Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry

On today's episode I am discussing the most recent guideline changes for colon cancer screening. This is a disease that kills over 50,000 people yearly with the sad fact that over 90% of cases could have been prevented. Find out today why colon cancer deaths are becoming a public health crisis, get a refresher on risk factors associated with colon cancer and ways you can get screened for colon can...

On today's episode I am discussing the most recent media story to hit the timeline about a dermatologist/cosmetic surgeon Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte. It is a story of two different issues, once about malpractice, the other about proper social media rules your physician should be following. Find out today why I was a little bit disappointed in my other physician colleagues regarding this story as wel...

Today's episode I am discussing the importance of cholesterol and why all your annual physicals include getting that tested. This topic is pretty long overdue seeing that we have talked about everything else that affects heart disease. Right in the beginning I am going to bring up some numbers that should have everyone in the lunch and learn community wondering if there numbers are something that...

Today's episode I discuss when and why I started on my path to serve my patients, my community and last but not least the Lunch and Learn Community. Over the past month I have attended to two very different conferences one focused on putting myself in the position to serve myself better and the other on how can I put my medical residents in the best position to succeed. Both had different agendas...

Today's episode is a discussion on which type of a physician is the best one to take care of you in the clinic setting. This week I was able to attend the American College of Internist conference for residency trainers and it hit home that I was truly assuming the role as an academic physician. There has always been discussion on the importance of the academic physician in healthcare and medical e...

Today's episode is a reflection of a great weekend at the Momentum in Medicine conference. I officially come back as a rejuvenated physician ready to take on the world again. As a former academy graduate it was amazing to see such the new class MMC18 cross the proverbial stage of entrepreneurship and freedom in this health industry. I honestly became so rejuvenated that I decided to make a pledge...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify Today's guest is Dr. Nicole Washington , a Board Certified Psychiatrist, best selling author & speaker. She is here to give the Lunch and Learn Community some much needed advice on the importance of seeing a psychiatrist, why finding one that fits is most important in the way of treatment and discuss why she ha...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify Sometimes a relationship that you thought was meant to be doesn't last and right before the breakup is official the other person decides to test the waters before they are officially allowed to. That is what is happening in the healthcare industry and what we see is more startling than many believe. Today on th...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify April is Autism Awareness month and since the diagnosis of my oldest daughter this has been one of the months that I truly look forward to in an effort to continue to shine light on a problem affecting the communities I care deeply for. On today's show we have my wife Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and CEO of Autism...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify Every now and then something across my desk, timeline or social media feed that confirms that I need to keep doing that best I can at promoting smart healthy choices & passing out factual health information because if I don't than a lot of people are going to be led down a terrible path in trying to stay as hea...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify A quick search for the term "Physician frustration" brings up a whole list of different websites trying to come the conclusion of why physicians seem more frustrated now more than ever. Unfortunately, in the community of physicians we tend not to tell the other colleagues our problems and when asked everyone se...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify One of my biggest pet peeves is the fact that the media throws every celebrity who enters inside a hospital on their final death bed with only "life support" keeping them around. Like clockwork once rapper Rick Ross was found unresponsive over the weekend the media went to work putting out headline after ridicu...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify It's the leading cause of death WORLDWIDE. Its will cost the US over 200 billion per year and that number is only going to go up. This month as we have our annual celebration of valentines day and the release of The Black Panther I wanted to make sure we end the note understanding just how important staying hea...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify Being uninformed is no longer an excuse in 2018. Sexual assault is front and center on our television sets, newspapers and right in front of our faces. We have prominent figures rightfully being taken down their pegs of fame because of these terrible acts. Women now march in huge numbers to get the point across...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify In medicine being able to accurately establish your diagnosis can be the difference between life or death. If I don't correctly diagnose my patient, then I eventually incorrectly give the wrong treatment and ultimately can cause harm which I may not have a second chance to correct. At a time where sexual assaul...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify Join the lunch and learn community - www.drpierresblog.com/joinlunchlearnpod It is normally exciting news to hear that a company such as Amazon is making a push into a new venture and in my case healthcare but unfortunately the news has brought on many more questions than answers and I believe shines a light on...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify Every year around this time I know you all get bombard with the TV commercials, your local pharmacies and your physicians all pleading with you to get your annual flu shot. For some of you (Approximately 40%) you heed the calling and get the flu vaccine and go about your merry way. Unfortunately, for the majori...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify 2018 is here and the podcast is  heading in an amazing direction. On this episode you are going to here what all we have in store for this year. We have been added to the directories of both iHeartRadio & Spotify and continue to look to expand every related to the podcast. Like always we like to thank all the l...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud , iHeartRadio , Spotify. 2017 is coming to a close I look to answer the question that many of you have at the end of the year when your New Year's resolution has come and gone & you gear up to tell yourself that next year is going to be different. We are going to take a look first at what was my crash and fail moment for 2017 and see...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud With my birthday coming up on the calendar I have decided to focus this week's podcast on all of the great & not so great things that have occurred over the year. Looking back at 2017 it would be an understatement to say that my life both professionally & personally is much different now than where I was this time last year.     Links...

Listen on   Apple Podcast , Google Play , Stitcher , Soundcloud New blood pressure guidelines have caused an uproar in the medical community. Some of the numbers are eye opening according to experts that estimate that approximately 25 million more people will be diagnosed with high blood pressure because of these recent guideline changes. This week's episode we have Dr. Watson Ducatel, a board cer...

2017 has been an absolutely amazing year  and I love to say that it all started in December of 2016 when I made four bold affirmations that have forever changed the course of my personal & professional career. In the office I run into patients all the time who make these bold statements about how they are going to change their life for the better, whether it be through losing weight, exercising mo...

Its the time of the year that as an outpatient physician I looked forward to and that was the open enrollment period. Before the Affordable Care Act(Obamacare) the United States had 44 million uninsured citizens in this country but with it that number has dropped to almost 28 million, dropping the number of uninsured residents to 10.4%. Cost has still been a problem in getting people to signup for...

A disease that affects 2.5 million worldwide usually doesn't get much fanfare but tell that to the 2.5 million affected. This week's topic is on Multiple Sclerosis, a immunological disorder that affects the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord & optic nerves. We will learn today just what exactly is Multiple Sclerosis, who gets affected and what are the signs & symptoms to look for.   ...

Every now and then we are going to have a podcast episodes that overlap both the personal coaching that I normally give regarding your health care along with some coaching for my entrepreneurs. Today I discuss just what even caused me to really be mindful of the fact that I can't do it all regardless of how hard I try. In medicine we rely on different specialities to help take care of the patient...