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Episodes
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
With the goal of cutting cancer deaths in half by 2047, the White House's Cancer Moonshot initiative is pumping $1.8 billion into cancer research over the next seven years. Achieving this goal, however, will require clearing research hurdles — including the lack of diversity in clinical trials, say Richard Barakat, MD, and David Tuveson, MD, PhD. They discuss the exciting research being funded by the Moonshot initiative, describe efforts to improve and diversify clinical trial recruitment, and explain the fruitful collaboration between Northwell Health and Cold Spring Harbor.
Chapters:
- 01:33 - What is the Cancer Moonshot?
- 02:16 - Replicating success, speed of Covid-19 vaccine development
- 03:46 - Allocating funds
- 06:41 - The pre-neoplasia project
- 09:48 - Pushing for greater access
- 11:23 - Cancer disparities, outcomes
- 12:55 - Community outreach is critical
- 14:25 - Commitment to cancer research
- 16:26 - Practice changing, paradigm shifting, policy making
- 19:30 - Can we cut mortality by 50 percent?
Meet the experts
Richard Barakat, MD, Physician-in-Chief and Director of Cancer, Northwell Cancer Institute
David Tuveson, MD, PhD, Professor, Director, Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor
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Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
This Valentine’s Day we're celebrating a love for science and a special bond between two scientists. Kim Simpfendorfer, PhD, and Michael Ryan built a relationship while pursuing a career at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. They also discuss their experience of going through in-vitro fertilization, pregnancy, and the crucial role the Covid vaccine played in building their family.
Sarah Pachtman, MD, a maternal/fetal medicine doctor explains what other couples should know about IVF and how partners can provide support.
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Demand for mental health services for children has once again accelerated as the latest Covid-19 surge impacts daily life. Lack of resources in the community have resulted in delays in care for children experiencing anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. Vera Feuer, MD, talks about the challenge of expanding mental health care access, and how health systems can partner with school districts to bridge that gap.
She shares the success of the Northwell School Mental Health Partnership, which contracts with 30 school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties, to bring mental health care services directly to the places where kids and families revolve. This has resulted in a significant reduction, she says, in schools referring students to the emergency department, as well as increasing rates of follow up care.
Meet the expert:
Vera Feuer, MD, is AVP for School Mental Health for Northwell Health's Behavioral Health service line. She is also the Director for Pediatric Emergency Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Urgent Care, part of Cohen Children's Medical Center; and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
Chapters:
- 00:42 - Omicron and kids mental health
- 01:38 - Treating kids, supporting parents
- 03:25 - Partnering with schools
- 06:23 - Stress and anxiety in kids
- 07:31 - Mental health access
- 08:13 - Different ages, different needs
- 08:42 - Behavioral disorders in children
- 09:42 - Behavioral problems in teenagers
- 10:03 - Eating disorders in children
- 10:46 - Telemedicine and timely care
- 12:54 - Emergency mental health
- 13:52 - Removing stigma
- 15:41 - Modeling behaviors
- 17:34 - Responsive parenting
- 18:32 - Long-term impacts
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Kicking off Heart Health Month in February, we sat down with Stacey Rosen, MD, and Jennifer Mieres, MD, two leading experts and patient advocates in the field of cardiovascular disease in women. They highlight the importance of partnering with your doctor — as well as family, friends and colleagues — to identify and maintain heart healthy habits. They discuss the impact of access issues in health care and the history of bias in sex and gender research, and the work they are doing to change that through the Katz Institute for Women's Health and Center for Equity of Care.
During Heart Health Month, Katz is hosting several events, starting with its Go Red for Women Celebration on National Wear Red Day Feb. 4 at 12 p.m.
Both Dr. Rosen and Dr. Mieres are spokeswomen for the American Heart Association, and co-authors of the new book, "Heart Smarter for Women," due to be released in March 2022. In it, they outline the barriers to heart health and simple steps every woman can take to start their journey.
Meet our guests:
Stacey Rosen, MD, Senior Vice President, Women's Health, Katz Institute for Women’s Health.
