The Empowered Patient Podcast
By InovCares
The Empowered Patient PodcastApr 26, 2022
Women's Health Equity Conversation with the CEO of Center for Black Women's Wellness
Despite spending more money per capita on maternal-child health efforts than any country worldwide, the United States (US) is the only high-resource nation with a steadily increasing mortality rate; and notable disparities by race and ethnicity.
The brunt of this burden is bore by Black and Indigenous women—where the risk is 2-3 times higher than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to die from complications of pregnancy and birth. In 2020 alone, the US maternal mortality rate was 23.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, with 861 deaths attributable to maternal causes such as hemorrhage and cardiovascular conditions.
These statistics paint a grim picture of not only the increased risk faced by persons of color but the condition of our health system. The time to implement equitable solutions is now. Black mothers can’t wait.
We had the honor of discussing these disturbing realities with Jemea Dorsey, the CEO of Center for Black Women's Wellness - nonprofit supporting communities in Atlanta, Georgia.
Couples Birth Plan and Surviving Eclampsia and Healing Postpartum Depression
We sat down with Dr. Nicole Rankins, MD, OB/GYN physician, and wife and husband, Dr. Kiara Williams, DPT, PT and Mitchel Williams. Wife, Dr. Kiara Williams, detailed her birthing journey and survival of eclampsia. We discussed the importance of having a birth plan and an advocate during the delivery day and postpartum. Mitchel Williams expressed his frustration as an advocate for his wife with the health system that almost put his wife at risk.
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Women's Health: Preeclampsia, Infertility and Fibroids
Every woman deserves high-quality, affordable care. However, every year 500,000 women between ages 15 to 49 die from pregnancy-related complications. Worse still, two-thirds of these deaths are preventable. According to the CDC, pregnancy-related death occurs 3.3 times more often for African American women than white women. Studies have shown that a significant driver of this crisis is implicit bias. Racial disparity in healthcare costs us money, unnecessary suffering, and ultimately, lives lost. Far too often, women’s early symptoms and warning signs are dismissed, leading to unnecessary, costly, and potentially deadly complications that should have been easily preventable. These problems are wide-ranging, affecting far too many patients and costing us money and precious lives. Untreated chronic conditions drastically increase the risks of pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, premature birth, and even death. As just one example among many, unmanaged diabetes increases the risk for premature birth, congenital disabilities, and even pregnancy loss. It’s the same story for nearly every untreated chronic condition, whether it is diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, or even just premature birth. The costs associated add up quickly. According to a study published by HHS, in 2009 the average medical expenses for a full-term baby’s first-year amount to only $3,325. That figure balloons up to a whopping $190,467 if the baby’s born preterm, before 28 weeks. These costs continue to rise throughout the baby’s early life. Again, just the annual societal, economic burden of pre-term delivery alone was estimated in 2005 to be a whopping 26 billion dollars. And that was back in 2005. Even that is only the monetary cost. The human cost is immeasurable.
Pandemic of Inequalities
Dr. Scott has held several prominent leadership positions in the Baltimore area. As a trained family medicine physician, Dr. Scott has extensive public health experience and has led innovative programs specifically designed to improve health outcomes while saving costs. Most recently, Dr. Scott served as the Medical Director of Population Health and Community Health Programs at Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC. In addition to her years of work and volunteer experience, Dr. Scott also reached the rank of Major, Medical Corps after having served for 10 years in the United States Army Reserve.
Food as Medicine
Building healthy habits and lifestyle you want can be daunting. So today we decided to bring two food experts to educate and inspire us to consider food as medicine by developing a healthy relationship with food. Shaun Chavis is the founder of LVNGbook, and Tambra Raye is founder of WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics & Agriculture.
