Episodes

  • Discharge with Dignity

    Discharge with Dignity
    Nov 1 2023

    The Discharge with Dignity program at Indian River Hospital serves as an invaluable program that provides clothing and hygiene items for indigent and underserved patients. Many of the patients who enter the Behavioral Health Center at Indian River Hospital are individuals experiencing homelessness, and the Discharge with Dignity program helps ensure that their basic needs are met during their care and post-discharge. Cecelia Stalnaker-Cauwenberghs is the Administrator overseeing this program and she joins us on this very special episode to discuss.
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    10 mins
  • Global Vaccine Development

    Global Vaccine Development
    Oct 5 2023

    Dr. Ted Ross is the Global Director of Vaccine Development at Cleveland Clinic. In his role, he is in charge of leading the development of novel vaccines for a variety of infectious diseases, including influenza, HIV, and COVID-19. A highly renowned scientist with expertise in virology, vaccines, immunology and microbiology, Dr. Ross’ research focuses on the design of new vaccines and the implementation of vaccine trials.
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    22 mins
  • Young Mother Travels 1,400 Miles for Kidney Treatment

    Young Mother Travels 1,400 Miles for Kidney Treatment
    Aug 15 2023
    Andrea lives in Venezuela and is a busy wife and mother of two young boys. After being diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma at the age of 36, Andrea’s only option in Venezuela was to get her entire kidney removed. However, after Andrea traveled 1,400 miles to Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital for a second opinion with Dr. Pieretti, she was able to find a different treatment path. Dr. Alberto Pieretti joins us on the podcast to talk about this special story.
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    12 mins
  • Health Pulse Podcast: Care at Home

    Health Pulse Podcast: Care at Home
    Jul 20 2023
    Care At Home brings Cleveland Clinic Florida’s world-class, hospital-level care to patients in their homes. It provides specialized, acute, and post-acute care for conditions typically treated in a hospital setting. Care At Home delivers a seamless, home-based acute care experience that helps patients heal faster in the comfort of their homes. On this episode of the Health Pulse Podcast, Dr. Richard Rothman and Britney Heaton join us to discuss this innovative program.
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    15 mins
  • CITY Furniture: Caring for the Community

    CITY Furniture: Caring for the Community
    Jun 29 2023
    Today’s guest is Andrew Koenig. Andrew began his career in CITY Furniture as an Operations Associate in 2007, where he spent a significant amount of time streamlining the Operations Department for the first 8 years of his career. He now serves as CEO of CITY Furniture, overseeing all departments of the business. Andrew joins us on this episode to highlight CITY Furniture’s lean philosophy, green-focused initiatives, and community give-back programs.
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    21 mins
  • Henderson Behavioral Health

    Henderson Behavioral Health
    May 18 2023
    Dr. Steven Ronik is the Chief Executive Officer for Henderson Behavioral Health. Henderson is a nationally recognized behavioral health system, known for its innovative and leading evidence-based clinical services. Henderson aims to be the premier provider of accessible, cost-effective, and quality behavioral health services in South Florida. Dr. Steven Ronik joins this podcast to talk about some of the services and programming Henderson provides to the South Florida community.
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    18 mins
  • Do the Robot(ic)-Assisted Bronchoscopy

    Do the Robot(ic)-Assisted Bronchoscopy
    Apr 27 2023
    Robotic-assisted bronchoscopies have made it possible to reach and biopsy more pulmonary nodules than ever before, a critical step for the definitive diagnosis of lung cancer. Robotic-assisted bronchoscopies allow for greater flexibility, improved visualization, and increased diagnostic yields, which as a whole improve the ability to detect lung cancer in its early stages. Today’s guest is Dr. Ivan Romero-Legro, a board-certified pulmonologist at Cleveland Clinic Florida, specializing in adult interventional pulmonology and adult critical care who helped build the robotic-assisted bronchoscopy program at Cleveland Clinic Florida.
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    16 mins
  • Cleveland Clinic Global MedAssist Program

    Cleveland Clinic Global MedAssist Program
    Mar 20 2023
    Cleveland Clinic’s Global MedAssist Program, known as GMAP and Powered by VIGILINT, provides health security to global travelers. While most travelers think of physical security, health security represents a significant threat to a successful adventure, family vacation or business trip. Cleveland Clinic and VIGILINT developed GMAP to provide connectivity to health care resources for global travelers. GMAP reduces medical-related stress for global travelers by providing world class care through its telemedicine program. Through a single point of contact, global travelers have real–time, unlimited access to the GMAP Medical Operations Center, emergency medicine physicians, and Cleveland Clinic specialists and subspecialists. Dr. Jonathan Schaffer, Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic surgeon and GMAP Program Director, joins us today to talk about this program.
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    18 mins