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“What is a mentor? Four words. One big question.”What do you look for in a mentor? What qualities should you consider? And, more importantly, what exactly is a mentor?To help answer these questions and discuss the role mentors play in the careers of physicians Dr. David Gratzer is joined by Dr. Suzanne Koven, a Harvard-affiliated physician and Writer-in-Residence at Massachusetts General, whose article, "What Is a Mentor?" was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.In this episode you will learn:the distinction between coaching and mentoringthe types of mentor relationshipsthe importance of genuine empathy and firm ego boundaries in mentorshow to find a good mentor. THANKS FOR LISTENING!Quick Takes is a production of the Center for Addiction and Mental Health. You can find links to the relevant content mentioned in the show and accessible transcripts of all the episodes we produce online at CAMH.ca.Follow CAMH Education on X (formerly known as Twitter) @camhEduFollow and subscribe to Reading of the Week where, every week, Dr. David Gratzer reviews research papers from the world of psychiatry.

In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes podcast, Dr. Kyle Eberlin and Dr. Vlad Tereshenko discuss the latest advances in osseo integration for prosthetic reconstruction of mid humeral amputations. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: Emerging Value of Osseointegration for Intuitive Prosthetic Control after Transhumeral Amputations: A Systematic Review by V Tereshenko, R Giorgino, KR Eberlin, IL Valerio, JM Souza, M Alessandri-Bonetti,GM Peretti and OC Aszmann. Read the article for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com: https://bit.ly/GOXOsseointegratedProstheses   Dr. Vlad Tereshenko is a post doctoral fellow at the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kyle Eberlin is a board certified plastic surgeon at Massachusetts General, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School as well as being the Section Editor of Peripheral Nerve Surgery for PRS Global Open. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery

Friends, we know that seeing specialists and hearing your child could potentially have cardiac issues after receiving a prenatal diagnosis can all be overwhelming. We also know that while months of celebrating and advocating for awareness can be helpful, but also adds to those valid overwhelming feelings when you're new to a diagnosis. While those statistics are true, 50% of babies born with Down syndrome are born with heart defects. There are also incredible advancements in cardiology and amazing physicians like our guest this week Dr. Lorraine Schratz there for your family every step of the way! Dr. Schratz is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Massachusetts General for Children and an instructor at Harvard Medical School. She acknowledges the fear that comes with a diagnosis but emphasizes the advancements in medicine that have led to fewer follow-up surgeries for people with Down syndrome. Dr. Schratz stresses the importance of providing families with both medical facts and emotional support, tailoring information to their needs, and encouraging patients to ask as many questions as they need to. She shares her advice to create healthy habits for our kiddos with and without heart defects, what to expect when receiving a diagnosis, and recommends resources for support. We're so grateful for conversations like these, and in the words that Dr. Schratz's patients wanted to send us, “It'll be ok!”  --- SHOW NOTES NDSS (National Down Syndrome Society) The Heart And Down Syndrome American Heart Association (Dr. Schratz recommends using the health conditions tab for helpful resources and information) Global Down Syndrome Foundation (more information and resources on congenital heart defects) The Brett Boyer Foundation American Academy of Pediatrics: Down syndrome guidelines DISCOUNT CODE Friends, grab your narrative shifting gear over on The Lucky Few Merch Shop and use code PODCAST for 10% off! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR: Thank you, Enable SNP for sponsoring this episode! 47. Planning for the Future w/Phillip Clark from Enable SNP 191. Future Planning for the WHOLE Family - ft. Phillip Clark, Enable SNP HELP US SHIFT THE NARRATIVE Interested in partnering with The Lucky Few Podcast as a sponsor? Email hello@theluckyfewpodcast.com for more information! LET'S CHAT Email hello@theluckyfewpodcast.com with your questions and Good News for future episodes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theluckyfewpod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theluckyfewpod/support

Today we welcome a very special guest to Sauna Talk: Dr. Charles Raison. His biography is as follows: Dr. Raison is a the Mary Sue and Mike Shannon Chair for Healthy Minds, Children & Families in the School of Human Ecology and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Raison received his medical degree from Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and won the Missouri State Medical Association Award. He completed residency training at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital in Los Angeles. In addition to his medical training, Dr. Raison obtained his Masters of English from the University of Denver. Dr. Raison has written and published over 100 scientific papers as well over 20 review papers and editorials. Chapters he has written have been featured in over 30 books, and he has written two books, most recently The New Mind-Body Science of Depression, published by WW Norton in 2017. Dr. Raison's publications have been cited over 14,000 times, with three publications having more than 1,000 citations. His H-index is 44. The recipient of several teaching awards, Dr. Raison has received research funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His visionary work focuses on the treatment of depression in response to illness and stress, translating neurobiological findings into novel interventions. In addition to his activities at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Raison is the mental health expert for CNN.com.” Reference: UW-Madisonhttps://www.psychiatry.wisc.edu › staff › raison-charles Sauna Talk excerpts We discuss Charles' academic and personal background, how he has been interested in World's ancient practices including Buddist Tuumo meditation, where Tibetan monks are wrapped in cold wet blankets and through breathing and meditation, are able to warm themselves for a long period of time. The area around research and studies to treat depression are of special interest. Reaching a hypothermia state has proven health benefits. Dr. Raison's 2010 depression study with 16 people, who reached 101.3 degrees f. shown a marketed decrease in depression. The participants actually lowered their internal body temperature. The World leader in Hypothermia We discuss other work and studies happening right now in the United States, through Harvard University and Massachusetts General. Also Ashley Mason's work in San Francisco. More on this soon! The Vail sauna lab Eagle County Co. is an interesting place. The disparity of rich and poor, and people moving their and experiencing the Paradox of Paradise, are likely culprits that lead to the area having the highest suicide rate in the country. Ashley Mason, UCSF. Heat has an antidepressant effect. Transforming mental health The good news is a private investment of $100mm towards a new hospital in Vail that is committed to transform mental health in this country. Providing equitable care for rich and non rich, integrating mind/body practices. Vail Health is set to be a world class research institute. Heat, thermal studies, psychedelic research are all areas of study. It is an exciting time for sauna research. The CHILL study. Can you benefit from heat whether you are taking an antidepressant or not? This episode tees the ball up for our follow up conversation which I will be equally excited to bring to you in the future. So, for right now, I am pleased to present to you Dr. Charles Raison.