Pre-Episode Questions:
1. Our conversation today is with two food experts. Shaun and Tambra. Welcome to the show, ladies.
2. Please share your backgrounds with our listeners?
3. How does one develop a healthy relationship with food?
4. How can we build healthy eating habits that transform our lifestyle and help us prevent or manage heart disease?
5. How do we use food as medicine to help beat chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, etc.?
6. What are tips for shopping for reasonable price healthy produce?
7. How do you cook for a single person and a family?
8. Shaun, you advocate for people to have a cookbook to develop healthy lifestyles. What do you mean by this?
9. Tambra, you advocate for children to have or be food sheroes. Can you elaborate on this and what you’re doing at WANDA and Nativsol?
10. If you had one billboard, what is one thing you would want people to remember you by?
Women’s Health: healing the root causes of chronic pain with Dr. Afrouz Demeri, ND
In this episode of Empowered Patient Health, host Mohamed Kamara and guest Dr. Afrouz Demeri, ND, discuss in detail the various stages of a woman’s life — pre-conception, women in their reproductive years, pre-menopause and post-menopause — and specific health concerns and screenings associated with each stage. They also outline recent developments and devices that make treating women’s health issues, including infertility, safer and more effective. You'll learn the key to hormonal balance and reproductive health. Additionally, the things both woman and man can do before childbearing to ensure a successful pregnancy and delivery.
Allyship in Racial and Health Disparities – Racism’s Wear and Tear on African American with Priyanka Surio MPH, PMP, CHES
Priyanka Surio, MPH, PMP, CHES, serves as the Director of Data Analytics and Public Health Informatics within the Association of State and Territorial Health Official's (ASTHO) Health Security Team, where she manages the data and informatics project portfolio across ASTHO. Ms. Surio co-lead the Data Management and Surveillance Taskforce as part of ASTHO’s COVID-19 response to assist state and territorial health agencies. Within the Informatics project portfolio, ASTHO works with state and territorial health agencies on improving data sharing and governance, interoperability, electronic disease reporting, data and informatics capacity, data needs assessments, health IT infrastructure, informatics strategic planning and workforce development. Ms. Surio is an accomplished leader with over 8 years of experience in healthcare systems process improvement and expertise in project management, research methods, data analytics and informatics, and health policy. Prior to ASTHO, she consulted for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) on the Diffusion of Excellence Initiative, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a STEM diversity and inclusion strategy. She completed fellowships with the American Medical Group Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Ms. Surio is also an author on smarter travel experiences and establishing more authentic human connections.
Health Disparities and Chronic Disease in Mississippi with Dr. Michael L. Jones, PhD, MBA, RN
Dr. Michael L. Jones is the founder of Jones Healthcare Solutions, LLC and serves as the Senior Consultant and Trainer. Michael is responsible for assisting individuals and organizations in addressing various healthcare issues to improve health outcomes for populations. Michael began his career in health care as an Orthopedic Nurse at the sole Academic Medical Center in the state of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He later served as a Spinal Cord Injury Nurse at a major rehabilitation center in the state of Mississippi. After caring for many underserved patients, Michael developed a passion for ensuring these populations not only have access to care, but also positive health outcomes. As such, he has dedicated himself to improving the health of populations. Michael has served in various capacities throughout his career in health care and nursing, including as Chief Community Health Officer for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he developed programs and led many projects aimed at addressing health disparities in the state of Mississippi. During his tenure as the Chief Community Health Officer, Michael oversaw a partnership between the sole Academic Medical Center and the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in the state of Mississippi. Michael has served on various boards and committees and has been recognized for this efforts. He was the recipient of the Mississippi State Medical Association Award for Excellence in Wellness Promotion in 2013.
Michael currently serves as Adjunct Faculty for the Jackson State University School of Public Health (Jackson, Mississippi), where he serves faithfully and with passion to educate the state's future healthcare administrators. Michael has also served as an Adjunct Nursing Faculty member in various schools of nursing. Michael has given a number of presentations and lectures on a local, state, and national level related to the elimination of health disparities.
