Lifestyle

Dr. Xander Simunek is a veterinarian who flips houses. He shares how he manages being a veterinarian and realtor, his favorite part of working in the real estate field, how he got into flipping houses, and beyond.

Bernadine Peruto is a registered nurse who works for an ambulance company in New Jersey. She joins Wellbeing Checkup to give her simple stress busting tips.

Exercise is a significant part of maintaining your well-being, especially when you’re busy with patient care during the day. Dr. Rebecca Seidel, chair of the Emory University Radiology Wellness Committee, has figured out some great ways to stay active, and she shares them here.

As if being the Chief of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Gastrointestinal Oncology Service wasn’t hard enough, Dr. Yelena Janjigian discusses how she challenges herself outside of work through learning piano and dabbling in new languages.

Faced with a choice, Trina Tsouderos, leader of PwC’s Health Research Institute, discusses the path she decided to take over the past year to stay physically and mentally healthy.

Dr. Lance Baldo will discuss the findings and biggest takeaways from a recent study published in Nature on this topic as well as the importance of T cells and what they teach us about disease, diagnosis, and treatment. He will also offer a description of technology that addresses T-cell response, how it works, and why it’s beneficial to clinicians and patients.

Dr. Rodger MacArthur is an infectious disease specialist and an NIH-funded researcher and also has a love for cars and driving. Dr. MacArthur details the cars he has owned and the cars he has raced in over the years. The story leads to his trip in 2019 to the Ford Performance Racetrack in Utah, an opportunity that came along with his purchase of a Ford Fiesta ST.

Thomas Zaleske offers great advice for his fellow lab technicians, but his approach to maintaining physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing is a model that can be adopted by anyone who works alone or from a home office.

From Hollywood to veterinary medicine and horse showing. Dr. Jill Clark shares her journey from being a child actress star and having an 11-year career in Hollywood behind the camera to discovering her true calling as a veterinarian and showing horses.

Dr. Inder Paul Singh and bandleader and psychologist Dr. Rahul Sharma are founding members of the band, Funkadesi, which blends Indian music with reggae, funk, and Afro-Caribbean grooves. The band hails from Chicago, with a focus on bridging cultures and educating others on tolerance and understanding through music.

After discussing data he will be presenting from ADA 2021, Dr. Peter Rossing discusses his strategies for navigating conference season in a way that is enjoyable and does not overburden him.

Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.

Katrina Sanders is passionate about wine, and while building her career as a hygienist she also undertook the study of wine and eventually earned the title of sommelier, or wine expert. Since obtaining her certification she’s found a way to combine her professional and personal passions as she hosts continuing education events pairing wine tastings with hygiene education.

Tiago Reis Marques, MD, PhD, is a senior clinical fellow on the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London, an instructor at the Institute of Psychiatry in King’s College, and the CEO of Pasithea Therapeutics.

Dr. Madeline King talks about her love of languages, and her passion for learning linguistics and about other cultures.

Dr. Aaron Boster launched his own YouTube channel in 2016 to do just that. Since, he’s amassed more than 30,000 subscribers and has incorporated his channel and videos into his patient care routine.

Niki Parikh, MD, MBA, MSBA, shares how the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the importance of self-care, and how she addresses feelings of burnout.

Dr. Mark King, interim radiology chair at Ohio State University, was a professional musician at a young age. Later in life, he’s found a new focus for his musical talents. Born out of a personal tragedy, he now coordinates, arranges, and performs in a Christmas concert held in the memory of a young woman who was lost in an arson fire.

Dr. Ivan Marazzi discusses how he maintains his mental hygiene, how he balances his personal life with work, and why maintaining good mental health practices is crucial for those in the medical field.

On this episode of After Hours we take a look at Professor Kelly Reynolds, who can relax both slowly—with her pet tortoises—and quickly—with a jostling ride on a lake with her husband and children.