Your doctor should be treating patients of all ages, backgrounds, and sexual orientation with respect, both inside and outside the healthcare arena.
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Grace Blodgett, PhD
- Book Title Understanding Patients Sexual Problems: A Reference Handbook for Healthcare Professionals
- Guest Website Understanding Patients Sexual Problems
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Guest Bio
Dr. Grace Blodgett grew up in the outskirts of London, England, and attended nursing school at The Royal London Hospital. After emigrating to the U.S. at the end of 1967, she worked as a staff nurse at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, until she was promoted to a head nurse position there a few years later.
She became a nurse educator and then medical/surgical nursing director at Roosevelt Hospital. After moving to Salt Lake City in 1975, Dr. Gracie was a head nurse, and then director of nursing for medical services and post-intensive care services at Holy Cross Hospital. In 1989, Dr. Gracie was awarded Utah's Humanitarian Award for Service to People with AIDS.
Dr. Gracie opened the University of Phoenix, Hawaii Campus, on Oahu, where she partially developed and fully implemented undergraduate and graduate degree programs in nursing, business, counseling, and teacher education. During these years, she also opened a small private practice for the management of sexual issues.
Credentials include an RN to BSN, MSN, MBA, and a PhD in Human Sexuality. Awards include Utah Excellence in Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau Excellence in Nursing, and Hawaii Nurse Executive of the Year. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Why do so many patients ignore their knee pain?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Fisher, MD
- Guest Website David Fisher
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Guest Bio
Dr. David Fisher is an Orthopedic surgeon practicing in Indianapolis with a group called Ortho Indy. He is fellowship trained in arthritis surgery and total joint replacement. His practice is dedicated to providing care to those who suffer from arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, and other degenerative or traumatic conditions of the hip and knee.
In that capacity he performs approximately 500 total joint replacement procedures and several arthroscopic procedures annually. While the majority of his patients are from Indiana and the Midwest, he has patients from all over the United States and from five foreign countries. From 1988 until 2005 he was the Director of the Total Joint Service at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
He is currently the Director of the Total Joint Center at the Indiana Orthopedic Hospital and is the Past-President of Ortho Indy. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How can a couple combat the stress of fertility and regain some control of their relationship as they try to become pregnant?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Chloe Carmichael, PhD
- Guest Website Dr. Chloe
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Guest Bio
Chloe Carmichael, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and runs a successful private practice, known as Dr. Chloe, in New York City that focuses primarily on relationship issues and stress management as well as career coaching.
Serving more than 1,000 patients in Manhattan, Carmichael leverages technology with psychology to expand her counseling services across the country through virtual online private and group sessions. Carmichael is a member in good standing of the American Psychological Association and the National Register of Health Psychologists, an elite membership for psychologists with the highest standards of education and board scores.
She is an expert in anxiety, and has taught stress management techniques at Fortune 500 companies as well as in her own private practice. Her holistic approach integrates a special blend of techniques that has been shown to help people overcome anxiety.
The overwhelming demand for Carmichael's treatment services has led to an exponential growth of her practice and fueled the development of popular online tools. Carmichael holds a master's degree and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, with a bachelor's degree and departmental honors in psychology from Columbia University in New York. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
If you've suffered from a traumatic brain injury, what is your best hope for recovery?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Lynda McGuirk, Author
- Book Title Survive and Thrive: My Traumatic Brain Injury Survival Guide
- Guest Website Lynda McGuirk
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Guest Bio
Lynda McGuirk is an entrepreneur and owner of McGuirk Management Small Business Organization Service. In 2010 she completed her Master's Degree in Hospitality Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her dream is to open a retreat in Belize for TBI survivors and their families.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How can you mend broken relationships to help care for your aging parents?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml4d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Pamela D. Wilson, MS
- Book Title The Caregiving Trap: Solutions for Life’s Unexpected Changes
- Guest Website Pamela D. Wilson
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Guest Bio
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CG, CSA, Certified Senior Advisor specializes in working with family and professional caregivers to navigate healthcare and aging concerns.
