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Going to the hospital is relatively common in the later years of life. If you have fall and break a hip, you may have surgery and be admitted for a few days. What happens next? Can you recuperate at home, or do you need skilled rehab? Will you need home health or a home care agency to help you in your home? Just because a physician prescribes a medication or orders follow-up care does not mean that your insurance will automatically pay for it. There are many questions that arise about the next step for you after your hospital stay. Fortunately, you don't have to anticipate challenges or find the solutions yourself. Social workers and care managers in the hospital will guide you along the way. In this episode, Andy Cruzan of the Penn State Hershey Medical Center explains how social workers plan the next steps for patients who will be discharged from the hospital. They navigate challenges relating to the patient's health status, less-than-ideal support network, and a larger health care system under strain. Social workers are the bridge from your acute care to your full recovery.

A new federal rule banning non-compete agreements offers little comfort to many Pennsylvania doctors -- because the Federal Trade Commission has limited oversight of nonprofits, including UPMC. But. legislation that's gaining momentum at the state Capitol would free clinicians from non-competes with their nonprofit employers. The energy efficiency industry is growing, but the sector is facing a wave of retirements. A pilot program in York aims to bring more people into the field.  The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a suite of pollution rules for natural gas and coal-fired power plants across the country. Jason Kelce will join ESPN's “Monday Night Countdown” after retiring from the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year. Penn State Health has stopped performing liver transplants at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Dauphin County -- while a national oversight body conducts a performance review. An activist group has rallied the support of business owners to demand an apology from two Republican Lancaster County commissioners, who they hold “partially responsible” for a series of threats made against a Drag Queen Story Hour event last month. An autopsy is scheduled for today on the body of a 16-year-old Central Dauphin High School student. Justin Johnson went into cardiac arrest Friday night and later died at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.       Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Sharee Livingston, a trailblazer in medicine, recounts her inspiring journey from humble origins to becoming a leading figure in obstetrics and gynecology, in an exclusive interview on NPR's The Spark. Born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Dr. Livingston harbored a lifelong ambition to pursue medicine, with a keen interest in Women's Health from an early age. Her dedication saw her volunteering as a candy striper at the Community General Osteopathic Hospital at a tender age of 9, marking the nascent stages of her illustrious career. Her academic pursuits led her to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, followed by a medical degree from the prestigious Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Livingston further honed her skills through a rigorous Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. In 2006, Dr. Livingston commenced her practice as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at UPMC Lititz, where she currently serves as the Chair of the Ob/Gyn Department and holds a position on the UPMC Lititz Board of Trustees. Notably, she has established herself as the foremost female robotic surgeon in Lancaster County, exemplifying her commitment to pushing boundaries and achieving excellence. Dr. Livingston's ascent to prominence underscores her resilience and determination in overcoming obstacles in a male-dominated field. Her journey serves as an inspiration to aspiring medical professionals, especially women, reaffirming that with perseverance and dedication, any dream is attainable. Her groundbreaking work in robotic surgery not only exemplifies her technical prowess but also underscores her dedication to advancing medical practices, ultimately enhancing patient care and outcomes. Dr. Livingston's contributions extend beyond the operating room, as she actively engages in mentorship and advocacy initiatives aimed at fostering diversity and inclusion within the medical community. As a beacon of achievement, Dr. Sharee Livingston's remarkable trajectory serves as a testament to the transformative power of passion and perseverance. Her unwavering commitment to excellence continues to inspire and uplift both colleagues and aspiring healthcare professionals alike, leaving an indelible mark on the field of obstetrics and gynecology.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Schweitzer has been a teacher of stress reduction techniques for over 30 years. Under the clinical direction of Deepak Chopra, endorsed by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, with celebrity clients Barbra Streisand and George Harrison and corporate clients including GPU Energy, J.C. Ehrlich Pest Control, Godiva Chocolatier, Air Products and Chemicals, and Penn State Hershey Medical Center, his Effortless Meditation courses, lifestyle coaching, retreats, and training programs inspire a healthful alternative to frenetic modern life.

