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3 episodes with newton wellesley hospital
2 episodes with newton wellesley hospital
2 episodes with newton wellesley hospital
2 episodes with newton wellesley hospital
What is lifestyle medicine, and how can it apply to cancer care? In this empowering episode, we explore the transformative role of lifestyle medicine in cancer survivorship. We spoke to Amy Comander, MD, medical director of the Mass General Cancer Center-Waltham and the Breast Oncology Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, who explains how intentional choices around nutrition, exercise, sleep, and mental health can play a powerful role in cancer care. From diagnosis through recovery, we explore how these interventions can complement treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, helping patients regain a sense of control and improve their quality of life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We just celebrated Mother's Day, which may not have been what you expected. It can be a complicated day when people don't show up or recognize you as you deserve. I want to acknowledge the complex feelings that come with Mother's Day and say that you aren't alone in experiencing those emotions. Whatever your Mother's Day brought you, I hope you feel recognized and supported. Today, we are bringing you another great episode during Maternal Mental Health Month as we uncover the purpose of a new podcast filling a gap for many people. Join us to learn more about this vital resource! Allie Hales, a mom of four, is passionate about making reliable, relevant information available for moms like herself. She graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. She serves on Brigham and Women's Hospital's Newborn Medicine and Reproductive Health Advisory Board, Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Maternal Services Council, and is actively involved with the Boston Center for Endometriosis. Allie grew up in the suburbs of Boston and currently lives in Baltimore with her four children and her husband, Riley, a resident in anesthesia at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Ruta Nonacs completed a perinatal and reproductive psychiatry fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, a senior psychiatrist with the Center for Women's Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the creator and editor-in-chief of their website, womensmentalhealth.org. She, with Allie Hales, co-hosts the new podcast, So Glad You Asked. Dr. Ruta's work has been published in numerous scientific journals and books, and she is the author of A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman's Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years. Show Highlights: Highlights of Dr. Ruta's path to her current work Allie's lived experience in her mental health journey and her connection to Dr. Ruta Barriers to getting information and accessing treatment The importance of lived experience in developing solutions and strategies Moms, questions, and a new podcast Giving a voice to “regular moms” and providing evidence-based solutions Major topics planned for upcoming podcast episodes (Dr. Ruta and Allie have a huge list!) The connection between the podcast and a resource hub at womensmentalhealth.org Accessible information IS preventative. The podcast schedule and plans for the first season Dr. Ruta and Allie's hopes and dreams for their podcast to empower and support women Resources: Connect with Dr. Ruta Nonacs and Allie Hales: Women's Mental Health website, Instagram, So Glad You Asked podcast, and A Deeper Shade of Blue: A Woman's Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years. Call the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA or visit cdph.ca.gov Please find resources in English and Spanish at Postpartum Support International, or by phone/text at 1-800-944-4773. There are many free resources, like online support groups, peer mentors, a specialist provider directory, and perinatal mental health training for therapists, physicians, nurses, doulas, and anyone who wants to be more supportive in offering services. You can also follow PSI on social media: Instagram, Facebook, and most other platforms Visit www.postpartum.net/professionals/certificate-trainings/ for information on the grief course. Visit my website, www.wellmindperinatal.com, for more information, resources, and courses you can take today! If you are a California resident looking for a therapist in perinatal mental health, email me about openings for private pay clients! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Curious how cross-specialty teamwork is reshaping endometriosis care? In this episode of BackTable OBGYN, host Dr. Mark Hoffman speaks with Dr. Peter Movilla, Associate Medical Director at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and Dr. Anuradha Shenoy-Bhangle, Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, about their collaborative efforts in advancing endometriosis care. --- SYNPOSIS The discussion covers the development and benefits of monthly multidisciplinary conferences that include gynecologists, radiologists, colorectal, urologic, and thoracic surgeons. The conferences aim to improve preoperative planning, intraoperative accuracy, and postoperative care through detailed imaging techniques, primarily MRI. They also highlight the importance of educating fellows and colleagues, the role of ultrasound screening, and future directions like AI and PET imaging. The episode emphasizes the challenges and rewards of treating endometriosis and fostering better patient outcomes through teamwork and innovation. --- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction 01:55 - The Journey to Specialization 07:02 - Building a Multidisciplinary Team 15:07 - The Value of Postoperative Reviews 22:49 - Patient Counseling and Personalized Care 29:36 - Challenges in Endometriosis Treatment 31:00 - Educating Beyond the Clinic 33:05 - Innovations in Imaging 46:22 - Future Directions in Endometriosis Research 53:15 - Conference Highlights and Final Thoughts --- RESOURCES Recommendations for MRI technique in the evaluation of pelvic endometriosis: consensus statement from the Society of Abdominal Radiology endometriosis disease‑focused panel: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VRBpw5V3AH-rWGEG43K1CMCx2flCXl2M/view?usp=sharing
Join us for an empowering and insightful conversation as Dr. Jennie Berkovich sits down with Dr. Amy Comander, a leading breast oncologist and advocate for patient-centered care. In this episode, Dr. Comander shares her expertise on the latest advancements in breast cancer detection, treatment, and survivorship. Discover how personalized medicine and multidisciplinary care are revolutionizing outcomes for breast cancer patients. Dr. Comander also delves into the critical role of lifestyle medicine—including exercise, nutrition, and mindfulness—in promoting healing and resilience. With her unique perspective as a passionate runner and physician, Dr. Comander draws inspiring parallels between running and the cancer journey, offering hope and practical advice for patients and their families navigating a diagnosis. Whether you're a healthcare professional, patient, or advocate, this episode will leave you informed, inspired, and ready to run the race toward better cancer care. Don't miss it! Dr. Amy Comander specializes in the care of women with breast cancer. Dr. Comander is Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham, where she also serves as Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Neuroscience at Harvard University. She received her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Hematology-Oncology fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, and she is a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. _________________________________________________ Sponsor the JOWMA Podcast! Email digitalcontent@jowma.org Become a JOWMA Member! www.jowma.org Follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/JOWMA_org Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/JOWMA_med Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/JOWMAorg Stay up-to-date with JOWMA news! Sign up for the JOWMA newsletter! https://jowma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9b4e9beb287874f9dc7f80289&id=ea3ef44644&mc_cid=dfb442d2a7&mc_eid=e9eee6e41e
The American healthcare system is dealing with more mental health issues than ever before. What is the root of the uprising in anxiety and mood disorders? Why are more young people, children and teenagers, receiving this diagnosis and what can we do as a society to help understand? Today's guest, Susan Swick, MD, MPH is the Executive Director of Ohana, the integrated program for child and adolescent mental and behavioral health and healing at Montage Health, and the Vice President and Chief Mental Health Officer at Montage Health. She began her career at Rikers Island, studying the mental health needs of the incarcerated, which led her to studying younger patients, specifically the field of child psychiatry and how these children can be helped at an earlier age. How much is environmental and how much is the neurology of the brain? There is a rise in mental health issues in children. Childhood, from a brain perspective, ends closer to age 25. Skills like socialization, communication, and bonding are still forming until approximately this age. We develop skills prior to this age which can affect our mental health for the rest of our lives. But, there's good news and treatment is available! It can be corrected using a type of supportive mental health technique using skill-building so children learn to manage anxiety – it's like a type of mental health “tutoring” so they can manage something new and challenging, even if frightening. It is possible to build skills toward stronger health and mental fitness. Dr. Swick also talks about social media and how children become addicted to being online with a dopamine hit, especially in teenagers. Many compare themselves to others and eating disorders may start here. The reward part of the brain also does not mature until approximately age 26. Over a distinguished 20-year career as a clinical psychiatrist and educator, Dr. Swick has helped transform how American healthcare systems meet the escalating demand for pediatric and adolescent mental and behavioral healthcare treatment and services. A graduate of Columbia University Medical School, she previously served as Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Newton Wellesley Hospital and as an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to her clinical expertise, Dr. Swick is an advocate for the importance of mental fitness and has developed nationally recognized neuroscience strategies to help young people build and maintain a state of emotional health and positive self-awareness throughout their lives. Info: https://www.montagehealth.org/care-treatment/mental-behavioral/ohana/
In a conversation with CancerNetwork®, Rachel A. Millstein, PhD, MHS; Loren Winters, NP; and Amy Comander, MD, discussed their article titled Implementing a Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Medicine Clinic for Cancer Survivorship, which was published in the November 2024 issue of ONCOLOGY®. The authors detailed the implementation of a novel oncology-based multidisciplinary lifestyle medicine clinic that may help enhance the quality of life (QOL) among survivors of cancer. Millstein is a psychologist in the Behavioral Medicine Program and an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. Winters is an oncology nurse practitioner and assistant director of the Lifestyle Medicine Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Comander is the medical director of Mass General Cancer Center-Waltham, director of the Breast Oncology Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and director of the Lifestyle Medicine Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Millstein outlined the rationale for this publication on the development of a multidisciplinary lifestyle medicine clinic, highlighting a need to boost general awareness and support for lifestyle medicine consultations and health behavior change in cancer survivor care. Winters then explained how the multidisciplinary clinic works in alignment with 6 key pillars of lifestyle medicine, as team members aim to promote physical activity, plant-predominant diets, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and social connections to enhance QOL among cancer survivors. Additionally, Comander highlighted how the lifestyle medicine program optimizes health and well-being by matching patients to the specific services they require, which may include the help of team members such as board-certified physicians, nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, and clinical psychologists. Millstein and Winters then detailed the improvements in health behaviors associated with 2 patient cases at their program, demonstrating the potential benefits of implementing broad and diverse lifestyle medicine tools in oncology-supportive care. Looking ahead, Comander described the importance of addressing gaps in education, a lack of programs focused on areas such as weight management, and other barriers to the implementation of lifestyle medicine in oncology care. Finally, each author expressed her hope to see more colleagues, clinics, and programs incorporate lifestyle medicine as part of elevating QOL among survivors of cancer. The authors invite listeners to contact them if they would like to find ways to implement lifestyle medicine in their respective centers.
Send us a textHernia surgery is one of the most common procedures, but the quality of care and post-op treatment can vary widely.What's behind these variations, and how can we ensure better care for patients?In this episode of HealthBiz Briefs, Dr. Michael Reinhorn and Dr. Nora Fullington dive into the challenges of hernia surgery and explain how Boston Hernia is raising the bar with patient-centered care and improved outcomes.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/caretalk and get on your way to being your best self.As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided.
