Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Today is the start of World Stroke Month, celebrated throughout the month of May. In this episode we are going to share a discussion we had with Carolyn Brown, Founder of Stroke OT and Marina Borukhovich of YourCoach at the Rehab Tech Summit on March 3rd. Watch full episode on our YouTube ChannelThis past week there was news that Noom inc, a weight loss app will be laying off a quarter of their health coaches. While this is devastating for those coaching losing ...
May 01, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Know Stroke Podcast Season3 Episode7Welcome to the Know Stroke Podcast. I’m your co-host David Dansereau flying solo in this episode! If you like the show leave a review on the Apple podcast app and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. And if you’d like sponsor a show contact us through links below in our show notes. In this episode and on this #WorldHealthDay recording we are talking all things health as it relates to Stroke “In the News” including:7000...
Apr 08, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Season 3 Episode 6 -On The Road!Before we get to our "Stroke in the News" this week we would be remiss not to pause and reflect that this episode is being recorded asynchronously amidst the backdrop of war in Ukraine. As we all finally sense an end to the COVID-19 crisis, we find ourselves in the midst of another one, and the extent of which is still unclear. It is hard to put into words what it means to watch the invasion of a sovereign nation, and honestly we’...
Mar 04, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Lauren Sheehan S3E5 : OT in Tech, Co-Founder Rehab Tech SummitAs you’ll learn on this episode, my co-host first met Lauren while doing stroke research as part of his Masters degree in Dublin. Lauren is a Product Manager with Neurolutions, Inc. and has been in the medical device industry for the last five plus years. Her clinical background is primarily in outpatient neurorehabilitation. She has held administrative roles in clinic management and as a department d...
Feb 12, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Know Stroke Podcast Season 3 Episode 4Mike and I sat down earlier this week to share in some great conversation with our guest Kyle Mengelkamp. We were drawn into his story involving basketball, his stroke recovery , his why and creative producing vision in the upcoming premiere of his mini-documentary examining stroke recovery from three personal perspectives, sharing their stroke of genius.About the Event: Reborn Decades ApartThree basketball players - Kyle Me...
Jan 29, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Welcome to Season 3 Episode 3 of the Know Stroke Podcast!We were delighted to bring back an old friend, intro voice of the podcast, and stroke thriver, Caroline Goggin. Caroline shared her story with us as our inaugural guest on Season 1 Episode 2, if you haven't listened to that interview you can go back and listen here. In that episode Caroline gave credit to her husband, Travis, for saving her life. He recognized the symptoms and acted FAST! It has been a lon...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Welcome back to Season 3 of the Know Stroke Podcast!We hope everyone had a relaxing holiday season and had time to catch up with family and friends. If you didn't catch our bonus episode released before the new year you should go back and check it out - https://www.buzzsprout.com/1751132/9804997 In that bonus episode David and I spoke to some of our personal goals this year and tee'd up a theme that we'll be speaking to a lot during Season 3 - Goal setting and a...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In our last episode of Season 2 we welcome Kate Skeels, Stroke Advance Practice Nurse at Tufts Medical Center to the show. We picked the great discussion right up where we left off with her Tufts colleague Dr. Lester Leung from our previous episode. We learned what brought Kate from her western New York roots with her family to Boston and where she fell in love with the stroke patient population, met “baby” Lester and began growing the program at Tufts together ...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Season 2 Episode 7 -Lester Y. Leung, MD, MSc Tufts MCQuick Bio:Board certified vascular & general neurologistAssistant Professor of NeurologyDirector, Comprehensive Stroke Center at Tufts Medical CenterDirector and Founder, Stroke and Young Adults (SAYA) ProgramPrincipal Investigator, Tufts Vascular Neurology Research GroupDirector, Stroke Service at MetroWest Medical CenterCo-Chair, American Heart Association-American Stroke Association Massachusetts Stroke...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Know Stroke Podcast Season 2 Episode 6Welcome back to the Know Stroke Podcast! Our guest today is Kaitlyn Jones. Kaitlyn is an occupational therapist and currently a Program Manager working with the XBOX Gaming Accessibility Team where she is able to use her clinical background and perspectives to help guide inclusive product design. She is very passionate about the ways in which technology that is accessible can enhance the quality of life of all people. She ha...
