Podcasts about new york university medical center

Can you believe it's been 3 YEARS since we first had a conversation with Dr. Shin Beh about vestibular migraine? Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS, and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT catch up and discuss some new updates in vestibular migraine treatment approaches. About Dr. BehDr. Beh completed his neurology residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His fellowship training consisted of: Neuroimmunology & Multiple Sclerosis, Neuro-otology, and Neuro-ophthalmology. His fellowship training was completed at three centers – the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, and New York University Medical Center. After completion of his fellowship training, he returned to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to to set up its very first Vestibular & Neuro-Visual Disorders Clinic. This Clinic was built to help care for the many people suffering from neurological disorders that caused vertigo, dizziness, and imbalance. Initially, he divided his time between multiple sclerosis and vestibular disorders. After realizing there was a far greater need among people with vestibular disorders, he focused solely on this area, and joined the Headache & Facial Pain Program. Where to find Dr. Beh: https://www.vestibularmd.com/ Hosted by:

Today we are joined by Dr. Joel Hillelsohn, a board-certified urologist at New York University Medical Center. He also serves as a clinical assistant professor at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Hillelsohn joins us to discuss the BPH treatment options and which ones are best suited to facilitate good er*ctile function.   Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common condition affecting many men as they age, causing urinary symptoms and potentially impacting s*xual function. While medications like Flomax and finasteride are often prescribed as initial treatments, they can have side effects such as retrograde ejaculation or decreased libido.   For more free erectile dysfunction education and resources, please visit: https://erectioniq.com/    Mark Goldberg helps men resolve erectile dysfunction. He offers individual, one-on-one services to men throughout the world through a secure, telehealth platform. It's 100% confidential. You can visit the Center for Intimacy, Connection and Change website to schedule a free consultation: https://centericc.com/

Midlife skincare is topic we get asked about frequently.  This week we invited one of the top Dermatologists, Dr. Doris Day, to answer our questions. Doris Day, MD, is a highly respected board certified dermatologist who specializes in cosmetic dermatology in New York City. She is a clinical associate professor of dermatology at the New York University Medical Center. We discuss skin longevity, the importance of suncreen, retinol and collagen as we age.  She also shares what we can do to protect our youthful appearance without the impossible cultural pressures of looking "younger". Show Notes: www.hotflashescooltopics.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotflashesandcooltopics Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@HotFlashesCoolTopics Join our private women's FB Group- Want to Leave a Review for Hot Flashes and Cool Topics? Here's How: For Apple Podcasts on an iPhone or iOS device: Open the Apple Podcast App on your device. Click on home icon Type into the search bar Hot Flashes Flashes and Cool Topics and click on the show Towards the bottom, look for Ratings and Review Click on Write a Review and leave us your thoughts and comments! For Apple Podcasts on a computer: On the Apple Podcasts website, go to the search bar and type Hot Flashes and Cool Topics B After clicking on the show, find the Listen on Apple Podcasts button and click on it The Hot Flashes and Cool Topics podcast should open on the Apple Podcasts application Keep scrolling on the page until you see  Ratings and Reviews Click on See All If you want to give us a five-star rating, hover over the empty stars! If you want to leave your thoughts and comments, click on Write a Review!

On this episode of Skin to it, Dr. Doris Day, one of New York's top cosmetic dermatologists' joins dermatologist Dr. Sandy Skotnicki and beauty enthusiast Marlo Sutton to decipher the ancient Greek golden ratio of beauty, its influence on our perception of beauty today and the role of cosmetic procedures in influencing our beauty ideals.Is the mathematical 1:1.68 beauty ratio in defining attractiveness relevant even today? Or have cosmetic procedures changed our ideals of beauty completely? Our discussion uncovers the implications of striving for facial symmetry, the reality of cosmetic procedures, the role of genetics - the methuselah gene in particular, and the impact of lifestyle on the effectiveness of beauty treatments today. About Our Guest: Meet Dr. Doris Day, a board-certified dermatologist celebrated as one of New York's top cosmetic dermatologists. She holds the role of Assistant Professor in Dermatology at New York University Medical Center, specializing in aesthetics, evidence-based skincare formulation, and writing. Dr. Day is also known for her work as a radio talk show host, as well as her roles as a wife, mother, and passionate traveler. With a wealth of research, publications, and media features, including appearances on Good Morning America and the Today Show, Dr. Day brings a wealth of expertise to the field of cosmetic dermatology.Every Thursday on Skin to It, dermatologist Dr. Sandy Skotnicki and beauty enthusiast Marlo Sutton guide you through the maze of skincare, cutting through the noise to help you achieve your healthiest skin. Subscribe to ensure you never miss out on our skincare wisdom!Love our podcast? Tell us what you love about the show to help others discover it too, by sharing your review.Skin to It is a skincare podcast brought to you by Bioderma.For more information about Skin to It, visit skintoitpodcast.com.Follow us on social media at Dr. Sandy Skotnicki and Marlo Sutton.

May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month -- no better time to replay this deep dive into bone health with Dr. Margaret Nachtigall than right now!  In case you haven't been appreciative of your bone health lately, or perhaps you are beginning to suspect problems, let me sound the alarm and remind you how important bone health is at any age, especially around menopause for women.  In this episode, Dr. Margaret Nachtigall answers your questions and gives us a run down on bone health, why it matters, and how to prevent future problems.  Dr. Margaret is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at New York University Medical Center. She is also the Medical Director of Menopause Cheat Sheet, a free newsletter just for you that we publish together to help women navigate life before, during and after menopausal changes.  New Vitamin D Study   It feels irresponsible to have an entire episode dedicated to bone health without bringing up what I like to call, the little vitamin that could. You're likely familiar with Vitamin D and all its benefits, but in this episode, we're discussing a new study that claims it doesn't do much to prevent fractures.  While discussing the study that was brought to our attention by a GruffTalk listener, Dr. Margaret shares all the things this study doesn't really address. Her review is a great example of how you too can review these medical studies and not assign more importance than appropriate. In the end, and after careful consideration, Dr. Margaret weighs in favor to continue her Vitamin D regimen for herself and her patients.  Strong Bone Health Heading into Menopause  If you weren't aware of how important estrogen was to bone health before, you'll be clear on how vital it is for bone growth and strength after this episode. Dr. Margaret explains how estrogen actually helps to lay down new bone.  Women are most susceptible to increased bone loss within the first five years after menopause. Following the standard health advise serves best in preventing low estrogen, which ultimately translates to decreased bone loss, ample exercise, healthy dietary choices, minimize alcohol and no smoking.  Dr. Margaret reveals who is more at risk for bone loss or osteoporosis. For every group of people at risk (vegans, menopausal women, and women that have amenorrhea due to low body weight), resistance training is a great solution and taking vitamin D is still highly recommended.  Dr. Margaret's Better Bone Health Take Away Reminders:  • You will lose lots of bone during menopause  • Get a bone density test sooner than later if you are high risk for osteoporosis  • There are lots of low bone density treatments, but thinking preventative is the key   In this episode, we also discuss an official statement from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) revealing how much the benefits outweigh any risk for certain groups of women around hormonal therapy for menopause.  “Estrogen has been shown to be an amazing agent at helping us maintain our bone.”  -Dr. Margaret Nachtigall  Sign up for Menopause Cheat Sheet newsletter here: http://www.menopausecheatsheet.com  Connect with Barbara:  Website: https://www.barbarahannahgrufferman.com  Instagram: @Barbara Hannah Grufferman  Facebook: @BarbaraHannahGruffermanAuthor  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this “Giants in Plastic Surgery” episode of the PRS Global Open Deep Cuts Podcast, Dr. Peter Cordeiro discusses his remarkable journey, including moving from India to achieve the American Dream. Sharing details of being brought up by his inspirational mother, Dr. Cordeiro charts his career through Harvard Medical School, plastic surgery training in New York, and always pushing to level up as Chief of plastic surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He also describes his early involvement in the now popularised use of patient reported outcomes in plastic surgery. Emphasising the importance of mentorship, Dr Cordeiro shares his pride in inspiring and educating the next generation of surgeons. With plenty of advice for trainees and plastic surgeons on balancing a busy career with family and personal life, this is an inspiring conversation with a true giant of plastic surgery. Read a recent PRS Global Open article by Dr. Cordeiro and co-authors- “Long-term Growth, Functional, and Aesthetic Outcomes after Fibula Free Flap Reconstruction for Mandibulectomy Performed in Children: https://bit.ly/GOXDC_Cordeiro  Dr. Peter Cordeiro is an accomplished plastic surgeon who has made significant contributions in the field of oncologic reconstructive surgery. He holds a medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has completed residencies in General Surgery at Harvard Medical School/New England Deaconess Hospital, and Plastic Surgery at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Cordeiro has also completed fellowships in Microsurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Craniofacial Surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Cordeiro has served as the Chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering for over 15 years, overseeing the clinical and research activities of the service, as well as the fellowship training program in breast reconstruction and microsurgery. He is recognised as a leader in the area of oncologic reconstructive surgery, both nationally and internationally. Dr. Cordeiro has made significant advancements in plastic surgery, particularly in breast reconstruction, microsurgery, and reconstruction in the head and neck. His innovations include the use of free tissue transfers for oncologic reconstruction, with new applications for free flaps to address complex reconstructive problems in the mandible, maxilla, midface, pharynx, vagina, and breast. He is also working on newer techniques and approaches to reconstruction for patients who have been previously radiated or may require future radiation, using implants as well as the patient's own tissues.Dr. Cordeiro is an esteemed lecturer, having spoken extensively throughout the United States and the world, and has authored over 300 scientific papers and book chapters. He is a member of the editorial boards of three major plastic and reconstructive surgery journals. Your host, Dr Vimal Gokani, is a Consultant plastic surgeon in London, England.  “Giants in Plastic Surgery” episodes of “PRS Global Open Deep Cuts” are produced & edited by Dr George Adigbli, who is an Academic Specialty Registrar in plastic surgery in Oxford, England. #PRSGlobalOpen #DeepCutsPodcast #PlasticSurgery #GiantsPlasticSurgery

Dr. Tania Dempsey, MD, ABIHM is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine and Integrative and Holistic Medicine. She received her MD degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and her BS degree from Cornell University.  She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at New York University Medical Center. In 2011, she founded her own Integrative medicine practice which has evolved into AIM Center for Personalized Medicine, a destination Medical Center in Purchase, NY, focusing on complex, multi-system diseases. Dr. Dempsey is a leading expert in MCAS, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Dysautonomia, ME/CFS, (Myalgic encephalo-myelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), Tick-Borne Infections and Autoimmunity. She is an accomplished international speaker and writer and is well published in the medical literature on topics related to MCAS.  She was involved in a research study in collaboration with the TILT (Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance) team at University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, which led to the publication: Mast cell activation may explain many cases of chemical intolerance. Her most recent paper from January 2022 is titled “Post-HPV-Vaccination Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: Possible Vaccine-Triggered Escalation of Undiagnosed Pre-Existing Mast Cell Disease?”.    

1 in 9 perimenopausal women in the 45-64 age group will develop heart disease. That's a scary thought and one that may leave you wondering what you need to know about menopause and heart health. I was unprepared for the impact menopause had on my heart. I developed a non-life-threatening heart issue and vowed to never let heart disease be the cause of my premature demise. I ramped up my workouts and reassessed how I was managing stress, eating, and sleeping.   In this episode, Dr. Margaret Nachtigall is walking us through the importance of heart health and its relation to menopause. We talk about modifying risk factors, as well as keeping an open mind about talking your healthcare provider to see if estrogen is right for you.  Dr. Nachtigall is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at New York University Medical Center. She is also the Medical Director of Menopause Cheat Sheet, a free newsletter just for you that we publish together to help women navigate life before, during and after menopausal changes.   Modify Your Risk Factors  Although cardiovascular disease is a serious problem, there are actions we can take that are within our control. You can choose to eat healthier and get plenty of sleep. Exercise is also important to maintain a healthy heart. Dr. Nachtigall's favorites are not smoking or drinking too much. One of the most important actions, which is often forgotten, is managing stress.  “… My point is, estrogen is not right for everyone, but it is right for many individuals.” Dr. Margaret Nachtigall  Estrogen Isn't the Right Choice for Everyone  Dr. Nachtigall points out that while starting estrogen early can have health benefits, it isn't right for everyone. It's important to speak with your healthcare provider about what your symptoms and risk factors are to determine what's best for you. Timing is critical if you consider starting estrogen. There are significant benefits to starting hormone therapy early on in menopause.  Dr. Margaret Nachtigall Takeaways:  Try your best to reverse your risk factors  Eat healthy and sleep well  Discuss what your particular risks are for hormone therapy with your healthcare provider    "A lot of the symptoms that we attribute to menopause may also contribute to having an increase in heart disease." -Dr. Nachtigall  Your healthcare provider will assess your risk factors and may do some testing. Risk factors may include abnormal lipid profiles. It's also important to look at your cholesterol breakdown (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL). Other risk factors include obesity, smoking, stress, depression, inactivity, family history, inflammatory conditions, or chronic illnesses. Remember, estrogen may not be for everyone, but can provide benefits for many individuals.   Connect with Dr. Nachtigall  Website: https://www.drnachtigall.com/    Sign up for our free monthly newsletter here:  Menopause Cheat Sheet: http://www.menopausecheatsheet.com/   Connect with Barbara:   Love Your Age: The Small-Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life  Barbara Hannah Grufferman website  Instagram @Barbara Hannah Grufferman  Facebook @BarbaraHannahGruffermanAuthor  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, and welcome to Beauty and the Biz where we talk about the business and marketing side of plastic surgery and how to add another surgeon to your practice. I'm your host, Catherine Maley, author of Your Aesthetic Practice – What your patients are saying, as well as consultant to plastic surgeons, to get them more patients and more profits. Now, today's episode is called "Add Another Surgeon to Your Practice — with Paul M. Parker, MD". You add other surgeons to your practice for all sorts of reasons. For example, You want them to share in expenses You have enough demand to share You want to slow down Or, you want to set yourself up to have a profitable exit when the time comes. On this week's Beauty and the Biz podcast, I interviewed Dr. Paul Parker of Parker Center for Plastic surgery located in Paramus, NJ. Dr. Parker is a board-certified plastic surgeon with more than 30 years of experience and 35K surgical procedures under his belt. He owns his 14,000 square foot building in an excellent location with a fully accredited surgical suite, as well as a busy med spa. He's actually looking for a board-certified plastic surgeon to join his practice, with the intention of taking over down the road so, if interested, check him out at www.ParkerCenter.net. We talked about who would make a good partner to join a well-run and successful practice and the personality characteristics needed. Visit Dr. Parker's Website  

