreaking research around Ebola and is now on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response. Dr. Jha leads national analysis of key issues around the COVID-19 pandemic, advising policy makers and elected officials at the state and federal level and appearing frequently on national television news outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, and Fox, and in written coverage from national newspapers including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Harvard Global Health Institute is providing critical analysis and data on national and state by state testing with Dr. Jha, a vocal advocate for increased testing and contact tracing who has written extensively on the subject. His work has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, and Stat News among others.  Links for this episode Twitter: @ashishkjha  Website: Harvard Global Health Institute LinkedIn: ashishjha Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.  The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded August 5th, 2020. Our guest today is Dr. Bob Wachter from UCSF. The UC San Francisco grand rounds on COVID-19 have been incredibly helpful for physicians navigating this pandemic, and Bob has also been very active on Twitter helping to educate the medical community and the public about COVID-19. Questions from this episode include: You wrote a great opinion piece about how and when life might start to return to normal during this pandemic. Can you give us an overview of your ideas that you outlined in the article? On a related note to life returning to normal, how do you see the COVID pandemic changing medicine in the future? We have had several discussions on this podcast about the health disparities that we are seeing during this pandemic. Can you tell us about what you are seeing and your thoughts about how we might begin to address this? Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)!  Dr. Bob Wachter is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, where he is the Holly Smith Distinguished Professor in Science and Medicine and the Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine. The department leads the nation in NIH grants and is generally ranked as one of the nation’s best. Dr. Wachter is author of 250 articles and 6 books and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and is often considered the father of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing specialty in the history of modern medicine. He is past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine. In the safety and quality arenas, he has written two books on the subject, including Understanding Patient Safety, the world’s top selling safety primer. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Thirteen times, Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked him as one of the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S.; he was #1 on the list in 2015. His 2015 book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, was a New York Times science bestseller. In 2016, he chaired a blue-ribbon commission advising England’s National Health Service on its digital strategy. In 2020, his tweets on Covid-19 have been viewed over 50 million times by 100,000 followers and have served as a trusted source of information on the clinical, public health, and policy issues surrounding the pandemic. Links for this episode https://medicine.ucsf.edu/covid-19-news-coverage https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-robert-wachter Twitter: @Bob_Wachter LinkedIn: @robertwachter Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do?  You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.  The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.  Producers: Christopher Breitigan and Madison Linden. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded July 24, 2020.Our guest today is Dr. Tim Horita whom you’ll recognize if you have been a longtime listener of this podcast because he has been a guest several times. We asked him back again because he always does a great job of explaining complex topics in a way that makes a lot of sense. The main topics for today are the state of vaccine development and the CDC’s new data about mortality.Questions from this episode include:What are the latest developments regarding the Covid-19 Vaccination program?The CDC recently released new data concerning mortality. Can you explain to us what they had to say?Why is the mortality rate lower?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Horita has been a practicing Family physician in Southern California for 23 years. He graduated with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in 1997. After serving as Chief Resident at the Kaiser Woodland Hills Family Medicine Residency, he became a member of their faculty, and later became program director. He continues to enjoy teaching medical students and residents, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.Currently, Dr. Horita practices in Oxnard, California with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, and in his community with the Westminster Free Clinic. His publications include several textbooks and a peer reviewed article in the journal American Family Physician.He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and in 2018 was awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan and Madison Linden.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded July 8, 2020.Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Enrique Lin Shiao, a postdoctoral fellow in the Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley, to discuss how the team is developing novel methods for CRISPR gene editing and the application during the Covid-19 pandemic. Questions from this episode include:You work with the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley, which is directed by CRISPR pioneer Dr. Jennifer Doudna. Can you tell us about the Innovative Genomics Institute and the work being done there?You also work on improving CRISPR-mediated genome editing technology, which is considered one of the most significant discoveries in the history of biology. Can you explain this science to our audience?How does CRISPR apply to COVID-19 testing? Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Enrique Lin Shiao is a postdoctoral fellow in the Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley developing novel methods for CRISPR gene editing. He is a key member of the Innovative Genomic Institute’s volunteer clinical diagnostics team who has been helping validate its COVID-19 testing lab process over the past few months. He is also the co-founder of the podcast “Caminos en Ciencia” providing up to date scientific information about the coronavirus in Spanish to the Latin American community.Dr. Lin Shiao received his undergraduate degree in engineering physics from the Technische Universitat Munchen in Germany, studied chemical and structural biology at the University of Cambridge in England, received a master’s degree in biophysics in Germany, and his PhD in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. Links for this episode:Web: https://www.caminosenciencia.orgTwitter: @enrique_lins, @caminoscienciaFacebook: @Caminos en CienciaInstagram: @elinshiaoLinkedIn: @enriquelinshiaoph-d Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do?You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Recorded June 16 2020.  Today’s episode is hosted by Dr. Patrick Beeman and he is joined by Rou Reynolds of the band Enter Shikari to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the music industry. Dr. Beeman is an Ob/Gyn and the founder of Ars Longa Media and InsideTheBoards. He's the former director of undergraduate medical education for OnlineMedEd, director of content for a prominent osteopathic question bank. He was also at one time a philosophy professor. Some of his greatest loves are music, philosophy and theology, and his children. You can find him on Instagram (@darthbeeman) and Twitter (@BoardsInsider)!  Enter Shikari are a British alternative-rock band formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England in 1999 by bassist Chris Batten, lead vocalist and keyboardist Rou Reynolds, and drummer Rob Rolfe and Rory Clewlow. Their debut studio album, Take to the Skies, was released in 2007 and reached number 4 in the Official UK Album Chart, and has since been certified gold in the UK. Their sixth album Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible was released in April 2020. Their eclectic musical style combines influences from rock music genres with those from various electronic music genres. Enter Shikari's lyrics, written by frontman Rou Reynolds, are often politically charged. He also stated that the band's general message is that "if we base our lives around love and unity, then that's all that matters." You can find Rou Reynolds on Instagram (@RouReynolds) and follow the band (@EnterShikari).  Links for this episode: www.entershikari.com Rou's Spotify Playlist Nothing is True and Everything is Possible Spotify Apple Music Rou's Podcast Here Now Together Music from this Episode Intro/Outro: Elegy for Extinction 0:42 Medley10:58 Modern Living 41:12 System 45:11 Anaesthetist 49:40 Never Let Go of the Microscope Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Recorded July 8, 2020.  Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Michael Osterholm is the author of the book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, in which he not only details the most pressing infectious disease threats of our day but lays out a nine-point strategy on how to address them, with preventing a global flu pandemic at the top of the list.Dr. Osterholm is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Foreign Relations. In 2005 Dr. Osterholm was appointed bto the newly established National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity. In 2008, he was appointed to the World Economic Forum Working Group on Pandemics.Previously, Dr. Osterholm served for 24 years in various roles at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the last 15 as state epidemiologist and chief of the Acute Disease Epidemiology Section. While at the MDH, Osterholm and his team were leaders in the area of infectious disease epidemiology. He has led numerous investigations of outbreaks of international importance, including foodborne diseases, the transmission of hepatitis B in healthcare settings, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in healthcare workers. In addition, his team conducted numerous studies regarding infectious diseases in child-care settings, vaccine-preventable diseases, Lyme disease, and other emerging infections. They were also among the first to call attention to the changing epidemiology of foodborne diseases.Dr. Osterholm was the Principal Investigator and Director of the NIH-supported Minnesota Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance and chaired the Executive Committee of the Centers of Excellence Influenza Research and Surveillance network.Dr. Osterholm has been an international leader on the critical concern regarding our preparedness for an influenza pandemic. His invited papers in the journals Foreign Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Nature detail the threat of an influenza pandemic before the recent pandemic and the steps we must take to better prepare for such events. Dr. Osterholm has also been an international leader on the growing concern regarding the use of biological agents as catastrophic weapons targeting civilian populations.The author of more than 315 papers and abstracts, including 21 book chapters, Dr. Osterholm is a frequently invited guest lecturer on the topic of epidemiology of infectious diseases. He serves on the editorial boards of nine journals. He also has been the recipient of six major research awards from the NIH and the CDC. Links for this episode:Covid Podcasts and Webinars: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/podcasts-webinarsWebsite: www.cidrap.umn.eduTwitter: @mtosterholmFacebook: @CIDRAPInstagram: @michaelosterholm  We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Recorded July 1 2020. Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Neil Prose, a Professor of Pediatrics, Dermatology and Global Health at Duke University, and co-director of Duke’s Health Humanities Lab. Dr. Prose has a passion for teaching, a deep commitment to empathic communication between health care providers and patients, and an intense interest in the connections between the humanities, medicine, and issues of social justice. Questions from this episode include:You created a 15-minute documentary called Keepers of the House to share the stories of eight environmental services workers at Duke. Can you tell us about the inspiration for this?Can you tell us a bit about the stories you heard about these EVS workers and the meaningful relationships they have developed with patients and their families?Beyond creating a clean and healthy environment, how else do EVS workers contribute to healing in the hospital?What do we know about the ways in which the daily actions of doctors, nurses, and other members of the team can affect the way that EVS workers feel valued or devalued in their work.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Prose has consulted on developing courses in doctor-patient communication in medical schools and clinics in South Africa, Botswana, and Kenya. He is currently involved in creating a curriculum in respectful maternity care for midwives and health extension workers in Ethiopia, and for midwifery students in Chilean Patagonia. Recently, Dr. Prose completed work on “Keepers of the House,” a film that documents the deep human relationships between housekeepers in a US hospital, and patients and their families. Links for this episode:Keepers Of The House FilmSubmit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com.What Can You Do?You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded July 1 2020. Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Abbas Hyderi to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the opening of the new Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. Questions from this episode include:The medical school was recently named after Mr. Bernard Tyson, who passed away unexpectedly last year. Can you tell us about Mr. Tyson, the decision to name the school after him, and how his legacy will be reflected in the school?Can you tell us how the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine will be different compared with other traditional medical schools?Can you tell us what the medical school has done during the interview and recruitment process to assure a diverse student population?How will topics such as the social determinants of health, social justice, implicit bias, and racism be addressed and incorporated into the medical school curriculum? Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Abbas Hyderi is the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine. Dr. Hyderi previously served as an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Prior to this, Dr. Hyderi has expertise in team-based learning and competency-based education and has composed over 100 peer-reviewed presentations and publications in medical education. Dr. Hyderi has received numerous awards including the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians Teacher of the Year Award and the UIC College of Medicine Emerging Innovator Award. Dr. Hyderi authored and helped advocate for the passage of Oregon House Bill 2706, which allowed opt-out HIV testing for pregnant women. Dr. Hyderi received his undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard University, his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, his master’s degree in public health from Portland State University, and completed his residency training at Oregon Health and Science University. Links for this episode: www.medschool.kp.org/about/leadership/abbas-hyderiTwitter: @abbas_a_hyderiLinkedIn: @abbas-hyderi Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do?You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Recorded June 26, 2020. