Podcasts about Lenox Hill Hospital

Dr. Aaron Zelikovich discusses recent survey findings highlighting the wide variability in how clinicians evaluate and diagnose small fiber neuropathy. Fill out the Neurology® Clinical Practice Current survey.  Show citation:  Thawani S, Chan M, Ostendorf T, et al. How Well do We Evaluate Small Fiber Neuropathy?: A Survey of American Academy of Neurology Members. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2025;26(4):184-195. Published 2025 Jun 2. doi:10.1097/CND.0000000000000502  Show transcript:  Dr. Aaron Zelikovich: Welcome to today's Neurology Minute. My name is Aaron Zelikovich, a neuromuscular specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Today, we will discuss a recent article, How Well Do We Evaluate Small Fiber Neuropathy? A survey of The American Academy of Neurology members, which evaluates small fiber neuropathy in clinical practice. The current landscape of evaluating and testing for small fiber neuropathy remains highly variable in regards to serum testing, skin biopsy, and nerve conduction studies. In this survey study, 800 members of The American Academy of Neurology were randomly selected and emailed a survey. 400 neuromuscular physicians and 400 non-neuromuscular physicians were selected. The overall response rate was 30% with half of the completed surveys coming from neuromuscular physicians. The most common overall initial blood work for this patient population was a CBC, vitamin B12, basic metabolic profile, TSH, and hemoglobin A1C. Other high yield blood tests included ESR, SPEP, immunofixation, and ANA. 70% of responders would also order a nerve conduction study as part of the initial workup. Second line evaluation had less consensus and included skin biopsies for intraepidermal nerve fiber density, hepatitis panel, HIV, and paraneoplastic testing. Responders noted that if the patient had acute onset of symptoms, had symptoms that were asymmetric, or being under 30 years old, they would order a more extensive workup. The authors discussed the importance of both clinical exam, history, and diagnostic workup in patients with symptoms compatible with small fiber neuropathy. They highlight that there is no current objective gold standard for a diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy. The current diagnostic recommendation by the AAN for distal symmetric polyneuropathy includes serum blood sampling for glucose, vitamin B12, SPEP, and immunofixation. Clinical practice in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy remains highly variable based on the provider and clinical context of the patient. Neurology Practice Current is currently accepting surveys on clinical practice patterns for patients with small fiber neuropathy. Please check out the link in today's Neurology Minute to complete the survey. Thank you and have a wonderful day. 

A smarter way to think about disease prevention. Dr. Tara Narula is a board-certified cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan and Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News. Her new book is The Healing Power of Resilience: A New Prescription for Health and Well-Being. In this episode we talk about: What resilience really is, why most of us already have it, and how it can be strengthened The overlooked link between mental health, physical health, and recovery from illness Why mindset and acceptance matter as much as medical treatment when facing health challenges How resilience applies to major life changes, trauma, and chronic disease. Practical psychological tools for working with anxiety, fear, and repetitive thought patterns Why flexible thinking matters How to adapt when life doesn't go according to plan How beliefs, mindset, and the mind–body connection shape stress, healing, and resilience Why movement, sleep, and facing fear are essential ingredients in building real resilience How reframing identity can help people move forward after illness, trauma, or loss Why connection, love, and small acts of kindness are powerful  and underused medicine How hope, faith, and purpose shape resilience, healing, and long-term health Related Episodes: Dan's top 10 takeaways from the science of behavior change: How To Actually Keep Your New Year's Resolutions | Dan Solo Episode   Get the 10% with Dan Harris app here Sign up for Dan's free newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram, TikTok Subscribe to our YouTube Channel   To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris Thanks to our sponsor:  Cozy Earth:   Head to cozyearth.com and use code Harris for up to 20% off.

Dr. Aaron Zelikovich discusses the utility of neurofilament light chain as a serum biomarker in peripheral neuropathy.  Show citation: Karam C. Clinical Utility of Serum Neurofilament Light Chain in Peripheral Neuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 2026;73(1):86-92. doi:10.1002/mus.70073 Show transcript: Dr. Aaron Zelikovich: Welcome to today's neurology minute. My name is Aaron Zelikovich, a neuromuscular specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Today, we will discuss a recent article on the utility of neurofilament light chain as a serum biomarker in peripheral neuropathy. It has been studied in other neurological diseases like ALS and multiple sclerosis, as in the 2024 study by Robert Fox et al, which highlighted the limitations of serum neurofilament light chain in patients with multiple sclerosis, since the elevation was inconsistent and tended to occur weeks after MRI changes, and was really only found to be helpful in certain clinical situations. The study we highlight today is a single-center retrospective study that highlights the opportunities and limitations of using serum neurofilament light chain as a biomarker to monitor treatment response and peripheral neuropathy. Serum neurofilament light chain has been shown as an indicator of neuronal injury in both central and peripheral nervous system disease that has been associated with axonal injury or degeneration. It is now commercially available. The authors in this study provide a real-world single-center retrospective study that looked at various forms of peripheral neuropathy over 12 months. Patients had to be evaluated and meet criteria for peripheral neuropathy with either genetic testing, nerve conduction studies, and/or clinical exams. Neuropathies included TTR amyloid, vasculitis, CMT, CIDP, GBS, and anti-MAG neuropathy. Patients with TTR amyloid who were treatment naive and had elevated serum neurofilament light chain showed a reduction in neurofilament light chain levels with treatment. Additionally, patients with CIDP who were treatment naive with elevated serum neurofilament light chain also showed a reduction in neurofilament light chain levels with treatment. All patients with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy had normal serum neurofilament light chain levels. However, serum neurofilament light chain can vary in patients based on age, if they have diabetes, renal dysfunction, and body weight. And this makes it really challenging to interpret it in an isolated setting. Serum neurofilament light chain is a new biomarker for peripheral neuropathies. It can be a supplemental tool in the appropriate clinical context. Future studies are needed to identify its potential to be used as a treatment response biomarker in neuropathies like CADP, GBS, and TTR amyloid. Thank you so much, and have a wonderful day. 

In this conversation, Dr. Tomer Singer shares his personal journey into reproductive medicine, influenced by his family's struggles with infertility. He discusses the unique challenges faced by Orthodox couples in fertility treatments and the importance of community engagement. The conversation also covers the rise of egg freezing as a viable option for women, the optimal age for freezing eggs, and the success rates of frozen eggs. Dr. Singer emphasizes the role of nutrition and AI in improving patient care and outcomes in reproductive medicine. He concludes with thoughts on the future of fertility treatments.Chapters00:00 The Journey into Fertility Medicine02:50 Understanding Orthodox Fertility Practices05:39 Navigating Religious and Medical Collaboration08:54 Education and Communication in Fertility11:40 The Rise of Egg Freezing15:01 Optimal Age for Egg Freezing17:58 Success Rates of Frozen Eggs20:39 Improving Egg Quality and Patient Health23:59 Future of Egg Freezing Technology29:51 Understanding the Costs of Egg Freezing32:59 The Importance of Egg Freezing for Future Fertility34:08 The Age Visit: A New Approach to Women's Health38:18 The Role of AI in Reproductive Medicine41:25 Job Security in the Age of AI45:23 Future Trends in Fertility Treatments48:46 Rapid Fire Questions on Fertility Practices52:28 Prioritizing Mental Health in a Busy Life54:25 Connecting with Dr. SingerAbout Dr. Tomer Singer:Tomer Singer, MD, MBA is an internationally renowned Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist. He serves as the System Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Northwell Health where he is responsible for programmatic strategy and fosters academic and clinical growth. Dr. Singer earned his medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine and an MBA in Health Care Management from the Hofstra Zarb School of Business. He is double board- certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. He is an Associate Professor of OB/GYN at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine. Dr. Singer has produced numerous publications, chapter reviews, and given presentations nationally and internationally in the field of Infertility, Reproductive Endocrinology, IVF, Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing (PGT), Egg Freezing, Egg Donation, and Gestational Surrogacy. He has performed hundreds of minimally invasive surgical procedures including laparoscopies and hysteroscopies. Dr. Singer has held several senior roles at Lenox Hill Hospital where he served as the Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, the Vice Chairman of the Department of OB/GYN, Director of Egg Freezing, and the OB/GYN Residency Program Director. Dr. Singer's commitment to helping thousands of patients has earned him several awards including the Castle Conolly Top Doctor Award every year since 2017. Contact Dr. Tomer SingerInstagram @tsingermd

In this episode, Dr. Ardeshir Rastinehad, Vice Chair of Urology at Northwell's Lenox Hill Hospital and System Director for Prostate Cancer at Northwell Health, discusses emerging trends and breakthroughs in prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. He explains the focal therapy process—including cryotherapy—and shares insights on the mission and impact of the Focal Therapy Society.

