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In the first hour Scott Shara provides updates on Schara v St. Elizabeth's Hospital, the lawsuit against the hospital and medical personnel for the death of Scott's daughter Grace. And in the second hour, Carolyn Blakeman provides updates on a class-action complaint against Gilead Sciences, Inc. for violations of consumer protection laws, false advertising, deceptive promotion, negligent misrepresentation, and other charges related to the marketing and administration of Remdesivir. Reference Links: https://ouramazinggrace.substack.com https://ouramazinggrace.net/home https://formerfedsgroup.org/ffg/class-action-complaint-filed-against-gilead-sciences-inc-over-remdesivir-alleges-false-advertising-and-negligence/ https://formerfedsgroup.org

In the first hour Scott Shara provides updates on Schara v St. Elizabeth's Hospital, the lawsuit against the hospital and medical personnel for the death of Scott's daughter Grace. And in the second hour, Carolyn Blakeman provides updates on a class-action complaint against Gilead Sciences, Inc. for violations of consumer protection laws, false advertising, deceptive promotion, negligent misrepresentation, and other charges related to the marketing and administration of Remdesivir. Reference Links: https://ouramazinggrace.substack.com https://ouramazinggrace.net/home https://formerfedsgroup.org/ffg/class-action-complaint-filed-against-gilead-sciences-inc-over-remdesivir-alleges-false-advertising-and-negligence/ https://formerfedsgroup.org

The path to creating the world's most important dictionary involved J.R.R. Tolkien, the constructed language of Esperanto, the Oxford English Dictionary, a murderer in an insane asylum, Alice in Wonderland and the Civil War in the United States. Today's story also featured Alfred Lord Tennyson, Bialystok Poland, L.L. Zamenhoff, W.C. Minor, James Murray, Winston Churchill, Jonathan Swift, and St. Elizabeth's Hospital. 

Amy Taylor Signore, SANE-trained and conducts sex assault examinations at St. Elizabeth's Hospital joins Tom and Carol talking about what it means to be SANE trained and how much of a difference Sane nurses make. 

The RSB Show 4-18-23 - Krissy Chin, Health professional resources, Immune system support, Cashless England, Scott Schara, GraceSchara.com, Death by protocol, St. Elizabeth's Hospital lawsuit

30-Seconds to Change a Career Trajectory My guest today is Chris Klay, President & CEO of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a member of the Hospital Sisters Health System or HSHS. I'm always blown away when I hear real-life stories of a leader's career journey, especially when the people who influence them the most were the least aware of the fire they ignited. Chris has one of those stories and a powerful lesson for other leaders.   Full Transcript

On this episode of Learning Line, Justin Cox, Laboratory Director at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, shares his experience in both learning and facilitating The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People at Hospital Sisters Health System. Justin shares how these timeless principles apply to everyone in both our personal and professional lives. Listen now to hear more about Justin's experience with the 7 Habits and how he is working to actively apply these habits into his teams. 

in the early hours of January 7, 1950, flames illuminated the night sky around Mercy Hosptial. An orderly was one of the first to see a mental hospital on the grounds engulfed in fire, but he would be far from the last. By the next morning, it would become one of the worst hospital fires in United States History.

THE THESIS: A hospital murdered his daughter? Grace's daddy, Scott Schara joins us. Based on what Scott shared, I fully believe Grace was murdered with Covid protocals as the murder weapon. Covid Hospital Protocols bribe hospitals to do things that kill people. The blind and terrified allegiance to “the system” is ungodly and must be confronted with care centers created under God and outside the Pharma-Insurance-Paperbully continuum. THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: Exodus 20:13You shall not murder. Thou Shalt Not Lie: 14 Bible verses about lying and deceitTHE NEWS & COMMENT:Parents organize protest in front of Appleton hospital to raise awareness of Grace Schara's deathThis article describes the mechanism by which Scott says St. Elizabeth's Hospital was able to keep his daughter against their will Do You Have the Right to Leave the Hospital When You Want To?

