Board-certified dermatologist and rheumatologist, Dr. Joseph Merola, discusses what psoriasis is and what the symptoms entail.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1539sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Joseph Merola, MD
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Guest Bio
Dr. Joseph Merola received his MD from the NYU School of Medicine and MMSc from Harvard Medical School. He is board-certified in internal medicine, dermatology and rheumatology. He completed dermatology training and was chief resident at the NYU School of Medicine. He trained in internal medicine and rheumatology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Merola currently serves as Director of clinical trials for the Department of Dermatology, is Co-Director of the center for Skin and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, and Associate Program Director for the combined internal medicine-dermatology residency training program. His clinical and research interests are focused on autoimmune diseases of the skin and joints including psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis and connective tissue disorders. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Therapist and motivational speaker/author Dr. Karin Smithson discusses common stressors that affect women.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1539sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Karin Smithson, PhD
- Book Title The Fatherless Daughter Project: Understanding Our Losses & Reclaiming Our Lives
- Guest Website Dr. Karin
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/DrKarin
- Guest Twitter Account @DoctorKarin
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Guest Bio
Dr. Karin Smithson is a sought after developmental expert, therapist, educator and author with a specialty in relationships, gender issues, stress coping, and resiliency. Dr. Karin has worked in numerous clinical fields with individuals, couples and groups in inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and private counseling settings. She has been featured as an expert on extensive media over the years, has a featured “Ask Dr. Karin” at Southern Seasons Magazine and is a featured blogger for Huffington Post. Currently, Karin is co-authoring the inspiring book, The Fatherless Daughter Project.
Dr. Karin received her Early Childhood Education degree from Wesleyan College, her Master’s degree in Counseling from Argosy University, with honors, and her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Practice from Georgia State University, with high honors. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Dr. Darria and guest expert, Dr. Victor Darley-Usmar, answer listeners' questions about mitochondrial disease.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 5
- Audio File sharecare/1539sc2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Victor Darley-Usmar, MD
- Guest Website Foundation for Mitochondrial Medicine
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/FoundationforMitochondrialMedicine
- Guest Twitter Account @FoundMM
- Guest Bio Dr. Victor Darley-Usmar has had a career-long interest in mitochondrial enzymes, mitochondrial diseases, and redox signaling. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine in 2012. At UAB his contribution to research in mitochondrial pathology was recognized by his appointment as the Foundation Faculty for the “Endowed Professorship in Mitochondrial Medicine and Pathology” and as the recipient of the prestigious “Creativity is a Decision” and “Blue Sky” Awards from UAB for the Bioenergetic Health Index concept. The overall goal of his research is to develop novel approaches to the understanding how bioenergetic dysfunction and redox-dependent changes contribute to the pathology of disease.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Dr. David Katz provides his take on different aspects of building a diet for optimal health.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1538sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker David L. Katz, MD, MPH
- Guest Website David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-David-L-Katz/114690721876253?fref=nf
- Guest Twitter Account @DrDavidKatz
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Guest Bio
David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, earned his BA degree from Dartmouth College, his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health. He completed sequential residency training in Internal Medicine (Norwalk Hospital, CT; 1991), and Preventive Medicine/Public Health (Yale University School of Medicine; 1993). He is a two-time diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a board-certified specialist in Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He has received two Honorary Doctorates (Humane Letters; L.H.D.) from the University of Bridgeport (2013), and Quinnipiac University (2015).
Dr. Katz is the founding director (1998) of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center; President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Childhood Obesity; Chief Science Officer for NuVal LLC; founding director (2000) of the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital; and a Clinical Instructor at the Yale School of Medicine where he previously served as Director of Medical Studies in Public Health. Dr. Katz holds five U.S. patents and has authored over 200 scientific papers and chapters, 15 books, and more than 1,000 columns and blogs. He is recognized globally for expertise in nutrition, weight management and the prevention of chronic disease. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Dr. Carmen Mohan shares the four important numbers you should know and understand by the time you are 40.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1538sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Carmen Patrick Mohan, MD
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Guest Bio
Carmen Patrick Mohan, MD, is an Internal Medicine physician focused on improving quality of care in community-based hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. She works to foster change in healthcare delivery through internet technology, improved patient communication, and information access.
Dr. Mohan received her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Cambridge Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. She received a Bachelor of Science in Biological Resource Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park where she was a Banneker-Key Scholar. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
What do the new recommendations on aspirin mean for you?
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File sharecare/1538sc2a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Keith Roach, MD
- Guest Website Dr. Keith Roach
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/keithroachmd
- Guest Twitter Account @DrKeithRoach
- 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
Olympian John Coyle shares his views on the concept of slowing down time and how you can design your life and environment to impact it.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1536sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker John Coyle
- Guest Website The Art of Really Living
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/artofreallyliving
- Guest Twitter Account @TAOReallyLiving
- Guest Bio John K. Coyle is an Olympic silver medalist, Stanford d.school grad, Kellogg MBA, Professor of Innovation, analyst for NBC sports, author and speaker. He believes that the best way to unlock human potential and drive growth is to design lives, careers, and teams maximizing strengths rather than fixing weaknesses. John is also a thought leader in the field of horology. As an "horologist," John studies time and how our environment and emotions impact the speed of its passing. He helps people design strengths-focused resilient lives full of intense and memorable moments that slow time and help you live (almost) forever.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Melissa Katz & Nicole Jurovics, Co-Directors of the Southeast Yoga Conference, explain the physical and mental health benefits of yoga.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File sharecare/1536sc2b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Melissa Katz & Nicole Jurovics
- Guest Website Southeast Yoga Conference
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/seyogaconference
- Guest Twitter Account @SEYogaConf
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Guest Bio
Melissa Katz has been involved with the Southeast Yoga Conference (SEYC) as Co-Director, along Nicole Jurovics, since its inception in 2006. In addition to her role in the SEYC, Melissa has been teaching yoga since 2006 and is recognized as E-RYT 500, Yoga Alliance’s highest designation. Prior to teaching yoga and her role as SEYC Co-Director, Melissa was a health care business consultant for ten years.
Nicole Jurovics is the Co-founder and Co-Director of the SEYC along with Melissa Katz. She has helped make it one of the premier yoga events in the southeast, with tremendous growth in attendance, sponsorships and variety of classes and teachers. Nicole has been teaching yoga since early 2004, with Decatur Yoga & Pilates as her home base. She also works in the music business managing the career of one artist/producer and booking live music for a private club and one annual music festival. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Dietitian and children’s nutrition expert, Dayle Hayes, explains her initiative, School Meals that Rock, and provides tips for healthy meals.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File sharecare/1535sc2c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Dayle Hayes, MS, RD
- Guest Website School Meals that Rock
- Guest Facebook Account https://www.facebook.com/SchoolMealsThatRock
- Guest Twitter Account @SchoolMealsRock
- Guest Bio Dayle Hayes, MS, RD, is an award-winning educator. As a parent and child nutrition expert, Dayle is dedicated to making school environments healthy for students and staff. She co-authored the 2014 Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrition Guidance for Healthy Children Ages 2 to 11 Years. Dayle has received numerous honors, including Montana Dietitian of the Year. In 2012, FoodService Director magazine named her as one of their 20 Most Influential. More recently in 2013, she was honored with a Medallion Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Montana School Food Service Professional of the Year.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA