Down The Yellow Brick Road… A Journey With Your Pediatrician

Send us Fan Mail Sister Christine Mura is the face of St. Mary's Healthcare in Amsterdam NY for the Latino community, particularly the migrant farmworkers.  They are often hidden away, displaced from their homes, and relentlessly hardworking. This group of people in our community are the epitome of faith and the vulnerable population that we are honored to provide healthcare for. 

Send us Fan Mail As Marcia and I make our way back on the train to Albany from a fun filled Christmas in NYC day, we talk about how the holiday season sparks a feeling of traditions and giving.   We feel this in our own homes and in our second home... St Mary's Healthcare, which is particularly true in the labor and delivery unit.  Not only during the Christmas Season, but all year around, we...

Send us Fan Mail Mahvash MD and Mary MD are back to address this flu, RSV, and COVID season.  With more freedom and a lack of mask mandates, this holiday season is exciting yet much more stressful.  Health Advisories are all warning us about the illnesses that are hitting us hard and are sure to continue to do so this year. Let's talk about how to proceed with caution and stay hopeful, health...

Send us Fan Mail In honor of US Antibiotic Awareness Week I am here with Gabe Sasso, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at St. Mary's Healthcare.  He is here to educate us about appropriate antibiotic use and how to avoid misuse, so that our lifesaving antibiotics can be preserved for years to come.  Like anything, we can't take antibiotics for granted as they can only do so much. If we as a s...

Send us Fan Mail Carla is the Head athletic trainer of Amsterdam High School and she is back with us after wrapping up a hectic fall sports season.  School sports have immense benefits but we still have to remember not to overdo it.  Injury prevention, recognition, and appropriate treatment is crucial to keep our kids as healthy and safe as possible so they can reap the benefits of their sports. 

Send us Fan Mail When, how, and WHY?! Should we talk to our kids about sex? Do it early and do it patiently.  As the parent, you must take control of this cringeworthy topic.  In today's sexually explicit world of social media and quickly evolving behaviors and mentalities, if you are not going to talk to your kids, just remember they are hearing, seeing, and learning about it elsewhere.  Isn...

Send us Fan Mail  Dr. Heidi Gadoy, DO- OBGYN (and a specialist in women's cancers) is here to help us with everything related to puberty.  With her impressive background and experience, and her obvious passion and care for all patients, we have recorded an episode you don't want to miss. It doesn't start with puberty! Getting your kids comfortable with their bodies and answering the...

Send us Fan Mail In this delightfully fresh episode, Mary, MD and Mahvash, MD are presenting some interesting ideas and arguments about why people dress the way they do.  Do we dress according to culture, religion, society, expectations or our own personal self-expression? Perhaps it's everything but the real question is ... how do we define what dress terms mean like modesty and fashionable...

Send us Fan Mail Our back to school series continues with a discussion on the importance of a pre participation exam and what exactly it entails. 

Send us Fan Mail The importance of sports for kids' mental, physical and social well being. Carla Pasquarelli, Amsterdam High School's Head Athletic Trainer and I have a fun and interesting conversation about her experiences with a great group of kids. 

Send us Fan Mail Ashley and I are kicking off Season 4 here as we get ready for back to school with you.  Some of the hot topics on everyone's mind these days are how to keep your kids safe and healthy, bullying, and of course the stressors of co parenting in this modern world we live in. The back to school struggles are real but hopefully after listening to this you will realize you're...

Send us Fan Mail What are the challenges that Gen Z has been facing? Growing up in a world with increasing anxieties and fears, pressures of social media, split households, and now a pandemic.  How should these budding young adults deal with life today and how do they see life?  Jack is a bright and thoughtful young college athlete... a promising future leader for this generation.  He is here with...

Send us Fan Mail What are the challenges that Gen Z has been facing? Growing up in a world with increasing anxieties and fears, pressures of social media, split households, and now a pandemic.  How should these budding young adults deal with life today and how do they see life?  Jack is a bright and thoughtful young college athlete... a promising future leader for this generation.  He is here with...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Carla and I continue to talk about concussion management for a little while, but then we also get to know Carla a little bit more.  She talks about her background and experience as an athletic trainer and her exciting new role as Head Athletic Trainer of Amsterdam High School.   A native of Amsterdam, NY herself, Carla is very passionate about the community and her...

Send us Fan Mail Congratulations to Carla P, the new full time athletic trainer at Amsterdam High School.  This is episode 1 of many in the Carla series.  Carla has so much experience and knowledge to share about student athletes.  We are going to start with the important and misunderstood hot topic of Concussions in this two part series. 

Send us Fan Mail John Sumpter is the Assistant Director of the Creative Connections Clubhouse in Amsterdam, NY. "The Creative Connections Clubhouse offers a safe and welcoming alcohol and drug-free environment, where youth can stimulate the mind, develop life-enhancing skills, and create lasting positive relationships with others." (creativeconnectionsclubhouse.com) John shares with us h...

Send us Fan Mail Gabby is a Nurse Practitioner and Yogi and lucky for us she is also a yoga instructor.  In this episode she talks about the many wellness benefits of yoga and encourages and reminds us that it truly is for everyone. 

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Bob sheds some light on the emotional and psychological hit that society took during the COVID-19 pandemic and what steps we can take to start healing. 

Send us Fan Mail My conversation with Pastor Bob continues with more personal insight into how we feel and affirm each other to continue healing. 

Send us Fan Mail Chelsea is here to educate us on Antibiotic Stewardship, safe practices for antibiotic use and when it's appropriate to use one versus how to treat a viral illness.

Send us Fan Mail Chelsea continues with the discussion on Antibiotic stewardship, with more great information on virus treatment and prevention. 

Send us Fan Mail LP is a Pediatric Hospitalist and is sharing her experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic and the second wave's impact on children becoming sicker than last year.  She gives us some advice on how to stay safe and protect ourselves and our children.  She also gives us encouragement and motivation so we can stop feeling so divided and polarized at a time when we should stick toge...

Send us Fan Mail Mary, MD and Mahvash, MD get together again.  This time to educate about vaccine history, how vaccines came to be and how they work, including the recently developed COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. We also talk about the pathophysiology behind COVID-19 and how variants happen, broken down in simple language so that everybody has a fair chance to understand how things work. We provide some...

Send us Fan Mail Mary and I continue our conversation about the current mental health crisis.  We discuss how to help  prevent and treat our youth who are suffering from these issues. 

Send us Fan Mail Mary is a licensed clinical social worker.  We are talking today about the breakdown in mental health amongst our youth in today's world.