Wilson, an expert in the field of caregiving, has personally helped thousands of family and professional caregivers since 2000 in her career as an advocate, a care navigator, and an educator. Through her company, The Care Navigator, she is an advocate and service provider in the roles of guardian, power of attorney, care manager, and transition specialist.
She was producer and host of The Caring Generation®, from 2009 to 2011, an educational radio program for caregivers on 630 KHOW-AM. In addition to her work at the Care Navigator, Pamela gives back to the community by serving as chairperson of the Community Ethics Committee in Denver, Colorado. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How can you tell the difference between a low period and whether it's time to quit?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml4c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Lauren Zander, Life Coach
- Guest Website Handel Group
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Guest Bio
Lauren Zander is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Handel Group®, an international coaching company based in New York City. She has spent nearly 20 years coaching thousands of private and corporate clients from around the world.
Lauren's coaching methodology, The Handel Method®, was developed at MIT and is now being taught at Stanford Business School, NYU, Columbia, as well as in over 35 other universities and educational programs across the country.
Lauren is a contributor for several publications and media outlets, including: New York Times, the BBC, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Self, Women's Health, Men's Health, Vogue, Ebony, Cosmopolitan, Experience Life, Marie Claire, Family Circle, Elle, Prevention Magazine and the Huffington Post. She has been a featured expert on the Dr. Oz Show, The Dr. Drew Show, The Meredith Vieira Show, Fox and The BBC.
Her TV special Celebrity Life Coach premiered on A&E's Biography Channel. Lauren lives in Westchester, NY, with her husband and three children. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How do natural products differ from hormone replacement therapy?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 2
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml4b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Kathryn M. Landherr, MD
- Guest Website Femmenessence
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Guest Bio
Dr. Kathryn Landherr grew up in Central Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin for her undergraduate degree in journalism and pre-med. She began medical school at UTMB, went on to graduate from Texas A&M Health Science Center, then on to the University of Oklahoma for her residency program.
Once Dr. Landherr's residency program was complete she was off to Tucson as an attending physician teaching residents at OU. While at Northwest Medical Center in Tucson, she was honored as Section Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 2008 – 2010.
She also completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine with Andrew Weil, M.D., at the University of Arizona where she learned how to help women achieve optimal health throughout every cycle of life. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
What are the patient benefits of EVH over the conventional open vein harvesting procedure?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 1
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml4a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Scot C. Schultz, MD
- Guest Website McLeod Health Hospital
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Guest Bio
Scot C. Schultz is board certified in Thoracic Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is the Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at McLeod Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Schultz received his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, FL. He completed a General Surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also completed a Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship at Wake Forest University/Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
Dr. Schultz is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the distinction as a US News Top Doctor in Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery by his peers, America's Top Surgeons, and the Compassionate Doctor by his patients. Dr. Schultz's areas of expertise include Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery, Heart Valve Repair and Replacement, Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, and Lung Cancer Surgery. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How can you get over a break-up?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 4
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml3d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Diane & Mario Cloutier, Authors
- Book Title Relovenship™, Look Within to Love Again
- Guest Website ReLovenship
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Guest Bio
Diane and Mario Cloutier are relationship coaches whose real-life relationship sorrows and search for a soul mate led them to their happily-ever-after relationship, and to become trusted advisors. Their inspirational new book, ReLovenship™ - Look Within to Love Again, takes readers through self-reflective exercises that help them rise from the ashes of a failed relationship.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Could your employer choose to pay a penalty rather than provide insurance?
Additional Info
- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1541ml3c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Marianne Eterno, President of Government Relations for GTL
- Guest Website GTL
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Guest Bio
Marianne Eterno began her insurance career in 1987 at the former Golden Rule Insurance Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, and moved to Chicago in 1992, when she accepted a position with Celtic Insurance Company.
Marianne came to Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company (GTL) in 1996, as a compliance and government relations consultant, and formally joined the company in 1997. As Assistant Vice President of Government Relations, she represents GTL in both the state and federal arenas, drives coalition development for the company, and serves as the company's media and public relations spokesperson.
In addition to sitting on committees for every major insurance trade association, Marianne serves on the Board of Directors of RetireSafe, a 400,000 member grassroots advocacy organization for senior citizens and as the Executive Director for the Council for Affordable Health Insurance. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
