The Wound-Dresser

Season 2, Episode 5: Haley Beach is a physician assistant in Rapid City, South Dakota. Listen to Haley discuss the structure of P.A. education, the Optimal Team Practice movement and the brokenness in our healthcare system.

Season 2, Episode 4: Dr. Marni Chanoff is an integrative psychiatrist in Boston, Massachusetts. Listen to Marni discuss the core principles of Ayurveda,  the migration of mental health resources to virtual platforms, and ongoing research in nutritional psychiatry. See below for more information regarding Dr. Chanoff's new integrative health platform, Joy in Health: Marni Chanoff, MD Founder o...

Season 2, Episode 3: Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona is an attending physician at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine and the Executive Director of Coyote Institute. Listen to Lewis talk about the healing power of stories and how indigenous philosophy can help improve our healthcare system.

Season 2, Episode 2: Dr. Elizabeth Cerceo is a hospitalist at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ. Listen to Lisa talk about factors that lead to physician burnout, the effects of climate change on our health and what she views as the most pressing problem in healthcare: complacency. 

Season 2, Episode 1: Janet Lau is a clinical outpatient dietician in New York City. Listen to Janet discuss how to build a healthy relationship with food and obstacles that prevent her patients from having a balanced diet.

Season 1, Episode 19: Anjali Shah is an acute physical therapist at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. Listen to Anjali discuss the interdisciplinary approach to critically ill patients and the experience of working with patients who have uncertain prognoses. 

Season 1, Episode 18: Nilay Patel is a third-year medical student at the University of Tennessee. Listen to Nilay discuss the shortage of primary care physicians and the electronic medical record.

Season 1, Episode 17: Emily Herzlin is a mind-body instructor with Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. Listen to Emily discuss mindfulness in a clinical setting and her Jewish faith.

Season 1, Episode 16: Dr. Shawn Tepper-Levine is an osteopathic physician practicing in Princeton, NJ. Listen to Shawn talk about the experiential nature of osteopathy and the health that resides within us all.

Season 1, Episode 15: Mavis Seehaus is a social worker at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Listen to Mavis discuss how Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act have sought to make healthcare more accessible.

Season 1, Episode 14: Dr. Chiti Parikh is an integrative medicine physician at New York Presbyterian – Weill Cornell Medical Center. Listen to Chiti talk about the types of patients who seek out integrative care and the importance of spirituality in medicine.

Season 1, Episode 13: Sarah Kelly is a registered nurse at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. Listen to Sarah talk about working with difficult patients and navigating the COVID-19 crisis.

Season 1, Episode 12: Noah Masika is a strategy and analytics consultant with HighPoint Solutions, an IQVIA Company. Listen to Noah talk about drug development and the incentives driving the pharmaceutical industry.

Season 1, Episode 11: Dr. Giorgios Bis is a radiology fellow at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Listen to George talk about interventional radiology and his Greek heritage.

Season 1, Episode 10: Dr. Alice Chen is a physiatrist at Hospital for Special Surgery in Stamford, CT. Listen to Alice talk about acupuncture and the holistic nature of pain.

Season 1, Episode 9: Marisa Polonsky is an administrative fellow with Kaiser Permanente in southern California. Listen to Marisa talk about how KP is addressing COVID-19 and rethinking healthcare as a whole.

Season 1, Episode 8: Aristotle Mannan is a healthcare innovator from Boston, MA. Listen to Aristotle talk about community based organizations, Medicaid and how his company bosWell is using data to optimize healthcare

Season 1, Episode 7: Dr. Ethan Tarasov is a retired radiologist from central New Jersey. Listen to Ethan talk about the evolution of imaging during his career and the musical compositions that have been his focus since retiring from medicine. See soundingseamusic.com to check out his work!

Season 1, Episode 6 : Msgr. Greg Malovetz is the pastor of St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church in Montgomery, NJ. Listen to Greg discuss the connection between our spirits and medicine and his experiences providing spiritual care to the sick and dying.

Season 1, Episode 5: Jordan Morningstar is a MD-PHD Candidate at the Medical University of South Carolina. Listen to Jordan discuss the process of medical research and his own personal experiences researching biomarkers of cardio-metabolic disease.

Season 1, Episode 4: Dr. Neil Khanna is a fourth year emergency medicine resident in the University of Michigan's Healthcare System. Listen to Neil talk about the fast pace of emergency medicine and appropriate techniques for delivering bad news to patients' families.

Season 1, Episode 3: Dr. Anthony Dragun is a radiation oncologist with Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey. Listen to Anthony discuss the history of radiation oncology and the emotional side of treating cancer patients.

Season 1, Episode 2: Dr. Michael Neri is a practicing primary care physician with Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, California. Listen to Michael talk about his path into medicine and how Kaiser Permanente uses a different approach for healthcare on the West Coast. 

Season 1, Episode 1: Dr. Frank Pollio is a retired internist and geriatrician from Blacksburg, Virginia. Listen to Frank talk about his experiences serving older patients and his thoughts about the aging process.