In this episode of Medtech Talk, host Geoff Pardo speaks with Michael Jaff, DO, chief medical officer and vice president of Clinical Affairs, Technology, and Innovation at Boston Scientific. Dr. Jaff has a long list of achievements and a robust background as a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, president of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, medical director at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and more. Dr. Jaff shares his thoughts on good leadership, medical device innovation (and how they can help hospitals succeed), and how hospitals and manufacturers can navigate post-COVID-19 financial strains. He also discusses his journey from clinician to hospital CEO to the manufacturing industry, as well as Boston Scientific's outlook on the future. Medtech Talk Links: Cambridge Healthtech Institute Medtech Talk Gilde Healthcare Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific
Anna Handorf, MD, sheds light on the innovative concept of Tiny Talks in the latest episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast. Tiny Talks serve as a novel medical education tool, designed to deliver concise, impactful virtual chalk talks. Dr. Handorf spearheaded Tiny Talks to help residents overcome scheduling conflicts that often lead to missed educational opportunities. The core objective of Tiny Talks is to distill lengthy lectures into brief, engaging presentations lasting seven minutes or less. Dr. Handorf is an instructor at Harvard Medical School and a pediatric hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts. As a former medical education research fellow at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, she penned an insightful article titled “Let's Chalk About It: Introducing the TinyTalks Curriculum, a Paradigm for Short, Virtual Chalk Talks,” published in Academic Medicine in March 2024. In this week's Faculty Factory Podcast interview, Dr. Handorf elaborates on the structured approach, encompassing a hook, frame, and delivery, essential for crafting an effective Tiny Talk. Learn More Follow Dr. Handorf: https://x.com/AnnaHandorf Email: ahandorf@mgb.org Read the article from Academic Medicine: https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/abstract/9900/let_s_chalk_about_it__introducing_the_tinytalks.816.aspx?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=amexpress&utm_content=newsletter
Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide, and cases are set to increase to 35 million over the next two decades. Even though we've made great strides in research and therapeutic advances, the risk of cancer is still high. That doesn't mean we have to just accept that cancer will happen to more of us. There are steps we can take to prevent it and increase our survivorship if we do get it. It has been proven that lifestyle choices can reduce your risk of cancer. What we eat and how active we are can have a huge impact on the likelihood of getting cancer. By far, things like our weight and our habits are the most modifiable risk factors, and the good news is, they are entirely in our control. Why has there been a rise in the global cancer burden? How can we reduce our risk? In this episode, I'm joined by the Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham, Dr. Amy Comander. She shares how we can address the rising global cancer burden by changing our lifestyles. 30-40% of cancers can be prevented by avoiding risk factors and applying good and healthy lifestyle choices to our own lives. -Dr. Amy Comander Three Things You'll Learn In This Episode -Why your lifestyle choices matter If certain lifestyle choices increase the risk of cancer, that means our choices can also reduce it. How can we combat the disease by implementing good lifestyle choices? -The bad news about the genetics (and the good news) Genetics and hereditary alterations are known factors that increase the risks of cancer. Can lifestyle choices protect those who are predisposed to cancer, and even stop it from transmitting to the next generation? -This lifestyle change will reduce your risk of cancer Excess fat cells have been found to be a risk factor for cancer. How do fat cells propagate the development of cancer cells? Guest Bio Dr. Amy Comander specializes in the care of women with breast cancer. Dr. Comander is Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham, where she also serves as Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She is director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center, and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She received her undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Neuroscience at Harvard University. She received her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency training and Hematology-Oncology fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She is board-certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, and she is a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Comander is well-known for her compassionate care and passionate devotion to her patients. She has served as a medical advisor to Oneinforty, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage about the one-in-forty chance of having inherited a BRCA mutation. She is proud to serve on the board of the Ellie Fund, a non-profit that provides services and support to women diagnosed with breast cancer in Massachusetts. Dr. Comander has a strong interest in improving the quality of life and outcome of cancer survivors through important lifestyle interventions, including physical activity, diet, and mind/body interventions. She promotes healthy lifestyles for both her active treatment patients as well as those in the survivorship phase of care. She has launched PAVING the Path to Wellness, a 12-week lifestyle medicine-based survivorship program for women with breast cancer. Connect with Dr. Comander on LinkedIn. Go to https://www.aicr.org/cancer-prevention/how-to-prevent-cancer/ to read about the 10 cancer prevention recommendations.
On the morning of February 2, 2021 at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Newton Massachusetts, Michelle Farwell, wife to Matthew Farwell, a Stoughton Police Department Detective, gave birth to their 3rd child at 9:25 in the morning. However, 12 hours earlier, 34 year old Matthew was 2 hours away, in Apartment 3307 at the Canton Woods Apartments, visiting Sandra Birchmore who was 23 years old. Matthew was seen entering the apartment complex lobby at 9:14 PM, and exiting just 29 minutes later. 12 hours later, while Matthew was holding his brand new baby boy, Sandra Birchmore, who was allegedly 3 months pregnant with Matthew's baby… is dead. Everything in this episode is alleged and sourced from court documents, and anything else is strictly in my opinion, so please remember to do your own research. Beam: Go to https://www.shopbeam.com/annieelise and use code ANNIEELISE at checkout for 40% off! Karen Read Episode: https://pod.fo/e/22c58f Shop the Merch: www.shop10tolife.com Follow the podcast on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@serialouslypodcast Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serialouslypod/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/annieelise All Social Media Links: https://www.flowcode.com/page/annieelise_ SERIALously FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/SERIALouslyAnnieElise/ About Me: https://annieelise.com/ For Business Inquiries: 10toLife@WMEAgency.com
https://www.chaplaincyinnovation.org How can chaplains help healthcare institutions respond best in moments of crisis? One chaplain proposes Go Teams for healthcare. Following a series of traumatic incidents and losses, including on-site suicide, colleague deaths, and assaultive patients that deeply shook the staff community, Chaplain Alyssa Adreani created and launched a crisis response program called the Newton-Wellesley Hospital GO Team. Inspired by Critical Incident Stress Management, the GO Team is comprised of professional colleagues from Spiritual Care, EAP, Behavioral Health, Peer Support and other trained and experienced professionals. The team are activated and deployed by executive leadership following crisis events at the hospital. Supportive responders debrief after every incident. This webinar will discuss the history of the GO Team, the path taken to create and launch it, and how other chaplains can create similar resources in their own healthcare institutions. We're joined by Alyssa Adreani, Director, Spiritual Care Department, Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
More than 5% of the US population, 18.1 million people, are cancer survivors. Over the next decade, the number of people who have lived 5 or more years after their cancer diagnosis is projected to increase by approximately 30%. How do we define cancer survivorship? What does cancer rehabilitation look like? And what are lifestyle prevention strategies? We spoke to Amy Comander, MD, medical director of the Mass General Cancer Center-Waltham and director of the Breast Oncology Program at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, about her program PAVING the Path to Wellness in collaboration with Beth Frates, MD, the six key pillars of lifestyle medicine, how you can support your loved one going through a cancer diagnosis, and the long-lasting power of social connection in cancer survivorship.
Dr. Amy Comander is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She is Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham. Dr. Comander is Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center, which is the first cancer center to have a dedicated lifestyle medicine program. As an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, she enjoys teaching medical students and residents about oncology, as well as lifestyle medicine.Given her strong interest in cancer survivorship and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Comander is dedicated to improving the quality of life, well-being, and outcome of individuals with cancer through important lifestyle interventions, including exercise, diet, and mind/body interventions. She promotes healthy lifestyles for both her active treatment patients as well as those in the survivorship phase of care. She practices what she preaches, having run marathons, including ten consecutive Boston Marathons so far, with the goal to improve the lives of those with a diagnosis of cancer.In collaboration with Dr. Beth Frates, she has launched “PAVING the Path to Wellness,” a 12-week lifestyle medicine-based survivorship program for women with breast cancer. Along with Dr. Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson, she has published the “PAVING the Path to Wellness” workbook. Dr. Comander is currently proud to serve as the first oncologist on the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also on the Board of the Ellie Fund, a non-profit that provides services and support to women diagnosed with breast cancer in Massachusetts. She is a medical advisor to the non-profit organization, SurvivingBreastCancer.org. She has served as a medical advisor to Oneinforty, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage about the one-in-forty chance of having inherited a BRCA mutation. She is married to Jason, a physician-scientist at Mass Eye and Ear, and is the mom of two teenagers. Links:Learn more about Amy's PAVING the Path to Wellness Program hereFind more tips for lifestyle change in the PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook
The American healthcare system is dealing with more mental health issues than ever before. What is the root of the uprising in anxiety and mood disorders? Why are more young people, children and teenagers, receiving this diagnosis and what can we do as a society to help understand? Today's guest, Susan Swick, MD, MPH is the Executive Director of Ohana, the integrated program for child and adolescent mental and behavioral health and healing at Montage Health, and the Vice President and Chief Mental Health Officer at Montage Health. She began her career at Rikers Island, studying the mental health needs of the incarcerated, which led her to studying younger patients, specifically the field of child psychiatry and how these children can be helped at an earlier age. How much is environmental and how much is the neurology of the brain? There is a rise in mental health issues in children. Childhood, from a brain perspective, ends closer to age 25. Skills like socialization, communication, and bonding are still forming until approximately this age. We develop skills prior to this age which can affect our mental health for the rest of our lives. But, there's good news and treatment is available! It can be corrected using a type of supportive mental health technique using skill-building so children learn to manage anxiety – it's like a type of mental health “tutoring” so they can manage something new and challenging, even if frightening. It is possible to build skills toward stronger health and mental fitness. Dr. Swick also talks about social media and how children become addicted to being online with a dopamine hit, especially in teenagers. Many compare themselves to others and eating disorders may start here. The reward part of the brain also does not mature until approximately age 26. Over a distinguished 20-year career as a clinical psychiatrist and educator, Dr. Swick has helped transform how American healthcare systems meet the escalating demand for pediatric and adolescent mental and behavioral healthcare treatment and services. A graduate of Columbia University Medical School, she previously served as Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Newton Wellesley Hospital and as an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to her clinical expertise, Dr. Swick is an advocate for the importance of mental fitness and has developed nationally recognized neuroscience strategies to help young people build and maintain a state of emotional health and positive self-awareness throughout their lives. Info: https://www.montagehealth.org/care-treatment/mental-behavioral/ohana/
Doug is joined in studio with Dr. Tim Lepore of Addiction Solutions and Dr. Catharina Armstrong who is in charge of Infectious diseases and Addiction Medicine at Newton Wellesley Hospital where Catharina is also the founder of Substance Use Services. They talk about the running club Boston Bulldogs who are here on Nantucket to participate in the Triathlon. The Boston Bulldogs are a group of people supporting people who are suffering from addiction and bringing communities together. You can learn more about the Boston Bulldogs by visiting them online at https://www.bostonbulldogsrunning.com/.