Episode description: Corey talks with Heather Costigan and Cindy Bramble from Project Talk about their research and the power of a game to change the conversation.Guest Links:Published Research:Low Skepticism and Positive Attitudes About Advance Care Planning Among African Americans: a National, Mixed Methods Cohort StudyAssociation of Participation in an End-of-Life Conversation Game With Advance Care Planning Behavior and Perspectives Among African American IndividualsSuccess of a Community-Based Delivery at Recruiting Individuals from Underserved Communities for an Observational Cohort Study of an Advance Care Planning InterventionLinks:Project TalkBecome a Project Talk Host!Hello GameConversation ProjectConversation Project VideoHospice Foundation of AmericaPrincipal Investigator Dr. Lauren Van ScoyIRB- Institutional Review Boards FAQRO1 National Institute of Health Research Grant Information Guest Bios:Cindy Bramble is the Director of Special Projects for Hospice Foundation of America where she manages their major grant projects, including the current NIH collaborative research study with Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Project Talk Trial. She serves as the community outreach project manager and a research assist for Project Talk, overseeingSupport the showSupport the show with a Buzzsprout subscription!It's almost Giving Tuesday! You can support Healwell and the cool things we make by donating here!Other ways to help and join in: Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts Let us know what you think! Send us an email: podcast@healwell.org Check Healwell's live and online classes Continue the conversation with a two-week free trial of the Healwell Community Merch! Find your Healwell fashion here Thank you to ABMP for sponsoring Interdisciplinary! Thank you to AIHM! Learn more about the AIHM Fellowship by emailing fellowship@aihm.org

Robert Roundtree, MD This weeks guest is Bob Roundtree. Robert Rountree, MD, received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill in 1980 before completing a residency in family and community medicine at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He augmented his medicine training with extensive postgraduate studies in nutritional and herbal pharmacology along with certification as a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming. Dr. Rountree has provided his unique combination of traditional family medicine, nutrition, herbology, and mind-body therapy in Boulder, CO, since 1983. He has recently opened Boulder Wellcare, a private practice specializing in individual healthcare consulting. He is coauthor of three books on integrative medicine,Immunotics: A Revolutionary Way to Fight Infection, Beat Chronic Illness, and Stay Well (Putnam, 2000); Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child (Avery Publishing, 1994); and A Parent's Guide to Medical Emergencies (Avery, 1997). He is an amazing teacher about all things disease prevention based through a functional medicine lens. This week we dive into the world of autoimmunity and human health. Why is it happening? How can we stem the tide of immune auto reactivity? What are some treatment options? And so much more.... Enjoy, Dr. M

As a Pain Management Physician, Dr. Sharma knew the key to treating pain was treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. She also knew she wanted to share more information with patients than what she could fit into an appointment. This led to writing, The Pain Solution: 5 Steps to Relieve and Prevent Back Pain, Muscle Pain, and Joint Pain without Medication. This best selling book, written with empathy and scientific savvy by Dr. Sharma, offers a personalized and innovative five-step pain relief program built on what she calls “microboosts,” little steps that add up to big results. Illustrated with inspiring patient examples and personal stories, her drug-free plan will enable you to: understand the unique factors contributing to your pain develop a path to resuming your most cherished activities add easy food microboosts to reduce inflammation and support your pain-fighting gut microbiome move better, at home and at work, to release natural neurochemical painkillers recharge and recover through sleep, mindfulness, stress reduction, and supportive social relationships More than just a road map to less pain, this is a guide to the greater joy, health, and well-being that every person deserves.    Links Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Solution-Relieve-Prevent-Medication/dp/1608687937 Dr. Sharma's Website: https://www.salonisharmamd.com/ Dr. Sharma's Instagram for daily info: https://www.instagram.com/salonisharmamd/ Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center: https://rothmanortho.com/oihc   About our Guest: Dr. Sharma is dual board-certified rehabilitation medicine and pain management. She is medical director of the Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center at Rothman Orthopaedics, and specializes in musculoskeletal pain, employing a multi-modal approach including the use of acupuncture. Dr. Sharma has studied Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Medicine, and Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil program at University of Arizona. She has studied yoga and meditation at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India and mindfulness at Thomas Jefferson University. She studied acupuncture at Harvard University and completed Stanford's Physician Wellbeing Director Course. At a national level, Dr. Sharma serves as Co-Chair for Spine & Pain Rehabilitation for the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, on the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and on a national Opioid Task Force. Furthermore, she continues to support alternatives to opioids and has directed a national physician course on navigating the opioid crisis. She is a Top Doctor (multiple years in a row as voted for by her peers). Dr. Sharma served as a Chief Resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and as Chief Fellow at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. A popular speaker at Google and an award-winning clinical assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, she lives near Philadelphia. More information at www.salonisharmamd.com.

