Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael E Debakey

C. Randall Harrell, M.D., is the Founder, CEO, and CMO of Regener-Eyes, LLC. With over 40 years of experience, he has become a pioneer and visionary in the field of regenerative medicine. His discoveries and patented platform technologies have led to numerous developments and therapies. Dr. Harrell began his career as a research scientist at Emory University, focusing on immunology. He was recruited by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, the Father of Cardiovascular Surgery, after medical school to study at the world's largest medical center, the Texas Medical Center. He completed his medical training and directed the large burn and wound unit at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX. He was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his Medical Mission of Mercy.

We are excited to feature another wonderful and affordable supervised practice program for those pursuing the RD credential. This week we sat down with Kristy Becker, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, VHA-CM, the program director of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dietetic Internship (MEDVAMC DI). This program offers two tracks, (1) A combined MS/DI partnered with Texas Women's University and (2) A standalone DI track for those entering the program with a graduate degree. In this episode we discuss the application, stipend, as well as overall experience interns have during the program. For more information, visit their program website here: https://www.dieteticinternship.va.gov/houston/index.asp

On May 3, 1968, a major medical advance occurred at Houston's St. Luke's Hospital. Surgeon Denton Cooley and his associates transplanted the heart donated by a fifteen year old girl to Everett Thomas. Cooley and Houston doctor Michael E. DeBakey had been working on developing heart surgery to the point that they could do heart transplantation. Cooley got there first and DeBakey and he would have a strange competition for years to come. Despite the odd rivalry, or maybe because of it, as Chester Burns describes it, Cooley, DeBakey and the teams of medical personnel in Houston “displayed extraordinary courage and technical expertise as they established the world's standards for heart surgery in newborn infants, for replacing diseased arteries with artificial and venous grafts, and for replacing diseased heart valves with artificial ones during open-heart operations.” Thomas lived for 204 days with the new heart. And for quite a long time life expectancy was short. But with every medical advancement things have improved. People of all ages have heart transplants today and doctors are still searching for new advancements and solutions. Thomas lived for 204 days but now people can live for decades. Living 15 to 20 years after a transplant is becoming the standard result. The Texas History Lessons Theme song, Walking Through History, was written and recorded by Derrick McClendon. Listen to his new album, Interstate Daydreamer! Available everywhere you find good music. Thank you Derrick! Twitter: @dmclendonmusic Payton Matous performs Healing Side of Heartbreak at the end of the episode. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: texashistorylessons.com email: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Twitter: @TexasHistoryL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. Last night, 60 minutes had a profile of the acclaimed musical artist, Tony Bennett as he prepared for his last concert. It was, at times, both heart-breaking & heartwarming.  Bennett is dealing with the effects of Alzheimer's disease. We talked about Alzheimer's on this show just a week ago and noticed the overwhelming response to the topic, In light of that and Bennett's story, we return to our conversation on the disease that steals so much from its patients as well as those who love them. Plus, the latest on the new experimental COVID pill called Merk could cut the risk of death and hospitalization by half. Guests: Dr. Mark Kunik Professor of in the Menninger Department Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine Director of the VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dr. Jill Weatherhead Assistant Professor in Tropical Medicine and in Infectious Disease at Baylor College of Medicine Resources: communityresourcefinder.org alz.org/texas/helping_you CarePartnersTexas.org https://www.caregiver.va.gov/ Alzheimer's Association 24/4 Helpline: 800-272-3900 Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk.

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. Alzheimer's – the neurodegenerative disease, most common in people over the age of 65 – can majorly impact quality of life. It's also the most common cause of dementia all over the world, and it's important to pay attention to the early symptoms of Alzheimer's. What are those symptoms? And where are we with research and treatment? Today, in honor of World Alzheimer's Day, experts discuss their latest understanding of memory loss, Alzheimer's, dementia and other challenges of aging. Plus, Texas Radio Hall of Famer, Dayna Steele, is here to share her personal journey of her mother's battle with Alzheimer's. Guests: Dayna Steele Speaker, author and Texas Radio Hall of Famer Host of the podcast “Rock Star Principals” Author of “Surviving Alzheimer's With Friends, Facebook and a Really Big Glass of Wine,” which she has adapted into a new play, "The Woman in the Mirror: A Caregiver's Story of Love, Laughter and Wine" (Nov. 4 – 14 at The Match) Katie Scott President of CarePartners  Dr. Mark Kunik Professor of in the Menninger Department Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine Director of the VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Resources: communityresourcefinder.org   alz.org/texas/helping_you CarePartnersTexas.org https://www.caregiver.va.gov/ Alzheimer's Association 24/4 Helpline: 800-272-3900 Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk.