Synopsis: Asit Parikh, M.D., Ph.D., is the President and CEO of MOMA Therapeutics, a biotech company discovering the next generation of precision medicines by targeting highly dynamic proteins that underlie human disease. Asit discusses his experience and learnings being the CEO of a biotech for the first time and his approach to recruiting high quality talent. He also talks about the inherent risks in drug development, how he manages the emotional ups and downs, and provides his perspective on how drug development has changed and evolved over the last couple decades. Biography: Asit Parikh, M.D., Ph.D., joined MOMA in 2021 as President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors. Asit brings to MOMA more than 20 years of academic and industry experience. Prior to MOMA, Asit served as senior vice president and head of Takeda's gastroenterology unit from 2014 to 2020. Under his leadership, Takeda achieved global approvals for Entyvio® for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease; European adult and U.S. pediatric approvals for Gattex®/Revestive® for short bowel syndrome; Japan and China approvals for Takecab®/Vocinti® for acid-related disorders; a European approval for Alofisel® for perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease; and a U.S. approval for Motegrity® for chronic constipation. During this time, to ensure a sustainable pipeline, Asit oversaw the creation of a drug discovery unit focused on gastroenterology and liver diseases and identified and executed over 25 business development deals. These diverse transactions included regional and global licensing (eg Arrowhead A1AT), M&A (eg Tigenix SA) and company creation (eg Ambys Medicines). Previously, Asit served as the general internal medicine franchise head at Takeda. Earlier, he held leadership roles in inflammation and oncology clinical development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Takeda in 2008). During his tenure at Millennium/Takeda, Asit was regularly recognized at the enterprise level for his inspirational leadership style, and as an identifier and developer of talent. Asit remains actively engaged in the practice of medicine as a consulting gastroenterologist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, and serves as a board member of Ambys Medicines, Phathom Pharmaceuticals and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Basic Sciences. Asit earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry and M.D. from Vanderbilt University, completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Pennsylvania and subspecialty training in gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital. He performed postdoctoral research in cancer biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Join us as we discuss and provide expert insights into current events impacting our management of pain and substance use disorders. In this episode, host Shravani Durbhakula, MD, MPH, MBA, dives into critical current events and regulatory changes impacting the field of pain medicine and their implications for patient care. She interviews two guests at the forefront of pain medicine, substance use, and addiction: Dr. Antje M. Barreveld, MD, and Dr. Sudheer Potru, DO, FASA, FASAM.Dr. Barreveld serves as the Director of Education and Outreach, Co-Founder of Substance Use Services, and the Medical Director of Pain Management Services at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She also holds a position as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Tufts University School of Medicine and serves on the board of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Dr. Potru is triple-board certified in anesthesiology, pain medicine, and addiction. He serves as the Director of the Complex Pain Clinic at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and as Assistant Professor at the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine. Tune in to hear the latest on: The FDA's Recent Approval of Over-the-Counter Naloxone: What does this mean for pain medicine providers and their patients? How will it impact the broader opioid crisis and overdose prevention efforts?New DEA Requirements for Prescribers of Controlled Substances: We'll unpack these new regulations and how to fulfill them. The Alex Murdaugh Case's Medical Questions: Our guests will provide their expert insights on the complex intersections of pain, substance use, and legality as they emerge in high-profile cases like this one.Innovative Harm Reduction Approaches, such as the Fentanyl Vaccine: How do these cutting-edge strategies fit into the broader landscape of pain management and addiction treatment?
In today's episode, join me and Dr. Amy Comander as we'll explore the latest developments in breast cancer research and the role that lifestyle medicine plays in reducing the risk of breast cancer. WATCH THE FULL YOUTUBE EPISODE HERE: https://youtu.be/gm6zVECQEBI Dr. Amy Comander specializes in the care of women with breast cancer. Dr. Comander is the Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham, where she also serves as Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. As Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center, Dr. Comander has a strong interest in improving the quality of life and outcome of cancer survivors through important lifestyle interventions, including physical activity, diet, and mind/body interventions. She promotes healthy lifestyles for both her active treatment patients as well as those in the survivorship phase of care. Dr. Comander launched PAVING the Path to Wellness, a 12-week lifestyle medicine-based survivorship program for women with breast cancer. She is proud to serve as a board member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Join us as we discuss how lifestyle choices can impact breast cancer risk and explore strategies for prevention and early detection. So sit back, relax, and get ready for an informative and engaging conversation on this important topic.
This week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Dr Vyvyane Loh, board certified physician specialising in obesity and internal medicine. But Vyvyane is so much more than that. She is a dancer, a choreographer and an award winning fiction writer. Mikki and Dr Loh go into the depths of obesity, what the ‘problem' is that the body is trying to solve when somebody stores excess body fat. They discuss the different types of body fat (including visceral fat and what the problem is with it), the interaction between adipose tissue and the immune system and also talk about how Vyvyane's work in her obesity clinic when the 2020 pandemic hit, and what she did when she discovered that her patients would be at higher risk. Vyvyane is passionate, charming and so so brilliant. You'll love this podcast.Dr Loh is board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine. She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and trained at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident.Dr Loh worked at HMR and was the medical obesity specialist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Centre for Weight Loss Surgery before starting her own practice. Her other achievements include choreography and writing.She was the recipient of the Bunting/Radcliffe Fellowship in Fiction in 2006, a Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction in 2008, and shortlisted for the 2005 international IMPAC Award in Literature. Her diverse skills support her commitment to celebrating the full range of our humanity in an increasingly technological and disembodied world through art and the healing sciences.Dr Loh has a you tube channel and podcast with information on obesity and metabolism that is worth checking out. It's called vlmd rounds – : https://vyvyanelohmd.com/ Her website is: http://www.vyvyanelohmd.comEmail: drloh@transform-afh.com Contact Mikki:https://mikkiwilliden.com/https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutritionhttps://www.instagram.com/mikkiwilliden/https://linktr.ee/mikkiwillidenSave 20% on all NuZest Products with the code MIKKI20 at www.nuzest.co.nzCurranz supplement: MIKKI saves you 25% at www.curranz.co.nz
Topics in today's episodeHow to get a grip on stress. 1:57Losing control and the loss of agency. 5:24The difference between uncertainty and survivorship. 12:25The four pillars of survivorship. 15:34The value of language. 21:31Hormonal shifts are the real deal. 24:56Tools for dealing with stress and coping. 27:39Setting expectations based on your energy level. 33:04The timeframe of right now and the future. 35:39Making decisions based on what's important to you. 41:38How to sit with our decisions based on the current situation. 46:21The power of taking a step back. 50:18 Perfectionism as a Lifestyle 54:39About Dr. David BullisDr. David P. Bullis, PhD has been a practicing psychologist since 1994 and devoted his professional life to helping people cope with medical illnesses. He has worked in a variety of settings over the years but currently is the Director of Behavioral Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center at Newton Wellesley Hospital as well as running his own private practice focused on coping. He has worked with patients, and their families, helping them find the practical skills that restore a sense of control while going through a process that can feel very overwhelming at times. He is the author of the new book: How to Get a Grip: Coping Strategies for Complicated Times: https://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Grip-Strategies-Complicated/dp/198227929X+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++About SurvivingBreastCancer.org. Survivingbreastcancer.org (SBC) was created in 2017 to help fill the gaps in breast cancer support, education, and resources. It was founded by Laura Carfang, who was recently diagnosed at that time in her early 30's. Since 2017, SBC has grown exponentially, serving members in the global breast cancer community. Over these past few years the SBC website has been visited by community members (over 1,000,000 page views) across 120+ plus countries, and Laura's podcast, Breast Cancer Conversations has been listened to in over 80 countries. Leveraging technology and breaking down barriers to access and information, SBC puts the patient first, educating, encouraging and inspiring advocacy. Community members are encouraged to participate in the various free programming, events and services and are all invited to contribute to resolving the growing needs of this population. Website:https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/Donate NowPlease consider making a donation.https://www.survivingbreastcancer.org/donate-nowSupport the show
Dr. Vyvyane Loh is board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine. She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and trained at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Loh worked at HMR and was the medical obesity specialist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Center for Weight Loss Surgery before starting her own practice. She is a member of the Obesity Medicine Association and The Obesity Society. Her other achievements include choreography and writing. She was the recipient of the Bunting/Radcliffe Fellowship in Fiction in 2006, a Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction in 2008, and shortlisted for the 2005 international IMPAC Award in Literature. Her diverse skills support her commitment to celebrating the full range of our humanity in an increasingly technological and disembodied world through art and the healing sciences. She is also the host of the amazing VLMD Rounds Podcast. Along her professional journey, she realized that much of the healthcare industry in which she was trained is, in reality, a sickcare industry, and is striving to change the paradigm of weight loss and obesity!Part two is dropping next week!!Find Dr. Vyvyane Loh at-https://vyvyanelohmd.com/Pod- VLMD Rounds PodcastPoem by Walt Whitman- I Sing the Body ElectricFind Boundless Body at- myboundlessbody.com Book a session with us here!
Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM is a breast oncologist and Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She is the Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Waltham, and Director of Breast Oncology and Survivorship as the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Michelle Tollefson, MD, DipABLM is an obstetrician-gynecologist, women's health lifestyle medicine expert, and wellness coach. She is the Secretary of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, author, international speaker, consultant, and breast cancer survivor. Description PAVING the Path to Wellness is a program that utilizes attitude, purpose, natural sources of energy, and taking time-outs to shift habits as well as mindset. It provides participants with lifestyle medicine tools including physical activity, healthy eating patterns, stress resilience, honoring and maximizing sleep, and cultivating high-quality connections. The program uses evidence-based guidelines and the latest research to inform the program and keep it cutting edge. During this presentation Drs. Comander and Tollefson will give an overview of the program and share some practical lifestyle medicine tips for optimizing wellbeing. They'll also share information about the PAVING the Path to Wellness Handbook, that they co-authored with Dr. Beth Frates, pioneer in lifestyle medicine, award-winning Harvard Medical School assistant clinical professor, and creator of the PAVING program. PAVING the Path to Wellness is a 501c3 non-profit organization. To learn more about the program and book, visit us on our website or follow us on social media. Website: https://www.pavingwellness.org/ E-mail: info@pavingwellness.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavingwellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paving.wellness/ You can order the PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook through the publisher Healthy Learning or on Amazon. All proceeds from the authors go to the 501c3 non-profit organization, PAVING the Path to Wellness.
Learn about how Dr. Susan Swick is challenging the paradigm of mental health, redesigning the future of behavioral health facilities and why every community needs a gym for building our mental health resilience. Susan Swick, MD, MPH is the Executive Director of Ohana, designing and leading the development of this Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California. In addition to evaluation and treatment programs that are evidence-based and family-focused. Ohana programs will also emphasize the cultivation of mental health at the individual, family and community level. This Center is being created with the support of a landmark $100 million gift from a single donor in the hospital's community, reflecting a recognition on both the hospital's and the community's part that the resources available to families seeking care for their children's mental health challenges were sorely lacking. Dr. Swick has a long-standing interest in how adversity affects children and families, and in how well-timed interventions can make a critical difference. Prior to relocating to California in 2018, Dr. Swick served as the Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Newton Wellesley Hospital for five years. While at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, she created a new community health initiative called “The Resilience Project,” partnering with local High Schools to promote the mental health and well-being of youth and their families. She also directed the Parenting At a Challenging Time (PACT) program at Newton-Wellesley, a parent guidance program available to cancer patients who were still raising young children. She was an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she created and ran a course on Parent Guidance for the Child Psychiatry fellows. She attended Medical School at Columbia University, where she also received a Masters in Public Health. She, her husband and their four children are all east-coasters originally, but are happy to call California home. Episode Mentions and Links AIA 2022 Healthcare Design Awards: Montage Health Ohana Center NBBJ Architects: Ohana Center for Health NBBJ Architects: Hope, Healing, and Healthcare A New Tool in Treating Mental Illness: Building Design via NYT Donate to Ohana Episode Website: https://www.designlabpod.com/episodes/101
I had a great time chatting with the multi-talented Dr Vyvyane Loh. I really enjoyed our conversation delving into obesity and how she incorporates nutrition and functional medicine with traditional medicine to turn around her patient's health. We covered a lot of important topics including how to manage metabolic syndrome, when does obesity become a health problem, thyroid function, sex hormones, nutrients, and many other subjects. I am looking forward to having her back on the podcast and setting up a Q and A to answer your questions.Dr Loh has a wonderful YouTube channel with lots of videos on these topics that is worth checking out. It's called vlmd rounds – you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjmSXxPLQCMMDny_b4FbbuwHer website is: vyvyanelohmd.comEmail: drloh@transform-afh.comBiography: Dr Loh is board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine. She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and trained at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident.Dr Loh worked at HMR and was the medical obesity specialist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Centre for Weight Loss Surgery before starting her own practice. Her other achievements include choreography and writingShe was the recipient of the Bunting/Radcliffe Fellowship in Fiction in 2006, a Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction in 2008, and shortlisted for the 2005 international IMPAC Award in Literature. Her diverse skills support her commitment to celebrating the full range of our humanity in an increasingly technological and disembodied world through art and the healing sciences.If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe, like and share. This helps me attract more great guests to share their wisdom.If you have any guests you would like to hear from or questions answered please let me know. Email susan@susanbirch.co.nzYou can sign up for my newsletter to keep up-to-date with the content I am publishing, monthly blogs, and Q & A webinars with experts from around the world. https://mailchi.mp/61eb6eb3e0df/newsl...You will find my website with more information and free resources hereYou can follow me on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/thehealthdet...
October is breast cancer awareness month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. That's especially important for women in the menopause transition and beyond because the risk of breast cancer rises with age. Most breast cancers are found in women who are 55 and older. This week we sat down with marathon runner and breast oncologist Amy Comander, MD, at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center to discuss how we can manage our risks no matter our family history, genetic makeup, or time of life. Dr. Comander is Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She is Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and the Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center. She is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, and she is also board certified in Lifestyle Medicine. Resources Katie Couric's https://katiecouric.com/news/katie-couric-has-breast-cancer/ (article) on her breast cancer. https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/breast-cancer-survival-exercise (Research) on exercise and breast cancer survival. Breast cancer risk https://bcrisktool.cancer.gov/calculator.html (calculator ) https://www.amazon.com/PAVING-Path-Wellness-Workbook-Frates/dp/1606795503/ref=sr_1_1?crid=190KB8EO5OYZQ&keywords=frates+paving&qid=1664378226&sprefix=frates+paving%2Caps%2C60&sr=8-1 (Link) to the PAVING workbook **Support the Podcast** Get your tickets to the Hit Play Not Pause Summit at https://www.feistymenopause.com/hit-play-not-pause-summit (feistymenopause.com/hit-play-not-pause-summit) Tickets are just $20! InsideTracker: 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (insidetracker.com/feisty) Previnex: 15% off your first order with code HITPLAY at https://www.previnex.com/ (https://www.previnex.com/) Bonafide: 20% off your first purchase when you subscribe to any product with code HITPLAY at http://hellobonafide.com/hitplay (hellobonafide.com/hitplay) Nutrisense: Go to http://nutrisense.io/hitplay (nutrisense.io/hitplay) for $30 off any subscription to the CGM program This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM is a breast oncologist and Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She is the Medical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Waltham, and Director of Breast Oncology and Survivorship as the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Michelle Tollefson, MD, DipABLM is an obstetrician-gynecologist, women's health lifestyle medicine expert, and wellness coach. She is the Secretary of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, author, international speaker, consultant, and breast cancer survivor. Description PAVING the Path to Wellness is a program that utilizes attitude, purpose, natural sources of energy, and taking time-outs to shift habits as well as mindset. It provides participants with lifestyle medicine tools including physical activity, healthy eating patterns, stress resilience, honoring and maximizing sleep, and cultivating high-quality connections. The program uses evidence-based guidelines and the latest research to inform the program and keep it cutting edge. During this presentation Drs. Comander and Tollefson will give an overview of the program and share some practical lifestyle medicine tips for optimizing wellbeing. They'll also share information about the PAVING the Path to Wellness Handbook, that they co-authored with Dr. Beth Frates, pioneer in lifestyle medicine, award-winning Harvard Medical School assistant clinical professor, and creator of the PAVING program. PAVING the Path to Wellness is a 501c3 non-profit organization. To learn more about the program and book, visit us on our website or follow us on social media. Website: https://www.pavingwellness.org/ E-mail: info@pavingwellness.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/pavingwellness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paving.wellness/ You can order the PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook through the publisher Healthy Learning or on Amazon. All proceeds from the authors go to the 501c3 non-profit organization, PAVING the Path to Wellness.
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Dan Rubins is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hear Your Song, a 501(c)(3) organization that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. After launching Hear Your Song as an undergraduate organization while a sophomore at Yale University, Dan led the organization's national and virtual expansion in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Hear Your Song has helped over 250 kids ages 6-18 in 27 states and 6 countries write their own songs with the support of hundreds of volunteer musicians around the world. A musical theater and opera composer himself, Dan also holds an MA in Elementary Inclusive Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College London/Shakespeare's Globe. About Hear Your Song, Inc.: Hear Your Song, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Hear Your Song provides power and choice — and a microphone — to young people with a wide range of diagnoses, both mental and physical health conditions, who are so often deprived of both power and choice in living their day-to-day life and in managing their health care journeys. Hear Your Song gives kids who are often cast to the margins the chance to define themselves beyond their diagnoses, embraced and validated by a community that responds with caring, collaborative creativity to help each young person tell their stories through song. Hear Your Song first launched as an undergraduate organization at Yale University in May 2014, piloting partnerships at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Elizabeth Seton Children's in Yonkers, NY. Six years later, at the start of the pandemic, we realized that it was more important than ever to allow children with serious illnesses to share their stories and find a community of support while most isolated and at risk. So, in March 2020, Hear Your Song began a national expansion, offering virtual sessions to kids wherever they are, whether they're staying at a hospital or receiving treatment or recovering at home. Hear Your Song has now supported over 200 children ages 6-18 in writing their own songs. At the same time, we've grown six undergraduate-led, campus-based chapters; engaged hundreds of volunteer musicians around the globe; and built over a dozen partnerships with children's hospitals, specialized schools/camps, and other nonprofits, including the Montefiore Medical Center, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Double H Ranch Camp, The ELM Project, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. We focus our outreach to new communities on populations often overlooked in pediatric arts programming, especially kids with diagnoses that disproportionately impact communities of color.
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Dan Rubins is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Hear Your Song, a 501(c)(3) organization that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. After launching Hear Your Song as an undergraduate organization while a sophomore at Yale University, Dan led the organization's national and virtual expansion in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Hear Your Song has helped over 250 kids ages 6-18 in 27 states and 6 countries write their own songs with the support of hundreds of volunteer musicians around the world. A musical theater and opera composer himself, Dan also holds an MA in Elementary Inclusive Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King's College London/Shakespeare's Globe. About Hear Your Song, Inc.: Hear Your Song, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Hear Your Song provides power and choice — and a microphone — to young people with a wide range of diagnoses, both mental and physical health conditions, who are so often deprived of both power and choice in living their day-to-day life and in managing their health care journeys. Hear Your Song gives kids who are often cast to the margins the chance to define themselves beyond their diagnoses, embraced and validated by a community that responds with caring, collaborative creativity to help each young person tell their stories through song. Hear Your Song first launched as an undergraduate organization at Yale University in May 2014, piloting partnerships at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Elizabeth Seton Children's in Yonkers, NY. Six years later, at the start of the pandemic, we realized that it was more important than ever to allow children with serious illnesses to share their stories and find a community of support while most isolated and at risk. So, in March 2020, Hear Your Song began a national expansion, offering virtual sessions to kids wherever they are, whether they're staying at a hospital or receiving treatment or recovering at home. Hear Your Song has now supported over 200 children ages 6-18 in writing their own songs. At the same time, we've grown six undergraduate-led, campus-based chapters; engaged hundreds of volunteer musicians around the globe; and built over a dozen partnerships with children's hospitals, specialized schools/camps, and other nonprofits, including the Montefiore Medical Center, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Double H Ranch Camp, The ELM Project, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. We focus our outreach to new communities on populations often overlooked in pediatric arts programming, especially kids with diagnoses that disproportionately impact communities of color.