In case you haven't been appreciative of your bone health lately, or perhaps you are beginning to suspect problems, let me sound the alarm and remind you how important bone health is at any age, especially around menopause for women.  Dr. Margaret Nachtigall is answering your questions and giving us a run down on bone health, why it matters, and how to prevent future problems in this episode of our monthly ‘Menopause Cheat Sheet.'  Dr. Margaret is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at New York University Medical Center. She is also the Medical Director of Menopause Cheat Sheet, a free newsletter just for you that we publish together to help women navigate life before, during and after menopausal changes.   New Vitamin D Study  It feels irresponsible to have an entire episode dedicated to bone health without bringing up what I like to call, the little vitamin that could. You're likely familiar with Vitamin D and all its benefits, but in this episode, we're discussing a new study that claims it doesn't do much to prevent fractures.  While discussing the study that was brought to our attention by a GruffTalk listener, Dr. Margaret shares all the things this study doesn't really address. Her review is a great example of how you too can review these medical studies and not assign more importance than appropriate. In the end, and after careful consideration, Dr. Margaret weighs in favor to continue her Vitamin D regimen for herself and her patients.  Strong Bone Health Heading into Menopause  If you weren't aware of how important estrogen was to bone health before, you'll be clear on how vital it is for bone growth and strength after this episode. Dr. Margaret explains how estrogen actually helps to lay down new bone.  Women are most susceptible to increased bone loss within the first five years after menopause. Following the standard health advise serves best in preventing low estrogen, which ultimately translates to decreased bone loss, ample exercise, healthy dietary choices, minimize alcohol and no smoking.  Dr. Margaret reveals who is more at risk for bone loss or osteoporosis. For every group of people at risk (vegans, menopausal women, and women that have amenorrhea due to low body weight), resistance training is a great solution and taking vitamin D is still highly recommended.  Dr. Margaret's Better Bone Health Take Away Reminders:  You will lose lots of bone during menopause  Get a bone density test sooner than later if you are high risk for osteoporosis  There are lots of low bone density treatments, but thinking preventative is the key    In this episode, we also discuss an official statement from the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) revealing how much the benefits outweigh any risk for certain groups of women around hormonal therapy for menopause.   “Estrogen has been shown to be an amazing agent at helping us maintain our bone.” -Dr. Margaret Nachtigall   Connect with Dr. Margaret Nachtigall  Website   Sign up for our free monthly newsletter here:  Menopause Cheat Sheet  Connect with Barbara:   Love Your Age: The Small-Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life  Barbara Hannah Grufferman website  Instagram @Barbara Hannah Grufferman  Facebook @BarbaraHannahGruffermanAuthor  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Belly fat may or may not be a cosmetic or aesthetic concern for you, but if you're struggling with getting rid of stubborn belly fat, it should be a major health concern. Carrying excess belly fat can be dangerous and it doesn't have to be accepted or tolerated anymore.  In our monthly ‘Menopause Cheat Sheet,' Dr. Margaret Nachtigall is addressing a listener's question about gaining weight post menopause, particularly in the abdominal area. Dr. Nachtigall is simplifying what causes these physical changes, why it's actually dangerous, and what you can do about it starting today!  Dr. Margaret Nachtigall is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist at New York University Medical Center. She is also the Medical Director of Menopause Cheat Sheet, a free newsletter just for you that we publish together to help women navigate life before, during and after menopausal changes.   What does insulin have to do with menopause?  During menopause, you may already know that estrogen levels decline, but do you understand how low estrogen levels impact insulin? Dr. Nachtigall explains how decreasing estrogen impacts the estrogen testosterone ratio which contributes to a physiological train wreck that increases insulin levels causing insulin resistance. Understanding how insulin levels increase in relation to menopause explains why belly fat increases and becomes very difficult to deal with.  Other factors contributing to belly fat after menopause  Abdominal fat is not caused from a single hormonal event like menopause. It's so important that we understand that menopause is a complicated physiological process that sets off a chain of events leading to belly fat, and that there are several other factors at play contributing to our problems as well.  Dr. Nachtigall shares how simple overlooked lifestyle habits we've adopted over the years, such as sleep and chronic stress, have a major role to play in belly fat before, during, and after menopause. She stresses the importance of exercise, active lifestyle choices, and healthy diets.  3 Healthy Tips and Reminders to Decrease Belly Fat:  An active lifestyle and healthy diet are essential  Keep your sleep in check to keep weight better controlled  Stress is a major factor you'll want to minimize    In this episode, Dr. Margaret Nachtigall and I also discuss a few recent studies that look at frailty through grip strength and balance test and the risks associated with low levels of vitamin D. As we age, bone density, muscle loss, and loss of balance are all scary things to deal with, but it is NEVER too late to start living a healthy active lifestyle. Give yourself grace, do what you can in the beginning and build from there. Remember that maintaining muscle mass is crucial to quality and longevity of life.  “Use the time of menopause, or use the time of change of life as a way to really start being as healthy as possible, and to be your healthiest self.” -Dr. Margaret Nachtigall  Connect with Dr. Nachtigall  Website   Sign up for our free monthly newsletter here:  Menopause Cheat Sheet  Connect with Barbara:   Love Your Age: The Small-Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life  Barbara Hannah Grufferman website  Instagram @Barbara Hannah Grufferman  Facebook @BarbaraHannahGruffermanAuthor  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our last episode of our dementia research mini-series! And as a follow up to our recap of Day 4, we interviewed Dr. Adam Boxer to learn more about fluid biomarkers - AKA - we ask him all about what the bloodwork and lumbar puncture is used for. Stay tuned for a very special ending of our 8-part series. Thank you for coming on the journey with us and please let us know what you think of this series by reaching out to us on our website! www.remembermeftd.com Adam L. Boxer, MD, PhD, is Endowed Professor in Memory and Aging in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He directs UCSF's Neurosciences Clinical Research Unit and the Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Clinical Trials Program at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Dr. Boxer's research is focused on developing new treatments and biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases, particularly those involving tau and TDP-43. Dr. Boxer received his medical and doctorate degrees as part of the NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program at New York University Medical Center. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center, a residency in Neurology at Stanford University Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in behavioral neurology at UCSF. We loved Dr. Boxer! Enjoy the science side of our experience, you guys! -- Special thank you to the ALLFTD Study for their support in the creation of this series. You can support Remember Me by visiting our website www.remembermeftd.com where you can shop our merch, join re-members only or donate. You can follow us on instagram @remembermepodcast. ---- Today's sponsor is The Bluefield Project: The Bluefield Project to Cure FTD, is on a mission to support research to improve our understanding of a genetic form of Frontotemporal dementia, and to help find a cure for this devastating disease. So how can you help? If FTD runs in your family, participating in a Natural History Study, or in a therapeutic clinical trial, makes an enormous contribution. To learn more, please go to ftdregistry.org ---- Remember Me is a podcast created by two moms who became fast friends on Instagram while caregiving for their parents. It features stories of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) with a focus on remembering individuals for who they were before the disease. The stories shared are raw, real, and so full of love. We hope it inspires you to "accept the good." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rememberme/support

Today is our Menopause Cheat Sheet episode. Dr. Margaret Nachtigall is joining me to answer your questions about menopause and related issues. This is a place to get questions answered, support and encouragement on everything pre-post and mid-menopause. Dr. Margaret Nachtigall is a Board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist. She graduated cum laude from Princeton University, received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, did her residency in OB/GYN at NYU School of Medicine followed by a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Yale University. She has been on the faculty at New York University Medical Center teaching, researching, and seeing patients for over 25 years. I think I've known her for most of that time! It's great to have her here to get answers to our questions. What should I do about vaginal dryness? This is an important topic. It impacts women as we age because our estrogen levels decrease. It impacts the elasticity and Ph of our skin. Less moisture leads to dryness, and possibly pain and in some circumstances infections. There are prescription options including vaginal estrogen. This is not the same as a pill or patch. It's local to the vagina, and not systemic. Everyone can take this except for those with an estrogen-sensitive tumor. Other options include vaginal moisturizers and lubricants. Dr. Margaret recommends hyaluronic acid products. It is a natural substance found in the fluids in the eyes and joints and can act as a cushion and lubricant in the joints and other tissues. Natural oils like coconut oil can help as well. She outlines the other products that can work including over the counter brands that are easy to find. She recommends thinking about multiple options to see what works best for you. No two people are the same, and it may be a combination of options that give you the best results. I found what works for me after discussing it with my doctor. Don't be afraid to ask for options and recommendations. What you need to know about STD's. I want to make sure you are in the know and recent reports have shown growth in STD's for men and women in mid-life. It's important to take precautions and continue to practice safe sex. Don't be afraid to talk to your doctor and if you aren't sure, ask to be screened. If you have a question you'd like us to cover in a future episode, reach out on Instagram and let me know. This is a resource for all of us to age better!   Resources: North American Menopause Society - Resources Get the Menopause Cheat Sheet Here Love Your Age: The Small-Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life  Barbara Hannah Grufferman website Instagram @Barbara Hannah Grufferman  Facebook @BarbaraHannahGruffermanAuthor   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen as internationally known dermatologist, David Goldberg, M.D., J.D., gives us insight into how to prevent skin cancer - as well as shares some of the latest and greatest advancements in dermatology in part 2 of his podcast series. Dr. Goldberg is known for his work using cutaneous lasers and other noninvasive facial and body rejuvenation techniques. He is active in clinical practice as the director of Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of New York and New Jersey, and as a clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Rutger's New Jersey Medical School. Don't forget to rate, subscribe or follow DermDocs, and leave us a five star review! Topics he covers include: 1. As former Co-Vice President of the Skin Cancer Foundation, you know that even though improvements in detection, therapeutics, and surgery for skin cancer are increasing long-term survival, prevention is still the key. How will your session in the Cutaneous Oncology Symposium at the August's South Beach Symposium spotlight skin cancer prevention? 2. What are some strategies you use to encourage sunscreen use in your patients? 3. You earned your Medical Degree from Yale, and completed your dermatology residency and dermatologic surgery fellowship at New York University Medical Center. Do you have advice for medical students or residents interested in pursuing a career in dermatology, knowing it is one of the most competitive subspecialties?  4. Do you think attending a LiVDerm event could give students a competitive edge? Mentorship is essential - could networking at a LiVDerm event connect future dermatologists with industry mentors? 5. With expertise in both cosmetic and medical dermatology, what do you think are the biggest advancements in each field this year? How can providers  incorporate these new technologies or strategies into their practice and how will they benefit their patients?

Dennis Gross M.D., F.A.A.D. Board-certified dermatologist and dermatological surgeon Dennis Gross, M.D., founded his practice in 1990 after completing his residency at the New York University Medical Center. With a deep interest in skin that is healthy as well as beautiful, Dr. Gross has executed extensive research at prestigious institutes, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering, on melanoma. His research on skin cancer has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Experimental Medicine and Journal of Medical Microbiology. Dr. Gross' affiliations have included the Skin Cancer Foundation, American Cancer Society, as well as the American Academy of Dermatology, the Society for Dermatological Surgery and Oncology, the American Medical Association, and the New York Dermatology Society. Dr. Gross is a leader in cosmetic dermatological procedures, providing access to cutting-edge technology that provides exceptional results. He is passionate about achieving symmetry and balance in the faces of his patients and customizes his technique for all his treatments, allowing him to suit all of his patients' needs and desires. He takes a subtle approach to fillers, believing that the most naturally enhanced appearance is one that can be achieved in stages. Dr. Gross created his award-winning product line, Dr. Dennis Gross SkincareTM, in 2002. He and his skincare expertise have been featured in publications including The New York Times Magazine, Elle, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar, in addition to guest appearances on The Today Show, CNN, and The Early Show. Dr. Gross is a native New Yorker. He resides in Manhattan with his wife and business partner, Carrie, and their four children. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skincareanarchy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/skincareanarchy/support

Yves Duroseau, MD, MPH is the current Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH), NS/LIJ. As Chair, Dr. Duroseau provides overall leadership of the department, with responsibility for strategic planning, development, clinical services, quality, professional performance, and medical education. Dr. Duroseau is also the Co-Chair of the Performance Improvement Coordinating Group (PICG) for Lenox Hill Hospital. The PICG is responsible for overseeing all quality initiatives for the hospital.Dr. Duroseau joins LHH from the Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, NY, where he was the Director of Service in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Prior to his post at Kings County Hospital Center, Dr. Duroseau served as the Medical Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine and as an Attending Physician at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. He has also served as a per diem physician with North-Shore LIJ since 2011.He has held several academic appointments. Most recently as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the State University of New York, and has held academic appointments with New York Medical College and New York University Medical Center. He is a Peer Reviewer for the Academic Emergency Medicine journal. He has published on his experience and successes with the use of Lean methodologies in transforming Kings County Hospital's Emergency Department.Dr. Duroseau's commitment to service is demonstrated through his founding of the mentorship programs, Doctors as Mentors at St. Vincent's Hospital and Bridging the Gap at New York University and New York University Medical School, both intended to support minority students interested in or pursuing careers in medicine. He has also served in numerous hospital and academic committee roles centered on quality, information technology, philanthropy, Lean management, hospital programming, and other initiatives.Dr. Duroseau earned his medical degree and Master of Public Health degree as well as completed his residency in emergency medicine and internship in internal medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. He has completed postdoctoral research in Medical Informatics at The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine.- ELabNYC#menshealth #blackmenshealth #eattolive #exercise #medicine #healthcare #healthinsurance #dangersofethnicfoods #diet #blackmaledoctors #pushenboundaries #medicaladvice #dangersofsugar #dangersofhighbloodpressure #healthyliving #Itsmorethanexercise #NYChealthcare #whatmendontknow #PCP #choosingadoctor #doctorconversations #mentalk #mencare #sugar #highbloodpressure #heartdisease

Season 1 | Episode 17 | June 2, 2021In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Emma Weiskopf, MD, a board certified physician in psychiatry and neurology. They discussed her experiences helping patients with migraines, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, and other conditions of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system.  During the episode, she also shared that she is the leader singer of a rock-n-roll cover band, and they will have their first gig in over a year this August after pandemic restrictions are lifted. Dr. Weiskopf received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She completed her residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and served as chief resident 2005 – 2006 before going on to a fellowship at New York University Medical Center 2006 – 2007.Underwriter: Mack Molding

In this episode, we talk about the NKF Patient Network, an online registry for kidney patients at any stage of kidney disease. This network is an exciting new and easy way to for patients to be part of the effort to improve the lives of people affected by kidney disease everywhere.    In this episode, you will hear from:   Dr. Kerry Willis: Dr. Kerry Willis is Chief Scientific Officer at the National Kidney Foundation and co-developer of the Patient Network. Dr. Willis received her PhD in Molecular Genetics from New York University Medical Center and has been with NKF since 1998. She founded NKF's Medical Activities division and made it a priority to identify and apply the best science available to improve kidney disease patient care and outcomes.   Dr. Lesley Inker: Lesley A. Inker, MD, MS is a nephrologist who serves as Director of the Kidney and Blood Pressure Center and Director of the Kidney Function and Evaluation Center at Tufts Medical Center. She is also chair of the NKF Patient Network Steering Committee. Dr. Inker's research has established her as an expert in the implementation of estimated glomerular filtration rate by clinical laboratories, as well as an expert in estimating and measuring kidney function.   Dr. Alex Chang: Dr. Alexander Chang is a nephrologist, assistant professor of Clinical Research and co-director of the Kidney Health Research Institute at Geisinger. He is engaged in research dedicated to preventing and delaying CKD progression and its complications. His research areas include interventional studies focused on improving lifestyle behaviors in patients with hypertension and patients with early CKD; using observational data from Geisinger and other large cohorts to identify potential avenues to improve management of CKD and hypertension; and health system interventions to improve early recognition and optimized management of early kidney disease. Dr. Alex Chang also serves as NKF Patient Network PI for Geisinger site.   Curtis Warfield: Curtis Warfield is a kidney patient and patient stakeholder on the Patient Network Advisory Committee. In 2012 he was diagnosed with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) due to FSGS. In 2016, he received a kidney from his daughter's college sorority sister. Curtis, a passionate advocate for CKD, organ donation and living donors provides peer counseling with the NKF Peer Program. He also serves as member of NKF's Kidney Advocacy Committee, where he advocates with members of Congress for kidney and organ donor issues.   Cari Maxwell: Cari Maxwell is a kidney patient and patient stakeholder on the Patient Network Advisory Committee.  She was diagnosed with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease in 1989 and has been an active supporter of the National Kidney Foundation. She hopes that through her commitment to the awareness of chronic kidney diseases, others will take an active role in their health journey through early detection, healthy choices, and becoming a strong voice themselves in advocating for those that cannot.   Learn more about the NKF Patient Network by visiting www.kidney.org/nkfpatientnetwork.