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive activist. He is the Chair at Southpaw Michigan and a Contributor at CNN. He is the author of “Healing Politics” which diagnoses our country’s epidemic of insecurity and the empathy politics we will need to treat it, as well as “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide” with Micah Johnson. He hosts “America Dissected,” a podcast by Crooked Media, which goes beyond the headlines to explore what really matters for our health. In 2018, Abdul ran for Governor of Michigan on an unapologetically progressive platform, advocating for universal healthcare, clean water for all, debt-free and tuition-free higher education, a pathway to 100% renewable energy, and to rebuild the barrier between corporations and government. His bid was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Nation, and Current Affairs. And though he earned over 340,000 votes, he finished second of three in the Democratic Primary.Prior, he served as Health Commissioner in the City of Detroit, appointed to rebuild the City’s health department after it was privatized during municipal bankruptcy. He was the youngest health official in a major US city. Responsible for the health and safety of over 670,000 Detroiters, the Detroit Health Department became a state and national leader in public health innovation and environmental justice, in one of the fastest municipal public health turnarounds in American history. He was awarded “Public Official of the Year” by the Michigan League of Conservation Voters and “40 under 40” by Crain’s Detroit Business.As a professor at Columbia University's Department of Epidemiology, Abdul became an internationally recognized expert in health policy and health inequalities. He was Director of the Columbia University Systems Science Program and Global Research Analytics for Population Health. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications that have earned over 1200 citations, including a foundational textbook on Systems Science & Population Health.Abdul holds a doctorate in Public Health from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, as well as a medical degree from Columbia University, where he was a Medical Scientist Training Program Fellow and a Soros New Americans Fellow. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Highest Distinction from the University of Michigan, where he was chosen to deliver the student commencement speech alongside President Bill Clinton.  Links for this episode: AbdulElSayed.com @AbdulElSayed Healingpoliticsbook.com Medicareforallbook.com We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded June 17, 2020.Dr. O’Connell is joined by Lynnell Morris who is a licensed clinical social worker who works on the adult team. She has been with Kaiser Permanente for 30 years, with 22 of those years in the department of psychiatry in Vallejo.Questions from this episode include:Can you please tell us a bit more about your clinical background and also about your clinical practice?How have you seen the COVID pandemic affect physicians and staff?How are you seeing the physical, emotional, and financial stresses of the pandemic manifest in patients and caregivers?How are these stressors different than the stress, anxiety, and depression you would typically see prior to the pandemic?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Links for this episode: Cafe Coluccihttps://www.cafecolucci.com/@CafeColucci Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded June 5, 2020. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a groundbreaking physician-scientist, disease hunter, speaker, and bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir, "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope Into Action." Best known as the ‘doctor who cured himself,’ Dr. Fajgenbaum went from being a college quarterback to receiving his last rites while in medical school and nearly dying four more times battling Castleman disease, a deadly cytokine storm disorder. To try to save his own life, he spearheaded an innovative approach to research through the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network and discovered a treatment that has put him into his longest remission ever. This approach is saving his life and other patients' lives too. Now, he is spreading this approach to other diseases like COVID-19 and sharing lessons he learned about living from nearly dying through "Chasing My Cure," which has been translated into five languages and named one of the “Best Non-Fiction Books of 2019” by Next Big Ideas Club. One of the youngest individuals ever appointed to the faculty at Penn Medicine and the top one-percent youngest grant awardees of a leading NIH R01 grant, Dr. Fajgenbaum has been recognized on the Forbes '30 Under 30' list, as a top healthcare leader by Becker's Hospital Review, the Global Genes RARE Champion of Hope: Science awardee, and one of three recipients—including Vice President Joe Biden—of a 2016 Atlas Award from the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia. He has published scientific papers in high-impact journals such as Blood, Lancet Haematology, and the Journal of Clinical Investigation, including one that was selected by STAT News in 2020 as one of the best innovations in science and medicine. Before co-founding the CDCN, Dr. Fajgenbaum co-founded and led the Actively Moving Forward Support Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting grieving college students. Dr. Fajgenbaum has been profiled in a cover story by The New York Times as well as by Good Morning America, CNN, and the Today Show, among others.  We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 31, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined again by Dr. Tim Horita to discuss how the COVID-19 virus is mutating.Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in today’s episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Horita has been practicing family medicine in Southern California for 23 years after graduating with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in 1997. After serving as Chief Resident at the Kaiser Woodland Hills Family Medicine Residency Program he became a member of their faculty and later became program director. He continues to enjoy teaching students and residents and is an assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Currently Dr. Horita practices in Oxnard California with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and in his community at the Westminster free clinic. His publications include several textbooks and a peer-reviewed article in the journal American Family Physician. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and in 2018 was awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Recorded May 21, 2020.Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Michael Mason to discuss the impact covid-19 has had on nursing facilities.Questions from this episode include:Can you tell us the difference between a nursing home and a skilled nursing facility?What are the purposes of a skilled nursing facility and what are some misconceptions about them?What is being done in nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities to keep elderly people safe during this pandemic?Can you tell us about your experience with COVID in the elderly and among those staying in skilled nursing facilities?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Michael Mason is a board-certified geriatrician with over 20 years of clinical, teaching, and leadership experience with Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Mason completed his medical education at the USC School of Medicine, residency training in family medicine at Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills, and a fellowship in geriatrics at the UCLA-Kaiser Permanente Geriatric program. After completing his fellowship, he worked at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California in both family medicine as well as geriatric medicine. He practiced and taught outpatient family medicine, inpatient medicine, as well as full spectrum geriatric medicine including work in the nursing home, home-based care, and geriatric assessment clinic. During this time, he was also a clinical instructor with the UCLA School of Medicine and was involved in teaching medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows. In 2014, he moved to Kaiser Permanente in Northern California where he helped start a Geriatrics Program and advance Palliative and Supportive Care Services. Because of his efforts, Dr. Mason was promoted to regional Co-Chair for Geriatrics and Continuing Care for TPMG. Dr. Mason has a passion for the development and evolution of Geriatric and Supportive Care specifically system development within Kaiser Permanente to support care in Geriatrics and Supportive Care as well as areas involving geriatric syndromes. Links for this episode:Azzurro Pizzeriahttp://www.azzurropizzeria.com@AzzurroPizzeria Norman Rosenormanrosenapa.com@normanrosenapa Capiaux Cellarscapiauxcellars.comSubmit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 20, 2020.Dr. O’Connell is joined by Jennifer Kasten to discuss the next wave of Covid-19 and the current state of antibody testing.Questions from this episode include:Can you tell us what you think about the likelihood of a second wave of COVID infections?You mentioned on Facebook about the lack of regulation of antibody tests. Can you tell us about the origins of this lack of regulation, where we are now with antibody testing, and whether any of them are adequately reliable?We are now seeing cases of a condition called MIS-C, or Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children being associated with COVID-19. Can you discuss what this condition is and what the current thinking is about it?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Jennifer Kasten who is a board-certified and practicing pediatric and autopsy pathologist. She has a Master degree in infectious disease epidemiology from the London School of Tropical Medicine, a year of post-grad research in mathematical modeling of epidemics at Oxford University, field work in epidemic control, and a master degree in the history of medicine, also from Oxford University. Her medical degree is from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and she also has conducted several years of basic science research in virology, the regulation of inflammation, and gene therapy. Keep up with JenniferFacebook: @jenniferkastenmdTwitter: @Grapes_of_Path Links for this episode:JackRabbit Cincinnatiwww.jackrabbit.com Roads Rivers and Trailswww.roadsriversandtrails.com Buckeye Running CompanyFacebook: @Buckeyerunningcompany Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.Special thanks to Autolinx for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Recorded May 15, 2020 Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! My guest today is Shawn Olds, who is the Chief Executive Officer of boodleAI, the leading machine learning powered predictive analytics platform that empowers nonprofits to connect with and engage new donors and supporters. Shawn started his career on active duty in the 82nd Airborne Division, he was medically discharged due to an injury sustained during a parachute operation, Shawn transitioned to the private sector as a logistics operations and technology consultant as well as an IT strategy management consultant. Shawn then helped to found a wireless media solutions company and served as the Chief Operating Officer. After September 11th, 2001 Shawn chose to return to the government sector and worked for the U. S. Department of States' Office for Counter-Terrorism where he spent time in Southwest Asia as well as Africa. Shawn then transitioned back to the private sector working with PRTM Management Consultants (acquired by PwC). Shawn helped found and build PRTM’s private equity practice. Shawn was then recruited by TAQA, a $30B Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund with investments across the energy value chain and in ten countries and four continents, to serve as the Chief Procurement Officer. For over a decade Shawn also dedicated his free time to the National Collegiate Conference Association, which is a 501(c)(3) Non-Governmental Organization of the United Nations. Shawn is the President Emeritus of the Board of Directors. Shawn also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Guard Youth Challenge Foundation. The Foundation which is a 501(c)(3) operates in over 25 states and has worked with troubled high school drop outs for the past 20 years. Shawn is also the Founder and Chairman of the Veterans for National Service Foundation, a 501c(3) which supported veterans who sought the opportunity to continue their public service in elected, appointed or professional staff positions in each of the three branches of government. Shawn also serves on the Board of the Code of Support Foundation a 501c(3) which leverages its proprietary Patriot Link to help veterans in need. Shawn graduated from the United States Military Academy with a BS in Computer Science. He earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He also earned his Juris Doctor from the Northwestern School of Law.  Thegrillthegrilldc.com We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 9, 2020.Dr. O’Connell meets with Dr. Daniel Neely to discuss his work with Orbis and how technology has become increasingly important and utilized in medicine for teaching and clinical work.Questions from this episode include:Since 2003, you have worked with Orbis International as a Volunteer Faculty Physician. I understand that Orbis International also operates the world’s only Flying Eye Hospital. Can you tell us a bit about this organization, the work they do, and this mobile teaching facility?In addition to your clinical and surgical practice in Indiana, you do a lot of online work including live video consultations with doctors around the world, including a partner in Syria. Can you tell us more about this, particularly your work with Cybersight?How have you seen the intersection of healthcare and technology change with the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in your work with Cybersight?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Daniel Neely is Senior Medical Advisor, Technology, for Orbis International, a global nonprofit transforming lives through the prevention and treatment of avoidable blindness, and Professor of Ophthalmology at Indiana University. In his work with Orbis, Dr. Neely helps to direct the organization’s award-winning telemedicine platform, Cybersight, and also teaches extensively in developing countries worldwide. Having practiced full-time Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus since 1998, he has been named a "Top Doc" by the Indianapolis Monthly on multiple occasions, and received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award in 2015 for his many achievements and contributions to the world of ophthalmology. Keep up with Dan on Facebook: danieleneely and Instagram: @deneely13.Links for This Episode:www.midwesteye.comwww.orbis.org El Camino Realhttp://elcaminonoblesville.com Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 11, 2020. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Stephen Parodi, who serves an associate executive director for The Permanente Medical Group with responsibility for hospital operations, inpatient quality, patient safety, care of complex and special needs populations, skilled nursing facilities, home health, hospice, and advanced analytics. He is also an executive vice president for The Permanente Federation with duties that include external affairs, communications, and brand. He also serves as a liaison for Kaiser Permanente’s (KP) engagement in local and international healthcare delivery initiatives. He has held several leadership roles at KP including the Chief of Infectious Disease andHIV Care Director for the Napa Solano Service Area, the Chair of Infectious Disease forTPMG, Chair of the Northern California Regional Infection Control Committee, Chair of the HealthConnect Governance Committee, and the Regional Director of HospitalOperations. Dr. Parodi currently practices as an infectious disease physician in theNapa Solano service area. Dr. Parodi received his medical degree from Georgetown University, completed his internal medicine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and infectious disease fellowship at the UCLA Affiliated Program in Infectious Disease. Keep up with Steve on LinkedIn: @steveparodi and Twitter: @StephenParodiMD. Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.

