Both Sides of the Stethoscope

Nov 04 2024 43 ep. 34 mins 2
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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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Online Medical Education and Avoiding Misinformation with Dr. Ali Haider aka @YourHeartDoc

Nov 04 2024 31 mins  
In this episode Alin and Colby chat with Dr. Ali Haider. You may know him from his social media accounts as @YourHeartDoc. They discuss Dr. Haider's career path into interventional cardiology and dive into what made him start producing medical education on social media and how to combat and avoid medical misinformation on the internet.

Bonus Days, Post Transplant Coping and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Education with Alison Conklin

Oct 07 2024 33 mins  
In this episode Alin and Colby have a discussion with Alison Conklin. Alison is a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patient and heart transplant recipient who recently created and magazine called Bonus Days, dedicated to sharing stories of transplant and those dealing with chronic illness. Since Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was the cause of Alison's need for a heart transplant, Colby take

Motivating others and building a community post transplant with Brittany Clayborne PsyD

Sep 23 2024 35 mins  
In this episode Colby and Alin speak with Dr. Brittany Clayborne PsyD. Brittany has overcome peripartum cardiomyopathy, heart transplantation and stage 4 lymphoma while at the say time getting her doctorate in psychology and starting a non profit called Brittany Speaks. She now faces a tougher challenge in dealing with her son's need for a heart transplant. In light of this the two

Discussing Organ Transplant Policy with Dr. Macey Levan

Sep 02 2024 33 mins  
Macey Levan, PhD, JD is a donation/transplant advocate (a living donor!!!), associate professor, and the Director for Transplant Applied Research Qualitative Core at NYU. She knows everything policy-related with organ donation and transplantation, and is heavily involved in OPTN. In this episode we discuss how Macey got involved in this type of work, the policies in the USA surroun

Pediatric Heart Transplants and Congenital Heart Disease with Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Thomas Maxey

Apr 29 2024 35 mins  
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.

Discussion with Sara Siqueiros, mom of THREE heart transplant recipients

Apr 01 2024 39 mins  
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 thre

Interview with heart transplant recipient Tyler Chavez, PA

Mar 11 2024 41 mins  
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 i

The Art of Medicine, Resilience, Heart Function Not Failure and More with Dr. Anu Lala

Feb 26 2024 43 mins  
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. Anu

Heart Failure Gadgets and more with Dr. Philip Adamson, Chief Medical Officer at Abbott

Feb 12 2024 40 mins  
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 dis

A Deep Dive into Transplant Meds with Mary Chandran, PharmD and Adina Petrosan, PharmD

Dec 18 2023 41 mins  
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 [email protected] can contact Adina at Adina.Petro