INTERVIEWS

Guest: Dr. Aaron E. Glatt
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Aaron E. Glatt, spokesperson for the Infectious Disease Society of America and chair of the Department of Medicine at South Nassau Communities Hospital, is the author of 200 scientific journal articles and presentations at national meetings and an internationally known medical lecturer. His medical interests also include general infectious diseases, infection control,Clostridium difficile, tuberculosis, fungal infection, occupational-related HIV seroconversion, HIV infection, and antibiotic utilization.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Glatt discusses the key to ensuring and safeguarding the effectiveness of antibiotics. When to prescribe them, when not to prescribe them and what is the dosage to prescribe that is commensurate with the infection.

Guest: Dr. John Rogers
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. John Rogers is Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Device Therapy at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California. He is skilled in syncope, electrophysiology and implantation of pacemakers and internal cardiac defibrillators and CRT devices.

Segment overview: Dr. John Rogers, MD, FACC, Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Device Therapy at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California, discusses talking to patients about lifestyle management for best outcomes to reduce the risk of a second stroke.

Guest: Dr. John Rogers
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. John Rogers is Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Device Therapy at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California. He is skilled in syncope, electrophysiology and implantation of pacemakers and internal cardiac defibrillators and CRT devices.

Segment overview: Dr. John Rogers, MD, FACC, Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Device Therapy at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California, talks about new long term, minimally invasive technologies for heart monitoring.

Guest: Dr. John Rogers
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. John Rogers is Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Device Therapy at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California. He is skilled in syncope, electrophysiology and implantation of pacemakers and internal cardiac defibrillators and CRT devices.

Segment overview: Dr. John Rogers, MD, FACC, Associate Chief of Cardiology and Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Device Therapy at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in La Jolla, California, discusses cryptogenic strokes.

Guest: Dr. Jason Kaplan
Presenter: Patrick Reyes
Guest Bio: Dr Jason Kaplan is a specialist adult cardiologist and physician. He studied Medicine at UNSW and graduated with Honours in 1999. He then completed his Internal Medicine Training at St George and Prince of Wales hospitals and Adult Cardiology training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Currently, Dr. Kaplan is the Clinical Lead of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine at Macquarie University and is a clinical lecturer in Medicine and Cardiology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Segment overview: Heart and cardiovascular disease are amongst Australia’s largest health issues. Each year, an estimate of one in every six Australians are affected, resulting in 480,000 hospitalisations and 45,000 deaths Dr. Jason Kaplan joins Health Professional Radio to talk about the lifestyle choices and common kitchen ingredients that can help stop the spread of heart diseases without taking drugs. He will be discussing the benefits of Aged Garlic Extract as a natural therapy to support heart health.

Guest: Brad Gray
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Brad Gray trained and worked as a history and geography teacher before moving into the health education sector for 14 years. With a strong passion for human environments, Brad started with Planet Ark in 2007 as Recycling Programs Manager before taking up the role of Head of Campaigns in 2010. Brad works with every team in the organisation to create positive and action-based programs designed to engage Australians with the environment.

Segment overview: The giving and receiving of gifts during the Christmas season generates recyclable material that most people have minimal disposal knowledge. Gifts like computers, printers, mobile phones, clothes, furniture, and glasses are often discarded. The 12 Do’s of Christmas Campaign aims to educate and encourage people to reconsider their purchasing behaviour to help minimise waste during this season.

Guest: Associate Professor Linda Selvey
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Associate Professor Linda Selvey of Curtin’s School of Public Health came after a fulfilling career in being a medical doctor, cancer researcher, and public health advocate. She is a highly respected in the field of public health not only in Queensland, but in the entire Australia. More recently, Linda was CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Linda was Chair of the Queensland Conservation Council from 2001 to 2009 and represented Queensland on the Council of the Australian Conservation Foundation (1995-97 and 2004-06). In 2007, she was trained by Al Gore as a climate change presenter and has since conducted 25 presentations to large audiences across the country and overseas.

Segment overview: In this segment, Associate Professor Linda Selvey talks about antibiotics and its growing issues in the public. Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health problem in Australia. Some bacteria that are capable of causing serious disease are becoming resistant to most commonly available antibiotics in the market, which can spread from person to person in the community or from patient to patient in the hospital.

Guest: Deb Lynch
Presenter: Patrick Reyes
Guest Bio: Deb Lynch is the secretary and media spokesperson for the Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA). She has worked in the Healthcare industry since 1977 and fulfilled roles such as a Medical Receptionist, Pathology Laboratory a/hrs Manager, and Phlebotomist in both public & private sectors. After a workplace spinal injury in 1988 where her surgery failed to treat her condition, she discovered MCUA and was introduced to the pain relieving and anti-spasmodic properties of Cannabis.

Segment overview: Deb Lynch talks about the Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA) and its mission to the educate Australians about the therapeutic benefits of organically grown cannabis to help patients experiencing anxiety, chronic pain, and other diseases. She also clears up some misconceptions and outdated opinion of the community towards the use of medical cannabis.

Guest: Lesley Brydon
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Lesley is Chief Executive Officer of Painaustralia, a national not for profit body formed in 2011 to work with governments, funders, health care professionals and consumers to facilitate implementation of the National Pain Strategy. Lesley played a leadership role in the development of Australia’s National Pain Strategy – a world’s first – which was ratified by over 150 health care and consumer organisations at the National Pain Summit at Parliament House Canberra in 2010. Previously Lesley was Executive Director of the Advertising Federation of Australia and had an extensive career in corporate communications in both private sector and government roles.

Segment overview: Lesley Brydon talks about chronic pain as being dealt with by Painaustralia, a national not-for-profit body established to improve the treatment and management of pain in Australia. One in five Australians, including adolescents and children, live with chronic pain. This prevalence rises to one in three of the older (over 65) age group. With the increasing number of affected patients, chronic pain still remains one of the least understood and poorly resourced areas of healthcare.