Danielle and Whitney sit down with Dr. Elizabeth Sharp, a board-certified Internal and Obesity Medicine physician, functional medicine practitioner, and founder of Health Meets Wellness and The TouchCare Method. Together, they explore how dramatically the GLP-1 landscape has evolved—from early use in diabetes and clinical obesity to widespread microdosing, off-label protocols, emerging oral versions, and new research on inflammation, dementia risk, PCOS, and IBD. Dr. Sharp breaks down what the science actually says, who these medications can help, and the real considerations we all should be talking about. Dr. Sharp shares:  What GLP-1 medications actually do in the body Why food noise is different from food addiction The critical role of diet, protein, fiber, and movement on GLP-1s How to protect muscle mass and metabolic health GLP-1 use during perimenopause and menopause She also dives into the importance of resistance training, daily strength “snacks,” and the rising role of creatine for women, cognition, and anyone on GLP-1s. Dr. Sharp leaves us with a powerful piece of lightwork you can integrate immediately—wherever you are in your health journey. Check out the video version on the Sakara Life YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/ZA3Knfq7NCY  Elizabeth Sharp Edens, M.D., DABOM, IFMCP is a board-certified Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine physician, an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner, and the founder of Health Meets Wellness and The TouchCare Method. She created Health Meets Wellness to make functional, root-cause medicine more accessible — blending evidence-based clinical care with movement, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine to help patients achieve lasting wellness. A certified yoga instructor, she weaves daily movement practices into treatment plans, believing medicine works best when paired with mindful physical activity. Building on her clinical work, Dr. Sharp launched The TouchCare Method, an innovative digital obesity medicine and weight-management platform offering high-touch, wrap-around care both in-person and online. The platform integrates medical treatment, nutrition, exercise, behavioral health, and data-driven insights into one comprehensive program — providing patients with continuous support through virtual coaching, AI-enhanced engagement, and remote monitoring. Dr. Sharp developed the Health Meets Wellness Method in collaboration with Troy Flanagan, Ph.D., and Susie Parker-Simmons, RDN, to address metabolic health through a multifaceted, personalized approach. Her work focuses on treating obesity as a chronic disease—combining medication management with individualized nutrition, physical activity, and behavioral strategies for sustainable results. She also serves as an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. George's University School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Lenox Hill Hospital. She went on to practice with Mount Sinai Doctors, where she received the Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication, and later worked at One Medical.

Rabbi Fredda Cohen recently retired after a distinguished tenure as Director of Pastoral Care & Education at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York. She managed a staff of six chaplains and numerous volunteers. She has rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary and is a board certified chaplain under the auspices of NAJC. Rabbi Cohen received the prestigious Chaplain of the Year Award conferred by the New York Board of Rabbis in 2015. Prior to her career as a chaplain/rabbi, Rabbi Cohen earned a law degree from Fordham University and worked as a trusts and estate attorney. Here is Rabbi Cohen appearing on a White Plains Hospital podcast. Rabbi Cohen moderates this discussion. Rabbi Simcha Silverman, serves as director of Chaplaincy Services at Northwell Health, Lenox Hill Hospital.  In his capacity as director, he oversees the department of multiple chaplains, provides pastoral care to patients, their family members and hospital staff. He also serves as Rabbi of the hospital, creating an infrastructure and setting for Jewish people of all types to feel most welcomed and have their cultural and religious needs met. Prior to coming to Lenox Hill in 2012, Rabbi Silverman worked in hospice. He completed his chaplain internship and residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Downtown Miami and received his board certification through the NAJC. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from Bellevue University and Semicha from the Mirrer Yeshiva.  In addition to his hospital responsibilities, Rabbi Silverman serves as the rabbi of Congregation Etz Chaim of Flatbush, a synagogue in Brooklyn NY that has just marked its centennial anniversary. Rabbi Silverman co-authored this piece on the Northwell website regarding his facility's new chapel. Chaplain Mark Daniels serves as the Manager of Spiritual Services at the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New Hyde Park, NY, which is also part of the Northwell Health system. Chaplain Daniels has had a rich, multi-faceted career that included a decade in education during which he was headmaster of a school. He then led his own home decor business for over 25 years. Having endured a serious health crisis, Chaplain Daniels was inspired to train as a chaplain, first at Mount Sinai West (formerly Roosevelt Hospital) after which he completed his training at North Shore University Hospital before doing advanced work in a fellowship at Cohen Children's Medical Center. He has been at CCMC for nearly a decade. Chaplain Daniels has been an active Reform Jew his whole life. He is a Board Certified Chaplain and serves on the NAJC Board. Here is an article profiling Chaplain Daniels during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. About our host:Rabbi Edward Bernstein, BCC, is the executive producer and host of NeshamaCast. He serves as Chaplain at Boca Raton Regional Hospital of Baptist Health South Florida. He is a member of the Board of Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains. Prior to his chaplain career, he served as a pulpit rabbi in congregations in New Rochelle, NY; Beachwood, OH; and Boynton Beach, FL. He is also the host and producer of My Teacher Podcast: A Celebration of the People Who Shape Our Lives. NeshamaCast contributor Chaplain David Balto is a volunteer chaplain at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and Western Correctional Insitution, Maryland's maximum security prison. He coordinated the annual National Bikur Cholim Conference. Support NeshamaCast and NAJC with a tax deductible donation to NAJC. For sponsorship opportunities as either an individual or institution, please write to Rabbi Ed Bernstein at NeshamaCast@gmail.com Thank you to Steve Lubetkin and Lubetkin Media Companies for producing this episode. Transcripts for this episode and other episodes of NeshamaCast are available at NeshamaCast.simplecast.com and are typically posted one week after an episode first airs. Theme Music is “A Niggun For Ki Anu Amecha,” written and performed by Reb-Cantor Lisa Levine. Please help others find the show by rating and reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts or other podcast providers. We welcome comments and suggestions for future programming at NeshamaCast@gmail.com. And be sure to follow NAJC on Facebook to learn more about Jewish spiritual care happening in our communities.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Erica Leigh Altschul, who will discuss pulmonary hypertension — high blood pressure in the lungs, a condition that makes it hard for the heart and lungs to work together. Dr. Altschul, Director of Pulmonary Hypertension at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the […]

Send us a textDr. Michael Aziz, M.D. discusses his book: The Ageless Revolution: 10 Hallmarks of Aging That Hold the Secret to Defeating Disease, reversing age, Looking Younger, and Living Longer. Dr. Michael Aziz is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, author, and a broadcast media commentator. He is as an attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Dr. Aziz completed his medical training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital in New York. He is a member of the American College of Physicians,  the American Society of Internal Medicine, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in the United Kingdom. Dr. Aziz has also been a keynote speaker at numerous national and international conferences, including those organized by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.You can find him at: www.michaelazizmd.com

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We get the skinny from two dieticians from New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital.

