https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Pediatricians get up every day thinking about how to meet the needs of children. And very often we forget about our own health. In this episode of Pediatric Meltdown, Dr. Lia and Dr. Michelle Fiscus discusses physician burnout, what it means to face identity challenges as a physician, and overcoming these challenges. Dr. Michelle Fiscus is a board-certified pediatrician who practiced general pediatrics in Franklin, TN for 17 years before joining the Tennes...
Jan 05, 2022•47 min•Ep. 70
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Miko Rose is the creator and Program Director of the “Joy Initiative,” a project she started at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine schools. In 2013, she was awarded the SAMHSA American Psychiatric Association Minority Leadership Fellowship Grant, from which she built the foundation to develop emotional resilience, happiness, and mindfulness training tailored to meet the unique needs of medical pr...
Dec 29, 2021•51 min•Ep. 69
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Alison Schonwald is a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician and co-founder of Touchstone Neurodevelopmental Center. After her undergraduate education at Yale University and medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Schonwald completed pediatric residency and Developmental Behavioral pediatrics fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, where she served as faculty from 2001-2019. Dr. Schonwald’s clinical interests include early diagnosis of a...
Dec 22, 2021•49 min•Ep. 68
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Paul Dworkin is the Executive Vice President for Community Child Health at Connecticut Children's Medical Center and professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. For 15 years, he previously served as physician-in-chief at Connecticut Children’s and chair of Pediatrics at UCONN. Dr. Dworkin’s interests are at the interface among child development, child health services, and child health policy. Dr. Dworkin’s honors includ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 67
Trigger warning: suicide, gun violence https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Zakia Alavi is a Diplomat of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Alavi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. For the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Alavi is involved with developing and training pediatric residents and general pediatricians about ch...
Dec 08, 2021•45 min•Ep. 66
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Whitney Casares is a private practice pediatrician, American Academy of Pediatrics author, and a mom to 2 young girls in Portland, Oregon. She says that her kids are her best teachers, but that she also went to school for forever. After completing her undergraduate degree in journalism, she completed her medical school training at the University of Vermont and pediatric residency training at Stanford University. She also holds a Masters of Public Healt...
Dec 01, 2021•46 min•Ep. 65
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Wendy is a writer, poet, and educator, is a former university vice president, professor, policy advisor, and attorney. She is also the founder and curator of the tiny poetry project – narrative medicine for the soul. She uses narrative medicine and medical humanities as a way of healing, understanding, teaching, and connecting to others regarding issues of illness and health. In this episode, she shares her experience and the lessons that she learned when ...
Nov 24, 2021•46 min•Ep. 64
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Emilee Young, RDN, LD is a Registered Dietitian dedicated to helping those in recovery. She has worked in both an intensive outpatient and a partial hospitalization setting where she has been able to support clients in recovery. Emilee practices based on the philosophy that “all foods fit” and wants to help clients create a sustainable and joyful experience with food and movement. She specializes in binge eating disorder recovery and enjoys working with cl...
Nov 17, 2021•48 min•Ep. 63
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Jayne Mattingly is a masters-level eating disorder recovery coach and the owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Virtual Coaching Group Practice, Recovery Love and Care. Jayne identifies as fully recovered from a lifelong eating disorder and also lives with a chronic illness and is disabled, which has inspired her to help others within their own healing journeys. Jayne’s coaching style is a collaborative approach where she perseveres with and advo...
Nov 10, 2021•51 min•Ep. 62
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Michaela Voss graduated medical school from University of Kansas Medical Center – Kansas City, KS, in 2010. She completed her pediatric internship and residency in 2013 at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI. Afterwards, she pursued advanced training in the field of adolescent medicine, graduating from fellowship in 2016 at Seattle Children’s Hospital – Seattle, WA. During this time, Dr. Voss was a Leadership and Education in Adolescent He...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 61
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Our guests for today are brothers, Brandt and Evan Ingber. Brandt is a 23-year-old who works full-time and lives with his brother. Brandt enjoys Pokemon Go, Anime, lightsaber dueling and volunteering with Special Olympics fundraisers and at animal shelters. Meanwhile, Evan is a 25-year old who also works full-time and enjoys outdoor activities, boating, fishing, camping, yardwork, working with his hands and lightsaber dueling. Evan also volunteers in his s...
