Well Said | Zucker School of Medicine

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Ying Lu, Director of the Celiac Program at Cohen Children's Medical Center/Northwell Health and Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about how Celiac Disease, an autoimmune condition with serious consequences on many aspects of life, can have extra implications […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Michael Schwartz, Chief of Urology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, an Associate Professor of Urology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and the Director of Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery for the Smith Institute of Urology at Northwell as we dive into the science, the stories, […]

Joining us on Well Said is licensed social worker and motivational speaker, Michael Kalberer and director at the Inherited Retinal Disorders Service at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Jason I. Comander. They will be talking about CRISPR gene editing, a technology that can contribute […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr Mundeep Kainth, is a board-certified pediatrician & pediatric infectious disease physician and Associate Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine to tell us the full story of measles – a highly infection disease of the past, now posing a new threat. 

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. John Procaccino, Director of North Shore University Hospital's Center for Colon and Rectal Diseases, and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at North Shore University Hospital to talk about the ins and out of colon cancer including screening measures, early signs and symptoms, options for treatment, and […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jon Oren and Dr. Beth Nash. Dr. Oren is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital and an expert in emerging treatments for a wide range of spine disorders. Dr. Beth Nash (along with being the wife of the host!) is an internist and infectious diseases specialist […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Anna Costakis, Director of Psychiatry Residency Training at Northwell Staten Island University Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine to talk about how with the appropriate support, treatments, and knowledge, people living with depression can find hope and healing. 

Joining us on Well Said is Ms. Kate Donovan and Dr. Chase Moon. Kate Donovan is the Director of Northeast Environmental Health and Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council and Dr. Charles (Chase) Moon, is a Pediatric Environmental Health Fellow in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science at the Icahn School […]

Joining us on Well Said is Danielle Butin, the founder and CEO of the AFYA Foundation. She will be discussing how healthcare systems around the world, particularly within the United States throw out tons of valuable, usable medical supplies every day; and how by recovering some of these unused supplies and redistributing them to underserved […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Michael Erdek, Founding Director of Pain Management at the Zuckerberg Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Oncology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about Interventional Pain Management: a specialized field that focuses on minimally invasive procedures to help manage pain.  

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jill Whyte, a gynecologic oncologist at Northwell Health and Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and Sudhi Trye, an OBGYN Attending with the Northwell Health Physician Partners and Assistant Professor Zucker School of Medicine. They will be helping us understand the ins and […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jennifer Goebel, Director of Wellness for the Emergency Medicine Service Line at Northwell Health and Medical Staff Vice President for Huntington Hospital. She will be talking about how burnout and stress have long been significant challenges for healthcare workers and the growing efforts on finding real, sustainable solutions […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Franklin Zimmerman and Shelley Zimmerman. Dr. Franklin Zimmerman is a cardiologist at Northwell Health, and he serves as the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Phelps Hospital and Shelly Zimmerman is a former Chief of Police for the San Diego Police Department. They will be diving into complexities and […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jeff Boyd, Director and Professor of the Institute of Cancer Research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director of the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute to talk about the basics of cancer, the role of […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Andrea Vambutas, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Head and Neck Services at Northwell Health and Chair of Otolaryngology here at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss the causes of sudden hearing loss and how early diagnosis and treatment are key […]

Listen in on a very special show celebrating 5 years of bringing you Well Said. We will be discussing how Well Said was created with the idea that educating the public about health and wellbeing would help fulfill the mission of the Zucker SOM to improve the health of our community. Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Dan Sciubba, the Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Northwell Health and the ZSOM and his patient, Margaret Wilson. To celebrate five years of changing lives, we will be talking about how an episode that aired back in October of 2021 ended up changing Margaret Life's completely.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Andrea Zimmern, a board-certified colorectal surgeon at Northwell Health, faculty member for the Colorectal Fellowship Program and Urogynecology Fellowship Program, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about the causes, symptoms, stigmas, treatments, etc. regarding the ailment known as Hemorrhoids.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Philip Solomon, Geriatrics Fellowship Program Director at Northwell Health, Director of Geriatric Education and Clinical Integration, and Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss the difficulties faced by those needing to be on many different medications at once.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Pina Sanelli, Vice Chair of Radiology Research for Northwell Health and Director of the Imaging Clinical Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (iCEOR) division, to talk about the balance between the cost of diagnostic tests and their usefulness for patients.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Arun Swaminath and Dr. Keith Sultan. Dr. Swaminath is the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he is also the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Program and Dr. Sultan serves as the Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Program of Medicine/Gastroenterology at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center and at North Shore University Hospital. They will be discussing two increasingly common ailments in the world of gastrointestinal health, “irritable bowel syndrome” (IBS) and “Inflammatory Bowel Disease” (IBD)

