INTERVIEWS

Guest: Dr. Martha Sajatovic, MD

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Dr. Sajatovic is Director of the Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; Director of the Geropsychiatry Program at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; and Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Dr. Sajatovic’s areas of expertise include anxiety, geriatric psychiatry, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, mood disorders, and adult psychiatry.

 Segment Overview: Dr. Martha Sajatovic discusses the PRIDE study and tells us and why is it important to break the cycle of incarceration, hospitalization and substance abuse for people with schizophrenia.

Guest: Rosie Simpson

Presenter: Tabetha Moreto

Guest Bio: Rosie Simpson joined the Children’s Hospital Foundation as CEO in July 2017, bringing a strong strategic and commercial background to the organisation as it looks to build on its strong growth, funding for world class research and supporting innovation in the delivery of children’s health outcomes.  Rosie brings close to a decade of experience in the NFP sector with The Smith Family where she was responsible for both significant organisational strategic shifts and double-digit income growth in roles as Head of Strategy and Fundraising.
Previously Rosie was an Executive Director of Marketing at Telstra with a focus on 3 million rural and regional customers.  She holds a Masters in Economic Development and a degree in Economics with experience as an economist with the International Wool Secretariat in London, a lobbyist in Canberra and has led a number of entrepreneurial projects to drive online services for rural and regional Australia.  

Segment Overview: In today’s interview, Rosie Simpson joins the program to talk about the establishment of a new $5 million research center aimed at better understanding key issues in childhood nutrition and how to tackle them. She also shares about her passion for working with children.

Guest: Dr. Jacques Miller

Presenter: Tabetha Moreto

Guest Bio: Dr. Jacques Miller is a distinguished research scientist and immunologist know for the discovery the function of the thymus and for the identification, in mammalian species of the two major subsets of lymphocytes (T cells and B cells) and their function. For his discoveries in the UK and Australia, Professor Miller has been awarded the highest international academic honours, including the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London, and the Prime Minister’s Science Prize (2003).  He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1970), a Fellow of The Royal Society (1970), a Foreign Associate of the US Academy of Sciences (1982) and a Companion of the Order of Australia (2003).

Segment Overview: In today’s interview, Dr. Jacques Miller talks about his world changing discovery of T lymphocytes which are responsible for protecting our bodies from infection which has won him the prestigious Japan Prize. The Japan Prize is highly competitive with over 13,000 nominators strictly comprised of prominent scientists and researchers from across the globe.

Guest: Dr. Ross Walker

Presenter: Henry Acosta

Guest Bio: Dr. Ross Walker is one of Australia’s top cardiologists and he has a medical practice in Lindfield on the upper north shore of Sydney. He introduced a great number of processes that helped improve the heart and lives of Australians through his medical research and practice.

Segment Overview: In this segment, Dr. Ross expounds on what you are supposed to know when it comes to your heart, cholesterol levels and lifestyle changes. Building on those topics, he reminds us and our listeners about the importance of having healthy relationships, how it affects our lives and the importance of awareness and knowledge when it comes to talking to your cardiologist.

Guest: Andrew Tucker

Presenter: Wayne Bucklar

Guest Bio: Andrew Tucker is the CEO of ITonCloud. ITonCloud is built to provide leading edge and proven technologies for our customers. The staff and management have a long history of delivering managed services and IT systems integration projects. He is an entrepreneur with 25 years of building successful annuity based IT Professional Services Businesses. His business building specialities range from building business from the ground up to sales and business strategy.  Andrew has started, run and sold a number of successful businesses. These business range from 80 to 2000 staff with turnovers of $10 million to $400 million.

Segment Overview: In today’s interview, Andrew Tucker returns to the program to discuss the topic concerning ransomware. He provides advice on how healthcare providers can better protect their operations from ransomware. Healthcare providers are an attractive target for ransomware attacks because of the critical data they carry and their reliance on up-to-date information for patient records.

Guest: Dr. Nancy S. Reau

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Dr. Nancy S. Reau is a hepatologist at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, specializing in Transplant Hepatology (primary specialty) and Gastroenterology. She is educating about Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), which is a progressive autoimmune disease that affects the bile ducts in the liver. While PBC is a rare disease, affecting approximately one in 1000 women over 40, it has been the second leading overall cause of liver transplant in women in the U.S. since 1988. Dr. Reau is the Associate Director of Solid Organ Transplantation and Section Chief of Hepatology at Rush University Medical Center. She has over fifteen years of experience in hepatology, gastroenterology, and internal medicine, and specializes in treating a variety of complex liver disease, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, liver cancer, liver transplant, and viral diseases. She has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, invited reviews, editorials and on-line programs, as well as several book chapters, and two books.

