Marathon Endurance
SEGMENT 1: We explore the world of pediatric anesthesiology and the pressures and stresses of being an anesthesiologist with Dr. Destiny Chau, Dr. Meera Gangadharan and Dr. Meenakshi Atteri. SEGMENT 2: It’s a trip to Philadelphia Marathon Weekend to learn more about the mentorship work of Students Run Philly Style with its Executive Director Lauren Kobylarz. Guests: […]
Tiny Innovations, Big Impact
It’s a pediatric health care innovation episode of Well Beyond Medicine covering two new tools applicable to improving the health and health care experience of the smallest of babies. SEGMENT 1: It was a casual exchange between two colleagues that proved to be the point of conception for an infant positioning cradle, dubbed SmolTap, a simple […]
Moving at the Speed of Healthcare Innovation
Healthcare has always been a hotbed of innovation, though it seems today to be moving forward at light speed, with a wide range of advancements to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, safety, accessibility, and quality of healthcare services at the bedside and behind the scenes. We’re talking healthcare innovation today with two national experts whom we […]
AI in Health Care: The Future (Part 3 of 3)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will NOT replace the work of a skilled, trained, experienced human clinician. Yet AI, in all its formulations and manifestations, has the potential to bring revolutionary change and improved outcomes on a global scale. So, what’s next for AI in pediatric cardiology? Our AI experts weigh in. This episode was taped live […]
AI in Health Care: The Perils (Part 2 of 3)
For all the hope that artificial intelligence (AI) brings to health care, there are perils: patient privacy concerns, public trust, legal and ethical considerations, the fear of biased algorithms, and how to handle the need for massive amounts of the right data to feed AI algorithms. We discuss all of that with experts from across the […]
AI in Health Care: The Promise (Part 1 of 3)
It seems we’ve been hearing a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) lately: It’s how Netflix knows what to recommend you watch next. From ChatGPT to Netflix, AI is everywhere — and it’s changing health care in all its aspects. The promise, the peril, and the prophecy of AI in health care are what we are […]
Understanding Sickle Cell Disease: Myths, Facts & Support
This episode was taped live during the recent “Well Beyond Medicine” Day in Jacksonville, Florida at the reimagined THE PLAYERS Center for Childhood Cancer & Blood Disorders at Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville. The Center includes the only pediatric sickle cell program in Jacksonville which is also one of the largest programs in the state of […]
Stepping to the Plate for Pediatric Cancer Awareness
The word of the day was “awareness” at Citizens Bank Park this September as the Philadelphia Phillies hosted their 7th annual Childhood Cancer Awareness Night. As we learned, awareness brings funding to support improved pediatric cancer treatments and research that ultimately save lives. While at the game that night, we sat down with William Martin, […]
Beyond Borders: Children’s Health Around the Globe
Beena Kamath-Rayne, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist with 20 years of clinical experience and expertise in clinical research, quality improvement, and medical education. Since 2019, she has served as vice president for Global Newborn and Child Health for the American Academy of Pediatrics. While she was in Washington, D.C., attending the Pediatric Academic […]
Well-being and the Health Care Workforce
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has stated that burnout among health care workers has been at crisis levels since before the pandemic. Burnout is not limited to doctors or clinical providers — it can and does affect health care workers in non-clinical roles. Nemours Children’s started planting the seeds of burnout prevention and well-being promotion in […]