Susyn Reeve is an award-winning author and renowned Heart Healing Coach. People turn to her in the throes of the pain of a closed or broken heart, yearning to free themselves from their misery and suffering in search of a guide who knows the territory and sees the path to light at the end of the tunnel – a life of passion and purpose grounded in Love.Susyn's lifes' work has been in-formed by a question she wrote in her journal as a teen, What would the world be like if everyone Loved themselves? This has been her personal journey, as well as her work with thousands of clients whether in corporate executive settings, one-on-one Coaching Sessions, or group retreats.In 2003, her first book, Choose Peace & Happiness: A 52-Week Guide was published and since then she had continued to write, The Inspired Life: Unleashing Your Mind's Capacity for Joy, The Wholehearted Life: Big Changes and Greater Happiness Week by Week; Elevate Your Self-Esteem Now: Self-Esteem Activities that Work; and her newest book, Heart Healing: The Power of Forgiveness to Heal a Broken Heart.Her 45-year career has included Corporate Consulting, Leadership Development, and Executive Coaching. Her clients have included, American Express, Mount Sinai, Medical Center, Exxon, New York University Medical Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. For nine years as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Management at New York University's Management Institute she taught Group and Interpersonal Dynamics to Training and Development Professions in the New York Tri-State area.In 2001 she was Ordained as an InterFaith Minister and is an in-demand speaker at Spiritual Centers coast-to-coast. In her role as a minister combined with her expertise as Corporate Consultant she has been asked to work with organizations in the wake of 911; downsizing or re-organizations; and the death of co-workers. In recent years she has lead workshops titled, Being a Leader and Creating Experiential Workshops that Work at InterFaith Seminary students and InterSpiritual Counseling students at One Spirit Learning Alliance in New York City.As a voracious Life Long Learner she has studied and apprenticed with, Joseph Campbell, Jean Houston, Robert Fritz, and don Miguel Ruiz.She was the co-host with Rikk Hansen of the popular podcasts, The On Purpose Show and ReInvention Success Stories. She is the co-creator of SelfEsteemExperts. Her popular blog, Heart Healing Wisdom is on her website (https://www.susynreeve.com/blog).After living in East Hampton, NY for 20 years she has lived in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts that she first discovered as summer camper as a child and teen. For Your Listening Pleasure all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network with our compliments, visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other!That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

Susyn Reeve is an award-winning author and renowned Heart Healing Coach. People turn to her in the throes of the pain of a closed or broken heart, yearning to free themselves from their misery and suffering in search of a guide who knows the territory and sees the path to light at the end of the tunnel – a life of passion and purpose grounded in Love. Susyn's lifes' work has been in-formed by a question she wrote in her journal as a teen, What would the world be like if everyone Loved themselves? This has been her personal journey, as well as her work with thousands of clients whether in corporate executive settings, one-on-one Coaching Sessions, or group retreats. In 2003, her first book, Choose Peace & Happiness: A 52-Week Guide was published and since then she had continued to write, The Inspired Life: Unleashing Your Mind's Capacity for Joy, The Wholehearted Life: Big Changes and Greater Happiness Week by Week; Elevate Your Self-Esteem Now: Self-Esteem Activities that Work; and her newest book, Heart Healing: The Power of Forgiveness to Heal a Broken Heart. Her 45-year career has included Corporate Consulting, Leadership Development, and Executive Coaching. Her clients have included, American Express, Mount Sinai, Medical Center, Exxon, New York University Medical Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. For nine years as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Management at New York University's Management Institute she taught Group and Interpersonal Dynamics to Training and Development Professions in the New York Tri-State area. In 2001 she was Ordained as an InterFaith Minister and is an in-demand speaker at Spiritual Centers coast-to-coast. In her role as a minister combined with her expertise as Corporate Consultant she has been asked to work with organizations in the wake of 911; downsizing or re-organizations; and the death of co-workers. In recent years she has lead workshops titled, Being a Leader and Creating Experiential Workshops that Work at InterFaith Seminary students and InterSpiritual Counseling students at One Spirit Learning Alliance in New York City. As a voracious Life Long Learner she has studied and apprenticed with, Joseph Campbell, Jean Houston, Robert Fritz, and don Miguel Ruiz. She was the co-host with Rikk Hansen of the popular podcasts, The On Purpose Show and ReInvention Success Stories. She is the co-creator of SelfEsteemExperts. Her popular blog, Heart Healing Wisdom is on her website (https://www.susynreeve.com/blog). After living in East Hampton, NY for 20 years she has lived in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts that she first discovered as summer camper as a child and teen. For Your Listening Pleasure all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network with our compliments, visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; America's Soul Doctor with Ken Unger; Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Imagine More Success Radio Show with Syndee Hendricks and Thomas Hydes; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; Two Good To Be True with Justina Marsh and Peter Marsh; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv

Don't miss Episode #18 of Soul Stories- Dr. Randall speaks to  Dr. Mimi Guarneri.Board-certified in cardiology, internal medicine, nuclear medicine and holistic medicine, Dr. Guarneri is the founder and the medical director of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Guarneri was an English Literature major as an undergraduate at New York University. Her medical degree is from SUNY Medical Center in New York, where she graduated number one in her class. Dr. Guarneri served her internship and residency at Cornell Medical Center, where she later became chief medical resident. She served cardiology fellowships at both New York University Medical Center and Scripps Clinic. Dr. Guarneri served as an attending in interventional cardiology at Scripps Clinic, where she placed thousands of coronary stents. Recognizing the need for a more comprehensive and more holistic approach to cardiovascular disease, she pioneered the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine where she uses state-of-the-art cardiac imaging technology and lifestyle change programs to aggressively diagnose, prevent and treat cardiovascular disease. She is a fellow member of the American College of Cardiology, Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Medical Women's Association, and a diplomat of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. In 2009, Dr. Guarneri was honored as the ARCS scientist of the year. Dr. Guarneri has authored several articles that have appeared in professional journals such as the Journal of Echocardiography and the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Guarneri participated as a member of the writing committee for the American College of Cardiology Foundation Complementary Medicine Expert Consensus Document. This expert consensus statement on integrating complementary medicine into cardiovascular medicine was published in 2005. She is the author of The Heart Speaks, a poignant collection of stories from heart patients who have benefited from integrative medicine approaches. The Heart Speaks and her clinical work have been featured on NBC Today and PBS's To the Contrary and Full Focus. In her book Dr. Guarneri takes the reader on a journey of the heart - exploring the emotional heart, able to be crushed by loss; the intelligent heart, with a nervous system all its own; and the spiritual heart, which yearns for a higher purpose. With groundbreaking new research and unparalleled experience, Dr. Guarneri skillfully weaves the science and drama of the heart's unfolding. Her work was also featured in a two-part PBS documentary, The New Medicine. Dr. Guarneri is regularly quoted in national publications such as the Yoga Journal, Body+Soul, Trustee magazine and WebMD. She has been recognized for her national leadership in integrative medicine by the Bravewell Collaborative and now serves as chair of the Bravewell Clinical Network for integrative medicine. In 2008 she was honored by Project Concern International for her work in Southern India, and she currently serves on the International sub-committee for Direct-Relief International. Dr. Guarneri also served on an advisory panel for the Institute of Medicine to explore the science and practice of integrative medicine for promoting the nation's health. The summit's findings were released Feb. 25-27, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Most recently, she was elected president of the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine. Dr. Guarneri's book, “108 Pearls to Awaken Your Healing Potential,” was published by Hay House in 2017, and she is the professor of “The Science of Natural Healing,” a top-selling 24-lecture video set from The Great Courses. She is the author of “The Heart Speaks,” 2006, Simon & Schuster, and co- author of “Total Engagement: The Healthcare Practitioner's Guide to Heal Yourself, Your Patients & Your Practice,” 2014. Get inspired by these two legendary doctors on this episode!