In Part Two of this Oncology, Etc. episode, hosts Patrick Loehrer and David Johnson continue their chat with hematologist-oncologist Dr. David Steensma. They explore his views of key opinion leaders and a lifelong passion – collecting rare stamps, including medical stamps. If you liked this episode, please subscribe. Learn more at https://education.asco.org, or email us at education@asco.org.   TRANSCRIPT Pat Loehrer: Hi, I'm Pat Loehrer, Director of Global Oncology and Health Equity at Indiana University. I'm here with Dave Johnson, a Medical Oncologist from The University of Texas, Southwestern in Dallas, Texas. Welcome to the second half of our Oncology, Etc. conversation with Dr. David Steensma. He's a highly accomplished physician and scientist in the field of Hematology/Oncology. In the first part of this episode, Dr. Steensma told us about his Dutch immigrant roots, and how a single college biology course changed his career interests from astronomy into medicine. Today, we'll explore his views on Key Opinion Leaders and another passion of his, and an interest of ours - collecting rare stamps, including medical stamps. Dave Johnson: So, David, in addition to your scientific writing, you've been a prolific writer in many other sort of viewpoints and opinion pieces. There's a lot to choose from, but I know you've been interviewed in the past about your column called ‘The Raven', which I won't ask you about, as an Edgar Allen Poe fan. You also wrote a wonderful piece called, ‘Key Opinion Leaders', which I thought might be quite interesting to ask you about, now that you might be calling upon KOLs. Do you want to tell us a little about that? Dr. David Steensma: Yeah, that's not my favorite term. Thought Leaders is another kind of silly term, but we know what we mean when people are talking about it. Yeah, I've had a chance to write on a lot of different things over the years, and that's been great fun. And when I first heard that term, I couldn't figure out what it meant, KOL. And then, a pharmaceutical representative actually accidentally left a list of KOLs in my office and I realized that not only are KOLs cultivated very carefully, those relationships, but there's a hierarchy of KOLs. They were people who influenced the local formulary and local practice at the institution, there were those who had a regional impact, and then there were those who were on the NCCN guideline committees, and had, you know, much broader impact that they really wanted to make sure to influence the heart and minds of-- in my interactions now, this opinion piece was a sort of tongue-in-cheek about Key Opinion Leaders and Thought Leaders. And with Thought Leaders, I was reminded of Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft Holmes, who, by Conan Doyle's fiction, was a brilliant man, but unwilling to stir his ample backside from his Chair in the Diogenes Club to actually get out there, and do some real work, and solve mysteries. And so, it fell to his slightly less brilliant brother, Sherlock, to become the consulting detective. So, that was fun. Now, we're sort of on the receiving end of wisdom from people who are experts in the area. And it's very important what doctors think, and in different geographies about how they think their patients will be potentially treated in a year or two, five years down the road, what the issues they have with current approaches are, where they see opportunity for some of our new compounds, for some of those of other companies, and it's different in Europe versus the US versus Australia. And so, there's a lot that we gain from advisory boards. There's an arc to an advisory board. You don't want to convene an advisory board when there's no data, because then, everybody is just speculating. You don't want to do it too late after something is already on the doorstep of FDA approval because then not anything can be changed at that point. So, you know, doing it at an in-between point where there's some initial data, but where we can really be guided by academic, clinical, and other experts, is really helpful. Pat Loehrer: I'd encourage people to pull this article out. It is really, really good. 2015, I think it came out there. The end of it, I also love it. You're talking about Kanti Rai who came up with the Rai classification and he was at this Meet the Expert session at the ASH meeting, and he said at the meeting, and this is your quote from it, and I love it, he said, “I don't like the name of this session because no one's an expert in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I've been studying this disease for decades, and still too many of my patients die. If I was truly an expert, the disease would've been cured by now." I just love it, but it's a great read. Dave Johnson: Let me ask you, very seriously, if a younger colleague were to come to you, David, what advice would you give him or her about being invited to be on an advisory board? We'll skip the term KOL or Thought Leader. What advice would you give him or her, and what should they look for, and how should they prepare for that activity should you think they should do it? Dr. David Steensma: Well, I think getting back to imposter syndrome, people should feel, if they're invited to be in such a meeting, that they're there for a reason because their opinion does matter. And sometimes, younger physicians are reluctant to speak up in this setting, especially when there maybe leaders in the field there that have been doing it for decades, and may have very strong opinions. So, not being afraid to share their perspective and realizing that they're invited for a reason. On the other hand, I found it very helpful when I was a young faculty member and, on these panels, to listen to how colleagues were assessing data, and the recommendations they were making, and their perspective. And I learned a lot from some of those advisory boards earlier on. Many of the people who are the senior leaders in leukemia and MDS, you know, Rich Stone, Peter Greenberg, you know, John Bennett, in MDS, Marty Tallman, Hagop Kantarjian, Clara Bloomfield, just people who had decades of experience. And in part, I think it's some of my comments at advisory boards that helped get me my job at Dana-Farber, because I'd been in a number of meetings with Rich Stone, and he apparently liked some of the things I'd said about approaching patients. And so, you know, when a faculty position came open, he invited me out to come visit. And so, they can have benefits that you don't anticipate. Dave Johnson: Yeah, I would definitely agree with that. And there's pros and cons to being involved in those activities, but there are an awful lot of good that comes from it. And I think you've just touched on some of those. I'm going to shift gears a little bit because Pat has been waiting anxiously to hear all about your stamps. So, out of the many, many things that you've done and written about, I would say you've got close to 100 publications on medical stamps. It's an extraordinary productivity, David. So, tell us a little about your interest in medical stamps. How did you get involved in this, and where do you find time to write about them, and how do you decide which ones you're going to write about? Dr. David Steensma: Yeah. Bob Kyle, is really the driver on that, and we continue to do these together. Bob turned 94 this year, and he continues to be intellectually engaged. He's fun to talk to, if it weren't for COVID, he'd still be traveling and coming into the office, you know, which he was doing until just a few years ago. So, I met Bob as an intern when I was at Mayo. Somebody said, "Oh, you should meet this guy, he's really fun to talk to." And we just hit it off. And when I was a boy, my grandfather and my great-grandfather had collected stamps. And my grandfather really got me interested in it, partly given our family history, those of The Netherlands and former colonies, but also just more generally. And then as often happens, I got to be a teenager and other things took over in terms of interest, and there was less time, so, I had fallen away from it a bit. But somehow in this conversation, Bob had mentioned this, and that they were looking for someone younger who had this kind of background, to help with this series that has been running. Initially, it was running in JAMA with a guy named John Mirt, beginning around 1960, and then about a decade later, moved to the Mayo Clinic proceedings when they published six stamp vignettes on medical science per year, and Bob has done over 500 of these going back decades. And so, I got involved in that, and writing about-- thus far, it's mostly focused on individuals, but I have done a few also about more general trends in Philately. I will say that there are fewer of us, certainly those under 50, who are involved in the hobby. There's so much other distractions, but I still find it interesting and fun. And I've learned a lot, putting those vignettes together. Pat Loehrer: I started collecting stamps when I was young, I still have my Scott's album down. And now it's not stored, in properly, but I remember US Number One, I could have bought for $35, but I was only like 10 years old, and that was, you know, like $500 to me. So, I still regret that. Are you collecting stamps yourself now, still that you've resumed the collection part of it? Dr. David Steensma: Yeah. I would say, only a little bit. So, my Netherlands and Colonies collection is now actually complete, except there's one elusive. There's always one, right? Can't find this thing, even at auctions and such. And I also collected coins as a kid, and you know, still have some involvement in that. It's hard to find the time because I do do so many other things, and my wife and I have children, they're now college and PhD age, so I do woodworking, I have a telescope, so I never lost the love of astronomy. It seems like there's always other things to do. But I still have my collection over there on the shelf. Pat Loehrer: Did you inherit it from your grandfather too? Dr. David Steensma: Some of it I did. Yep. The core of it, I inherited from my grandfather and my great-grandfather. And then once I paid off my substantial medical school debt to the University of Chicago with the help of, in part, from advisory boards, but also mostly from moonlighting in emergency rooms around rural Minnesota-- during fellowship, I was like a full-time ER doc who happened to be doing a Hem/Onc Fellowship on the side, and finally got it paid off and then I could start on filling in some of the gaps. Pat Loehrer: Before we change this thing, what is your most cherished stamp that you own? Dr. David Steensma: Oh, my most cherished stamp is not a Dutch one. It is a set of national park stamps from 1934, authorized by James Farley, who was the Postmaster General at that point. 10 stamps, different colors about, you know, Zion and Acadia-- and it was my grandfather's favorite, and he was a big fan of the national parks, took two big trips there back in the '50s out West. And so, at his funeral, I put together a little display of those hanging with the photographs of other things from his life. I have that display, it's very meaningful to me - it's a connection with him. He was certainly very influential in my life. I never imagined I'd be working for a Basel-based pharmaceutical company, like he did for his whole career. Never thought that that would happen, but life has some unexpected twists. He worked for Roche in Nutley, New Jersey for much of his career as a research chemist. And ironically, when my grandmother was diagnosed in the 1990s, pancreatic cancer, and she saw the oncologist and was offered a 5-FU infusion after surgical, he said, "5-FU. I worked on that in 1959, 1960, that's still the best that we have to offer?" He was shocked by that. I was a fellow at the time. I said, "We need better drugs." Dave Johnson: For sure. So, do you have a favorite medical stamp, David? Dr. David Steensma: A favorite medical stamp? Gosh, that one's I think a little bit harder. I certainly have medical stamps that have piqued my interest. One of the sort of most moving is one of the US stamps that came out in the 1950s that has the Sir Luke Fildes' ‘The Doctor', on it. You know, with this concerned physician at the bedside of a young boy, and I actually wrote a vignette about the history and background there, and I think that connection with patients at the end of the day when we don't have good drugs, that connection with patients is still so meaningful, isn't it? As you guys really know. So, and as many of our listeners know, and so much of what medicine remains despite the molecular glue degraders and CAR T and gene therapy, is still that human connection, and being there for our patients. And so, I would say that that is probably one of the most meaningful. There's some real quirky ones, too. Austria's come out with some stamps in the last few years; one made of toilet paper, when the toilet paper shortage was happening, another, made of the mask material and the shape of the mask to remind people to mask up. You know, there's been a lot of creativity. And the Dutch are very good about design. They come up with just some brilliant innovations in postage stamps. Dave Johnson: I mean, stamps are really quite artful, by the way, the Fildes painting hangs on the wall of my office. You can't see it, but it's on the wall. And then behind me, you can perhaps see a couple of framed stamps that are some of my favorites. One was a gift to me from a former Group of Chief Residents, of an Osler stamp that Canada put out, and the other is one I received actually as a gift, as part of an award. It's the first cancer stamp that was produced in the United States. So, I love them both. They're quite nice. The Fildes stamp is actually my favorite of all, so I think that's a great stamp. Pat Loehrer: I have actually looked behind me. I've got a stamp collection on the frame that was given to me too that I love. It's stamps of medicine. There was one, a Dag Hammarskjöld stamp, that was famous because they printed it upside down when they put the color in, and I think it created a huge controversy from-- you know this better than I do because they decided then just to overprint them. Instead of making a few sheets that were incredibly valuable, they ended up printing out thousands of these things, which I have one now. It's only worth 7 cents, but at the time, it seemed really cool to have a misprinted stamp in your collection. Dr. David Steensma: Dag Hammarskjöld, there's an interesting connection with what I was talking about a little bit earlier with St. Elizabeth's Hospital. So, this relatively small teaching hospital had, at one point, a very strong hematology research program led by a guy named Fred Stallman. And in 1974, Fred Stallman, who was coming back from ISH, International Society Hematology, which was in Tel Aviv that year, and his plane exploded somewhere over the Aegean Sea, ultimately thought to be related to the PLO, and so he died. There was a big painting on the wall, in the hospital of him. And Dag Hammarskjöld also, at the peak of his career, you know, as the UN Secretary-General, was killed in a plane crash. But the interesting thing about Fred Stallman is, here, you have somebody who was so important in hematology. None of the fellows had any idea who he was or their connection to hematology. You know, it shows how fleeting fame is, unless you're an Einstein or Babe Ruth level. So, that was a good thing to keep in mind as well. Pat Loehrer: We could talk for another hour or two on this. Dave, we really appreciate it. But unfortunately, this is all the time we have for today. And I really want to thank you for joining us, Dave. This has been a wonderful conversation. I also want to thank all our listeners for tuning in to Oncology, Etc. This is an ASCO Education broadcast where we will talk about anything and everything, as you can imagine. If you have an idea for a topic or a guest you'd like to see on the show, just email us at: education@asco.org. Thanks, again. And, Dave, I've got a quiz for you here. Do you know why pirates don't take a shower before they walk off the plank? Dr. David Steensma: I do not. Dave Johnson: I have no idea. Pat Loehrer: It's because they wash up on shore. Dave Johnson: Oh boy.   Thank you for listening to the ASCO Education podcast. To stay up-to-date with the latest episodes, please click, "Subscribe." Let us know what you think by leaving a review. For more information, visit the Comprehensive Education Center at: education.asco.org.   The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. 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On Oct. 13, 2021, at 7:27 pm, beautiful Grace Schara—an inquisitive young woman with Down-Syndrome—died a tragic and preventable death at a Wisconsin hospital. Rather than using treatments proven to combat COVID-19, Ascension's St. Elizabeth's Hospital followed the U.S. government's ineffective COVID-19 treatment protocols, for which they reap significant financial rewards. On the final day of Grace's life, as her doctor assured her parents she was doing well, Dr. Gavin Shokar also “unilaterally labeled Grace a DNR and ordered a lethal combination of IV sedatives and narcotics”—a fatal combination of the drugs Precedex, Lorazepam, and Morphine—which were administered over an incredibly short period of time. Notably, all three drugs are manufactured by mRNA “vaccine” maker and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.Who Was Grace Schara?Grace Schara was full of love. Properly describing the magical impact Grace had on every life she touched—especially her mom, dad, and sister—would require more space than this. Her family and all those who knew and loved Grace were clearly blessed to have her in their lives for 19 years. Besides bringing an incredible amount of joy everywhere she went, Grace could read and write, drive a car, ride a horse, play the violin, and drive her riding lawnmower, and so much more. Truly, Grace loved absolutely everything about the life she was living. UncoverDC spoke at length with Scott Schara, Grace's father, about the tragic and immoral circumstances leading up to his daughter's death. Describing Grace, Scott recently wrote:“Grace was our bright, beautiful, fun-loving 19-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome. Her precious life was taken from us at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin, on Oct. 13, 2021. She was an angel who loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus. Everyone knew Grace. I was known only as ‘Grace's dad.' She had a sense of her Heavenly Father that very few people ever have. She called me her ‘Earthly dad.' Who does that?”Note:Per Dr. Elizabeth Lee Vliet, President and CEO of Truth for Health Foundation, (Published in Wisconsin Christian News, Volume 22 No 7) The COVID Protocol hospital physicians must follow, in lockstep across the U.S., appears to be the implementation of the 2009-2010 “Complete Lives System” developed by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel for rationing medical care for people older than 50. Dr. “Zeke” Emanuel, who was the senior White House health policy adviser to President Obama and has been advising President Joe Biden about COVID-19, stated in his classic 2009 Lancet paper: “When implemented, the Complete Lives System produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most substantial chance, whereas the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated.” “Attenuated” means rationed, restricted, or denied medical care that commonly leads to premature death. In 2021, whistleblower doctors, nurses, attorneys, patient advocates and journalists have exposed egregious hospital abuses, neglect of patients, and denial of vital intravenous fluids and basic medicines to hospitalized COVID patients across the U.S. The Complete Lives Protocol apparently derives from the 1990s U.K. National Health Service “Liverpool Pathway,” which in effect constituted euthanasia.Scott Schara can be contacted at https://www.ouramazinggrace.net/home