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Maja Svarkic, Associate Program Director for the Residency in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery at Hofstra/Northwell and an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the Zucker School of Medicine to discuss the various presentations and impacts of the common auditory ailment known as tinnitus.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Vera Feuer, the co-chair of the Emergency Child Psychiatry Committee of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, former President of the NY Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine here at the Zucker School of Medicine. She will be helping us explore the complex underlying reasons for substance use in young people which can often be rooted in emotional and psychological challenges.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jules Winokur, Vice Chair of Ophthalmology at Northwell Health, Director of the Ophthalmology Residency Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Winokur will be diving into the topic of cataracts, from what causes them to how we can treat them.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Andrew Yacht, Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Northwell Health, an ACGME Designated Institutional Official, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and a Professor of Medicine here at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He will be helping us understand the thousands of individual decisions that contribute to how we address the overall healthcare needs of our society.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. John Young, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health at Northwell Health to talk about how CBME is shaping the future of medical education and assessment, as well as how this will affect the healthcare experience for all of us.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Nina Vincoff, Division Chief of Breast Imaging at Northwell Health, and Medical Director and Vice President for Clinical Initiatives and Patient Experience for the Katz Institute for Women's Health to talk about all aspects of breast cancer screening. Including new technology, new guidelines about how to use that technology and new insights about women's health that are coming through the application of artificial intelligence.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Aldo Iacono, Medical Director of the Northwell Health Lung Transplantation Program, to talk about how lung transplantations work to improve life quality for those with end-stage lung disease who are not responsive to medications or other surgical interventions, and how significant advancements are continuing to be made every day.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Maria Carney, Chief of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine for Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital and Adam Kahn, Adjunct Professor with the Master's in Health Law and Policy Program at University and a Senior Fellow for the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy at Hofstra University. They will be helping us unpack the complex topic of Advanced Directives; or written statements of a person’s wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor.

Well Said has invited Dr. Peter Silver, Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Northwell Health to talk about where hospital ratings come from, are they meaningful, and are they reliable?

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jacqueline Moline and Chris Ciuffo. Dr. Moline is the founding Chair of the Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology & Prevention at Northwell Health and at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and serves as the director of the Queens World Trade Center Health Program operated by LIJ Medical Center. Chris Ciuffo is a retired NYPD officer who served at Ground Zero as a first responder and has been receiving support through the WTC Health Program. They will be talking about what made Ground Zero a toxic environment, the scope and consequence of exposure, and the efforts made to address these issues by the World Trade Center Health Program.

Well Said has invited Sven Gierlinger, Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer for Northwell Health to shine some light on how patient experience surveys act as the voice of the patients; helping healthcare providers understand patients' perceptions about what's working and what needs improvement.

Well Said has invited Dr. Nisha Parikh, System Director of the Women's Heart Program for Northwell Health's Cardiovascular Institute and the Katz Institute for Women's Health to shine some light on the gender-specific differences in how women experience heart failure and what this means for improving outcomes and ensuring equitable care.

Well Said has invited Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, Senior Vice-President of Family Medicine for Northwell Health and the Inaugural Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to talk about the record-setting winter temperatures, unprecedented increases in storms and hurricanes and hotter summer that all encompass Climate Change and what that means for our health.

Well Said has invited Dr. Amar Shah, Chief of the division of Cardiac Imaging in the department of Radiology at Northwell Health, and an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss how doctors can look at the heart in new ways using CT scanners, making it possible to get a better idea of someone's risk of having a heart attack or determining optimal treatment plans without the need for invasive tests.

Well Said has invited Dr. David Podwall, a board-certified neurologist, President of the Nassau County Medical Society and an Assistant Professor here at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about how access to medical care and treatment has become a topic of importance as both patients and health systems encounter financial, logistical, and geographic barriers to receiving or delivering the high-quality medical care.

Well Said has invited Dr. Teresa Amato, Director of Emergency Medicine and Vice President of Resource Management at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital to talk about the variety and severity animal bites and stings and how to avoid, identify and treat them.