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 […]

Segment 1 with Karin Hurt starts at 0:00.To say there is increased conflict inside of small business and workplaces is an understatement; it takes now more than ever a courageous leader to deal with this.Karin Hurt is the CEO and Founder of Let's Grow Leaders, a global leadership company known for practical tools and leadership development that sticks. She's the author of five books including, "Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict and Courageous Cultures". She's known best for building courageous cultures and high-performing teams.Segment 2 with Dr. Michael Aziz starts at 24:03.What about making America Health Again? How will Robert Kennedy as the head of the health secretary change this?Dr. Michael Aziz is a renowned internist anti-aging, regenerative physician specialist practicing at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City Dr. Aziz regularly provides medical commentary on many health networks, including NPR, Fox and Friends, ABC, WGN Chicago, NBC, and Telemundo. Dr. Aziz is the author of the national bestseller, The Ageless Revolution.  Dr. Aziz's columns, articles, and opinions have been published in the Los Angeles Times, CNN, WebMD, the New York Post, the Daily News, the Washington Post, as well as in many magazines internationally, such as Paris Match.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-small-business-radio-show--3306444/support.

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From Bland to Grand: The Culinary Revolution Transforming Patient Care with Andrew Bennett   “This is the right thing to do. People deserve good, healthy food, especially in a hospital, when we're talking about starting the healing process.” —Andrew Bennett   Hospital food has long been the butt of jokes, but what if it could rival five-star restaurants? Imagine a world where patients look forward to their next meal, not just their next dose of medication. The revolution in hospital cuisine isn't just about taste— it's a powerful tool for healing and recovery. Andrew Bennett is the Executive Chef at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, bringing his fine dining expertise to healthcare. With a background in Michelin-starred restaurants and a passion for healthy cuisine, Bennett is at the forefront of transforming hospital food into a key component of patient care. Tune in as Justine and Andrew explore the impact of high-quality hospital food on patient recovery, the challenges of implementing restaurant-grade cuisine in healthcare settings, the role of dietitians in menu planning, the business advantages of investing in food quality, and the future of food as preventive medicine in healthcare systems. Meet Andrew:  Andrew Bennett is an Executive Chef at Lenox Hill Hospital in the New York City Metropolitan Area. With over 25 years of experience in the culinary industry, he has worked in various restaurants in the US and the UK. Andrew is known for his creative approach to menu development and operational strategies, utilizing research and data analysis. He emphasizes positive leadership, team building, and mentorship in his management style. Andrew is also an avid cyclist who incorporates his passion for health and nutrition into his culinary practices. His recent posts on LinkedIn highlight his team's achievements and celebrations at Lenox Hill Hospital, including winning the Hospitality Above and Beyond award and spreading festive cheer during the holiday season. Andrew has also shared his experiences and insights in a podcast with Joshua Spodek, discussing his journey into healthcare and the evolution of food at Northwell Health. Andrew's professional journey includes roles as Executive Chef at Half Moon Restaurant, Patina Restaurant Group, and Rouge Tomate Chelsea. He holds certifications such as ServSafe Manager and NYC Food Handlers.   LinkedIn Connect with NextGen Purpose: Website Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube   Episode Highlights: 01:34 Hospital Food: A Focus on Quality and Patient Recovery 07:55 The Role of Dieticians 12:01 The Potential and Challenges of Northwell's Food Service Model  16:16 Chef Challenge! 19:23 The Importance of Quality Ingredients  24:43 The Business Advantage of Offering High-Quality Hospital Food 

Do you struggle with chronic health problems like depression, allergies, or skin issues that just won't go away no matter what you try? According to Dr. Alejandro Junger, a renowned cardiologist and functional medicine practitioner, the root cause of these persistent ailments might be right under your nose - in your gut. In this Habits and Hustle podcast episode, I am joined by Dr. Junger as he shares his personal journey from struggling with debilitating depression and allergies to discovering the power of gut healing. He explains that a staggering 99% of chronic diseases are either directly caused by or related to gut health issues. We discuss the science behind how a "leaky gut" can wreak havoc on your entire system, leading to a host of seemingly unrelated symptoms. We also dive into practical tips on how to repair your gut through his innovative Clean Program, which has helped countless people around the world reclaim their health and vitality. Dr. Alejandro Junger is a Cardiologist and New York Times best-selling author. After graduating from Medical School in Uruguay, he moved to New York City to begin postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at NYU and Lenox Hill Hospital. The significant shift in diet and lifestyle soon manifested as symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, allergies, and depression. Becoming a patient within the healthcare system incentivized to treat symptoms vs root cause emerged as a startling experience that catalyzed his quest for an alternative solution.  What We Discuss: (01:00) The King of Gut Health (04:15) The Impact of Modern Lifestyle (18:40) Path to Enlightenment Through Spiritual Journey (28:05) Awakening Through Spiritual Experience (33:10) Holistic Approach to Health and Healing (41:29) Functional Medicine Systems and Integrity (55:56) Healing Chronic Illness Through Gut Repair (01:08:46) Healing Gut Repair Program Implementation (01:19:32) Healing Gut Repair Program Discussion (01:30:09) Healing SIBO With Family Constellations (01:37:02) Seeking Healing Beyond Traditional Methods (01:42:14) Clean Program …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off  TruNiagen: Head over to truniagen.com and use code HUSTLE20 to get $20 off any purchase over $100. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. BiOptimizers: Want to try Magnesium Breakthrough? Go to https://bioptimizers.com/jennifercohenand use promo code JC10 at checkout to save 10% off your purchase. Timeline Nutrition: Get 10% off your first order at timeline.com/cohen Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HUSTLE for up to $300 off and a 3-year warranty on air purifiers.  Find more from Jen:  Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen   Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Dr. Alejandro Junger: Website: https://www.cleanprogram.com/  Instagram: @cleanprogram @dralejandropjunger

[REBROADCAST FROM July 1, 2024] In February of this year, our host Alison Stewart underwent emergency brain surgery, which revealed a serious infection pressing on her language center. Now, she's back on the live show, and ready to talk about her surgery and recovery process. She kicks things off by interviewing her own neurosurgeon, Dr. Randy D'Amico of Lenox Hill Hospital, about her case and the process of treating her infection (which included AWAKE brain surgery!)

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)

In February of this year, our host Alison Stewart underwent emergency brain surgery, which revealed a serious infection pressing on her language center. Now, she's back on the live show, and ready to talk about her surgery and recovery process. She kicks things off by interviewing her own neurosurgeon, Dr. Randy D'Amico of Lenox Hill Hospital, about her case and the process of treating her infection (which included AWAKE brain surgery!).

