INTERVIEWS

Guest: Amy Cueva
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Amy Cueva believes that design can help improve the human condition. It was with that mission and vision that she founded Mad*Pow in 2000 with Will Powley, and together they’ve created an award-winning agency serving Fortune 500 companies and startups across industries from health to financial services, technology, media, education, and hospitality.

Segment overview: Mad*Pow’s visualization of a changed healthcare system in the United States, has helped them improve the customer experience, leverage design to drive change, and facilitate human-centric innovation. Mad*Pow has successfully connected and networked disparate parts of a challenging and siloed system, creating experiences to guide patients through their navigation of the system, designing platforms for clinicians to collaborate around care and treatment, or partnering with a cutting-edge healthcare technology company to bring their vision to life.

Guest: Anthony Flynn
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Anthony Flynn is 40 years old, based in Sydney, a proud father of a 2 year old and partner of a 41 year old. He is passionate about fitness and health, into multi-sport adventure races and civil society, social action. He is a registered nurse, have a postgraduate diploma and specialise in critical care, emergency department nursing. He also has a Masters Degree in Social Sciences, majoring in International Development. He has been working at the Asthma Foundation since 2014, as a Senior Program Manager of Information and Education programs and now with the merged entity of Asthma Foundation Queensland and New South Wales, as General Manager of Programs and Information Services. He is also a Board Director with Medecins Sans Frontieres, Australia. His key responsibilities here are to support the strategic development of the organisation as itself supports critical humanitarian responses around the world.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome General Manager – Programs and Info Services of the Asthma Foundation Queensland and New South Wales Anthony Flynn who is here to share their organization’s brief background and updates on their various activities. They run community education programs, provide information, education and support to people with asthma via our 1800 Helpline and advocate widely on behalf of people with asthma via public advocacy campaigns and investment in research. When treatment is required, they ensure patients and their carers have the skills, information and power to be actively engaged in the decision making process. They fund vital basic science and population health research contributing to national and international understandings of asthma and how best to manage the disease.

Guest: Professor Tom Borody
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Prof. Thomas Borody is the founder and Medical Director of The Centre for Digestive Diseases’ (CDD). His keen interest in medical research led to the establishment of the Centre so as to provide both diagnostic procedures and effective treatments. Prof. Borody has over 200 articles and abstracts. His knowledge and expertise has been sought after by patients from around the world. The results have seen Prof. Borody become a reviewer for esteemed medical journals such as the Medical Journal of Australia, the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases and Sciences and The Journal for Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Digestive and Liver Diseases. Professor Borody has established novel therapies in gastrointestinal areas such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Parasite infestation, Resistant Helicobacter pylori and C. difficile. Despite his previous achievements, Prof. Borody continues to conduct research in order to develop and improve treatments.

Segment overview: Today at Health Professional Radio, Prof. Borody shares information about a clinical study treating the bacteria, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), which may be a cause of Crohn’s disease. This study is called MAP US. The global clinical trial to test this for TGA/FDA approval has just launched in Australia. This study will randomize 270 participants and take place in approximately 120 doctors’ offices in the US, and in Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Poland. Potential candidates will be men and women 18 to 75 years of age with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease diagnosed more than six months ago. The study will involve participation of up to 62 weeks.

Guest: Marijn Kortekaas
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Marijn Kortekaas is a Partner & Program Director Asia Pacific with Physitrack, a global digital therapeutics platform used by thousands of practitioners around the world to prescribe clinical exercise programs to patients and track patient adherence, pain levels and other outcomes in real-time. With 16 years of experience in international business development, including seven years with Nike, Marijn is passionate about using the latest app-based technologies to change the way healthcare is delivered, engage patients throughout their rehabilitation process, and allow healthcare practitioners detailed insight in the patient journey.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Physitrack Partner & Program Director Asia Pacific Marijn Kortekaas here to provide a brief background of their product and explain how their Digital Therapeutics Platform work.They help physiotherapists, surgeons, chiropractors and other practitioners better engage patients, help increase patient adherence and therefore help improve treatment outcomes. Physitrack is the exclusive exercise technology partner of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Sports Medicine Australia, Chiropractors’ Association of Australia and Chiropractic Australia. They also work closely with leading healthcare organisations and universities in the country.

Guest: Dr. David Perlmutter
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Best-selling author Dr Perlmutter will visit Australia as a keynote speaker at the 4th BioCeuticals Research Symposium (22 – 24 April 2016) to educate Australian health professionals on the link between the gut microbes and brain health. The Symposium will highlight the latest advances in nutritional and integrative medicine, covering a range of fields. BioCeuticals,Australia’s leading provider of practitioner-only nutritional and therapeutic supplements, is at the forefront of evidence-based Integrative Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, talks about his mission to uncover the food, the facts, the science to control your genetic destiny.

Guest: Dr. David Perlmutter
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Best-selling author Dr Perlmutter will visit Australia as a keynote speaker at the 4th BioCeuticals Research Symposium (22 – 24 April 2016) to educate Australian health professionals on the link between the gut microbes and brain health. The Symposium will highlight the latest advances in nutritional and integrative medicine, covering a range of fields. BioCeuticals, Australia’s leading provider of practitioner-only nutritional and therapeutic supplements, is at the forefront of evidence-based Integrative Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, discusses his book “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar – Your Brain’s Silent Killers.”

Guest: Dr. David Perlmutter
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Best-selling author Dr Perlmutter will visit Australia as a keynote speaker at the 4th BioCeuticals Research Symposium (22 – 24 April 2016) to educate Australian health professionals on the link between the gut microbes and brain health. The Symposium will highlight the latest advances in nutritional and integrative medicine, covering a range of fields. BioCeuticals, Australia’s leading provider of practitioner-only nutritional and therapeutic supplements, is at the forefront of evidence-based Integrative Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, discusses his book “Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes To Heal And Protect

Guest: Dr. Akram Alashari
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Akram Alashari, MD is a Trauma Surgeon and Critical Care Physician. He earned his MD at the age of 23, and completed General Surgery Residency Training at the University of Connecticut. He then earned board-certification in general surgery at the age of 28, among the youngest in the nation. He subsequently completed Surgical Critical Care sub-specialty training at the University of Florida.

Segment overview: Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist, talks about his book “The Power of Peak State: Massively Enhance Your Personal Potential”.

Title: The Trauma of Being a Trauma Surgeon and the Power of Peak State [Interview][Transcript]
Guest: Dr. Akram Alashari
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Akram Alashari, MD is a Trauma Surgeon and Critical Care Physician. He earned his MD at the age of 23, and completed General Surgery Residency Training at the University of Connecticut. He then earned board-certification in general surgery at the age of 28, among the youngest in the nation. He subsequently completed Surgical Critical Care sub-specialty training at the University of Florida.

Segment overview: Akram Alashari, MD, talks about trauma surgery.

Guest: Dr. Akram Alashari
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Akram Alashari, MD is a Trauma Surgeon and Critical Care Physician. He earned his MD at the age of 23, and completed General Surgery Residency Training at the University of Connecticut. He then earned board-certification in general surgery at the age of 28, among the youngest in the nation. He subsequently completed Surgical Critical Care sub-specialty training at the University of Florida.

Segment overview: Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon and surgical intensivist, talks about being one of the youngest to become board certified in general surgery in the United States.