Recorded April 30, 2020. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)!  Dr. Rachel Summer Claire Friedman is a family physician, mom of 2, musician, juggler of many things, and self-described visioneer.Dr. Friedman currently practices full scope outpatient family medicine in Sonoma County. She is among the founding faculty and Associate Program Director of the Family Medicine residency program at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa, where she teaches both medical students and residents, and has been involved in the creation of an innovative 3 year curriculum designed to train family physicians for the future of medicine and community practice. She also serves as an assistant clinical professor in the UC San Francisco Department of Family and Community Medicine.  Dr. Friedman received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University with high honors in History of Science, and her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine, where she also received a Masters in Health Science and completed published research on the electrophysiologic effects of relaxation techniques. Dr. Friedman has edited medical textbooks, written peer-reviewed journal articles, and been invited to speak locally and nationally on topics such as clinical nutrition, innovations in technology, preventive approaches to disaster medicine, and implicit bias and health disparities. One of her achievements to date as a musician-physician was co-authoring and performing in a full-length educational 80’s rock opera called Diabetes: The Musical. She is currently conducting research on a patient-centered approach to graduate medical education, the role of implicit bias in performance evaluation, and how virtual medicine/telehealth might mitigate the negative impact of disasters on chronic disease management in vulnerable populations. Rachel is @serendipidoc on Twitter. Links for This Episode: Undocufund - http://undocufund.org Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 17, 2020.Dr. O’Connell discusses the complications of covid-19 being seen in children that is similar to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in today’s episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.

