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
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
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.