Standing Ready

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Standing Ready Podcast

Welcome to Standing Ready: An Inside Look at the Untold History of the VA's Medical Innovations. Join us as we elevate and highlight significant medical and scientific contributions of the nation's largest healthcare system. Join us for interviews with VHA innovators and pioneers, exploring how VHA has changed the landscape of medicine over 75 years with topics on the history of prosthetic limbs, adaptive sports, how history has influenced VHA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and more! The Department of Veterans Affairs does not endorse or officially sanction any entities that may be discussed in this podcast, nor any media, products or services they may provide.

  1. 23/09/2022

    Cardiology Innovations

    Katie and Shawn end season 2 with a look at cardiology’s past and future at VA in conversation with Dr. Josef Stehlik, Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

    39 min

  2. 13/09/2022

    Oncology Part 2

    Part two of our look at cancer research at VA includes a conversation with Dr. Khalil Ahmend, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota

    35 min

  3. 15/07/2022

    Precision Oncology

    VA’s first tumor laboratory was established at the Hines VA Hospital. Since then, VA has gone on to become a lead in cancer care, establishing studies, linking cigarette smoking with cancer, and creating breakthroughs for veterans and the world.

    40 min

  4. 01/07/2022

    Academic Affiliations

    VA hospitals and the nation’s top medical schools have been linked together since 1946 and since then VA health has benefited immensely from the research and teaching talents of these hospitals while also training 70 percent of the nation’s medical workforce.

    41 min

  5. 17/06/2022

    Genomics & the Million Veterans Project

    Over ten years old now, MVP is truly history in the making. MVP is a national research program to learn how genes, lifestyle, and military exposures affect health and illness.

    28 min

  6. 03/06/2022

    The Engineering of Rehabilitation

    Katie and Shawn explore the evolution of VA medical devices throughout history. Our conversation with guest Dr. Rory Cooper explores his career as a VA senior research career scientist at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories which includes the VA Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering.

    31 min

  7. 25/03/2022

    VA's Research & Development

    On this episode, we talk with the Acting Director of Communications for the Office of Research and Development, Mitch Mirkin. We explore a macro view of the role VA has played in current, past, and present medical innovations, as well as discuss Mitch's role in ORD.

    24 min

  8. 07/06/2021

    Competitive Adaptive: History of Sports in VA

    Welcome to the Season One Finale! A look at the past, present, and future of adaptive sports within VA. From the very beginning of federal health care for Veterans at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, sports have played a role in the healing and rehabilitation.

    39 min
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Welcome to Standing Ready: An Inside Look at the Untold History of the VA's Medical Innovations. Join us as we elevate and highlight significant medical and scientific contributions of the nation's largest healthcare system. Join us for interviews with VHA innovators and pioneers, exploring how VHA has changed the landscape of medicine over 75 years with topics on the history of prosthetic limbs, adaptive sports, how history has influenced VHA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and more! The Department of Veterans Affairs does not endorse or officially sanction any entities that may be discussed in this podcast, nor any media, products or services they may provide.

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  • Creator
    Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Department of Veterans Affairs

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