Guests: Freakonomics, MD host, UChicago-trained economist, and Harvard medical school physician Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, and Harvard physician, Mass General critical care doctor, and healthcare policy researcher Christopher Worsham, MD, MPH on their singular work of popular science, RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE (published by Random House), on sale July 11, 2023, and available for pre-order on Amazon. Book Summary Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with ADHD and the flu? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running? And what do surgeons and salesmen have in common?As a University of Chicago-trained economist, Harvard medical school professor and doctor, and host of the Freakonomics, MD podcast, Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD is uniquely equipped to answer these questions. And as a critical care doctor at Massachusetts General who researches health care policy, Christopher Worsham, MD, MPH confronts their impact on the hospital's sickest patients.   In RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE, Jena and Worsham show us how medicine really works—and its effect on all of us. In the spirit of Freakonomics, Cribsheet, and Noise, this singular work combines popular topics like behavioral science, health, and medicine through the lens of economic principles and big data insights to reveal the unexpected but predictable events that profoundly affect our health. Relying on ingeniously devised natural experiments—random events that unknowingly turn us into experimental subjects—Jena and Worsham do more than offer readers colorful stories. They help us see the way our health is shaped by forces invisible to the untrained eye. Is there ever a good time to have a heart attack? Do you choose the veteran doctor or the rookie? Do you really need the surgery your doctor recommends? These questions are rife with significance and their impact can be life changing. RANDOM ACTS OF MEDICINE will not only help readers gain a better understanding of how medicine is practiced or what motivates human behavior; it will empower them to see past the white coat and find out what really makes medicine work—and how it could work better.

Joseph Sirintrapun, MD, FCAP and Jochen Lennerz, MD, PhD, FCAP discuss implementing digital pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the creation of the Pathology Innovation Collaborative Community (PIcc). Dr. Lennerz shares the challenges and easy wins Massachusetts General experienced during the process, where he sees digital pathology heading in the next 5 to 10 years, and the importance of regulatory science. This episode is part of a series of conversations featuring institutions at varying degrees of digital pathology implementation. For more information about PIcc, visit: https://pathologyinnovationcc.org/ For more information about digital pathology, visit the Digital and Computational Pathology Committee resource center: https://www.cap.org/member-resources/councils-committees/digital-pathology-topic-center

Are kids really unmotivated, or are you just misinterpreting the signs? Dr. Ellen Braaten talks with Emily Kircher-Morris about the importance of understanding signs of a lack of motivation in neurodivergent children. They delve into the connection between motivation and executive functioning, and explore strengths-based interventions and ways to integrate them into our interactions with neurodivergent kids. They also touch on the controversial question of whether there's any real value to extrinsic motivators. A meeting of the minds about motivation, on episode 171. Here's the link for the summer camp program at Young Scholars Academy. Please use promo code YSANDP10 for 10% off, and to let them know you heard it on the Neurodiversity Podcast. For information about our SPACE Program, and to get registered, go here. Dr. Ellen Braaten is the Executive Director of Learning and Emotional Assessment Program at Massachusetts General hospital, and the Kessler Family Chair in Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment. She also holds an Associate Professorship at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Braaten is also an experienced and prominent psychologist, researcher, speaker, and author of the upcoming book, Bright Kids Who Couldn't Care Less. She received her Master's from the University of Colorado, and her Ph.D. from Colorado State University. BACKGROUND READING Dr. Braaten's website Bright Kids Who Couldn't Care Less Massachusetts General's Learning & Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) Twitter LinkedIn Instagram

In this episode, guest host Dr. Peder Horner interviews Dr. Harold Coons about the history of IR, his contributions to the field, where the field is headed, and his advice for trainees and early career IRs. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS BD Rotarex Atherectomy System https://www.bd.com/rotarex Philips SymphonySuite https://www.philips.com/symphonysuite --- SHOW NOTES Dr. Coons attended Pomona College, where he studied math. He then realized he didn't want to be a nuclear scientist in the Sputnik era, which was where most opportunities were at the time. He decided to attend medical school at UCLA instead. As a medical student, he saw how happy the radiologists were, so he decided to choose it as a specialty. He had the opportunity to do a carotid arteriogram one day when everyone else was busy. He considered himself a maverick and someone who was always ready to take on a challenge. He then experienced a moment that changed his life, when Czech radiologist Josef Rösch came to UCLA to visit from the University of Oregon where he was working with Charles Dotter. Dr. Coons saw Dr. Rösch direct puncture the spleen for a spleen portogram, and it took him only 15 seconds. This was incredible to him, and after that, Dr. Coons followed him around whenever he did procedures. They teamed up, Dr. Coons volunteering to be the nurse, because no nurses liked working with Rösch. Coons shaped catheters for him at a steam kettle, watched him do the first TIPS on a dog, and did the first arterial embolization with clotted venous blood under the direction of Dr. Rösch. After his stint in the Airforce at a hospital in San Antonio, where he honed his embolization skills, he returned to San Diego. He was then working in private practice as the only IR in San Diego. One year, he heard about a meeting at Massachusetts General, so he submitted 6 papers on things he had been doing recently. All his papers were accepted, so he went to the meeting. At his first presentation, the leader of the meeting announced to the audience that he had accepted these papers to expose Coons as a fraud, because these techniques were nothing any academic had ever heard of. He did his presentation, and everyone in the audience, including the meeting leader, believed what he was doing was indeed real. He apologized to Coons and invited him to the speakers dinner, where he sat next to Kurt Amplatz and Plinio Rossi. Rossi convinced him to start publishing his ideas to get the credit he deserved, and to have something to show his children. Dr. Coons was forced to retire early in 1996 due to radiation exposure, but has been an avid innovator, educator, and international speaker since then. His passion for IR and excitement for the future of the field is contagious to all who have the pleasure of hearing him speak.