We all may know someone who has psychopathy; however, not everyone knows the truth about it, how to identify the warning signs or what to do next once they identify the psychopath. In this revisited episode, Dr. Ron Schouten joins Arden and Diana to discuss the complexities of psychopathy. Dr. Schouten says you should not despair if someone you love shows signs of psychopathy and you should not overreact to their symptoms. Tune in as we chat about what to do when a loved one is diagnosed with psychopathy and how to identify a psychopath at the country club.   In This Episode:   [02:05] Psychopath: meaning, signs, and what to know.    [14:45] How you can identify a psychopath at the country club.  [21:50] What happens when a psychopath comes from enormous wealth?  [24:40] Is your loved one diagnosed with psychopathy? Dr. Schouten explains what you can do now.   [31:10] Even before you get to the diagnosis of psychopathy, start looking at treatment possibilities.    Key Takeaways:   If psychopaths feel entitled to certain wealth and certain privileges, they will act in any way they can to sustain it. Many psychopaths who come from extreme wealth will never face the consequences of their behavior.  For children, get evaluations done early and find an adolescent psychiatrist.  Some people think residential treatment will be good for psychopathy. However, you need to be careful that the treatment centers are not authoritarian based.    Links Mentioned:   Almost a Psychopath: Do I (or Does Someone I Know) Have a Problem with Manipulation and Lack of Empathy? (The Almost Effect)   PsychopathyIs   Bio:    Ronald Schouten, M.D., J.D. is Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC, Director Emeritus of the Law & Psychiatry Service (LPS) of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Chair of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) Governmental Affairs Committee. Dr. Schouten previously served as Director of the MGH/Harvard Medical School Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship and is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.     Dr. Schouten practiced employment law before pursuing his medical studies and career as a forensic and clinical psychiatrist, in which he has served as an expert consultant in criminal and civil matters. He has served as a subject matter expert and consultant on mass violence, biosecurity, and violent extremism. He was the mental health liaison for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America to the September 11 Victims' Fund and served on consensus panels drafting guidelines on workplace violence for the FBI and the American Society for Industrial Security.  Dr. Schouten has been a consultant to the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, working with BAU-1 on terrorism and campus shooting matters.

On Oct. 13, 2021, at 7:27 pm, Grace Schara—an inquisitive young woman with Down-Syndrome—died a tragic and preventable death at a Wisconsin hospital. Rather than using treatments proven to combat COVID-19, Ascension's St. Elizabeth's Hospital followed the U.S. government's ineffective COVID-19 treatment protocols, for which they reap significant financial rewards. On the final day of Grace's life, as her doctor assured her parents she was doing well, A Doctor “unilaterally labelled Grace a DNR (Do not resuscitate) and ordered a lethal combination of IV sedatives and narcotics”—a fatal combination of the drugs Precedex, Lorazepam, and Morphine—which were administered over an incredibly short period of time. Notably, all three drugs are manufactured by mRNA maker and pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.Who Was Grace Schara?Grace Schara was full of love. Properly describing the magical impact Grace had on every life she touched—especially her mom, dad, and sister—would require more space than this article. Her family and all those who knew and loved Grace were clearly blessed to have her in their lives for 19 years. Besides bringing an incredible amount of joy everywhere she went, Grace could read and write, drive a car, ride a horse, play the violin, and drive her riding lawnmower, and so much more. Truly, Grace loved absolutely everything about the life she was living. “Grace was our bright, beautiful, fun-loving 19-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome. She was an angel who loved her Lord and Savior, Jesus. Everyone knew Grace. I (Scott) was known only as ‘Grace's dad.' She had a sense of her Heavenly Father that very few people ever have. She called me her ‘Earthly dad.' Who does that?”http://www.ouramazinggrace.net/Support the show