Michael received his formal education from Meridian Community College (Meridian, Mississippi) and the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing (Jackson, Mississippi). In March of 2020, he successfully defended his dissertation titled "Perceptions of Rural Community-Based Nurses and Perceived Family Stigma Related to HIV/AIDS: A Mixed Methods Study" at Hampton University School of Nursing, which is an HBCU (Hampton, Virginia). Michael became the first African-American male and only the third male to successfully defend a dissertation in the PhD Nursing Program at Hampton University. Michael is also the first African-American male to earn a PhD in Nursing from an HBCU. On April 8, 2020, Dr. Jones had the opportunity to interview during the Positive Vibes Only segment of "Beyond the Headlines with Renee Washington" of Fox Radio. During this interview, Dr. Jones discusses the historic significance of earning his PhD in Nursing at Hampton University, his career track, and COVID-19.
Physician Burnout Amid Covid-19 with Board-Certified Diagnostic Radiologist and Media Expert, Dr. Nina Watson, MD
As a nationally recognized diagnostic radiologist and fitness expert, Dr. Nina Watson (also known as Dr. Nina) is board-certified in diagnostic radiology with expertise in women’s imaging. She is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and medicolegal expert. Through her speaking engagements, social media presence, and work with various media outlets, Dr. Nina provides insights and strategies for improving wellness. She discusses actionable and real-world strategies to help busy professionals take control of their health. Dr. Nina obtained her Doctorate of Medicine degree from Yale University School of Medicine. She trained at Columbia University affiliated Harlem Hospital Center and Columbia University- New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Nina is a practicing physician, working in underserved areas throughout the country, and serves on national committees with the American Board of Radiology, American College of Radiology, and Society of Breast Imaging.
Innovation in Streaming, with founder and CEO, DeShuana Spencer of KweliTV
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Representation matters in media and television. The narrative and story of certain demographics are told through the lens of people without lived experiences. DeShuna Spencer took this challenge and is changing the narrative through kweliTV, Inc., an interactive video streaming network dedicated to the issues, stories and culture of the global black community. Recently, KweliTV became available on Comcast Xfinity X1 and Flex, allowing the stories of 250+ promising and award-winning independent-mostly black - filmmakers to become available to a larger audience.
DeShuna Elisa Spencer is the Founder & CEO of kweliTV, which celebrates global black culture through curated, undiscovered and award-winning indie films, documentaries, web series, children’s programming and events. She’s a former radio host and producer of emPower Hour, a show that examined social justice issues affecting people of color, on Washington, DC’s 89.3 FM WPFW. A Memphis native, Spencer graduated from Jackson State University where she studied communications and journalism. She has written for The Clarion-Ledger, The Oakland Tribune and the Crisis Magazine. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Spencer served as Director of Communications for EdMarket where she ran the communications department and managed all media properties for the organization. A former AmeriCorps*VISTA and Chips Quinn Scholar, Spencer recently completed her first documentary, Mom Interrupted, which tackles gun violence through the stories of the ones most impacted—the mothers of murdered young black men and women. She is a Halcyon Incubator Fellow, a Voqal Fellow and a Google NexGen Policy Leader. Spencer was first place winner of the 2017 Harvard Business School African Business Conference Pitch Competition. In 2019, she was featured in “How We Fight White Supremacy” as one of the more than 60+ black leading organizers, artists, journalist, entrepreneurs, etc., (including Ta-Nehisi Coates & Tarana Burke) who offered wisdom on how to fight white supremacy through their work. She’s an advisory board member of Full Color Future and the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association.
Taking care of your children during covid-19 with Pediatrician, Dr Jessica Lazerov, MD
Academy of Pediatrics and has treated at risk youth in Washington D.C. for over 15
years. She is an Attending Physician at Children’s National Anacostia and Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and
Health Sciences. Her passions revolve around reducing health disparities and
promoting social and economic justice and believe that one part of the puzzle is
through improving care delivery within the health care system, particularly for
underserved families and Medicaid recipients.
