Save Your Thyroid with Jennifer Holkem

Today, I have the pleasure of reintroducing a previous guest on the podcast, Dr. Angela Mazza: An integrative endocrinologist practicing in Oviedo, Florida. She is triple board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Internal Medicine, and Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine. A pivotal moment in her career was realizing that traditional medicine often missed the nuances of thyroid co...

Today, I have the pleasure of bringing you an in-person episode with Dr. Luisa Leal and Dr. John Interlandi of New Horizon Diabetes Clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. Originally from Columbia, Dr. Leal opened the doors to her practice in 2016, offering the local Spanish-speaking population access to a bilingual specialist in state-of-the-art diabetes care. Dr. John Interlandi, a formerly retired endo...

Today’s guest is Dr. Christopher Fox, a board-certified endocrinologist practicing in Superior, Colorado endocrinologist. He has practiced in the Boulder area since 2003. He has a longstanding interest in helping people with all types of thyroid disease, including thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. Over the past few years, he has developed a passion for combining endocrine science, psychology, pe...

Today’s guest is Dr. Priya Khanijou Shah, an endocrinologist practicing in Orange, California. Dr. Shah has achieved the nationally recognized distinction of Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasonography. She currently holds a position on the board of directors for the Clinical Association of California Endocrinologists (CACE) and is a program co-chair for the Hot Topics in Primary Care Series,...

In this BONUS segment, Dr. Giovanni Mauri answers questions directly from patients in the Save Your Thyroid FB community. Today’s guest is Dr. Giovanni Mauri, an Interventional Radiologist at the European Institute of Oncology, where his practice is dedicated to minimally invasive treatments in oncologic patients. He is Board Certified in Radiology and an active member of the European society of i...

Today’s guest is Dr. Giovanni Mauri, an Interventional Radiologist at the European Institute of Oncology, where his practice is dedicated to minimally invasive treatments in oncologic patients. He is Board Certified in Radiology and an active member of the European society of interventional radiology. In 2018 he founded the Minimally-Invasive Treatment of the Thyroid (MITT) group, and in 2021, he...

In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of chatting with my good friend and mentor, Gary Bloom. Gary is the executive director of the nonprofit organization ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors Association, which he founded in 1995 after his own battle with thyroid cancer. In today’s conversation, we’re going to talk all about ThyCa’s upcoming annual conference, and how my patient organization, Save Yo...

Today’s guest is Dr. Ryan Neilan, an otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon practicing in Houston, Texas. He is the Chairman of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Division at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center. He has been honored as a Vitals “Top 10 Doctor” and received both the “Patients’ Choice Award” and the “Compassionate Doctor Recognition.” His peers have repeatedly selecte...

In this episode, I give details about why I've been on hiatus for the past 4 months, what I've learned during that time, and some big changes that are coming soon! Disclaimer: None of the statements made in this or any other video by "Its me Jen again" should be considered medical advice.👉Find a thyroid thermal ablation provider:https://www.saveyourthyroid.org/👉Join our FB comm...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 3/1/23. "Current Events" videos are a quick, informal way for me to update you  on what's going on in and around the Save Your Thyroid community. Today,  I'm updating you on several new ways to stay connected w...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe Today’s guest is Dr. Vaninder Dhillon, an assistant professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, practicing in Bethesda, Maryland. She is dual fellowship trained with expertise in thyroid and parathyroid surgery and radiofr...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe Dr. Alireza Falahati is Board certified, Mayo Clinic trained  endocrinologist who has been managing a wide variety of thyroid  disorders including thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer for over 20  years. He was extensively trained by some of the world leaders in th...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe Dr Jagdish Dhingra has been in practice at ENT Specialists Inc. for the last 20 years. For the last 10 years he has focused his practice on diseases of thyroid and parathyroid glands. He has performed over 3000 office-based ultrasound-guided procedures on the thyroid gland. For...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe Dr. Emad Kandil is a highly ranked endocrine surgeon with a passion for helping patients shrink thyroid nodules and cancers using radiofrequency ablation, a nonsurgical, thyroid-sparing technique. Dr. Kandil is the Chief of General, Endocrine and Oncological Surgery at Tulane U...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 10/25/22. Today, I'm joined by Dr. Shahzad Ahmad and Dr. Jules Aljammal of Thyroid  Clinic Utah to discuss a new use for thyroid RFA: Treating metastatic lymph nodes in thyroid cancer recurrences! This is an exciting option...

This video was originally published on YouTube on 10/18/22. In today's video, you'll meet a highly ranked endocrine surgeon with a passion for thyroid RFA. We'll talk with Dr. Emad Kandil about his  experience with thyroid radiofrequency ablation. Dr. Kandil is the Chief of General, Endocrine and Oncological Surgery at  Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Lousianna. Since &n...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 10/11/22. Today, you'll meet a physician who is both saving thyroids and training doctors in Antalya, Turkey. As an Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Bulent  Cekic treats parts of the body. He has a high volume of experience...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 9/20/22. Earlier this year, Dr. Steve Bomeli and I met at an RFA physician training at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. He is now offering  this procedure at his practice in Atlanta, Georgia and his patients are  ...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 9/18/22. Em is a patient who underwent RFA treatment for papillary thyroid  cancer. This interview was recorded to be presented as part of a session  at the 2022 ThyCa Virtual Conference. Em's provider: Dr. Yucel Korku...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 9/13/22. On my recent trip to Texas, I had the opportunity to catch up with Dr.  Bridget Brady, a provider of Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation in Austin.    Watch the full interview with Dr. John Sabra: https://www...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 9/12/22. On my recent trip to Texas, I had the opportunity to catch up with Dr.  John Sabra, a provider of Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation in Austin.    Watch the full interview with Dr. Bridget Brady here: https:...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 9/6/22. On my recent trip to Texas, I had the opportunity to catch up with Dr. Jonathan Leffert, a new provider of Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation in Dallas, TX.    Watch the rest of my chicken RFA here: https://www.yo...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 8/30/22. Becki underwent percutaneous laser ablation treatment to shrink her largest thyroid nodule. Newly available in the United States, laser ablation shrinks thyroid nodules without surgery. Because of this heat based, NONSU...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 5/31/22. In addition to being prepared for RFA through many years of experience  with ultrasound and fine needle aspirations, Dr. Saka Kazeem also  participated in RFA training in both Italy and Brazil. He offers a gre...

Please subscribe to this podcast and support my advocacy: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsmejenagain/subscribe This video was originally published on YouTube on 5/24/22. After struggling with his own thyroid problem, Dr. Iftikhar Malik grew very passionate about helping patients with their thyroid health. He is  one of a select few physicians in the United States offering 3 differe...