Wellbeing Checkup - Season 2

Daniel Hernandez, MD and Shilpa Venkatachalam, PhD, MPH from the CreakyJoints and Global Healthy Living Foundation discuss staying sane during the COVID-19 pandemic.

William Carroll joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss staying sane during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kailee Marikar joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss balancing pharmacy school and motherhood during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist and serves as the director of nutritional & lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also the author of the acclaimed book, "This is Your Brain on Food", available on amazon. In this segment, Dr. Naidoo briefly explains the connection between the gut and brain, how to slowly adjust our diets to improve our overall mental wellbeing.

Michael Myers, MD, author of the book "Becoming a Doctors' Doctor: A Memoir," discusses alcoholism and gives strategies for physicians to avoid developing substance abuse issues.

In this interview, Ariana Matz, MD, who recently graduated from New York Medical College, discusses the importance of recognizing when you should take time for yourself, and also why she chose urology as her specialty

Many health care providers work long hours and deal with the stress of helping maintain their patients’ health, which can cause an overwhelming amount of stress. Dr. Yelena Janjigian, Chief of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, shares some advice for providers on how to take control over their stress and avoid burnout.

Dr. Indu Subramanian shares the ways she stays grateful for things in her life, including journaling and making lists, in order to overcome the common feelings of being overwhelmed or overworked, and to remain grounded in our otherwise busy lives.

Dr. Klint Peebles reveals some tips for maintaining mental health as a person in the LGBTQ+ community and provides several resources physicians can recommend to their patients who may be struggling.

Annie Lambert joins Wellbeing Checkup to talk about self-care methods that have helped her during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Emy Smith, NP, discusses the importance of discussing mental wellness for healthcare providers and researchers within the oncology space, managing her personal mental wellness while juggling her career, stress relieving activities and strategies, and how the oncology space can do to foster more mental wellness.

The adage “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone” resonates with Jody Feigle. Feigel loves to play golf. Unfortunately, an injury in 2019 forced her to stop playing, but she hopes to get out on the green again at some point. She talks about her love of the game and what it does for her.

Meg Murray, founding CEO of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans, about what wellbeing activities Murray picked up from the pandemic and how she still utilizes these healthy tools today.

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.

Dr. Carl Sorgen joins Wellbeing Checkup to give his best tips for overall wellness for fellow pediatricians.

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.

Lara Traeger, PhD, is a psychiatrist who works closely with oncologists and is offering advice on how to cope with decision-making and reduce moral distress.

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.

Dr. Benjamin Nowell discusses the importance of mindfulness in maintaining one's own wellness as a medical professional.

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.

Michael Myers, MD, author of the book "Becoming a Doctors' Doctor: A Memoir," discusses depression and gives tips to help physicians suffering from it.

Dr. Brian Lacy talks about how doctors need to disconnect from work at some point in order to care for their own mental health.

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. Indu Subramanian offers her tips on how to remain in sync with the emotions we’re all feeling after more than a year of an ongoing global pandemic and the importance of being able to recognize and connect with our feelings.

Dr. Glenn Levine shared some wellbeing tips on how our pets can benefit our mental and physical health and wellbeing.

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

Caroline Carney discusses how health care professionals can keep a positive mindset while working with patients during the pandemic.