Dr. Lazerov was born in Columbia, MD and received a Bachelor of Science from
Syracuse University, with dual majors in Biology and Philosophy. She went on to
spend seven years in Baltimore, receiving her medical degree from The University of
Maryland School of Medicine and completing her Pediatrics residency at The
University of Maryland Medical Center. After residency Dr. Lazerov began practicing
in Washington, D.C. at Kaiser Permanente and gained invaluable knowledge about
healthcare systems participating in Kaiser’s Physician Innovation Committee,
Regional Weight Management Committee, and Community benefit Committee. After
9 years in KP, Dr. Lazerov moved on to Children’s National and has been involved in
initiatives related to Telemedicine, advanced call center, and patient portal
engagement.
Dr. Lazerov is also an MBA candidate at The George Washington School of Business
and ultimately hopes to drive innovation in within healthcare. The impact of covid-19 has transcended the way we work; educate our children, our economy, and just how we interact with our family members, friends and peers. But the new normal has created many uncertainties and stress for parents and the ripple effect has been on children.
Pediatric cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have been reported. However, there are relatively fewer cases of COVID-19 among children compared to cases among adult patients.
In the United States, 2% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 were among persons aged
Motivation and Resilience in Covid-19 World
Layllen Sawyerr is an international motivational speaker and MBA-toting John Maxwell Certified Coach. Her passion in life is to empower others to live their best lives. She teaches people to master their mindset and transform their lives.
Scared, fearless, skeptical – however you choose to come along – her goal is to work alongside you and help you embrace your most authentic self and walk in your purpose. She will be with you every step of the journey. She has fourteen plus years of management, training, coaching and corporate experience. She is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle and shares her journey of travel as she collaborates with brands.
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Physician marketing and growth in covid-19 and beyond, Justin
Knott
Covid-19 Protecting our frontline workers
Alisia Granville began her career 20 years of nursing experience and has held positions as a full time staff nurse, temp/travel nurse and as a nurse manager. She has led numerous process improvement initiatives for multiple major medical centers and has created leading nursing teams in her career.
Alisia believes in changing the face of healthcare through innovation, education, quality improvement and nurse empowerment. She received her B.S. Nursing – The University. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and M.S. Healthcare Systems Management – Loyola University New Orleans.
Increasing Access to Care for Communities of Color with Rachel Sherman, MSN, FNP-BC
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Rachel is a Board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She graduated cum laude with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 2014 from Trinity Washington University. She began her nursing career at Georgetown University Hospital in the post-anaesthesia care unit. Throughout her nursing career Rachel has worked in critical and emergency care, trauma, hospice and perioperative services. In 2018 Rachel obtained her Master's of Science in Nursing-FNP from Chamberlain University with high distinction. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate from Frontier Nursing University. She is licensed to practice in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Rachel has a passion for primary, palliative and hospice care. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, teaching and traveling. Professional Associations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners American Association of Critical Care Nurses Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society or Nursing Maryland Hospice and Palliative Care Network Maryland Nurses Association.
Impact-driven healthcare solution and venture capital
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Ethan Austin is a two-time founder, Angel Investor and currently the Managing Director of the Western Union accelerator powered by TechStars. Prior to joining TechStars, Ethan pioneered the medical crowdfunding space as a co-founder of GiveForward, the world's first medical crowdfunding platform. After going through the TechStars program himself in 2010, GiveForward raised $7 million in funding.
The GiveForward platform went on to help families raise 200 million for their loved ones' out-of-pocket medical expenses, and help change the way people care for each other during life's most difficult times. The company was acquired in 2017 and is now part of GoFundMe private acquisition.