Guest: Scott Schara, father of Grace, a 19-year old with Downs Syndrome who was killed at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Appleton. - with Meg Ellefson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One positive result of the COVID-19 pandemic was a sharing of resources that culminated in the recent agreement between Lawrence General Hospital and Steward Health Care's Holy Family Hospital and St. Elizabeth.Lawrence General President and CEO Deborah Wilson, a recent guest on WHAV's morning show, said the pandemic helped bring about the collaboration.“One of the things about the pandemic, and it was so horrible, and we've all been struggling with the recent surge, but one of the things that was really good about the pandemic is that local institutions came together, in very stressful circumstances, to help deal with the patient issues during the pandemic crisis,” she said.Wilson said the partnership between non-profit Lawrence General, and for-profit Steward St. Elizabeth's and Steward Holy Family will allow the facilities to invest in the physicians and technology to bring Boston level Health Care to the Merrimack Valley“The importance of this is that, by working together, we are going to be doing our very best to keep care local. And, to offer a level of services here at each hospital that sometimes patients sometimes need to travel to Boston for. So, there are things like thoracic surger that often times will have to go to Boston and that won't be necessary anymore. These are things that are very helpful to the patient, again, not having to travel to Boston, but it's a Boston level of care right here in the Merrimack Valley,” she added.Wilson said the physicians at Lawrence General, and the community at large, are excited about the affiliation. They point to the opportunity to bring additional high value and high-quality care to the Merrimack Valley while also having access to the services offered by Steward's St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston.Support the show (https://whav.net/become-a-whav-member/)

