Health Views with Deb Friesen, MD

Our October Health Views guest is Heather McGowan! Heather is a future-of-work strategist, thought leader, researcher, author, and is one of the leading voices on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Listen to this powerful episode to hear Heather’s perspectives on how the pandemic impacted the future of work and why she’s so optimistic about what’s coming next.

Listen to this great Health Views episode to learn about Kaiser Permanente’s Thriving Schools initiative, which aims to support schools and districts across the country to ensure that teachers, staff, and students have the support they need to thrive — in learning and in health. Annie Reed, Executive Director of Thriving Schools & Communities at Kaiser Permanente is an expert in thinking about the policy, systems and environmental changes that help ensure kids, teachers and school staff can be at their best. Additionally, she works with schools to strive for better outcomes and identifies solutions to increase resilience.

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine has been founded to educate future leaders in the transformation of healthcare delivery and addressing of health equity issues. During this Health View’s episode, you’ll hear from Mark Schuster, MD, PhD, the school’s Founding Dean and CEO, which opened its doors and welcomed its inaugural class in July 2020. During this fascinating interview, Dr. Schuster proudly shares his passion for innovation, inclusivity, and commitment to improving the health and well-being of patients and communities by leading one of the most diverse medical schools in the nation. Listen on to also hear Dr. Schuster describe the school’s core mission, vision and values, and its clinical learning which draws from the expertise of Kaiser Permanente.  

There’s been a lot of news about how the pandemic has triggered a youth mental health crisis. Parents in the workplace may feel divided between childcare and work, resulting in decreased workplace productivity, additional strain on a remote workforce, as well as additional costs for both employee and employer. Marti Post, Executive Director of the On Our Sleeves movement at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, recently joined Dr. Deb to talk about ways to encourage positive actions employers can take to support children’s mental health.

We’re bringing Stanford University Behavior Design Lab Founder/Director and New York Times bestselling author, BJ Fogg, PhD back in this abridged interview. Dr. Fogg shares how to build healthy habits by tapping into positivity and the importance of celebrating one small change at a time. If you’re interested in listening to the full recording scroll down to our sixth episode launched on May 13, 2021.

April is National Minority Health Month, a time to focus on improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities and reducing health inequities. We also want to acknowledge Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17 which explores causes and solutions to the staggering statistic that Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. During this national observance, Dr. Deb sits down with a special guest, Dr. Amanda Williams. Dr. Williams is a practicing Ob/Gyn, the Assistant Chair of Chiefs for Maternity with The Permanente Medical Group and serves as the Maternity Director for Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center. In this compelling episode, Dr. Williams discusses her dedication and years of experience exploring inequities in care affecting Black mothers and the complex factors driving them.

During National Nutrition Month, it’s important to recognize food as medicine which is the focus of this month’s Health Views discussion with Linda Shiue, MD. Dr. Shiue is a Kaiser Permanente internist and professionally trained chef who founded the Thrive Kitchen, a teaching kitchen with hands-on cooking classes to improve the health of patients and her community. Dr. Shiue believes that the best medicine is prevention and that you can cook your way to better health and wellness.

Go to Dr. Shiue’s Facebook page to read more about culinary medicine, www.Facebook.com/TheDoctorsSpicebox and check out Dr. Shiue’s debut cookbook, Spicebox Kitchen to try her delicious globally-inspired recipes.

In our two-part bone marrow donation series, Dr. Deb talks to two women who have remarkable stories. Together they partner on Will You Marrow Me?, a bone marrow awareness program that encourages racially and ethnically diverse populations to register as donors. In part two, Dr. Deb interviews Dr. Yung-Mee Park, a strong bone marrow donor advocate, donor, and Kaiser Permanente family care physician. 

 

There’s a national shortage of bone marrow donations among minorities and biracial populations, with 70% coming from Caucasian donors. Unfortunately, thousands of patients diagnosed with blood cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma, don't have a genetic match and desperately wait for a life-saving bone marrow donation. Please join the Be The Match registry at https://bethematch.org/kaiserpermanente and save a life today! 

In our two-part bone marrow donation series, Dr. Deb talks to two women who have remarkable stories. Together they partner on Will You Marrow Me?, a bone marrow awareness program that encourages racially and ethnically diverse populations to register as donors. In part one, Dr. Deb interviews Mika Yoshino, Will You Marrow Me? founder, bone marrow donation advocate, and a director on Kaiser Permanente’s Digital Experience Center team.

 

There’s a national shortage of bone marrow donations among minorities and biracial populations, with 70% coming from Caucasian donors. Unfortunately, thousands of patients diagnosed with blood cancer, such as leukemia or lymphoma, don't have a genetic match and desperately wait for a life-saving bone marrow donation. Please join the Be The Match registry at https://bethematch.org/kaiserpermanente and save a life today! 

In honor of PRIDE month, Dr. Deb sits down with a special guest Erin Waters. Erin is a Kaiser Permanente Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Consultant and Community Health Navigator in Kaiser Permanente’s Northwest Region Gender Pathways Clinic. In her role, Erin is a powerful advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and has a deep commitment to help transform health systems to be more inclusive and gender affirming for trans and nonbinary people. We’re excited to share this episode with all of you during PRIDE month and hope you learn a lot from Erin and her story.