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Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda is a window into the latest innovations in digital health, the changing dynamic between doctors and patients, and the emergence of precision medicine. The show covers such topics as aging in place, innovative uses for wearables and sensors, advances in clinical research, applied genetics, drug development, and challenges for connected health entrepreneurs.
A geriatrics and palliative care podcast for every health care professional. We invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You'll laugh, learn and maybe sing along. Hosted by Eric Widera and Alex Smith.
Let's get real about living with celiac disease. The ups, the downs and the temptations. Hear real stories from real people with the autoimmune disease.
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Alana McGolrick DNP is the Chief Nursing Officer at PeriGen and focused on reducing preventable maternal and newborn deaths using technology and AI to support labor and delivery activities. The PeriWatch Vigilance platform removes bias and provides objective assessment to those clinicians and physicians monitoring the physiological changes in patie…
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Reducing Preventable Maternal and Newborn Mortality with Dr. Alana McGolrick PeriGen
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Alana McGolrick DNP is the Chief Nursing Officer at PeriGen and focused on reducing preventable maternal and newborn deaths using technology and AI to support labor and delivery activities. The PeriWatch Vigilance platform removes bias and provides objective assessment to those clinicians and physicians monitoring the physiological changes in patie…
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New Care Delivery Models to Support Safe Aging in Place with Rosemary Kennedy Connect America TRANSCRIPT
Rosemary Kennedy is the Chief Health Information Officer at Connect America, where data collection, predictive analytics, remote monitoring, human intervention, and promotion of patient care circles are all part of the solution for keeping seniors out of the hospital and independent as possible. Rosemary explains, "There are probably three areas in…
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New Care Delivery Models to Support Safe Aging in Place with Rosemary Kennedy Connect America
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Rosemary Kennedy is the Chief Health Information Officer at Connect America, where data collection, predictive analytics, remote monitoring, human intervention, and promotion of patient care circles are all part of the solution for keeping seniors out of the hospital and independent as possible. Rosemary explains, "There are probably three areas in…
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Treating the Brain to Address Long-Term Chronic Pain with Andy Kidd MD Aptinyx
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Andy Kidd MD is the President and COO and soon to be CEO of Aptinyx. With a focus on Pain Awareness Month, Andy provides a view into the world of treating long-term chronic pain and the necessary innovations to treat the cause of chronic pain in conditions like diabetic peripheral neuropathy and fibromyalgia. Andy explains, "So we've discovered and…
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Andy Kidd MD is the President and COO and soon to be CEO of Aptinyx. With a focus on Pain Awareness Month, Andy provides a view into the world of treating long-term chronic pain and the necessary innovations to treat the cause of chronic pain in conditions like diabetic peripheral neuropathy and fibromyalgia. Andy explains, "So we've discovered and…
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Living with and studying serious illness: Podcast with Randy Curtis
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Randy Curtis, a paragon of palliative care research, was diagnosed with ALS in March. Randy is in a unique position as someone who studies and cares for people living with serious illness, who now shares his reflections on being on the other side, to reflect on the process of living with serious illness. His reflections are illuminating and inspiri…
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Jessica Magana is the Product Manager of Lightbeam Health Solutions, a population health management company. Jessica shines a light on the biggest changes coming from CMS in risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage in 2022. Organizations need to understand the technical requirements behind the way diagnosed base risk scores will be calculated and the…
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CMS 2022 Changes for Medicare Advantage with Jessica Magana Lightbeam Health Solutions
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Jessica Magana is the Product Manager of Lightbeam Health Solutions, a population health management company. Jessica shines a light on the biggest changes coming from CMS in risk adjustment for Medicare Advantage in 2022. Organizations need to understand the technical requirements behind the way diagnosed base risk scores will be calculated and the…
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Treating Rare MPN Diseases Caused by Genetic Mutations in Blood Stem Cells with Dr. Hugh Rienhoff Imago BioSciences TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Hugh Rienhoff is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Imago BioSciences. He and his team are developing their lead asset bomedemstat for the treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) which are rare blood cancers. Hugh explains, "So MPNs, myeloproliferative neoplasms, are actually a family of diseases that include myelofibrosis, pol…
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Treating Rare MPN Diseases Caused by Genetic Mutations in Blood Stem Cells with Dr. Hugh Rienhoff Imago BioSciences
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Dr. Hugh Rienhoff is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Imago BioSciences. He and his team are developing their lead asset bomedemstat for the treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) which are rare blood cancers. Hugh explains, "So MPNs, myeloproliferative neoplasms, are actually a family of diseases that include myelofibrosis, pol…
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Remote Patient Monitoring Virtual Visits Driving Reduction in Hospital Readmissions with Eric Rock Vivify Health TRANSCRIPT
Eric Rock is the Founder and CEO of Vivify Health and a pioneer in the application of remote patient monitoring, consumer electronics, and biometric devices combined with virtual visits to connect patients and providers outside the hospital setting. Eric explains, "Fortunately, Vivify, from our beginning days, created a solution that encompassed a …
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Remote Patient Monitoring Virtual Visits Driving Reduction in Hospital Readmissions with Eric Rock Vivify Health
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Eric Rock is the Founder and CEO of Vivify Health and a pioneer in the application of remote patient monitoring, consumer electronics, and biometric devices combined with virtual visits to connect patients and providers outside the hospital setting. Eric explains, "Fortunately, Vivify, from our beginning days, created a solution that encompassed a …
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Palliative Care's Diversity Problem: A Podcast with Lindsay Bell, Tessie October, and Riba Kelsey
