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Wellbeing Checkup - Season 3

EP. 1: Wellbeing Checkup: Positive Affirmations

October 8th 2021

Fenway Health's Director of Community Impact and Engagement Adrianna Boulin and is currently transitioning from her role as The Fenway Institute's (TFI) Community Engagement Manager where she oversaw a number of the research studies being conducted at TFI. In addition to being a star at Fenway Health, Adrianna is a certified Hatha Yoga instructor and talks about giving herself positive affirmations and performing movements such as yoga postures.

EP. 2: Wellbeing Checkup: Staying on Track

October 7th 2021

On this episode, Sonia Jhas, a Health and Wellness Expert for busy health care professionals, talks about easy steps that you can implement to help you stay on track with your health goals.

EP. 3: Wellbeing Checkup: Appreciating Weekends

October 5th 2021

President and CEO of Allegheny Health Network and Managed Healthcare Executive Editorial Advisory Board Member, Cindy Hundorfean, explains that her consistently busy schedule has led to a much larger appreciation for her weekends off where she can spend time with her family. Coming back home to Cleveland from Pittsburgh to visit her children and grandchildren and doing particular activities, such as cooking out, creates time for her to let go of built-up stress from the week and simply relax with the ones she loves most.

EP. 4: Wellbeing Checkup: Navigating Virtual Conference Season

October 4th 2021

Dr. Brett Nowlan discusses how he navigates through the ebbs and flows of virtual conference season as both a presenter and attendee.

EP. 5: Wellbeing Checkup: Disconnecting

October 1st 2021

A long and stressful day of work can have a heavy toll on oncologists. So how do they find ways to disconnect after work hours? In an interview with CURE, Dr. Rachna Shroff, associate professor of medicine at the University of Arizona and chief of GI medical oncology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, explained how she finds ways to channel her energy and focus on her own mental health after spending the day thinking about many of her patients who have poor prognosis.

EP. 6: Wellbeing Checkup: Physician Wellbeing After COVID-19

September 30th 2021

Michael Krychman discusses his perspective as a physician during the second wave of COVID-19, and shares some insight into ways other health care professionals can cope.

EP. 7: Wellbeing Checkup: Maintaining Wellness

September 29th 2021

Jason Kolfenbach, MD, joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss how to prevent burnout and maintain wellness as a rheumatologist during the COVID-19 pandemic

EP. 8: Wellbeing Checkup: Mental Wellness for Healthcare Providers

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September 28th 2021

Geoffrey Y. Ku, MD, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the importance of mental wellness in the oncology community.

EP. 9: Wellbeing Checkup: Feed the Soul

September 27th 2021

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.

EP. 10: Wellbeing Checkup: Quality Initiative Improves Employee Satisfaction

September 24th 2021

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.

EP. 11: Wellbeing Checkup: Exercise & Family Time

September 23rd 2021

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.

EP. 12: Wellbeing Checkup: Connecting With Colleagues

September 22nd 2021

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.

EP. 13: Wellbeing Checkup: Pet Therapy

September 21st 2021

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.

EP. 14: Wellbeing Checkup: Lessons Learned from Treating 9/11 First Responders

September 20th 2021

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.

EP. 15: Wellbeing Checkup: Getting Sleep and Keeping Routine

September 17th 2021

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.

EP. 16: Wellbeing Checkup: Keeping Staff Mentally Strong

September 16th 2021

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.

EP. 17: Wellbeing Checkup: The Science and Benefit of Gratitude

September 15th 2021

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.

EP. 18: Wellbeing Checkup: CrossFit

September 14th 2021

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.

EP. 19: Wellbeing Checkup: Chasing After the Grandkids

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September 13th 2021

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.

EP. 20: Wellbeing Checkup: Managing Grief

September 10th 2021

Stephanie Queen, SVP Clinical Services, CNO at Air Methods joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss how clinicians can manage grief.

EP. 21: Wellbeing Checkup: Retirement

September 9th 2021

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.

EP. 22: Wellbeing Checkup: The Importance of Improved Ergonomics

September 8th 2021

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.

EP. 23: Wellbeing Checkup: Using Mantras To Help Keep Calm and Focused

September 7th 2021

H. Steven Moffic, MD, Editorial Board Member of Psychiatric Times, joins Wellbeing Checkup to discuss how he uses mantras to keep calm and focused.

EP. 24: Wellbeing Checkup: Physician Looks Back at Weight Loss Journey

September 3rd 2021

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.

EP. 25: Wellbeing Checkup: Brain Health

September 2nd 2021

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.

EP. 26: Wellbeing Checkup: Recharging

September 1st 2021

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.

EP. 27: Wellbeing Checkup: Maintaining Wellness Through Community

August 31st 2021

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.

EP. 28: Wellbeing Checkup: Taking a Pause

August 30th 2021

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.

EP. 29: Wellbeing Checkup: Exercise to Relieve Stress

August 27th 2021

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.

EP. 30: Wellbeing Checkup: I-Message vs. You-Message

August 26th 2021

Dr. Carolyn Shadle discusses different ways veterinary professionals can help take care of their mental health in and out of the workplace.

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