From her early beginnings that were peppered with encouragement from her mother to play the piano, Newville Pennsylvania's own singer/songwriter, Frances Drost, has paved a fascinating path with her musical career.   During her childhood, Frances's empathetic nature absorbed several tragedies in her family. Her intense feelings combined with her musical gifts have created a positive way of channeling her grief. In this episode, Frances discusses not only the impact her family has had on her life, but how she has been heavily influenced and inspired by Nashville artists and producers.   Frances's passion to help others has been a common thread throughout her life. This is exemplified with her involvement as a worship leader, a songwriter for Songs of Love – a nonprofit organization that connects songwriters with terminally ill children, a pianist with Center Stage at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and with her creation of an interactive Facebook show called Hit Pause during the Covid shutdown which provided inspiration for many homebound people.   As you will hear, Frances exudes a love and passion for creating and performing music. This passion helped her work through not only the hurdles she encountered throughout her own life, but the challenges that the Covid shutdown presented all musicians. Her musical innovation has not only helped her career but has helped her many fans and friends navigate troubling times.   We know you will enjoy getting to know Frances's life…between the notes.

In Episode 49 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience Jim Cagliostro is joined by Todd Nicklas, Senior Clinical Trial Manager and Head of Clinical Operations at Trevena to discuss the benefits and challenges of clinical research trials.    Episode Introduction Clinical trials can transform healthcare and the patient experience, yet they are not without their challenges. In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE's Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Todd Nicklas to discuss his experience with clinical research, including the positive impact for hospitals that participate in clinical trials, overcoming patient hesitancy, and the high cost of achieving FDA approval.    Show Topics   Why clinical trials matter to healthcare From bench research to real life scenarios Clinical research can reduce patient readmissions Trialing heart donors with Hepatitis C Overcoming patient hesitancy  The $2.6 billion cost of successful clinical trials The impact of COVID-19     01:55 Why clinical trials matter to healthcare Todd said clinical research can attract patients to hospitals by giving them access to brand new treatments.     ‘'Physicians and patients have access to cutting edge new technologies and that's brand new technologies and medicines that maybe are a few years down the road in development, or maybe that just got approved and that hospital has it ready to go in their formulary and ready to be used. They're maybe ahead of the game versus other hospitals around their area. And that might get people excited to come to their institution. I worked in clinical research on the hospital side for about 10 years, and some patients would come to our hospital for the very reason of trying out a research medication or trying to work with a physician that's doing a trial with us with a medication. Got them excited to come to that institution versus maybe their own hospital that they're at.''     03:56 From bench research to real-life scenarios  Todd shared an early example of artificial hearts, trialed in a cow.   ‘'Another great thing, I would say, is a fair amount of hospitals have translational bench research and they want to translate that into real life scenarios and putting it in patients and giving it to patients. So you see something that maybe was developed 30, 40 years ago. You and I worked at Penn State Hershey Medical Center for a few years, and I love the story in the, I believe it was the 1970s. They were working on the first total artificial hearts. And this device was pretty primitive at the time. It's developed a good bit as of today, but they put it in a cow and they have a neat story that it was a pneumatic system. It was an air compressed system and they plugged it in, it was back in the 70s, they had the plugs in and I guess some electrical problem happened, and the cow dropped like it was dead because the power went out and somebody thought to blow on the pneumatic tubing that was in the back of the machine to have the blood pump for that cow and, to bring it back to life until they get the electrical power back on. And the cow lived for weeks and months after that. But it gets people excited, "Oh, Hershey Med's doing this? And look at this neat story." And then the years to come, the cow survived, they put it in patients a few years after that, but it's doing great and people can get that now at home. They can actually go home with a total official heart and a driver. ‘'     05:24 Clinical research can reduce patient readmissions  Todd said new medications can improve patient outcomes, leading to fewer readmissions, rehospitalizations and ER visits.    ‘'….Physicians that are so used to certain procedures, certain medications, certain devices, they might have good outcomes and they might do fine. But what if there's a new medication that gives them 50% better outcomes or 50% less hospital burden where people are coming into the hospital, 70% less, or pick a number. Why wouldn't that be something that's a top priority or a top consideration in your mind? I worked with the CardioMEMS device, which was a really neat device that was bought by a larger company. But at the time, it was the small company that was running it. And it's a device implanted into your pulmonary artery to measure heart pressures, and to tell you when your heart pressures are not doing well, and even if you're not symptomatically feeling that change… And the biggest reason why it got FDA approved was the fact that it was reducing re-hospitalizations, readmissions, and even people coming back for ER visits, even for heart failure. So why wouldn't that get hospitals excited saying, "Hey, we can reduce our heart failure admissions by X percent." That's less burden on the hospitals, less burden on the doctor, nursing staff, supplies, beds.''     12:45 Trialing heart donors with hepatitis C Todd shared his experience working in heart failure and transplant, when patients were out of options.    ‘'I worked in heart failure and transplant where people are at the end of their rope and last ditch options with heart failure.... Hospitals did a study where they would have patients be able to get hepatitis C hearts from donors that had hepatitis C. But the goal was that if they did receive that heart, that they could get a treatment that would immediately t rid of the hepatitis C. And it would open the doors to more options when you're waiting on a heart transplant for years, and you never know if you're going to make it to get a heart or not. I remember talking to the second patient that got it at Upenn, and he was ecstatic about how he got... I think he got a heart within two weeks of signing up with the study and it would've been months and months. So yeah, it was a leap of faith. It was a little bit of nerves with him, but he read the consent form. He talked with his physicians, he understood the safety behind it, and what he could know and not know at the present. And he made his own decision.''     13:39 Overcoming patient hesitancy  Todd highlighted the importance of transparency around risks and benefits for patients.    ‘'Clinical research is very focused still today on the patient first and safety first. You can quit a trial at any time and you can work with the physicians to do so. And I'll talk about this a little further down the road, but I think a big hesitancy is the fact that research in the past, maybe 30, 40, 50 years ago, there were times where people wouldn't tell people that they were doing... Physicians or clinicians wouldn't tell people that they were doing a trial on someone, or wouldn't be as transparent about the risks and the benefits, or maybe say, "Oh yeah, this is the next best thing, but not really tell both sides of the equation of saying, "Well yeah, but we don't know X, Y, Z about it. But nowadays, I've given patients consent forms that are 20 to 26 pages long, just to say every single thing about the study and how your data is going to be shared and confidentiality and safety, benefits, visits, little bit of everything. So I think it's really developed even the last 10 or 15, 20 years, but I think that's a big hesitancy in the past is, if you think about the Tuskegee studies in the 1930s and forties come up pretty often here. I know that was about 80 years ago, but that's a big one where people were not told at all about multiple things.''     19:56 The $2.6 billion cost of successful clinical trials Todd outlined the complexities and huge costs of achieving FDA approval.    ‘'That's a tough thing to know because one, it wastes cost and money to put all that forth, that effort, if you're not really learning a lot from it, and it's not slam dunk at the end of the day, but we don't know what we don't know sometimes. And it is speculation. There's so much money that has to go into these trials. I looked up a 2018 study, they said that 12% of drugs in clinical development stages get approved 12%. And it costs about $2.6 billion on average to get a drug from the very first stages of it being studied, maybe in animals or even before that to getting it FDA approved. So people don't understand that it takes so many different iterations of trials and money and understanding all the, how does it affect your kidneys? How does it affect your heart? How does it affect your brain? How is it broken down? How effective is it? All these studies have to be done for the FDA to make a good decision. And sometimes knowing how to asset in a protocol could make or break protocol, the development of that some people might just toss it aside and say, "Well, we can't develop that anymore because we don't have the money for it and we missed the target on this." So that's a tough one, I would say upfront.''     23:11 The impact of COVID-19 Todd said that the pandemic showed how participation in research studies can have a positive impact.    ‘'I think people across the board are still hesitant to research in the sense that they think they're their Guinea pig. I came across it a lot where people would say, "Are you just trying this out on me because I'm a Guinea pig and I'm just saying yes to it?" And the misconception I think is because, until there's a big cure for cancer or a big cure for something major where people are saying, "Wow," from a societal perspective, like we really now appreciate research and understand I think COVID vaccine a little bit, but it also has some political components to it where people were like, "Look at the impact of the COVID vaccine. But then some people kind of are worried about different sides of how that data has landed. But I think when there's big things that really hit the clinical medical world where people are like, "Wow, this is great that we have research that people are willing to do." Then you get the sense of people jumping all in. We actually had that in 2020, 2021 where people are, were really banging down the doors to say, "I want to do research," because they saw how much COVID was affecting the world, and how maybe their participation in a research study could help our understanding of it.''     Show Links Connect with Jim Cagliostro on LinkedIn Connect with Todd on LinkedIn Check out VIE Healthcare Consulting     You'll Also Hear:   The benefits of clinical trials for your hospital – from attracting new patients, to building partnerships with pharma companies and device manufacturers as ‘'first adapters.'' ‘'…People will say, "Well, do I want to go to a hospital that has 10 years of experience with it, or they just started last month?" You're going to have a hospital that's really well respected in that landscape.''   Taking a leap of faith: The true story of Dr Forssmann and the first (self-administered) catheterization, ‘'He actually performed the first catheterization on himself. What he did was he actually took a fully catheter and put it into a vein in his arm... Because he believed that this was a doable procedure. This was 100 years ago, 1929.''   Overcoming cultural issues: why participation on a clinical trial can't be based on patient-doctor relationships alone. ‘'There's been times where I've had to fight and advocate for my patients to say, "Hey, I don't think this patient knows enough about what they're saying yes to."   The red tape around clinical research and why it's always ‘'safety first'' for patients.    Why it's important to understand that most patients don't meet the criteria to successfully enrol on clinical trials. ‘'I think it's like 70% of the people tend to not meet the criteria. And then another 30% to 50% tend to decline the study. So when you already take those numbers down, let's say you have 1,000 people that would meet the criteria.''   What To Do Next:   Subscribe to The Cost Advantage for Healthcare Leaders and receive a special report on 15 Effective Cost Savings Strategies. Learn more about the simple 3 step process to work with us. If you are interested in learning more, the quickest way to get your questions answered is to speak with one of our margin improvement experts. Schedule a call with our team here.