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alliative care has a diversity problem. The workforce of palliative care looks nothing like the patient population that we care for in the hospital and in our clinics. For example, in 2019-2020 academic year only 4% of Hospice and Palliative Care fellows identified as black, compared to 12% of the overall US population using the most recent census …
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Modulating the Wnt Signaling Pathway to Treat Specific Injury or Organ with Craig Parker Surrozen TRANSCRIPT
Craig Parker is the Chief Executive Officer at Surrozen. Their research in the Wnt pathway and proteins identified these are critical to maintaining tissues in our body and are found in tissues as diverse as the lung, intestine, liver, sensory hair cells, and the eye. The company is first targeting a patient population with a severe alcoholic injur…
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Modulating the Wnt Signaling Pathway to Treat Specific Injury or Organ with Craig Parker Surrozen
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Craig Parker is the Chief Executive Officer at Surrozen. Their research in the Wnt pathway and proteins identified these are critical to maintaining tissues in our body and are found in tissues as diverse as the lung, intestine, liver, sensory hair cells, and the eye. The company is first targeting a patient population with a severe alcoholic injur…
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Informed Choices Change Model for Transporting Patients with Dr. Richard Watson Motient TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Richard Watson is a Co-Founder of Motient and has taken on the challenge of creating an efficient solution to solve the puzzle of how to move patients from one place to another with a focus on rural healthcare and rural hospitals. Motient was founded as a medical transport company that did air and ground transport. They have now created Mission…
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Informed Choices Change Model for Transporting Patients with Dr. Richard Watson Motient
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Dr. Richard Watson is a Co-Founder of Motient and has taken on the challenge of creating an efficient solution to solve the puzzle of how to move patients from one place to another with a focus on rural healthcare and rural hospitals. Motient was founded as a medical transport company that did air and ground transport. They have now created Mission…
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Grief and Academia: Podcast with Krista Harrison
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Much has been written in geriatrics and palliative care about anticipatory grief, about the grief of caregivers, and even the grief clinicians experience following the deaths of their patients. Krista Harrison, in a Piece of My Mind essay in JAMA, writes about something different. She writes about coping, as an academic hospice and palliative care …
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Sparing Patients the Ravages of Steroid Medicines and Overproduction of Cortisol with David Katz Sparrow Pharmaceuticals TRANSCRIPT
David Katz is the Chief Scientific Officer at Sparrow Pharmaceuticals. He is exploring the possibility of blocking the formation of intracellular steroids to reduce the side effects of steroid medicines and conditions related to the overproduction of cortisol in the body in such diseases as Cushing's Syndrome and autonomous cortisol secretion. Davi…
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Sparing Patients the Ravages of Steroid Medicines and Overproduction of Cortisol with David Katz Sparrow Pharmaceuticals
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David Katz is the Chief Scientific Officer at Sparrow Pharmaceuticals. He is exploring the possibility of blocking the formation of intracellular steroids to reduce the side effects of steroid medicines and conditions related to the overproduction of cortisol in the body in such diseases as Cushing's Syndrome and autonomous cortisol secretion. Davi…
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Building on the Momentum to Develop Alzheimer’s Treatments and Vaccine with Dr. Hideki Garren Prothena TRANSCRIPT
Hideki Garren MD Ph.D. is the Chief Medical Officer at Prothena with a mission to advance the pipeline of candidates for neurodegenerative and protein amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. We talk about the recent FDA approval of aducanumab and its impact on research. Hideki says, "As we've shown at the AAIC, the Alzheimer's Asso…
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Building on the Momentum to Develop Alzheimer’s Treatments and Vaccine with Dr. Hideki Garren Prothena
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Hideki Garren MD Ph.D. is the Chief Medical Officer at Prothena with a mission to advance the pipeline of candidates for neurodegenerative and protein amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. We talk about the recent FDA approval of aducanumab and its impact on research. Hideki says, "As we've shown at the AAIC, the Alzheimer's Asso…
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Accelerating Development of Treatments for Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Karen Chen SMA Foundation TRANSCRIPT
Karen Chen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. With a background in drug development having worked in pharma and biotech in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Karen brings a deep understanding of the value of treating rare diseases that are genetically defined. Karen explains, "The fou…
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Accelerating Development of Treatments for Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Karen Chen SMA Foundation
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Karen Chen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. With a background in drug development having worked in pharma and biotech in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Karen brings a deep understanding of the value of treating rare diseases that are genetically defined. Karen explains, "The fou…
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#AcademicLifeHacks: A Podcast About Tips and Tricks to Thrive in Academic Medicine
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Today’s podcast is on academic life hacks, those tips and tricks we have seen and developed over the years to succeed in academic medicine in fields that are somewhat generalist in nature. While the podcast is meant for fellows and junior faculty, we hope some of it applies to the work that all of our listeners do, even in non-academic settings. Wh…
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Understanding Role of Fragments of tRNA Synthetases in Controlling Inflammation with Sanjay Shukla aTyr Pharma TRANSCRIPT
Sanjay Shukla is the President and CEO of aTyr Pharma, focusing on the extracellular functionality and signaling pathways of tRNA synthetases. The lead clinical product candidate ATYR1923 is a potential disease-modifying therapy for patients with severe inflammatory lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease pulmonary sarcoidosis. Sanjay ex…
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Understanding Role of Fragments of tRNA Synthetases in Controlling Inflammation with Sanjay Shukla aTyr Pharma
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Sanjay Shukla is the President and CEO of aTyr Pharma, focusing on the extracellular functionality and signaling pathways of tRNA synthetases. The lead clinical product candidate ATYR1923 is a potential disease-modifying therapy for patients with severe inflammatory lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease pulmonary sarcoidosis. Sanjay ex…