Jennifer Mieres, MD, Senior Vice President, Center for Equity of Care at Northwell.
Chapters:
- 01:23 - Sex and gender research bias
- 02:33 - Not a man's disease
- 03:22 - Risk factors for women
- 04:46 - Symptoms for women
- 06:!0 - Stress and heart disease
- 08:57 - Ten percent happier challenge
- 09:32 - The science of stress
- 10:12 - Power in partnerships
- 11:53 - Go Red - What we've learned
- 12:42 - Pregnancy and heart disease
- 13:32 - Equity in healthcare
- 15:30 - Improving access
- 16:24 - Customizing care
- 17:10 - Covid-19 and social determinants of health
- 18:14 - "Heart Smarter for Women"
- 19:24 - The human connection
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
In addition to Covid case counts, the need for testing has skyrocketed since the arrival of the omicron variant. With demand outpacing supply throughout most of December and January, labs nation wide have struggled to keep up. Dwayne Breining, MD, executive director of Northwell Health Labs, shares how his team was able to double their testing capacity using a new technology called LabGold. He explores how this highly reliable, low-cost testing platform — capable of processing up to 100,000 specimens per day — could help labs across the country quickly scale when facing a public health crisis like Covid-19.
Chapters
01:37 - Doubling Covid testing capacity
02:47 - Distinguishing omicron from delta
03:57 - Expanding access to Covid testing
06:24 - Developing "LabGold"
07:42 - A self-swab PCR test
09:55 - A new, scalable Covid test
11:42 - A national strategy
15:11 - Omicron's long tail
16:30 - Testing in pro sports
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Charles Schleien, MD, describes the effect the omicron variant has had on children amid the recent surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. In addition, Dwayne Breining, MD, joins the podcast to answer common questions about Covid-19 testing.
Meet the experts:
Dr. Schleien is senior vice president and chair of pediatric services at Northwell Health and chair of pediatrics at the Barbara & Donald Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Dr. Breining is executive director of Northwell Health Labs and Pathology
Chapters:
00:38 - Covid-19 antigen test vs PCR test
02:47 - What to do if exposed to Covid-19
03:58 - Testing for variants
04:32 - Using a Covid-19 at home test
05:00 - False negative rapid covid test
05:50 - Covid-19 at home test recommendations
06:21 - Omicron's impact on testing
07:41 - How omicron impacts kids
10:01 - Hospitalizations
11:10 - Omicron on Long Island
13:24 - Pediatric vaccination rates
15:28 - Kids and long covid
16:51 - Protective measures for kids, families
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
Tuesday Jan 11, 2022
More than 1 in 5 Americans provide unpaid care to an adult family member or friend. Whether an act of love or sense of duty, carrying out this critical role takes a toll. On this episode, three experts in caregiving share practical tips, advice and resources to help guide listeners through this difficult and demanding time. They discuss caregiver support groups, planning for retirement, how hospital-based caregiver centers help and how Covid-19 has changed caregiving.
Meet our guests:
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Maria Torroella Carney, MD, FACP is chief of geriatric and palliative medicine at Northwell Health, and former health commissioner for Nassau County.
- Kerri Scanlon, RN, is the executive director for Glen Cove Hospital.
- Amy Goyer, AARP family and caregiving expert and author of AARP’s “Juggling Life, Work and Caregiving” and “Things to Do Now That You’re…a Grandparent”
Find resources for caregivers:
Contact Northwell Health's Geriatric and Palliative Care program by emailing: geripal@northwell.edu
Dr. Carney explains how caregivers can be advocates for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Join AARP's Family Caregiver Discussion Group on Facebook.
Learn more about being a caregiver on AARP's Caregiving Home Page.
Access AARP's Financial Workbook for Caregivers: a practical guide focused on health, housing and money management.
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
The advent of the Covid-19 vaccines propelled us into 2021 and put a spotlight on the critical role of research and clinical trials. In this episode we spotlight five innovations coming out of the last year from researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. The innovations aim to improve life for patients living with paralysis, schizophrenia, cardiovascular disease, Covid-19, brain cancer and PTSD.