Better health for the underserved with Family Physician and Professor, Dr. Whitney Christian, MD
Dr. Whitney Christian and I discussed the impact of Covid-19 in underserved communities. She is a board-certified Family Physician practicing in Columbus, OH. She decided early in life that she wanted to become a doctor, and specifically, that she wanted to provide care to medically underserved neighborhoods similar to the ones where she grew up in Akron, OH. She graduated from medical school at The Ohio State University in 2014, and completed her residency training there in 2017. She has an interest in global health, participated in a medical mission trip to Honduras during medical school, and plans to make these trips a regular part of her practice throughout her career. She believes that every person deserves high-quality, compassionate medical care, no matter where he or she are from or what their socioeconomic background may be. Dr. Christian not only is a clinical professor, teaching medical students that rotate in her busy urban clinic, but is also passionate about educating her patients on their own medical care so that they can be empowered to take control of their health and live their healthiest, happiest lives. She lives her happiest life, thanks in great part to her wonderful husband, Kwame, and adorable son, Kai.
Genius in Madness with Dr. Nadia Marie Sasso, PhD.
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72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental health conditions as they chase their dreams. Millennial entrepreneur and Cornell University unconventional scholar, Dr. Nadia Marie Sasso, PhD opens up about her mental health on her journey to success. Nadia Sasso is a high-powered creative producer and unconventional scholar based in Los Angeles. Her expertise is developing engaging creative content and driving strategy across various platforms and media. Nadia has 10 years of relevant professional experience, with documented success in the areas of social innovation, strategic partnerships, and new media. Her portfolio proves that she is deeply invested and interested in media as a storytelling tool to not only engage and inspire audiences but also connecting people around the world with stories they will love. She advocates for changing the way relationships are built, fostered and established across various industries both in the diaspora and on the African continent. Nadia is a frequent social impact honoree, prolific public speaker and panelist at prestigious conferences and universities, and recipient of significant press recognition in major media outlets. She has been recognized by notables like Former President Barack Obama and Katie Couric for catalyzing innovative and positive change via filmmaking and social work. More recently, she produced and directed an independent film featuring Issa Rae that has impacted afromillennials around the world. Having a PhD from Cornell University she provides expert insight and advice on content for TV shows and films relating to the African Diaspora. Nadia is a creative genius and a mover and shaker of all things media with a focus on entertainment, culture, fashion, lifestyle, entrepreneurship, women’s empowerment and all things Africa and Diaspora.
Going Beyond Sick Care with Dr. Lisa Sindass, MD
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Going beyond sick requires care that is proactive, holistic and preventative. Dr. Sindass offers holistic care using conventional and alternative medicine while supporting families with lifestyle services that promote overall wellness. She is a board-certified Pediatrician that has minister treatments to children impacted by addiction. Experienced Integrative Pediatrician with a demonstrated history of working in the medical practice industry. Skilled in mindfulness, clinical research, medical education, pediatrics, and emergency medicine. Strong healthcare services professional that graduated from Radiant Child Family Yoga with her 200-hour certification training. This thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Lisa Sindass explores how she uses integrative medicine in her practice to treat and heal patients with chronic diseases and addictions.
Netwalking the healthy way of connecting with friends, family and coworkers with Jessica Tunon
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Jessica Tunon is a Social Impact Leader and the founder and CEO of Netwalking® LLC based in Washington, DC. As a small organization and startup specialist, she has helped companies’ budget, spot inefficiencies and find opportunities for operations to be streamlined and improved for organizations. Prior to Netwalking®, Jessica co-founded Beyond2ndNature in Austin, Texas organizing an America Walks Walkability Workshop led to the creation of the first standing Pedestrian Advisory Council in Austin, the coalition WalkAustin, and co-organized Austin’s first World Car Free Day. She has presented on the topics of Walkability, Social Entrepreneurship, and Women Empowerment at events focused on social impact, green solutions, and women empowerment. Jessica is active in the Washington DC community as a Commissioner with the Mayor’s Office on Women’s Policy and Initiatives, SheSource Expert, with the Women’s Media Center, Industry Advisory Board Member with the DC Career Academy Network and CEO Pledge for Physical Activity Committee Member promoted by the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA). Formerly volunteered with Social Good Summit + Austin, Pitch Black 2018, and at-large member with DC Pedestrian Advisory Council 2014-2017.
