INTERVIEWS

Guest: Dr. Hilary Baldwin
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Baldwin, the Medical Director of the ATRC, is a board certified dermatologist with nearly 25 years of experience. Her area of expertise and interest are acne, rosacea and keloid scars. Dr. Baldwin received her BA and MA in biology from Boston University. She became a research assistant at Harvard University before attending Boston University School of Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. Hilary Baldwin, Medical Director of the Atlantic Health System’s Acne Treatment and Research Center in Morristown, NJ, and Galderma Laboratories consultant, discusses acne and the psychosocial impact of the disease.

Guest: Jim Frantzis
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Jim’s enthusiasm for his people and patients is undeniable. As CEO of Cancer Care in Australia, Jim leads with a belief that the patient is at the centre of everything we do. It is this approach that ensures people receive exceptional cancer care every time they set foot through the door of one of our centres.
Jim has spent his entire career in cancer care and has been instrumental in driving clinical excellence, operational efficiency and delivering leading best-practice programs in the radiation oncology space. Jim was appointed as CEO of ROC in 2015, and recently commenced as the CEO of an integrated haematology, radiation and medical oncology division. He has operational oversight of 16 centres nationally and a team of over 600 staff.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Icon Cancer Care CEO Jim Frantzis here to talk about the Paxman Scalp Cooling System. This system is currently used across 32 countries worldwide and will soon be available at the Icon Cancer Care Wesley Centre. It can be used for patients with breast and other solid tumour cancers being treated with certain chemotherapy drugs such as docetaxel, cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin. The Paxman Scalp Cooling System works by reducing the temperature of the patient’s scalp by a few degrees immediately before, during and after the administration of chemotherapy. Effectiveness of the system varies from patient to patient depending on type of treatment and cancer, and other factors such as prior chemotherapy regimes, age and ethnicity.

Guest: Dr. John Demartini
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Dr Demartini is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development. Dr. Demartini’s knowledge is the culmination of over 41 years of cross-disciplinary research. He is the author of over 40 books and manuscripts such as the acclaimed ‘The Breakthrough Experience®’ which has been translated into over 29 languages.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Human Behavioral Specialist Dr. John Demartini here to talk about the demanding pressures of an ageist society and share some insightful steps to improve health while combat ageing.

Guest: Dr. Gina Levy
Presenter: Patrick Reyes
Guest Bio: Dr. Gina Levy is the Senior Nutrition Manager ANZ at Kellogg. Gina has over 15 years’ experience as a dietitian in the food industry, and has also consulted for some of the largest food companies in Australia, as well as many non-government organisations.
Gina has a combined Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Biochemistry, a Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics with Honours, and a PhD in Biomedical Science. Gina integrates her breadth of knowledge and experience into developing and reformulating Kellogg’s products to improve their nutrition profile for consumers.
Gina is a member of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Dietitians Association of Australia and the Nutrition Society of Australia.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Dr. Gina Levy from Kellogg’s ANZ here to share her insights on how a high fiber diet can help us from having chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes, bowel cancer and cardiovascular disease. The Kellogg’s Nutrition Fibre Kit has been distributed to over 2,000 GPs providing helpful information to patients on how fibre can help with preventing chronic diseases such as diabetes, bowel cancer, heart disease, weight management and regularity and easy ways to up your fibre intake. Doctor Levy will also discuss ways we can include fiber in our daily diet and how faddy diets contribute to the decline in fiber consumption especially on our aging population.

Guest: Kris Knauer
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Kris Knauer was appointed to the Board of Medibio on 1 July 2014 and he took on the role of CEO in September 2014. Kris has 20 years’ experience in Finance and Corporate Advisory and he is an experienced CEO of ASX-listed companies. He has had a previous role as CEO in a group owning GP Centres and Radiology practices. He also founded and grew an ASX-listed company from sub $3 million valuation to $300 million valuation prior to a $1bn takeover.
Kris has a Bachelor of Science (Honours). Mr Knauer also has over 15 years’ experience in finance and corporate advisory services.
In Medibio, Kris focuses on corporate matters such as the Board and Senior Management composition and structure, Capital structure, and the ongoing funding requirements for commercialisation of the company’s CHR technology for the diagnosis of Depression and other Mental Health conditions.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Kris Kanuer from Medibio to talk about the customised monitoring device they have developed as part of their partnership with Australia’s Biggest Mental Health Check In. Together with HBF, they are encouraging companies to have their employees wear this at night around the chest to track their circadian heart rhythm during sleep. This would be looking at stress, depression, anxiety, sleep quality, self awareness and the results will help provide an assessment of their mental health. This partnership aims to better help employees maintain good mental health.