Susy and Steve talk with author and TV presenter Rev. Michael JS. Carter (They forget to tell Andy...)Rev. Michael JS. Carter is originally from Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to New York City in 1980 and lived there for 27 years. Michael is an ordained Interfaith Minister and received his BA Degree in Letters from the College of New Rochelle, where he graduated cum laude. He received his Masters In Divinity Degree from Union Theological Seminary in NewYork City (class of 2000). He has served as a staff chaplain (Board Certified) at Lenox Hill Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital, Beth Israel Cancer Center, Methodist Hospital, and New York Hospital Queens while residing in New York City. While serving various Unitarian Universalist Congregations in New York, Michael was trained as an anti-racism trainer and has been recognized by President Clinton for his efforts.Michael was also a weekly columnist for the Asheville Citizen Times, and has written articles for the Black Mountain News, and The Tryon Daily Bulletin, both local North Carolina Newspapers .A long-time UFO Contactee, his Book Alien Scriptures: Extraterrestrials In The Holy Bible was in March of 2014) number one on Amazon.com's list of UFO-related books. Michael has also appeared on George Noory's Coast To Coast radio show and on George Noory's TV show, “Beyond Belief” on Gaiam Television. He has also appeared as a regular guest on Midnight In the Desert, with host Heather Wade. Ms. Wade has taken over for Mr. Art Bell. His credits also include appearing on Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Maclaine's radio show, as well as author Whitley Strieber's radio show, “Unknown Country.” Michael also appeared this past July 2016 as a guest speaker at the Phoenix MUFON gathering. Michael has written articles on the topic of UFOs and Religion for such publications as UFO Magazine, Alien Encounters (A British Publication), The MUFON UFO Journal, Contact Forum, The S.P.A.C.E. (Support Program for Abductees Contact Encounters) which is a UFO experiencer support group in New York City. He has also spoken at various UFO Confereneces, such as the Second Philadelphia Need To Know Conference, The Annual Long Island UFO Conference with the late Budd Hopkins, as well as appearing on radio and TV shows across the Nation. Rev. Carter has also appeared on Japanese TV talking about UFOs and The Bible. Other TV appearances include being a regular consultant on The History Channel's, Ancient Aliens Series, as well as being featured in the UFO TV Documentary, The Real 4400. Rev. Carter was also featured in Steven Spielberg”s TV documentary, Abduction Diaries, for the Sci-Fi Channel. “Diaries” was the precursor to Spielberg's HBO series, “Taken.” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/paranormal-uk-radio-network--4541473/support.

Dive into the latest developments in glioblastoma treatment with Tamika Wong, MPH, Director of Clinical Research in Neurosurgery, and Dr. Morana Vojnic, Medical Oncologist and Director of Oncologic Services at the Brain and Spine Metastases Program, both from Lenox Hill Hospital. This episode offers a deep dive into groundbreaking clinical trials and treatments, clarifying complex brain tumor and glioblastoma terminology for a broader understanding. Listen as Tamika and Dr. Vojnic highlight the critical role of hope and advanced care strategies in improving patient outcomes. Episode Sponsor: Imvax. To learn more visit https://www.imvax.com/. Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions on medical conditions, cancer treatments, and clinical trials. Visit to Learn More: For more information and support resources, visit GBMResearch.org. Disclaimer: The content discussed on The Glioblastoma AKA GBM Podcast is based on personal stories and experiences. It is not intended as medical advice. Always consult with healthcare professionals for medical guidance and treatment options.

In this episode, Brendan speaks with Dr. Daniel Ackil, Director of Simulation Education and Assistant Professor to the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Vermont Health Network Larner College of Medicine, and Dr. Randy D'Amico, a neurosurgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital at Northwell Health, about the impact virtual reality is having on healthcare today. 

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about kidney stones - what they are, what causes them, and how they can be treated. My guest today is Dr. Jared Winoker, the Director, Center for Kidney Stone Disease at Lenox Hill Hospital, part of Northwell Health.

If you're pursuing a performance degree, you may be wondering, "What else can I do with this degree?" It turns out, a lot more than you think! Today, we've brought to the podcast our friend Hannah Flam, a New York City-based performer and project manager. Hannah received her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan and now works as a digital marketing project manager for the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. When Hannah took a break from performing to recover from an injury, she discovered new ways to use her creative skills in a field she never would've expected--healthcare administration!We talked to Hannah about all the different ways she uses what she learned from her theatre degree, the pros and cons of having a full time job outside of performing, and how she's been able to reclaim her love of performing on her own terms after recovering from what could've been a career-ending injury. Hannah is passionate about helping others live their happiest and healthiest lives, so take a listen and get inspired!Here's 4 ways you can work with us here at Broadway Vocal Coach: BVC Academy: online course to shed imposter syndrome and develop practical musical theatre skills BVC Masterclass: subscription service gets you 3 specialty classes each month BVC Aspire: full-service, boutique musical theatre college audition prep program BVC Studio: exclusive membership for adult MT performers, working directly with Cynthia and Chelsea Use the code PODCAST15 to save 15% on BVC Academy and BVC Masterclass at any time. College MT Auditions? Watch our recent live Q&A masterclass! Get the replay and free college audition guide here. Want to work with us? Take the Quiz & Book a Consult!Connect with us on instagram, @bwayvocalcoach And @bvcaspire for college prep content for high school students and families Find us at www.bwayvocalcoach.comSend us an email at hello@bwayvocalcoach.comJo...

 Dr. Steven Feinsilver, Director of Sleep Medicine at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital, gives us some eye-opening information about the nature of sleep and some tips on how we can improve the quality of our sleep.