The Dark side of Compassionate Care, Physician Burnout, with Trauma Surgeon, Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bestselling Author, Dr. Nii Darko
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The suicide rate among physicians tops that of combat veterans. About 300 to 400 US physicians take their own lives every year, a rate that is higher than that of the general public "by 40% for men and an astonishing 130% for women," The price tag for physician burnout runs at $4.6 billion annually when the costs associated with turnover and reduced clinical hours are tallied. Burnout is widely recognized as an urgent issue for the medical profession, with about 54% of physicians reporting one or more symptoms in previous studies. The condition is marked by emotional exhaustion, feelings of cynicism and detachment from work, and a sense of low personal accomplishment.
Looking at the costs for healthcare organizations, they found an annual cost attributable to burnout estimated at roughly $7,600 per physician. The analysis does not fully factor in potential costs to a practice or hospital, as it captures only direct revenue losses as a result of a physician vacancy. Indirect costs may include a loss of patients to other practices when a physician leaves."In addition, as patient satisfaction diminishes with reduced quality of care from physician burnout, the organization may enjoy less favorable contracting with payers or see reduced annual reimbursements drop because of low patient satisfaction scores,".The several factors in estimating the cost of replacing physicians, including search costs, hiring costs, and physician startup expenses, or what are termed friction costs by economists.
Dr. Nii Darko is a Board-certified General Surgeon who is pushing past the limits of the status quo. He hosts Docs Outside the Box, an Apple Podcasts Top 100 in Careers –where he highlights stories of doctors doing extraordinary things outside of medicine to inspire other doctors to think outside the box. Through his successful locum tenens business, Equal Access Health, physicians are empowered to have the lifestyle they deserve. Alongside his wife, he does yearly medical humanitarian work to the underserved in Ghana. Dr. Nii Darko holds a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences and an M.B.A. in Health Care Leadership from Rockhurst University. He completed his General Surgery residency at Morehouse School of Medicine. He then went on to complete a Trauma/Surgical Critical Care fellowship at the University of Miami. Dr. Nii Darko is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Impact-driven community digital health innovation with investor & innovation executive, D.D. Johnice
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CEO/Chief Strategy Officer, The Wonder Guild. Formerly Sr. Director, Community Health & Social Innovation, Kaiser Permanente. Founder of The Wonder Guild companies, a speculative design and innovation consultancy that helps enterprises discover, design and bring to market sustainable new products, services and business models. She and her Wonder Guides connect global startups and corporates, advise innovation leaders, develop unexpected partnerships to co-innovate the health, consumer packaged goods, financial services, energy and supply chain industries.
Previously, Ms Johnice led the Community Health Innovation Lab for Kaiser Permanente, an $80B US healthcare provider and insurer where she designed a model for accelerating affordable housing and accelerated emerging solutions to address socioeconomic determinants of health.
Harvard and Boston University-educated innovation executive, investor, startup advisor, and entrepreneur. D.D. is a uniquely capable and innovative business leader who happens to specialize in communications and technology platforms for the 21st century. As an accomplished, creative strategist, speculative designer and futurist skilled in solving business challenges using design, innovative applications of technology, non-traditional operating models and unexpected partnerships. She has helped clients design ecosystem-fit products, services, business models and solutions that sustainably achieve exceptional and measurable financial and organizational goals.
Through her work leading corporate innovation in the healthcare, technology, advertising and marketing, and financial, business and professional services industries, she had the privilege of designing new, self-sustaining, high-impact solutions that leverage what’s best in people, communities, nonprofits, business, government and technology to solve the greatest health, social and economic challenges we face as a society.