Phages or bacteriophages are bacterial viruses that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The use of phages to treat infections is called phage therapy. In this episode, Dr. Anthony Maresso an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology and expert in bacterial pathogenesis will be discussing the work being done at Baylor to develop phage therapy for the most vulnerable patients. As well as his partnership with Dr. Barbara Trautner an infectious disease clinician and researcher at BCM and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She will be discussing her research into phage use for catheter-associated urinary tract infections. They will give their insight into the use of phages to combat the epidemic of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections today.

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. We have all found ourselves in those moments when something horrific happens. You witness a terrible accident or car wreck. The images are burned into your mind. But for most of us, it may be a single event, though the memory of it remains. Now imagine repeated, horrific events – unexpected and unsettling – inducing flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety. Many who are sent to defend our country experience this, and when their service is over, they are expected to return to everyday life. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has destroyed lives, families and communities. But how well do we understand PTSD and its impact? What about treatment and recovery? Today, a Marine combat veteran joins us to discuss his personal story of PTSD. He walked 6,000 miles around the country as part of his healing process to address the wounds of war. His experience has been depicted in the documentary "Bastards' Road,” and the director joins us to talk about the film and what we can all take away from the story. Plus, a clinical social worker from Houston's VA Hospital, also fields listeners' questions about PTSD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etnKJSi1ocs Guests are: Jon Hancock: Marine combat veteran, whose story is told in the documentary "Bastards' Road" Brian Morrison: Director and cinematographer of "Bastards' Road" Carine Meyer: Senior Social Worker and Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston Has specialized in PTSD for over 20 years Resources: Houston.va.gov Houston VA main medical center number: 713-791-1414 PTSD Foundation of America, Veteran Line: (877) 717-PTSD (7873) Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.

On this episode learn about VA medical services for women veterans and how to get registered. Plus, everyone is invited to take part in the Dec 10, 2020 Women Veterans Virtual Roundtable Discussion. Participants include: Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd - Executive Director, VA Center for Women Veterans Dr. Deleene Menefee - Women Veterans Program Manager, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Juli McNeil - VISN 17 Women Veterans, Special Populations Program Manager. To join the discussion sign up here. It happens Dec 10, 2020 11:30-1:00 pm.

Among the methods used to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus (pandemic) - beyond hand-washing, social distancing, masking up and getting tested is the process known as contact tracing. If someone tests positive for COVID-19, a contact tracer from the Houston Health department will contact you by phone, email or text message. Making a choice to work with contact tracers helps protect your family and your community by slowing the spread of COVID-19. It involves tracking down persons who may have interacted with someone who has contracted the virus and informing them they should self-quarantine, among other things. The City of Houston has hired hundreds of contact tracers to assist in getting a handle on this deadly pandemic. Many of us have only heard anecdotal information about this process; some of it perhaps not fully accurate, some even incorrect or misleading. Joining us this week on OJ to discuss their job as contact tracers are Basel Simon, a graduate of Michael E. Debakey HS and current junior at Vaughn College in NYC as well as Jackson Cloyd, a graduate of Houston Academy for International Studies (HAIS) and junior at the University of Houston. They are both global citizens and Eagle Scouts that have served as friends and volunteers to KPFT. Basel and Jackson, welcome back and thank you for joining us today.

