Dr. David Satcher, the former Surgeon General who served during the 9-11 terror attacks, discusses the role of public health in public safety.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1547sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Satcher, MD
- Guest Website Morehouse School of Medicine
- Guest Twitter Account @MSMEDU
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Guest Bio
In 1998 Dr. David Satcher became the second person in history to simultaneously hold the positions of Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health. Dr. Satcher served under both Democratic and Republican parties and led efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. He released Surgeon General’s reports on tobacco and health, mental health, suicide prevention, mental retardation, sexual health and responsible sexual behavior, youth violence prevention, and obesity.
Prior to his position as Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and president of Meharry Medical College. He currently occupies the Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and serves on the board of directors for Johnson and Johnson, MetLife, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. He has teamed up with Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school program dedicated to fighting childhood obesity by encouraging proper nutrition and exercise practices in schools. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher discusses why smoking and tobacco is still such a rampant problem in the U.S.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1547sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Satcher, MD
- Guest Website Morehouse School of Medicine
- Guest Twitter Account @MSMEDU
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Guest Bio
In 1998 Dr. David Satcher became the second person in history to simultaneously hold the positions of Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health. Dr. Satcher served under both Democratic and Republican parties and led efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. He released Surgeon General’s reports on tobacco and health, mental health, suicide prevention, mental retardation, sexual health and responsible sexual behavior, youth violence prevention, and obesity.
Prior to his position as Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and president of Meharry Medical College. He currently occupies the Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and serves on the board of directors for Johnson and Johnson, MetLife, and the Kaiser Family Foundation. He has teamed up with Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school program dedicated to fighting childhood obesity by encouraging proper nutrition and exercise practices in schools. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Darria break down the latest health news and help you figure out what is fact and what is fiction.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File sharecare/1547sc2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Michael Roizen, MD
- Book Title This is Your Health Do-Over
- Guest Website Sharecare: Dr. Michael Roizen
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Guest Bio
Michael F. Roizen, MD, Chief Wellness Officer at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic; co-founded RealAge, a service providing personal health tools to consumers and now part of ShareCare; author of the award-winning series of RealAge books; co-authored, with Dr. Mehmet Oz, YOU: The Owner’s Manual series of bestselling books; lecturer, TV personality, and radio talk show personality; advocate of exercise and living the healthy life – and he practices what he preaches.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Travel agency owner and travel expert Lindsey Epperly shares how to keep your health and wellness in check when traveling.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1546sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Lindsey Epperly, Owner of Epperly Travel
- Guest Website Epperly Travel
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/epperlytravel
- Guest Twitter Account @EpperlyTravel
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Guest Bio
Lindsey Epperly is a travel consultant and owner of Epperly Travel, a national affiliate of Century Travel. As part of the Virtuoso network, she specializes in luxury travel, providing clients with exclusive amenities, expert advice, and extraordinary journeys across the globe. She is a Tahiti Tiare Specialist, was awarded WTVM’s Best All Around Travel Agency and received Travel Agent magazine’s “30 Under 30″ honor.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Successful businesswomen Claire “Yum” Arnold shares stories from her career, her community service, and how to make enough time to fit it all in a day.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1545sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Claire Lewis (Yum) Arnold, CEO
- Guest Website Leapfrog Services
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/LeapfrogServices
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Guest Bio
Claire Lewis (Yum) Arnold is currently the CEO of the Atlanta-based IT infrastructure company Leapfrog. She took on this role after managing the acquisition and growth of local distribution company NCC LP, which she grew in 15 years to one of Georgia’s five largest privately held companies. Before that she spent nearly a decade as a Marketing Manager at Coca-Cola, where she handled the marketing for Coke’s very first plastic beverage containers.Yum has been the recipient of a number of prestigious honors and awards and serves on EARTH University Foundation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, The Carter Center, Spelman College, and the Technology Association of Georgia to name a few. Yum is also a “very hands-on” mother of three, whose most important policy at work is to always take any call from her kids. And in her free time (wait, what?) she’ll take a yoga class to keep up with her fitness.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Director of the CDC, Dr. Tom Frieden, elaborates on the biggest public health challenges facing the U.S. and the world today.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1545sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Tom Frieden, MD
- Guest Website Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
- Guest Twitter Account @DrFriedenCDC
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Guest Bio
Dr. Tom Frieden is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where he leads the charge to control health threats from infectious diseases, respond to emergencies, and battle the leading causes of suffering and death in our nation and around the world. He was formerly the Commissioner of the New York City Health Department where he directed efforts to reduce the number of smokers by 350,000, reduce teen smoking by half and eliminate trans-fats from restaurants. Dr. Frieden specializes in internal medicine, infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, and is especially known for his expertise in tuberculosis control.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Can your breakfast bacon be raising your cancer risk?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File sharecare/1545sc2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Keith Roach, MD
- Guest Website Dr. Keith Roach
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/keithroachmd
- Guest Twitter Account @DrKeithRoach
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Guest Bio
Dr. Keith Roach has been a practicing internist for over 20 years. Dr. Roach graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. Dr. Roach now teaches and practices at Weill-Cornell Medical College. He has over 20 peer-reviewed publications, especially in disease prevention. Dr. Roach is one of the creators of the RealAge test, a web-based interactive tool that empowers people to learn which lifestyle choices, medical issues, and genetic characteristics are making them healthy and unhealthy, and how to improve them. Dr. Roach is Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare and has a nationally syndicated health column.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Dr. Tanya Altmann discusses tips to keep your family safe this Halloween.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File sharecare/1544sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, FAAP
- Book Title Mommy Calls; The Wonder Years; Caring For Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to 5
- Guest Website Dr. Tanya
- Guest Twitter Account @DrMommyCalls
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Guest Bio
A leading medical authority for the popular press and entertainment industry, Sharecare Advisory Board member Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann is a best-selling author, parenting expert and media spokesperson. A working mother and UCLA-trained pediatrician who practices in Southern California, Dr. Tanya is a designated spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, communicating complicated medical issues into easily understood concepts. Dr. Tanya has served on the board of the National Association of Medical Communicators and the executive board of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Communications and Media. She completed her internship and residency at UCLA, received her medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine, and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Pediatric ER physician Dr. Pip Spandorfer discusses developmental disorders, in particular Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism spectrum Disorder.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1543sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Pip Spandorfer, MD
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Guest Bio
Dr. Pip Spandorfer attended Emory University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and received his medical degree from The Medical College of Georgia (now Georgia Reagents University). He did his pediatrics training at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia at The University of Pennsylvania where he was selected to be a chief resident in pediatrics and completed a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency medicine. He now serves as a General Pediatrician at North Atlanta Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Sedation at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Surgical oncologist Dr. Maureen Chung goes over breast cancer screening guidelines, recommendations for prevention and treatment, and lifestyle factors.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1543sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Maureen Chung, MD
- Guest Website Southcoast Health
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Guest Bio
Dr. Maureen Chung, Medical Director of the Southcoast Breast Center, is a surgical oncologist specializing in diseases of the breast. Prior to joining Southcoast in June, Dr. Chung was a revered breast surgeon at Women & Infants Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, both located in Providence, and previously served as program director of the Breast Disease Fellowship at Women & Infants Hospital. She was also on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition. Subsequently, Dr. Chung served as the director of the Margie Petersen Breast Center at Saint John's Health Center, as well as the director of the Breast Oncology Fellowship Program and the Margie and Robert E. Petersen Breast Cancer Research Program at John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, CA.
Dr. Chung attended McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where she earned her undergraduate and master's degree in science. She received her medical degree from McGill University and her doctorate degree from Brown University. Dr. Chung completed a general surgery residency at McGill University and a surgical oncology fellowship at Brown Medical School in Providence. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