Chapters:
- 00:42 – Treating PTSD with inner-ear stimulation – Dr. Rebecca Schwartz and Dr. Theodoros Zanos
- 04:13 – Virtual trials – Dr. Christina Brennan and Dr. Mark Butler
- 08:30 – Artificial intelligence to help diagnose schizophrenia – Dr. Sunny Tang
- 11:17 – Restoring movement in paralyzed patients – Chad Bouton
- 13:30 – Treating glioblastoma with belly fat – Dr. John Boockvar
- 16:33 – Northwell's Top 5 moments in 2021
In a bonus segment, we reflect on Northwell Health’s most newsworthy moments, including the release of The First Wave Documentary; the Northwell Health Nurse Choir competes on America's Got Talent; the 20th anniversary of 9/11; the authorization on Covid-19 vaccinations for children; and the anniversary of the first Covid-19 vaccination in the U.S.
Meet our guests:
Rebecca Schwartz, PhD, associate investigator, Institute of Health System Science at Feinstein Institutes and Director, Research and Evaluation, Northwell Center for Traumatic Stress, Resilience and Recovery
Theodoros Zanos, PhD, assistant professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Christina Brennan, MD, MBA, vice president of clinical research at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Mark Butler, PhD, assistant investigator, Center for Personalized Health, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Sunny Tang, MD, assistant professor, Institute of Behavioral Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Chad Bouton, professor, Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Vice President, Advanced Engineering, Northwell Health, and Professor, Molecular Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
John Boockvar, MD, professor, Feinstein Center for Neuroscience and Laboratory for Brain Tumor Biology and Therapy, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Co-Director, Brain Tumor Biotech Center, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, and Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Lenox Hill Hospital
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Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
The new covid variant omicron has quickly overtaken delta as the dominant strain of Covid-19 in multiple countries, which now includes the US. New data released Dec. 20 shows omicron is responsible for 73 percent of new Covid-19 infections nationally during the week end Dec. 18; up from just 12.6 percent for the week prior. Bruce Farber, MD, chief of public health and epidemiology, and John D'Angelo, MD, senior vice president and executive director of emergency medicine services, discuss what is known so far about the more contagious Covid variant, how health systems are preparing, and urge the public to get vaccinated — and even more importantly to get a booster.
Read more from Dr. Farber on the omicron variant.
Chapters:
- 00:54 - Omicron becomes dominant Covid variant
- 02:09 - How concerned should we be?
- 02:44 - Handling a Covid surge
- 03:36 - Improved Covid care
- 04:20 - How contagious is omicron?
- 05:50 - Covid reinfection rate
- 06:17 - Boosters protect against omicron
- 07:00 - How severe is omicron?
- 08:08 - The science behind the Covid booster shot
- 09:15 - Omicron's impact on work
- 10:48 - Boosting vaccination rates
- 12:00 - Renewing mitigation efforts
- 14:15 - Lessons from the first wave in New York
- 15:40 - Predictive technology combats Covid-19
- 16:42 - Maintaining services during a surge
- 17:41 - Expanding Covid-19 testing
- 18:39 - Don’t wait, get the vaccine and booster
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Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Today marks one year since Sandra Lindsay became the first American to receive the Covid-19 vaccine outside of clinical trial; catapulting the critical care nurse at LIJ Medical Center into the public eye. She reflects on the lead up to that day and challenges she's faced since. She is joined by Yves Duroseau, MD, chief of emergency medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, who received his first dose minutes after Sandra, as well as Gregory Zuckerman, who writes about that day and the decades of work that went into the Covid-19 vaccines in his new book, A Shot to Save the World: The Inside Story of the Life-or-Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine. Each share their experiences addressing vaccine hesitancy and resistance, and commemorate the resilience, stubborn persistence and heroism of the researchers and scientists who worked tirelessly to achieve “one of the proudest moments in human history.”