On episode 126 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by journalist Ed Yong. Ed has spent the months of quarantine reporting on the pandemic. In their discussion, Ed unravels how we have to look at all aspects of our society to even begin understanding how this pandemic is affecting us. Ed brings his expertise on the pandemic to bear in an episode that covers how we got to this point of crisis, where we are now, and what it may take to control the pandemic. Ed tells Paul about many of the topics he’s reported on in the past few months, including nursing homes, contact tracing, and COVID “long haulers,” before touching on the personal challenges of reporting in such a difficult moment. Ed Yong is a science journalist who reports for The Atlantic, and is based in Washington DC. His work appears on The Atlantic's website and its print magazine; it has also featured in National Geographic, the New Yorker, Wired, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, and many more. He has won several awards, including the Victor Cohn Prize for medical science reporting and the Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for investigative journalism in 2020; the Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award for biomedical reporting in 2016; the Byron H. Waksman Award for Excellence in the Public Communication of Life Sciences in 2016; and the National Academies Keck Science Communication Award in 2010. He regularly does talks and interviews, and his TED talk on mind-controlling parasites has been watched by over 1.5 million people.  I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, his first book, looks at the amazing partnerships between animals and microbes. Published in 2016, it became a New York Times bestseller, and was listed in best-of-2016 lists by the NYT, NPR, the Economist, the Guardian, and several others. Bill Gates called it "science journalism at its finest", and Jeopardy! turned it into a clue.  His second book, AN IMMENSE WORLD, will look at the extraordinary sensory worlds of other animals.

This week we present two stories of people struggling with what the “right” thing to do is. Part 1: Catherine Macdonald always wanted to study sharks, but her first time tagging them in the field doesn't go as planned. Part 2: When Michelle Tong visits home after her first semester of medical school, a stranger presents an ethical dilemma. Dr. Catherine Macdonald is co-founder and Director of Field School (www.getintothefield.com), a marine science training and education company dedicated to constantly improving field research practices while teaching students to perform hands-on research with sharks. She is also a part-time Lecturer in Marine Conservation Biology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Company website: www.getintothefield.com Personal website: www.drcatherinemacdonald.com Michelle Tong is a second-year medical student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has been published in the Margins and Glass, among other literary journals, and reads for the Bellevue Literary Review. This past summer, she won first prize in the Michael E. DeBakey Medical Student Poetry Awards and received a fellowship from Brooklyn Poets. She teaches poetry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and lives in East Harlem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Centor discusses the contributors to diagnostic error and strategies for reducing error with Dr. Hardeep Singh of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine.

Elizabeth Conti, Ph. D. Dr. Conti is staff Psychologist at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. She is licensed psychologist in the state of Texas and the embedded psychologist in the Cancer Center and outpatient palliative care at the Houston VA. She is passionate about suicide prevention (particularly for older Veterans), late life mental health, and improving the well-being of medically ill populations. Her post-doctoral training included health services research and quality improvement in large healthcare systems.   References: U. S. Surgeon General Report;"2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action", PubMed, 2012. Stanley, B., et. al. "Safety Planning Intervention: A Brief Intervention to Mitigate Suicide Risk", Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, May, 2012. Choy, C., "Suicide in palliative care setting", Annals of Palliative Medicine, Dec. 2017. Mezuk, B., PhD., et. al."Suicide Among Older Adults Living in or Transitioning to Residential Long-term Care, 2003 to 2015", JAMA, June, 2019. Miller, D, “When a Patient Dies by Suicide—The Physician’s Silent Sorrow”, NEJM, 2019 VA / Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers * Opinions expressed are solely the responsibility of Dr. Conti and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. government.

Dr. Lindsey Ann Martin, a medical anthropologist from the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas discusses with Adam the role of ethnographic methods in the field of implementation science at the recent 2018 D&I conference in Washington, DC. In this podcast, Lindsey talks about how she is using ‘periodic reflections’, a method developed by Drs. Erin Finley (San Antonio VA) and Alison Hamilton (Greater Los Angeles VA), to evaluate a facilitation strategy to implement video telehealth to home (VTH) for rural Veterans. Lindsey describes how ‘periodic reflections’ help her document the ‘emic’ or insider perspectives of external facilitators as they work to overcome barriers and challenges to VTH implementation for the delivery of mental health care. The goal of her evaluation work is to improve our understanding of the VTH facilitation process, and tailor it to the needs of rural sites. Lindsey will be presenting on this work as part of an upcoming Cyberseminar ‘Ethnography as a Catalyst for Innovation in Implementation Science: Dynamic Methods for Complex Interventions’ on January 15 at 3pm EST.    

