Healthcare Insights

Thomas Reid is the co-founder of several for profit and nonprofit companies providing services for at-risk children and their families. He sits on several boards, including the board of directors of Lifeskills Foundation. He also works as a business development consultant, providing executive coaching, leadership development and helping owners to identify and achieve targets and goals. His book "T...

Chris is an associate professor of bioethics at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. We discuss issues related to research and ethical concerns and approaches with artificial intelligence.

Michael Soo joins once again to talk about the Endocannabinoid system and it's role in the human body.

Stacy Wentworth, MD is an Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist with a research interest in cancer survivorship. Read more about Stacy athttps://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/w/stacy-wentworth

Aimee Lischke, MD of the Gaudiani Clinic, talks about trends and issues around disordered eating and eating disorders. the Guadiani Clinic features medical providers committed to providing informed, inclusive, and compassionate care to patients/clients with eating disorders. See more at https://www.gaudianiclinic.com/team

Whole Health Partners focuses on metabolic health, chronic disease, and weight management through the lens of lifestyle medicine. Whole Health Partners is a women-owned, values-led lifestyle medicine and behavior change practice. Joining us this episode is Dr. Kate Queen, MD, Jenni Groves, MS, RD, LDN, and Kait Atkinson, MS, RD, LDN to talk about their approach to delivering health care to their p...

Jayvein is a student leader at Fayetteville State University where he is the founder of their NAMI campus affiliate. He is active in the community, his church, and shares his survivor story of resilience and mental health treatment for trauma and substance use. He is eager to support others in their recovery journey to whole person centered wellness. Jayvein has been educating agencies and communi...

Dr. Cykert is a Professor of Medicine at UNC-CH in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology. He was the founding director of the UNC School of Medicine Program on Health and Clinical Informatics. See more at https://sph.unc.edu/adv_profile/samuel-cykert-md/

Dr. Kritchevsky is an internationally known expert on nutritional influences that affect trajectories of health and disability in older adults, including vitamins, protein, energy balance, exercise and obesity, and has more than 450 peer-reviewed publications, Read more at https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/k/stephen-kritchevsky

Melicia is the Executive Director of the Council on Black Health. She is a scholar, researcher and community partner known for her expertise in public health leadership, health behavior interventions in racial/ethnic minority communities and program planning and evaluation. For over 20 years, Dr. Whitt-Glover has been engaged in research and evaluation projects designed to identify effective strat...

Dr. Vaughan has been a licensed physician since 1979. During the first third of her medical career, she practiced Emergency Medicine in Galax, VA, Lexington, NC, and Martinsville, VA. In 1991, she left the emergency room and opened the first urgent care ambulatory medical practice in Martinsville. This quickly expanded into a thriving holistic practice. She relocated this practice to Greensboro, N...

Stephanie is an Assistant Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Her research interests include Yoga, Mind-Body Therapies, Integrative Medicine, Self-Management, Health Psychology, and Cancer Survivorship. We talk about the upcoming RESPITE study. For more see: https://school.wakehealth.edu/faculty/s/stephanie-jean-sohl

Dr. Guzik is a neurologist and specialist in stroke care. We discuss the two main types of stroke, treatments, and prevention. Learn more about Dr. Guzik at https://www.wakehealth.edu/providers/g/amy-katherine-guzik

Joseph Aloi, MD is section chief for Endocrinology and Metabolism at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. We talk about the current state of diabetes in the US and latest in technology and treatments for managing diabetes. See more about Dr. Aloi at https://www.wakehealth.edu/providers/a/joseph-a-aloi

Donavan is the Social Services Supervisor for CSS Prevention and Intervention Services of Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. We talk about the services provided to the perpetrators of domestic violence. Learn more about Mecklenburg County Community Support Services at https://www.mecknc.gov/CommunitySupportServices/Pages/Home.aspx

Amanda Clark is a Health Educator and Lead for FROST - Forsyth Regional Opioid and Substance Use Team for the Forsyth County Department of Public Health in Winston Salem NC. See https://forsyth.cc/publichealth/frost.aspx for more information on Amanda and FROST. Also see https://www.ncdhhs.gov/opioid-and-substance-use-action-plan-data-dashboard for the opioid use dashboard mentioned in this episod...

Rev. Brown is the Community Health & Patient Referral Coordinator at Faith Health of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Community Engagement. Find out more about Faith Health at http://www.faithhealthnc.org

Summer is the President of Salem College in Winston-Salem. She is a prominent advocate for the education and advancement of women in Health Leadership, for the advancement of diversity, and for the power of educational innovation. She received the American College of Healthcare Executives Distinguished Faculty Regents Award in 2014, was named in 2015 one of the Top 50 U.S. Healthcare Management Pr...

Margaret “Maggie” Sauer is the Director of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Office of Rural Health.

Honey Yang Estrada, MPH, CHW is the President of the North Carolina Community Health Worker Association where she promotes education, networking and advocacy for the community health worker profession. Learn more about the NC Community Health Worker Association at http://ncchwa.org

Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon), DFSVS, Chief Executive Officer at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Dean at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer at Atrium Health Enterprise. As CEO and dean, she has the overall responsibility for the health system’s clinical, academic and innovation enterprises and its annual operating budget of $3 billion. Previously, F...

Dr. Miller is a retired Ob-Gyn. He practiced medicine for 40 years and taught PA and MD students. He is the namesake of the Joel Miller, MD Pro Humanitate Award.

Dr. Saner is a family Physician with strong interest in academic medicine and medical education. She is dedicated to providing evidence-based standard of care to all patients in full-spectrum primary care. Her interests include nutrition research and education, obesity medicine, preventative medicine and lifestyle management, complementary and integrative medicine.

Dr. Tinga practiced Obstetrics in eastern North Carolina for 40 years and delivered over 8000 babies. He talks about his training, the challenges with rural medicine, his experience with AHEC, and shares his insights on the joys and challenges of medical practice.

Dr. Joyner currently serves as the Director of Health Care Education and Innovation and the Executive Director of the Center for Experiential and Applied Learning (CEAL). CEAL serves as an institutional training center for students, (MD, PA, CRNA, Graduate), residents, faculty, nurses, allied health, community schools, and K-12 education. The Center specializes in simulation, ultrasound, human tis...