Retiring ASCO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard L Schilsky gives a far-reaching interview with ASCO in Action podcast host ASCO CEO Dr. Clifford A. Hudis, who examines Dr. Schilsky’s trailblazing medical career, his leadership in ASCO and indelible mark on its research enterprise, and what he sees for the future of oncology. ASCO’s first-ever Chief Medical Officer even offers some friendly advice for Dr Julie Gralow, who starts as ASCO’s next CMO on February 15, 2021. In a touching tribute, Dr. Hudis also shares what Dr. Schilsky’s friendship and mentorship has meant to him personally, and suggests that Rich will still be supporting ASCO on critical priorities moving forward. Don’t miss this exchange with one of oncology’s greats! Transcript DISCLAIMER: The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. CLIFFORD HUDIS: Welcome to this ASCO in Action podcast brought to you by the ASCO Podcast Network, a collection of nine programs covering a range of educational and scientific content and offering enriching insights into the world of cancer care. You can find all of the shows, including this one, at podcast.asco.org. The ASCO in Action podcast is a series where we explore the policy and practice issues that impact oncologists, the entire cancer care delivery team, and the individuals we care for-- people with cancer. My name is Dr. Clifford Hudis. And I'm the CEO of ASCO and the host of the ASCO in Action podcast series. For today's podcast, I am especially pleased to have as my guest my friend, colleague, and mentor Dr. Richard Schilsky, ASCO's chief medical officer. Now, I am sure that many of our listeners have already heard that Dr. Schilsky will be leaving ASCO in February of 2021, retiring. However, I want to reassure everybody that even in retirement, he will continue to make contributions and provide leadership to all of us. And his illustrious and path-blazing career in oncology spanning more than four decades is not quite over thankfully. Rich is ASCO's first chief medical officer. And as such, he has made a truly indelible mark on all of us. He started with a proverbial blank piece of paper. The position had no precedent. It had no budget. It had no staff. But now after just eight years in the role, he has helped make the CMO a critically important position at the society. And I have to say that success is more than anything due to Rich's vision and his leadership. And that's some of what we'll be talking about today. So Rich, thank you very much for joining me today for what I hope is going to be a great casual but informative conversation about your amazing career, your unique role at ASCO, and maybe most importantly in the end what you see for the future of oncology not just in the United States, but around the world. Thanks for coming on, Rich. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Thanks, Cliff. It's great to be here today. CLIFFORD HUDIS: So with that, let's just dive right in and start at the very beginning. Rich, tell everybody why you decided to become an oncologist and maybe share a little bit about what those early days looked like for you and, in that context, what it was like to have cancer at the beginning of your career. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Well, I knew from an early age that I wanted to be a doctor. And in fact, I had written a little essay when I was in sixth grade as a homework assignment called My Ambition. And my mother had tucked that away in a scrapbook. And I found it a number of years ago. And on rereading it, it was quite amazing to me to see what I was thinking about even then. Because I said not only did I want to be a doctor, but I didn't think that was enough, that I wanted to be a medical researcher because I wanted to discover new information that would help people heal from whatever their diseases might be. And so it was never really any doubt in my mind that I would be a physician. I went to medical school at the University of Chicago. But I was living in New York City at the time having grown up in Manhattan. And the only year we had off in medical school, the only time we had off in medical school, was the summer between the end of the first year and the beginning of the second year. So during that time, I went back to Manhattan. And I was able to get a fellowship from the American College of Radiology that allowed me to essentially hang out in the radiation therapy department at New York University Medical Center, which was within walking distance of where I grew up. And so I would go over there every day. And I was taken under the wing of a young radiation oncologist. And of course, I wasn't really qualified to do anything at that point except to follow him around, talk and listen to the patients. But that turned out to be a really formative experience for me because we saw the whole gamut of cancer. We saw head and neck cancers. We saw lung cancer. We saw patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer. And in those years-- this is the early 1970s-- many of these patients have fairly locally far advanced disease and were quite debilitated by it. But listening to their stories, hearing about their hopes and their struggles, really demonstrated to me the human side of cancer. So I went back to school and thought about this in the context of my own personal experience, which dated back to when I was in college when my mother's mother, my maternal grandmother, was diagnosed with breast cancer. This was 1968. And as you well know, there were very few therapies available for breast cancer in the late 1960s, mostly hormone therapies. And my grandmother had the treatment that was considered standard of care at that time, which was extended radical mastectomy followed by chest wall radiation. And some years after that first mastectomy, she had a breast cancer that developed in the opposite breast and had a second extended radical mastectomy and chest wall radiation. And these were very traumatic and disfiguring procedures for her to go through. Anyway, long story short is after another few years, she developed bone metastases and then brain metastases. And there was really very little that could be done for her other than hormone therapies. And having observed her go through that illness and realizing how limited our treatment options were and then having the experience after my first year in medical school pretty well cemented for me that I wanted to be an oncologist. I thought actually about being a radiation oncologist. But then I did my internal medicine rotation in medical school, fell in love with internal medicine. And that sort of put me on the path to be a medical oncologist. The clinical challenge of caring for cancer patients, the emotional attachment to those patients, and, of course, even then, the unfolding biology of cancer was so intellectually captivating that I actually applied for oncology fellowship when I was a senior medical student. So even before going off to do my medical residency, I had already been accepted as a clinical associate at the National Cancer Institute to start two years hence. And that's how I became an oncologist. CLIFFORD HUDIS: So it's so interesting. Because, of course, the story I'm sure for many people interested not just in oncology, but even medical education, there are little things that don't happen nowadays that happened with you like that last little vignette about the early acceptance into an advanced training program before your fellowship among other things. Can you remind us about the timeline? Because I think one of the things that many of our listeners often can lose sight of is just how new oncology really is as a specialty. ASCO itself founded in 1964. And the first medical oncology boards were mid-'70s, right? So you were in med school just before that second landmark, right? RICHARD SCHILSKY: That's right. I graduated from medical school in 1975. I started my oncology fellowship in 1977. And I got board-certified in medical oncology and joined ASCO in 1980. And so that was the time frame at that point. CLIFFORD HUDIS: So the internal medicine was actually, if I heard you right, just two years, not the now traditional four. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Yeah. I was a short tracker. I did only two years of internal medicine training rather than three. I did my training at Parkland Hospital and University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas with at that time a legendary chair of medicine, Don Seldin, who I had to get permission from him to leave the program prior to completing the third year of residency because I had already been accepted into fellowship at NCI. And he, Seldin, who was a brilliant chairman and a brilliant nephrologist, was not at all interested in cancer. And it took a bit of-- I was going to say arm twisting, but it really took bleeding on my part to get him to agree to allow me to leave the residency program to go to the NCI. But he eventually agreed. And in those years, the first-year clinical fellowship at the NCI was like being an intern all over again. There were about 15 of us. We were on call overnight in the clinical center once every two weeks. We cared for all of our inpatients as well as had a cadre of outpatients. We did all of our own procedures. We had no intensive care unit. So patients who were sick enough to require ventilator support, we cared on the floor in the inpatient service on our own with guidance from senior oncologists. It was a bit different from the way it is now. But, of course, it was fantastic on-the-job training because we just learned a ton and had to learn it very quickly. CLIFFORD HUDIS: So that's actually a great segue to the advances because there was a lot to learn then. But, wow, there's a lot more to learn, I think, now. And I have real sympathy for trainees and younger oncologists for the breadth of what they need to learn. Again, just testing your memory, but platinum came along pretty much in the mid-'70s as well, right? That was a pivotal expansion of the armamentarium for us. So what do you see-- when you summarize progress in cancer research and care over these decades, what do you think are the most pivotal or revolutionary milestones that you identify over the span of your career? RICHARD SCHILSKY: Yeah. It's really interesting to think about it historically. There were the early years of discovery in oncology from the 1950s to the 1970s when we really had the introduction of the first chemotherapy drugs and the miraculous observation that people with advanced cancer could actually obtain a remission and, in some cases, a complete remission with chemotherapy and combination chemotherapy in particular. And so that was the formative years of oncology as a medical specialty and really proof of concept that cancer could be controlled with drugs. When we got into the 1980s, the 1980s in many respects were the doldrums of progress in clinical oncology. There really was not a lot of innovation in the clinic. But what was happening and what was invisible to many of us, of course, was that was the decade of discovery of the fundamental biology of cancer. That's when oncogenes were discovered, when tumor suppressor genes were discovered, when it became clear that cancer was really a genetic disease. And that is what transformed the field and put us on the path to targeted therapy and precision medicine as we think of it today. So I think that clearly understanding the biology of cancer as we do now and all that it took to lead us to that point, which was a combination of understanding biology, developing appropriate technology that would, for example, enable the sequencing of the human genome and then the cancer genome. And the other formative technology in my opinion that really changed the way we care for cancer patients was the introduction of CT scanning. When I was still a fellow at the NCI, we did not have a CT scanner. If we needed to get detailed imaging of a patient, we did tomography. And if you remember what tomograms looked like, they were really blurry images that you could get some depth perception about what was going on in the patient's chest or abdomen. But they really weren't very precise. When CT scanning came along, it really revolutionized our ability to evaluate patients, assess the extent of disease, stage them in a much more precise way, which then allowed for better patient selection for curative surgery, better radiation therapy planning. So we don't often point to imaging advances as some of the transformative things that paved the way in oncology, but I think imaging is really overlooked to some extent. So I think the technology advances, the biological advances, are the things that really allowed the field to move forward very quickly. And by the time we got into the mid-1990s, we were beginning to see the introduction of the targeted therapies that have now become commonplace today. And then it was around 2000, I think, that we saw the introduction of Gleevec. And I'm reminded always about an editorial written by Dan Longo in The New England Journal a few years ago. And Dan and I were fellows together. We worked side by side on the wards at the clinical center and became very good friends. And Dan in his role as a deputy editor of The New England Journal wrote an editorial a few years ago that was titled "Gleevec Changed Everything." And Gleevec did change everything. It changed our entire perception of what were the drivers of cancer and how we might be able to control cancer very effectively and potentially put it into long-term remission. Now, of course, we know now that the whole Gleevec story is more of an exception than a rule in targeted therapy. And, of course, we know that tumors become resistant to targeted therapies. But we couldn't have known any of this back in the early years of oncology because we had no real insight into what caused cancer to grow or progress. And the notion of drug resistance, while we realized that it occurred, we had no idea what the mechanisms were. So it's such a different landscape now than what it used to be. It's quite remarkable. CLIFFORD HUDIS: So as you tell the story, there's, of course, a lot of focus on technology, whether it's biology and understanding the key features of malignancy or imaging or more. But what I also note in your story and I want to come back to is the people. And I can't help but reflect on where we are in this moment of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, we've moved to telemedicine. Everything can be accomplished via technology. And, yet, the human touch is so important. When we think about being in the room with people, when we think about face to face from the context of career development and your own career, you touched on Dr. Seldin, I think, already from the perspective of internal medicine training. But are there are other mentors or important shapers of your career that you think we should know about? RICHARD SCHILSKY: Well, probably, the most influential person early in my career in medical school was John Altman. John, you may know, was the inaugural director of the University of Chicago's NCI-designated Cancer Center, which was one of the very first NCI-designated cancer centers in 1973 after the National Cancer Act of 1971 created the cancer centers program. And John, who was a leading oncologist studying Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, was a faculty member there. He was the director of our cancer center as I said. He took me under his wing even when I was in medical school and served as a real role model and mentor to me. When I was in my internal medicine training as I mentioned earlier, Don Seldin, the chair of medicine, was never particularly interested in oncology. So, to some extent, I didn't have-- I had great internal medicine training. But I did not have good mentorship in oncology. When I got to the NCI, then my whole world really opened up. And the two pivotal people there in my career were Bob Young, who was chief of the medicine branch and was my clinical mentor and remains a mentor and friend to this day, and then, of course, Bruce Chabner, who was the chief of the clinical pharmacology branch. And in my second year of fellowship when we all went into the laboratory, I went into Bruce's lab. And that's where I really got interested in the mechanism of action of anti-cancer drugs and ultimately in drug development and early phase clinical trials. And both Bob and Bruce remain very close to me even today. CLIFFORD HUDIS: So I'm concerned about time on our call today on our discussion. Because we could obviously fill lots of hours on all of these remarkable experiences and amazing people you worked with. But I'm going to ask that we fast forward a little bit. You and I share, I think, passion and love for ASCO. So I think that it's reasonable for us to focus a little bit on that for the time we have left here. You didn't start out obviously as chief medical officer at ASCO. But you were a really active ASCO volunteer and leader. Maybe tell us a little bit about some of the ASCO volunteer roles that you engaged in and what that meant to you at the time and how that led to this role. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Well, I'll be brief. I joined ASCO in 1980 at the first moment that I was eligible to join ASCO. I had attended my first ASCO meeting the year before, 1979, when I was still in my fellowship training. And it was clear to me even then when the whole annual meeting was about 2,500 people in two ballrooms in a hotel in New Orleans that that was a community of scholars and physicians that I wanted to be a part of. And so, over the years, I did what people do even today. I volunteered to participate in whatever ASCO activity I could get involved with. Over the years-- I think I counted it up not too long ago-- I think I served or chaired 10 different ASCO committees, more often serving as a member, but in a number of those committees also serving as the chair over many years. And as I became more deeply involved in ASCO and saw other opportunities to engage, I had the opportunity to run for election to the board and was-- after a couple of tries was elected to serve on the board and then eventually elected to serve as ASCO president in 2008-2009. But the attraction of ASCO in many ways was a community of diverse but, in many ways, like-minded people, people who had similar passion and drive and focus. But I think what you get at ASCO in many ways is the wonderful diversity of our field. If you work in a single institution for much of your career as I did and as you did, you get to know that institution pretty well. You get to know its perspectives and its biases and its strengths and its weaknesses. But there's a whole world of oncology out there. And you can get exposed to that at ASCO because you meet and work with colleagues from every clinical setting, every research setting, people who have remarkable skills and interests and passions. And it's just a wonderful environment to help develop your career. So I consider myself to be extremely fortunate to have had the journey in ASCO that I've had culminating, of course, with ultimately my coming on the staff as ASCO's first chief medical officer. CLIFFORD HUDIS: We often joke about that blank sheet of paper. But in retrospect, it's very obvious that you had built up that collection of LEGO blocks, and then you assembled them all into the ASCO Research Enterprise, a name you gave it. And it really, in retrospect, builds, I think, very cleanly upon all of your prior experience, but also the vision that you developed based on that experience for how research should be conducted. Can you maybe share with everybody the scope and vision for the ASCO Research Enterprise, what the intent was, and where you see it going, and what it includes today? RICHARD SCHILSKY: Sure. I won't claim that I came to ASCO with the whole thing fully developed in my mind. As you said, when I came, I literally did have a blank slate. Allen Lichter, who hired me, said, come on board and help me make ASCO better. And so I, in a sense, reverted to what I knew best how to do, which was clinical research. And having in my career been a cancer center director, a hem-onc division chief, a cooperative group chair, I had a lot of experience to draw on. And it was obvious to me that ASCO was fundamentally an organization that took in information from various sources, evaluated it, vetted it, collated it, and then disseminated it through our various channels, most notably our meetings and our journals. But ASCO itself did not contribute to the research enterprise. And that seemed to me to be a lost opportunity. We knew that ASCO had lots of data assets that could be of interest to our members and to the broader cancer community. But they were scattered all around the organization and not particularly well annotated or organized. So we began to collate those. And they are now available to ASCO members on the ASCO data library. I recognized that we did not have an organized unit in ASCO to support or facilitate or conduct research. So, in 2017, we formed the Center for Research and Analytics and brought together staff who were already working at ASCO but scattered in different departments but all people who had an interest in clinical research or research policy and brought them into this new unit, which has really become the focal point for research work at ASCO. We recognized that ASCO members for many years were interested in surveying their colleagues, surveying other ASCO members, to help advance research questions. But ASCO actually had a policy that prohibited that. So that never really made good sense to me. It seemed like a lost opportunity. And we were able to create a program and have the ASCO board approve it whereby any ASCO member could opt in to participate in what we now call the Research Survey Pool. And in doing so, they are essentially agreeing to participate in research surveys conducted by their colleagues. So that program is now up and running. There are, I think, eight surveys that have been completed or are currently in the field. And this is now a service that ASCO provides through CENTRA to its members to enable them to survey their colleagues for research purposes. Most importantly, I think we saw an opportunity back in 2014 or 2015 to begin to learn from what our colleagues were doing in clinical practice as they began to deploy precision medicine. And there was a lot of genomic profiling that was going on at that time. It was revealing actionable alterations in roughly 30% or so of the tumors that were profiled. But there was a lot of difficulty in doctors and patients obtaining the drugs that were thought to be appropriate to treat the cancer at that particular time because most of those drugs would have to be prescribed off label. And there was not a sufficient evidence base to get them reimbursed. And, moreover, even if they could be reimbursed, there was no organized way to collect the patient outcomes and learn from their experiences. So that led to us developing ASCO's first prospective clinical trial, TAPUR, which really solves both of those problems. Through the participation of the eight pharmaceutical companies that are engaged with us in the study, we are providing-- at one point, it was up to 19 different treatments free of charge to patients. These are all marketed drugs but used outside of their FDA-approved indications. And we were collecting data on the patients, the genomic profile of cancer, the treatment they received, and their outcomes in a highly organized way. And so now this is a study that we launched in 2016. We're now almost to 2021. We have more than 3,000 patients who have been registered on the study, meaning consented to participate, more than 2,000 who have been treated on the study. And we are churning out results as quickly as we can about which drugs are used or not useful in the off-label setting for patients whose tumors have a specific genomic profile. So we built all this infrastructure. And having this in place has also then allowed us to respond rapidly to unmet needs. So when the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed all of us, and when our members were looking for information about what was the impact of COVID-19 on their patients, one of the things we were able to do because we had CENTRA, because we had a skilled staff and an infrastructure, was to very quickly stand up the ASCO COVID-19 registry, which we launched in April of this year. And there are now about 1,000 patients who've enrolled in the registry from around 60 practices that are participating. And we will follow these patients now longitudinally and learn from their experiences what has been the impact of the COVID-19 illness on them and their outcomes, how has it disrupted their cancer care, and ultimately how that impacts their overall cancer treatment outcomes. So as I now contemplate leaving ASCO after eight years having started with a blank slate, I'm very proud of the fact that I think I'm leaving us with a remarkable infrastructure. We now have a clinical trials network of 124 sites around the country participating in TAPUR that we never had before. We have through the work of CancerLinQ a real-world evidence data generator that is beginning to churn out valuable insights. We have a capacity to survey ASCO members for research purposes. We have an ability to stand up prospective observational registries to gather information longitudinally about patients and their outcomes. We have a core facility in CENTRA with highly skilled data analysts and statisticians that can support these various research activities. So ASCO is now primed, I think, to really contribute in a very meaningful way to the gaps in knowledge that will forever exist in oncology just because of the complexity of all the diseases we call cancer. And that's what I mean by the ASCO Research Enterprise. It is in fact remarkable and, I think, powerful enterprise if we continue to use it effectively. CLIFFORD HUDIS: Well, that's an interesting segue to my next thought, which is really about what comes next. I'll talk about you. But let's start with ASCO first. Your successor, Dr. Julie Gralow, obviously has been announced publicly. She's an accomplished clinician and researcher. She has a known recognized passion for patients, patient advocacy, clinical research through her leadership at SWOG but also health care equity and global oncology. So from your perspective, having created all of these assets and resources, what advice would you give Dr. Gralow publicly on how to make the position hers, what to take us to next? And I do want to acknowledge for everybody listening that the hints I've been making up until now are that Rich has agreed that he will continue to contribute as a leader to TAPUR for the short term, at least, at least the next year helping Julie get fully oriented to this program and others. So what will your advice be to Julie? RICHARD SCHILSKY: That's a great question. She's a great selection. And congratulations on hiring her. I think there are two key issues, I think, maybe three. One is to have a broad scope and cast a wide net. Oncology care and cancer research and cancer biology are incredibly complicated and nuanced and broad in scope. And although Julie is an accomplished breast cancer clinician and researcher, in this role at ASCO, you have to be very broad. You have to understand all of cancer care, all of cancer research, all of policy and advocacy not as an expert in necessarily in any one aspect of ASCO's work, but you have to understand the impact of all of those things on cancer care providers and on cancer patients. And it's important to always be looking to the future. The future is going to be here before you know it. And we as a professional society have to prepare our members for that future. So that leads me to the second point, which is listen to the members. The members are the people on the front lines who are delivering care to patients every day. And, fundamentally, ASCO's job is to be sure that our members have all the tools and knowledge and resources that they need to deliver the highest quality care to patients every day. So listening to what they need, what their struggles are, what their burdens are, is extremely important. And then the third thing I would recommend to her is that she get to know the staff and colleagues that she'll be working with. ASCO has a remarkably accomplished, skilled, motivated, passionate staff, many of whom have been with the organization for years, if not decades, who understand what ASCO can and cannot do and who understand what our members need. And she will be well advised to spend a good portion of her first few months on the job just listening and learning from her colleagues. CLIFFORD HUDIS: That's always good advice for anybody making a big career move. But, of course, the wisdom you bring to it is palpable and much appreciated. And I'm sure Julie will be taking your advice. And, by the way, so will I continue to do that even after you make your move. So speaking of your retirement, can you share with us a little bit about what it's actually going to look like for you? Is it about family? Or are you still going to have some professional engagement? Again, I suggest that there might be some already, but maybe you could expand on it. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Yeah. I'm still fully focused on my work at ASCO. And, of course, as you know, when I wake up on February 15, I will no longer be ASCO's chief medical officer. And it's going to be a bit of a rude awakening. Fortunately, I will be able to continue my engagement with ASCO through the TAPUR study as you mentioned. I will, of course, forever be at ASCO member and a donor to Conquer Cancer and be willing to serve the society in any way. I have a number of activities that I've been involved with even throughout my time at ASCO. Not-for-profit boards, for example-- I'm on the board of directors of Friends of Cancer Research. I'm on the board of directors for the Reagan-Udall Foundation for FDA. I plan to continue with those activities as long as they'll have me. I've been serving the last few years on the board also of the EORTC, the large European cooperative clinical research group. And I expect to continue in that role. Beyond that, I will see what opportunities come my way. I think one of the things about retirement if you will that I'm looking forward to is the opportunity to pick and choose what to work on based on what interests me without having the burdens of having a full-time job. On the personal front, of course, we're all looking forward to crawling out from the pandemic. I've basically been locked in my home outside Chicago since March. And I'm looking forward to getting back out to a little bit of a social life. As you know, I have two grown daughters and now three grandchildren, two of whom are in Atlanta, one of whom is near by us in the Chicago area. So looking forward to spending time with them as well. So it will be a change for me to be sure after working as hard as-- I feel like I've worked for really now 45 years since I graduated from medical school. But I also feel like I'm not quite done yet and that I still have ways in which I can contribute. I just feel like at this point, maybe it's time for me to choose how I want to make those contributions and spend a little bit more time doing some other things. CLIFFORD HUDIS: Well, both you and my predecessor, Allen Lichter, are modeling something, have modeled something, that I think is not often discussed but can be very important. For people and for institutions, change is not a bad thing. And setting the expectation that you will pour your heart and soul into something but not necessarily do it alone or forever and not prevent others from taking that role at some point, that's a really-- I think it's a selfless kind of sacrifice in a way. Because, of course, you could stay and do what you're doing for longer. But as you and I have discussed, there is a value for all of us collectively in having fresh eyes and new people take organizations in a new direction. That's how I ended up here frankly. And I think that's the kind of opportunity you're creating right now, something that should be celebrated in my opinion. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Well, thanks. And I couldn't agree more. When I look back at the arc of my career and having all the different kinds of leadership roles that I've had, I basically have made a job change every 8 to 10 years. I was the director of our cancer center for nearly 10 years. I was associate dean for clinical research at the University of Chicago for eight years, another position that I created from a blank slate at that institution. The exception was serving 15 years as a CALGB group chair. But that was a position I really loved and enjoyed and felt like at the end of the first 10 I hadn't quite accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish. But the point is that I think it is both necessary for organizations to have regular leadership change. And it's also refreshing for us as individuals. There gets to a point where you feel like you can do your job in your sleep. And I actually think that's a good time to make a change. Because if that's the way you feel, you're not being sufficiently challenged. And you're probably not being sufficiently creative. And so it's a good time to move on and refresh your own activities and give your organization a chance to bring in someone to hopefully build on whatever you've created and bring it to the next level. CLIFFORD HUDIS: Well, I agree with all that, although I think your comment there about doing the job in your sleep would not apply because I'm pretty confident that the environment and opportunities have continued to evolve in a way that has made it interesting from beginning to end. But you don't have to rebut me on that. I just want to thank you very, very much, Rich. As we set up this podcast, I expected that we would have a really fun and enlightening conversation. And, of course, you did not disappoint. We could talk for much, much longer if we only had the time. On a personal note to you and for the benefit of our listeners, I want to share that Rich has been for me a remarkable friend and mentor and colleague. I first met Rich at the very beginning of my career when my mentor, Larry Norton, pushed me out from Memorial into the larger world. And he did that first and primarily through ASCO and the Cancer and Leukemia Group. Those are really the two places where I was exposed to the world. And through the CALGB, Rich really began to offer me and others, many others, opportunities that shaped careers plural, mine and others. So when I got to ASCO as CEO, Rich was there. And I knew I could always depend on you to be clearheaded, intellectually precise, constructive, visionary. And the thing about you, Rich, is that you never would say yes to anything unless you knew for sure you could do it and indeed, I think, how you could do it. I always share this story which your staff at CENTRA pointed out to me. And I have to admit that I hadn't picked it up myself. But in all the years of now working down the hall from Rich, probably hundreds and hundreds of hours of meetings, he never has taken a note in front of me. And, yet, everything we talk about, every action item we conclude to pursue, they all get done. So I don't know, Rich. You have a remarkable way of organizing your thoughts and your plans, keeping it together, and getting things done. And I'm going to miss that tremendously in the years ahead. So, Rich, I want to say congratulations. Congratulations on reaching this really important milestone in your life. Thank you on behalf of ASCO and the broader oncology community and the patients we care for and their families for making the world a better place. And just as a small thing, thank you for joining me today for this ASCO in Action podcast. RICHARD SCHILSKY: Thank you, Cliff. It's been great. CLIFFORD HUDIS: And, for all of you, if you enjoyed what you heard today, don't forget to give us a rating or a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. And, while you're there, be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. The ASCO in Action podcast is just one of ASCO's many podcasts. You can find all of the shows at podcast.asco.org. Until next time, thank you for listening to this ASCO in Action podcast.