Dr. Anthony Ecker is a post-doctoral fellow at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and an instructor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. His research focuses on the development and implementation of treatment for comorbid mental health and substance use disorders.

Lindsey Martin, PhD, is an investigator in the Methodology & Statistics Core of the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Ashley Gendrett, MPH, is the Houston Veterans Community Engagement Coordinator. In this episode, both discuss their work developing and implementing the Veteran Community Engagement Committee and the impact that group has on IQUEST's research.

Jane Anderson, PhD, RN, is a Research Investigator with the HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety and Associate Director of Nursing Research at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. In this episode, Dr. Anderson discusses her research into the delivery of telehealth in VA and best practices around the VA's electronic medical record.

Natalie Hundt, PhD, is an investigator with the HSR&D Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. In this episode, Dr. Hundt talks about her research focusing on improving the treatment of PTSD in Veterans. To learn more about Dr. Hundt’s work, watch this video on the VHA YouTube channel.

This week, we present two stories of encounters with wild animals, from a seal named Crystal in Antarctica to a flatulent rhino in South Africa. Part 1: Science writer Ed Yong is confronted by a flatulent rhino while on safari. Part 2: In Antarctica, scientist Gifford Wong attempts to save a seal that has gone into “dive mode.” Episode transcript at http://www.storycollider.org/2017/8/11/zoology-stories-about-wild-animals _______________________________ Ed Yong is a science journalist who reports for The Atlantic, and is based in Washington DC. His work appears several times a week on The Atlantic's website, and has also featured in National Geographic, the New Yorker, Wired, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, and many more. He has won a variety of awards, including the Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award for biomedical reporting in 2016, the Byron H. Waksman Award for Excellence in the Public Communication of Life Sciences in 2016, and the National Academies Keck Science Communication Award in 2010 for his old blog Not Exactly Rocket Science. He regularly does talks and radio interviews; his TED talk on mind-controlling parasites has been watched by over 1.5 million people. I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, his first book, looks at the amazing partnerships between animals and microbes. Published in 2016, it became a New York Times bestseller, and was listed in best-of-2016 lists by the NYT, NPR, the Economist, the Guardian, and several others. Bill Gates called it "science journalism at its finest", and Jeopardy! turned it into a clue.   Gifford Wong is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow working at the Department of State. He previously served in the Senate as the American Geosciences Institute Congressional Geoscience Fellow. He received his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College, his Honours in Antarctic Studies from the University of Tasmania at Hobart, and his Bachelor’s degree in Asian American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. He has done fieldwork in Greenland and Antarctica, co-developed and co-instructed a graduate-level science communication course at Dartmouth, and thinks penguins and unicorns are cool. Every now and again he is on Twitter as @giffordwong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In continuation of our “Old Dogs Rule” educational series, this podcast features  Dr. Ashley Saunders, Associate Professor of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Michael E. DeBakey Institute at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Dr. Saunders completed her DVM in 2001 and residency in Cardiology in 2005, both at Texas A&M, and is board certified in veterinary cardiology. She is funded by CHF to identify novel biological markers of mitral valve disease to enhance diagnosis and prognosis of disease. In this podcast she discusses one of the most common age-related problems in dogs, cardiovascular disease.This podcast was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, A KeyBank Trust.

In this podcast we bring you an interview with Dr. Ashley Saunders, Assistant Professor of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Michael E. DeBakey Institute at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Dr. Saunders completed her DVM in 2001 and residency in Cardiology in 2005, both at Texas A&M, and is board certified in veterinary cardiology. Dr. Saunders’ recently awarded ACORN grant focuses on cardiac biological markers and she discusses their important role of informing clinicians about the presence and progression of mitral valve disease. To learn more about the Heart Trust that was established at Texas A&M visit: http://vetmed.tamu.edu/small-animal-hospital/cardiology/heart-trust This podcast was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, a KeyBank Trust.

Join Teena and Salah as they discuss his interest in mental health research and his findings as principle investigator of the article, “Greater Prevalence and Incidence of Dementia in Older Veterans with PTSD” (Post-Traumatic Brain Disorder) which was published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society, September 2010 … Read more about this episode...