It's In the News, a look at the top stories and headlines from the diabetes community happening now. This week, Dexcom sets a US release date for the G7, we find out whether Tandem will be a Tidepool Loop partner now that Insulet and Medtronic are out, Omnipod Eros to be discontinued, a new study says there's a better age to test kids for type 1, a new smart insulin pen sensor can also be used to track dosing of GLP-1 medications, a new twist in the Faustman study of the TB vaccine to treat diabetes, the Sims 4 update brings CGMs to the game and more. Links and transcript below Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! Take Control with Afrezza  Omnipod - Simplify Life Learn about Dexcom  Check out VIVI Cap to protect your insulin from extreme temperatures Learn more about AG1 from Athletic Greens  Drive research that matters through the T1D Exchange The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is by signing up for our weekly newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter here Here's where to find us: Facebook (Group) Facebook (Page) Instagram Twitter Check out Stacey's books! Learn more about everything at our home page www.diabetes-connections.com  Reach out with questions or comments: info@diabetes-connections.com Episode Transcription:  Hello and welcome to Diabetes Connections In the News! I'm Stacey Simms and these are the top diabetes stories and headlines happening now XX In the news is brought to you by VIVI Cap – confidence on the go that keeps your insulin protected in hot or cold XX Learning a bit more about the Tidepool pump partnership, at least who it won't be. When Tidepool Loop approval was announced last month, it came without the original pump partners, Omnipod and Medtronic. CEO Howard Look said they do have a pump partner but that they're not ready to announced yet. I spoke to Tandem for next week's episode and they say its' not them. Quote “That's not part of our roadmap, it's not an integration we're working on.” XX Insulet announces it will discontinue the original Omnipod system. In a letter to healthcare professionals, the company says the system, referred to as Eros or Omnipod Classic will be discontinued at the end of this year. It's no longer available to new patients and existing customers will be transitioned to Dash or Omnipod 5. I'll link up the letter in the show notes. “Dear healthcare professionals, We have made the decision to discontinue the original omnipod insulin management system in the us after December 31 2023. This system is often referred to omnipod eros or omnipod classic. Insulet will continue to support the omnipod system throughout this year to allow existing patients ample time to transition to newer omnipod technology such as Omnipod dash or Omnipod 5. please note this product is no longer available for new patients in the US. After December 31, 2023 Insulet will not be able to guarantee the availability of the omnipod system supplies. “ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225188520677483&set=a.1253748061199 XX Civica continues to move ahead with more affordable insulin, announcing that Ypsomed will make and supply their pens. Civica plans to produce three insulin biosimilars priced at no more than $30 per vial and no more than $55 for a box of five pen cartridges. Contingent on FDA approval, Civica anticipates that its insulins will be available for purchase beginning as soon as 2024. XX New study shows screening kids at risk for type 1 diabetes only once – at age ten – is very effective in detecting the condition by the age of 18. These researchers also say “Almost no one” who is islet autoantibody negative at age 10 years despite a high familial risk for type 1 diabetes will develop clinical diabetes by the age of 18. Full study published in the Lancet. https://www.medwirenews.com/diabetes/age-10-years-optimal-type-1-diabetes-screening-point/23957596 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(22)00350-9/fulltext?fbclid=IwAR2kRNyGg6lnq3ZWsFkXnCvkeNiisg9mE2bbN_OnGiLrUpcHKXAaff3OkE4 XX The nonprofit public health advocacy group the Physicians Committee issued a formal complaint that a recent CBS "60 Minutes" segment was a promotion for Novo Nordisk's obesity drug, Wegovy, that was dressed up as a news segment. The Washington, D.C.-based group has filed a complaint with federal bodies alleging that the CBS "60 Minutes" segment that aired on New Year's Day breached the FDA's “fair balance” rules for drug ads. The Committee said in a release that the feature failed to talk about alternatives to the drug or about other weight-loss methods; that only experts “paid by Novo” were used in the program; and that the piece used overly promotional language. This has caused Wegovy supply issues for Novo which, coupled with manufacturing problems, only deepened bumps in production last year for the drug and led to an official shortage of the drug in 2022. A spokesperson for Novo Nordisk told Fierce Pharma Marketing: “Novo Nordisk did not provide any payment or sponsorship to CBS 60 Minutes for their reporting on obesity as part of a news segment that aired on January 1, 2023, and we did not control any of the content or have any role in identifying or selecting the doctors and patients featured in the news segment.” https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/health-group-lambasts-novo-nordisk-60-minutes-paid-news-program-weight-loss-med-wegovy XX Some researchers have pulled out of a trial investigating the use of an old tuberculosis vaccine to treat children with Type 1 diabetes only months after they began enrolling participants. This is part of the Faustman study of the BCG vaccine. Some recent research suggests that the vaccine, first administered in 1921, also may protect against Covid-19 and respiratory diseases because of its broad effects on the immune system. The lead investigators of the pediatric trial are proceeding with the study, but N.Y.U. Langone's abrupt withdrawal could potentially jeopardize its viability if they are unable to collect data on the children at the N.Y.U. site. An earlier study by the scientists at Massachusetts General found that two doses of B.C.G. vaccine reduced blood sugar levels to near normal in a very small group of adults with Type 1 diabetes. Other studies of B.C.G., using different versions of the vaccine and following Type 1 diabetes subjects for varying periods of time, have yielded mixed results. The lead investigator of the trial, Dr. Denise Faustman, director of the immunobiology laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital, said that N.Y.U.'s withdrawal was a serious deviation from trial protocol that may call into question the final results. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/health/diabetes-bcg-nyu.html XX A new smart insulin pen sensor can also be used to track dosing of GLP-1 medications. Brand names for GLP-1 medications include Trulicity and Ozempic. This device, called Mallya, attaches to the injector and connects it to a mobile app. It's already cleared in Europe and should be available in the US in the next few months. The device is compatible with most popular insulin pens, including Lilly's Kwikpen, Sanofi's Solostar, and the Novo Nordisk FlexPen. Biocorp also announced that it has partnered with Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and Roche Diabetes Care to improve Mallya's current design moving forward. According to the Mallya website, the device's lifespan is two years before a replacement is needed, and in no way does it change the way that users operate their insulin pen. The device can be charged via USB and, with average use of three to four injections per day, requires charging once a month. Also, for those who have different pens for multiple types of insulin, the app can connect multiple Mallya devices, one for basal insulin and another for bolus, for instance. https://diatribe.org/fda-clears-smart-injector-pen-device-mallya XX Tempramed/ VIVI Cap XX New features popped up this week in the latest version of The Sims – after an update, players can opt for their characters to wear a CGM – Libre or Dexcom Freestyle Libre in the Sims 4 game. Search for CGM or Libre XX The Jonas Brothers officially have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On Monday, Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas were honored during a ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard where their careers as musicians were celebrated. Their star was dedicated in the category of Recording and the trio was introduced by Monte and Avery Lipman of Republic Records, Ryan Tedder and writer and producer Jon Bellion. While the brothers still maintain their own separate projects -- Nick Jonas is set to produce and star in the upcoming film "Foreign Relations," Joe Jonas recently starred in the film "Devotion," and Kevin Jonas hosts the ABC series "Claim to Fame" -- they continue to make music together and are slated to release new songs this year. The group closed out Monday's ceremony by announcing big news about their upcoming new album, which will be released in May. They also said they'll be going on tour again. XX On the podcast next week.. Tandem Diabetes with an update on their road map announced last year. They've since acquired a patch pump company and one that makes infusion sets. A lot to catch up on! This past week's long format episode is with Tidepool Loop, a deep dive into what was approved with CEO Howard Look That's In the News for this week.. if you like it, please share it! Thanks for joining me! See you back here soon.

Food allergy self-management and advocacy start in the home. But knowing what to teach when can be tricky. Two, nationally recognized, food allergy mental health experts, sit at the FAACT Roundtable to help our community understand age-appropriate lessons. Linda Herbert, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Division of Psychology and Behavioral Health at Children's National Hospital, and Nancy Rotter, Ph.D., Director of Psychological Services Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, provide real-world tips for teaching children with food allergies self-management skills as they transition between age groups.To keep you in the know, here are helpful resources:Food Allergy Stages Handouts (in English and Spanish) - The American College of Asthma, Allergy and ImmunologyMass General for Children - Food Allergy Buddies ProgramPsychology Today: Find a TherapistFAACT's Behavioral Health Resource CenterFAACT's 'My Food Allergy Resilience Kit'FAACT's Family Activities At HomeYou can find the FAACT Roundtable Podcast on Pandora, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Podcast Chaser, Deezer, and Listen Notes.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, & Pinterest.Sponsored by: ARS Pharma*NOTE: Today's guests were not sponsored by ARS Pharma or compensated in any way to participate in this specific podcast.Thanks for listening! FAACT invites you to discover more exciting food allergy resources at FoodAllergyAwareness.org!

