Well Said

Well Said has invited Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, Senior Vice-President of Family Medicine for Northwell Health and the Inaugural Professor and Chair of Family Medicine at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to talk about the record-setting winter temperatures, unprecedented increases in storms and hurricanes and hotter summer that all encompass Climate […]

Well Said has invited Dr. Amar Shah, Chief of the division of Cardiac Imaging in the department of Radiology at Northwell Health, and an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss how doctors can look at the heart in new ways using CT scanners, making […]

Well Said has invited Dr. David Podwall, a board-certified neurologist, President of the Nassau County Medical Society and an Assistant Professor here at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about how access to medical care and treatment has become a topic of importance as both patients and health systems encounter financial, […]

Well Said has invited Dr. Teresa Amato, Director of Emergency Medicine and Vice President of Resource Management at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital to talk about the variety and severity animal bites and stings and how to avoid, identify and treat them.

Well Said has invited Dr. Jamie Kane, Chief of Obesity Medicine and Director of the Center for Weight Management at Northwell Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to talk about the recent rise in obesity and in our country and what weight loss drugs […]

Well Said has invited Dr. Sanjeev Kothare, Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where he also serves as a Senior Epileptologist and Co-Director of the Pediatric Sleep Program. Dr. Kothare is also the Director of the Pediatric Neurology Service Line for Northwell Health and a Professor of Pediatrics & […]

Speaking with us on Well Said is Dr. Banu Aygun, a Pediatric Hematologist, Oncologist and Professor of Pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She also serves as the Associate Chief of Hematology at Cohen’s Children’s Hospital and the Section Head of Sickle Cell Disease at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. […]

Well Said has invited Dr. Karina Davidson, Senior Vice President of Research for Northwell Health and Director of the Institute of Health System Science at The Feinstein Institutes and Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to assist us in understanding how to digest the reports and headlines discussing epidemiologic trends and […]

Well Said has invited Dr. Avy Ronay, a Pediatric Neurologist who leads Northwell Health’s pediatric concussion program and Lead Clinical Strategist for remote Physiological Monitoring, Communications, Digital Health and Sensors for Northwell to talk about how to use the information from self-tracking to live healthier, better lives.

Well Said has invited Dr. Jamie Ghigiarelli, a Professor in the Department of Allied Health and Kinesiology at Hofstra University, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Performance Sports Scientist, to talk about how new research suggests that strength training such as weightlifting may play a crucial and previously neglected role in promoting cardiovascular […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Paul Desan, Director of the Psychiatric Consultation Service for Yale New Haven Hospital, Associate Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he leads the Winter Depression Research Clinic and co-founder of Pursuit of Happiness Project, a nonprofit, data-driven enterprise that provides science-based information on life skills […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Steven Fishbane, Vice President of Northwell Health’s Network Dialysis Services, Chief of Kidney Disease and Hypertension for Northwell Health and Professor at the Institute of Health System Science at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Fishbane […]

Well Said has invited Dr. Amgad Makaryus, Chairman of Cardiology at Nassau University Medical Center and Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to help us better understand how diabetes and cardiovascular disease relate to one another. We will also learn how this understanding is a vital step toward affording healthier lives for […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Mark Talamini, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Northwell Health Physician Partners, Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal Surgical Endoscopy and the President of the Foundation for Surgical Fellowships. He will be talking about Natural Orifice Surgery, a kind […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Lyndonna Marrast, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Science Education at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, as well as a practicing primary care physician and children’s book author. She will be discussing the ways that our relationships can impact our health and the importance of […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Eugenia Gianos, Professor of Cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, System Director for Cardiovascular Prevention with Northwell Health and Director of both the Women’s Heart Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and the Western Region for the Katz Institute Women’s Heart Program. She […]

Joining us on Well Said is Ms. Candice Halinski, a nurse practitioner who specializes in the care of patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for Northwell Health Ambulatory Care and an Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She will be talking about how […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Randi Goldman, a gynecologist specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility or REI, program director for the Northwell Health fellowship training program in REI and assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell. Today we will be talking about the many advances in […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Alessandro Di Rocco, System Director for Neurology, Parkinson’s, and Movement Disorders at Northwell Health and Professor of Neurology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to shed some light on exactly what is Parkinson’s Disease? And what treatments are available to the patients it […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Kimia Pourrezaei and Mr. Greg Mendoza. Dr. Pourrezaei is the Medical Director for the Psychedelic Program and the Early Treatment Program at Lenox Hill Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Mr. Mendoza is a Senior Social Worker with […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Marcalee Alexander and Dr. Marc Futernick. Dr. Marcalee Alexander is the Founder and President of Sustain Our Abilities, an NGO focused on environmental justice for persons with disabilities, a clinical professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and Editor-In-Chief […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Catherine Weinberg. Dr. Director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Northwell Health, Director of High-Risk Cardiovascular Obstetrics at Lenox Hill Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Cardiology at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to educate us on adults living with congenital heart disease. As techniques for evaluating […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jeremy Nobel and Ms. Maxine Carrington. Dr. Nobel is an internist and President of The Foundation for Art & Healing and Project UnLonely, and Maxine Carrington is Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for Northwell Health. They will be shedding light on how loneliness can be a […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Mitchell Weinberg, Chair of Cardiology at Staten Island University Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss Peripheral Artery Disease – a common, although often serious condition in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the […]

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Bushra Mina, Program Director of Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship with Northwell Health and Associate Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to discuss how Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, also known as “COPD” is believed to be largely underdiagnosed and, even still, has been linked to […]