Dr. Sarah Huen is originally from Chicago, IL. She received her initial medical training at Northwestern University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training at New York University Medical Center. Intrigued by the pathophysiology of acute kidney injury and frustrated by the lack of any viable therapeutic options, she pursued a research nephrology fellowship and a Ph.D. degree in Investigative Medicine at Yale University in the laboratory of Dr. Lloyd Cantley studying the role of macrophages in ischemic kidney injury. She was a post doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Ruslan Medzhitov at Yale where she studied the mechanisms of tissue tolerance and changes in metabolism in systemic inflammation. Dr. Huen joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2017 as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests include investigating renal metabolism in sepsis and other states of inflammation. Outside of medicine and science, she enjoys cooking, photography and hiking. You can find Sarah at https://twitter.com/DrSarahHuen. This episode is hosted by Dr. Shawn Baker MD. Find him at https://shawn-baker.com

Recorded on 12/04/2020 at the East Brunswick Public Library In this multidisciplinary talk conducted virtually, Ellen Ronnen, MD with Betsy Dubov, RD, MS, and Katherine Schaible, MSW, LSW will conduct a comprehensive review of maintaining a healthy life after cancer. Topics include: The role of survivorship visits in post-chemotherapy care Exercise recommendations after completing chemotherapy Importance of post chemotherapy appointments to monitor for recurrence Tips on healthy eating after chemotherapy How to optimize one's mental health after completing cancer treatment Please note, the presenters will not be able to offer personal medical advice to attendees during this program. Betsy R. Dubov, RD MS is a registered dietitian and has been practicing nutrition education for over 30 years in many different capacities. She did her undergraduate training in Foods and Nutrition at New York University and her dietetic internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Ill. This internship included both clinical and administrative training. After she became an RD she worked as a clinical dietitian for several years at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Ellen Ronnen, MD went into her field because she was intrigued with the science behind oncology and valued that practicing oncology often created long-term relationships with the people she treated. She attended the Albert Einsten College of Medicine, where she obtained her medical degree, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at New York University Medical Center. She completed her fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hematology. Katherine Schaible is a licensed social worker and joined CSCCNJ in 2015. She is responsible for the daily operations of CSCCNJ's comprehensive program of support. Over the years, Katherine has facilitated and expanded the School-Based Support Program, and other outreach initiatives for families from minority and vulnerable communities in New Jersey. She is bilingual and provides individual counseling to CSCCNJ's participants in both English and Spanish.

You wanna hear a really creepy ghost story?  Well…actually…a really creepy satanic possession story…or something? Try this on for size: Guy gets really good at his job.  So good that he’s given a cameo doing his job in one of the biggest horror movies of the century.  A movie whose set became legendary for weird accidents, injuries, fires – even deaths! – during its making…and a few years later, same guy gets arrested for knocking his gay hook-up over the head with a frying pan and then stabbing him to death…and to top it off, same guy seems to be pretty much the person who killed at least six other unidentified men, dismembering them, then packing them into garbage bags that get thrown into the Hudson River. Not very believable.  Except that it’s a true story. It’s the story of Paul Bateson, the alcoholic radiological technologist whose delicate, caring manner in performing the cerebral angiography procedure on children at New York University Medical Center caught the eye of film director William Friedkin, who cast Bateson as the technologist performing the procedure on the character of young Regan MacNeil, the possessed girl at the center of Friedkin’s film adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist.” Seems like quite the feather in Mr. Bateson’s cap – something to build a highly successful career on.  Right? Unfortunately, no. Troubled from youth and battling alcoholism his entire life, Bateson fell deeply into his addiction in the years following the release of the movie, and ended up losing is job at NYUMC. Now working odd jobs and trying to find a way to get back to working in radiology, Bateson fell off the wagon again in 1977 and, in one weird, wild night, he met, hung out with, drank with, went home with, and then murdered renowned Variety film journalist Addison Verrill in Verrill’s New York City Apartment. The circumstances around Bateson’s capture and arrest are fascinating, and Melissa recounts the twists and turns in that case – including Bateson’s release on Parole and his subsequent fade-away into obscurity, where even though someone using his name and Social Security Number was certified as deceased in 2018, it can’t be proven to be the same person.  Weird.  But wait, there’s more – a lot more.  You see, it turns out that during the 1970s prior to Bateson’s arrest, there had been a string of murders of young men in New York – six altogether – each of whom had been murdered and mutilated, their cut-up bodies placed in garbage bags and tossed into the Hudson River.  To this day, tragically, not even one of these men has been identified by anyone.  And no one has ever been arrested in their murders.  But even more compelling is the fact that all of the garbage bags all six of those young men’s bodies were found in bore the mark of the place they came from:  New York University Medical Center.  Follow Melissa into this dark hole of mystery, creepy movie sets – and even a side trip into Melissa’s and Producer Mark’s own personal adventures into telekinesis! – on this most fascinating episode.  Remember, if you have a tip of any kind that can help solve a crime or any mystery whatsoever,  you can call Melissa on the TIP-STER HOTLINE at (832) TIP-STER (832-847-7837) or send an email to jttipsters@gmail.com.

Marianne Hardart sits down with Amy today to talk about her dual careers and the satisfaction that she continues to derive from these two very different occupations. Marianne graduated from Wheelock College, now part of Boston University, with a major in Child Life. Though originally intending to go into Special Education, she explored the Child Life option her freshman year and was drawn to it. (Child Life involves working with children impacted by illness or injury and helping them learn to cope.) She volunteered in Boston to work with such children and found the tasks to be challenging and rewarding. After receiving her degree in Child Life, Marianne was hired for a “dream job”. She found a position at New York University Medical Center where she was able to write and implement new programs and grow in her profession. Five years later, she went on to work with an organization helping children and families with AIDS. With new experience to share, she returned to NYU Medical Center as an administrator. In all, she had built a successful and happy 20 years in the Child Life field. As with many people though, a life event caused Marianne to reevaluate the path she was traveling. A serious health scare started her thinking about a childhood passion that she had never truly considered as an adult, and while she waited to learn the severity of her health concerns, she made a promise to herself to explore acting should things go favorably. Happily, the medical test results proved to be good news and so she enrolled in her first acting classes. She also found that she could manage to maintain her work with children while she began this new pursuit. She was very surprised to find how much she had to learn about herself and her new chosen craft. She describes to Amy how she had never been a “theater nerd” as a kid, but here she was, past 40, and working toward a stage career. And like so many of Amy's guests, Marianne Hardart was able to pivot with surprising success. Listen to her describe to Amy the advantages of having age and life experience in your corner along with a strong support network. She will convince listeners that what look like roadblocks to some, provide a leg up to others. Marianne has found that an acting career can involve a lot more than stage performance. She has broadened her acting CV by becoming a writer and producer as well. She's been successful with a one act play she's penned. She hosts a popular podcast and she's written a book about her famous restaurateur family called The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece. Listeners will undoubtedly be glad to learn that it's possible to be a success in two entirely different fields, and how though different, the first can bring a lot to the second. And some might also find it encouraging that you don't have to be 20 something to begin down that second fulfilling career path. It goes to show you can have your cake and eat it too, even if it doesn't come from an automat!   Topics in this episode  The importance of a peer support network How immersion in the study of your second field helps build necessary confidence to take on something new and different How learning who you truly are and having confidence in yourself makes a second career less intimidating to initiate How to use your previous work and experience to feed your new endeavors How to live in the present and enjoy it How to create “bite-size” career advancements in order to maintain balance and growth in both careers When you're undecided on your path, try a new hobby or avocation. You will learn something and you will find networking to be invaluable in your search Why it's important not to stand in place but to take action and keep moving Links: Mare Out There: Leaving a Message (podcast) mariannehardart.com

Dr. Lea Lis, double board certified Adult and Child Psychiatrist and Author of the book, "No Shame - Real Talk with Your Kids About Sex, Self Confidence and Healthy Relationships" * joins Leslie to talk about all things teens, sexuality, relationship development, parenting and how to help teens navigate their boundaries confidently.Dr. Lis is a true expert in child psychology and sexuality and is changing the way we talk to our kids about sex which lends itself beautifully to this deep and open dialogue about what healthy teenand parent relationships need to look and sound like.If you are a parent of a child, this Episode 20 is not to be missed. You will be challenged, educated and encouraged. Perhaps more importantly, your eyes will be opened around the critical need for understanding your own journey through sex and relationships and how to help empower yourself and your children and teens through theirs.*Dr. Lea Lis is the Shameless Psychiatrist.Dr. Lis is a medical doctor who is a double board certified Adult and Child Psychiatrist. She has been working with families since the beginning of her psychiatric career. She is uniquely positioned to help parents and children face many mental health challenges and live healthy lives. During her training and residency at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York and New York University, and her private psychiatric practice (Mindful Kid), she has developed expertise in working with modern families of all types. Psychiatry and medicine is Dr. Lis' calling since age 15 when she started working at Hillside Psychiatric Hospital. She has a thriving clinical practice where she sees adults and children with all types of mental health issues in Southampton, New York. She has a well received column on Psychology Today and Thrive Global, and has appeared as an expert on parenting in programming by ABC, CBS and NBC. She has been featured in numerous media outlets such as The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and in niche publications like Good Housekeeping, Purist Magazine and Psychiatric News. She has been interviewed as an expert on multiple podcasts. Dr. Lea is active in the American Psychiatric Association, having served as a member of their National Ethics Committee and on the Board of Trustees. She served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center, and has presented numerous symposia and workshops at the annual APA meetings and at the meetings of the Institute of Psychiatric Services. Her Academic publications have appeared in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice and the Journal of Academic Psychiatry.Thank you for listening to The Smart Sex Podcast. Please SUBSCRIBE as doing so keeps this podcast alive.Leslie Gustafson, Sex & Relationship Therapist, Coach & Host can be found on all major social media platforms @LeslieGustafson1 of Leslie Gustafson.

Listen to Dr. Allie in conversation with Dr. Van Yu, Chief Medial Officer of Janian Medical Care and CUCS, as they speak on the homeless population in NYC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Yu is Chief Medical Officer of Janian Medical Care and its parent agency the Center Urban Community Services (CUCS) that delivers a matrix of psychiatric and primary medical care services to homeless and formerly homeless individuals throughout New York City. Dr. Van Yu earned his medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1995 and completed a residency in psychiatry in 1999, including serving as a chief resident, at the New York University Medical Center. After completing residency, Dr. Yu was an Attending Psychiatrist in the Bellevue Hospital Center Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) for two years before becoming Assistant Director from April 2001 to March 2003. He joined the Project for Psychiatric Outreach to the Homeless, the precursor of Janian Medical Care, as a Staff Psychiatrist in April 2003. He also served as Medical Director of the Manhattan Outreach Consortium from 2007 to 2013. Dr. Yu is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the New York University School of Medicine where he has had a faculty appointment since 1998. Please note that the contents of Coping with COVID-19 are for informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on COPING WITH COVID-19. As always, if you are in crisis or you think you may have an emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. If you're having suicidal thoughts, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to talk to a skilled, trained counselor at a crisis center in your area at any time (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline). If you are located outside the United States, call your local emergency line immediately. Thank you for listening to Coping with COVID-19 by Dr. Allie. Links: https://www.cucs.org/ https://www.cucs.org/wellness/janian-medical-care/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Rhonda J Pomerantz C85, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She then attended New York University School of Medicine and received her M.D. in 1989. She completed a full internship and residency program in Internal Medicine at New York University Medical Center and was Board Certified in 1992. From 1992 through 1995, she served as a Dermatology resident and Chief Resident at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn. She became Board Certified in Dermatology in 1995. She joined the dermatology staff at NYU in 1995 where she is actively involved in educating the dermatology residents and supervising the Bellevue Dermatology Clinic. She has twice been presented with the award for Dedication And Excellence In The Teaching Of Dermatology. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Pomerantz has been practicing dermatology in Manhattan since 1995. Her research is in the area of risk factors for malignant melanoma. She has published articles on this topic and also on medical diseases with dermatologic manifestations and has contributed to published textbooks. She has presented at the Annual American Academy of Dermatology meeting, the National Healthy Skin Program, the Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference and the Advances in Dermatology Meeting at NYU. Dr. Pomerantz is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and she has served a four year term as a member of the youth education committee.  She specializes in Skin Cancer, Acne, Medical Dermatology and Cosmetic problems affecting the skin. Dr. Pomerantz has appeared on national television and cable broadcasts, including the NBC Today Show, Lifetime Channel for Women and Fox News. She has been quoted in numerous beauty and fashion magazines.

Eric D'Agati has spent the past 20 years in the fitness industry as a coach, trainer and instructor, pioneering his unique approach to client assessment, performance enhancement and injury prevention. Eric travels around the world teaching and speaking to trainers, coaches and therapists from such prestigious organizations as Functional Movement Systems, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York University Medical Center, Navy SEALS, US Army, NJAHPERD, NJSIAA, Nike and SPARQ Camps, Frank Glazier Clinics, The Mayo Clinic and multiple major universities.