For a full transcript of this episode, click here. I thought I would encore this show after coming back from the 2023 NODE Conference held in the Microsoft building in New York City, which I always enjoy. NODE stands for Network of Digital Evidence. Why is evidence so important? Here's the NODE answer to this question: It is so smart purchasing decisions can be made by consumers, health systems, and payers so devices and software that improve patient experience, provide actionable insights, and save time and money become part of care delivery so trust is built between industry and healthcare. No matter what direction you come at this from, evidence for care delivery endeavors is sorely needed. What's always interesting to me is kind of the context of this said evidence, however the “who said” evidence is evaluated by and to what end. It was a really interesting juxtaposition, frankly, to hit up the NODE conference—which is attended mainly by digital health entrepreneurs and health system execs—right on the heels of me going to multiple events with self-insured employer types like the PBGH (Pittsburgh Business Group on Health) summit in early December, for example. What Emily Kagan Trenchard, my guest on this encore, talks about today is very much not a nice-to-have from the employer/purchaser point of view. It's a must-have from their perspective because all of these care delivery, technological, and organizational inefficiencies that Emily alludes to … yeah, it's all defined as expensive waste from the standpoint of the employers or other self-insured entities. These self-insured entities are the ones paying for fragmented and unsupported patient journeys with their escalating commercial rates, after all. In sum, I like how Joseph Wu, MD, PhD, who is the current president of the AHA (American Heart Association), put it at the recent AHA Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia last month, which I was honored to attend. Dr. Wu said during his presidential address, “Work hard, work smart, work together.” Emphasis on all of the above, especially the work together. That's what the Relentless Health Value Tribe is all about, after all; so thanks so much for being a part of it. So, a few things to remind everybody. First of all, don't forget EHRs (electronic health records) were purpose built originally for billing. This is no secret. People quite openly have called EHR systems glorified cash registers. If I want to be generous, maybe I would restate this to say that EHRs were designed to document patient interactions. This is what their core architecture was built to achieve. But today, there's a lot that goes on that isn't a traditional patient interaction. First of all, me even calling it, frankly, a patient interaction should give longtime listeners a clue where this is headed. I mean, say you're sitting at home on your couch. I don't know. You're probably not considering yourself a patient. You're considering yourself a person sitting on your couch. However, say you're sitting on your couch and you haven't taken your COPD maintenance therapy. Potentially that is something of clinical significance that maybe should get figured out and noted somewhere—potentially prior to the acute event going down. Or, still talking about things that are relevant to patient health but which don't naturally tuck into an EHR system's native architecture, maybe we have social workers and nutritionists and all kinds of people who are not doctors or nurses or PAs (physician assistants) in this mix. Most of the time, these people don't even have access to the EHR. In sum, what is happening between codes getting written in patient health records? Where's all that information going? My guest in this healthcare podcast, Emily Kagan Trenchard, makes a super point about all of this that I haven't heard made so succinctly or so eloquently. She talks about identifying the core functionalities, the centers of gravity that are needed to bring together providers and patients and everybody else in the mix. She talks about the four platforms that she feels are very necessary to underpin or be the chassis to best support helping providers and others help patients and people in and out of the clinic. She calls each platform a tentpole. These four platforms are: 1.    The EHR 2.    A CRM (customer relationship manager). And, by the way, when Emily says CRM, she's talking about more than software. It's more like a philosophy or a whole approach around relationship building with patients/people/customers. 3.    A cloud platform for data and analytics 4.    A data exchange One last takeaway, for me at least. Emily has talked about two basic facts that inform her thinking: (1) Providers and patients alike are increasingly not tolerant of friction. (2) What is easiest is the most likely to happen. Something that we don't get into in this show but certainly bears considering is the larger context here. Yeah, we got Amazon, we got Google—not only what they are doing alone but also what they are investing in. They have platforms that are purpose built to remove friction and to be really, really easy … one-click easy. So, let's talk about the WIIFM (the “what's in it for me?”) here for health systems to get a move on. When Merrill Goozner was on the show a few weeks ago (EP388), he says that when patients and employers and taxpayers start crying uncle on both healthcare prices as well as just bad friction-filled experiences and also when, at the same time, technology and new competitors move in on the supply side, he says what's gonna happen then is older incumbents like hospitals could find themselves getting their lunches eaten, especially as we contemplate the stuff that Mike Thompson was talking about in episode 389 about how there is increasingly data out there which identifies hospitals who are very inefficiently run. Also, I would be remiss not to mention that non–purpose-built, dare I say bad, technology causes bad clinician burnout, which causes bad turnover, which is really expensive. Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA, FACP, talks about this in episode 323. Emily is SVP and chief of consumer digital solutions over at Northwell Health. Northwell, in case you haven't heard of this health system, is very large: 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient clinics, 300,000 patients a year. Yeah, it's big. Also mentioned in this episode are NODE.Health; Pittsburgh Business Group on Health; Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD; American Heart Association; Merrill Goozner; Mike Thompson; Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA, FACP; and Megan Antonelli. You can learn more at northwell.edu and connect with Emily on LinkedIn.   Emily Kagan Trenchard offers a unique perspective from within the American medical system: A spoken-word-poet-turned-healthcare-executive, she is on a mission to remix the human in healthcare, challenging entrenched assumptions about what it means to give and receive care in the digital age.  As senior vice president, chief of consumer digital solutions, for New York state's largest health system, Northwell Health, Emily leads product strategy, analytics, research, and design for Northwell's digital ecosystem of patient-facing Web sites, apps, and digital channels. She started Northwell's first user experience department to advance the use of design to care for people in a digital world. Passionate about creating seamless experiences steeped in humanity, Emily now serves as the executive sponsor for Northwell's enterprise CRM program. In prior roles, Emily has led Web systems for New York City's famed Lenox Hill Hospital, spearheaded the consolidation of Northwell's 60+ Web sites onto a single Web platform, and transformed Northwell's Web, social, and digital signage properties. Most recently, Emily co-led an agile, interdisciplinary start-up within Northwell charged to rapidly create a seamless digital front door experience. Within 18 months, that team delivered an award-winning mobile app, launched Northwell's consumer identity program, and created the first unified online booking and bill payment capabilities for the health system. Emily holds a master's degree in science writing and communication from MIT. Her executive training was at the Yale School of Management.   07:08 How does customer digital solutions fit into the larger technology infrastructure in healthcare? 09:07 “Where else do you have centers of gravity that you should respect in the architecture?” 09:25 “There is a constellation of need here.” 11:05 “We interact with way more than just patients.” 13:42 “We have to be able to understand the network of relationships in a population.” 14:25 How do EHRs and CRMs interact as two tentpoles in healthcare? 16:45 “The question is, where does a human being work?” 19:07 How are patients staying on a nonfragmented care journey in a proactive way? 23:00 “Anybody who's a consumer of our digital offerings has a relationship with us.” 28:46 “The medicine is being practiced not only on our physical bodies but on our digital bodies.”   You can learn more at northwell.edu and connect with Emily on LinkedIn.   @ektrenchard of @NorthwellHealth discusses #EHRs and #CRMs on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #CRM #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! 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Two years after surviving a high shooting that claimed the lives of four of her fellow students, Kylie Ossege, now 19, is still recovering from the physical and emotional trauma left by the bullet that shattered her clavicle and nearly left her paralyzed. On this episode, Sandra Lindsay, RN, speaks with Kylie about the November 30, 2021 attack, her fight to regain the ability to walk and her recent surgery to stabilize her spine. Led by John Caridi, MD, a spine surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital, the operation was necessary to not only straighten, but strengthen her spine, which was destabilized by the bullet's impact. Now a member of her college's chapter of March for our Lives, a nonprofit gun violence prevention group, Kylie is sharing her story in hopes of making a difference. Learn more about March for our Lives. Learn more about Northwell Health's Center for Gun Violence Prevention. Learn more about the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital.

On this episode, we dive into the sci-fi world of head injuries and brain problems. Two legendary guests join us: Dr. Langer, Chair of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, and star of two riveting Netflix docu-series "Emergency NYC"  and "Lenox Hill," AND: Morgan Murphy, kiss-ready comedian and Abbott Elementary writer extra-ordinaire. Plus calls from various afflicted parties, blithering on with so-and-so and whosy whatsit. Thanks to iHeart music catalog for an exploration of musical nirvana.   Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free and early access to bonus content: https://apple.co/callchelseaperetti  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

Kylie Ossege, survivor of the 2021 Oxford High mass shooting and the 2023 Michigan State University shooting, and Dr. John Caridi, spine surgery specialist and Kylie's doctor join Newsline with Brigitte Quinn to discuss the impacts of mass shootings and Kylie's amazing recovery. 

In this episode, our hosts, Bo and Luke, had the pleasure of interviewing Jonathan Sobel, the Vice President of Strategic Workforce Planning and Development at Northwell Health.Jonathan's journey in healthcare HR is not your typical one. He started out as a physician associate, working in pediatric open-heart surgery and eventually transitioning into adult cardiac surgery. After his time in the operating room and ICU, he became a supervisor for physician associates in open heart surgery. When Northwell Health acquired Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, Jonathan had the opportunity to become the PA Director, leading a team of physician associates and nurse practitioners.During the interview, Jonathan provides valuable insights into the business of healthcare and the importance of understanding the various roles and interactions within a healthcare organization. He emphasizes the need for HR professionals to have industry expertise and a deep understanding of the unique challenges and nuances of the healthcare field.Jonathan also shares his experience transitioning into HR and the support he received from his HR team. He highlights the importance of HR professionals welcoming individuals from clinical backgrounds and helping them navigate their new roles while leveraging their intimate knowledge of patient care.In this episode, you'll gain valuable insights into the intersection of clinical expertise and HR in the healthcare industry. Jonathan's unique journey and perspective shed light on the vital role HR plays in finding, developing, and supporting healthcare professionals.Support the Show.