Well Said has invited Dr. Jamie Kane, Chief of Obesity Medicine and Director of the Center for Weight Management at Northwell Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to talk about the recent rise in obesity and in our country and what weight loss drugs mean for people who may be struggling with this disease.

Well Said has invited Dr. Sanjeev Kothare, Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Cohen Children's Medical Center, where he also serves as a Senior Epileptologist and Co-Director of the Pediatric Sleep Program. Dr. Kothare is also the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Service Line for Northwell Health and a Professor of Pediatrics & Neurology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Today, we will be talking about the history, causes, warning signs, symptoms and more of autism spectrum disorder.

Speaking with us on Well Said is Dr. Banu Aygun, a Pediatric Hematologist, Oncologist and Professor of Pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She also serves as the Associate Chief of Hematology at Cohen's Children's Hospital and the Section Head of Sickle Cell Disease at Cohen Children's Medical Center. She will be joined by her patient, Juan Carlos Benitez who was part of a landmark clinical trial that led to the FDA approval of a gene therapy for SSD. They will be discussing the ins and outs of SSD as well as the many new promising treatments including recent clinical trials focusing on gene editing.

Well Said has invited Dr. Karina Davidson, Senior Vice President of Research for Northwell Health and Director of the Institute of Health System Science at The Feinstein Institutes and Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to assist us in understanding how to digest the reports and headlines discussing epidemiologic trends and related research findings.

Well Said has invited Dr. Avy Ronay, a Pediatric Neurologist who leads Northwell Health's pediatric concussion program and Lead Clinical Strategist for remote Physiological Monitoring, Communications, Digital Health and Sensors for Northwell to talk about how to use the information from self-tracking to live healthier, better lives.

Well Said has invited Dr. Jamie Ghigiarelli, a Professor in the Department of Allied Health and Kinesiology at Hofstra University, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Performance Sports Scientist, to talk about how new research suggests that strength training such as weightlifting may play a crucial and previously neglected role in promoting cardiovascular health.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Paul Desan, Director of the Psychiatric Consultation Service for Yale New Haven Hospital, Associate Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he leads the Winter Depression Research Clinic and co-founder of Pursuit of Happiness Project, a nonprofit, data-driven enterprise that provides science-based information on life skills needed to fight depression and experience greater psychological well-being. Dr. Desan will be talking Seasonal Affect Disorder, also known as SAD, a condition that can for periods of the year affect how we feel, think about ourselves, and interact with others.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Steven Fishbane, Vice President of Northwell Health's Network Dialysis Services, Chief of Kidney Disease and Hypertension for Northwell Health and Professor at the Institute of Health System Science at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Fishbane will be exploring the nuances of kidney disease, including its causes, risk factors and treatment options.

Well Said has invited Dr. Amgad Makaryus, Chairman of Cardiology at Nassau University Medical Center and Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to help us better understand how diabetes and cardiovascular disease relate to one another. We will also learn how this understanding is a vital step toward affording healthier lives for those navigating these overlapping diseases.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Mark Talamini, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Northwell Health Physician Partners, Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Surgical Endoscopy and the President of the Foundation for Surgical Fellowships. He will be talking about Natural Orifice Surgery, a kind of surgery based on using the body's naturally occurring entry points to reach inside.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Lyndonna Marrast, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Science Education at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, as well as a practicing primary care physician and children's book author. She will be discussing the ways that our relationships can impact our health and the importance of intergenerational connections and family relationships to our well-being.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Eugenia Gianos, Professor of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, System Director for Cardiovascular Prevention with Northwell Health and Director of both the Women's Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and the Western Region for the Katz Institute Women's Heart Program. She will be talking about the dangers of high cholesterol and how cholesterol awareness and cholesterol management have become a crucial public health issue.

Joining us on Well Said is Ms. Candice Halinski, a nurse practitioner who specializes in the care of patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for Northwell Health Ambulatory Care and an Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She will be talking about how traditionally, the only choices that patients with ESRD have been offered are a kidney transplant or chronic dialysis – however today there are different approaches to be considered.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Randi Goldman, a gynecologist specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility or REI, program director for the Northwell Health fellowship training program in REI and assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell. Today we will be talking about the many advances in recent years in the field of assisted fertility and the current state of the art.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Alessandro Di Rocco, System Director for Neurology, Parkinson's, and Movement Disorders at Northwell Health and Professor of Neurology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to shed some light on exactly what is Parkinson's Disease? And what treatments are available to the patients it affects?