Medical Matters

Hey everyone and welcome back to our 6th and final episode of Medical Matters: Season 2, titled "The Gray Areas of Medicine"! We had the pleasure of being joined by Robert Fulbright, a renowned ethicist and thinker in the domains of medicine and healthcare at large, who attained a Masters in Clinical Ethics at Leeds, as well as Clinical Ethics Fellowship at California Pacific Medical Center. He also serves as a professor within UNR Med and advises hospitals as they encounter complex ethical dilemmas. Our conversation was insightful, and covered a range of topics from comparisons of the ethical values instilled within healthcare systems across the world, to the morality of transplant donations given a changing technological paradigm, to how humans may think of ourselves in a not-so-distant future where living over a century is the norm. And final note, we'll be back in the Fall!

Welcome back! Today we're excited to be joined by Dr. Robert Schooley, an individual who many of you may recognize in the coming years as a leading pioneer in the development of bacteriophage medicine. His prior work includes and is far from limited to Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics at UCSD, head of NIAID's AIDS Clinical Trials team which produced many of the antiretrovirals still in use for HIV/AIDS, as well as Editor of the Journal of Clinical Infectious diseases. Our conversation covered the history of bacteriophages, their unique clinical utility as an efficient alternative to antibiotics, and their potential in a world with antibiotic resistance that threatens much of the progress of the last century.

For our 4th episode of Season 2, we are joined by Joseph Skrajewski, MPH, a talented and highly accomplished individual who has shed new light into our understanding of addiction medicine and addiction education. Among many achievements, he serves as the Executive Director of Medical Education at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, a center which offers free-at-the-point-of-use rehabilitation care to over 25,000 individuals every year. He has worked closely with the White House, ASAM, and many others. Over our podcast, we talked about our understanding of addiction, how we can treat addiction as healthcare providers and loved ones, and what the intersection of COVID and mental health has looked like for those providing care.

Hey again! For our 3rd episode of Season 2, we are joined by the talented Dr. Mark Riddle, MD DrPH. Over the course of his career, he has served as a Captain in the US Navy's Medical Corps and done extensive work on pre-clinical and clinical vaccine development, publishing over 180 peer-reviewed publications. He now joins us to discuss the pressing matter of vaccines in an age of declining trust in public health. Our talk covered a broad range of topics, from the process of vaccine development, to the science and efficacy behind mRNA technology, to the matter of political polarization in the COVID era and how we may bridge the divide.

Hello and welcome back to Medical Matters! For our 2nd episode of Season 2, we're joined by the talented Lindsay Knox, a lobbyist for a variety of causes pertaining to patient rights and welfare within Nevada's State Legislature. Not only that, as an advocate she has put forth policy related to education, homelessness, and housing affordability, just to scratch the surface. And among these accolades, she also serves on the board for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, where she passionately promotes and effects policy for those with breast cancer. Join us for a conversation that spanned a broad range of topics, such as current lobbying efforts in the Nevada State Legislature, the path of policy and political change, and much more!

Hello everyone and welcome back to our 2nd season of Medical Matters! Today we welcome Dr. Will Miller, a UNR alumni and Family Med resident who holds a passion for medical education as well as rural primary care. Join us for an insightful look into the stigma, policy trends, unique advantages posed by primary care, and much more!

For our 6th and final episode of Medical Matters: Season 1, we are joined by the esteemed Dr. Peter Reed, Ph.D. Among his extensive history serving our elder population, Dr. Reed spearheads the Sanford Center for Aging, an organization dedicated to advancing integrative approaches to support the welfare of elders by combining research, education, and policy. Join us for a riveting conversation where we delved into our understanding of aging, deep-fried Twinkies, and much more!

Welcome back! For our 5th episode, we are joined by the accomplished Dr. Reka Danko M.D. She is dual board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, among the rarest combos in the nation. Dr. Danko furthered her passions as Chief Medical Officer of Northern Nevada Hopes, a local non-profit clinic where she dedicated her time to developing an addiction treatment and advocacy program that has improved countless lives. We engaged in a thought-provoking conversation that explored the stigma attached to those addicted, the science emerging behind this process, the future of the Opioid Epidemic, and much more!

Welcome to Medical Matters! In our 4th episode, we are joined by the esteemed Dr. Gil Carvalho M.D., Ph.D. He wears many hats: he is simultaneously a physician, research scientist, and science communicator. He trained as a physician at the University of Lisbon, and later went on to pursue an illustrious research career by attaining his Ph.D. in Biology at Caltech. He has published prolifically in nutrition science, as well in the fields of neuroscience, aging, genetics, and much more. He is also the star of a popular Youtube channel called Nutrition Made Simple, which seeks to provide practicable and digestible nutritional insights to viewers of any education level. We delved into a variety of topics, including the gut microbiome, plant-based meats, and much more!

Welcome to Medical Matters! For our 3rd episode, we are joined by Karen Bain, a Registered Dietitian who has worked with hundreds of patients at UNR Med, the VA, and beyond. She shares her insights from those many years of counseling patients and bringing many back from the brink of chronic disease toward a more fulfilling lifestyle. We touched on all kinds of interesting questions many of us have about nutrition science, shedding light into some of its biggest misconceptions, as well as the tragedy of food deserts, the mysterious "all white diet", and much more!

Welcome to Medical Matters! Today we are joined by Dr. Carrie Bedient, a renowned Reproductive Endocrinologist and OB/GYN who shares her thoughts on a field stirring up a great deal of interest (and controversy) among scientists and politicians alike. It is known as Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART for short), and it encompasses the likes of in-vitro fertilization, artificial wombs, and uterine transplants, to name a few. Join us for a fascinating exploration of its origins, present state, and imminent future, and what that means for us as people, patients, and providers.

Welcome to "Medical Matters"! We're a new podcast aiming to discuss all kinds of interesting topics in healthcare and medicine, while bringing on expert guests to share their stories and perspectives to all our benefit, all hosted by a couple of medical students: Kendahl Servino and Sunil Sathappan. Join us for our first episode, featuring a local celebrity geneticist, Dr. Joe Grzymski, the PI and mind behind the Healthy Nevada Project (our nation's largest genetic health study). It was a fascinating conversation that led us on a journey to discussing the future of genetic research and its consequences for patients, providers, and the public interest.