The role of healthcare professionals is to support the health and comfort of patients through each phase of their treatment. This episode of Life on Pause discusses the sensitive topic of palliative care, and listeners are encouraged to use their best judgment and discretion.  Life on Pause is a podcast created by and for young adults living with cancer. Within this episode, host Brady Lucas is joined by Gina Klein, a social worker in palliative care at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Together, they speak about how caretakers in her profession support cancer patients' autonomy and quality of life through palliative care and advanced care planning. Listen to Brady and Gina discuss palliative care: Topic and Guest Introduction (0:30) Our host Brady introduces listeners to this episode's topic: palliative care. He also introduces his guest Gina Klein, a social worker in palliative care at Penn State Hershey Med Center. Together Gina and Brady discuss the meaning of palliative care and the role of palliative care professionals. The Role of a Palliative Care Worker (2:04) Brady asks Gina to go into detail about what her job as a palliative care social worker entails. Gina talks about the duties of her role and informs listeners of what advanced care planning means within her profession. In this explanation, she introduces the legal procedures involved in palliative care work, including the "Five Wishes" document. The Five Wishes (4:37) The Five Wishes is an important document for cancer patients in palliative care. Gina and Brady discuss the document and how it addresses serious questions to help care providers ensure that patient's wishes are respected. Gina also shares her thoughts on the emotional and spiritual barriers that often occur while arranging end-of-life care. Penn State Advanced Care Planning (10:04) Gina shares with listeners how Penn State Health has progressed with their advanced care planning and how they are working to help individuals with advanced care plans in palliative care. She explains their advancement in supporting patients' autonomy and ensuring their wishes are respected and understood. What Keeps You Going (14:35) Working as a professional in the palliative care field can be difficult, however, Gina is dedicated to supporting her patients. She describes the emotions involved in her job and what keeps her going. Additionally, Gina provides her words of wisdom to younger individuals who need to create an advanced care plan and may feel hesitant or fearful about the process. A Team Approach (20:27) When patients are in palliative care, many individuals are often involved, including their personal loved ones and their medical support teams. Brady and Gina discuss the importance of each individual involved in a collaborative approach to supporting the patient's wishes. Helpful Resources (24:14) Penn State Health provides helpful resources to support individuals in palliative care, including advanced care plan techniques and information. In addition, Gina provides additional methods that people can take to access advanced care resources. Advice on Palliative Care (25:50) In conclusion to the episode, Gina shares her final advice on palliative care for the Live on Pause community.