Recorded April 25, 2020.Dr. O’Connell is joined by Tim Keown to discuss how we could see sports reopen down the line and how the different rules in each state could play a part in that as well as what is being done in the meantime.Questions from this episode include:How has the pandemic affected the work you do, your approach to your work, and your access to stories?What are you hearing from athletes at various levels (high school, college, professional) about how they and their families are being affected by the pandemic?What are you hearing from various sports organizations and leagues about the guidance they are getting from health departments regarding the planning process for restarting sports?There was recently an NBA2K20 video game tournament among NBA players on ESPN. Are you seeing other similar activities among athletes either for entertainment or for charity purposes?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Tim Keown is a senior writer for ESPN, where he has worked for more than 20 years. He wrote more than 40 cover stories during his time at ESPN The Magazine and is the author or co-author of eight books, including four New York Times best-sellers. Links for This Episode:Twitter: @TimKeownESPNEmail: tim.keown@espnmag.com https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29083157/the-last-dance-dennis-rodman-embodied-pop-culture-phenomenon-90s-bulls https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2020/story/_/id/29001156/jordan-love-nfl-draft-prospects-illustrate-mystery-drafting-quarterbackShout Outs:@jordan3love@CC_Sabathia@moneylynch Napa DeliThenapadeli.comFacebook: @TheNapaDeli Big H DeliFacebook: @BigHDeli Slanted TreeSlantedtree.netFacebook: @slantedtreeSubmit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 2, 2020.Dr. O’Connell is joined again by Dr. Tim Horita to discuss the current state of medications including the highly publicized Hydroxychloroquine as well as other therapies including convalescent plasma.Questions from this episode include:I’d like to pick up where we left off and talk about antibody testing. There are a few terms that I want to make sure everyone understands. Can you explain the idea of seroprevalence and confirmed cases?The World Health Organization, or WHO, recently said that having COVID-19 may not prevent a second infection? Can you explain this for us?There has also been a lot of research on hydroxychloroquine as a medication to potentially prevent getting COVID-19 and also for treating more severe cases, and this includes a larger U.S. VA Hospital Study. Can you take us through what we currently know about hydroxychloroquine?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Horita has been a practicing Family physician in Southern California for 23 years. He graduated with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in 1997. After serving as Chief Resident at the Kaiser Woodland Hills Family Medicine Residency, he became a member of their faculty, and later became program director. He continues to enjoy teaching medical students and residents, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.Currently, Dr. Horita practices in Oxnard, California with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, and in his community with the Westminster Free Clinic. His publications include several textbooks and a peer reviewed article in the journal American Family Physician.He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and in 2018 was awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.Links for This Episode:https://www.fightwithice.com/Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded May 9, 2020.In this episode Dr. O’Connell discusses the recent news of strokes occurring in otherwise healthy covid patients and other blood related complications. Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in today’s episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Recorded April 18, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Matt McNally and Laurel Timms from Laurel’s Catering to discuss how the pandemic has impacted their business and the catering industry.Questions from this episode include:Can you tell us how the covid pandemic has affected the catering industry as a whole?We see stories about products like milk and eggs going bad because the supply chains are being disrupted. Are you seeing this on the front lines of your industry?Are there ways you see people working together in the industry to make it through these unusual times?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Matt got his first job in a kosher deli catering restaurant in his hometown near Boston. He also worked for his uncle’s catering company. After graduating from college his step-father got him interested in the advertising field and he would go on to work in the industry for 22 years in Boston and then San Francisco. He got back into catering when he began working with Laurel and he would work with her on weekends and in the evenings after his advertising job. Laurel’s Catering began in 2006 while Matt was still working full time at the agency. Eventually he left the agency to become patterns with Laurel and run the company full time. They began doing corporate lunches with startups in San Francisco and they grew as the companies grew as well as through word of mouth.  If you would like to get involved, Matt and Laurel can be reached at: https://www.laurelscatering.com/ Shoutout Links for This Episode:https://www.stonebrewing.com/https://complinewine.com/https://buibistro.com/ Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Autolinx and Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Recorded April 21, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Kevin Pierre-Louis to discuss how the pandemic is affecting professional and amateur athletes.Questions from this episode include:Can you share your thoughts about the impact this has on athletes who might be late bloomers and are now possibly missing the opportunity for walk-on spots, or even receive partial or full sponsorships?How will the pandemic affect the NFL draft this year?Do you have any tips for people to stay healthy? Or workout tips for athletes who are trying to stay ready to compete?Many people perceive that professional athletes are set financially, but this is not the case for new players who may be on rookie salaries, compared to the Tom Brady’s of the world. Can you break down what this looks like for some players?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Kevin Pierre-Louis grew up playing high school football in Connecticut before attending Boston College As a senior, he started all 13 games, setting new career highs in tackles (108), tackles for loss (10.5) and sacks (six). He also intercepted his first career pass, returning it 33 yards for a touchdown against Virginia Tech. After the season, he was named a first-team All-ACC. He would later be drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Chicago Bears, and in March 2020 he signed with the Washington Redskins. Links for this episode:Vino at the landinghttps://www.vinoatthelanding.com/ Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Autolinx and Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Recorded April 24, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Foodnetwork Chef, Jet Tila, to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the food industry and restaurants and what you can do to help.Questions from this episode include:What effects are you seeing in the restaurant industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?How are chefs and restaurants adapting to keep their businesses running?Can you tell us what type of planning is being done for restaurants opening back up? Things such as social distancing, hygiene measures, and seating arrangements.If a parent is a cooking novice, what advice would you give them about how to get started cooking with their children?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! From battling the legendary Masaharu Morimoto on Iron Chef America, opening Encore Hotel in Las Vegas and guiding Anthony Bourdain through many markets and restaurants, Chef Jet Tila is internationally celebrated for his culinary expertise. This best-selling author grew up in the first family of Thai food and then later attending both French and Japanese culinary schools, Jet is a born educator and story teller. Jet was appointed as the inaugural Culinary Ambassador of Thai Cuisine by the Royal Thai Consulate, the first-ever chef to represent his country’s culture and cuisine.  Chef Jet’s culinary operations includes VP Culinary of Pei Wei Group 148 restaurants & Managing Partner Dragon Tiger Noodle Co in Las Vegas. He has partnerships with Compass Group, Schwan’s & NBC Universal/DreamWorks. His food reaches millions of people a year.He appears as co-host of Iron Chef America and recurring judge on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay and Guy’s Grocery Games. As well as an array of shows ranging from the Today, MasterChef, Rachel Ray and holds six culinary Guinness World Records.Keep up with Chef Jet:Website: chefjet.comFacebook: @chefjettilaTwitter: @jettilaInstagram: @jettilaFoodNetworkKitchen app Links for this episode:SurfasSurfasonline.com@SurfasLA Guy FieriGuyfieri.com@guyfieri Off Their Plateofftheirplate.org       Dine One OneDine11.org@Dine11_LASubmit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Today's episode was recorded on April 21, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell speaks with Dr. Michael Gottlieb about the AIDS crisis and how it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Their discussion covers how AIDs was found to be a new clinical entity, what factors may have lead to the discovery of COVID-19 as a new clinical entity, how the delay and/or lack of information from politicians affects public health, as well as what we as a medical community and society can learn about the HIV and AIDS epidemic that might be applicable to the current pandemic. Dr. Michael Gottlieb, a physician and immunologist, who is credited with identifying AIDS as a new disease in 1981. Dr. Gottlieb is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and was a post-doctoral fellow in Immunology at Stanford University. He is Medical Advisor to the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA), a not-for-profit that addresses HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Africa.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Check out the small businesses mentioned in today's episode on social media! - Shiro Restaurant (@ShiroPasadena on Twitter and Facebook)- Union Restaurant (@Union_Pasadena on Twitter)- Friends Indeed Food Bank (@FID_Pasadena on Twitter and Instagram)Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19