In This Episode, You Will Learn: Analyzing hockey player data for performance and recovery insights The gaps in sports science and its  application today.   Resources + Links:   Check out Anthony's Masterclass -  The High Performance Hockey Masterclass   Follow Anthony on Instagram | @anthonydonskov Follow Anthony on Twitter | Anthony Donskov, PhD Subscribe to our YouTube Channel | The HPH Podcast with Anthony Donskov   Follow HPH Podcast on Instagram | @hph_podcast Follow HPH Podcast on Twitter | @TheHPH_Podcast   Learn more on our Website | https://www.donskovsc.com/   Check out Anthony's Books Physical Preparations for Ice Hockey: Biological Principles and Practical Solutions The Gain, Go, and Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players   Show Notes: Today we're joined by Dr. Mal McHugh and Reg Grant! Mal is the Director of Research at the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma at Lenox Hill Hospital, which is part of the Northwell Health System. Mal is also the Sports Performance Consultant for the National Hockey League. Reg is the Director of Human Performance at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, a former President of the Strength and Conditioning Association of Professional Hockey, and for 17 years served as the Head Strength Conditioning Coach of the New York Rangers, which specializes in leading interdisciplinary health, wellness and athletic performance teams. In this episode, we talk about decades of testing from the Batman and Robin of testing and high performance hockey, Reg on the floor collecting the data and Mal analyzing the data behind the scenes. We also speak about external load and ice hockey, and a research article yet to be published by Mal titled ‘Accelerometer based measurement of physiological and physical intensity in male ice hockey players: An algorithm for quantifying accelerometry data and ice hockey, identifying a reliable g-force profile'. Interesting article, interesting conversation, interesting talk.​​ 00:00:00 Welcome back to the show, Dr. Mal McHugh and Reg Grant! 00:02:10 How, where, and with whom did you evolve your data stream? 00:05:10 How did you two start working together? 00:07:50 What were the biggest mistakes you learned from? 00:11:40 What were your aha moments? 00:14:05 Giving context to information to get results. 00:17:45 What are the limitations of measurements? 00:21:00 How did your technology evolve? 00:27:40 What were the biggest insights you made? 00:32:25 What targeted interventions did your data allow you to make? 00:35:00 How Mal analyzes athlete data, athletic performance, and injury risk.  00:38:50 Using accelerometry to measure G-force in ice hockey players.  00:41:40 Analyzing hockey player data for performance and recovery insights.  00:46:55 Is there an ideal G-force profile? 00:49:25 Why do you measure G-force? 00:55:45 What gaps are you seeing in sports science and its application?  01:02:00 Best practices for applying sports science in training environments.  01:06:30 When hiring a sports performance director how do you objectify the position?  

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Kimia Pourrezaei and Mr. Greg Mendoza. Dr. Pourrezaei is the Medical Director for the Psychedelic Program and the Early Treatment Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Mr. Mendoza is a Senior Social Worker with Northwell Health. They will be discussing how once a taboo class of illicit substances, psychedelics have been gaining ground in modern medicine as part of promising treatments for patients struggling with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and even addiction.

It's our 50TH EPISODE of The Wellfuel Podcast! Celebrate with us! Our special guest today is Dr. Rob Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP, and chef. He is my friend, colleague and one of my own practitioners supporting me on my own health journey - so you know I trust him - and I wanted to share his knowledge with you! I'm talking with Dr. Rob today about how to simplify your health journey. We all know there are multiple components to your health journey, right? Diet. Supplements. Sleep. Exercise. Tests. What those test show & how to handle the results. SO. MANY THINGS. Dr. Rob is going to walk us through how to distill those many components down to a simple formula that he uses in his practice and his own life, which he calls FRESH: Food, Relaxation, Exercise, Sleep, Happiness. Dr. Rob offers a FREE CONSULTATION by booking on his website here: https://www.freshmednyc.com/contact-us This episode is filled with amazing wisdom and knowledge from Dr. Rob, and I want to be sure you get the full benefit - so be sure to listen when you have time to hear the whole thing - and then listen again, to pick up what you may have missed the first time! -------------- About Dr. Rob Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP, and chef: Dr. Graham is a Harvard-trained physician, Board Certified in both Internal and Integrative Medicine, and has 20 years of clinical experience.  Dr. Graham received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where he received the Community Service Award and subsequently the prestigious “Attending of the Year” award.   Dr. Graham received a Master's of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health while completing three additional fellowships in General Internal Medicine and Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School as well as Medical Education at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also completed coursework in Mind/Body Medicine, Positive Psychology, Lifestyle Medicine, Culinary Medicine, Botanical and Traditional Chinese Medicine.  In 2018, Dr. Graham became one of less than twenty doctor/chefs worldwide, as he obtained his culinary degree from the Natural Gourmet Institute. A very common question he gets: Why would a doctor become a chef? The short answer is an oldie but goodie: “Let food be thy medicine.” This motto has gained him the nickname, Dr. Rob, the Chef. Learn more about Dr. Rob at his website, https://www.freshmednyc.com/ and follow him on Instagram at @FreshMedNYC. ------------- Want to learn more about how we can help you on your healing journey? Book a call with us today to learn more! Join us for our next episode - we drop full episodes and Quick Chats twice weekly! Be sure to like, share, and subscribe to The Wellfuel Podcast for more great nutritional content in the future! You can learn more about Isabel Smith Nutrition at our ⁠website: isabelsmithnutrition.com⁠, or by following us on Instagram: ⁠@isabelsmithnutrition To good health, Isabel Smith, MS, RD, CDN

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Catherine Weinberg. Dr. Director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Northwell Health, Director of High-Risk Cardiovascular Obstetrics at Lenox Hill Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to educate us on adults living with congenital heart disease. As techniques for evaluating and treating heart disease in children have improved, it has allowed more and more affected individuals to survive (and thrive) into adulthood. The result has been a growing number of adults with conditions previously only seen in kids.

Dr. Steven Batash is among the world's leading experts on non-surgical weight loss procedures. He has worked closely with the doctors who pioneered the techniques he practices and has countless success stories of patients in the US, Europe, and South America. Dr. Batash completed his undergraduate education at Columbia University and received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. As a board-certified gastroenterologist, he is currently affiliated with NYU Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.In this episode, Dr. Batash talks about the proliferation of Ozempic users and outlines the side effects and decision-making regarding long term use of the drug.

Millions of Americans are now taking drugs that were intended to help diabetics for weight management. Dr. Steven Batash is among the world's leading experts on non-surgical weight loss procedures. Dr. Batash completed his undergraduate education at Columbia University and received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. As a board-certified gastroenterologist, he is currently affiliated with NYU Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Batash discusses the link between weight management and mental health, as well as the impact of the new generation of weight loss drugs on focus, mood, and well-being.

A school district in Gwinnett County, Georgia, is pioneering an AI-driven curriculum, integrating artificial intelligence into all subjects from social studies to art. CBS News' Christina Ruffini looks at how teachers and students are embracing the technology in the classroom – and how teachers are addressing skepticism.Michelin star chef Bruno Tison is helping reimagine hospital food in New York State's largest hospital system, Northwell Health. CBS News' Nancy Chen visits Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City to see how he is doing that.For our "Changing the Game" series, we are highlighting "Trade Street Jam Co." founder and CEO Ashley Rouse. Rouse discusses the inspiration behind her uniquely flavored jam company and her advice to other women starting their own brands.We're honoring the life of Bob Barker. The longtime host of "The Price is Right" here on CBS died Saturday at 99-years-old. Bob Barker was charming, he was approachable to the thousands of contestants who appeared on the show and he was famous for his love of animals.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

While cancer deaths are in decline in the United States, there is one glaring exception: Prostate cancer. Over the last decade, the number of prostate cancer deaths has risen by 3%. Our guest today, Ardeshir Rastinehad, DO, has made it his mission to turn that number around. In addition to his leading role in developing a safer, more accurate approach to prostate biopsies, the former National Institutes of Health researcher is now part of the team at Northwell Health implementing a new fast-track system that has dramatically cut the time it takes to go from screening to diagnosis. Dr. Rastinehad is Northwell Health's Director for Prostate Cancer and the Vice Chair at the Smith Institute for Urology at Lenox Hill Hospital. Podcast transcript.