Those requiring medical care and prefer being close to home in the Merrimack Valley are helped by a new agreement involving Lawrence General Hospital, Holy Family Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.Holy Family Hospital President Craig Jesiolowski, a recent guest on WHAV's morning program, said the agreement means the local hospitals will work together while remaining independent. He explains how the collaboration came together.“This started out probably about two, two and a half, years ago when Deb Wilson became the president of Lawrence General Hospital. I sat down with her and said, ‘Listen, you know what, we are a couple of miles apart at the most, and we should be working together in any way we can to improve access. We share medical staff. Most of the physicians in the community are on both medical staffs. How can we get together and improve access?'”Jesiolowski says the agreement is designed to enhance care delivery, lower costs and improve quality, noting it “won't change anything dramatically. It will be more in internal than external.” Lawrence General Hospital will maintain its independence, staying a not-for-profit hospital. Holy Family will remain part of Steward Health Care, and the partnership is founded among three main pillars.“Jointly explore how to best to expand access to specialty care across multiple service lines at Lawrence General and Holy Family. We'll do that through St. Elizabeth's Medical Center that has the specialist as a tertiary, or quaternary, provider that a community hospital like Lawrence General or Holy Family wouldn't have. So, we would be able to access their specialist to come to the Merrimack Valley and establish clinics here to keep as much care local,” he explains.Jesiolowski says the arrangement also helps the two hospitals in their efforts to retain and recruit physicians by offering an expanded patient base, combining the two hospitals, along with the specialty services of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, which is also part of Steward Health Care System. The agreement is expected to allow the two hospitals to explore alternative payment arrangements that foster coordinated care for higher quality at lower costs.Support the show (https://whav.net/become-a-whav-member/)

Returning from a holiday weekend, John and Michelle unwrap a busy weekend in the news with a focus on developments in the Ukraine and how Democrats will recalibrate in preparation for the midterm elections after suffering a year of legislative losses. Michelle and John talk with Peter Oliver, RT correspondent, as he joins to discuss Antony Blinken flying to Kiev today, next stop Berlin, then ending the week in Geneva to de-escalate tensions with Russia. Peter explains that the narrative that Russia is preparing a ‘false flag' in Ukraine is media clickbait. In the next segment, Ariel Gold, co-executive director of Code Pink, speaks about what it means to have AIPAC shepherding money through the US political system and whether Benjamin Netanyahu has a political career worth salvaging with a plea deal. It's Art and Music Tuesday: John Hinckley, who infamously tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is forming a band. Hinckley has used music as part of his therapy and rehabilitation. Once Hinckley was released from St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, DC a few years ago, the government dropped all remaining restrictions on him. So, who knows? You might see him in a club in Williamsburg, VA sometime soon.For the final segment, Dan Kovalik, author and human rights labor lawyer, calls in to talk about the nationwide decline in union membership at a time when the staff of the DNC forms a labor union.

