The Visible Voices

Bob Wachter and Patricia Henwood are Generalist Clinician Leaders

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.

Ashish Jha and Miriam Laufer on Vaccines, COVID and Kids

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

Health Design with Stacey Chang and Rachel Smith

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. 

Lynn Fiellin and Ty Sells play2Prevent for Teens

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.

Seth Godin and Michelle Johnston Write, Create Art, and Ship It

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.

Danielle Ofri on Writing and Storytelling

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

Vinny Arora and Subha Airan-Javia: Designing A Professional Life

Vineet Arora, MD is the Herbert T Abelson Professor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine. She is an an academic hospitalist and medical educator who specializes in improving the learning environment for medical trainees and the quality, safety and experience of care delivered to patients. She serves as Associate Chief Medical Officer for the Clinical Learning Environment at the University of Chicago Medicine and Assistant Dean for Scholarship and Discovery at the Pritzker School of Medicine.Dr. Arora is an internationally recognized expert on patient handoffs in health care and also has broad expertise in using technology, such as social media, to improve medical education. Dr. Arora is an elected member to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, which recognizes physician-scientists for an outstanding record of scholarly achievement in biomedical research, and serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors. As an advocate for gender equity across health care, she has leadership roles in several organizations dedicated to advancing women leaders and combating sexual harassment in health care, including Women of Impact, TIME’S UP Healthcare and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.  She blogs for the Society of Hospital Medicine : The Hospital Leader. You can follow Vinny on twitter @FutureDocs.Subha Airan-Javia is an Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine and practicing Hospitalist at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Airan-Javia formerly served in the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer role. She co-founded TrekIT Health, to bring technology she developed and implemented at Penn to other health systems.TrekIT was formed to create a commercial software platform for both large institutional health systems and individual clinicians looking for a better way to manage their workflow based on the CareAlign technology platform developed by Subha Airan-Javia and colleagues at Penn Medicine. Product design was born out of a necessity to improve clinician experience, present data in a way that reduces cognitive overload, and to improve the handoff process, while simultaneously reducing medical errors and making the electronic health record more user friendly. You can follow Subha on twitter @subhaairan.

Tova Du Plessis and Abby Dahan: Award winning Bakers

Tova du Plessis was born and raised in a kosher Jewish household in Johannesburg South Africa, She came to the United States to attend college, planning to become a doctor.  She pivoted her professional plan and enrolled in the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in Napa Valley. She completed externships with Pastry Chef Matt Tinder and Boris Portnoy at The Restaurant at Meadowood in Yountville. During a free period, she traveled to Philadelphia, connected with Michael Solomonov, who hired her as a line cook at Zahav and a sous chef at kosher European restaurant Citron & Rose. After a brief stint as the pastry chef at Avance, she joined The Rittenhouse Hotel as executive pastry chef, overseeing dessert and pastry at Lacroix. Tova opened essenbakery.com in 2016. The bakery focuses on Jewish breads and sweets, including babkas, challah, and rugelach.  She is a four time James Beard award nominee as a semi-finalist for “Outstanding Baker”.  Follow Tova on twitter @ChefTova and @essenbakery and Instagram @tovadup Abigail Dahan is a Foodnetwork 2020 Chopped Sweets winner. She likes teaching regular folks how to bake like pros. She was born in Paris to a Moroccan Jewish father and French Jewish mother.. Her family moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, when she was young.  She returned to Paris for culinary school and eventually returned to the Philadelphia area.  In 2014, she was selected for Zagat’s “30 under 30” list for Philadelphia. Dahan was furloughed as the executive pastry chef at Parc at the beginning of the pandemic and returned part-time early in the summer.  She won “Chopped Sweets” in early March and the episode aired 01 September 2020.  Abby prepared for the competition by watching as many episodes as possible and by memorizing certain recipes. After baking challahs out of her home, Abby started a business. She now teaches virtual baking classes. Follow Abby on Twitter @sugarchefabs Instagram @abbydahan and contact her for classes through her website www.thebakeschool.com 

Provost JoAnne Epps and Judge Serena Murillo: Advocacy Through the Law

JOANNE A EPPS has been a member of the Temple law school faculty since 1985, JoAnne Epps served as Dean of Temple’s Beasley School of Law from 2008-2016.  Since 2016, she has served as Executive Vice President and Provost of Temple University.  Author and co-author of several books and articles on Evidence and Trial Advocacy, Epps has won numerous awards recognizing her commitment to diversity and advancing women within the legal profession and community. Epps is a former Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles and Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  Her primary areas of expertise include criminal procedure, evidence and trial advocacy. She has shown a commitment to curricular innovation and experiential legal education inspired the creation of the Stephen and Sandra Sheller Center for Social Justice at Temple Law School, which introduces students to the many roles that lawyers can play in securing access to civil justice. She has trained Sudanese lawyers representing victims of the Darfur crisis, and taught prosecutors for the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Epps was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia and a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles. Epps received a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.SERENA MURILLO Serena Murillo is a Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court currently assigned to the civil division in the Spring Street Courthouse. Brown University and the University of California at San Diego where she played NCAA Basketball and earned a Bachelors Degree. She earned her law degree from Loyola Law School  Criminal prosecutor for 17 years . Murillo was a district attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Maurice Cherry and Stesha Doku: Changemaking Designers

Maurice Cherry is principal and creative director at Lunch, an award-winning multidisciplinary creative studio he established in 2008 in Atlanta, GA. Currently, he works as the creative strategist for CodeSandbox.  Maurice is perhaps most well-known for his award-winning podcast Revision Path™, which showcases Black designers, developers, and digital creators from all over the world. It is the first podcast to be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Other projects of Maurice’s include the Black Weblog Awards, 28 Days of the Web, The Year of Tea, and the design anthology RECOGNIZE.Maurice is the 2018 recipient of the Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary from AIGA, was named as one of GDUSA’s “People to Watch” in 2018, and was included in the 2018 edition of The Root 100 (#60), their annual list of the most influential African-Americans ages 25 to 45.  You can find Maurice on Twitter @mauricecherryMaurice's 2015 Lecture: Where Are the Black Designers?Stesha Doku, MD is a private practice anesthesiologist, web designer and developer based in Greensboro, NC. She focuses on designing interfaces for healthcare technology for software healthcare providers use to better take care of patients. She believes recognizing design's role in healthcare will help build a better future for growth and quality in the medical field. What we particularly need more of in medicine are designers who can be a bridge to create great interfaces that physicians and healthcare professionals can integrate into their practice. While I believe that anyone can program given a computer, patience and the right book, learning what works on the front-end for different industries is much harder. Only good design can be the connector to helping us meet our goal of making technology adoption worthwhile and cost effective in medicine!Stesha Doku MD on Revision Path 01 July 2013 Mastering the craft of great design is a surprisingly long and continuous process. You will find that having a good eye is very different than being able to think creatively, which is in turn very different from being able to technically manifest your ideas digitally. Great designers have all three, so pick one to start with and the others will build on that. You can find Stesha on Twitter at @dohkoo.