Alex Hajduczok, MD, is a first-year cardiology fellow at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his internal medicine training at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, and went to medical school at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry in Rochester, NY. He is interested in a career as an academic cardiologist, specializing in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant. His main research interests include remote monitoring for heart failure, hemodynamics, and cardiogenic shock. He started using WHOOP in 2017 to optimize CrossFit training and has been a Level-1 certified CrossFit trainer since 2016. Alex leads multiple clinical trials with wearables and uses device-measured objective data in his own life to improve performance. Medical Aid to Ukraine ABC World News Alex Hajduczok Twitter Alex Hajduczok Instagram Resources mentioned in the show: Stress, recovery and training (Dan Pope on the Fitness Pain Free Show)

The following is a presentation from the PM&R Scholars Virtual Residency Fair from Penn State Hershey Medical Center . Check out their presentation to help guide your decisions for the residency application cycle. This year's PM&R scholar Virtual Residency Fair is supported by PM&R Recap - the best resource for your Physiatry clinical preparation, audition rotations, board preparation and beyond! PM&R Recap offers 35 hours of review videos, hundreds of review questions and oral boards cases! Head to pmrrecap.com to learn more! Music: www.bensound.com

  Beshoy Ghaly, MD, is an ABPTS Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Electrophysiology. He is also Registered in Musculoskeletal Sonography (RMSK) by the Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA) and holds the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Musculoskeletal Certificate (POCUS). He has performed and interpreted thousands of diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound studies in both physical therapy and medicine practice settings, including the highly specialized orthopedic surgery field. He is an APTA-Credentialed Clinical Instructor, and has presented in professional conferences and published multiple journal articles related to the field. He serves the Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management as an elected Nominating Committee Member and an appointed Nominating Committee Chair of the Neuromusculoskeletal Ultrasonography Special Interest Group (NMSKUSSIG). He serves as an item writer for the Clinical Electrophysiology Board Exam through the ABPTS Specialization Academy of Content Experts. He is an active member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine & the American Physical Therapy Association. On a personal note, he is inspired by the incredible success & life stories of Elon Musk, Martin Luther King Jr, Helen Keller & Mahatma Gandhi. Josh Davis, MD, is an emergency medicine physician in Wichita, Kansas. Dr. Davis received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed residency at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He is also a certified personal trainer through the National Association of Sports Medicine.

We're starting off our new season with a brand new episode with Dr. Darsh Shah, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation resident at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. In our conversation with Dr. Darsh, we dig deeper into how athletics influenced his journey to medicine, efforts to put health back to healthcare, and how he came to choose PM&R as his designated specialty in medical school. Come and join us to hear about the exciting field of Physiatry, the many ways DO doctors use OMM, and maximizing your potential in your journey to medicine from Dr. Darsh. If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Darsh and his journey to medicine, make sure to follow his Instagram (@doctor.darsh) and tune into his podcast "Medicine Redefined" on Spotify!