Segment Overview: Dr. Nancy Reau, MD, Associate Director of Solid Organ Transplantation and Section Chief of Hepatology at Rush University Medical Center, discusses Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), a progressive autoimmune disease that affects the bile ducts in the liver. She also talks about health care provider education, and the importance of routine liver testing.

Guest: Emily Blincoe

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Emily Blincoe from Nashville, TN is a photographer with LiveHer and an Instagram sensation. LiveHer aims to empower and inspire patients to take control of their PBC by showcasing real stories from three different women affected by this disease, one of the women is Emily Blincoe’s mother. The photography captures the indomitable spirit and strength of these special women who work every day to overcome the challenges of PBC, striving to take control of their health and truly thrive. LiveHer was sponsored by Intercept Pharmaceuticals.

Segment Overview: Emily Blincoe, photographer and Instagram star, shares about her involvement in a new national photography project called LiveHer to raise awareness of Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) and the importance of liver health.

Guest: Debbie Parsley

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Debbie Parsley, who works for the state as a fingerprint supervisor, was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune liver disease called Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) at age 53 after routine bloodwork planning for her retirement. PBC affects approximately one in 1000 women over the age of 40 and the majority of people does not experience any symptoms. Learn more at: www.Facebook.com/LiveHerPBC.

Segment Overview: Debbie Parsley, 61, talks about her diagnosis of Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), a rare, serious and less-known liver disease that affects some women who are often in the prime of their lives.  She is also featured in a photography project called “LiveHer” to raise awareness about PBC and liver health. Learn more at: www.Facebook.com/LiveHerPBC.

Guest: Bridget Zaremba  

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Bridget is AVP, Healthcare Claims Leader at QBE North America, an integrated specialist insurer, which offers commercial, personal and specialty lines capabilities to meet the targeted and evolving needs of its customers. Bridget joined QBE in 2016 after more than 30 years in healthcare delivery, risk management and medical professional liability insurance. She is responsible for the development and management of the QBE Healthcare Claims team. Prior to joining QBE, she was AVP, Healthcare Liability claims for Allied World Insurance, where she managed the healthcare claims department for the Midwest and West coast regions. Bridget has worked as a regional claims manager at American Physicians Assurance, was a principal at a medical legal consultancy and was the director of risk management at a hospital in Chicago. She began her career as a Registered Nurse. Bridget earned her Baccalaureate Degree in nursing from Elmhurst College and a Master of Jurisprudence Health Law from Loyola University School of Law.  

Segment Overview: Bridget Zaremba, a Healthcare Claims Practice Leader at QBE North America, discusses a white paper released on how the increased use of advanced practice clinicians (like Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants) is putting healthcare entities and physicians at risk and what physicians can do to mitigate these risks.

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Marshall, MD, MBA

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Elizabeth (Liz) Marshall, MD, MBA is the Director of Clinical Analytics at Linguamatics. She served as active duty in computer operations in the United States Air Force as part of the logistics team in Operation Enduring Freedom, the military response to the 9-11 Attacks. After her military career, she became a research physician that dedicated her time to informatics solutions to improve efforts to effectively treat the mental health of Military Veterans. Her work as a Clinical Research Health Scientist at the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center in Charleston, SC led to substantial gains in the areas of suicidality and PTSD. Her work led to her acceptance of the Research Training Institute Scholar Award, ICRC-S Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention (2013). As project manager, she was responsible for the development of a highly effective e-learning training program for clinicians, “recognized by the government’s education system, the Talent Management System (TMS).” The Department of Defense has since requested to adopt this training for federal-wide usage. She has reviewed and abstracted relevant study information from electronic patient records of over 1,000 patients and approximately 300 clinicians for overall VA hospital care, including physical and mental outcomes of those patients. After these projects and prior to her fellowship training in Informatics at the Medical University of South Carolina, she served as an Assistant Professor where she served as the clinical manager for a nutrition study for Veterans in efforts to decrease suicidality.  

Segment Overview: Elizabeth Marshall, MD, MBA, Director of Clinical Analytics at Linguamatics discusses how NLP (Natural Language Processing) technology can improve veteran care and maybe even prevent suicides.