Today's episode was recorded on April 15, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell and Mike Veseth discuss various economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the questions covered include:Is the United States currently in a recession?What can we learn about the economic effects of the virus from Italy and China? How has the pandemic affected the economics of the wine industry?What industries related to wine have been affected by the pandemic?Mike Veseth is professor emeritus of International Political Economy at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He is an authority on globalization and the global wine market. He reports his discoveries on this blog, The Wine Economist, and in more than a dozen books. Mike was named Washington Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His 2005 book Globaloney was selected as a Best Business Book of 2005 by Library Journal. Mike has also taught at the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems in Prague and at the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Italy.  He was Academic Advisor to the award winning educational website for the PBS/WGBH series, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. He is a trustee of the University of Puget Sound. Mike earned the B.A. degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from Purdue University.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Check out the small business mentioned in today's episode on social media! - Vien Dong Restaurant in Tacoma, Washington Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Recorded April 15, 2020. In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Senator Bill Dodd, who represents California’s 3rd District. They discuss the current state of affairs as well as what the government is doing to help certain groups and industries.Questions from this episode include:How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the economy in the area you serve?What is being done currently to support the small businesses in your area and what advice do you have for small business owners to help them weather this storm?Do you have thoughts about how and when to begin reopening the economy?What are your thoughts about how this pandemic is affecting students and what can be done to ensure they are receiving the education they deserve? Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Senator Bill Dodd was elected in 2016 to represent California’s 3rd Senate District, Sen. Bill Dodd is a fifth-generation Californian and lifelong resident of the district, where he grew up on a small family farm in Napa County. The district includes all of Napa and Solano counties and portions of Contra Costa, Sacramento, Sonoma and Yolo counties. Sen. Dodd serves as the chair of the Governmental Organization Committee and is a member of the Transportation Committee, the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and the Insurance Committee. He is co-chair of the Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry and the Legislative Delta Caucus.  His work in the Senate has spanned many topics – from improving public education to protecting seniors and the environment. He is one of the Legislature's most prolific legislators, authoring 67 laws in the last 5 years. As a senator representing wildfire-torn Napa and Sonoma counties, he co-chaired the 2018 conference committee on wildfire safety and prevention and authored numerous bills that were signed into law to protect Californians from future infernos and accompanying utility rate hikes. Prior to his election to the Senate, Sen. Dodd represented the 4th Assembly District. In the Assembly, he worked to help small businesses, protect the environment, and support seniors and working families. He advanced a balanced, sustainable budget that invests in our education system from preschool through higher education. He helped establish the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit, promote career technical education, and create the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument – preserving over 330,000 acres of the California Coast Ranges in Napa, Yolo, Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Mendocino counties. Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Recorded April 9, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by breakout actor Will Ropp to discuss the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the film industry.Questions from this episode include:What are you seeing actors and actresses in Hollywood doing these days to try to support the public and healthcare workers during this COVID pandemic?I have to assume that the shooting of films and TV shows is currently shut down just as most other industries are, is that correct?How does that affect working actors who suddenly don’t have work, and what do you do at times like these to make ends meet?Can you tell us how health insurance works for actors? Is it something you purchase yourself, something you get when you are working, or a benefit you get through the Screen Actors Guild?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Will Ropp is a breakout star and can currently be seen on the big screen as he stars as ‘Kenny,’ a street-smart, cocky member of the team who is the go-to shooting guard, in Warner Brothers’ “The Way Back”, alongside Ben Affleck. Ropp will also be seen as ‘Timmy Shields’ this spring in the drama “Silk Road.” Will’s ability to play diverse characters and his unassuming confidence and drive are being recognized quickly across Hollywood, further spearheading his career. You can follow Will on Instagram (@willropp) and Twitter (@willropp).He wants to give a shoutout to Slab Barbecue in California. Watch his short film SCHMIK on Vimeo.Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Today's episode was recorded on April 8, 2020. In this episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell meets with the Johns Hopkins Team to discuss their COVID-19 infographic initiative and how COVID-19 has impacted life as well as education for medical students. The Johns Hopkins Team is comprised of a number of medical students whose goal is to provide accurate and relevant information about the coronavirus pandemic using infographics through social media at CovidUp2Date (@covidup2date on instagram). Joining us in this episode from the John Hopkins Team is Lucy Nam, Allie Berges, Neha Anand, and Shannon Wongvibulsin. Lucy Nam graduated from Harvard College in 2017 with her degree in molecular and cellular biology. During medical school she has led several public health organizations in Baltimore, as well as nationally. She plans to apply for surgical programs this upcoming year with an interest in the clinical applications of 3-D bioengineering. Alexandra Berges graduated from Johns Hopkins University with her degree in biomedical engineering and a minor in computer science. During medical school, she has led biomedical engineering start-up companies aimed at improving global healthcare delivery. She is interested in the intersection of healthcare and technology, and plans to specialize in head and neck surgery during her residency. Neha Anand graduated from Yale College in 2017 with a degree in economics and molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. She will be completing a Master's degree in public health with an emphasis in epidemiology and biostatistics. She plans to specialize in pediatrics. Shannon Wonvibulsin graduated from UCLA in 2014 with a degree in bioengineering and a minor in biomedical research. She was the director and editor in chief of UCLA Total Health Awareness magazine. She completed her PhD in 2019 with her research focused in computational medicine as part of the Hopkins Individualized Health Initiative. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Check out the small businesses mentioned in today's episode on social media! - Ekiben (@ekibenbaltimore)- Honeygrow (@honeygrow)- Kippo (@kipporamen)Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19. 