We wrote a song! You'll meet Catherine, the new co-host of the podcast! Dan Rubins and Jake Gluckman from Hear Your Song, Inc. join us and help write a song about Richard's recent hospital stay that features Ivy the elephant and her love of coffee. Hear Your Song, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Hear Your Song provides power and choice — and a microphone — to young people with a wide range of diagnoses, both mental and physical health conditions, who are so often deprived of both power and choice in living their day-to-day life and in managing their health care journeys. Hear Your Song gives kids who are often cast to the margins the chance to define themselves beyond their diagnoses, embraced and validated by a community that responds with caring, collaborative creativity to help each young person tell their stories through song. Hear Your Song first launched as an undergraduate organization at Yale University in May 2014, piloting partnerships at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Elizabeth Seton Children's in Yonkers, NY. Six years later, at the start of the pandemic, we realized that it was more important than ever to allow children with serious illnesses to share their stories and find a community of support while most isolated and at risk. So, in March 2020, Hear Your Song began a national expansion, offering virtual sessions to kids wherever they are, whether they're staying at a hospital or receiving treatment or recovering at home. Hear Your Song has now supported over 200 children ages 6-18 in writing their own songs. At the same time, we've grown six undergraduate-led, campus-based chapters; engaged hundreds of volunteer musicians around the globe; and built over a dozen partnerships with children's hospitals, specialized schools/camps, and other nonprofits, including the Montefiore Medical Center, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Double H Ranch Camp, The ELM Project, and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. We focus our outreach to new communities on populations often overlooked in pediatric arts programming, especially kids with diagnoses that disproportionately impact communities of color. Hear Your Song website Watch the podcast on YouTube --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/artsforthehealthofit/support
In this episode, Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM, Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, and Michelle Tollefson, MD, FACOG, DipABLM, discuss their journeys in the breast cancer treatment and awareness space, the importance of wellness and lifestyle support in both patients and specialists and their new personal well-being resource PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook. Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive :13 About Dr. Amy Comander, Dr. Beth Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson :24 The interview 3:06 What was Dr. Comander's path to the wellness and lifestyle space of medical care? 3:36 How did Dr. Frates enter the wellness and lifestyle space of health care? 5:40 Tollefson's path into the wellness and lifestyle space 8:10 The challenges faced in the wellness community and “wellness” as a buzzword 12:10 The importance of evidence-based lifestyle medicine in caring for mind and body 15:02 The origins of PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook 19:21 Approaching wellness in patients compared with specialists 25:55 What are the most important “bite-sized” takeaways from this episode? 33:40 Thanks for listening 42:13 Amy Comander, MD, DipABLM, is the Medical Director and Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham, as well as at Newton Wellesley Hospital and is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Michelle Tollefson, MD, FACOG, DipABLM, is an Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver and a Physician at St. Luke's Medical Clinic. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @HemOncToday and @ShikhaJainMD. Commander can be reached on Twitter @DrAmyComander. Frates can be reached at www.bethfratesmd.com and on Twitter @BethFratesMD. Tollefson can be reached on Twitter @DrMTollefson. Disclosures: Jain reports she is a paid freelance writer for Lippincott. Comander, Frates and Tollefson report no relevant financial disclosures.
Dr. Emad Matanes, GYN Oncologist from The Davis Jewish General Hospital of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, discussed his paper with Podcast creator Dr. Peter Movilla, Associate Medical Director of MIGS at Newton- Wellesley Hospital. Tune in to learn about the results reviewing endometrial cancer in BRCA Carriers.
Dr Charlotte Yeh, MD Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services, Inc. (https://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/aarp-services/), where she works with the independent carriers that make health-related products and services available to AARP members, to identify programs and initiatives that will lead to enhanced care for older adults. AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons) is a United States–based interest group focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty. According to the organization, it had more than 38 million members as of 2018. Dr. Yeh has more than 30 years of healthcare experience – as a practitioner and Chief of Emergency Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Tufts Medical Center, as the Medical Director for the National Heritage Insurance Company, a Medicare Part B claims contractor, and as the Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Boston. Dr. Yeh is widely recognized for her commitment to and passion for the healthcare consumer and has received numerous honors for her efforts on behalf of patients. As a health care leader, she has served on numerous boards and committees throughout her career, and currently sits on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Board, the Optum Labs Scientific Advisory Board, and the HX360 Executive Leadership Advisory Board. Dr. Yeh received a BA from Northwestern University and her medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her internship in General Surgery at the University of Washington and her residency in Emergency Medicine at UCLA.
031: Can a Ketogenic Diet Reverse Chronic Disease? Today we find out from Doctor Vyvyane Loh, Founder of the Transform Alliance for Health and board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine . She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and trained at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.Unlike most physicians on our program or anywhere she is also an accomplished choreographer and fiction author who won the Bunting/Radcliffe Fellowship in Fiction in 2006, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction in 2008, and was shortlisted for the 2005 international IMPAC Award in Literature.https://www.transform-afh.com/ #longevity #wellness #Ketones #lifestylemedicine #younger #ketosis #biohacking #acetone #RobertLufkinMD #vyvyanelohMD #chronicdisease *** CONNECT WITH ROBERT LUFKIN MD ON SOCIAL MEDIA ***Web: https://robertlufkinmd.com/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/robertlufkinmdYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/RobertLufkinMD*** GOT A SUGGESTION FOR A SHOW? ***Contact us at: https://robertlufkinmd.com/contact *** SPONSORSHIPS & BRANDS ***We do work with sponsors and brands. If you are interested in working with us for your health industry product or service, please contact us at: https://robertlufkinmd.com/contact NOTE: This is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have seen here. Robert Lufkin MD may at any time and at its sole discretion change or replace the information available on this channel. To the extent permitted by mandatory law, Robert Lufkin MD shall not be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of access to or use of any content available on this channel, including viruses, regardless of the accuracy or completeness of any such content.Disclaimer: We are ambassadors or affiliates for many of the brands we reference on the channel.Support the show (https://robert-lufkin.mykajabi.com/membership)
Associate Chair of Pathology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts, Dr. Michael Misialek, joins Dr. Marc Siegel and discusses COVID-19 testing, what kinds of tests are available, when they should be used, how to use testing over the holidays, and the role testing has had in keeping kids in schools.
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ASCO Daily News: Welcome to the ASCO Daily News podcast. I'm Geraldine Carroll, a reporter for the ASCO Daily News. The American Cancer Society reports that at least 42% of newly diagnosed cancers in the United States, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, are potentially avoidable because they are attributable to lifestyle factors. Today we will discuss strategies and resources to help the oncology community focus on health promotion as a key component of cancer risk reduction as well as in survivorship care. Joining me for this discussion are Dr. Amy Comander, the director of breast oncology and cancer survivorship at the MGH Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Dr. Poorvi Desai, a hematologist-oncologist at Comprehensive Hematology Oncology in Tampa Bay, Florida. Both Dr. Comander and Dr. Desai are board certified in lifestyle medicine. My guests report no conflicts of interest relating to our topic today. And their full disclosures and those relating to all episodes of the podcast are available on our transcripts at asco.org/podcasts. Dr. Comander and Dr. Desai, it's great to have you on the podcast today. Dr. Amy Comander: Thank you so much for the invitation. Dr. Poorvi Desai: Thank you, it's really great to be here. ASCO Daily News: Dr. Comander and Dr. Desai, you recently co-wrote an interesting editorial featured in the ASCO Daily News that raises concerns about newly diagnosed cancers in the United States that are potentially avoidable because they are attributable to lifestyle factors. You also note that as the population of cancer survivors in the U.S. continues to grow, risk factors for cancer development are becoming more prevalent. So the obesity epidemic in the United States is a huge concern. This is just one risk factor for cancer. Dr. Comander, can you tell us about this and other risk factors and why oncologists should be addressing these risk factors sooner rather than later? Dr. Amy Comander: As you clearly stated, there's increasing prevalence of obesity in this country. And this has troubling consequences in terms of cancer risk and outcomes for specific types of cancer. Interestingly, just this week, we learned data from the annual report to the nation on the status of cancer that, overall, cancer death rates in the United States are declining, especially for lung cancer and melanoma. And this is amazing. And that is due to the incredible advances in treatments that we've witnessed over these past few years. But interestingly, for prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and female breast cancers, death rates continue to increase or these declines have slowed or even leveled off. And in terms of understanding why that may be the case, it seems that lifestyle factors, such as obesity, lack of physical activity, [and] increased alcohol use, may be risk factors for why we are seeing these results. And therefore, further research will certainly need to be done in this area, but attention to these factors is very important. ASCO Daily News: Well, Dr. Desai, I'd like to ask you about your interest in lifestyle medicine. I understand you became interested in lifestyle medicine during your fellowship training. Can you tell us about this? Dr. Poorvi Desai: Yes, I recently just graduated from my hem-onc fellowship at USF and Moffitt Cancer Center. And I was really impressed during my fellowship looking into all of the data very particularly when it comes to every single different type of cancer. But one thing I thought was lacking was just the overall picture of lifestyle factors, and especially modifiable risk factors, when it comes to pre-survivorship along with things that patients can do during active treatment and in the survivorship phase. And I think that there are structures that are starting to appear to help guide us with more evidence-based data. And so I became very interested, as I had an attending in my internal medicine residency who was a part of lifestyle medicine. And through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, I met several people around the country who had been working with organizations such as AICR, as well as the World Health Organization, [and] American Cancer Society. And there was a very big push on these lifestyle factors to look at them in a way that is actually studied through evidence and actual guidelines that I was never really taught about throughout my fellowship. So I made it a point to kind of self-teach a lot of this. But I definitely think that there's a role moving forward in bringing this to not just fellowship education but just all of oncology care, whether it's medical oncology, surgical, radiation, but just any oncology care team. ASCO Daily News: Well, you make a really great point. Evidence-based guidelines do exist to help facilitate lifestyle modification in cancer care, but there are barriers to health promotion in cancer care. Dr. Comander, what are the major barriers? Dr. Amy Comander: That's an excellent question because we know this is an important issue. And actually, it was an issue studied recently by ASCO. Dr. Ligibel and colleagues published a paper in 2013 that was a survey of oncologists and their understanding of obesity and other lifestyle