COVID: Interaction with Public Health is part 3 of a multi-part COVID series with Dr. Christian Sandrock. Listen to all episodes here.About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modalities in conjunction with conventional therapies. His clinical interests are in respiratory infections, community-acquired and viral pne...
Join Dr. Christian Sandrock for part two, COVID: Vaccine Basics, of WOEMA's multi-part COVID series! Listen to part one, COVID: The Basics, here.About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modalities in conjunction with conventional therapies. His clinical interests are in respiratory infections, community-acquired an...
Living Life Around COVID is part 5 of a multi-part COVID series with Dr. Christian Sandrock. Listen to all episodes here.About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modalities in conjunction with conventional therapies. His clinical interests are in respiratory infections, community-acquired and viral pneum...
COVID: Back on your Feet is part 4 of a multi-part COVID series with Dr. Christian Sandrock. Listen to all episodes here.About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modalities in conjunction with conventional therapies. His clinical interests are in respiratory infections, community-acquired and viral pneumonia, and I...
In June 2021, Dr. Christian Sandrock provided an Update on Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection via webinar. Join us for an update on COVID: The Basics, part one of a multi-part COVID series.About our Guest: Dr. Sandrock believes in a patient-driven and centered approach that focuses on holistic care, including family support, alternative therapies, religion, lifestyle practices, cultural practices, and other modalities in conjunction with conventional therapies. His clinical interests...
" Taking the time to listen and be empathetic while encouraging function and activity, and educating our patients, is the best tool for successful outcomes." Steven Feinberg, MDChronic pain is a common reason for adults to seek medical care, greater than cancer, diabetes, and heart disease combined. An estimated 40% of the working population in the United States seeks treatment for chronic pain, which is associated with restrictions in mobility and daily activities including work, depen...
After The Pandemic: What Can We Do Better Next Time? is a session on October 2, 2021, at the Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC) in Phoenix, AZ.Get a behind-the-scenes look at a planning session with Alison Steinbach, a journalist with the Arizona Republic and one of our amazing speakers, discussing the role of public information officers, reporting highlights during the pandemic, and much more!Support the show
“What you do for someone else is always worthwhile…” Chyke A. Doubeni, MBBS, MPH, Mayo ClinicIn this powerful discussion, Dr. Doubeni explores the link between racism and health inequities, his vision for the future and call to action, as well as his thoughts about the challenges of implementing changes.About our Guest: Chyke A. Doubeni, MD, MPH is a professor of family medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine....
After The Pandemic: What Can We Do Better Next Time? is a session on October 2, 2021 at the Western Occupational Health Conference (WOHC) in Phoenix, AZ.Take a look at a planning session with Dr. George Poste, one of our amazing speakers, discussing pandemic planning and institutional malaise, preserving the institutional memory of the pandemic, how to instill trust in communicated information, and explore novel avenues for public health preparedness.Not yet registered for WOHC? To sign...
Join us for a conversation with the "working man's shrink," Robert Larsen, MD (Dr. Bob) to explore his journey from molecular and cellular biologist to the occupational side of psychiatry and how he came to write his book Wounded Workers, about America's workforce subjected to physical and psychological trauma. Support the show
Dr. Kirstine Oh is an anatomic- and clinical pathology board-certified pathologist with a subspecialization in hematopathology. After completing residency, Dr. Oh practiced as a general anatomic and hematopathologist for 10 years before becoming the medical director of a lab in a roughly 550 bed hospital with a level II trauma center, OB-GYN center, oncology center and busy emergency department. Providence Regional Medical Center Everett cared for the first COVID-19 patient in the United...
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening.In the final part of the HPI podcast series, we continue our conversation with WOEMA's president, Dr. Scott Krasner. So far, we pondered the past and the present. We continue on Scott’s adventure as we rededicate ourselves to the future in this episode of History of Present Interview.Support the show
Welcome to this edition of “In Case you Missed It, Highlights from the Western Occupational Health Conference, WOHC 2020 - Inspire and Interact”, held virtually Sept 24-26th. Here, we present a highlight from “Leading through Crisis” with Dr. Stephen Beeson. Dr. Beeson is a nationally recognized author, board-certified family medicine physician, and speaker focused on improving clinician and healthcare leadership excellence for medical groups and hospitals across the country. He i...
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. In part 2 of the HPI podcast series, we continue our conversation with WOEMA's president, Dr. Scott Krasner. Last time, we pondered the past. Today, we will continue on Scott’s adventure to see where he is today and how he lives in the moment in this episode of History of Present Interview.Support the show
In honor of Black History Month, WOEMA features an interview with Dr. Donna Baytop, a past president and veteran member of WOEMA. Dr. Baytop was interviewed by Dr. Rupali Das, co-chair of the JEDI Committee.Making a DifferenceThroughout her career, Dr. Baytop has given back to communities and helped minority physicians in medicine. As a medical student at the University of Florida, Dr. Baytop helped to develop a summer studies program that outlined and addressed challenges faced by minority m...
In honor of Black History Month, WOEMA features an interview with Dr. Donna Baytop, a past president and veteran member of WOEMA. Dr. Baytop was interviewed by Dr. Rupali Das, co-chair of the JEDI Committee.Making a DifferenceThroughout her career, Dr. Baytop has given back to communities and helped minority physicians in medicine. As a medical student at the University of Florida, Dr. Baytop helped to develop a summer studies program that outlined and addressed challenges faced by minority m...
This podcast focuses on an important and crucial piece of medical information that isinstrumental in putting the pieces of the diagnostic puzzle together: the HPI. Luckily, the first guest in this series is an expert in forensics! We will take a journey across time and space, from the birth of life until the final breath of death, and travel coast to coast. We’ll ponder our past, live in the moment, and rededicate ourselves to the future in this episode of the History of Present Interview.Sup...
We are joined by Dr. Paul Papanek, lead author of a newly released WOEMA guidance document titled “Workplace COVID-19 Outbreaks: Suggested Actions by Employers and Workers’ Compensation Carriers.” Sourced with the latest evidence, this document provides practical steps that employers can use to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace. Access the guidance document here.As practitioners of occupational and environmental medicine, we speak the language of risk assessment and risk communicati...
The world is in the midst of the vaccine rollout and a few weeks have passed since part 1 of the COVID-19 Vaccine - What we Need to Know podcast was published. A lot has happened since then and many essential workers have already received the second dose of the vaccine. As expected, many more questions have come up, so join us for part 2 of the discussion with Dr. Wendy Thanassi and learn from her experiences during the vaccine rollout.Support the show
For practicing physicians, the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 has been an exercise in medical decision-making with incomplete, or at times, contradictory information. A rapidly unfolding pandemic, with a novel pathogen exhibiting great mortality and morbidity, encouraged physicians to search for the best available information in service to their patients. But what if the best available information during periods of medical uncertainly does not give clear answers or evidence is lacki...