Negotiate and Gift Yourself Good Health with Dr. Kwame Christian, JD, MA
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72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental health conditions as they chase their dreams. Kwame Christian, Esq., M.A. is the Director of the American Negotiation Institute where he conducts negotiation and conflict management workshops around the country. As an attorney and mediator with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, a Master of Public Policy, and a Juris Doctorate (Law Degree), Kwame brings a unique multidisciplinary approach to making difficult conversations easier. In addition to his role with the American Negotiation Institute, Kwame also serves as a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, the top-ranked dispute resolution program in the country, and Otterbein University’s MBA program. He is the author of the Amazon Best Seller, Nobody Will Play With Me: How to Find Confidence in Conflict. Kwame also hosts the top negotiation podcast in the world, Negotiate Anything. The show has been downloaded over 1,000,000 times and has listeners in 183 different countries. His TEDx Talk, Finding Confidence in Conflict, was the most popular TED Talk on the topic of conflict of 2017. We will explore how he negotiates with his mind to optimal health.
All You Need to Know About Women's Health and Wellness: A conversation with Dr. Nelson Alawode, MD, MBA.
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His unwavering dedication to healing care that empowers patients with thoughtful patient information, compassionate care and deep listening makes Dr. Nelson Alawode, MD, MBA a top physician in DC, MD, and VA area. We explore how he used telehealth to administered pregnancy care and the birth of a child. Dr. Alawode is a board-certified OB/GYN physician and Johns Hopkins MBA graduates. Dr. Nelson Aderemi Alawode was born, in Oyo State, Nigeria. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Portland where he received a B.S. degree in Pre-Medicine in 1976. An Alumni of Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine 1981, Dr. Alawode also attended the University of Maryland Hospital to complete his Residency program in OB/GYN. Dr. Alawode has been practicing Ob/Gyn since 1987. Dr. Alawode is very passionate about Women’s Health, hence his interest in Integrated Healthcare system---“One Stop Shop” in Developing Countries. Dr. Alawode completed his MBA program in Healthcare Management at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Dr. Alawode’s life-changing experience started after delivering an 11 ½-year-old girl by cesarean section while he was rotating through the department of OB/GYN as a medical student at Wake Forest. That experience was so profound, he was divinely inspired to do something about it, on that day, the thought for “Abstinence Teen Choice” had its inception. He has committed part of his practice to teaching and sharing information with teenagers about the implications of multiple sexual partners; that sex was and still is, created by God and it is good and appropriate in the context of marriage. A husband and father of 3 daughters. Dr. Alawode feels an innate responsibility to teach our youth, who now live in a world where the influence from television, sexual AD campaigns and peer pressure, create a very difficult and dangerous sexual teaching for the youth of this millennium. With the creation of Abstinence Teen Choice, a 501 C 3, he teaches teens to understand the psychological implications of having multiple sexual partners so they realize that multiple STD can be transmitted from engaging in sex with one or multiple partners outside a committed relationship. This for him is marriage.
Sports, Entrepreneurship and Precision Medicine with NFL Player & Investor, Andre Fluellen
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The path to a potential handshake with the commissioner on draft night begins the first time a player straps on pads and a helmet. But with more than 1 million high school players and only about 300 NFL openings each year, the odds are astronomical that a player will make it from high school to the highest levels of the sport. The league and its programs are about more than producing on-field talent —they’re about developing people with the character and leadership skills to succeed, in football or elsewhere. Andre and I talked about his NFL career, post-career work with Beyond The Game Network, and the foundational values of teamwork, commitment, and leadership. And how football can be a catalyst for greater personal development at every level of play. Andre graduated from Florida State University and completed an eight-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions.
After graduating from Florida State University and completing an eight-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, Andre saw an issue that most NFL players go through, but is not really talked about too often; pro athletes are on a team for their entire lives, but after the game is over with, there is no team. There is no head coach. After sports, an athlete is expected to win at business with the same success as they had on the field. But, nobody talks about that an athlete has been a professional at football for 15+ years, and then have to compete with a business executive that has 25+ years of business experience. The odds of success for that are the same odds of a business executive trying to play in the NFL, they are very low!
Instead of trying to compete, Andre saw the best thing to do was collaborate. He found some of the smartest business executives around and asked if they were willing to help him create a "post-career team" that combines the influence of athletes and the experience of businessmen/women. This is where Beyond the Game was born. BTG is a network of athletes and business execs that come together to educate, invest, and empower each other. The awesome thing about our group is that the athletes do not invest their money, nor are there any fees for any athlete. EVER! Our network works like this: Business execs invest in highly vetted startups as a group. We only invest in startups that offer some type of brand ambassador compensation (cash or equity) to our athletes. So everyone wins! This is the beauty of Beyond the Game.
Andre believes that giving back is an important component to his ongoing success. He hosts a yearly no-cost youth football and cheering camp in his hometown of Cartersville, Georgia, and also, he frequently participates in speaking engagements for many charitable organizations. He, his wife, and two daughters live in Georgia.
Telehealth and wellness for corporations and hospital systems
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This conversation with CEO of CNSI, Todd Stottlemyer, empowers us with how hospital systems and employers implement wellness, telehealth, and healthcare federal technologies to scale wellness and address inefficiencies in medicare claims and reimbursement. Additionally, he shares how teamwork, corporate culture, and servant leadership creates lasting value for stakeholders.
Todd Stottlemyer serves as CEO of CNSI, a private equity-backed (A&M Capital) healthcare technology solutions company that delivers a broad range of health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products to a diverse base of state and federal agencies. Prior to joining CNSI, Todd served as CEO of the Inova Health System’s Center for Personalized Health; as CEO of Acentia, a private equity-backed (Snow Phipps Group) information technology company (sold to MAXIMUS); as President and CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business; as CEO of Apogen Technologies, a private equity-backed (Arlington Capital Partners) information technology company (sold to QinetiQ); as President of McGuireWoods Consulting; as Chief Financial Officer of BTG, a publicly-traded information technology company; and as Corporate Vice President of BDM International, a two times publicly traded and private equity-backed (The Carlyle Group) information technology company (sold to TRW; now Northrop Grumman). Todd currently serves as a Venture Partner for Blue Delta Capital Partners and on the boards of LMI, IST Research, and Verato. Previously, Todd served on the board of Aviza, a virtual health software company that was sold to AmericanWell. Todd attended William & Mary, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A, and he received a Juris Doctor degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Science of Smiles - The Chemistry & Psychology of Happiness and Price of Entrepreneurship
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Ken Rochon, Founder, and Andrea Adams-Miller, Executive Director of the Keep Smiling Movement, Inc., are on a mission to create and capture smiles all over the world. Ken Rochon, Social Proof Celebrity Event Photographer, President of The Umbrella Syndicate alongside Adams-Miller, CEO of The RED Carpet Connection, International Publicist, have captured the smiles of hundreds of CEOs, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes, models, influencers, veterans, first responders, and more holding the blue “Keep Smiling” cards!
These photographed honorees are an example of the type of people who stand for love and acceptance by creating SMILES. Barry Shore, pictured in the banner above, the originator of the “Keep Smiling" cards, used a smile to change his mindset and physical abilities after 8 years of quadriplegia due to symptoms of Guillain- Barre Syndrome. Now, as the "ambassador of Joy," he spreads love, acceptance, and joy like a positive viral contagion.
We sat down with Ken Rochon to discuss his journey while keeping in mind that 72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental health conditions as they chase their dreams. Ken is the author of 22 published books, speaker, and radio host. A baby boomer entrepreneur and the guardian angel of the Keep Smiling campaign, he opens up about his mental health on his journey to stardom.