The following question refers to Section 6.1 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by MGH internal medicine resident Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen, answered first by UCSD early career preventive cardiologist Dr. Harpreet Bhatia, and then by expert faculty Dr. Eugenia Gianos. Dr. Gianos specializes in preventive cardiology, lipidology, cardiovascular imaging, and women's heart disease; she is the Director of Women's Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital and Director of Cardiovascular Prevention for Northwell Health. The CardioNerds Decipher The Guidelines Series for the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines represents a collaboration with the ACC Prevention of CVD Section, the National Lipid Association, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Enjoy this Circulation 2022 Paths to Discovery article to learn about the CardioNerds story, mission, and values. Question #30 A 65-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and coronary artery disease with remote PCI to the RCA presents for follow-up. She has stable angina symptoms that are well controlled with metoprolol tartrate 25 mg BID and are not lifestyle limiting. She takes aspirin 81 mg daily and atorvastatin 40 mg daily. Her LDL-C is 70 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c is 7.0%, and eGFR is >60. In clinic, her BP is 118/80 mmHg. What is the next step in management?AIncrease atorvastatin for goal LDL-C < 55 mg/dLBNo change in managementCAdd isosorbide mononitrate 30 mg dailyDStop aspirinEStart a sulfonylurea Answer #30 Explanation The correct answer is A – increase atorvastatin for goal LDL-C < 55 mg/dL.In patients with established ASCVD, the ESC guidelines advocate for an LDL goal of < 55 mg/dL with at least a 50% reduction from baseline levels (Class I, LOE A). This patient has stable angina which is not lifestyle limiting; as such, further anti-anginal therapy is not necessary. She has known CAD with prior PCI, so aspirin therapy is appropriate for secondary prevention (Class I, LOE A). There is no indication for a sulfonylurea as her diabetes is well controlled. Notably, in persons with type 2 DM and ASCVD, the use of a GLP-1RA or SGLT2 inhibitor with proven outcome benefits is recommended to reduce CV and/or cardiorenal outcomes (Class I, LOE A).Main TakeawayFor people with established ASCVD, the ESC-recommended LDL-C goal is < 55 mg/dL with a goal reduction of at least 50%.Guideline Loc.Section 6.1 CardioNerds Decipher the Guidelines - 2021 ESC Prevention SeriesCardioNerds Episode PageCardioNerds AcademyCardionerds Healy Honor RollCardioNerds Journal ClubSubscribe to The Heartbeat Newsletter!Check out CardioNerds SWAG!Become a CardioNerds Patron!

Knowing what you want to be when you grow up can be tricky, but the New York City's Department of Education internship program, FutureReadyNYC, is designed to help. The program provides high school students with exposure to professional careers; Northwell is the program's first healthcare partner. Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side, LIJ Forest Hills Hospital in Queens, and Lenox Health Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan gave students a sense of what a career in medicine could be like. On this episode, Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MBA, MSN, RN, speaks with two of the 65 participating teens, Suravi and Ayannah, as well as Northwell's vice president for Workforce & Community Education, Brian Aquart, who helps oversee the program.

The following question refers to Section 6.1 of the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines. The question is asked by Dr. Christian Faaborg-Andersen, answered first by Houston Methodist medicine resident Dr. Najah Khan, and then by expert faculty Dr. Eugenia Gianos.Dr. Gianos specializes in preventive cardiology, lipidology, cardiovascular imaging, and women's heart disease; she is the director of Women s Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital and director of Cardiovascular Prevention for Northwell Health.The CardioNerds Decipher The Guidelines Series for the 2021 ESC CV Prevention Guidelines represents a collaboration with the ACC Prevention of CVD Section, the National Lipid Association, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.Enjoy this Circulation 2022 Paths to Discovery article to learn about the CardioNerds story, mission, and values. Question #23 An asymptomatic 55-year-old man with no past medical history presents to clinic after having a cardiac CT as part of an executive physical. His coronary artery calcium (CAC) score was 200 and the coronary CTA demonstrated isolated 70% stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery. He is asymptomatic and able to jog 2 miles daily without limitation. He was recently started on aspirin 81 mg daily and atorvastatin 40 mg daily by his primary care provider. His LDL is 50 mg/dL, HbA1c is 6.0%. His BP is 108/70. What would you recommend?AStop aspirin 81 mg daily as he has not had an ASCVD event or revascularizationBCardiac catheterization and stent placement in the left circumflexCIncrease atorvastatin to 80 mg dailyDStress testENo change in management Answer #23 Answer choicesAStop aspirin 81 mg daily as he has not had an ASCVD event or revascularizationBCardiac catheterization and stent placement in the left circumflexCIncrease atorvastatin to 80 mg dailyDStress testENo change in managementExplanationThe correct answer is E – no change in management.Though the patient has not had an ASCVD event or revascularization, low-dose aspirin may be considered with definite evidence of CAD on imaging (Class IIb, LOE C).He is asymptomatic and does not have high risk anatomy on CT (i.e., proximal LAD, left main disease, multivessel disease), so percutaneous coronary intervention or stress testing are not indicated.His LDL is well controlled, so increasing atorvastatin would not be appropriate at this time.Main TakeawayAspirin 75-100 md daily may be considered in the absence of MI or revascularization when there is definitive evidence of CAD on imaging (Class IIb, LOE C).Guideline Loc.Section 6.1 CardioNerds Decipher the Guidelines - 2021 ESC Prevention SeriesCardioNerds Episode PageCardioNerds AcademyCardionerds Healy Honor RollCardioNerds Journal ClubSubscribe to The Heartbeat Newsletter!Check out CardioNerds SWAG!Become a CardioNerds Patron!

In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, we are talking about the Netflix documentary series “Emergency NYC" out now on Netflix. Host Rebecca Lavoie interviews directors Adi Barash and Ruthie Shatz. With more than 300 rescue calls a minute, emergency medicine in New York City is a fast-paced world where time and skill make the difference between life and death. The staff at Lenox Hill Hospital are constantly confronted by those who need care in the gravest of situations: a teenager caught in a shootout, a teacher needing a liver transplant, an opera singer with a brain tumor. But these doctors and nurses are also witnesses to the public health challenges of the day. The scourge of gun violence; the lingering effects of care delayed by the pandemic; and the burnout of their colleagues likely to leave medicine altogether. “Emergency NYC” brings the struggles and triumphs of helicopter flight nurses, paramedics, and a staff of world-class surgeons, as well as the many patients who need their help the most. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched “Emergency NYC" yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.

This new docu-series follows the lives of a diverse cast of healthcare pros, including paramedics, nurses, emergency physicians and surgeons. On this podcast, we speak with two of the people featured in Emergency NYC: David Langer, MD, and his patient Julian Primiano, a young opera singer who underwent brain surgery. Dr. Langer is the chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, one of several Northwell hospitals where filming took place. Others include: Cohen Children's Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Huntington Hospital and South Shore University Hospital. Cameras even followed one Sky Health flight nurse through her day-to-day working Northwell's state-of-the-art emergency helicopter service. Both Julian and Dr. Langer share their struggles and triumphs and what it's like to watch their journey on Netflix. Podcast transcript

Well Said has invited Dr. Varinder Singh, Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at Lenox Hill Hospital, the SVP for Cardiology for the Western region for Northwell Health, and an associate professor at the Zucker School of Medicine to talk about the current state of the art techniques intreating coronary artery disease.

Well Said has invited Dr. Frank Schwab, Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, Vice President of Western Region Orthopedics, System Chief of Orthopedic Spine Surgery and Professor of orthopedic surgery at the Zucker School of Medicine to talk about the nuances of Lower Back Pain including its causes and what we can do to find relief.

