Prime Health Podcast

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Ryan Tomlins, a physician and founder of Summit Health. In a modern medical landscape where patients frequently feel dismissed or rushed out the door, Dr. Tomlins has completely redefined the standard clinical encounter by building an entire practice around listening first and treating second. He discusses why conventional...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Elliot Raj, the CEO of Muscle Delta Robotics. Stemming from his own corporate technology background and severe, unresolved musculoskeletal pain, Elliot spent over a decade automating and perfective a repeatable deep muscle therapy robot. He explains how advanced robotic technology acts as a non-invasive, precise tool to system...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Nurse Sherri Mack, a veteran registered nurse with 37 years of clinical experience in Boston’s premier teaching hospitals. After surviving a life-threatening, hospital-acquired bacterial infection that obliterated her gut microbiome and left her taking 18 daily pharmaceuticals for severe chronic pain, Sherri completely shifted...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Elisabeth Mack, MBA, BSN, BA, RN, the CEO and founder of Holistic Caring, The Green Nurse, and Bloom Hemp CBD. After spending over three decades in conventional healthcare—including twenty years navigating clinical operations and insurance sales—Elisabeth experienced a profound personal health transformation using plant therap...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Richard Chen, a veteran functional medicine physician and the founder of Focused Wellness. With thirty-two years of medical experience, Dr. Chen shares his profound shift from traditional, fast-paced family medicine to becoming a root-cause detective specializing in complex chronic illnesses, cognitive decline, and neurode...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Margaret Floyd Barry, a functional nutritionist, master restorative health practitioner, and the founder and CEO of Restorative Corporate Wellness. After completely reversing her own chronic, full-body eczema through functional health, Margaret dedicated her career to helping people solve complex, long-standing health issues....

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Nicole Payne (affectionately known as "Dr. Nikki"), a sports medicine physician, physiatrist, and the founder of Quiescence MedSpa. Dr. Payne shares how she flipped the standard med spa model on its head by marrying her thirty-year passion for spa spaces with her deep background in non-operative physical medicine and rehab...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Trent Nessler, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, sports biomechanist, and founder of The Athlete Lab. Dr. Nessler shares his incredible personal why—from rescuing his father after a paralyzing vacation accident to later helping him walk again after twenty-five years in a wheelchair. He pulls back the curtain on how he co-devel...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Michelle Pearlman, a board-certified gastroenterologist, obesity medicine specialist, and the co-founder of Prime Institute and Byte MD. Alongside her twin sister (a urologist and men's health expert), Dr. Pearlman transitioned from a rigid academic medical track into direct concierge care to escape the constraints of stan...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Tammy Penhollow, an osteopathic physician, board-certified anesthesiologist, and interventional pain specialist who founded Precision Regenerative Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Penhollow shares her transition away from traditional pain management in 2015 after realizing that masking symptoms with steroids was actual...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Alexander Dydyk, a multi-board-certified interventional pain physician and founder of Three Pillars of Health. Navigating a heavily procedural field, Dr. Dydyk realized that traditional healthcare often focuses purely on short-term symptom suppression rather than long-term human development. To bridge this gap, he designed...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Craig Duggan, a physical therapist, athletic trainer, and founder of Precision Biomechanics and Sports Performance LLC. Dr. Duggan shares his personal journey of separating his elbow growth plate at twelve years old, an experience that ignited his lifelong passion for sports rehabilitation. Based in North Carolina, his cli...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews healthcare entrepreneur Seth Berge, the founder of Regenerative Revival and Precision Biologics. Seth operates at a rare intersection of nationwide consumer care and provider education, managing a direct-to-consumer concierge network across all 50 states alongside a major biologics manufacturing and distribution operation. Pul...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Emily Andrews, a Doctor of Physical Therapy practicing out of Ellensburg, Washington. Dr. Andrews shares her refreshing clinical philosophy of treating every patient—from a daycare worker to an aircraft machinist—as an "industrial athlete" by evaluating the unique physical demands of their daily lives. Recognizing severe g...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Joey Scambia, a board-certified sports physical therapy specialist and the founder of Renaissance PT and Performance. Dr. Scambia reveals his deeply personal transition from playing Division 1 collegiate baseball to becoming an elite clinician after a career-ending back injury exposed major gaps in traditional rehabilitati...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Julia Holden, a functional medicine-certified health coach and personal trainer, and founder of Holden Lifestyle Health. After leaving a decade-long career in corporate healthcare marketing, Julia transitioned to functional medicine health coaching to help people achieve optimal health without feeling forced into restrictive d...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Ramon De La Puerta, the CEO and founder of Z-lounge Regenerative Medicine. With a background as an MD and a doctorate in Chinese Medicine, Dr. Ramon transitioned from aesthetic medicine to the cutting edge of stem cell therapy after seeing life-changing results in orthopedic recovery. He cuts through the "noise" and hype o...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Jason Itri, a diagnostic radiologist and the founder of Longevity Health Clinic. After navigating his own health scares and burnout within academic medicine, Dr. Itri realized that traditional medical training often overlooks the most impactful interventions: lifestyle, nutrition, and stress management. He discusses his ra...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Sally Mueller, the co-founder and CEO of Womaness. After a successful 25-year career as an executive at Target, Sally pivoted into entrepreneurship. When she began experiencing low libido, anxiety, and sleep issues, she assumed it was just stress—only to discover she was navigating the complex, highly under-discussed symptoms...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Chase Banks, the CEO and founder of Finish First Chiropractic + Wellness. Originally aspiring to be an anesthesiologist before pivoting away from the OR, Dr. Banks built a 17-year career acting as a professional health advocate for his patients. He discusses his transition from sports nutrition to comprehensive functional...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Larissa Assam, a board-certified family medicine physician and the founder of RopheMD. Most doctors wait years to open a private practice, but Dr. Assam took the leap straight out of residency—debt-free and with almost no savings. She shares her incredible origin story, from witnessing a medical miracle in her childhood to...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Erik Lundquist, former Navy battalion surgeon and founder of the Temecula Center for Integrative Medicine. After growing disillusioned with the conventional medical model of simply masking symptoms with prescriptions, Dr. Lundquist shifted his focus to root-cause healing and comprehensive lifestyle medicine. He explains wh...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Laura Fralich, a board-certified sports medicine and family medicine physician, and founder of Northwest Sports and Exercise Medicine in Spokane, Washington. With a background as a collegiate athlete, high school teacher, and hotshot wildland firefighter, Dr. Fralich brings a unique perspective to patient care. Key Takeawa...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Leah Houston, an emergency physician who practiced across the US for ten years before founding Evercred. After navigating the broken credentialing system across 11 different health systems, Dr. Houston realized that inefficient administrative processes were delaying patient care and extracting value from suffering patients...

In this episode of the Prime Health Podcast, Dr. Derek Baron interviews Dr. Emily Roedersheimer, a former family practice physician and the founder of Balanced Living Functional Medicine. After suffering from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since age 10 and relying on strong immunosuppressants for most of her adult life, Dr. Emily discovered functional medicine, became her own first patient, and com...