factors and how they address these issues in clinic (DOI: 10.14694/EdBook_AM.2013.33.52). And I think we can all say that our colleagues are well aware that obesity and lifestyle factors play an important role in cancer outcome. But in terms of the practical steps of how to address these issues with our patients, how to get our patients to lose weight, how to get our patient to exercise, how to help our patient cut back on alcohol use--those are just some examples--there really are limitations. And in that paper, they really outlined some of the reasons for that. Some of it is lack of education, as Dr. Desai just noted. She sought out teachings and lifestyle medicine as part of her fellowship training. She had to go elsewhere to look for that because it really wasn't part of the standard curriculum. So a lack of education, lack of resources. I'm fortunate to work in a cancer center with excellent oncology colleagues with expertise in nutrition, exercise, et cetera. But we know, in the rest of the country, not every doctor has access to these resources. And the third reason is really lack of clinician time. Our visits are very focused. And often the priority, of course, is discussing the patient's treatment, how is--I'm a breast cancer doctor. How is my patient doing on her endocrine therapy? What kind of side effects is she experiencing? How can I ensure she's complying with her medication? So there really isn't a lot of time to address these issues in a visit. So these are all factors we need to work on. ASCO Daily News: Well, how about solutions? How tough is it to convince patients who are grappling with the physical and emotional toll of cancer treatment to prioritize their nutrition and exercise? Dr. Desai, what do you think are the next steps? What would you say to oncologists who really do need to pay more attention to this? Dr. Poorvi Desai: So I think that one of the biggest things to take out of our article is that oncologists don't need to carry the burden of doing this by themselves. I think that while it does take a lot of resources, which is a big constraint, especially financially, I do think that there is a lot of worth in building a care team that's dedicated towards this. Or if that's not possible, then seeking out community, local, or national resources and kind of bringing together any other structure that's already in place and having a good referral to those areas, so that patients do understand that it is important to continue physical activity and working on nutrition. And I definitely think that it's something that patients feel they can have some control over. I think a lot of oncologists don't feel qualified to talk about these things because they are not very well taught in our education. And so I think then a lot of patients in this realm of lifestyle feel on their own in trying to figure out what's good for them, what's not good for them. There's a lot of misinformation online and unsolicited advice that can be given to our patients. There's a lot of fear around foods and what the right type of activity is. And I think that the more evidence-based information that we have to provide to our patients, we can be more confident in making these suggestions. And again, we don't--as oncologists, we don't need to be the ones who are actually doing all the counseling, doing all of this, making sure that they have their exercise prescriptions or whatever it may be, but at least acknowledging that this should be a part of the care team and seeking out resources that the care team can then take over. So that in conjunction with active treatment or in conjunction with survivorship care, this then becomes something that patients feel they have some kind of control over. And I also think that it's important that we don't over-promise and under-deliver as well. I think that it's important to show patients that these are things that are as important as their active treatment to pay attention to, but also as oncologists start becoming more comfortable with the idea of risk reduction and having the information to back up our claims that lifestyle is of the utmost important in cancer. ASCO Daily News: Absolutely. Dr. Comander, do you have any thoughts on this? Is it more difficult to do what Dr. Desai has described in a community practice than where you are in a larger institution? Dr. Amy Comander: I think Dr. Desai answered that question beautifully. I will add that, as an oncologist, what we say makes such an impression on our patients. Often our patients are recording what we say, or they have a family member with them writing down everything we say. So if we just tell our patient, it's really important for you to exercise--and that might just mean a 10 minute walk each day or walking to the mailbox to get the mail, starting with something very basic in terms of exercise counseling--can make a big difference. And so I think just the fact that, as Dr. Desai just stated, a doctor acknowledging that exercise has a role, nutrition has a role, stress management has a role, I think just that simple act has a big impact on our patients. And it's very important. ASCO Daily News: Indeed. Well, patients and survivors often grapple with depression, anxiety, fear of recurrence, financial issues, and more. Sleep disorders and insomnia can interfere with adherence to a nutrition plan or an exercise regime. Are there helpful tools available, or what are the helpful tools available to oncology practices to help them address these issues with their patients? Dr. Amy Comander: I think that's a really important question. We know that distress screening is actually incorporated into each visit. And that's recommended through the NCCN guidelines really to assess these issues you just inquired about--coping skills, anxiety, depression, financial issues, et cetera. So certainly, it's very important to ask our patients about these issues and refer them to appropriate colleagues, whether that's a mental health provider or social worker, to help address these concerns. I will also acknowledge ASCO has a number of great resources to help guide patients to. The website Cancer.Net has many resources that help patients find perhaps something in the community that could help them address these specific concerns. Dr. Desai, I'm interested in your comments as well. Dr. Poorvi Desai: I absolutely agree with you. I think that the NCCN is doing a really great job in compiling a comprehensive set of resources in their survivorship guidelines. There is that distress assessment thermometer that we had addressed in our article. We definitely understand that these psychosocial evaluations are pretty much of utmost importance. There's a lot of anxiety and distress that comes with a cancer diagnosis. And we know that it lasts. It has an impact that's lifelong. And so definitely one of the big pillars of lifestyle medicine is stress and social connectivity. And so we definitely are an advocate for having mental health professionals as a part of the care team and looking at mental and physical well-being going hand-in-hand. And I think one of the biggest things to understand is that we have to meet our patients where they are. And so we don't want to advocate for anybody saying, OK, now you have to exercise five times a day strenuously, and you have to eat perfectly, and all of these things that can be extremely overwhelming. And so I think that there are great guidelines. And I think the NCCN Survivorship Panel has put together a good amount of resources for us to show patients how to work on mindfulness strategies and sort of systematically work them through a very difficult diagnosis in order to slowly, but surely, result in those healthy lifestyle changes. I like to tell my patients that it's a marathon, not a sprint. Any progress is good progress. You don't have to be perfect. And I think that's definitely something that we should be mindful of when we talk about changing lifestyle behaviors. ASCO Daily News: Right. Dr. Comander, do you think there is a role for increased collaboration between oncology providers and primary care providers in the context of cancer survivorship, for example? Survivors might see their oncologists every few months, every 6 months, every year, but who is monitoring the hypertension, the weight gain? Who should own that responsibility, or is it a collaboration? Dr. Amy Comander: That's a great question. And as you stated at the beginning, thankfully due to advances in treatment and screening, the number of cancer survivors in this country is increasing greatly each year. And therefore, it is very important that we have a strong collaboration with our primary care colleagues in terms of providing excellent care for our patients following completion of primary treatment. So in my practice, it definitely is a collaboration. I'm fortunate to work with so many wonderful primary care physicians [and] we work together in terms of monitoring our patients' blood pressure, risk for cardiovascular disease, risk for diabetes and other chronic diseases, and certainly when it comes to other lifestyle interventions, such as weight management, management of substance abuse, et cetera. So that collaboration is really key. And I see primary care providers already playing a huge role in survivorship care. And I think that will continue to grow in time to come. ASCO Daily News: Well, as you said, the number of cancer survivors continues to grow. It's projected to increase to 22 million in the United States by 2030. So do you think the focus on lifestyle medicine will increase in the future? Let's start with Dr. Desai. Dr. Poorvi Desai: Yeah, I think that this has to become one of the major things that we regard. I think that most oncologists are very aware that our treatments are--they have long term consequences. We had mentioned in our article that there are two major themes to look at when it comes to survivorship care. One is infection-related mortality. But the other big one, which is what we focused on, was lifestyle--cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, accelerated aging with telomere shortening and metabolic changes that happen after cancer diagnosis and the treatments that patients receive. So a lot of what we are subjecting our patients to is truly aging in nature. And we have evidence to suggest that we can work on these lifestyle modifications as the forefront way to really help them overcome the fact that we have given them radiation to their chest or cardiotoxic medications, or whatever it may be. And that when they are overweight or obese, this can then further accelerate that process of metabolic aging. I think one of the things that's really important to talk about is assessing metabolic health. And so not just looking at their BMI, but how does their BMI actually break down into metabolic patterns? How much of this is bone density or muscle weight? We put patients a lot on hormonal treatments, which can then affect their fracture risk moving forward. And I think that we are very well aware of that. And so these are the things that should really be assessed because, like we've mentioned, one of the biggest reasons for, I guess, moving forward with the number of cancer survivors that we're going to have, a lot of it--the focus needs to shift, basically, to long term chronic disease management, in which lifestyle really does play a huge role. ASCO Daily News: Absolutely. Dr. Comander, is there anything else that you'd like to share before we wrap up the podcast today? I certainly do think your article pointed out the importance of using evidence-based guidelines to strive for the best possible outcomes for survivors and patients to prevent newly diagnosed cancers. Dr. Amy Comander: Yes, I think, as summarized in our article, we did provide resources that can help our colleagues address these concerns with our patients, since, again, some of us have not been educated about these topics during our medical training. So in addition to the excellent resources provided by ASCO, I would really refer our listeners to the AICR website, American Institute for Cancer Research. In addition, the American Cancer Society is playing a role in helping provide further education about the role of nutrition and physical activity in cancer survivorship. So the American Cancer Society is a great resource, as is the American College of Sports Medicine when it comes to exercise recommendations. And on their website, they have some great graphics that really illustrate what the recommendations are for exercise and what the benefits are for cancer survivors as well. And finally, we referred to the NCCN during this podcast. And of course, their guidelines are excellent and address these lifestyle behaviors as well. So I would just highlight those resources for our listeners in case they want to get more information. ASCO Daily News: Absolutely, some great resources there. Well, thank you, Dr. Comander and Dr. Desai, very much for sharing your valuable insight with us today on the ASCO Daily News podcast. Our listeners will find a link to your article in our show notes. Thank you very much. Dr. Amy Comander: Thank you so much for the invitation. Dr. Poorvi Desai: Thank you so much. ASCO Daily News: And thank you to our listeners for your time today. If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Disclosures: Dr. Amy Comander: Consulting or Advisory Role: Advance Medical, Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, Beam Therapeutics, Biogen, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, CRICO Harvard Risk Management Foundation, Editas Medicine, GenSight Biologics, Harvard University, infiniteMD, RBC Investments, Sanofi SA, Vedere 1, WAVE Life Sciences Dr. Poorvi Desai: None disclosed. 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.
Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Dr. Vyvyane Loh is board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Internal Medicine. She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and trained at Newton-Wellesley Hospital where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Loh worked at HMR and was the medical obesity specialist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital's Center for Weight Loss Surgery before starting her own practice. She serves on the ABOM exam writing board and is a member of the Obesity Medicine Association and The Obesity Society. In this discussion Tony and Vyvyane talk about how she incorporates her skill as a writer into her patient care, the power of lifestyle intervention as a therapy for a wide variety of disorders and ailments, the effects of COVID-19 on minority communities, sick care versus health care, why being metabolically healthy improves your energy, the TOFI problem that many people of East/South-Asian descent suffer from, why having a low BMI is not necessarily a good thing, physician and COVID burnout, and how the Corona Virus is able to take root in people who are in poor metabolic health. Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below. Links: Dr. Vyvyane Loh: YouTube Channel Metabolic Multiplier Article Transform Alliance Health Phoenix Rising Dr. Tony Hampton: Book Website Instagram Account Facebook Page LinkedIn Account Youtube Account Advocate Aurora Healthcare Profile Dr. Hampton's Low Carb Corner (Diet Doctor)
On this episode I welcome Jordan Glicksman Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon in private practice at Newton Wellesley Hospital and Lecturer part time at Harvard Medical School. We discuss the following: The basics of adenoids When they may need to be removed The purpose of tonsils Obstructive sleep apnea T&A procedures Recovery times Other options besides surgery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode I welcome Jordan Glicksman, Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon in private practice at Newton Wellesley Hospital and Lecturer part time at Harvard Medical School. We discuss the following: Speech, fluid and recurrent ear infections How many ear infections may warrant tubes Hearing tests Purpose of ear tubes How long they last Tips to prevent ear infections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode I welcome Jordan Glicksman Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon in private practice at Newton Wellesley Hospital and Lecturer part time at Harvard Medical School. We discuss the following: The basics of adenoidsWhen they may need to be removedThe purpose of tonsilsObstructive sleep apneaT&A proceduresRecovery timesOther options besides surgery
On this episode I welcome Jordan Glicksman, Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon in private practice at Newton Wellesley Hospital and Lecturer part time at Harvard Medical School. We discuss the following: Speech, fluid and recurrent ear infections How many ear infections may warrant tubes Hearing tests Purpose of ear tubes How long they last Tips to prevent ear infections
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Despite an ever-aging population, the number of geriatricians has steadily decreased. Geriatricians are needed in hospitals, in nursing homes, long-term care facilities, primary care, and more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, nursing homes received some additional attention, but more work needs to be done, and it must continue after the pandemic is gone. We talked to geriatrician Dr. Asif Merchant about: What's leading to the shortage of geriatricians What it was like working in nursing homes during the covid-19 pandemic Challenges nursing homes face The importance of the patient-doctor relationship His story of becoming a geriatrician The importance of patients clearly sharing their wishes Message to his patients and fellow medical colleagues Dr. Asif Merchant is the Chief of Geriatrics at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Chair of the Geriatrics Committee for Mass Medical Society, and is an Associate Clinical Professor at Tufts University. He works with the elderly population in both hospitals and nursing homes. Connect with Dr. Asif Merchant: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asif-merchant-md/ Topical time codes: 00:47 - Working in nursing homes during covid 1:57 - Covid, one year later 3:43 - Challenges nursing homes face 5:54 - Funding for nursing homes 6:50 - Shrinking number of geriatricians 9:18 - Becoming a geriatrician 10:38 - Advocating for geriatrics though professional societies 13:13 - Growth of hospitalists & decline of geriatricians 15:04 - What others don't know about being a geriatrician 17:26 - Relationship with patients 19:53 - Importance of communication 25:15 - Future of nursing homes - funding & collaboration 27:22 - Message to families 28:25 - Message to medical colleagues ____________ AiRCare Health is a supporter of the Speaking Of, Making Healthcare Work show. The Making Healthcare Work for You mission, interviews, and other content is not influenced or directed by any supporter. About AiRCare Health: https://aircarehealth.com We envision a world where the emotional and mental wellbeing of individuals is seen as the most important component of overall health. No individual will suffer in silence and every human being will receive the emotional tools and support they need to thrive.
Today, we’re talking to Juliana Chen and Tai Katzenstein. Juliana is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH), and a part-time clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. Tai is also a clinical psychologist at Newton Wellesley Hospital (NWH), and the former Director of Certification at Think:Kids at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Together, they serve as co-directors of The Resilience Project Parents Program, an innovative community outreach program based out of Newton-Wellesley Hospital. In Today’s Episode, Tai, Julianna and I discuss ways to develop the skill of resilience, how to ask our kids better questions, the importance of unconditional love, the challenges of checking-in, and Parental Self-care. Guest Links: Find the Resilience Project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NWHResilienceProject/ Tai and Juliana's Resilient Parenting blog at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/resilient-parenting/202006/managing-parent-anxiety-in-the-age-covid-19 ADHD Essentials Links: Contact Brendan about booking a workshop for your organization Join Our Facebook Community Learn about & Register for the The ADHD Essentials Online Parent Coaching Groups Check out the ADHD Essentials Homepage Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com ADHD Rewired Podcast Network Plugs: ADHD reWired Hacking Your ADHD ADHD Essentials
It’s been a while since many of us hit the barbershop. But they’re open now - with restrictions in place. Arun Rath speaks with Anthony Berriola, owner of Razors Barbershop in Somerville, to hear how his shop is handling the new rules. And Arun hears from Kevin Whitney, Chief Nursing Officer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, about how they’re proceeding with recently restarted elective surgeries.
It’s been a while since many of us hit the barbershop. But they’re open now - with restrictions in place. Arun Rath speaks with Anthony Berriola, owner of Razors Barbershop in Somerville, to hear how his shop is handling the new rules. And Arun hears from Kevin Whitney, Chief Nursing Officer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, about how they’re proceeding with recently restarted elective surgeries.
In this special podcast, we are joined by Dr. Jill Simon, who works as an pediatric emergency room doctor at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Jill talks about her upbringing in New York and path to residency at Mass General Hospital, and then discusses her current work on the front lines of emergency medicine during the Covid-19 pandemic. We talk about the uncertainty surrounding making decisions about public life when the testing data is incomplete, how kids are still getting strep throat and viruses despite social distancing, and most importantly, how to choose what movies to watch during quarantine when living with teenagers.
Dr. Michael Misialek, Associate Director of Pathology at Newton Wellesley Hospital, joins Dan to discuss the latest updates in COVID-19 testing including the new less intrusive nasal swab testing and the brand-new FDA approved saliva test. Have you been tested?
The new tool, ID NOW, is being used to increase testing in Massachusetts. WBZ NewsRadio's Chris Fama reports.
The new tool, ID NOW, is being used to increase testing in Massachusetts. WBZ NewsRadio's Chris Fama reports.
Bethany Coito, Youth Services Coordinator for the New Bedford Public Library, is on the show this week to talk about their new program called “Wash and Read”. The library’s stocking books in laundromats around the city to keep kids entertained and engaged while parents take care of their laundry. Yoichi Udagawa, conductor of the Melrose Symphony Orchestra, details the symphony’s upcoming concert that focuses on friends, and special pieces that celebrate those relationships. Dr. Jennifer Schwartz is the Medical Director of Health Services at Wellesley College. The school’s started up a one of a kind partnership with Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where the hospital’s essentially taken over all the health services for students on campus. She joins Nichole to break down the services this covers, where the idea came from and how the rollout is going.
Hormone therapy has a complicated history. We’ve heard hormone therapy causes cancer and we’ve heard it is perfectly safe. This episode sets the record straight. We unpack the Women’s Health Initiative and why it has been so widely misunderstood, why poor methods led to misleading analysis and how the misinformation has resulted in widespread confusion. Emily asks the country’s top perimenopause and menopause experts. Dr. Jan Shifren is the director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Midlife Women's Health Center along with a professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Marcie Richardson, who was featured in last week’s episode, is an OB-GYN at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Newton-Wellesley Hospital with four decades of experience. We also hear about research done by a University of Guelph professor, Glen Pyle, that’s beginning to look at how starting hormone therapy during perimenopause may protect the heart.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women alike, but the symptoms, causes, and outcomes differ among the sexes. Heart disease is a catch-all for many cardiovascular conditions, so for this episode, we are focusing on small vessel disease. Women tend to get blockages in the small vessels, whereas men have plaque build-up in their large arteries. Cardiologists Dr. Janet Wei of the Barbara Streisand Women's Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute and Dr. Giulia Sheftel of Newton-Wellesley Hospital discuss how these blockages happen, Yentl Syndrome, and the interplay of estrogen and heart health.
Meet Dr. Kimberly Parks and the Synergy Private Heath Team Today we catch up for Part 2 of our interview with Nationally Renowned Cardiologist, Kimberly Parks, MD, Establishes Groundbreaking Concierge Practice: Synergy Private Health. Castle Connolly Private Health Partners, LLC (“CCPHP”), in collaboration with Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and renowned cardiologist, Dr. Kimberly Parks announced the formation of Synergy Private Health– a pioneering approach to primary and cardiac care last year. Dr. Parks is a Harvard-trained clinician, educator and researcher who is passionate about providing enhanced care using a holistic approach with wellness at its core. She holds three board certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, and has been practicing in the Boston community for over 10 years. Dr. Parks has extensive experience managing and treating complex medical problems, and through this, became interested in ways to prevent disease and optimize health. Synergy Private Health 300 Boylston Street Suite 201 Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Office #: (617) 916 – 9433 Membership Questions: (617) 830 – 2290 At Synergy Private Health, Dr. Parks uses an integrative approach to health management: to help address existing conditions and enhance wellness through prevention and lifestyle support. With the evolution of our complex medical system, she believes it's time to put caring into health and health into healthcare. Resources Mentioned: www.synergyprivatehealth.com www.ConciergeMedicineToday.com www.CCPHP.com www.ConciergeMedicineFORUM.com
Billy and Jenny are joined by Dr. Commander, a breast oncologist from MGH who works out of the Mass General Cancer Center at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She speaks about caring for patients with breast cancer and how she decided to take this lane in her career.