Dr. Alex Grieco is a licensed radiologist and current assistant professor in the College of Medicine. He additionally serves as a devoted member of the OSUCOM Student Life team. He is a proud graduate the Jacobs School of Medicine at the University of Buffalo and went on to complete his residency + fellowship training at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University respectively. He is an incredible mentor and major advocate for students during their early pre-clinical years at OSUCOM as well as throughout their later years as they go on to apply for residency. His energy and enthusiasm is truly beyond contagious and we are so excited to have him on the show! Have any feedback or want to help connect us with a future potential guest? Reach out via email to Gregory.Friedberg@osumc.edu. Music Credits Track: Odessa — LiQWYD & Scandinavianz [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/jNy-Dp3lgcg Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/odessa

Dr. Rebecca Phaeton is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Microbiology and Immunology. She was recruited to Penn State Hershey Medical Center in 2014 after completing her post-doctoral training as a Reproductive Scientist Development Program Scholar in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx,NY where she also completed her fellowship. As a graduate of Marshall University School of Medicine in Huntington, WV, Dr. Phaeton decided on a career in women's health and completed her residency at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where her training spurned her interest in translational research in developing novel treatment alternatives for women with gynecological cancers. https://med.psu.edu/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/pennstatehealth/ https://www.pennstatehealth.org/services-treatments/cancer-care --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Josh Davis is an emergency medicine physician resident. He received his MD from Jefferson Medical College and currently works at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He is a certified personal trainer through the National Association of Sports Medicine, and is certified in multiple group exercise formats: SCW, Pilates Matwork, Spinning, The Dailey Method, and Les Mills. His goal is to team with clients to help them achieve their health goals and desired results. "Teamwork makes the dream work."   Today, Dr. Davis joins us to discuss group fitness and how you can utilize it to stay fit,get fit, cross train and reach your goals. He digs into the details of how to get the most out of these classes mindfully, professionally, and personally. Dr. Davis teaches several different kinds of classes and we cover the details of each of these and what they can do to help us curate our health goals.    Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the public Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou 

This episode features a conversation between Dr. Heather Wakelee, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology at Stanford University and faculty director of the Stanford Cancer Clinical Trials Office and current president-elect of the IASLC and Dr. Chandra Belani, professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Penn. The interview covers Dr. Belani’s new position as chief science officer for the IASLC and the history of his involvement with lung cancer.

This episode features a conversation between Dr. Heather Wakelee, professor of Medicine in the Division of Oncology at Stanford University and faculty director of the Stanford Cancer Clinical Trials Office and current president-elect of the IASLC and Dr. Chandra Belani, professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Penn., and the chief science officer for the IASLC. Together they discuss a recent study from the American Cancer Society that reported a significant drop in the cancer mortality rate, led largely by progress in lung cancer.

Join us today as we speak with Lynette Chappell-Williams from Penn State Hershey Medical Center about leading diversity.

The major theme of this interview is how a traditional healthcare insurance company - Aetna - is redefining what it means to be a payer.They are reorganizing healthcare delivery to be much more engaging of consumers, and they’re doing it with numerous collaborators, in non-traditional ways.Our guest this week has an impressive academic and executive background. Dr. Harold Paz is an executive vice president and the chief medical officer for Aetna. He leads clinical strategy and policy at the intersection of all of Aetna’s domestic and global businesses.Before joining Aetna in 2014, Dr. Paz served as chief executive officer of Penn State Hershey Medical Center & Health System, and dean of its college of medicine. Prior to his appointment to Penn State, he spent 11 years as dean of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and chief executive officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group, the largest multispecialty group practice in New Jersey.What you’ll hear in this interview includes:The "three pillars" of Aetna’s clinical strategy: member engagement, creating a health ecosystem for consumers, and value-based contracting.The novel and non-traditional ways that Aetna is creating outcomes-based healthcare solutions.The innovative, highly collaborative and value-enhancing joint ventures that Aetna has entered into with provider groups, pharma & device manufacturers.Aetna’s Wellness Index - a comprehensive survey that is redefining what health and well-being look like.Examples of how Aetna is designing and deploying the “third curve” of healthcare personalization and consumerism.Aetna's approach to combating the opioid epidemic in our country.  This work that Dr. Paz shares with us is a spectacular example of what forward-thinking leaders and leadership teams can do within the traditional legacy system - to redesign and reorganize healthcare delivery. Dr. Paz and his colleagues are clearly breaking the mold of what an insurance company can be, and do.As I listened to example after example of the innovative initiatives and collaborations Aetna is deploying, I was struck by how they are tearing down the constricting walls of the past, and crossing boundaries in ways that are on point to create a better healthcare system.   

