The Secret Life of Neurohospitalists Jennifer Jones

While neurology may focus on the Central Nervous System, a side effect of many neurological events can be the loss of basic functions we take for granted like talking, chewing, and reading. For some patients it can even be hard to swallow. Join your host Dr. Jennifer Jones as she talks to Speech Pathologist Maggie Lance Grucci on how these two specialites in medicine work together.

In this episode Dr. Jennifer Jones and guest Dr. Nicole Tweedy discuss functional neurology and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Why are sufferers so diffiucult to treat and is "functional" a medical misnomer for these mysterious and often non-medical episdoes? Listen to this thoughtful chat on why just listening is often the most comforting medicine for some patients. We want to hear from you! Send all questions, thoughts and ideas about the show to secretlifeneuro@gmail.com

Dr. Jennifer Jones wraps up her year with a relentless work week, a factor that leads to burnout for many on call physicians. Listen in as Dr. Jones talks to her overworked colleague Dr. Robby Hendry about how to handle the symptoms of work fatigue and how they both might find some relief in the new year.

Dr. Jennifer Jones revisits the topic of telehealth with Dr. Melanie Greenway and Nurse Practitioner Aubry Donoghue as the world of AI and communcative technology keeps offering new ways to deliver medicine remotely. But who's watching and how does the method deliver in real time? Join us for this timely discussion.

We're back! After a summer hiatus, host Dr. Jennifer Jones returns with a tough topic for all docs ~ telling your patients and their families the hard stuff. Join us as we explore the dos and don'ts of delivering bad news with our guest, trauma surgeon Elaine Chan.

In this last episode before we take a SUMMER BREAK for a few weeks, host Dr. Jennifer Jones talks to fellow neurohospitalist Dr. Reid Taylor about sequential management of patients. This is the process of handing over patient care from one doc to another. Traditionally, medicine is performed in an environment where the patient and provider have a relationship based on trust and consistency of service but in the hospital, the patient’s trust has to be more in the system. Hospitalist work means: when you leave, you’re truly off. So what happens to the patient? We explore that and more this time on SLON. If you have questions or comments email us at secretlifeneuro@gmail.com.



We'll be back with a new episode after out SUMMER BREAK. Thanks for listening!