Recorded April 6, 2020. In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Todd Forman to discuss how the coronavirus is impacting private practices and how patients are reacting and responding to the transition to telehealth as well as the situation as a whole. This episodes also talks about philosophies around potential changes to paradigm shifts in our perspectives on globalism, consumerism, and the environment. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Forman is a partner at Forman Family Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Forman received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, his medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine, and completed his residency at UCLA-Santa Monica Hospital and then received a master’s degree in medical education from the Keck USC School of Medicine. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Forman is active in medical education as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Keck School of Medicine at USC.Dr. Forman also has a unique musical background. From 1988 to 1996 he played saxophone for the band Sublime before pursuing a career in medicine. In 2005 he started playing music again after a 10-year hiatus. From 2009 to 2011 he joined the original lineup of Sublime with Rome for a world tour and built a home music studio. In 2013, he formed Jelly of the Month club to make music for children and families, playing shows at schools, hospitals, community events, resorts, and Knotts Berry Farm in Southern California, playing with Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang. In 2019, Dr. Forman formed the Moxy Brothers music production team with Adrian Young, the drummer from the band No Doubt. You can follow Todd and his bands on Instagram at @captdrtodd @moxybros @jellyofthemonthclub. As well as the bands website: http://jellyofthemonthclub.com Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.

Recorded April 18, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Tim Horita to discuss the current state of testing for Covid-19 and the different methods available and how that translates into herd immunity. Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in today’s episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Horita has been practicing family medicine in Southern California for 23 years after graduating with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in 1997. After serving as Chief Resident at the Kaiser Woodland Hills Family Medicine Residency Program he became a member of their faculty and later became program director. He continues to enjoy teaching students and residents and is an assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Currently Dr. Horita practices in Oxnard California with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and in his community at the Westminster free clinic. His publications include several textbooks and a peer-reviewed article in the journal American Family Physician. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society and in 2018 was awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Originally recorded April 14, 2020. In this episode Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Richard Isaacs, the CEO and Executive Director of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group.  Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Richard S. Isaacs is the CEO and Executive Director of The Permanente Medical Group and president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, two of the largest and most distinguished medical groups in the nation. Together, TPMG and MAPMG have more than 10,000 Permanente physicians and over 40,000 nurses and staff delivering high-quality health care to more than 5 million Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Dr. Isaacs, who was named to Modern Healthcare’s list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders in 2018, also serves as co-CEO of The Permanente Federation, LLC. The Federation is a consortium of all the Permanente Medical Groups in the nation, and it supports the work of more than 22,000 Permanente physicians and 80,000 employees. In this role, Dr. Isaacs provides strategic leadership and direction to all the Permanente Medical Groups, and to the national Kaiser Permanente Program. Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals. Born and raised in Detroit, Dr. Isaacs received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He completed his otolaryngology-head and neck surgery training in New York at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital/New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Subsequently, he received his head and neck oncologic and skull base surgical training from UC Davis. He joined The Permanente Medical Group following the completion of his surgical training in 1995. He is board certified in otolaryngology with advanced certification in head and neck oncologic surgery, is a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Submit Your Questions for the Podcast Send an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.com What Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.

Today's episode (recorded April 3, 2020) features a discussion between Dr. Ted O'Connell and Dr. Tessa Stecker. Topics covered in the interview include: What health policy means and how the COVID-19 is viewed through it's lens.How the COVID-19 pandemic affecting large groups of vulnerable people.The issues within the United States healthcare system that COVID-19 is bringing to light.The impact of COVID-19 on homeless populations.What adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are and how they affect physical as well as mental health.What implicit bias is and how it influences the bouts of xenophobia/racism seen throughout this pandemicDr. Tessa Stecker is the Program Director for the Kaiser Permanente Northern CaliforniaCommunity Medicine Fellowships and Program Director for the KP Northern California Resident Health Policy Elective. In addition to overseeing the community medicine fellows, she works closely with medical students and residents completing their community medicine and global health rotations and projects at the KP Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Stecker is committed to achieving equity for vulnerable populations. Dr. Stecker attended the University of Southern California for her undergraduate education and medical eschool where she developed a passion for health education, serving underserved populations and working with students as a mentor and teacher. She completed her residency at the Kaiser Woodland Hills Family Medicine Residency Program where she also served as a chief resident. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! More information on topics discussed in this episode: OpEds/Letters to the Editor: Tips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writers: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/tips-for-aspiring-op-ed-writers.htmlHow to Write an Op-Ed Article: https://www.umass.edu/pep/sites/default/files/how_to_write_an_oped-duke_2.pdfOp-Ed Writing: Tips and Tricks: https://www.theopedproject.org/oped-basics/Implicit Bias: Project Implicit: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/Volunteer opportunities: https://www.feedingamerica.org/ACE's: ACE's aware (for healthcare providers); https://www.acesaware.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0e2LnJnU6AIVkbfsCh2AjwhbEAAYASAAEgKNa_D_BwEACE's impact: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/acestudy/index.html Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