Renu Lal, PharmD, is a Team Lead in the Division of Drug Information (DDI) within the Food and Drug Administration/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research/Office of Communications. Along with directly communicating with the public, the Division is responsible for many initiatives and outreach programs such as the CDER Small Business and Industry Assistance (SBIA) Program;  FDA Drug Info Rounds video;  Drug Safety podcasts;  Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (D.I.S.C.O.), Webinars for healthcare professionals and students, and more.  Renu is an officer in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (U.S. PHS), a uniformed service committed to protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of the nation. Mentioned in this episode United States Public Health Service (U.S. PHS) JRCOSTEP and SRCOSTEP Programs for students Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology (D.I.S.C.O.)  FDA Drug Safety Podcasts Small Business and Industry Assistance (SBIA) Chronicles Podcast FDA Drug Info Rounds Video Series Webinars for healthcare professionals and students UCONN School of Pharmacy Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy   The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons) NIH (National Institutes of Health) CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) CDERLearn (CDER Learn Training and Education) Subscribe to or Follow The Pharmacist's Voice Podcast! Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Amazon/Audible Read the full show notes at The Pharmacist's Voice ® Podcast https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com/podcast Dr. Renu Lal's path from pharmacy school to the U.S. Public Health Service was not a direct one.  She earned her BS Degree in Pharmacy from UCONN in 1998.  Then, she earned her Post-Bac PharmD from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston in 2000.  Renu did not know what she wanted to do with her PharmD when she graduated.  According to Renu, “It's ok to not know and make it up as you go along.”  She spent time in community practice as a floater, then entered the U.S. PHS.  Her PHS service was interrupted briefly when she left PHS to join a clinical regulatory team at Genentech in San Francisco, CA.  When that role ended, she rejoined PHS.  As of October 2021, her total service time is approximately 10 years.   While in her undergrad program at UCONN, Renu learned about PHS.  A speaker from the Indian Health Service spoke to her class.  After finishing her BS Degree in Pharmacy, Renu joined the U.S. PHS as a JRCOSTEP and completed a paid, 4-month rotation at a Psych Hospital in SE DC called St. Elizabeth's Hospital. She loved the experience and thought it was amazing!  Students can join either the JRCOSTEP Program or the SRCOSTEP Program.  Both are paid positions with benefits.  Visit https://www.usphs.gov/students/ to learn more.   During our conversation, I talked about my experience with PHS at the Federal Bureau of Prisons.  I did an 8-week rotation at FCI Milan during the last semester of my BS Pharm Degree program at The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy in 2001.  My pharmacist in charge was creative and resourceful, and she did amazing things with a small formulary.  I learned a lot from her and that experience.  I wanted to join the Navy upon graduation, but I was medically disqualified due to asthma. The United States Public Health Service (U.S. PHS) is led by the Surgeon General of the U.S. and is more than 200 years old.  It is one of eight uniformed services and is the only one dedicated solely to protecting and advancing America's Public Health.  As a U.S. PHS Officer, Renu is first in line to defend America from public health threats, including deploying for public health emergencies.  She has deployed many times and provided essential healthcare to underserved and vulnerable populations.  The U.S. Public Health Service used to be “pharmacy's best kept secret,” but that's not true anymore because PHS has played a prominent role in response to COVID.  As a PHS Officer, there is an opportunity to serve in many HHS (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) agencies.  Examples include IHS (Indian Health Service), BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons), NIH (National Institutes of Health), CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), FDA (Food and Drug Administration), EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), and others.  Being an Officer makes it easy to transfer among agencies. According to Renu, PHS Officer benefits are great!  They are on the military pay scale with paid vacation, retirement benefits (with minimum of 20 years of service), medical benefits, the GI Bill and more.  To learn more about age restrictions and eligibility requirements to serve, visit https://www.usphs.gov.   Resources that DDI (Department of Drug Information) offers SBIA Program Free Conferences and Webinars Podcasts   FDA Drug Safety Podcasts Drug Information Soundcast in Clinical Oncology “D.I.S.C.O.”   SBIA Chronicles (trending regulatory topics) Drug Info Rounds educational videos featuring DDI pharmacists   CDER Learn - portal for all CE activities.  Webinars and podcasts are there.   We concluded the interview with Renu's advice for currently-practicing or newly graduated pharmacists:  Do and learn what interests you, and the rest will fall into place.   Thank you for listening to The Pharmacist's Voice ® Podcast Episode 123!