Dr. Nathilee Caldeira Dr. Nathilee Caldeira earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University and completed her doctoral internship at Columbia University Medical Center. She is a Licensed Psychologist in New York State. Dr. Caldeira has been providing consultation, training, individual and couples therapy services for more than fifteen years. She has expertise in using relatively short-term treatments to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, posttraumatic stress and addictions. She developed Let’s Talk Psychological Wellness, P.C. to encourage healthy practices that focus on increasing confidence and finding and maintaining successful intimate relationships. Dr. Caldeira has served as a clinical psychologist and research scientist at New York area hospitals, including Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University, New York University School of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Martin Army Hospital (United States Army). She has volunteered at a Rape Crisis Hotline and treated survivors of Intimate Partner Violence at the Women’s Health Project, The Trauma and Addictions Program at City College of New York and at the Posttraumatic Stress Research Program at New York University Medical Center. She has worked as a Psychologist at the World Trade Center Health Program, Bellevue Hospital treating survivors of 9/11, served as a Staff Psycholgist for the United States Army treating soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and assessed veterans of the Vietnam War for posttraumatic symptoms. She has also served as a staff psychologist at the Columbia University Medical Center Student Mental Health Center. She has co-authored several articles in peer reviewed journals in the areas of trauma and addictions and is the recipient of supplemental grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcoholism.  Web: www.talkingforwellness.com

Tania Luisa Lester began in the arts of healing in Western medicine graduating from Mt. Sinai school of Radiology Technology at the age of 19, and graduated as a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer from the University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital at the age of 21.  Thereafter Tania was employed as Head Diagnostic Medical Sonographer at New York University Medical Center for several years while she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Literature. During this time, Tania diagnosed numerous cases of cancer, and a multitude of other terminal diseases.  Tania was always perplexed as to why certain patients, with the exact stage and type of prognosis from a life threatening disease recovered, while others succumbed to death.  Tania has been an intuitive person since early childhood, hence she has always known there was much more to this than chance.  It was when she herself became very ill that Tania became aware as to why certain people lived while others died. A couple of months before her Son turned two she noticed she was losing weight.  Soon after, Tania developed severe back pain, so severe she had to go to the ER for morphine drips.  Tania awoke one morning with the right side of her face paralyzed, known as Bell’s Palsy.  Tania weighed about 93 lbs, and became very weak.  She was diagnosed with MS.  Tania’s MRI showed multiple lesions throughout her brain.  She was at her lowest point weeks after, weak with excruciating pain, and was sure she was going to die.  That night she prayed to be taken at a later date because her son did not deserve to awaken to find his Mother dead.  “God, take me tomorrow, but not today,” were her exact words.  At that exact moment the pain beyond her control began to lift and objects in my room moved… lights, noise, and voices not of this world were heard and felt.  Tania knew at that moment that she would live, she would survive and that she was given the answer as to why certain people survive while others do not.  It became clear to her that it is One’s INTENTION and CONNECTION to God that determines whether they will survive.   It was during the years that Tania lived in Bali that she became acquainted with ThetaHealing.   It has changed her life.  The answer as to why and how she was able to “cure” herself is ThetaHealing.  Being in a Theta brain wave while connected with the Creator through energy and meditation is what allows physical healing to occur.  In addition, negative beliefs can be removed resulting in a healthy, joyous and fulfilled life. At present Tania is an Instructor and Practitioner of ThetaHealing. Tania teaches and practices ThetaHealing in the United States and Bali, Indonesia, and provides ThetaHealing Sessions Internationally via Skype as well.   For more information on Tania and Theta Healing, visit www.miamithetahealer.com For more information about Michelle, visit www.thewholesomelotus.com For information on the Wholesome Fertility Method online program visit www.thewholesomefertilitymethod.com The Wholesome Fertility facebook group is where you can find free resources and support: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2149554308396504/

Description: In this podcast, Dr. Brian Raskin and Dr. Steven Boral discuss how children orthodontics and adult orthodontics can improve someone's smile and health. About Dr. Brian Raskin: Dr. Raskin comes from 3 generations of honorable dentists in Long Island, New York. He, his father, and grandfather received their D.D.S. at New York University College of Dentistry. He is the founder, owner and dentist of Advanced DDS located in Garden City, New York. His practice was founded in 1984 and has become one of the top dental offices in Long Island, offering full service dentistry with IV sedation, dental implants, and same day dentistry using the latest dental techniques and materials. Click Here for more information on Dr. Raskin. About Dr. Steven Boral: Dr. Boral graduated with his D.D.S. and Specialty Certificate of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics from New York University College of Dentistry. He was the Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Orthodontics in New York University College of Dentistry. He was attending Orthodontist at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery in New York University Medical Center. Dr. Boral has lectured in the American Association of Orthodontists Annual Session and the Northeastern Society of Orthodontists. To stay current with the latest orthodontic treatments and innovations, Dr. Boral participates in monthly continuing education courses. He is involved in numerous organizations that promote better health through orthodontics. Click Here for more information on Dr. Boral.

For Part 2 of Brandon Poen's podcast mini series through the Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast, Brandon chatted with 3 members of the Education Leadership Partnership (ELP) which has the mission of "reducing unwarranted variation in practice by focusing on best practices in education" in which they discuss how the ELP was formed, diving into topics that the ELP has been researching and what they've learned from studying entry level education, and much more!   Featuring: Roger Herr, PT, MPA (ELP inaugural chair, 2016-2017) APTA Board of Directors (secretary of the APTA), Member of the ELP   Zoher Kapasi, PT, PhD, MBA (ELP past-chair, 2017-2018), ACAPT representative of the ELP   Laurie Kontney, PT, DPT, MS (ELP current chair, 2018-2019), Representative from APTE   Email Address to contact the ELP: academicservices@apta.org The Education Leadership Partnership Website: http://www.apta.org/ELP/  American Physical Therapy Association Website: http://www.apta.org/  Academy of Physical Therapy Education Website: https://aptaeducation.org/home-page.cfm  The American Council of Academic Physical Therapy Website:https://www.acapt.org/  The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy Website: http://www.fsbpt.org/  Commission of Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education Website: http://www.capteonline.org/home.aspx  American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education Website: http://www.abptrfe.org/home.aspx  American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties Website: http://www.abpts.org/home.aspx  Kathy Mairella's Episode on the Best Practices for Physical Therapist Clinical Education Task Force: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kathy-mairella-best-practices-for-physical-therapist/id1244609366?i=1000394441833&mt=2  Lisa Dorsey's Episode on the ACAPT Graduate Outcomes Task Force: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-lisa-dorsey-part-i-acapt-graduate-outcomes-task/id1244609366?i=1000418684852&mt=2  Part 1 of this podcast miniseries featuring Bob Rowe, Gail Jensen, & John Childs: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dpt-clinical-education-advancement-path-for-creating/id1244609366?i=1000403169815&mt=2  The PT Hustle Website: https://www.thepthustle.com/  Schedule an Appointment with Kyle Rice: www.passtheptboards.com    HET LITE Tool: www.pteducator.com/het    Anywhere Healthcare: https://anywhere.healthcare/ (code: HET)     Biographies:   Laurie Kontney is a Director of Clinical Education (DCE) and Clinical Professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.  She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1986, a Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School (now Rosalind Franklin University) in 1994 and a transitional DPT from Simmons College in 2006.  Laurie joined the Marquette faculty in 1994 as a Clinical Assistant Professor and the DCE, and has continued to work in the clinic in the areas of acute inpatient care, inpatient rehab, sub-acute rehab and OP neuro. Laurie has been involved in clinical education since graduating with her undergrad; and was instrumental in forming the Wisconsin Clinical Education Consortium as a young clinician.  She is a former member and chair of the Physical Therapist Examining Board (PTEB) for Wisconsin and has taken additional courses on medical ethics as part of her doctoral training. She is an invited member of the Dreamcatchers, an interdisciplinary think tank for ethics in rehabilitation.  Laurie has been active at the district, state and local levels of the WPTA/APTA and has served on and chaired various committees at the local, state and national level and is currently serving as a member and chair of the Education Leadership Partnership (ELP).   Laurie is also a trainer for the APTA Level 1 and 2 Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program (CCIP).   Dr. Zoher Kapasi is the Dean of College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Before becoming the dean, Dr. Kapasi served as the Director and Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy and Vice Chair of Education of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Physical Therapy from the University of Bombay, India, Ph.D. in Anatomy/Immunobiology from Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia and Executive MBA from the Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta. He did post-doctoral work in Immunology at Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland and Medical College of Virginia. After graduation, his research focused on age-related changes in immune function and the effects of exercise and nutrition on the immune system. Currently, Dr. Kapasi serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation. Dr. Kapasi has taught human anatomy, advanced human anatomy, and business management for the physical therapist in the physical therapy program. In 2014, Emory University School of Medicine conferred the Dean's Teaching Award to Dr. Kapasi. In 2017, Emory University conferred the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award and the Atlanta Business Chronicle awarded the Health Care Heroes Allied Health Professional Award. An active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Dr. Kapasi has served as the secretary of American Council of Academic Physical Therapy and chaired the Education Leadership Partnership of the American Physical Therapy Association.   Roger Herr is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Roger is a graduate of Temple University and has practiced physical therapy on both the east and west coasts. His involvement in the APTA has been longstanding at local, state and national levels. He is passionate about making a difference and communicating that to his audience. History: Physical Therapist at New York University Medical Center; taught in NYU's Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant programs and has worked in both home health and a nursing home; spent a decade on the West Coast: 8 years in Seattle and 2 years in San Francisco; returned to NYC in 2014 to join ICS and be closer to family. Where have I seen you before? As a physical therapist (BS Temple 1987), health care manager (MPA NYU 1992) who has worked in post-acute care with a focus on community health; as a site visitor/surveyor, CMS (Medicare), serving on NQF Technical Expert Panels, and with a national health care analytics organization specializing in post-acute care measures and reporting; at Sutter Care At Home in San Francisco; on the Board of the American Physical Therapy Association and as an appointee to the National Quality Forum Measurement Application Partnership Post-Acute Care (NQF MAP PAC). Extracurricular: Walking, running, swimming, biking and yoga; certified yoga teacher; plays upright bass and enjoys good food and mood enhancing beverages…such as coffee.

The interview discusses: The most important determinants of a successful business. The importance of risk taking. How he was able to convince Ross Perot to let him take his company public. How Ken was able to co-found The Home Depot. How he incentives employees and partners. Why he turned down an investment with Bernie Madoff. The importance of not being complacent. And much more...Biography: Ken Langone is a co-founder of Home Depot and the founder and chairman of Invemed Associates LLC. He received a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business. He serves on the Board of Overseers of the Stern School and on the Board of Trustees of New York University, as well as serving as chairman of the Board of Trustees of New York University Medical Center.

On this episode of the Healthy Wealthy and Smart Podcast, Dr. Jenna Kantor, PT, DPT hosts and interviews Roger Herr on advocacy in physical therapy. Roger Herr is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Roger is a graduate of Temple University and has practiced physical therapy on both the east and west coasts. His involvement in the APTA has been longstanding at local, state and national levels. He is passionate about making a difference and communicating that to his audience.   In this episode, we discuss: -Why is advocating for physical therapy important? -How each generation of leaders enhance New York’s advocacy efforts -Loose guidelines to follow to land a leadership position -Why different perspectives enrich professional advocacy -And so much more!   A major advocacy goal is to educate the public on the benefits of physical therapy as Roger expresses, “I love advocating because we get to explain what we do to others.”   As the physical therapy profession continues to grow in scope, both young and old physical therapy advocates are needed for different advocacy aims as Roger believes, “Different generations have different attributes.” Younger generations will lead online media outreach programs as Roger has found that, “Our society has less of that legacy role and more like what do we need to do now.”   Getting involved in advocacy can follow multiple courses as Roger stresses, “Written rules or guidelines kind of give a path but there are so many untraditional paths in our profession.”   For more information on Roger: Roger Herr is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Roger is a graduate of Temple University and has practiced physical therapy on both the east and west coasts. His involvement in the APTA has been longstanding at local, state and national levels. He is passionate about making a difference and communicating that to his audience.   History: Physical Therapist at New York University Medical Center; taught in NYU’s Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant programs and has worked in both home health and a nursing home; spent a decade on the West Coast: 8 years in Seattle and 2 years in San Francisco; returned to NYC in 2014 to join ICS and be closer to family.   Where have I seen you before? As a physical therapist (BS Temple 1987), health care manager (MPA NYU 1992) who has worked in post-acute care with a focus on community health; as a site visitor/surveyor, CMS (Medicare), serving on NQF Technical Expert Panels, and with a national health care analytics organization specializing in post-acute care measures and reporting; at Sutter Care At Home in San Francisco; on the Board of the American Physical Therapy Association and as an appointee to the National Quality Forum Measurement Application Partnership Post-Acute Care (NQF MAP PAC).   Extracurricular: Walking, running, swimming, biking and yoga; certified yoga teacher; plays upright bass and enjoys good food and mood enhancing beverages…such as coffee.   For more information on Jenna: Jenna Kantor (co-founder) is a bubbly and energetic girl who was born and raised in Petaluma, California. Growing up, she trained and performed ballet throughout the United States. After earning a BA in Dance and Drama at the University of California, Irvine, she worked professionally in musical theatre for 15+ years with tours, regional theatres, & overseas (www.jennakantor.com) until she found herself ready to move onto a new chapter in her life – a career in Physical Therapy. Jenna is currently in her 3rd year at Columbia University’s Physical Therapy Program. She is also a co-founder of the podcast, “Physiotherapy Performance Perspectives,” has an evidence-based monthly youtube series titled “Injury Prevention for Dancers,” is a NY SSIG Co-Founder, NYPTA Student Conclave 2017 Development Team, works with the NYPTA Greater New York Legislative Task Force and is the NYPTA Public Policy Committee Student Liaison. Jenna aspires to be a physical therapist for amateur and professional performers to help ensure long, healthy careers. To learn more, please check out her website: www.jennafkantor.wixsite.com/jkpt   Resources discussed on this show: Roger Herr Twitter   Thanks for listening and subscribing to the podcast! Make sure to connect with me on twitter, instagram and facebook to stay updated on all of the latest! Show your support for the show by leaving a rating and review on iTunes!   Have a great week and stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen

Medical professionals have a lot to offer people in the early and middle stages of Parkinson’s disease. People with PD can visit their teams of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other health professionals on a regular basis in an office or clinic setting. A problem can arise, however, when determining how to best help people in the more advanced stages of the disease, when they develop more symptoms of greater severity and have limited mobility. Dr. Jori Fleisher of the Rush University Medical Center Movement Disorders Program in Chicago, a Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, helped develop a home visit program to address this issue when she was at New York University Medical Center. The Edmond J. Safra Interdisciplinary Home Visit Program brings a multidisciplinary team of health professionals to the homes of people with PD when they need care the most.

Dessy is a biology teacher at Barnegat High School in Barnegat, New Jersey. Dessy is very involved in the AP Biology community both through attending the AP Biology Read and through her involvement in the AP Biology discussions on both the Facebook National AP Biology Teachers group and the College Board AP Biology Teacher Community. Before teaching, Dessy was a research scientist. She earned her PhD in Molecular Biology from Cornell University. She has worked in a variety of lab research settings including the National Academy of Medicine in Bulgaria, New York University Medical Center, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School. She was also a Principal Investigator and had her own research group at the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University. Her research has been centered on understanding transcriptional and epigenetic control mechanisms as they relate to cell division and cancer using models such as yeast, fruit flies and human cells. She has authored research papers and review articles.