Recorded April 8, 2020. In this episode Dr. O’Connell is joined by Dr. Rishi Desai from Osmosis and recent Fox News fame. They discuss hot topics such as testing and re-opening the country and the economy. They also discuss Osmosis' mission to increase the number of health care workers to address the increased demand by raising the line. Questions asked in this episode:What does it mean to “raise the line”?Can you tell us more about your idea of a mandated shutdown?What is the reality of the current U.S. testing?Why has California not been as impacted much as places like New York?Your host isDr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Rishi Desai (MD, MPH) is a pediatric infectious disease physician with a public health background who currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Osmosis and recently led Khan Academy Medicine. Dr. Desai had an accelerated education, completing high school and receiving his BS in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from UCLA by the age of 18. He completed his medical training at UCSF and went on to work at medical centers including Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Stanford University. He earned his MPH in epidemiology at UCLA and then spent two years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer investigating disease outbreaks before beginning his work in online medical education.As Osmosis’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Desai leads the development of content creation, public outreach, and strategic growth. Osmosis generates open-education videos and questions that are available in multiple languages and serves as a personalized learning engine for 600,000+ medical students, clinicians, and caregivers around the world. As a company, Osmosis seeks to empower this population with the best learning experience possible, and Dr. Desai plays a vital role in this mission.Flatten the Curve and Raise the Linehttps://www.osmosis.org/covid-19RaiseTheLine.orgHighland Hospital@HighlandHosp@AHS_HighlandRishi on Fox Newshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nFVl40TU_4&feature=emb_titleSubmit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD. Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

In this episode, Dr. O’Connell discusses comorbidities that may increase your risk of having severe symptoms if infected with COVID-19. Such conditions include: diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, COPD, and more. Risk is also increased if you are a smoker. Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in today’s episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

The interview in this episode was recorded on March 30, 2020. In the episode, Dr. Ted O'Connell and Dr. Sallie Permar discuss various aspects of COVID-19 vaccine development for traditionally vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, infants, and children. Dr. Permar provides insight into what coronavirus vaccine development looks like now and what it may become in the future. Some questions covered include:Are the differences in rates of infection in infants and children related to how the virus attaches in their bodies, differences in their immune systems, or other factors?How does work developing vaccines against neonatal viral pathogens such as HIV and CMV relate to the development of a COVID vaccine?How does this challenge relate to the challenge of predicting which strains of influenza to include in the vaccine each year? Are there concerns about COVID-19 mutating or developing other strains?Sallie Permar is a physician scientist focusing on the prevention and treatment of neonatal viral infections. She leads a research laboratory investigating immune protection against vertical transmission of neonatal viral pathogens, has made important contributions to the development of vaccines for prevention of vertical HIV transmission, and is leading the development of HIV vaccine strategies in preclinical maternal/infant nonhuman primate models and translation of this work for clinical vaccine trials in infants. Dr. Permar has a PhD in Microbiology/Immunology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and completed her clinical training in pediatric infectious diseases at Children’s Hospital in Boston. She has received multiple prestigious investigator awards and was inducted into the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). She also serves on the board of the National CMV Foundation. She is an institutional and national leader in physician-scientist training, serving as the Associate Dean of Physician-Scientist Development at Duke University Medical School and was selected by the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) as the next Director of the national Pediatric Scientist Development Program in 2019. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Check Ted out on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

This interview was originally recorded on March 29, 2020. In this episode, Dr. O’Connell talks with Dr. Houston about herd mentality and how fear and anxiety are affecting people’s emotions and actions during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Houston also offers advice on how to maintain mental wellness during these atypical situations. Questions discussed in this episode include:Why aren’t people buying like items like fruits and vegetables?What part of the brain is involved in the herd mentality?What is driving the need/desire for people to keep watching the news even if it makes them fearful?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Check Ted out on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Mitch Houston is a PhD clinical Psychologist. Dr. Houston has been on staff with Kaiser Permanente for 34 years. He is the Clinical Director of Psychiatry for the Vallejo and Vacaville medical centers in California. Dr. Houston is a part of the Behavioral Medicine faculty of the Family Medicine training program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano. He is also in private practice in Berkley, California. Dr. Houston specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD.Special thank you to Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

In this episode, Dr. Ted O’Connell and Nick Nissen discuss the mental health concerns that have been arising in the wake of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Some of the topics covered include:● An overview of some prominent mental health concerns during this pandemic● A description of the neurological mechanism behind our increased anxiety during a pandemic● How to approach concerns of anxiety and depression● A tutorial of cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive distortion exercises for decreasing anxiety● A behavioral activation approach for preventing and managing depression while in quarantineNick Nissen is an author and speaker who is passionate about addiction medicine and medical education. He is graduating from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and will be a resident physician in the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry with an academic appointment as an HMS Clinical Fellow. He is the Co-Founder of the medical education company, InsideTheBoards, and is a Level 1 team-CBT therapist. He is active on Instagram (@student_doctor_nissen) and Youtube (Student Dr. Nissen).The cognitive behavioral therapy work of Dr. David Burns was mentioned during this episode. You can find out more about his books, podcast, and other materials at www.feelinggood.com.Additionally, as many continue to suffer from the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to support those in the industries most affected by this economic downturn. For this cause, Nick Nissen asks you to consider supporting his brother-in-law (George Dewey) who was a bicycle tour guide in Austin, Texas and was recently laid off due to tourism interruption. The “Stay Weird Austin Stay Strong” T-shirt campaign is a historical movement in the Austin community. By purchasing the shirt with the code “DOITFORDEWEY”, all profits will go to help him pay rent during these difficult times. Go to: https://twothirteen.bigcartel.com/ and use the discount code: DOITFORDEWEYYour host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

