Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Dr. Neera K. Dahl, MD, PhD, a leading nephrologist at Yale School of Medicine who specializes in diagnosing and treating kidney ailments and genetic kidney disorders such as ADPKD, shares important information on ADPKD and living with the condition. She also helps educate patients on how accepting their diagnosis and learning to manage their symptoms can help them take charge of their life with ADPKD. Dr. Neera Dahl, here on behalf of Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

This November during Prematurity Awareness Month, Michelle Johnson with Abbott talks about human milk fortifiers that are added to breast milk to provide additional calories and essential nutrients.

Dr. Darla Liles, Hematologist/Oncologist at East Carolina University and sickle cell patient Majara (who participated in the SUSTAIN clinical trial) discuss the unique challenges facing sickle cell patients, including the impact of sickle cell pain crises. They’ll also discuss the latest FDA-approved treatment, Adakveo® (crizanlizumab-tmca) for use in people 16 years of age and older, and how it may help reduce those painful episodes and potentially life-threatening complications.

Returning guest, Brad Bostic, chairman, and CEO of hc1, the bioinformatics leader in precision testing and prescribing, discusses the collaboration between hc1 and Quest Diagnostics, the largest provider of lab testing in the U.S. He also talks about the current challenges health systems face in improving the quality and cost-efficiency of their lab management strategies, how a streamlined test utilization or lab stewardship program results in better patient care and overall health outcomes, and the impact a solid lab stewardship program will have on millions of patients.

Joanna Molke, Marketing Director at Sermo, discusses democratizing data across private and public platforms so many industries like pharma might benefit. Sermo's closed physician-only social media platform has helped doctors solve cases – showing the start of unlocking the power of data. Sermo has over 800,000 verified doctors spanning over 150 countries.

Dr. Kirk Shepard, CMO, SVP, & Head of Global Medical Affairs, Oncology Business Group at Eisai Inc, discusses the final study results from the KEYNOTE-146/Study 111 presented at the 2019 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, evaluating KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) plus LENVIMA (lenvatinib) combination for the treatment of advanced endometrial cancer. Merck and Eisai known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, are in collaboration for the worldwide co-development and co-commercialization of LENVIMA.

Returning guests, Christina Korines, a Parkinson's patient, and President and CEO of the Parkinson's Foundation John Lehr, discuss a new awareness campaign called "Newly Diagnosed: Building a Better Life with Parkinson's Disease" The campaign strives to arm the newly diagnosed with the knowledge, tools, and resources they need as they begin their own personal journey with PD.

Dr. Chris Airriess, CEO of CorTechs Labs, a leading breakthrough medical device software solutions company that offers cutting edge brain imaging analysis, discusses the changing landscape of neuroimaging and the software/data analytics created to optimize it and aid efficient, more accurate diagnoses especially with Alzheimer's and MS.

Dr. Jack Pottle, Chief Medical Officer of Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS), a multi-award-winning virtual reality simulation company dedicated to optimizing patient care through enhanced healthcare education with VR headsets and OMS software, discusses the company and its latest technology presented at the 2019 American College of Emergency Physicians conference.

Dr. Rohit Varma, Director of the Southern California Eye Institute at CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, discusses his commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association regarding the surgical management of primary angle-closure disease.

Lead study investigator Dr. Bruce Sands, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai, New York discusses Janssen's announcement of their new two-year data from the long-term extension of the Phase 3 UNIFI study of STELARA® (ustekinumab) that demonstrated long term efficacy and safety in adult patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. This was presented as late-breaking data at the 27th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) congress.

Dr. Heidi Godoy discusses what it means to have ovarian cancer, the latest in treatment options for recurrent ovarian cancer and how they work. She encourages women with recurrent ovarian cancer to have a conversation with their physician about treatment options. She is joined by Anna, a woman living with recurrent ovarian cancer who will share her experience with this disease.

Dr. Elizabeth Cherot talks about advances in opioid alternatives, shares what she’s doing to help her patients and encourages women to speak with their doctor about effective non-opioid options to manage pain after surgery including C-sections.

Ed Sandrick, Director of the Veterans Channel for Humana, shares helpful information for veterans to better understand how a Medicare Advantage plan can help round out the coverage provided by VA benefits, allowing veterans to maximize their health benefits and ensure they have the right health Medicare plan in place come January 1.

Dr. Phyllis Zee, discusses the results of the "How America Sleeps and Wakes" survey conducted by The Harris Poll and sponsored by Eisai Inc., that evaluated the perceptions of insomnia patients and household cohabitants regarding the burden of insomnia and sleep difficulties on having a good day.

Rich Purcell, Senior VP of Research & Drug Development at Generex Biotechnology, discusses the NuGenerex MSO (managed services organization) model, areas of healthcare where strategic improvements can make a significant impact, gaps within traditional MSOs and specialties where new models can work best, and how drug discovery and development can be accelerated with revenue-generating business models.

Berndt Modig, CEO, and Dr. Jochen Knolle, CSO, discuss Pharvaris, a clinical-stage company focused on developing oral therapies for hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients. Hereditary angioedema is a rare and potentially life-threatening genetic condition with incidence between 1 in 10,000 and 1 in 50,000 people. Current therapies are limited by invasive routes of drug administration (injection or infusion), inconvenient dosing regimens, or undesired side effects.

Returning guest Bill Rancic is joined by his wife Giuliana to discuss Giuliana’s experience with cancer and how Bill’s role as a caregiver served as the impetus for them to partner with Astellas Oncology on the C3 Prize (Changing Cancer Care), an annual competition to identify creative ideas to improve the lives of people touched by cancer. They discuss the winners and how the grants (totaling $200K) and resources (professional TEDMED Coaching) will be used to bring the ideas to life and they talk about their latest projects. Bill Rancic is a businessman and TV personality who rose to fame after winning the first season of The Apprentice. He is a published author and motivational speaker covering the subject of entrepreneurship and business. Bill’s New York Times best-selling book, You’re Hired: How to Succeed in Business and Life chronicles Bill’s successful career, experience and proven advice. Bill acted as a caregiver for his wife, Giuliana, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, and is excited to join

Young MDs getting into the field are expressing more and more interest in their job options, including the role of chief medical informatics officer, according to Benjamin Kanter, MD, CMIO of Vocera. That may be the result of daily stories on clinician burnout, or the exciting digital transformation happening in healthcare. Dr. Kanter joins us today to discuss his journey from practicing physician to CMIO. He often consults with medical students about merging their passions for IT and medical school. Often, such students only hear about traditional physician roles – and never about physicians as administrators, or physicians as tech innovators. Dr. Kanter believes that has to change. The Vocera Smartbadge helps care teams respond with agility and stay close to patients at the point of care. Make and answer calls hands-free.

Many forms of power; only one that comes from within-personal power. Kemi will share the benefits of personal power & the positive power this brings. Kemi Nekvapil an executive and personal coach, speaker and author, Kemi has worked in the wellness industry for more than 20 years. Having studied leadership and purpose at The Gross National Happiness Centre in Bhutan, trained as a yoga teacher in India with a 23-year yoga and meditation practice; Kemi understands there is a process for meaningful, connection to ourselves, our work, our families and our communities. In her coaching practice Kemi works with female leaders to unlock the obstacles that prevent value-based leadership, and as a facilitator designs programs and speaks for global organisations that are willing to invest in their female leaders. She has recently returned from Texas training with Dr Brené Brown as a Dare To lead Facilitator ™ and now works with teams and organisations to create daring leaders and courageous cultures. As a write