The Visible Voices
The Visible Voices podcast amplifies voices that are Visible and those that may be Invisible. We speak on topics related to healthcare, equity, and current trends. Based in Philadelphia, and hosted by physician Resa E. Lewiss, we really like speaking with people like you.
Episodes
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Tae Keller is an American children's book author. She is the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things and When You Trap a Tiger. When You Trap a Tiger, won the 2021 American Library Association John Newbery Medal. The book tells the story of Lily and her relationship with her aging and ill Korean grandmother, wrapped around the Korean folktales her grandmother tells her at bedtime. When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni’s Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal–return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni’s health–Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice…and the courage to face a tiger. Follow Tae on twitterTae's mother is award winner author Nora Okja Keller. Her first novel Comfort Woman won the American Book Award in 1998 and the 1999 Elliot Cades Award. Previously, in 1995, Keller won the Pushcart Prize for a short story, "Mother-Tongue", which became the second chapter of Comfort Woman. In 2003, she won the Hawai'i Award for Literature.Jason Han MD is integrated cardiac surgery resident. He received his bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience at Columbia University and received his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine. He is a writer for the healthcare section of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and publishes on Medium. He is interested in heart failure, and clinical ethics and plans to pursue a career in academic cardiac surgery. Follow Jason on Twitter
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
EXTRA BOLD is a feminist inclusive anti-racist nonbinary field guide for graphic designers. In this episode I am joined two fo the authors of this May 2021 release. Kaleena Sales (she/her) is the Interim Chair and an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the Department of Art & Design at Tennessee State University. She is a writer, illustrator, and graphic design educator at Tennessee State University, an Historically Black College and University in Nashville, TN. Her research focuses on Black culture and aesthetics, and her recent illustration work has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Communication Arts Illustration Annual. Through her service on AIGA's Design Educators Community Steering Committee, Kaleena has advocated for a more inclusive view of design history through her Beyond the Bauhaus writing series. She also serves as Director of Diversity and Inclusion for AIGA Nashville. Twitter: @kaleena_salesEllen Lupton is a writer, curator, educator, and designer, critic. She is the Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. She has authored numerous books on design processes: Thinking with Type, Graphic Design Thinking, Graphic Design: The New Basics, and Type on Screen, Design Is Storytelling, Health Design Thinking and Extra Bold, a feminist career guide for designers. In 2017, she delivered a TEDxMidAtlantic talk Museums should activate multiple senses, not just the eyeball. Ellen is the founding director of the Graphic Design MFA Program at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) in Baltimore, where she received the AIGA Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in 2007. She was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2019. Twitter: @ellenLupton
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort alwaysHospice care is compassionate comfort care (as opposed to curative care) for people facing a terminal illness with a prognosis of six months or less, based on their physician’s estimate if the disease runs its course as expected. Palliative care is compassionate comfort care that provides relief from the symptoms and physical and mental stress of a serious or life-limiting illness. Palliative care can be pursued at diagnosis, during curative treatment and follow-up, and at the end of life.Marie-Carmelle Elie, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Carmelle obtained her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and her medical degree from the State University of New York in Brooklyn with a distinction in research. Since then, she has continued to identify herself as a scholar and clinical investigator. Following her emergency medicine residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, she completed a Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship at the R. Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland. She is triple board-certified in emergency medicine, critical care, as well as hospice and palliative care medicine.Dr. Ashley Shreves earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. She went on to receive a doctor of Medicine degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine located in New Orleans, LA. Ashley completed a residency in Emergency Medicine with St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. She then completed a Palliative Medicine Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Ashley Shreves is board-certified in emergency medicine and palliative care and splits her clinical time between the two specialties.