In this episode, Dr. O’Connell talks about new guidelines from the CDC and the World Health Organization regarding the use of masks in public and the different kinds of masks available.Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in todays episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Follow CovidUp2date on instagram for infographics and other resources regarding the pandemic.Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Originally recorded 3/27/2020.Today’s episode brings a different perspective and looks at the situation outside of the United States, specifically in Africa. Reverend Dowd is interested in african politics and helping communities and here he shares information about how the pandemic is affecting African communities. Questions in this episode include:I know that part of what you have been doing is focused on improving maternal/child healthcare access in Africa and also working on small business empowerment. Can you tell our audience about this, and particularly about the new maternal/child hospital in Dandora?The healthcare system in most countries in Africa looks very different than it does in the United States. Can you tell us what the healthcare system looks like in the countries where you have focused your work?In countries that are less well-developed than the United States and that don’t have the healthcare resources we have, how are they trying to address the COVID-19 pandemic?What approaches are they taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19?What are the unique challenges in developing countries that don’t have robust communications, technology, and healthcare systems?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Today’s guest is Reverend Robert Dowd, who is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include African politics, ethnic politics, and the relationship between religion, political institutions, national identity, and human development. He is the author of Christianity, Islam, and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently focusing on research concerning religion and the integration of migrants and refugees in Europe and North America and the effects of faith-based schools on citizenship and civic engagement in Africa.  Father Dowd founded the Ford Family Program in 2008, which is part of Notre Dame’s Kellogg Institute for International Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs. Its mission is to integrate teaching, research, and grassroots community engagement in parts of the world where extreme poverty continues to be a major challenge. Ordained a Holy Cross Priest in 1994, Father Dowd holds a BA in economics from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in political science from UCLA.Get involvedThose interested in learning more about Brother Andre Medical Centre in Nairobi, Kenya can go tohttps://www.holycrossusa.org/visitation-maternity-ward/http://brotherandremedicalcentre.org/Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and SolidaritySubmit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do?You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

Originally recorded on 3/24/2020 Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Check Ted out on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Dr. Jay Lee is the Chief Medical Officer at Share Our Selves, a nationally recognized health center serving the vulnerable and disadvantaged in Orange County, CA and giving voice to the needs of the poor by advocating for change in the structures and systems unjustly affecting the lives of our patients and communities.A graduate of the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University, he worked for a non-governmental organization in post-war rural northern El Salvador supporting local physicians and organizing public health projects before returning stateside for medical school at the University of Southern California and family medicine residency training at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. He then worked at community health centers in Southern California and Boston, where he earned his Masters of Public Health at Harvard University with an emphasis in Health Policy and Management.Dr. Lee is board-certified in Family Medicine and remains active in physician leadership, currently serving as Chair of California’s Family Physicians Political Action Committee and as one of our state chapter’s Alternate Delegates to the American Academy of Family Physicians Congress. He has also served as a past president of the California Academy of Family Physicians and was a co-founder of the Family Medicine Revolution hashtag (#FMRevolution), a grassroots social media movement giving the power of telling family medicine’s story back to family physicians and building a global community of thought leaders.In 2018, Dr. Lee was named a California Academy of Family Physicians Hero of Family Medicine.Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

In this episode (recorded March 22, 2020), Dr. Ted O’Connell speaks with Dr. Sanaz Majd about important topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic such as:- What CFR is and how it is broken down.- The effects of ACE-inhibitors and ARBs on those who contract COVID-19.- What experts and medical societies are saying about ACE-inhibitors and ARBs.Furthermore, Dr. Majd discusses the various ways in which she is involved in medical education and provides a number of resources for medical students. Dr. Sanaz Majd is a board certified family physician in San Diego, California, and creator of her own popular YouTube channel. Dr. Majd received her undergraduate degree from the University of California San Diego and her medical degree from the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr. Majd is a medical writer and former host of The House Call Doctor podcast for a total of 9 years. To learn more about Dr. Majd, check her out on Twitter (@SMajdMD), Instagram (@smajdmd), Facebook, and TikTok! Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

Originally recorded March 28, 2020. In this weekend's update, Dr. O’Connell discusses the various treatments being used and vaccines that are being developed. Medications and treatments being used include Remdesivir, Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine and convalescence serum. Some drugs and treatments have shown better results than others but more testing needs done. Unfortunately the first commercially available vaccines will not be ready for 12-18 months. Special thanks to Pranay Bonagiri for helping research the topics discussed in today's episode.Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do?You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

This interview was recorded on 3/26/2020. Today’s guest, Dr. Robert Pearl, is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical group, the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Medical Group. In these roles, he led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff, and was responsible for the nationally recognized medical care of 5 million Kaiser Permanente members on the west and east coasts. Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Check Ted out on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Pearl received his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine, followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Stanford University. Named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders, Dr. Pearl is an advocate for the power of integrated, prepaid, technologically advanced and physician-led healthcare delivery. He serves as clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and health care policy.Dr. Pearl is the author of “Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong,” a Washington Post bestseller that offers a roadmap for transforming American healthcare. All proceeds from the book go to Doctors Without Borders.Dr. Pearl hosts the popular podcasts Fixing Healthcare, publishes a newsletter with over 10,000 subscribers called Monthly Musings on American Healthcare, and is a regular contributor to Forbes. He has been featured on CBS This Morning, CNBC, NPR, and in TIME, USA Today, and Bloomberg News. He published more than 100 articles in medical journals and contributed to numerous books. A frequent keynote speaker at healthcare and medical technology conferences, Dr. Pearl has addressed the Commonwealth Club, the World Healthcare Congress, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s National Quality Forum.Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out https://covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do?You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD

In today’s episode (recorded March 25, 2020), Dr. Ted O’Connell speaks with Dr. Jennifer Babik about the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics in this interview are focused on the disease itself with questions being answered such as: - What do we know about the incubation period of COVID-19?- If someone becomes infected with COVID-19 and they recover, can they be considered immune or are they able to become reinfected? - Can the COVID-19 virus mutate or develop other strains such as we see in seasonal flu?- What are the treatment options that have been used? Which methods are the most successful?  Dr. Jennifer Babik specializes in clinical infectious diseases at UC San Francisco and has a particular focus on infections in immunocompromised individuals. Dr. Babik received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a PhD in Physiologic Sciences from the University of Oxford before receiving her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Babik then completed her residency training in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious diseases, both at UC San Francisco.Dr. Babik is very interested in medical education and serves as the Associate Program Director for Subspecialty Education for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and as the Assistant Program Director for Curriculum for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship at UC San Francisco. She regularly gives lectures for students, residents, and fellows as well as pharmacy and dental students. Dr. Babik’s primary interests in medical education are creating innovative ways to teach clinical infectious diseases to learners at all levels, developing best practices for effective teaching by consultants, and curriculum development for subspecialty education within internal medicine residency training. Dr. Babik has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards. You can follow Dr. Babik on Twitter (@jen_babik)!Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan.Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD 

In this episode, Dr. O’Connell talks with Nurse Keith and discusses the public health measures being taken as well as the impact on lower-income families. They also talk about the risk to health care workers in the field, especially from the lack of PPE. We are reminded to remember the humanity behind the person behind the mask and each other.Questions discussed in this episode include:How can we work together, better, during this pandemic?Is there a way to change workflows to better address COVID-19?Is is possible to recruit retired doctors and nurses to help with the increasing need for patient care?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Check Ted out on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Nurse Keith has been a nurse since 1996, and has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including: home health, community health, case management, public health, hospice, and nursing education. He has also held management and executive positions, including Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Nursing. He is a Board-Certified Nurse Coach (NC-BC) under the auspices of the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. You can follow him on twitter (@NurseKetih) and on Instagram (@NurseKeithCoaching).Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to info@arslonga.media or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed.The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD