Both Sides of the Stethoscope Colby Salerno, Alin Gragossian
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- Health & Fitness
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Join Dr. Colby Salerno a cardiologist and Dr. Alin Gragossian an ICU doctor, both heart transplant recipients, as they discuss their unique view of medicine from both the perspective of physicians as well as the perspective as patients.
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Pediatric Heart Transplants and Congenital Heart Disease with Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Thomas Maxey
Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Thomas Maxey joins Alin and Colby to discuss his career path into the world of pediatric heart surgery. Discussions include pediatric heart transplant, congenital heart disease, transition of care from child to adult, and speaking to children and parents at the bedside.
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Discussion with Sara Siqueiros, mom of THREE heart transplant recipients
In this episode Alin and Colby have a discussion with Sara Siquerios. Sara is the caregiver of all caregivers, as she cares for three children all of whom have had heart transplants. Sara's three children were all diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy and required heart transplants before the age of three. Sara shares their family's incredible story, how she handled having three children in the hospital at the same time, and what life looks like now with three immunocompromised kids. An a...
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Interview with heart transplant recipient Tyler Chavez, PA
In this episode Alin and Colby have a discussion with Tyler Chavez, a heart transplant recipient and surgical physician assistant. They discuss Tyler's incredible story of beating cancer as a child, his acute onset heart failure that saw him operating while getting IV medication infusions and discuss about the role of a physician assistant and the path to that career.Tyler Chavez is a Certified Physician Assistant residing and working in the greater DC area. Completing the PA program at Duke ...
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The Art of Medicine, Resilience, Heart Function Not Failure and More with Dr. Anu Lala
In this episode Alin and Colby sit down and chat with Dr. Anu Lala. They discuss dealing with a diagnosis of heart failure, the approach to changing the narrative to heart function not failure, and patient advocacy. Dr. Lala also turns the tables and interviews Alin and Colby about how they dealt with being told their diagnosis and their resilience in the face of adversity. Dr. Anuradha Lala-Trindade (Anu Lala) is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at Mount Sinai. Her ...
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Heart Failure Gadgets and more with Dr. Philip Adamson, Chief Medical Officer at Abbott
In this episode Alin and Colby have an insightful conversation with Dr. Philip Adamson. Phil Adamson is Divisional Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the Heart Failure Division at Abbott. In this capacity, Dr. Adamson is responsible for global development of Abbott’s heart failure formulary spanning cardiac resynchronization therapy to the CardioMEMS HF system. They discuss the different devices available to help heart failure patients, the progress that has been made over the last ...
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A Deep Dive into Transplant Meds with Mary Chandran, PharmD and Adina Petrosan, PharmD
In this episode Alin and Colby have an in depth conversation with two transplant pharmacists. Mary Chandran and Adina Petrosan teach us about the medications that are the mainstay of transplant medicine. We discuss the needs for these meds, side effects, medication compliance, and much more. You can contact Mary at Mary.Chandran@unchealth.unc.eduYou can contact Adina at Adina.Petrosan@mountsinai.org This episode is sponsored by Paragonix Technologies, an industry leader committed to...
Customer Reviews
Great conversations
It’s amazing to listen to this podcast and hear the unique perspectives of the hosts. Great conversations with amazing guests and helps to hear positive view points about serious topics. I don’t have a medical background, but I feel I can follow along with this podcast thanks to wonderful hosts who explain things in layman’s terms. Thank you!!
Powerful
It’s so powerful to hear both sides from these highly educated and smart doctor-patients. Such valuable insights!
Interesting perspective
Extremely interesting podcast. Love hearing the perspective of transplant from these two heart recipients and physicians!