Guest: Susie Burrell
Presenter: Patrick Reyes
Guest Bio: Susie Burrell is one of Australia’s leading dietitians, with 2 Honours degrees in Nutrition & Dietetics and Psychology. Susie is especially known for her practical, easy to understand approach to diet, nutrition and wellbeing.
In 2004 she started representing the Dietitians Association of Australia as a media spokesperson and regularly began appearing in both print and television media commenting on all areas of diet, weight loss and nutrition. Since then, she has been the resident nutritionist on Mornings with Kerri-Anne, Fresh TV and for Dolly magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph Body and Soul, Cosmopolitan, ALPHA and GQ.
Susie is currently the resident dietitian on Channel’s 7’s SUNRISE and has a weekly radio segment on the top rating 2GB Afternoon Program with Chris Smith. Susie currently contributes regularly to smh.com.au, Australian Women’s Fitness, CLEO and Woman’s Day magazines and she is the consultant dietitian at Sydney University Sport, Body Science International, Go Natural Foods, Peppercorn Food Company and SIMPLE skincare.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome leading dietitian and nutrition expert Susie Burrell here to share the outcome of the The Wraps Unwrapped Report a report completed by a team of researchers led by Professor Clare Collins at the University of Newcastle in September and October 2016. The report was commissioned by Quality Bakers, part of the Goodman Fielder Group, the manufacturer of Helga’s and Wonder White branded products. The report also provides analysis of publicly available nutrition information of Australia’s leading wraps brands. It was conducted to understand the nutritional differences between the leading wraps brands to help make informed choices, with a focus on salt and artificial preservatives. Susie shares her thoughts on why eating too much salt is not good for you and what to look out for on food labels to choose a lower salt wrap.

Guest: Andrew Ritter
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Andrew Ritter’s story is that of a biotechnology founder with an impassioned and unique drug discovery story that involves testing drug candidates on himself at an early age and Andrew has now been free of any lactose issues for 17 years. He actually began drug discovery research in middle school.

Segment overview: In this Health Supplier Segment, Andrew Ritter of LA-based Ritter Pharmaceuticals, discusses how the company just completed enrollment of their RP-G28 in Phase 2b/3 trials and hopes to have results later this year.

Guest: Brendan Gaughrah
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Known as ‘The Liver Medic’, Brendan conducts nutrition lectures and promotes a line of liver and gut health supplements to clean and protect the body.
His health expertise goes beyond this scope, too, as he has spent nearly 20 years in healthcare, formulated hundreds of products, and worked for major pharmaceutical and medical device companies in addition to running nutraceutical companies.

Segment overview: Brendan Gaughran, molecular biologist, and known as ‘The Liver Medic’ discusses his holistic approach to health.

Guest: Brendan Gaughrah
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Known as ‘The Liver Medic’, Brendan conducts nutrition lectures and promotes a line of liver and gut health supplements to clean and protect the body.
His health expertise goes beyond this scope, too, as he has spent nearly 20 years in healthcare, formulated hundreds of products, and worked for major pharmaceutical and medical device companies in addition to running nutraceutical companies.

Segment overview: Brendan Gaughran, molecular biologist, and known as ‘The Liver Medic’, talks about the greatest source of toxins that make it into our bodies, and why GMO technology is dangerous.

Guest: Brendan Gaughrah
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Known as ‘The Liver Medic’, Brendan conducts nutrition lectures and promotes a line of liver and gut health supplements to clean and protect the body.
His health expertise goes beyond this scope, too, as he has spent nearly 20 years in healthcare, formulated hundreds of products, and worked for major pharmaceutical and medical device companies in addition to running nutraceutical companies.

Segment overview: Brendan Gaughran, molecular biologist, and known as ‘The Liver Medic’, discusses what the latest science has to say about food, fat, sugar and weight gain.