In our age of specialization, today's guest, Dr. Will Hwang of Massachusetts General, went against the trend and received three bachelor degrees in different fields. Or is this the new trend? Will says that despite the diversity of pursuits, there was a thread that ran throughout his life as a student. He always liked to look at things at the fundamental unit.

Dr. Sandra Awaida is a clinical pharmacist that has been practicing in the US since 1999. She worked as an attending pharmacist at the Massachusetts General hospital which is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in the intensive care unit and internal medicine department where she also served on the pharmacy residency advisory committee, the MGH pharmacy research committee and a writer to the MGH pharmacy newsletter. She joined Novartis Canada working on new product launches, developing medical content and speaking on national meetings. Her passion for clinical pharmacy led her on to teach at several universities in the US and abroad until she found her calling when she founded a private cardiology practice where she incorporated Chronic Care Management, Remote Patient Monitoring or RPM and PGx. She is the founder of PreciGenX, LLC. Since 2008, she has worked to advance the non traditional role of pharmacists in medical practices and is a is a huge advocate of a preventative approach to patient care. She is constantly looking to create value by marrying cutting-edge innovative services with the highest evidence-based medicine to achieve the best outcome for her patients and increase ROI or Return of Investment for physicians. And of course she has been mentoring and coaching others to be able to do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sandra Awaida is a clinical pharmacist that has been practicing in the US since 1999. She worked as an attending pharmacist at the Massachusetts General hospital which is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in the intensive care unit and internal medicine department where she also served on the pharmacy residency advisory committee, the MGH pharmacy research committee and a writer to the MGH pharmacy newsletter. She joined Novartis Canada working on new product launches, developing medical content and speaking on national meetings. Her passion for clinical pharmacy led her on to teach at several universities in the US and abroad until she found her calling when she founded a private cardiology practice where she incorporated Chronic Care Management, Remote Patient Monitoring or RPM and PGx. She is the founder of PreciGenX, LLC. Since 2008, she has worked to advance the non traditional role of pharmacists in medical practices and is a is a huge advocate of a preventative approach to patient care. She is constantly looking to create value by marrying cutting-edge innovative services with the highest evidence-based medicine to achieve the best outcome for her patients and increase ROI or Return of Investment for physicians. And of course she has been mentoring and coaching others to be able to do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sandra Awaida is a clinical pharmacist that has been practicing in the US since 1999. She worked as an attending pharmacist at the Massachusetts General hospital which is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in the intensive care unit and internal medicine department where she also served on the pharmacy residency advisory committee, the MGH pharmacy research committee and a writer to the MGH pharmacy newsletter. She joined Novartis Canada working on new product launches, developing medical content and speaking on national meetings. Her passion for clinical pharmacy led her on to teach at several universities in the US and abroad until she found her calling when she founded a private cardiology practice where she incorporated Chronic Care Management, Remote Patient Monitoring or RPM and PGx. She is the founder of PreciGenX, LLC. Since 2008, she has worked to advance the non traditional role of pharmacists in medical practices and is a is a huge advocate of a preventative approach to patient care. She is constantly looking to create value by marrying cutting-edge innovative services with the highest evidence-based medicine to achieve the best outcome for her patients and increase ROI or Return of Investment for physicians. And of course she has been mentoring and coaching others to be able to do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sit down with two mental health experts to explore how to re-engage with our new normal and our lives as parents and caregivers. Isolation had an impact and Linda Herbert, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Division of Psychology and Behavioral Health at Children's National Hospital, and Nancy Rotter, Ph.D., Director of Psychological Services, Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, provide real-world tips for understanding our experiences and tips for moving forward.To keep you in the know, here are helpful resources:Resources:Psychology Today - Find a therapistFAACT's Behavioral Health Resource CenterFAACT's 'My Food Allergy Resilience Kit'FAACT's Family Activities At HomeYou can find the FAACT Roundtable Podcast on Pandora, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher,  iHeart Radio, Podcast Chaser, Deezer, and Listen Notes.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, & Pinterest.Sponsored by: National Peanut Board*NOTE: Today's guests were not sponsored by the National Peanut Board or compensated in any way to participate in this specific podcast.

Katie Lowes and Dr. Kira Stein (Psychiatrist; founder, West Coast Life Center) discusses mothering through postpartum depression.  Dr. Stein goes more into detail about Katie’s personal experience with PPD, the difference between this depression and “baby blues,” and advice for moms currently struggling with the disorder. Plus, are you a mom who is afraid that taking medication could get into your babies’ system? Tune in for more information. Katie’s Crib Notes: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Understanding Maternal Depression - UCLA Maternal Mental Health Program The American Psychiatric Association’s postpartum depression information page Harvard’s Massachusetts General psychiatry program’s Women’s Mental Health webpage  Georgetown University’s Postpartum Depression: Signs and Resources for Help CDC’s Treating for Two: Medicine and Pregnancy  Maternal Mental Health NOW  Article: “The ‘Good Enough’ Mother Begins in Pregnancy”  Article: “Doctor Says: When it Comes to Breastfeeding, your Health abd Happiness Matter as Much as Your Baby’s” Postpartum Support International (PSI) Peer mentor program Provider Directory Intensive Outpatient Programs PSI Online Weekly Support Groups PSI Resources for Fathers EMERGENCY HELP: Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room in life threatening situations. National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255 (voice call or online chat) Call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