1. The Geek Perspective: Answering the Call for Advanced Technology in Research Inquiry Related to Pediatric Brain Injury and Motor Disability Michael Wininger, PhD; Peter Pidcoe, PT, DPT, PhD Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Dr Wininger), University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut This report announces that engineers would just love to help you monitor or control any aspect of your patient care. So if you didn’t know to whom you could turn to for a technical fix: the answer is: Turn to a Geek! In the podcast Mike Wininger says Geeks have lots of tricks up their sleeves to help patients such as children with brain injury and motor disability. 2.  Creative Dance Practice Improves Postural Control in a Child With Cerebral Palsy Kate Stribling, PT, DPT; Jennifer Christy, PT, PhDOregon Health and Science University (Dr. Stribling), Portland, Oregon; University of Alabama at Birmingham (Dr. Christy), Birmingham, Alabama. Dance has healing power!  Kate Stribling tells the podcast how she looked into the role of creative dance practice for improving postural control in a child with cerebral palsy in her research in Alabama. 3. Uptake of the Congenital Muscular Torticollis Clinical Practice Guideline Into Pediatric Practice Sandra Kaplan, PT, DPT, PhD; Robin Dole, PT, DPT, EdD, PCS; Joseph Schreiber, PT, PhD   Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science (Dr Kaplan), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey; School of Human Service Professions (Dr Dole), Institute for Physical Therapy Education, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania; Chatham University (Dr Schreiber), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Experts at the Physical Therapy Association have pooled their recommendations to form guidelines for the clinical approach to congenital muscular torticollis.  Sandra Kaplan tells the podcast how she took on the difficult task of doing a survey to analyze the uptake of the guidelines and to see what benefits came out. 4. A Novel Mobility Device to Improve Walking for a Child With Cerebral Palsy Andrea Fergus, PT, PhDShenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia. A device called the Upsee that helps carers teach children how to walk is described as: a “dual orthotic device”. Every time the adult takes a step so does the child because the Upsee has sandals for both of them that are physically attached. At Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, Andrea Fergus has been using it to help a child with cerebral palsy.  She tells the podcast about the positive experiences she’s had with the device so far.  5. Gross motor outcomes after dynamic weight bearing in two children with trunk hypotonia: a case series. Dynamic weight bearing in trunk hypotonia Elizabeth M. Ardolino, PT, PhD, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, 5401 LaCrosse Ave, Austin, TX 78739 (eardolino@usa.edu).] A second research paper in Pediatric Physical Therapy journal reports on using the Upsee device in two children with truncal hypotonia. Elizabeth Ardolino tells the podcast how this helped. 6.  Determining Need for School-Based Physical Therapy Under IDEA: Commonalities Across Practice Guidelines Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA; Maura Doyle, PT, DPT, MS, PCSSt Mary’s Home Care (Mr Vialu), New York, New York; Physical Therapy Department (Dr Doyle), New York City Department of Education, New York, New York. The United States helps citizens with disabilities by following the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act—IDEA for short. This provides students in public education access to a number of services—among them physical therapy.  What IDEA does not do, however, is to specify precisely what the physical therapy should consist of.  In the podcast Carlo Vialu picks up the baton.  7. Comparing Unimanual and Bimanual Training in Upper Extremity Function in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy Susan E. Klepper, PT, MS, PhD; Debra Clayton Krasinski, PT, MS, PhD; Meaghan C. Gilb, PT, DPT, PCS; Nashwa Khalil, PT, DPT, NCS Program in Physical Therapy and Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine (Drs Klepper and Krasinski), Columbia University, New York; Rusk Institute (Dr. Khalil), New York University Medical Center, New York; and Children’s Health (Dr. Gilb), Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Progress in training children with unilateral cerebral palsy to use their upper extremities is under scrutiny in Pediatric Physical Therapy journal and in the podcast in which Susan Klepper throws light on whether children should try to use the side that’s affected without having their other arm available to help.

Dr. Nguyen is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  Dr. Nguyen completed his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, followed by full general surgery training at the New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital in New York City where he served as the academic chief resident.  Following this, he completed a plastic surgery residency at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center working with famed craniofacial surgeon Dr. Henry Kawamoto, and subsequently trained at the renowned Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada in pediatric craniofacial surgery. Dr. Nguyen primarily is interested in all aspects of pediatric plastic surgery, with a practice focusing on facial palsy, facial trauma, vascular anomalies, microtia and ear anomalies, and congenital lesions.   Dr. Nguyen is also highly active in international mission work, focusing on cleft lips and palates.  He frequently volunteers with Operation Smile as well as other humanitarian organizations, and has traveled to Vietnam, Nepal, India, Peru, and Guatemala, amongst others.  

Today Jane speaks with Adam Klein, the winner of CBS TV’s hit reality show, Survivor. After spending 39 grueling days on the island of Fiji competing in Millennials vs. Gen X, the Stanford graduate brought home the million-dollar prize. Tragically, just an hour after his return and nine months after her initial diagnosis of lung cancer, he lost his beloved mother, Susie. Adam shares both his personal lifestyle advice and his partnership with the American Lung Association to raise awareness and fight for increased funding for lung cancer research. Jane will also be talking to renowned New York City dermatologist, Dr. Darrell Rigel, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center, and former President of the American Academy of Dermatology. The doctor will discuss the risk factors, prognosis, and prevention of  malignant melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as ways to prevent sun damage and aging skin.

Today Jane speaks with Adam Klein, the winner of CBS TV’s hit reality show, Survivor. After spending 39 grueling days on the island of Fiji competing in Millennials vs. Gen X, the Stanford graduate brought home the million-dollar prize. Tragically, just an hour after his return and nine months after her initial diagnosis of lung cancer, he lost his beloved mother, Susie. Adam shares both his personal lifestyle advice and his partnership with the American Lung Association to raise awareness and fight for increased funding for lung cancer research. Jane will also be talking to renowned New York City dermatologist, Dr. Darrell Rigel, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center, and former President of the American Academy of Dermatology. The doctor will discuss the risk factors, prognosis, and prevention of malignant melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as ways to prevent sun damage and aging skin.

Today Jane speaks with Adam Klein, the winner of CBS TV’s hit reality show, Survivor. After spending 39 grueling days on the island of Fiji competing in Millennials vs. Gen X, the Stanford graduate brought home the million-dollar prize. Tragically, just an hour after his return and nine months after her initial diagnosis of lung cancer, he lost his beloved mother, Susie. Adam shares both his personal lifestyle advice and his partnership with the American Lung Association to raise awareness and fight for increased funding for lung cancer research. Jane will also be talking to renowned New York City dermatologist, Dr. Darrell Rigel, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center, and former President of the American Academy of Dermatology. The doctor will discuss the risk factors, prognosis, and prevention of malignant melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as ways to prevent sun damage and aging skin.

As the Founder of InForm Fitness' Power-of-10 Workout, Adam Zickerman makes the claim every day that InForm Fitness offers the safest, most efficient strength training program around. But Adam has a confession for InForm Nation. Adam suffered an injury while exercising that resulted in acute, knock-you-on-your-butt, back muscle spasms. You can imagine Adam's dilemma as to whether or not he should fess up or cover up his recent injury.Hear the whole story in Episode 23 beginning with the surgery he experienced as a child, the details of his injury, and how he seems to have found a cure for his lifelong ailment.Click this link to read Adam's story at INFORM INSIGHTS: https://informfitness.com/back-spasms-exercise/Pick up Adam's Zickerman's book, Power of 10: The Once-a-Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution.  You can buy it in Amazon by  clicking here: http://bit.ly/ThePowerofTenTo find an Inform Fitness location nearest you to give this workout a try, please visit www.InformFitness.com.  At the time of this recording we have locations in Manhattan, Port Washington, Denville, Burbank, Boulder, Leesburg and Resten.If you'd like to ask Adam, Mike or Sheila a question or have a comment regarding the Power of 10. Send us an email or record a voice memo on your phone and send it to podcast@informfitness.com. Join Inform Nation and call the show with a comment or question.  The number is 888-983-5020, Ext. 3. For information regarding the production of your own podcast just like The Inform Fitness Podcast, please email Tim Edwards at tim@InBoundPodcasting.comThe complete transcriptions for this episode is below:Tim: And we're back, InForm Nation! Glad you're doing us once again here for episode 23, on the InForm Fitness Podcast. Twenty minutes with Adam Zickerman and friends. For those  joining us for the very first time, let's go around the horn and introduce everybody. I'm Tim Edwards with the InBound Podcasting Network, and a client of InForm Fitness, and joining me here in person at the InBound Studio is co-owner and general manager of the Burbank InForm Fitness location, Sheila Melody. Sheila, nice to see you three dimensionally instead of 2D via Skype nowadays, thanks for joining me.Sheila: Yeah, this is fun!Tim: And still in boring old 2D through the magic of Skype is general manager of the Manhattan location, Mike Rogers, and the founder of InForm Fitness, New York Times bestselling author, Power of Ten: The Once a Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution, also affectionally known as the guru, Adam Zickerman. What's up fellas?Adam: Hey.Mike: I've never called him the guru.Tim: No, ever? Mike: I'm going to start calling you that now, matter of fact, the guru.Adam: Mike was booking some guests on one of our podcast episodes, in his letters he writes, and he refers to me as his boss. I meant to talk to Mike about that, saying boss. Refer to me as your — I don't know — Tim: Your superior. The boss, the founder, Adam.Adam: Your colleague and the founder of InForm Fitness. Mike: You're going to go there, okay. You're going to wish I said boss next time.Tim: Alright well the boss has been having problems with his back, or at least he has in the past, and here in episode 23, we're going to refer back to a blog post of yours Adam from June of last year, 2016: Back Spasms From Exercise, which we'll have a link to in the show notes of course if you'd like to read them. In the blog post Adam, you offer up a confession, and you mention a back injury that you suffered as a kid. Now we'll get to that confession in just a moment, but let's start with the injury you suffered; what caused the injury, back many, many decades ago?Adam: Yeah I was a teenager, and I don't know exactly what caused the injury. I think it was a combination of sports and being active, but I also had this weird obsession about jumping staircases, and when I think back on my childhood life, I really think that my back injury was from trying to jump down ten stairs or fifteen stairs. I started to keep increasing the amounts of stairs I could jump.Tim: I did the same stuff, I really did.Mike: You probably hit your head one time and that's why your memory is —Adam: I do remember where it manifested itself. It could have been the stairs — when the back problem happened, I didn't feel it right away. It was during actually a basketball game, I was a point guard, and up until that point I was a pretty good point guard. At this particular game, I couldn't cut to my left. There was no pain, I was just very slow cutting to the left, and the ball kept getting stolen from me at mid court, and my father who was watching the game was like, and my coach and everybody was like, that's very unusual for Adam to get the ball just taken from him like that, every time he brings the ball up. It was that night that all of the sudden the back pain started. Now I've been saying for years that I think it was the basketball game that hurt my back, but very likely it was probably something before that that led up to it, and I'm thinking that crazy idea I had about jumping off of staircases.Tim: So 35, 40 years ago is when this probably began. Adam: Yeah, the symptoms were numbness in my right leg, radiating down my leg. I couldn't bend at all, I couldn't bend at my waist at all. I couldn't sit for more then a couple of minutes without the pain, I had to stand or lie down.Tim: As a kid.Adam: I was a kid, and the back of my leg was in a lot of pain and numb at the same time, my calf was numb. To this day, there is slight numbness to my slight calf compared to my left calf. I can feel some sensation, but it's definitely dulled; to this day, it's never recovered, so there's probably a little bit of nerve damage back then.Mike: So did you go to the doctor and find out what exactly happened?Adam: So we go to a doctor and remember I'm eleven, and when you have these symptoms as an adult, right away they say let's look at the back, but as a child, the last thing they were thinking about was a nerve compression of a herniated disc. So they were looking for everything else, including tumors of the spine. So there was a point there where I was meeting with oncologists and getting tests at NYU at New York University Medical Center. The tests for everything but a herniated disc, and when they eliminated all those things, they said could this kid have a herniated disc, and they performed a procedure called a myelogram. Which is a crazy procedure where they inject a dye into your spinal column, and they turn you upside down on a table, literally upside down, and let the dye kind of go down the spine or really up the spine, and when they see the fluid, this dye that they inject into your spinal column. When they see that dye deviate to the right or the left, that's where the herniation is, and that's how they were able to  determine disc herniations back in the day, in the 70s. They still do that procedure but much less so now. So a myelogram is more or less an archaic methodology now, MRIs have pretty much taken over that. So when they saw the fact that I had a disc herniation, they were like holy cow, and I had surgery. I had surgery by a neurosurgeon, the surgery is called a laminectomy, and in part of the spine vertebrae, there's something called lamina, and the lamina was removed to pretty much reduce the pressure that was being pushed against it by the disc, pushing a nerve into the lamina. So they took away the lamina, no more pressure against the nerve, and the pain went away, but there was a compromise there. There was a structural compromise done when you remove structure from your vertebrae. So ever since that surgery, I've been able to bend and I've been able to play all my sports, and I've lived a fairly normal life. However, probably ten years into post surgery, I would start getting back spasms. These horrible, horrible, bring you down to your knees, can't move, and if you move, you go into another spasm. It's almost like being hooked up to a car battery and every time — you sit and you're kidnapped, and every time you say something wrong, they hit the switch and you're shocked. That's what a back spasm is, where there is sometimes I would be suffering spasms and if I tried to move out of my position, I would go right back into position. It was just nonstop spasm after spasm after spasm, and this can go on for hours. They're excruciating, it's literally like being shocked.Sheila: It sounds like torture.Adam: It's very painful.Tim: And this is something you experienced in your twenties now? These back spasms.Adam: I've been experiencing those from my twenties up until now. Mike: I've seen Adam over the years about half a dozen times, during the workday, they kind of come out of nowhere. I don't know if he worked out earlier that day or whatever, but I've seen him have to go down to the ground and put a tennis ball, just lay down on a tennis ball and stuff like that. Adam: Those are for the good ones. Sometimes they got so bad that I would literally get nauseated and want to vomit, and it's just relentless, it doesn't go away. The only thing that makes it better is time. A couple days on my back, it finally starts to subside. I also take Flexeril, which is a muscle relaxant, and that seems to take the edge off when things are really bad. Alright so that's the history.Tim: Let's fast forward a few years now, right, because Adam, let's jump to the confession now. I'll tell you, if I'm listening to this and I'm hearing you, Adam Zickerman, the founder of InForm Fitness, suffering from back spasms, my first question honestly is, well did that happen as a result of high-intensity strength training? Adam: No, definitely not. Although I've tweaked it during workouts, the confession that you're referring to, this blog that I wrote, I was doing leg press, and I was pushing myself. I set a new weight, it was a new seat setting that put a little bit more strain on my back apparently. I was training myself and probably my thought went somewhere else, and my hips lifted a little bit, and all they have to do is lift a millimeter, and bam, I felt something. It wasn't the spasm, but I felt something, I was like oh boy. Usually, you feel something and it just progressively gets worse, and I know I'm in for it. Sometimes you feel that pain, I've been dealing with this for so long in my life, you feel that initial pain and you say to yourself, okay, five more hours from now, I'm going to be on my back. I've got to get my ass home, put that ice pack on, and hope for the best. Of course, it comes, it does come, and it came this last time, and this was less than a year ago.Tim: I remember we recording some podcasts last year, and you were really struggling with your back during one of those episodes that we had. So this happened, that's your confession Adam, in your blog post was —Adam: The confession is here I am, exercises quote unquote guru with a bad back. It's like being an obese nutritionist or something.Mike: They're out there.Adam: I interviewed one, not to change the subject, but somebody came looking for — making some nutrition referrals and she was overweight, I was like come on. Tim: So here you are, again like we said, founder of InForm Fitness, on one of your machines. You just lost focus, and maybe one of the mistakes you made I guess was training yourself, and someone not watching you as closely as all of the trainers at InForm Fitness do with their clients, and this happened. So there's that confession. So since this incident Adam that you mentioned in your blog post, have you had any back spasms?Adam: No I haven't, and I think there are a couple of reasons for it. One reason we'll talk about now, and another reason we'll talk about in another episode of our podcast.Mike: Real quick Adam, is this the longest period you've gone without a back spasm?Adam: This is — I'm approaching the longest period I've gone without a back spasm right now. The last five years, I've been getting about maybe two or three back spasms a year, now it's been about a year since I had one. When I was in my twenties, I only got one a year. The difference between when I was in my twenties and recently was they came more often, and they healed a lot slower when I got older. When I was in my twenties and thirties, I would get one, a couple of days later, back to new. Now, been lingering, my wife has been saying, wow Adam, it just seems like your back is always hurting now, always crooked. Even when I wasn't in spasm, my posture was just off, and there was always this like — I would say, I would give it a 4/10 in terms of pain, just ongoing. So I was always feeling something in my back at a level four, spasms are a ten plus. When I'm about to go into spasm, sometimes there's an eight and seven, and I can work. I can go into work with an eight and deal with it, and I kept saying this is muscular, this is neuromuscular, this is not structural. I know my body, I know an MRI is going to be what they say in medicine as remarkable, it's not going to show much of anything, but of course, because they were lasting longer and becoming more frequent, I was like what do I have to do lose? Go get an MRI, what's the big deal? So I got it, and I got it about a year ago, and it showed some slight herniations, grade one vertebrate slippage, but there are MRIs out there that show a lot worse, and the patient is asymptomatic and they don't have any back problems. And there are people that don't show anything that have severe back problems, so my MRI was basically unremarkable, and it didn't indicate anything major that would be causing all of these spasms, let's put it that way. So I was frustrated, I trained people day in and day out with safe exercise, and I strengthened their lower back, and there's that expression that cobblers' children don't have any shoes. I have to — here's another confession, I was not doing my back exercises that I keep imploring my patients or clients to do, to do that regular back extension, back strengthening exercise, and I wasn't doing any follow up type of work like pelvic tilts, hip thrusts, things that could create movement of that hip and lower back area. I was working all the time, I was sitting, I was commuting long commutes, and I really wasn't doing what I thought I should be doing. I just couldn't take it anymore, after the MRI came back and showed that there was nothing to really write home about, I said you know what, I've just got to start taking care of myself. I was doing all of the major exercises, the leg presses and the chest presses and all of the things that guys like to do, but I was ignoring the lower back. So I've been doing that regularly now, absolutely regularly for the last year, and I have to say especially in the last four or five months, I am, well, for the first time since I was in my twenties, I can say that I don't feel my back anymore. I don't feel that thing there that's been following me around like a black cloud. I have literally no pain in my lower back, and it hasn't been this way for quite a while now, knock on wood, because it can come at any time, but I don't remember the last time that I could say that I have no pain in my lower back.Sheila: And would you say consistently?Adam: I was at a three or four for months at a time, I can keep it at a three or four. The one long airplane ride or car ride and I'm back to a five and six, or funny enough, when I would do sports, it would feel better. So there's something to that movement that would make it feel better. I remember going to skiing and thinking to myself, I don't know if this is a good idea dude. I know you love skiing, but maybe it's time to hang up the bindings, and well I went, and I'm telling you, it felt batter. My back would feel better after something like that, or long bike rides, my back would feel better. So there was something to that movement, and all these things together made me say let's take care of your back finally. Get on that lower back extension machine on a regular basis, do your pelvic tilts. Ice, I would ice my back on a regular basis. I would get massages on a regular basis, and now here I am.Sheila: You say on a regular basis, are you talking weekly, weekly you're doing a routine that supports your back?Adam: Yes, weekly and daily. The weekly thing is the high intense, lower back extensions. The daily is the icing it once a day for twenty minutes or so. I would do pelvic tilts, I would do some light stretches, and I would also on a weekly basis, I'd have some manual therapy. Some deep tissue massage, and the combination thereof — I've been doing a lot of things, so it's hard to know which one of those things is the answer. It's probably the combination, and the reason we're doing this podcast, this episode of the podcast right now is because I think I'm onto something.Tim: You see a very dramatic change.Adam: Mike has also been doing a lot of this stuff recently with his patients or clients.Mike: The thing is, I think all around health, this is from my experience and I've talked to chiropractors, physical therapists, orthopedists, and we've read lots of books on the matter, and I've taken other courses in fitness, and what I've learned is there is our weekly exercise that we need to do for our strength, and we've found a nice, safe, efficient way of doing that, but Adam mentioned some daily exercises, and I've prescribed very, very simple little things that take about five minutes on a daily basis, and people who are compliant to these little things — and these are just mobility exercises, activation of the muscles, nothing intense at all, and they involve little pelvic tilts. Whether you're laying down on your back or you can be on all fours, like a child pose, bird, dog, some little glute bridge leg raises type of things, and very light stretches of the hamstrings and calves, and I've found unbelievable results from people, in addition to their workouts that they come for once a week. The ones that are compliant, doing it three, four or more times a week, within two weeks they're feeling a lot better. So I think the formula involves some small daily exercises as well.Tim: In addition to that Mike too, I'll just speak for myself. I had some lower back issues and when I first started at InForm Fitness, the leg press was really giving me some problems, and Anne Kirkland, one of the trainers at the Burbank location, went in and made some adjustments to how I was sitting in the leg press. She put something behind my back I believe.Sheila: A lumbar pad. Anne has additional certification in low back.Tim: And immediately fixed whatever issues I was having with the leg press, so you do the same thing there I'm sure as well in New York.Mike: I'm sorry to interrupt — if you're in the wrong position, things are not going to be good no matter where you are, and I think that's the benefit to being here is it's one on one, it's slow motion. We have time to sort of assess and see where we are, first of all, to make sure that the seat position is correct, and then to monitor your form throughout the set.Tim: That's right, and that's what happened to me as I mentioned a few moments ago. I was on the leg press, having a few issues with my back, just a few minor adjustments from my trainer and the back pain went away. Hey guys, as you can tell by the music, our twenty minutes allotted for this episode is up, so it's time for us to wrap it up. It also means that for you, on the other side of the speakers, if you began your high-intensity strength training workout at an InForm Fitness when we began this episode, you too, would be wrapping it up. For the entire week, now you'll be wiped out, but you'll be done, and you can begin enjoying your rest and recovery, to prepare for next week's workout. We'll do the same here at the InForm Fitness Podcast, we are going to continue our talk regarding back pain. We'll also be joined by Dr. Louis Fierro, a chiropractor who works with Adam in the InForm Fitness Active Rehabilitation program. Dr. Lou will offer up his suggestions and solutions for those experiencing back pain of their own, plus we'll dive into the psychological aspects of a negative diagnosis, such as a back problem, and how that alone can prolong an illness or an injury. We'll share some interesting data that supports the notion that a simple attitude adjustment can change the course of your rehabilitation.If you'd like to give this workout a try for yourself, to find an InForm Fitness location nearest you, just visit informfitness.com. At the time of this recording, we have locations in Manhattan, Port Washington, Denville, Burbank, Boulder, Leesburg, and Reston. If you're not near an InForm Fitness location, you can always pick up Adam's book: Power of Ten, the Once a Week Slow Motion Fitness Revolution. Included in Adam's book are several exercises that support this protocol, that you can actually perform on your own at a gym nearest you.Hey we have a lot planned here at the InForm Fitness Podcast that we can't wait to share with you. In the next few weeks, we'll be speaking with Gretchen Rubin from the award winning Happier podcast. We'll also be talking to Dr. Martin Gibala, author of the One Minute Workout, and in another episode, Adam will be discussing a diet plan that, in his words, has changed his life, and of course as I mentioned earlier, chiropractor Dr. Lou Fierro joins us next week. For Sheila Melody, Mike Rogers, and Adam Zickerman of InForm Fitness, I'm Tim Edwards, with the InBound Podcasting Network.