Nov 21, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Know Stroke Podcast Season 2 Episode 5Navigator: one that navigates or is qualified to navigate.Who are some people that come to mind when you think of navigators? Most navigators have personality traits of wanting to help others achieve their goals. Brooke Medel is a Stroke Nurse Navigator at UConn Health in Farmington, Connecticut. Joining the team at UConn in June Brooke has come into a crucial role supporting stroke survivors in the transition of care from t...
Nov 13, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Know Stroke Podcast S2E4 Our brains are incredible organs that center our thoughts, record our experiences and emotions, control our behaviors and provide the processing power that enable us to move our bodies. With the upcoming #WorldStrokeDay (October 29th) this brief episode focused on patient focused events and resources that help our incredible brains stay healthy and repair by sharing lived experiences and knowledge to empower our brains and our souls to h...
Oct 25, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! About this Episode (S2E2): Co-Founders of EnableUs and Co-Hosts of the Know Stroke Podcast Michael Garrow and David Dansereau recap In the News this past week and discuss more great media coverage on music therapy and how things continue rocking and rolling for MedRhythms. A few days after we released this episode, Brian Harris (Co-Founder and CEO) and the team announced a partnership with Universal Music Group. The partnership gives MedRhythms access to UMG’s e...
Oct 09, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! Know Stroke Podcast S2E1-Brian Harris Interview-MedRhythmsAbout Our Guest: Brian Harris is the Co-Founder and CEO of MedRhythms; a digital therapeutics company focused on the intersection music, neuroscience and technology. Brian is a board-certified music therapist and one of 350 Neurologic Music Therapist Fellows in the world. Brian’s clinical work is focused at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, USA where he created and implemented their first inpat...
Sep 26, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In Episode 8 it was our pleasure to welcome Seamus Small, the Co-Founder and CEO of Kinesis Health Technologies an innovative health technology company based in Dublin, Ireland. His company is focused on falls prevention in older adults as well as gait and mobility assessment. QTUG, is their proprietary technology for clinicians and researchers which uses body worn sensors combined with a standard clinical test (the Timed Up and Go - TUG) to better assess risk o...
Aug 05, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In this episode David and Mike discuss recent real life experiences of one of the many friction points stroke survivors and caregivers experience - getting access to a reliable marketplace to purchase equipment for adaptive home management. After all, feeling safe in your own home is an important goal in your daily life, especially after surviving a stroke. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, paying your bills, and yard work are some occupations that can become challeng...
Jul 10, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In Episode 6 it was our pleasure to welcome Benga Adeeko from New Gait to the Know Stroke Podcast.Benga’s quick bio: Benga originally co-founded his company as a sports performance equipment company. As a former Division 1 college sprinter, USA Track & Field Level 1 certified coach, and professionally licensed mechanical engineer, he had the passion and know-how to develop The SpeedMaker, which is a training device used by athletes to increase strength and p...
Jun 26, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In this bonus episode David recaps the busy launch month of May for the Know Stroke Podcast. He is without his co-host for this episode as Michael was in route back to the US from Ireland. David also dives a bit deeper into his why in this episode and what has moved him to continue his mission along with TEAM EnableUs to improve outcomes for stroke survivors and caregivers. David discusses why recently he’s been moved to reshare his story and reads his 2016 FDA ...
May 31, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In episode 4 we go on location to Franklin, MA to speak with Peter Kaplan, Head of Marketing at Theracycle | XThera Corporation. Peter is responsible for managing the overall Theracycle business in addition to all Marketing and Product Management activities. Peter has over 27 years of marketing and product management experience in retail, manufacturing and distribution operations. Peter has spent the past 16 years in the health care segment in various executive ...
May 26, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In Episode 2 David and Mike were joined by their first guest, stroke survivor Caroline Goggin. Caroline grew up outside Philadelphia and is a proud graduate of Penn State University.Caroline is familiar with New England, having lived and worked in Providence as a weekday anchor and reporter for four years. David and Caroline first crossed paths when she shared a post on social media explaining a terrifying experience of surviving a stroke.The opening line of her...
May 05, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Chime In, Send Us a Text Message! In Episode 1 of the Know Stroke podcast your co-hosts David Dansereau and Mike Garrow touch on their personal stories related to stroke and explain their ‘why’ for launching this podcast as well as co-founding EnableUs. The importance of having a ‘why’ on your journey of life after strokeReflections on a difficult year for the stroke community and the one year anniversary from launching the Next Step Forward Program, a FREE 5 part webinar series on managing life...
May 02, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