If something terrible happens and you’re unable to make your own medical decisions, who do you want to make them for you? And what kind of care do you want at the end of your life?   I’m Gina DiPietro, with Novant Health, Healthy Headlines.  Those two questions are at the center of a Novant Health program called Choices and Champions, which helps patients and care teams talk through important decisions. It encourages patients to choose a health care “Champion,” or the person who will stand in their corner when they can’t speak up for themselves, and think about other medical choices they may face in the future. End-of-life care is always top of mind for Dr. Colin McDonald, a neurohospitalist at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. It’s true for his young patients as well as his older ones – the seriously ill ones along with the healthy ones. He cares for critically ill stroke patients and others with neurological injuries, including head trauma.   For 28 years, Dr. McDonald has been leading these conversations. In this episode, he talks with Melody Myers about why it’s important to have your care team document your “choices” in your medical record and to choose a Champion to speak for you if you are not able to speak for yourself.   Melody So tell me about the Choices and Champions program at Novant Health and why it's important and how you've worked with it. Dr. McDonald So there are two very important things that any patient needs. And I really say that no matter how young or how old. One of them is to have a discussion with a trusted clinician, who is able to document into the medical record, what their desires and wants, what their loves and dislikes happen to be, what their life would be like if certain things happen. And we call that choices, or advance care planning. Those are really notes that aren’t process-driven. Most of the time, they're blank text that you type into a computer, but they stand-alone so people can see, in October of 2020, Mrs. Smith had this attitude. And then you go forward from that. And suppose Mrs. Smith, in December of 2020, is now diagnosed, surprisingly, and out of the blue with a very aggressive and widespread cancer. At that particular point, Mrs. Smith's goals may have changed.  So when we talk about goals and advanced care planning, it's meant to be a life story that evolves with the life and the health of the patient. So that's one part of it. And that's supposing, and that's where you're right most of the time, pre-hospitalization, that the patient is able to manifest, discuss, express what their choices are.  However, as we all know cardiopulmonary arrests happen out of the blue, stroke-like events happen out of the blue, that's why we call them strokes. And when those things happen, a patient is not typically in a place to have the conversation about what their choices are. And that's where the Champion part comes in. You always look to the patient first, if the patient is able to tell you what their desires and wants would be. But you also tell the patient, there may come a moment, God decides where you're not able to do that. What I know, because I may not be there, I'm just one of the whatever, several thousand doctors at Forsyth Medical Center/Novant Health, I may not be there at that particular moment. What you need, you need a Champion that really knows you, understands this particular conversation, and then understands, knowing what they know about you what they know about your goals and desire, they understand that in almost any circumstance, no matter how difficult, we're going to be able to figure out what you Mrs. Smith would want done in this unforeseen circumstance.  Melody So what do you tell a patient who might be reluctant to name a champion? Dr. McDonald I'll begin by saying, I'm the Champion for my mom and dad, and I have been for many, many years. And my mom, who's a registered nurse, she was the one that was reluctant years ago for me to become her Champion, because she thought it was almost too much weight. And so what I told my mom back then, and what I think a lot of champions really believe there's no greater demonstration of confidence or love, than you turning to someone that you love and trust so much, and say, “You are the keeper of my decisions when I am not able to make those decisions.” And I think when you put it in those terms, it's pretty often and I would say even more than that, most often the case that patients embrace that idea when they look at it that way.  MelodySo what do you tell a family member who doesn't want to honor the Champion named? Dr. McDonaldYep. And so let's first talk about what do you do about a Champion that's been asked, and doesn't want to become the Champion, kind of the reverse of where we're going here. What I tell them, and this is something that I had learned at the Massachusetts General years and years and years ago, we called it the curse and the blessing. And the way we described it is, the blessing is that your mom, your dad, your friend has so much confidence in what you know about this person. Let's say it's Mrs. Smith, and she has placed all the confidence in you that can be no greater blessing than that. And then you actually have to go hard Scottish on them after that and say –  here's where the curse comes in – I would be asking Mrs. Smith, if she was able to tell me … I never met Mrs. Smith, when she would have been able to tell me. You were here representing Mrs. Smith. Knowing what her wants and desires were, you can tell me all you know about her joys, her hobbies, her loves, etcetera, her fears. You can tell me all about that and I can help guide you to what I think she would want. But I need to know a lot from you. And once you explain that to most Champions, they're OK with it, they understand that it isn't their choice. They're making a choice in place of Mrs. Smith, who was unable to make that choice for herself.  And that then gets to the other point, which I really don't see arise all that often. And that is what happens if you have multiple family members, and one of them has been identified as the Champion, and then there are some other children in the mix are other friends … and they may disagree as far as direction of care? At the end of the day, the Champion, if it is ascertained that that Champion was rightfully made, meaning when the patient was in sound mind and possibly sound body — but certainly sound mind — and made that particular decision, and you ascertain the Champion understands that they're making a decision based on Mrs. Smith's wishes, then it is pretty easy to discuss with family members: Ladies and gentlemen, this is who mom, dad, whoever, chose as her Champion. This is the person we need to be guided by. And I really, over many, many years, have almost never run into conflict once you sort of let families know that this was done with a lot of foresight on the part of the patient. Melody  How does a champion or advance directive take the burden off of the family? Dr. McDonald People have very, very busy lives. And it is often the case that it is at that unforeseen moment that bad things happen to good people. When someone was totally not expecting, for instance, a stroke or a cardiopulmonary arrest to befall them. And at that moment, you're able to tell the family, however spread apart they are — and you may be doing it by Zoom conferences — there is a Champion that has been identified. That Champion is such and such. I have had extensive conversations with her. I truly, truly believe she is speaking on mom’s or dad’s or brother’s or sister’s behalf and it really does take the burden off, because a lot of times, families are unaware that mom or dad have identified a Champion. So that comes as a surprise sometimes, but you know it's working well when the families realize, ‘Oh, that's the Champion I know mom or dad would have chosen.” Melody Can you take me through one of those conversations and just provide me with some insight on what that conversation was like? Dr. McDonald Yeah, so I'll give you a I'll give you an example — I'll give you two examples. I'll give you a choice example, and then I'll also give you a Champion example.  So my favorite choice example is from… it's now because it was before the pandemic began. So it would have been probably fall of 2019, we had a 90-something incredibly active woman come to the hospital. Never sick a day in her life, had played college softball back in the 40s. Just the picture of health, and came in with a non-disabling stroke that was related to a severe blockage of one of her carotid arteries.  And we've known — we've known since 1993 — that fixing a carotid artery to prevent a bigger stroke down the road beats medicine every day of the week. Not by a little bit, but a zillion, zillion miles. And so I remember this conversation with this 95-year-old, when I knew what she needed. She had lived to 95, we know that the benefit of doing the operation will be fully realized if she happens to make it to 97. So she didn't have very far to go to really prove the benefit of the operation. And we got into this conversation. And she was very, she was very bright. and to the point. And when I was talking about the operation, she said, “But Dr. McDonald, don't you think your friends are going to be crazy when you start talking about operating on a 95-year-old?” And I said some of them will. But it isn't about the age, it is about the individual patient.  And I said, so what drives your day-to-day joy? What drives your day-to-day activities? And she said: “Dr. McDonald, you know, I was a college softball player. I love baseball. I love watching the Atlanta Braves, every single game. That's what I live for.” And I said, Well, you know that if you had this operation, you would be much more likely to do that happily over the next several years than if you didn't. And so she made the choice, which we all considered reasonable, I'll have the operation. The last time I heard from her, she sent me a note recently. She's still doing great. She was so happy the Atlanta Braves did so well, almost getting to the World Series. But that's the kind of choice when it works, when you talk about loves and hobbies and stuff like that. It wasn't about living two more years, it is what would you do over the next two years that would make you happy as far  As tough choices, and I'll give you sort of a champion choice, and that's why it's so important and I led with this a little while ago. That's why it's so important not to treat the advance care plan or the choices as just a single, inevitable moment in time. It goes back to this idea where a patient had some clear choices back in October. They get diagnosed with a very bad cancer in December. No one has had a further conversation. And now it is late January, and the patient has come in with a disabling brain injury, and you turn to the Champion and you say, what would she want done at this particular point? And this particular Champion, really struggled, because she said, “We really haven't talked about it since this diagnosis of this really bad cancer, she's still trying to process those options.” And yet, there were opportunities to talk to the patient about it, and that would have been at doctor's visits, when they began to talk about this notion of an advanced cancer. Does that change your goals? And so with that said, that's why I really impress on people, that almost every encounter that a provider has with a patient is an opportunity to add to the advance care planning or the choice story.  And with that said, everything worked out in the end, it just took a little bit longer to talk through, to really get the Champion to feel comfortable that she was speaking for the patient, as well as the patient knew anyone about what the patient would want to have done. And we came to the idea that the patient, if she was healthy, meaning no head injury and not looking to several weeks or months of rehab, not knowing what the outcome, if this was a short-lived problem, we get through it. And then she'd see if there's any therapeutic options for the cancer.  But once I explained that that isn't the outlook, that this is several months of rehab, because we're really good at keeping people alive, we're expecting she's going to survive this. Several months of rehab, only God knows where things look several months from now. And once she heard that she processed several months of that with this cancer treatment that may or may not be treatable on, on hold. Where are we at this point?  This friend — it was not a relative, it was her closest friend, she had no family — she said, now I know what she would want to do, she would want to focus on comfort and dignity. Melody So are there any misconceptions around advance directives that you find? Dr. McDonaldYeah, I think the biggest misconception is it somehow means do not treat and or do not care. And that isn't what it means at all. It means there are going to be certain treatments that make no sense because they're not in keeping with the patient's choices. It never means do not treat, because one of the most important things we as medical professionals do, is that we offercare, we offer comfort, we offer empathy, and we never stop treating with those things, no matter what limits we put on medications, machines and monitors.     Melody Is there something people are surprised to learn when you have this conversation with them? Dr. McDonald I think the most common surprise for people is them coming to the realization that they are making this choice almost as if they are channeling the patient, as opposed to what I would want to have happen to me if I was in this situation. Or more to the point, what I would want because I selfishly — and not selfish in a bad way — I selfishly love this person and I don't want to see them leave me. But those are, I think, the most surprising realizations. That once you get a champion pass that, then all is good, and they realize this isn't about them, and that's why the person that wants the choices made picked them in the first place. Because they believe the choices aren't going to be made based on the champion, they're going to be made based on the patient.   Melody So what does your end-of-life plan look like?  Dr. McDonald And so there are things that I really enjoy. I enjoy cooking, I enjoy reading, I enjoy listening to music, I enjoy exercise, I enjoy being with family. That's my architecture out there. If I were to be deprived of several of those permanently, my champion understands that that is no life that I would be feeling worth living. And we would focus on comfort and dignity. So that's what my plan looks like. And you just heard, what is it about? It's about goals, loves and desires. And once you sort of establish those goals, loves and desires, it's easy to get to the specifics. Gina DiPietro againAs Dr. McDonald explained, having these important conversations helps you keep control of your medical care in the event of a serious injury or medical problem. It puts you in the drivers’ seat, and takes the burden of guessing or deciding off your loved ones who may have no idea what you’d want. Through Choices and Champions, Novant Health provides planning tools, step-by-step guides and personalized support from one of our Choices and Champions team members to ensure your decisions are known and can be honored. For more information, visit NovantHealth.org/ChoicesandChampions. Then share your wishes with your Champion, those who matter most to you, and your care team. Thanks for listening to this episode of Healthy Headlines. If you enjoyed this podcast, please take a moment to rate and review us and subscribe to this and all the Novant Health podcasts. 