Dr. Howard Gurr Talks with Dr. Robert Reiner about Virtual reality Therapy(VRT). Dr. Reiner has been using VRT for many years in his practice in New York City.Here is Dr. Reiner's bio:Robert H. Reiner Ph.D., BCN, BCB, Executive Director and founder of Behavioral Associates (BA), has been practicing psychology since 1981. After receiving his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania, he went on to get his Ph. D. in clinical psychology at the University of Alabama and serve his clinical internship at Bellevue Hospital. He currently serves on the faculty for the Department of Psychiatry at New York University Medical Center and is a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania psychology department.Dr. Reiner can frequently be seen and quoted in the news and media and is often called upon to make appearances on major news networks for his expert opinion. Throughout his career he has served as psychological consultant for several corporations as well as an expert witness for a number of criminal trials.He is well known for his work in treating anxiety and phobias through biofeedback and virtual reality therapy. He has been credited for this work in articles in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Daily News, USA Today, Newsweek and Time Out magazine. He has specifically had great success in treating patients for fear of flying which was documented on an episode of The National Geographic Show featuring Dr. Reiner's work with a phobic patient.He is a co-author of, The Fearless Smile Overcoming Dental Phobia, a book on the subject of people suffering from dental phobias and how they can be effectively treated. The book, published in Jan. 2012 was written by Dr. Reiner along with two well-known Manhattan dentists.Dr. Reiner currently serves on the Ethics Board at the International Study for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR). He served on the faculty at NYU Medical Center, Dept. of Psychiatry, from 1980 to 2015. He has been a guest lecturer for the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research, Northeastern Regional Biofeedback Society (NFBS), Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback (AAPB) and more. Dr. Reiner can be reached at http://www.behavioralassociates.com/ or by calling him at (212) 860-8500.

Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, Jane’s first guest is Dr. Leo Galland, a renowned internist, who is also recognized as a world leader in integrated medicine. He won the Linus Pauling Award for his trailblazing vision that created a revolutionary approach toward healing, and a new way to practice medicine for thousands of doctors. He and Jane will talk about his latest best seller, The Allergy Solution: The Surprising, Hidden Truth About Why You are Sick and How to Get Well, that unlocks the surprising , hidden truths about why we are sick and how to get well. Listeners will learn the impact hidden allergies have on our health, and the important steps to take to rebalance immunity and reverse allergies through nutrition and lifestyle. Jane will also be joined by noted New York City dermatologist, Dr. Darrell Rigel, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center and a consultant dermatologist for the New York Yankees. Often appearing on national television, including CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC and CBS, his research and opinions are regularly cited in magazines and newspapers world-wide, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Dr. Rigel, who specializes in skin cancer, sun damage and cosmetic dermatology related to aging problems of the skin, will discuss the warning signs of melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as stress the importance of year-round sun protection.

Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, Jane’s first guest is Dr. Leo Galland, a renowned internist, who is also recognized as a world leader in integrated medicine. He won the Linus Pauling Award for his trailblazing vision that created a revolutionary approach toward healing, and a new way to practice medicine for thousands of doctors. He and Jane will talk about his latest best seller, The Allergy Solution: The Surprising, Hidden Truth About Why You are Sick and How to Get Well, that unlocks the surprising , hidden truths about why we are sick and how to get well. Listeners will learn the impact hidden allergies have on our health, and the important steps to take to rebalance immunity and reverse allergies through nutrition and lifestyle. Jane will also be joined by noted New York City dermatologist, Dr. Darrell Rigel, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center and a consultant dermatologist for the New York Yankees. Often appearing on national television, including CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC and CBS, his research and opinions are regularly cited in magazines and newspapers world-wide, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Dr. Rigel, who specializes in skin cancer, sun damage and cosmetic dermatology related to aging problems of the skin, will discuss the warning signs of melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as stress the importance of year-round sun protection.

Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, Jane’s first guest is Dr. Leo Galland, a renowned internist, who is also recognized as a world leader in integrated medicine. He won the Linus Pauling Award for his trailblazing vision that created a revolutionary approach toward healing, and a new way to practice medicine for thousands of doctors. He and Jane will talk about his latest best seller, The Allergy Solution: The Surprising, Hidden Truth About Why You are Sick and How to Get Well, that unlocks the surprising , hidden truths about why we are sick and how to get well. Listeners will learn the impact hidden allergies have on our health, and the important steps to take to rebalance immunity and reverse allergies through nutrition and lifestyle. Jane will also be joined by noted New York City dermatologist, Dr. Darrell Rigel, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center and a consultant dermatologist for the New York Yankees. Often appearing on national television, including CNN, ABC, FOX, NBC and CBS, his research and opinions are regularly cited in magazines and newspapers world-wide, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Dr. Rigel, who specializes in skin cancer, sun damage and cosmetic dermatology related to aging problems of the skin, will discuss the warning signs of melanoma and other skin cancers, as well as stress the importance of year-round sun protection.

Susyn Reeve is a scholar of the human soul and is on a mission to help everyone live a wholehearted life: one of inner serenity, esteem toward self, shared joy, and limitless love. Her new book, The Wholehearted Life: Big Changes and Greater Happiness Week by Week, is comprised of 365 days of change-your-life ideas. The book serves as a guide to a life of contentment and community and encourages readers to give and receive love. It inspires us to use mindfulness for stillness and serenity and to create a spiritual practice. Reeve's warm and wise encouragement offers readers 52 weeks’ worth of ways to pray, play, and passionately pursue a life lived utterly and fully from the heart. Reeve has authored and co-authored other books, including the best-seller, The Inspired Life: Unleashing Your Mind’s Capacity for Joy. In her 35 year career as a Coach, Corporate Consultant, Educator and InterFaith Minister, Susyn has consulted in multi-national organizations (American Express, Exxon), world renowned hospitals (Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York University Medical Center) and with groups and individuals from all continents. She was also a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Jerry Pollock, PhD, author of Little Book of God; Merging Science with God Jerry Pollock has a PhD in Biophysics from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.  He spent four years at New York University Medical Center as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology.  He was a professor of Oral Biology and Pathology in the School of Dental Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook for almost 30 years. Little Book of God merges his scientific background with his spiritual beliefs, concluding that God is the Master Scientist and we, the human race, are God's experiment.  The concepts in Little Book of God are uniquely bold, provocative, and original.  Little Book of God will speak to those who have an interest, curiosity or burning desire to learn a unique perspective on the Essence of God. For more information about Jerry, visit: www.jerrypollock.com For more information about the Little Book of God, visit: www.littlebookofgod.org To purchase the Kindle version from Amazon.com click here  

Dr. Alicia Villamarin is a Nationally Board Certified Acupuncture Physician. She Obtained her Master in Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor in Health Sciences at ATOM –Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine- (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida). Dr. Villamarin graduated from the University of Seville in her native Spain, Suma Cum Laude, with a Bachelor Degree in Biology. She then moved to New York City where she obtained her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at New York University Medical Center, the Sackler Institute. Her work focused on basic cancer research and cell cycle proteins.Recently back from a trip to Ecuador as a member of Acupuncturist without Borders, Dr. Villamarin will be enlightening us on the practice of Acutonics, an energy based healing system that is non-invasive (no-needles) treatment , similar to acupuncture.Join us on Thursday, April 15 to learn more about this fascinating discipline.

Dr. Alicia Villamarin is a Nationally Board Certified Acupuncture Physician. She Obtained her Master in Oriental Medicine and a Bachelor in Health Sciences at ATOM –Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine- (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida). Dr. Villamarin graduated from the University of Seville in her native Spain, Suma Cum Laude, with a Bachelor Degree in Biology. She then moved to New York City where she obtained her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at New York University Medical Center, the Sackler Institute. Her work focused on basic cancer research and cell cycle proteins.Recently back from a trip to Ecuador as a member of Acupuncturist without Borders, Dr. Villamarin will be enlightening us on the practice of Acutonics, an energy based healing system that is non-invasive (no-needles) treatment , similar to acupuncture.Join us on Thursday, April 15 to learn more about this fascinating discipline.