In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an informative and impactful conversation with Dr. Jyoti Enkoor Brar. Dr. Brar is a Transplant Nephrologist and has been a Consultant at Amaltas Medical. She is a clinician, former medical director of a dialysis clinic in the rural Midwest, a tech entrepreneur and a mother. Dr. Brar specializes in Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplant Nephrology and her mission is to improve equity and access to healthcare globally, especially for the underserved. Dr. Brar...
Dec 14, 2021•32 min
Inthis episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an enlightening conversation with Fay Hosseini, Pharm D. Fay was born in Iran and raised in Canada. Fay completed her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at the University of Toronto and spent about 2.5 years working at Princess Margaret Hospital, which is cancer institution affiliated with the University of Toronto. Fay then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, to complete her Clinical Pharmacy Residency Program which was followed by a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree...
Nov 30, 2021•34 min
In this episode, Gary has a conversation with kidney donor-recipient and advocate, Michael R. Gaudet. Michael is an artist and entrepreneur, who gained much notoriety with his first important mural commission, at St. Mary's Basilica in Halifax at the age of 21. Following in the footsteps of his Renaissance heroes, he made a decision to carry on with mural painting as well as paintings on canvas. 60-odd- large-scale murals later, he is continuing to grow and expand his horizons. Growing disillusi...
Nov 23, 2021•34 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a most informative discussion about heart failure with one of the foremost experts on heart failure in the country, Dr. Nandini Nair. Dr. Nair earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science, in Bangalore, India. She earned her medical degree in 2000, at George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, WI. Dr. Nair then came to the United States to Drexel University College of Medicine, in Philadelphia, PA, for her Residency in Internal M...
Nov 16, 2021•33 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a compelling conversation with Dr. Juan Ortega-Legaspi. Dr. Ortega-Legaspi received his Medical Degree and his Ph.D. in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), He then came to the United States for his residency in internal medicine at Emory University in Atlanta in 2013 where he earned the resident’s teachers award., followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases in the University of Washington where he w...
Nov 09, 2021•32 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman is host to Interventional cardiologist and Critical Care Specialist, Dr. Sanjog Kalra. Dr. Kalra was born and raised in Canada, to parents of India origin. Following graduate studies at the University of Toronto in Clinical Pharmacology, Dr. Kalra completed his (MD) training at the University of Calgary. He returned to the University of Toronto in 2008 for Internal Medicine training before moving to Halifax for his Adult Cardiology Fellowship at Dalhousie Univer...
Nov 02, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an inspiring discussion with "Kathy's House" CEO, Patty Metropulos. Patty has served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Kathy’s House since October 2012, following the retirement of founder and former Executive Director, Dick Vogel. Under Patty’s tenure, demand for lodging has more than doubled, prompting Patty and the Board of Directors to spearhead an effort, to build a larger facility, which opened in June of 2021. The new Kathy’s House is desi...
Oct 26, 2021•21 min
This episode features an intriguing conversation with Tenaya Wallace. Tenaya is the founder and director of Donate Life Hollywood , a project of the OneLegacy Foundation that serves as a liaison between the organ donation community and the entertainment industry with the goal of seeing more authentic and empowering stories about donation and transplantation. Tenaya grew up on Hollywood sets with parents who worked behind the scenes on some of television’s most beloved shows including Gimme-A-Bre...
Oct 19, 2021•37 min
In this extraordinary episode, Gary has a very personal conversation with Retired Detective, Michael Lollo. Michael started his police career, in July of 1999. Soon after graduating from the Police Academy, Michael was recruited to work as an instructor and then with the Academy Research and Development Unit. In 2006, Detective Lollo went to work for the Real-Time-Crime Center located at One Police Plaza., in New York City. From there, in 2008, Detective Lollo began his work with the Intelligenc...
Oct 12, 2021•35 min
This episode features an extraordinary discussion with Dr. Puneet Garcha. Dr. Garcha specializes in the clinical evaluation & management of patients with end-stage lung diseases, AND lung transplantation. Dr. Garcha is the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine AT Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, Texas. He earned his medical degree at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India, and completed internal medicine tr...
Oct 05, 2021•36 min
In This episode, Dr. Gary Sherman welcomes Dr. Anu Lala to our conversation. Dr. Lala’s clinical interests encompass all aspects of management of heart failure, including the selection and care of patients with mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplantation as well as genetic cardiomyopathies -and- perioperative management of high-risk cardiac surgical cases. She believes in a patient-centered approach, where each individual’s unique needs and preferences are essential componen...
Sep 28, 2021•37 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an insightful and fascinating conversation with Dr. Kevin Boggs, MBA, Ph.D. Dr. Boggs is currently the Director of the Office of Technology Development at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In that role, he determines the strategic direction of - and leads the Office of Technology Development’s efforts to commercialize breakthrough technologies from Medical College of Wisconsin. Prior to joining MCW, Dr. Boggs was the Senior Manager of Global Licensing at Res...
Sep 21, 2021•25 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman addresses many of the most important questions with Dr. Hayanga, in this most crucial time of the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence. Some of these questions are : - Why are the people seriously affected by the COVID-19 Variant younger than the previous population of affected patients? - What is ECMO and why does it play such a critical role in the therapy for those most seriously affected by the virus? - What are the factors that will allow the pandemic to subside so...
Sep 14, 2021•25 min
This extremely informative episode centering on heart failure pre-and post-transplant treatment is described eloquently by Bhanu Gupta, M.D.,MSc. Dr. Gupta attended medical school at BJ Medical College at the University of Poona, India. He completed his residency training at Mount Sinai in the Bronx, New York, and went on to the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, University of Missouri Kansas City, and Dr. Gupta’s final training was done at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Florida, for heart f...
Sep 07, 2021•37 min
In this very special episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has the privilege of hosting a conversation with an extraordinary young organ donation advocate, Aryana Motlagh. Aryana is a 16-year-old Miami Palmetto Senior High School sophomore. Born in Iran, Aryana immigrated to the USA in 2010. She is a passionate organ donation advocate and is pursuing a future career in science and looking to gain experience through high school. Aryana’s journey started with learning about her father's Polycystic Kidney Dise...
Sep 01, 2021•20 min
In this Episode, Dr. Gary Sherman shares a truly enlightening discussion with Carl Gisnarian, MBA, MS, CCP, LP. Carl is a senior perfusionist with over ten years of experience, with a master’s degree in Cardiovascular Science and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration. Carl is an author of multiple peer-reviewed publications, with a most recent one published in June 2021, concerning airflow within the operating room. Carl is a national and international speaker with recent presentati...
Aug 24, 2021•39 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an important discussion with Dr. Asha Subramanian Dr. is a Board-certified family medicine and lifestyle medicine physician with specific expertise in evidence-based lifestyle change. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology with Honors and Distinction from Stanford University. Dr. Subramanian received her combined M.D./Master of Public Health degree from Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine and completed her family medicine residency ...
Aug 17, 2021•30 min
On this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has as his special guest, a young man who is a hero in the hearts of many people throughout this country, and specifically has become an inspiring leader in the world of organ donation, Joey Gase . Joey Gase was born on the 8th of February 1993. Joey currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series , driving the No. 51 car for Rick - Ware Racing. Joey started racing at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in the track's junior classes in 2001, at 8 years old?? And, while...
Aug 10, 2021•18 min
In this inspirational conversation, Dr. Gary Sherman shares a discussion with organ donation advocate, Jen Benson. Jen graduated high school from the Frankfurt International school in Germany, and went on to Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, earning her bachelor’s degree in philosophy. Her interests were in both medicine and fashion, and while she explored both of those fields, it took a dual transplant of her pancreas and kidney, and the selflessness of her donor family for Jen to find ...
Aug 03, 2021•24 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a cutting-edge discussion with Dr. Julio Gutierrez. Dr. Gutierrez is a hepatologist, gastroenterologist, and expert in liver disease. Dr. Gutierrez completed medical school at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in NYC in 2007 He then went onto his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. His further study earned him two fellowships, the first in 2012 at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in Gastroent...
Jul 29, 2021•24 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman (The Heart Guy) has a very personal conversation with Kidney transplant recipient, Austin Lee. Austin is a two-time kidney transplant recipient from the DC Maryland and Virginia area. At the age of one year old, Austin was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease known as posterior urethral valves, a kidney disease that affects one in eight thousand male infants. He received his first life-saving kidney from his mother in 1993 which functioned and gave him a healthy...
Jul 21, 2021•26 min
Are you ready financially to "weather the storm", if you are unable to work while you or your spouse or partner(s) is going through a challenging surgery and prolonged recovery period while you are healing up. Or, perhaps it will not be feasible to return to work in the same way as before such a surgery. In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman discussed issues of saving and finance with Finance Advisor and American Heart Association board member, Mr. Mark Kravietz. Mark shares many words of wisdom in ...
Jul 15, 2021•20 min
In this Episode , Gary has a conversation with Brenda E. Cortez. Brenda is a living kidney donor and prolific children’s book author, who has a passion for helping others. (She was inspired to write her first book, “My Mom is Having Surgery” after her daughter centered her college entrance essay around Brenda’s organ donation- and the inspiration, she felt from it.) Brenda is now a strong advocate for living donation awareness. Because of this advocacy, and her passion for helping others, Brenda...
Jul 08, 2021•26 min
In this amazing episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a "no-holds-barred" conversation with Joe Bueno, Founder of TransplantWarriors 24/7- a non-profit organization that he directs along with his partner Maureen Kardell. Their efforts are dedicated to supporting and coaching patients battling kidney disease and who are actively seeking a kidney transplant. Joe's no-nonsense style brings his clients much closer to completing dialysis and finding that perfect organ so that they may resume the life they ha...
Jul 01, 2021•26 min
In this extraordinary podcast conversation, Gary has the pleasure of sharing an important and electrifying conversation with the incredible Valen Keefer. As a patient for 33 years and an advocate for the past 17 years, Valen Keefer has become one of the most respected voices in both the Polycystic Kidney Disease and Organ Donation Communities. Leading organizations and patients all reach out to Valen for support and knowledge from her life-long, first-hand experiences. Valen's unforgettable stor...
Jun 24, 2021•33 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a delightful conversation with Lesley Hanselman, RN. After a long career as a restored nurse, Lesley suffered a sudden stroke which brought her nursing career to an end. But Leslie wasn't done there- Lesley is the Founder and Owner of Gingko, LLC, and her invention called Cormeum, is a downloadable app, which was designed to make managing heart failure easy. Users can check in anytime to see their day-by-day, weekly or monthly progress. Best of all, you can ...
Jun 17, 2021•20 min
In this lively discussion, Dr. Gary Sherman speaks with Carla Mulhern, Executive Director at the American Heart Association in Providence, Rhode Island. Carla shares her insights regarding women's heart health, dispelling the myths associated with heart disease in women, and providing women with the tools to empower them in their appointments with their doctors to ask the right questions and to ensure that the necessary screening tests are performed. and in avoiding the pitfalls that lead to une...
Jun 10, 2021•26 min
In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an informative, delightful, and empowering conversation with Sharron Simpson Rouse. Sharron is a kidney recipient and is extremely candid and actively shares her real-life story and how she adapted to immense changes and unthinkable challenges through dialysis and the search for a kidney match (I won't say who her donor was ... you'll have to listen to find out)- to the ways that she has continued to bring hope and healing to anyone facing difficult circumst...
Jun 03, 2021•37 min
Just when we thought we knew a little bit about heart transplantation, enter Dr. David Joyce, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program at The Medical College of Wisconsin. In my conversation with Dr. Joyce, he clearly explains several extraordinary advancements in heart transplantation that are about to become a reality in the United States. The first is the use of the DCD (Donation after Cardiac Death) heart transplant, which will increase the number of...
May 27, 2021•39 min
In this "unique" episode, Dr.Gary Sherman welcomes Doreen Brevdeh, RN,BSN and former Heart Transplant Coordinator, who takes Gary (the patient) and his listeners through the heart transplant process from the time the phone rings with "the call" to the patient to "come to the hospital" for their heart transplant and all the way through to recovery!!. This is an astonishingly real-life scenario . Doreen also speaks about her inspiring role in "donor call" - the thing she loved most in her three de...
May 20, 2021•31 min