We all know someone who has psychopathy; however, not everyone knows the truth about it, how to identify the warning signs or what to do next once they identify the psychopath. Dr. Ron Schouten, Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Director Emeritus of the Law & Psychiatry Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Chair of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Governmental Affairs Committee, joins Arden and Diana this week to discuss the complexities of psychopathy. Dr. Schouten says you should not despair if someone you love shows signs of psychopathy and you should not overreact to their symptoms. Tune in as we chat about what to do when a loved one is diagnosed with psychopathy and how to identify a psychopath at the country club. Visit our website at: beyondthebalancesheet.com.

Join us for a compassionate conversation with my breast surgeon, Dr. Jim Clanahan. He answers all our questions about what we need to know when diagnosed with breast cancer.    Dr. Clanahan has been a part of Lincoln Surgical Associates since he completed his surgical training at Washington University School of Medicine. He is on staff at both Memorial Hospital and Saint Elizabeth's Hospital and has held many leadership positions during his career of more than 25 years in private practice. Currently, he is president of Lincoln Surgical Associates and medical director of the Breast Health Center at Memorial Hospital.    In addition, he is the chairman of the Surgical Services Executive Committee and the Breast Conference at Memorial Hospital and serves on the board of directors at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Throughout his career, Dr. Clanahan has helped to educate young physicians through clinical faculty positions with Saint Louis University and Southern Illinois University.

Join us for a compassionate conversation with my breast surgeon, Dr. Jim Clanahan. He answers all our questions about what we need to know when diagnosed with breast cancer.    Dr. Clanahan has been a part of Lincoln Surgical Associates since he completed his surgical training at Washington University School of Medicine. He is on staff at both Memorial Hospital and Saint Elizabeth's Hospital and has held many leadership positions during his career of more than 25 years in private practice. Currently, he is president of Lincoln Surgical Associates and medical director of the Breast Health Center at Memorial Hospital.    In addition, he is the chairman of the Surgical Services Executive Committee and the Breast Conference at Memorial Hospital and serves on the board of directors at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Throughout his career, Dr. Clanahan has helped to educate young physicians through clinical faculty positions with Saint Louis University and Southern Illinois University.

Building off of yesterday's ski parent Daily Hustle, we are going to take today to celebrate the father of what could be the greatest competitive skier of all time, Mikaela Shiffrin...  Jeff Shiffrin grew up in New Jersey and was an avid athlete and musician... He ended up at Dartmouth and then later met his wife, Eileen, while she was working as an ICU nurse and he was doing his residency at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts. Both parents shared an immense passion for the mountains and skiing so they moved to Vail, Colorado shortly after marrying and immersed themselves smack dab in the middle of the growing mountain living subculture. “Mom and Dad never pushed us to do anything, they guided us,” Taylor, the Shiffrin's son, recently told the Denver Post...  Ohhhhhh, I LOVE that... Obviously we have a serious problem with parents pushing kids into activities only to have it backfire, and oftentimes, lifelong child or parent resentment will follow...  Yet, on the other hand, apathy is lethal and if we don't GUIDE our kids toward receiving a proper education and accumulating experiences through some form of structured activities, we sure as shit aren't doing our job either. “He was a believer in the process, not in the results, and because of that he ardently fought against the notion of pushing someone towards a specific objective. Because you can't achieve those objectives without the process.” Sounds like Jeff was a man after the Daily Hustle's heart...  The most important thing that we preach here is that the process is EVERYTHING and specific outcomes are too often way outside of our control so there is no sense letting the reward indicate whether or not we succeeded or failed... Our execution of the process has been and always will be the ultimate indicator.  Taylor said that the most important thing to his father was family and he had a special phrase for the kids...  “Be nice, think first, have fun.”  Once again... LOVE IT. The only two rules we have in the Byrnes house are NO WHINERS and BE KIND.  Typically, if we aren't whining and we are being kind, everybody is thinking first (most of the time) and having fun...  Taylor continued...  “He would often say anything that brings immediate pleasure or enjoyment with ease probably isn't good for you and it's not worth it.”  You see Mr. SuperSoft, I'm not the only one who warns you against that massive cocaine & hooker habit of yours... Immediate gratification that has no sort of emotional or meaningful connection actually isn't gratifying at all... It's fleeting and will leave you feeling empty and possibly even contemplating swallowing a 12 gauge... NOT a good idea.