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Episodes
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
There are more Jamaicans living abroad than on the Island itself, a fact not lost on Courtney Cephas. As director of the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation (NHEF), the philanthropic arm of Jamaica's Ministry of Health and Wellness, he wants to tap into this large and charitable community — referred to as the diaspora — to improve health care in Jamaica. In this episode of 20 Minute Health Talk, Cephas joins host Sandra Lindsay, RN, herself a member of the diaspora eager to give back, to discuss the NHEF's work, including its focus on building sustainable partnerships with organizations like Northwell Health, to address critical needs. Cephas and Lindsay detail two recent trips by Northwell clinical teams to the island, where they provided free surgeries for women suffering from uterine fibroids — one of several surgeries that have been backlogged since Covid-19, leaving hundreds desperate for a solution. These trips represent a powerful example of the diaspora's impact, bringing relief to patients while also strengthening Jamaica's healthcare system for the future. Hear how this unique collaboration is transforming lives and learn about the NHEF’s work to create a healthier future for Jamaica.
Future episodes will feature the inspiring personal stories of the women whose pain, resilience, and renewed hope embody the spirit of this initiative.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Most of us have heard of kidney transplants, and maybe even know someone who's received a kidney from a living donor — typically a family member or a friend. But did you know that living donation is also possible for livers? It's an incredible procedure, and we're diving deep into this often-overlooked life-saving option. Northwell recently launched Long Island's first living donor liver transplant program, and today we're speaking with the expert leading the charge, Nabil Dagher, MD. He'll explain how this amazing procedure works – including how the liver can actually regenerate – why it's so important, and what you need to know about the growing need for organ donors across the U.S.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians.
We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.
Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom:
Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
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For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn. Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
One simple question could save a life: Is there an unlocked gun in the house? Firearms are now the leading cause of death among children in the United States. Pediatric trauma Surgeon Chethan Sathya, MD, shares four strategies to help parents get started.
Northwell’s national gun violence prevention awareness campaign helps parents raise critical questions about safe firearm storage.
Featured experts
- Dr. Sathya is director of Northwell Health’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention
- Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health
- Sandeep Kapoor, MD, assistant vice president of addiction services at Northwell
Northwell Health’s 6th Annual Gun Violence Prevention Forum will take place on February 27, 2025. To learn more, visit: preventgunviolence.com. To attend virtually, register at preventgunviolence2025.rsvpify.com/
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Sepsis rarely attracts the attention of the public, but it's distressingly common: Every year, about 1.7 million U.S. adults develop this overreaction to infection — and more than 350,000 of them die. On this bonus episode of 20-Minute-Health-Talk, you’ll hear the stories of doctors and patients fighting against this subtle yet deadly condition, and how the battle led to a global alliance to combat the silent killer. You’ll also hear how pioneering research and lifesaving protocols developed at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Northwell Health have reduced sepsis-related deaths — both within their hospitals, throughout New York State, and around the world.
Chapters
- 00:01 — Intro
- 00:53 — What is sepsis?
- 02:23 — 1985: A loss and a mission
- 03:36 — 2005: Assembling a team
- 06:08 — 2010: Launching a global alliance
- 06:52 — 2011: A better process
- 07:13 — 2012: Turning tragedy into action
- 08:46 — 2014: Early signs of success
- 10:09 — 2018: Watching the tide turn
- 11:06 — 2019: Broadening the effort to fight sepsis
- 11:34 — 2021: Tackling maternal sepsis
- 12:03 — 2023 and beyond: Ending sepsis
- 13:27 — Outro
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians.
We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.
Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom:
Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
Get more expert insights from leading experts in the field — Northwell Newsroom.
Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn. Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
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Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
In this special New Year’s edition of 20-Minute Health Talk, host Sandra Lindsay, RN, welcomes Jaclene Jason, PhD, clinical psychologist and senior director of Behavioral Health and Addiction Services at South Oaks Hospital, to reflect on the delightful wisdom shared by kids in Northwell Health’s latest TV commercial,A Little Wisdom. From embracing play to reframing fear, these young voices remind us how simple shifts in perspective can lead to a healthier, happier 2025. Dr. Jason reacts to their advice and offers practical tips to help parents embrace these ideas, fostering wellness and joy for the whole family.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians.
We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.
Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom:
Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
Get more expert insights from leading experts in the field — Northwell Newsroom.
Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn. Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
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Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, we look back on five exciting medical advances coming from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research — the research arm of Northwell Health. In this episode, we spotlight studies that made strides in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, lung disease, mental health and dysphagia.
Read more about these five notable Northwell advances of 2024.
Chapters:
- 01:05 — The dark side of genetics and psychiatric disorders | Douglas F. Nixon, MD, PhD
- 05:21 — Sex, gender identity linked to human brain activity | Elvisha Dhamala, PhD
- 10:22 — Rethinking thick liquid diets | Liron Sinvani, MD
- 15:39 — Recognizing psychosis in Alzheimer's patients | Jeremy L. Koppel, MD
- 20:33 — Researchers focus on the spleen to treat the lungs | Stavros Zanos, MD PhD
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians.
We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn.
Get the latest news and insights from our experts in the Northwell Newsroom:
Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
Get more expert insights from leading experts in the field — Northwell Newsroom.
Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn. Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
Wednesday Dec 11, 2024
What if the key to treating chronic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis wasn't drugs but a tiny electrical device? That's the promise of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), a groundbreaking therapy that holds the potential to transform how we approach conditions like asthma, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and even depression and other mental health issues. On this 20-Minute Health Talk, we explore the fascinating science and remarkable potential of VNS with two leading experts: Kevin Tracey, MD, president & CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and the founder of bioelectronic medicine; and Murthy Simhambhatla, PhD, president & CEO of SetPoint Medical, a company pioneering cutting-edge VNS devices.
Together, they discuss the history of VNS, its applications today and the potential to address a wide range of other inflammatory conditions, from multiple sclerosis to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). They also dive into the early results of a SetPoint-led study using VNS to treat rheumatoid arthritis, which Dr. Tracey believes could be the tipping point in this over 30-year odyssey.
More on vagus nerve stimulation
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
With fewer smokers today, the number of Americans getting lung cancer has dropped. However, the decline has been slower in women. Not only are they diagnosed, on average, at a younger age than men, but multiple studies have found that women between the ages of 30 and 49 are developing the disease at higher rates compared to men in the same age group. November is lung cancer awareness month: In this episode, lung cancer experts Brett Bade, MD, and Nagashree Seetharamu, MD, MBBS, join host Sandra Lindsay, RN, to discuss the alarming trend in women and to raise awareness about lung cancer screening in general; currently, less than 10% of people who should be checked for lung cancer actually get screened. Learn the criteria for screening, what the scan is like and how to lower the risk of developing the disease.
Read more about this episode on the Northwell Newsroom.
Chapters:
- 02:34 - Lung cancer risk factors
- 03:32 - Health effects of smoking
- 04:11 - Second hand smoking
- 05:14 - Are there early signs of lung cancer?
- 05:54 - What is lung cancer screening?
- 07:37 - Low-dose CT lung cancer screening
- 08:27 - Who is eligible for screening?
- 08:50 - What if you don't qualify for screening but have a risk factor?
- 10:31 - What barriers to screening exist?
- 11:28 - Low screening numbers
- 12:45 - Lung cancer in young women
- 14:15 - Sex differences in lung cancer
- 14:34 - Differences in lung cancer in women
- 15:41 - EGFR mutation and lung cancer
- 16:19 - EGFR, Asian woman and lung cancer
- 17:13 - Breaking down racial disparities
- 18:49 - Barriers to lung cancer screening
About the experts:
- Dr. Bade is a pulmonologist and the director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program at Lenox Hill Hospital (Patients and providers can call 844-544-5864).
- Dr. Seetharamu is the head of thoracic and head and neck oncology for Northwell Health. She maintains an active clinical practice at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center, specializing in cancers of the head and neck and thoracic malignancies (lung cancer, mesothelioma, thymic tumors). She is also Associate Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
Read Dr. Bade's op-ed on lung cancer screening guidelines.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Northwell Health hospitals received a total of 45 national awards and was recognized for 16 state achievements, according to the latest analysis by Healthgrades, one of the leading resources consumers use when choosing a hospital or doctor.
Read the full article in the Northwell Newsroom.
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Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Northwell Health has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year in the top 10 of the Healthiest 100 Places to Work in America. The assessment for employer wellness is conducted by Healthiest Employers, which recognizes people-first organizations that take a more proactive approach to employee health.
Read the full article in the Northwell Newsroom.
Watch episodes of 20-Minute Health Talk on YouTube.
For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn. Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit http://bit.ly/2Z7iHFL and explore our many opportunities.
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