Wellness Checks

Bob Mason, MDiv is the executive director of Medical Strategic Network and director of spiritual care training in our residency program therefore he has been instrumental in teaching us how to provide spiritual care for patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Listen and learn how providing spiritual care can boost your wellness and combat against burnout

Maria Macias, MD shares from her heart her experience in promoting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in her journey to wellness and shares how vulnerability is an essential step to wellness. Listen and learn how she uses her creativity for her joy and brightens up the community around her.

Welcome to our first resident interview! We are interviewing Miguel Rodriguez who is one of our family medicine co residents/JEDI leader as well as Mawusi Kamassah who is an excellent medicine-anesthesia resident. Learn how they foster healthy relationships while in residency.

Dr. Lohr shares his perspective from his experience of working overseas as well doing administrative work and seeing patients. He demonstrates how expressing gratitude can carry us through challenging experiences. Jason Lohr, MD FAAFP, CTropMed, FACHE is the CEO at our SACHS clinic and has done work abroad in Honduras and Nigeria in addition to working as a family physician

Dr. Ngozi Ezinwa shares how she establishes priorities in her life in order to protect her wellness. She has a background in family, preventive, orthopedics, and global medicine and has done work for red cross and WHO. She demonstrates how to stay grounded while balancing work, personal life, and her Spirituality

In our interview with Dr. James Crounse, we receive insight on how going through painful experiences can become a way to bring healing to others and bring strength to us in our weakness. Dr. Crounse has done work overseas as well as administrative and clinical work within family and preventative medicine. Link to the blog mentioned in this episode below JamieandShallena.blogspot.com

Dr. Belliny Phaeton brings on a unique perspective of a med-peds physician practicing lifesytle medicine. She shares how the important it is to have creative outlets can be a joy and be a way to maintain wellness.

Dr. Hugo Leon shares with us in this episode how valuing humility can help protect our wellness. He has traveled the world and practiced in various settings and has a unique approach to medicine. He values the importance of promoting healthy lifestyle and spirituality when it comes to fostering wellness for ourselves and for those around us.

In this episode we have a wonderful discussion about wellness with Dr. Nadine Grace-Abraham aka the "Doc that Bakes". She is one of our newer faculty physicians who has recently experienced residency and is able to give us her unique perspective of becoming faculty right out of residency. She also bakes delicious goods Feel free to check out her Instagram baking page @thedocthatbakes

In this episode we are continuing our wellness discussion with Dr. Brenda Rea. She has expertise in family, preventative and lifestyle medicine as well as physical therapy and nutrition. She emphasizes the importance of how protecting our rest protects our wellness.

Join us as we chat with Dr. Ladue, one of our full spectrum family medicine core faculty mentors, as we discuss finding meaningful encounters within our work environment.

“Welcome to our first interview with Dr. Mai-Linh Tran and Dr. Ecler Jaqua! They are core faculty at Loma Linda’s Family Medicine program. Join us as we discuss their journey to leading the wellness committee for our program and how they seek balance as Family Medicine physicians.”

Welcome back to part 2 with our wellness faculty Dr. Mai-Linh Tran and Dr. Ecler Jaqua! The discussion is continued on this episode on how they seek balance as Family Medicine physicians

This episode is featuring Dr. Kelly Morton. She is the director of research for our family medicine program and also works for the school of behavioral health and comes with a unique perspective strategies for wellness

Welcome to Wellness Checks! This podcast is an avenue where physicians and healthcare professionals share how they stay well while working in a demanding field. Join Adwoa and Esther (family medicine residents) in this exploration of how to stay balanced in order to work and serve well. Whether you’re a resident, an attending, faculty member, or anyone interested in fostering wellness, this podcas...