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Graphic Medicine refers to the use of graphic novels, comics, and visual storytelling in medical education, patient care, and other applications related to healthcare and the life sciences. Dr. Shirlene Obuobi is a third year internal medicine resident, rising Cardiology fellow, and creator of the graphic medicine platform, "ShirlyWhirldMD." ShirlyWhirlMD has functioned as a vehicle of self expression during a time of professional growth, as well as a place to critique and discuss elements of medical culture and current events within healthcare. Follow her on twitter. Website https://shirlywhirlmd.comDr Ian Williams is a comics artist, writer and doctor who lives in Brighton, UK. His graphic novel, The Bad Doctor, was published in 2014 and followed up in 2019 by The Lady Doctor. He is working on his third, for the same publishers, provisionally entitled The Sick Doctor, which will be published in 2022. He studied Fine Art after medical school and then became involved in the Medical Humanities movement. He named the area of study called Graphic Medicine, building the eponymous website in 2007, which he currently co-edits. He is Founder of the not-for-profit Graphic Medicine International Cooperative and co-author of the Eisner-nominated Graphic Medicine Manifesto. Between May 2015 and January 2017 he drew a weekly comic strip, Sick Notes, for The Guardian. He recently made an animation with Matilda Tristram for The Care Under Pressure project from Exeter University. He has spoken at numerous medical humanities, comic art and literary events.Ian is represented by Kirsty McLachlan of Morgan Green Creatives Follow Ian on twitter Website https://myriadeditions.com/creator/ian-williams/
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Robert M. Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, where he is the Holly Smith Distinguished Professor in Science and Medicine and the Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine. He coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 . In 2015, Modern Healthcare magazine named him the most influential physician-executive in the United States. Prior to becoming UCSF's ninth chair of medicine, he served as chief of UCSF's Division of Hospital Medicine. He is generally regarded as the academic leader of the hospitalist movement. Hospitalists are internists and other physicians who specialize in the care of hospitalized patients. He is a past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and a past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine. In January 2021, Wachter began guest-hosting the In the Bubble podcast. You can follow Bob on twitter.Patricia C Henwood MD is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia. She has been leading and organizing the coronavirus response on the front lines at Jefferson and in the city of Philadelphia. Trish's experience training clinicians in Rwanda, Uganda, and other countries to use point-of-care ultrasound to answer questions about TB, and Ebola has prepared her more than most on how to handle a crisis. Trish is a graduate of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine program. During her time as a resident she founded a 401(c)3 organization PURE: Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource limited Environments. PURE is an organization comprised of medical professionals and others dedicated to enhancing ultrasound education and use in the developing world. PURE works in concert with ministries of health and local leaders in education to develop tailored plans to train physicians and other healthcare practitioners to use ultrasound at the bedside in caring for their patients, as well as help them develop the tools to sustainably transfer ultrasound skills to other healthcare practitioners in their setting. In a 2019 NEJM perspective piece, Trish published her never before described ultrasound findings diagnostic of Ebola patients in Liberia. Follow Trish on twitter.
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
A practicing physician, Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH, is recognized globally as an expert on pandemic preparedness and response as well as on health policy research and practice. He joined to the Brown School of Public Health as Dean fter leading the Harvard Global Health Institute and teaching at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jha has published more than two hundred original research publications in prestigious journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the BMJ, and is a frequent contributor to a range of public media. He has extensively researched how to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care, focusing on the impact of public health policy nationally and around the globe. Before joining the Brown School of Public Health, Dr. Jha was a faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) since 2004 and Harvard Medical School since 2005. He was the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute from 2014 until September 2020. From 2018 to 2020, he served as the Dean for Global Strategy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. A general internist previously with the West Roxbury VA in Massachusettts, he practicea at the Providence VA Medical Center. Ashish was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2013. Follow him on twitter @ashishkjhaMiriam Laufer MD is the Assistant Dean for Student Research and Education at University of Maryland School of Medicine Dr. Laufer is a pediatric infectious disease specialist, with a primary research interest in malaria and global child health. She has conducted research, clinical care and professional education in resource-limited countries in Africa and Asia, and has dedicated nearly two decades to working in Malawi. She and her research team use clinical and laboratory research to develop and evaluate interventions to decrease the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. She currently serves as Principal Investigator for clinical trials, epidemiological studies and a Fogarty training grant, that support her collaboration with colleagues throughout the US, Europe and Africa. In 2006, she published her first author paper Return of Chloroquine Antimalarial Efficacy in Malawi in the New England Journal of Medicine Dr. Laufer directs the Malaria Research Program at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health. The Malaria Research Program aims to support global malaria eradication efforts by developing and deploying innovative tools for improved malaria treatment, prevention and surveillance. Recognizing that progress requires interdisciplinary and international partnerships now and in the future, we work in collaboration with researchers across the globe and focus on training young scientists and clinical investigators to build research capacity both in the US and in malaria-endemic countries. Follow her on twitter @MirLaufer
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Stacey Chang is a designer and engineer. Until 2014, Stacey was the Managing Director of the Healthcare practice at IDEO, the global design and innovation firm. He left to found the Design Institute for Health at the University of Texas at Austin, a first-of-its-kind institution, dedicated to applying design approaches to solving systemic health care challenges as an integrated part of an operating health system and a medical education and training program. As Executive Director of the Design Institute, Stacey and team cover topics such as the design of health services and tools, the built environment, new care models, and the structure and functionality of the health ecosystem itself. Stacey has served as a TEDMED Editorial Advisory Board member, and a Thought Leader for NEJM Catalyst. He holds degrees in engineering from MIT and Stanford. Follow Stacey on twitter.Rachel Smith- identifies as I'm a multidisciplinary Latina Design Leader who believes in Designing for social impact. She is the founder of Design to Combat COVID-19, a virtual community of creatives—now over 2,200 strong—who volunteer their skills and time using design thinking to support medical professionals, service workers, and under represented communities affected by the pandemic. By day, Rachel Smith is a Senior Product Designer at Zillow, and previously has worked with companies such as Nordstrom and The Home Depot. The rest of the time, the LA native works on a range of creative projects, both within her local community and globally. Follow Rachel on twitter.
