Healthcare Insights

Eric is a leading expert in the relationships between literature and psychology. He is the author of several books, he is an English professor at Wake Forest University. podcast show host, father, athlete, and aspiring painter.

Dr. Richardson is the CEO and clinical director for Integrated Care of Greater Hickory. We talk about the integrated approach to recovery from depression, anxiety, trauma, and addiction.

Eric Mathis, coordinator for the Miracle Grounds Network and Meribeth Robinson, family therapist and executive director triad Crossnore School and Children's Home talk about experiential learning in healing, building resilience and strength, and growing healthy communities in a foster home and alternative school setting. More about crossnore can be found at https://crossnore.org and Eric's TEDx ta...

Sarah is the Prioress of The Foundry House, an intentional community on the campus of Crossnore School & Children’s Home in Winston-Salem, NC. There, she helps cultivate community among young adults of diverse backgrounds in a context committed to reconciliation, food justice, and trauma-informed approaches. She is also a volunteer with the Twin City Harm Reduction Collective.

Joy is the Director of Advancement for the YWCA or Winston-Salem where the mission is empowering women and eliminating racism. Learn more about the YWCA at http://www.ywcaws.org/

Keith is a PA and Program Director of FaithHealth Clinical Ministries at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Learn more about FaithHealth at https://faithhealthnc.org/

Julia is the Executive Director at Green Nest, a non-profit that provides home furnishings at low cost to formerly homeless families and individuals in Winston-Salem. https://www.greenestws.org/

Grace and Cary are film makers, photographers, marketers at GeoCore Creative. They live in Thomasville, NC and are very involved in community-based efforts to grow the availability and awareness of food and recreation resources, and for sustainable economic growth in Davidson County.

Randy Jordan is the Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Association of Free & Charitable Clinics which represents over 80 free clinics across the state of North Carolina providing healthcare services to the under served and helping to grow the capacity of access and quality of healthcare for those who cannot afford health insurance.

Amy is a pharmacist and the Executive Director of Healing Seekers and the CEO of Natural Discoveries. She travels the world visiting remote tribes in search of natural remedies and compounds to treat and cure diseases. She is the author of "And the Silent Spoke" winner of the 2019 Gold Award from the Nonfiction Authors Association. The book is available now on Amazon.

Dr. Atala is the Chair of Urology and the Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. We talk about personalized medicine as it relates to regenerating organs and tissues for transplantation.

Gail Marion is a professor in Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is also a Physician Assistant and a researcher in the primary care setting. We talk about case management, social determinants, and resilience.

Stephen is an emergency department physician at Wake forest Baptist Health and adjunct faculty at wake Forest School of Medicine. He serves on the front lines of healthcare in the emergency room and teaches wilderness emergency first aid.

The Full Toomy returns to the podcast and revisits the TASK tools from his book "TASK: Performance Based Communication" as it applies to healthcare and everyday communication. You can purchase task on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/TASK-Performance-Communication-Thomas-Reid/dp/1792161018/

Dr. Ard is a weight management specialist at Wake Forest Baptist Health. We discuss the myriad of issues involved in treating obesity in a clinical setting. More about Dr. Ard can be found here: https://www.wakehealth.edu/Providers/A/Jamy-Ard

Julie is a Pharmacist and Professor of Family Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. We discuss approaches to treatments for diabetes, hypertension, and opioid use disorder.

Nigel is a motivational speaker, trainer and columnist. He serves as the Executive Director, North Carolina Black Repertory (produces the bi-annual National Black Theatre Festival), is a Dale Carnegie Trainer, and served as interim Director of Forsyth County Department of Social Services. He is active in the community and an all around great human!

Jenifer is the Vice President, Value-Based Care and Population Health at Wake Forest Baptist Health. In this episode we talk about the transition from fee for service to the value-based model and how that translates into the community and population health.

Jeff "Smitty" Smith is a community connector, social influencer, builder of social capital, and founder of the original social network "Smitty's Notes" highlighting events and happenings in the Triad area way before the rise of Facebook, twitter, etc. He has served on many non-profit boards, voluteers much of his time and energy working with community organizations, and is just an all around great...

Claudette is an event manager at Weston & Associates and is a long time community volunteer in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County and surrounding areas. She is the recipient of the Winston Salem Foundation Volunteer award and the Duke Energy award for excellence in the community. She also loves Van Halen and Bruno Mars.

Dr. Cassidy-Vu and I talk about challenges in primary care, women in medicine, work-life balance and other issues in family medicine.

Dr. Hill is the Director of the Center of Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Learning at Wake Forest School of Medicine. We talk about the inquiry based learning model and its effects on teaching and learning for the 21st century workforce.

Tom has been working with At-Risk Youth and their families since 1989 in both residential and community-based services. He received his MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2000. Mr. Reid worked for the OPC Area Program for eight years, specializing in crisis management, hospital diversion, and community integration for clients at risk of hospitalization. Mr. Reid has extensive experience in group therapy...

Greg talks about cancer research, teaching biochemistry concepts in medicine, new drugs discovery, the role of nature in research and drug development, and much more.

Dr. Skelton of Brenner F.I.T. (Families in Training) talks about childhood obesity prevention, culinary medicine, and the complexity of solving the issues of poor lifestyle habits with regard to activity and nutrition.