We're living a virtual age, but all those zoom meetings keeping us connected may also be wrecking our self image. Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Shadi Kourosh, a board certified dermatologist and the director of Community Health at Massachusetts General hospital, about "zoom dysmorphia" and how we can combat it.

We're living a virtual age, but all those zoom meetings keeping us connected may also be wrecking our self image. Host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Shadi Kourosh, a board certified dermatologist and the director of Community Health at Massachusetts General hospital, about "zoom dysmorphia" and how we can combat it.

Entrevue avec Julien Cavanagh, neurologue au «Massachusetts General hospital» : est-ce que la vie commence à revenir à la normale aux États-Unis? Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entrevue avec Philippe Sabourin, Porte-parole administratif de la Ville de Montréal : les travaux routiers à Montréal et les nombreux nids-de-poule à Montréal. Chronique d’Anaïs : retour sur la saga de Piers Morgan. Entrevue avec Julien Cavanagh, Neurologue au «Massachusetts General hospital» : est-ce que la vie commence à revenir à la normale aux États-Unis? Chronique de Geneviève Pettersen : Pornhub dit qu'il n'a pas à rapporter les vidéos de pédopornographies et de viols…  Chronique automobile avec Antoine Joubert, chroniqueur automobile pour le guide de l’auto : les batteries de voitures se déchargent seules si elles ne sont pas sollicitées.  Segment d’actualité avec Alexandre Dubé : le bilan COVID-19 du jour. Le budget du Québec devra être ajusté. La vaccination devra prendre de la vitesse. Québec commande des millions de masques pédiatriques.  Chronique politique provinciale et fédérale avec Antoine Robitaille et Caroline St-Hilaire : Marie Montpetit critique François Legault. La pandémie va coûter cher au Québec. Climat toxique à Natation artistique Canada. Justin Trudeau devrait s’ouvrir davantage à l’opposition.  Entrevue avec Guylaine Leclerc, vérificatrice générale du Québec : Le rapport aborde plusieurs sujets d'intérêt pour les parlementaires et la population, dont voici deux titres - 12 milliards de subventions non comptabilisées et la stratégie d'audit. Chronique politique américaine avec Loïc Tassé, politologue et chroniqueur au Journal de Montréal : La campagne de vaccination américaine ne touche pas tout le monde, Xi Jinping renforce ses troupes en Chine, la France fait des tests nucléaires dangereux, une base lunaire conjointe entre la Russie et la Chine. Chronique sports avec Jean-Charles Lajoie : Une possible fusion entre la LCF et la XFL et les échanges possibles chez le Canadien. Une production QUB radio Mars 2021 Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Please join us on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. PST for a live show with host Denise Messenger. Our guest is David Rettew (Ri-TOO), MD.  He is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. He is also the Medical Director of the Child, Adolescent and Family Division of the Vermont Department of Mental Health.  He received his undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania before working at the National Institute of Mental Health.  He then earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont followed by adult and child psychiatry training at Harvard Medical School within the Massachusetts General and McLean Hospital program. Dr. Rettew divides his time between clinical, teaching and research activities. He has over 100 published journal articles, chapters, and scientific abstracts on a variety of child mental health topics, including a 2013 book entitled Child Temperament:  New Thinking About the Boundary Between Traits and Illness.  His newest book is Parenting Made Complicated: What Science Really Knows about the Greatest Debates of Early Childhood. He also writes a blog for Psychology Today called, “The ABCs of Child Psychiatry” that has been viewed over a million times. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook @PediPsych.  Dr. Rettew is married and the father of three children.

