Mental wellness is of the utmost importance, especially for those in the healthcare and oncology fields. Nagla Abdel Karim, MD, a professor of medicine, and medical director, Georgia Cancer Center, discusses the importance of maintaining good mental hygiene, as well as the need for outlets and resources to discuss these topics for cancer care providers.
Ashish Mathur, PhD, is the vice president of UVDI, which makes ultra-violet light devices for the purposes of disinfection. He’s an entrepreneur, in other words, and loves reading, especially about the industrial titans of their time: the Fords and the Rockefellers. But he also likes exercising, hiking and cricket. He just loves to play cricket, and he loves talking about loving to play cricket.
Editors of Managed Healthcare Executive, Peter Wehrwein and Briana Contreras caught up with MHE Editorial Advisory Board member David Calabrese. Calabrese is market president of Health Plans/PBMs at OptumRx. In the conversation, the editors learned how Calabrese, an avid exerciser, dove deeper into running to find his physical and mental well-being as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Susan Ash-Lee, MSW, LCSW, discusses issues doctors face with moral distress and the toolkit Cancer Support Community has created to help them cope.
Theresa McArdle, Marketing Senior Manager at Pharmavite explains how there is a decline in self-care by pharmacists amid the pandemic.
Oncologists often hold a heavy emotional weight on their shoulders, because while the health of their patients is an utmost priority, cancer is a tornado of a disease that leaves no one untouched in its path. Eunice Wang, MD, Chief of the Leukemia Service at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares how her patients inspire her to keep a positive attitude and give her the strength to get through difficult moments.
Jasmine Zapata, MD is a pediatrician and author of the Beyond Beautiful books, a series offering mental health guidance to young women and girls. She joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss her best practices for overall wellbeing.
Dr. Carolyn Shadle discusses different ways veterinary professionals can help take care of their mental health in and out of the workplace.
Jamie Costello of Pritikin Longevity Center talks about using exercise as a stress relief. Costello focuses on how doctors and those in healthcare could benefit from exercise programs, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Indu Subramanian, a movement disorders and Parkinson disease specialist who is trained in mindfulness, shares her advice about the importance of taking a pause during the day and with patients to better center oneself and improve wellbeing.
Sandip Patel, MD, a medical oncologist and associated professor of medicine at UC San Diego Health, discusses the importance of maintaining mental wellness as healthcare providers, and how an interconnected community can help to achieve that.
Dr. Nina Alfieri discussing her own de-stressing methods which includes walking the dog, growing vegetables and flowers in her garden, listening to music with her husband, and keeping a board of comments from her children-patients.
Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD is professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, and professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, joins Wellbeing Checkup.
Dr. Alma Berlingeri Ramos reflects on her weight loss journey which included losing 50-pounds 2 years ago, as well as starting a weight loss and life coaching podcast, which aims to inspire others to achieve their weight loss goals.
H. Steven Moffic, MD, Editorial Board Member of Psychiatric Times, joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss how he uses mantras to keep calm and focused.
Poor ergonomics can be a big problem for surgeons, and can even shorten a career. Alison Early, MD, offers three tips that can help surgeons work more comfortably.
Joann Anderson has worked with UNC Health Southeastern for 14 years and has led it through multiple hurricanes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a recent acquisition with the larger UNC Health system. She will retire at the end of 2021, and during her retirement she is looking forward to reconnecting with her family, including having uninterrupted with her 7 grandchildren. However, she doesn’t expect she can completely just quit health care. Anderson continues to have a passion for rural health care and wants to find a way to continue to be involved.
Stephanie Queen, SVP Clinical Services, CNO at Air Methods joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss how clinicians can manage grief.
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, is the founder and president of the patient advocacy group Health Watch USA. He tries to keep in shape using one of the oldest activities in the book: chasing after the grandkids.
Allison Betof Warner, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses how her passion for CrossFit has helped not only her physical wellbeing, but her mental and emotional wellbeing as well.
Dr. Dawn Buse offers her insight into the benefits of maintaining perspective about the things for which we’re grateful and provides examples of the practice being used—all backed by scientific study.
Illinois dentist Matthew Burton discusses how best to tackle the everyday grind of performing dentistry. He strives to keep himself healthy but just as importantly he strives to keep the entire dental team positive.
Dr. Monica Mallampalli discusses the importance of sleep and routine as part of the wellbeing checkup. She also delves into the importance of health care providers talking to their patients about anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways women can benefit from exercise and staying active.
Dr. Dowling is a consulting psychiatrist at the Long Island World Trade Center Health Program at SUNY Stony Brook. They are the medical advisor to POPPA (Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance), a confidential assistance program for New York Police Department Officers.
Cynthia Ingram, BS, RN, HN-BC, COHN-S, head of the Animal-Assisted Therapy program at CTCA Chicago® discusses the how the impact of animal-assisted therapy is felt by everyone who works in her facility, including family members and healthcare providers.
Nate Royster, BSN, RN, CEN, joins Wellbeing Checkup to give tips for nurses as it pertains to connecting with colleagues among all the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sonia Oskouei, PharmD, vice president of Biosimilars for Cardinal Health, discusses some of the ways she winds down after a long day at work and how these habits have developed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Exercise and spending time with family have been her biggest habits, whether it’s playing soccer or going on long walks with her husband and children. She also enjoys the social aspects of playing on a recreational soccer team and is excited about starting tennis lessons and channeling her competitive spirit in new fun ways.
Fourth-year medical student Loren Jean Smith discusses findings of her recent study, Quality improvement initiative to optimize outpatient triage workflow and reduce burnout, presented at the 2021 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
Dr. Indu Subramanian, a movement disorders and Parkinson disease specialist who is trained in mindfulness, shares some of her best quick tips and tricks to bring herself joy in easy and creative ways, particularly for those who have feelings of isolation and loneliness.
Geoffrey Y. Ku, MD, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the importance of mental wellness in the oncology community.