Oct 27, 2021•46 min•Ep. 60
Dr. Joshua Prudent is a 3rd year pediatric resident at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the District Resident Representative to the American Academy of Pediatrics for District 5 (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Ontario). He did medical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Maryland, and initially came from the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Following residency, Josh plans to spend some time working in an urgent care setting before pursuing fellowship in pediatric...
Oct 26, 2021•28 min
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Stephanie M. Peterson is an Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Michigan University (WMU). She earned her doctorate in Special Education at The University of Iowa in 1994. She served two 3-year terms on the Board of Directors for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and was appointed by the Governor of Michigan to the Michigan Board of Behavior Analysts, Michigan’s licensing board for behavior analysts. She served as Board...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 59
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Susan Hyman is a Board Certified Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician. She is chief of the division of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Rochester, which includes outpatient specialty services dedicated to diagnosis and ongoing medical consultation and behavioral care for children and youth with autism and other developmental disabilities for a large region of Central and Western NY. The division provides inter-professional educ...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 58
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Sarah Stelzner is an academic pediatrician, and the focus of her career has been developing programs in Community Pediatrics and promoting team-based care in the medical home model. She is currently the lead faculty in the Our Kids Our Community Advanced Training which was established in 2017 to improve health outcomes of children and youth served by Eskenazi Medical Group (EMG) and now other Pediatric Urban Teaching Clinicians through partnership with...
Oct 06, 2021•50 min•Ep. 57
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Andrew Garner, MD, PhD, FAAP, is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine and a Primary Care Pediatrician with University Hospitals Medical Practices in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Garner is a product of the Medical Scientist Training (MD, PhD) Program at CWRU and the Pediatric Residency Training Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Garner is the co-author of the American Academy of Pediatr...
Sep 29, 2021•57 min•Ep. 56
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts I am honored to invite Dr. Hovig Artinian back to the podcast to talk about sleep. In this episode Dr. Artinian discusses obstructive sleep apnea and we delve a little deeper into the effects of sleep on behavior. Dr. Artinian helps us create a differential diagnosis around the symptom of snoring and offers practical tips to help us determine when a sleep study may be indicated. We spend time discussing strategies for improving sleep and sometimes the answ...
Sep 22, 2021•40 min•Ep. 55
Trigger warning: suicide https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Dr. Zakia Alavi returns to the podcast to talk about physician burnout and suicide. This is a difficult conversation and for some this episode may be difficult and you may not be in a place to listen. If you are struggling please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention line 800-273-8255, the Crisis Text Line - text "HOME" to 741741 or the new Physician Support Line staffed by our psychiatrist peers - 888-409-0141. We will be e...
Sep 15, 2021•50 min•Ep. 54
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts The simple act of asking LGBTQ youth, “how do you want to identify yourself? '' is already a big step towards making the world a better place for them. Another point of discussion that should be raised regarding this matter is mental health, specifically on how we can transform the culture of stigmatizing and victimizing these young people to one that simply recognizes them as humans, regardless of their Sexual orientation or gender identity.. The right qu...
Sep 08, 2021•49 min•Ep. 53
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to the 1-year anniversary of Pediatric Meltdown! It’s been a year since I started this podcast, but I am only getting more addicted to it. This podcast has allowed me to do something that I really enjoy and made me realize that I love talking with people. Specifically, I love having conversations where we can just be in our genuine selves. Join me today as I look back on the past 52 weeks and reflect on the countless conversations and moments I sha...
Sep 01, 2021•11 min•Ep. 52
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts We continue our discussions about birthing experiences, and this time, we’re going to talk about the experience of the Latinx community in our healthcare system. Kristina Ledlow and Dr. Karen Garcia join us to talk about ways to improve the services being provided for the community, especially for Latinx mothers. We can only broaden cultural competence by listening to others experiences and by stepping out of our own perspectives. Pediatric clinicians serv...