In this episode we are going to have a conversation with the son of a prominent Arabic linguist from Cairo, who at four years old, was left with his grandparents in post-WWII Germany, was neglected throughout his childhood and shuffled across Egypt, Germany, and London and was an isolated and depressed teen. He survived and overcame becoming a world-renowned surgeon specializing in Oncology and Nutrition. Dr Michael Marwan Meguid conducted research at Harvard's Massachusetts General, MIT, Brigham & Women's, UCLA, and Syracuse University, and discovered groundbreaking advancements in Nutrition with regard to Cancer and other ailments. He is an author, a podcast producer and living the retired life in Florida, we conducted our interview from his small island residence. You can find more about Dr Meguids Podcast, his books and his next projects on my website www.beforeyougopodcast.com Also at Dr Meguid's website at https://michaelmeguid.com/ (https://michaelmeguid.com/ )His Unique Podcast can be found at: https://makingthecutpodcast.com/ (https://makingthecutpodcast.com/) or an any of your favorite platforms

Entrevue avec Julien Cavanagh, neurologue au "Massachusetts General hospital" : pendant que les hôpitaux américains débordent, l’État du Massachusetts va dévoiler son plan de vaccination aujourd’hui. Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entrevue avec Michèle Audette, ancienne commissaire à l'Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées : Dans une annonce conjointe avec ses collègues de la Sécurité publique, Geneviève Guilbault, et de la Condition féminine, Isabelle Charest, M. Lafrenière annoncera vendredi une somme d’environ 18 M$ pour bonifier l’aide offerte aux corps policiers autochtones. Chronique d’Anaïs Guertin-Lacroix : la barre est rendue haute pour les concerts virtuels. Entrevue avec Caroline Bourgeois, mairesse d’arrondissement de Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles : série de fusillades dans le secteur. Chronique de Geneviève Pettersen : tricher à Noël. Être une mauvaise personne. Chronique de vulgarisation scientifique de Nathalie Ouellette, astrophysicienne et Coordonnatrice de l’Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes (IREx) à l’Université de Montréal : faire le ménage dans l’espace. Qu’est-ce que la matière sombre et combien y en a-t-il dans l’univers ? Segment d’actualité avec Alexandre Dubé : le bilan des cas de COVID-19. Pas de rassemblement à Noël. La contamination en milieux hospitaliers. On organise la vaccination. On bat des tristes records aux É.-U.. Entrevue avec Julien Cavanagh, neurologue au "Massachusetts General hospital" : pendant que les hôpitaux américains débordent, l’État du Massachusetts va dévoiler son plan de vaccination aujourd’hui. Chronique politique provinciale et fédérale avec Antoine Robitaille et Caroline St-Hilaire : l’opposition doit faire attention à la façon qu’ils s’opposent au gouvernement. On a besoin d’un nouveau contrat moral, affirme Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. Les oppositions n’ont pas aimé voir le Dr Arruda à «Dans les médias» hier. Justin Trudeau se positionne dans les manifestations en Inde. Chronique politique internationale avec le politologue et chroniqueur au Journal de Montréal Loïc Tassé : on en sait un peu plus sur les 100 premiers jours de Biden. L'Europe se préparerait à sanctionner la Turquie. Un petit pas pour Singapour, un grand pas pour le poulet.  Chronique sport avec Jean-Charles Lajoie, animateur à TVA Sports : le scénario de reprise de la LNH, plausible ou non?   Une production QUB radio Décembre 2020 Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

With the GOP’s Senate majority hanging by a thread, all eyes are on the Peach State and whether Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler can hold onto their seats in their January runoffs. But could all of these election conspiracy theories that are being circulated by conservative pundits and politicians ironically end up depressing turnout among GOP voters in these races? “Over last night and this morning,” David explains on today’s podcast, “there was suddenly a lot of people who were sowing unfounded accusations of voter fraud, realizing that they may be reaping the loss of the Senate.” Today’s jam-packed episode also features a breakdown of several religious liberty cases, the White House’s alleged pay-for-pardon scheme, the U.S. census case, Attorney General Bill Barr’s special counsel appointment, and HBO’s The Undoing.   Show Notes: -Donald Trump v. New York oral arguments transcript -Memorandum on Excluding Illegal Aliens From the Apportionment Base Following the 2020 Census  -Franklin v. Massachusetts -General powers of special counsel CFR -October 19 memo from Attorney General Bill Barr  -9th Circuit Harvest Rock Church case -Supreme Court order on Harvest Rock case See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Incyte Ingenuity Award is an annual program that was created to support people living with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). GVHD is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when donor immune cells attack the recipient's organs and tissues after an allogeneic stem cell transplant. Dr. Areej El-Jawahri, MD, Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Program, Massachusetts General Cancer Center (MGCC) discusses the winning project from MGCC titled "Horizon Mobile App for Patients with Chronic GVHD".

The first well-publicised public demonstration of inhaled ether anaesthesia was given at the Massachusetts General ...

The live event featured a panel of experts to address your questions related to the latest information on the potential treatments and vaccine trials and what you can do to stay safe during the pandemic. Guests: Sheila Marie Young, MD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General, Harvard Medical School; Margaret Wallace Brown, Director, Planning & Development, City of Houston, TX.

The live event featured a panel of experts to address your questions related to the latest information on the potential treatments and vaccine trials and what you can do to stay safe during the pandemic. Guests: Sheila Marie Young, MD, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General, Harvard Medical School; Margaret Wallace Brown, Director, Planning & Development, City of Houston, TX

Mark Goldman, top biz stories including KFC taking away their finger licking good during Covid, also McDonald's back in the news over their former CEO, and was the HD department part of a cover up.And during Covid I phones sales continue to soar.Also Dr Uma Naidoo , director of nutritional and lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General hospital , a professional Chef , nutritionists and Psychiatrist. Talking about her new book This is Your Brain on Food. How what we eats affects our mood and so much more.

Today Dr. Sydney Montesi and I talk About what it’s been like for her since COVID-19 hit Boston, where she lives. A critical care doctor and a pulmonologist she’s been on the front lines at Massachusetts General hospital and shares her unique perspective with us. She is also my cousin.

 Michael, at last, heads to Harvard's Massachusetts General.

You may already know Dorian Anderson from his epic 2014 Biking for Birds adventure - 17830 miles over 365 days, through blizzards, heat waves and crazy drivers. The goal of this trip was to see as many bird species as possible (called a Big Year) in order to reset his life and simultaneously raise money and awareness for the environment and "green" ways to enjoy it.Dorian has a fascinating back story including a high stakes academic career including a post-doctorate at Massachusetts General and Harvard Medical School, a battle with alcoholism and drugs, an early love of nature, and is quite a photographer, too.This episode covers all of that and more, including Dorian's approach to risk taking and discussion of his upcoming projects.Find Dorian on Instagram and on his photography site.Music Credits:Opening: Fearless First by Kevin MacLoedClosing: Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLoedhttps://incompetech.filmmusic.io/

Hospitals across Massachusetts are scheduling more elective care, beginning with the most urgent cases. But moving back toward normal operations is a balancing act while they still care for COVID-19 patients. Here's a glimpse of the precautions one hospital, Massachusetts General, is taking.