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Ty Sells is one of the most sought-after motivational speakers for youth in the country. He received his BA in Communication from The Ohio State University, is an Ohio Certified Prevention Consultant, and is currently the Director of Training for Youth to Youth International in Columbus, Ohio. In 2012, Ty received the “Prevention Innovator of the Year” Award from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for his development of creative prevention trainings and consultations with schools and organizations across the state. Ty has developed a multitude of trainings, workshops, and presentations for both youth and adults to address the many complex issues that confront today’s young people. Ty speaks on The Power of Connection Lynn Fiellin is a Professor of Medicine, the Child Study Center, and Public Health at Yale. She is also the Founding Director of the play2PREVENT Lab at the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games where she and her team focus on developing and evaluating videogame interventions, in the form of “serious games” to impact the health and well-being of adolescents.PlaySmart:playTEST!smokeSCREENPlayForward: Elm City StoriesempowerED: Think It Through Digital StoriesMission of play2PREVENT is to establish and grow a repository for evidence-based videogame interventions and educational materials geared toward risk prevention, well-being, and social intelligence in children, teens and young adults. Our objective is to serve as a resource for teens, parents, schools, communities, and other stakeholders with the common goal of improving and sustaining the health and well-being of young people.The play2PREVENT Lab builds on the evolving and expanding area of “serious games,” a field defined as video games intended for use beyond just entertainment, such as in the fields of health, well-being, education, and social intelligence. We use principles of character education and components of social emotional learning to develop innovative targeted digital interventions to impact a range of health outcomes in youth and young adults.
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Seth Godin grew up in Buffalo, New York. He graduated Williamsville East High School in 1978 before leaving to earn degrees in computer science and philosophy from Tufts University and an MBA in marketing from the Stanford Graduate school of Business. He returned to Buffalo often to see his family, owners of HARD Manufacturing, a maker of hospital cribs headquartered. The company is currently run by his sister Marjorie Bryen. Seth is the author of 20 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Akimbo Workshops, online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. Some of his books Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip and Purple Cow. His book, This Is Marketing, was an instant bestseller around the world. His newest book, The Practice came out in 2020. Seth has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. His blog (which you can find by typing “seth” into Google) is one of the most popular in the world. His podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts worldwide. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame. Michelle Johnston is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and novelist, and on good days it is difficult to tell the difference, She works as an Emergency Physician at an inner city trauma hospital, thus specialising in mess and chaos. Her first novel, Dustfall, was published in 2018; a book about medical error and the legacy of asbestos mining in Western Australia. She writes extensively in the medical field, and believes creativity is at the beating heart of critical care.
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Thursday Mar 04, 2021
Resa speaks with Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, a clinical professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. She has worked at Bellevue Hospital for decades. They discuss writing and finding one's voice through writing Dr. Ofri recently released When We Do Harm. She is the author of many books and has regular contributions in Slate, New York Times, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Lancet.. They discuss her June 2019 New York Times OpEd piece The Business of Health Care Depends on Exploiting Doctors and Nurses One resource seems infinite and free: the professionalism of caregivers. Listen to Dr. Ofri's TEDMED talk. Twitter @danielleofri Website danielleofri.com