A conversation with former President of the Knee Society,  Dr. Gil Scuderi!  We talk about his pioneering work as an implant design surgeon, working alongside Dr. John Insall,  MIS, technology, making revisions as simple as 1-2-3!!As a board certified orthopedic surgeon for over 20 years, Dr. Scuderi has an abundant experience in adult knee reconstruction and sports medicine with surgical techniques that include arthroscopic, minimally invasive and full open procedures. While he specializes in all disorders of the knee, he has pursued innovative developments in total knee replacement, gender specific knee designs and revision total knee replacements. Dr. Scuderi was the first orthopedic surgeon on Long Island to implant the first knee replacement specifically designed to fit a woman s anatomy. His contributions to the orthopedic literature are extensive with over 100 published scientific articles and book chapters in orthopedic medical journals and textbooks. He has also edited several textbooks on total knee replacement, sports medicine and knee surgery, and continues to lecture worldwide on reconstructive knee surgery. Dr. Scuderi is a member of several orthopedic and medical organizations, has served on numerous committees, and was the president of the Knee Society from 2012 -2013. Committed to education, he is the Adult Knee Reconstruction Fellowship Director at Lenox Hill Hospital.Clinic Site: https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/orthopaedic-surgery/dr-giles-r-scuderi-md-11317635We explore the "P" in our mnemonic "Pain"....the people in charge making some decisions that we, as reps, would never make.  What do we do with that and how do we minimize the distraction?Support the show

So, a few things to remind everybody. First of all, don't forget EHRs (electronic health records) were purpose built originally for billing. This is no secret. People quite openly have called EHR systems glorified cash registers. If I want to be generous, maybe I would restate this to say that EHRs were designed to document patient interactions. This is what their core architecture was built to achieve. But today, there's a lot that goes on that isn't a traditional patient interaction. First of all, me even calling it, frankly, a patient interaction should give longtime listeners a clue where this is headed. I mean, say you're sitting at home on your couch. I don't know. You're probably not considering yourself a patient. You're considering yourself a person sitting on your couch. However, say you're sitting on your couch and you haven't taken your COPD maintenance therapy. Potentially that is something of clinical significance that maybe should get figured out and noted somewhere—potentially prior to the acute event going down. Or, still talking about things that are relevant to patient health but which don't naturally tuck into an EHR system's native architecture, maybe we have social workers and nutritionists and all kinds of people who are not doctors or nurses or PAs (physician assistants) in this mix. Most of the time, these people don't even have access to the EHR. I mean, what percentage of things that are going to impact a person's health outcomes can be classified as traditional patient encounters that EHRs were designed to document? I mean, you've got your scheduler who wants to tell the transportation company something about a patient. Anything RPM. Where's the caregiver or the family in that garden-variety patient interaction? In sum, what is happening between codes getting written in patient health records? Where's all that information going? I mean, what order set are you gonna use to get all that in and out of the system? Am I saying anything revolutionary that many of you don't already know extremely well? No, I am not. But I am shining the spotlight on it to challenge what might have become a sort of default position at provider organizations today, which is to make the EHR the one ring to rule them all, which might be something to consider revising strategically. My guest in this healthcare podcast, Emily Kagan Trenchard, makes a super point about all of this that I haven't heard made so succinctly or so eloquently. Emily puts it this way: She says just integrating into the EHR as a reflex without contemplation is kind of the olden days. She talks about identifying the core functionalities, the centers of gravity that are needed to bring together providers and patients and everybody else in the mix. Then you find the best systems—call them platforms if you want. But if, at a fundamental level, you have a technology designed for one thing and you're trying to shoehorn it to do something else and this something else is a critical business function, maybe this is something to think about at the highest levels. Of course, it goes without saying that these platforms have to work together (obviously); but you kind of gotta get the right platform for the right job. Now, to make one point clear as glass, what we are not talking about here is cobbling together a bunch of point solutions. What we are talking about is getting the fundamentals, the core architecture here, solidified. Pam Arora talks about this at length in episode 246. She's the CIO at Texas Children's. Pam Arora says that if a health system doesn't get its technology infrastructure rock solid, if that infrastructure is janky in any way, then everything built on top of it will require duct tape and workarounds and probably not go as well as planned. On the show today, Emily Kagan Trenchard continues that theme. She talks about the four platforms that she feels are very necessary to underpin or be the chassis to best support helping providers and others help patients and people in and out of the clinic. She calls each platform a tentpole. These four platforms are: The EHR A CRM (customer relationship manager). And, by the way, when Emily says CRM, she's talking about more than software. It's more like a philosophy or a whole approach around relationship building with patients/people/customers. A cloud platform for data and analytics A data exchange One last takeaway, for me at least. Emily has talked about two basic facts that inform her thinking: (1) Providers and patients alike are increasingly not tolerant of friction. (2) What is easiest is the most likely to happen. Something that we don't get into in this show but certainly bears considering is the larger context here. Yeah, we got Amazon, we got Google—not only what they are doing alone but also what they are investing in. They have platforms that are purpose built to remove friction and to be really, really easy … one-click easy. So, let's talk about the WIIFM (the “what's in it for me?”) here for health systems to get a move on. When Merrill Goozner was on the show a few weeks ago (EP388), he says that when patients and employers and taxpayers start crying uncle on both healthcare prices as well as just bad friction-filled experiences and also when, at the same time, technology and new competitors move in on the supply side, he says what's gonna happen then is older incumbents like hospitals could find themselves getting their lunches eaten. So, probably intuitively as well as intellectually, health systems really getting their technology clearly optimized to support their communities, their patients, and their providers might seem to be mission critical, especially as we contemplate the stuff that Mike Thompson was talking about in episode 389 about how there is increasingly data out there which identifies hospitals who are very inefficiently run. And so, if at a very basic level a hospital has misaligned tech that's requiring a lot of workarounds and stuff, which is another way to say wasting a lot of staff time, having the right technology deployed in the right way will certainly ground efforts to be effective and also help compete with some of these lurking entities who are looking to take a piece of the $3 or $4 trillion healthcare industry in this country—of which hospitals account for something like $1 trillion. And as Eric Bricker, MD, says in episode 351, this is why hospitals have a big red target on their back. Also, I would be remiss not to mention that non–purpose-built, dare I say bad, technology causes bad clinician burnout, which causes bad turnover, which is really expensive. Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA, FACP, talks about this in episode 323. By the way, I interviewed Emily Kagan Trenchard at NODE.Health's Annual Digital Medicine Conference in New York City this past December—always a great conference. Emily is SVP and chief of consumer digital solutions over at Northwell Health. Northwell, in case you haven't heard of this health system, is very large: 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient clinics, 300,000 patients a year. Yeah, it's big. You can learn more at northwell.edu and connect with Emily on LinkedIn. Emily Kagan Trenchard offers a unique perspective from within the American medical system: A spoken-word-poet-turned-healthcare-executive, she is on a mission to remix the human in healthcare, challenging entrenched assumptions about what it means to give and receive care in the digital age. As senior vice president, chief of consumer digital solutions, for New York State's largest health system, Northwell Health, Emily leads teams that push the limits of how we use technology to make healthcare seamless and steeped in humanity while keeping the company competitive at a time of radical change. She is a big believer that innovation is an ongoing process, not just a box to check, and launched Northwell's first UX department to ensure that patient perspectives and needs drove the design of digital tools and systems. Prior to joining Northwell, Emily led Web systems for New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital, where she drove the development of many early consumer health tools, including the first-ever implementation of the Zocdoc scheduling platform for a hospital. Emily holds a master's degree in science writing from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley.   07:55 How does customer digital solutions fit into the larger technology infrastructure in healthcare? 09:54 “Where else do you have centers of gravity that you should respect in the architecture?” 10:11 “There is a constellation of need here.” 11:51 “We interact with way more than just patients.” 14:28 “We have to be able to understand the network of relationships in a population.” 15:11 How do EHRs and CRMs interact as two tentpoles in healthcare? 17:32 “The question is, where does a human being work?” 19:54 How are patients staying on a nonfragmented care journey in a proactive way? 23:46 “Anybody who's a consumer of our digital offerings has a relationship with us.” 29:33 “The medicine is being practiced not only on our physical bodies but on our digital bodies.” You can learn more at northwell.edu and connect with Emily on LinkedIn.   @ektrenchard of @NorthwellHealth discusses #EHRs and #CRMs on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #EHR #CRM   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! 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