Interview with Dr. Chris Nash of Massachusetts General and MD Candidate Danielle Rider of Wake Forest Baptist Health. Also riffing on the Fed's actions, the one year outlook by Morgan Stanley, the Google and Apple partnership, China's behavior, and US debt.  watch on youtube live saturdays noon eastern and listen wherever you get your podcasts. support the show and get access to full show notes before the show goes live with a contribution on patreon. subscribe to the monthly newsletter, follow on instagram and twitter. Links reference in show: • Knowledge of the future • Apple and Google • Bill Maher • Wet Markets • Morgan Stanley one year outlook • Who pays for this by no gradient, produced by Charlie "Finch" Finley, music by chris hoog

Animal bites can be a cause of significant injury and on occasion, fatalities. In this episode, JAMA Fishbein Fellow Angel Desai, MD, MPH discusses the prevention, treatment, and epidemiological oddities of animal bites with Dr Sandra Nelson, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Massachusetts General, Dr Justin Hensley from Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, and others. Desai also talks prevention and risk of rabies acquisition with Dr Catherine Brown, state epidemiologist and public health veterinarian from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Khateebah Dr. Altaf Saadi delivers a beautiful khutbah on "The Transformative Power of Gratitude" for The Women's Mosque of America's 50th jumma'a on February 22nd, 2019. In her khutbah, Dr. Saadi explores the deeper meanings of the famous repeated verse in Surah Rahman, "So which of your Lord's favors will you deny?" as well as two poems by the famous Persian poet Hafiz. Through her perspective as a neurologist, Dr. Saadi also shares how the practice of gratitude can benefit us by transforming our thought process over time, and how the emotion of gratitude can compel us into more generous behavior with one another. She ends with a helpful explanation on the differences between Shi'a and Sunni prayer. Bio: Dr. Altaf Saadi is a neurologist, Clinical Instructor of Medicine, and fellow at the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, a fellowship program focused on training physician-leaders to address health inequities through scholarship and action. She completed her neurology training at the Harvard Partners Neurology Program at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals in Boston, where she also served as chief resident. During her residency, Dr. Saadi's interest in health equity led her to work in resource-limited settings in Zambia, Tanzania, the Navajo Nation, with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and the Doctors Without Borders telemedicine program. She is an expert volunteer and asylum evaluator for the Physicians for Humans Asylum network, having conducted medical and psychological evaluations for individuals seeking asylum, both in the community and in immigration detention centers. She has also assessed the medical conditions of confinement in immigration detention at facilities in Texas and California, including with Human Rights First and Disability Rights California. Her research and advocacy focus on health inequities among racial/ethnic minority and immigrant communities, identifying policy and community-based solutions to address these inequities, and enhancing diversity within the medical workforce. Most recently, Dr. Saadi's work has focused on understanding how health care facilities can ensure that all patients feel safe when accessing health care regardless of their immigration status, and exploring the concept of “sanctuary” and “safe spaces” in the clinical setting. Her academic work and commentary has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, The British Medical Journal, the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, Neurology, among others. She is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Medical School, where she graduated Cum Laude and received the Dean's Community Service Award. She also received her MS in Health Policy and Management from UCLA.

Dr. Stuart Ablon is Director of THINKKIDS/Psychiatry at Massachusetts General and the co-inventor of Collaborative Problem Solving. In this interview with Sheila Hamilton and Dr.'s Brian Goff and Jenna LeJeune, Dr. Ablon talks about parenting explosive children. The well-researched truth, "They Do As Well As They Can" may change the way you think about discipline forever.  

Download During this episode of Psychedelics Today, your hosts Joe Moore and Kyle Buller interview Dr. Monnica Williams from the University of Connecticut and Dr. Will Siu a psychiatrist IN private practice based in Manhattan,  and a therapist on MAPS’s MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD clinical trials at the University of Connecticut. They join us to discuss race-based trauma, people of color in psychedelics, and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Show Notes About Dr. Will Siu He’s a psychiatrist and therapist on the MDMA for PTSD clinical trials with the supervision of Dr. Monnica Williams. Based in NYC and has a private practice. Does some work in emergency psychiatry at a local hospital. About Dr. Monnica Williams Associate professor at the University of Connecticut. Does graduate teaching and multicultural psychology and research in the health center. Currently doing a study on MDMA assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.  What is race-based trauma? There had been some studies previously. When people become traumatized by experiences of racism, oppression, marginalization based on their perceived identity. Often because of ongoing experiences, like microaggressions Eventually, people have so many of these experiences that they start to have symptoms of PTSD. People get so distressed and afraid that they act in a way that might harm them. You have to think about trauma in a non-single event way. Exploring the topic epigenetics. Trauma has been passed down from generation to generation. Layer epigenetics on top of what’s currently going on and trauma is understandable. How has recruiting been going for the MDMA study? It’s challenging, they’re not drawing from the same population the other sites are. They’re creating a culturally safe, welcoming environment for people of color. There is fear and misinformation that requires them to do a lot of education on the front end. Research abuses haven’t stopped, they’re still continuing today. Psychedelic drugs are almost exclusively used by white people. Are there any big problems you’re trying to tackle now in prepping the study? Traditionally there has been no compensation for study participants, but it’s needed for this study. Another layer is paying via direct deposit vs. cash and getting the university on board. How do you send someone back into the trauma you’re trying to heal. How do you support people in the study? Support them as much as possible during the study. Continue to follow-up with people after the treatment is over. There is a lack of people of color in the therapy field, especially MAPS. Often people of color don’t have a good experience with white therapists. Why do you think there aren’t very many people of color in psychedelics? People of color haven’t had the same advantages to become therapists. It’s not safe to talk about substances when your license is on the line. Culturally, psychedelics haven’t played as big of a role with people of color. What does an ideal training model look like for you? Watching the videos of people getting well was a big game changer. The training needs a fuller understanding of what people from other ethnic and cultural groups need. Monica is altering the training to be more relatable. Talk about enrollment. They have people at all different stages right now. They have about 18 people total who have gone through the stages. They still have to follow the guidelines of an indexed trauma to be accepted. How big is your team right now? Three therapist pair teams. A few other people who assist in various ways. Several people are doing double-duty. How can the psychedelic community be more inclusive of people of color? Make some close friends who are not white. Do you have any fantasy projects you’d like to see play out? Start a master’s program with a specialty track in minority mental health and psychedelic therapy. All scholarships for people of color. Any advice you’d give to a young person or professional? There’s a lot of work to be done and we need enthusiastic minds. Change won’t happen overnight or be easy, but it’s worth it. Be involved in the community Episode Quotes The psychedelic community is a very, very white community - most people of color haven’t had an experience with psychedelics. Ultimately, psychedelics and psychotherapy will be an accepted, licensed form of treatment. About Monnica Williams    Monnica Williams, Ph.D. is a board-certified, licensed clinical psychologist, specializing in cognitive-behavioral therapies. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Director of the Laboratory for Culture and Mental Health Disparities. She is also the Clinical Director of the Behavioral Wellness Clinic, LLC in Mansfield, Connecticut, and she has founded clinics in Kentucky, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Will Siu, MD, DPhil I grew up in southern California, where I completed college at UC Irvine and medical school at UCLA. Midway through medical school, I pursued research interests at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC and ultimately completed a doctoral degree at the University of Oxford. After finishing medical school I moved to Boston to complete my psychiatry residency at the Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals, after which I continued to work for two years while faculty at Harvard Medical School. I moved to New York City in 2017 where in addition to having a private practice, I am a therapist on clinical trials using MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat PTSD.

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