Dr. Susan Glod is an assistant professor at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. S.A. Glod. The Other Victims of the Opioid Epidemic. N Engl J Med 2017;376:2101-2. W.C. Becker and D.A. Fiellin. Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Formulations - Putting the Potential Benefits into Perspective. N Engl J Med 2017;376:2103-5.

Nurses Week is the first week of May. The ALS Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter is thrilled to have exceptional nurses on staff to provide quality care to ALS families. In this Podcast, three ALS Association nurses who work at the ALS Treatment Center at Penn State Hershey Medical Center talk about working for the Chapter, what kind of work they do on a daily basis, and why they became nurses in the first place. Listen to nurses Sue Walsh, Maureen Reid, and Annette Miller discuss their different paths to nursing and their equally different paths to ALS and then join them for the Hershey Walk to Defeat ALS at www.hersheywalktodefeatals.org  Find more ways to get involved at www.alsphiladelphia.org 

Maureen Reid is a nurse at the ALS Treatment Center at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, where she supports patient families. She knows ALS all too well as she lost her husband to the disease, giving her even greater reason to provide compassionate care to those affected by the disease.  In this special Thanksgiving podcast, Maureen talks about her background in nursing, the high quality of staff at Hershey Medical Center, and the progress she sees for patient care. Listen, share, and learn more about ALS and how to get involved at www.alsphiladelphia.org 

2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the ALS Association Treatment Center at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. One of the newer healthcare professionals at the clinic is Alair Altiero, PhD., who assists ALS families as the mental health clinician. Not only does Alair run the resource group at Hershey Medical Center, but she also oversees the group program for the entire Greater Philadelphia Chapter. In this podcast, Alair talks about her role and what it means to be a part of a long standing professional ALS clinic. To learn more about the work at Hershey Medical Center and to get involved in the ALS cause, visit www.alsphiladelphia.org 

Should you adopt a child with cleft lip or cleft palate. What is involved with this special need? Host Dawn Davenport interviews four medical specialist working with chidlren with cleft lip/palate:  Dr. Andrea Smith a dentist specializing in dental and facial Prosthetics, in fact  she is one of only 350 Maxillofacial Prosthodontists worldwide. She is also Clinical Director at Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic in Lancaster Penn.  We also have Dr. Thomas Samson Pediatric Plastic Surgeon at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Hi is co-director of the Penn State Hershey Craniofacial Clinic and the Penn State Hershey Vascular Anomalies Clinic. Abbie Ellis is a feeding specialist at the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic. And of course no show on cleft impairment would be complete without a speech therapist. We are pleased to have Maureen Rostolsky, she has her Masters in Speech Pathology and specializes in working with children with cleft lip and palate at the Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic. Blog summary of the show and highlights can be found here:   Blog summary of the show   Highlights   More Creating a Family resources on donor insemination can be found here. Support the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Dr. Cynthia Whitener, an infectious diseases specialist at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, talks about the various types of influenza, the importance of getting the flu vaccine, flu symptoms and treatment. Although this interview was recorded during the 2013-2014 flu season, it contains important information about the flu that will prove timely no matter when you listen to it. Learn more: Articles on flu and flu vaccine from the Penn State Hershey Health Information Library Flu-related information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The latest flu statistics from the Pennsylvania Department of Health Click on the Pod icon above or the direct download link below to hear the show. Right-click to save the file to your system.

Click on the Pod icon above or the direct download link below to hear the show. Right-click to save the file to your system. At least 28,000 men are expected to die from prostate cancer this year in the United States. There are no symptoms for early-stage prostate cancer, which makes screening very important. In this podcast, Dr. Jay Raman, associate professor of Urology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, talks about who should get tested and when. Learn more about prostate cancer from: Penn State Hershey’s Health Information Library National Cancer Institute Read more about Dr. Raman’s study regarding the role of the digital rectal exam in prostate cancer screening. Click on the Pod icon above or the direct download link below to hear the show. Right-click to save the file to your system.