Aug 25, 2021•48 min•Ep. 51
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Erica Guthaus has been supporting families in their childbearing years since 2008 and has been part of the professional birth community since 2014. A highly skilled communicator, educator, and encourager, she specializes in transformative growth, empowerment, and wisdom keeping. As the Conjuror of Birth Reclamation at Rootead, Erica is bringing her skill set to life by supporting Red Birth Green birth workers and families in claiming compassionate, inclusi...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 50
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts We all picture the joyous new mother. Happy, put together and radiant. The reality is often very different. Many moms are relieved that their baby. A mother’s mental health has a direct impact on her baby and we as pediatric clinicians are in a perfect position to support her. Dr. Rena Menke, a clinical psychologist with 15 years of experience working with pregnant and postpartum mothers, walks us through a model of care that promotes parenting skills and ...
Aug 11, 2021•39 min•Ep. 49
(Trigger warning: suicide) https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts My guest today is Dr. Samantha Shaw, a psychiatrist specializing in women’s health, with an emphasis on perinatal health. She drops by the podcast today to talk about women’s experiences and safe treatment options. Dr. Shaw shares information about helpful resources and virtual support groups and encourages clinicians to screen, identify and refer early. [00:01] Dr. Samantha Shaw Shares Her Story With Us How Dr. Shaw became a psy...
Aug 04, 2021•52 min•Ep. 48
(Trigger warning: suicide) https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts In this episode, Faith McDonald, a writer and an assistant professor at Penn State University, shares her experience helping her son who struggles with mental illness. His struggle is a familiar one to many parents and clinicians as they are prevalent among children and young adults, and the journey to wellness is often a difficult one. Faith talks about the power of “sharing your brokenness” with others as a way to find wholenes...
Jul 28, 2021•52 min•Ep. 47
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome back to Pediatric Meltdown. Ethics is not just for philosophers! The field of bioethics infuses medicine with a thoughtful process for decision making when the choices are not clear. The choices between what we can do and what we should do is often a murky place. Dr. Tyler Gibb has authored dozens of peer-reviewed publications on the intersection of health law and medicine and examines clinical ethics, medical narratology, the politics of medicine,...
Jul 21, 2021•52 min•Ep. 46
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts Welcome to another episode of Pediatric Meltdown. My guest for today is Dr. Lisa Namerow, a Board-certified psychiatrist triple-boarded in pediatrics, child psychiatry, and general psychiatry. She has been in the pediatric healthcare space for almost 30 years, directing the consultation services to in-patient pediatrics, and the access to mental health programs for pediatricians. Her areas of research have been pharmacogenetics, and the impact of clinical ...
Jul 14, 2021•58 min•Ep. 45
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts My guest today is Dr. Jeffrey Strawn, a Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Cincinnati and at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He is the Director of the University of Cincinnati Anxiety Disorders Research Program and the Associate Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati. In his clinical practice, he works with youth with anxiety and re...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 44
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts My guest today is Dr. Stephanie Nelson, a board-certified pediatric neuropsychologist. Dr. Nelson walks us through the nuances of neuropsychological assessments and how they can help us coordinate care for our patients. Dr. Nelson specializes in complex differential diagnosis. Her day-to-day work involves comprehensive neuropsychological assessments and outreach to the community through presentations, workshops, and volunteer work. She also spends half her...
Jun 30, 2021•50 min•Ep. 43
https://302.buzz/PM-WhatAreYourThoughts On this episode of Pediatric Meltdown, I welcome Dr. Chris Barnes, Chief Executive Officer at Kalamazoo Counseling and Assessment Center. We discuss psychological assessment reports and why we should still read and understand them. Dr. Barnes also shared some tips to write these reports in an engaging manner and in a language that the target readers can understand. This is because psychological reports are often too long and use language most can't compreh...
Jun 23, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 42