Dr. Michael Jaff, President of Newton-Wellesley Hospital, shares the novel strategies his institution has used to solicit feedback and continuously improve the patient experience. Read more: https://mackinstitute.wharton.upenn.edu/2019/healthcare-michael-jaff/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Safety in simulation – the harms involved in trying to improve patient safety! Many healthcare simulation programs are aimed at improving patient safety, and yet these programs also carry their own safety risks – to participants, and to the institutions and patients whose safety we are trying to improve. Ann Mullen joined us in this episode of Simulcast to discuss the Foundation for Simulation Safety – an initiative that she and Dan Raemer from Center for Medical Simulation in Boston have developed. Ann is the Simulation Center program manager at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts, and a nurse by clinical background. We discussed the categories of risks inherent in simulation – learner psychological and physical safety, and patient and institutional risks from fake medications, or unintended triggering of hospital responses to simulation activities. Stu Marshall and Cate McIntosh authored a chapter on this topic1 in the Nestel et al textbook recently reviewed on Simulcast. The Foundation website provides details of incidents, and access to labels designed to prevent these errors. Ann and Dan are also trying to use social media to promote this cause and to facilitate sharing stories of adverse events in sim and best practices in preventing them. Check out #keepsimsafe on Instagram and Twitter We discussed how perhaps we needed a reporting system for these incidents, and looked at the role of safety criteria in accreditation standards. Thanks to Ann for talking to us about an important topic. Vic Marshall, S. and McIntosh, C. (2017) Strategies for managing adverse events in healthcare simulations, in Healthcare Simulation Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice (edsD. Nestel, M. Kelly, B. Jolly and M. Watson), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.
Today's program is sponsored by Bariatric Pal, where you can shop for over 650 products at store.bariatricpal.com and save 15% using our codes DIVAT or POWERGIRL! We're also sponsored by Slimpressions.com (save 25% using POWERGIRL) and by DaintyJewells.com and HotChocolateDesign.com. Our guest today is Jeff Newell. In 2014, Jeff weighed 533 and underwent RNY Gastric Bypass Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Today he weighs 225 lbs and is speaking at various weight loss surgery events around the country. Tune-in to hear his inspiring weight loss story (and also about his romantic story with past guest Pandora Williams)! The Backstage Pass Radio Program is on every Tuesday at NOON, PST, and look for our new website to be launched soon at www.backstagepassradio.com! The Backstage Pass Radio Program is a supporter of the Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America! Please visit the www.wlsfa.org for more information about this life-changing organization!
Today’s guest is Patrick Jordan, the Chief Operating Officer for the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, located in Burlington, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. It encompasses an ambulatory care center serving more than 3,000 patients each day and a 317-bed hospital. It is a level II trauma center, and features several centers including the Cerebrovascular Disease Center and the Landsman Heart and Vascular Center. The first liver transplant in New England using an adult living donor was performed at Lahey and the system continues to support teaching and research in collaboration with Tufts University School of Medicine. In this podcast we explore Patrick’s career, a journey that begins with service as a ranger-qualified Army officer in the renowned 82nd Airborne Division and Special Operations Command Atlantic. We talk about how he transitioned from military service to hospital administration, starting as the manager of linen services for Massachusetts General Hospital, working his way up through logistics jobs, then transitioning to clinical operations, eventually holding the position of interim president for Newton-Wellesley Hospital before coming to present position at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center. Patrick has a great story, and he tells it with a lot of candor about his own successes and challenges. For more information, please go to our website, http://healthleaderforge.org
Episode 002 with hosts Natalie Newell (Science Moms) and Dan Broadbent (A Science Enthusiast)! Guest: Dr. Clay Jones! He is a pediatrician at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts. He also writes for Science Based Medicine and has his own podcast, The Prism Podcast, which he does along with Dr. Grant Ritchey (who also has written for SBM). Articles mentioned during the interview: Naturopaths Push to Go Mainstream Fact-checking Naturopathic Talking Points at DCFLI A Question off the Naturopathic Licensing Exam Petition: Naturopaths are not doctors God of the week: Huitzilopochtli ... Which somehow turned into a discussion about
Announcement: Dr. Pendred (Penny) Noyce is a doctor, education advocate, writer and publisher. Her most recent book is “Remarkable Minds: 16 More Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine (Magnificent Minds)” and can be found on Amazon here. Penny joins Matters of The Mind with Dr. Peter Sacco and Todd Miller tonight at 8p ET to discuss these remarkable books about incredible women pioneers in science! Penny grew up in California’s Silicon Valley when it was still mostly apricot orchards and fields of mustard. Along with her brother and sisters, she rode ponies, put on plays, and explored the rapidly changing countryside. She graduated with a degree in biochemistry from Harvard University and an M.D. from Stanford University. After her internship and residency in internal medicine in Minneapolis-St. Paul, she worked at the East Boston Community Health Center. During a year in London, she received a diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Subsequently, she supervised medical residents at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, but she left the practice of medicine after the birth of her fifth child. In 1991, Penny became a founding trustee of the Noyce Foundation, which supports K-12 mathematics and science education across the U.S. For nine years she also helped lead a statewide effort to improve mathematics, science, and technology education in Massachusetts. Currently she serves on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Penny is author or co-author of eight novels for children ages 9-12, including “Lost in Lexicon” and “The Ice Castle” from Scarletta Press and six books in the Galactic Academy of Science series from Tumblehome Learning. Her most recent book, this one nonfiction, is Magnificent Minds: Sixteen Pioneering Women in Science and Medicine. As co-founder of Tumblehome Learning, which publishes science mystery and adventure stories for young people, Penny serves as Tumblehome’s editor and chair. We have a lively chat about the stereotypes, expectations and cultural challenges facing both these historical women, and the young women of today! Contact Penny Noyce https://tumblehomelearning.com/about-us/the-team/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tumblehome.learning?fref=ts We also have our weekly chat with the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness, this week President Helena Kameka joins us to talk about recent renovations and service expansion, and tho final days to register for the Healing Journeys men's conference. Hear Dr. Penny Noyce and Helena Kameka on “Matters Of The Mind” with Dr. Peter Sacco at 8p EST on Wednesday by clicking the Listen Live button at the top right of the page, but if you miss it, it will be on demand Thursday, right here, or find us on iTunes podcast at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/rtds-listen-up-talk/id910538503?mt=2 https://soundcloud.com/rtds/sets/matters-of-the-mind mentalhealth, #depression, #endstigma, #BellLetsTalk, #mentalillness, #mhcanada, #nokiddingmetoo, #nkm2, #addiction, #recovery, #ADD, #autism, #ASD, #kidsmentalhealth, #CCAA, #CMHO, #HubertCrouch, #EllenCampbell, #sexualabuse, #suicide, #bipolar, #schizophrenia, #ADHD, #MattersOfTheMind, #MentalHealthMatters, #author, #books, #libertyslostyear, #JeffLiberty, #DrLynneKenney, #Bloom, #Amazon, @ToscaReno, #KidsEatClean, #bloomparenting, #DrPennyNoyce, #RemarkableMinds, #MagnificentMinds
Healthcare Whisperer welcomes David Klos, nurse practitioner and Beth Damsky, Licensed Social Worker to the show to discuss their incredible work in Palliative Care. They are both Palliative Care team members at Newton Wellesley Hospital. I met both of them when the discussion of palliative care arose with a client. I was very impressed with their insight, knowledge and sensitivity in speaking with family on such a delicate topic. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of an illness-whatever the diagnosis. The beauty of this care is it is team based offering many supports to the patient and family. This show will provide the listener with great insight into how palliative care works and when it is most needed. Get your questions ready and give us a call!
RN Betty Sparks joins us. RN Betty Sparks joins us. Betty is a nurse at Newton Wellesley Hospital and is trained to provide care and treatment in the wake of all types of disasters. Betty, who was on the ground to help victims after Hurricane Katrina and in Haiti after the devastating earthquake, was working at the medical tent at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. She was there to respond and care for the victims when the bombs exploded. She is trained to do this and she has seen horrific scenes before, but this time it was different; she knew her son was at the finish line with a camera getting ready to photograph her daughter-in-law as she finished the race. Betty is with us to share what it was like to be at the horrific scene. Read more...
Betty is a nurse at Newton Wellesley Hospital and is trained to provide care and treatment in the wake of all types of disasters. Betty, who was on the ground to help victims after Hurricane Katrina and in Haiti after the devastating earthquake, was working at the medical tent at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. She was there to respond and care for the victims when the bombs exploded. She is trained to do this and she has seen horrific scenes before, but this time it was different; she knew her son was at the finish line with a camera getting ready to photograph her daughter-in-law as she finished the race. Betty is with us to share what it was like to be at the horrific scene. Read more...
As part of their tribute to wasting time, Casey and Shayne tell stories about their childhood. Although not particularly newsworthy or medically related, they are none-the-less rather funny. Casey shares about the time she was hit by a car (not hurt) and ran home and tried to hide it from her mother. Unfortunately, the gentleman that hit her found her phone number in one of the school books she dropped while fleeing the scene. Find out what happened when Casey’s mother finds out. And Shayne…well growing up as an only child in rural Oklahoma was not exactly eventful. He shares about the time he made Jello salad with his mom. Good show this week! RN Betty Sparks joins us. Betty is a nurse at Newton Wellesley Hospital and is trained to provide care and treatment in the wake of all types of disasters. Betty, who was on the ground to help victims after Hurricane Katrina and in Haiti after the devastating earthquake, was working at the medical tent at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Read more...
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