This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Strength in Collaboration: Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Transforming Primary Care. We are talking with Dr. Ken White, Dean of the School of Nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital and President of the American Academy of Nursing.

Our conversation explores preparing Nurse Practitioners to step into leadership on primary care teams, moving NP training into out-patient settings, and strengthening education about intersectional care.

We’re discussing Technology & Policy: Innovating High Quality Care on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder & President at CareJourney. Our conversation revolves around changing the culture of care through policy, integrating tech into healthcare, and the next steps for utilizing artificial intelligence in medicine.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Proactive Preventive Primary Care. We are talking with Dr. Troy Brennan, an Adjunct Professor at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.

Our conversation explores improving access to care with technology, forging intimacy and trust in different situations, and primary care outside of the hospital.

We’re discussing From the Battlefield to Value-Based Care on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Bryce Meyers, ChenMed’s first Transformative Care Fellow.

Our conversation revolves around transitioning from practicing within the Military to Value-Based Care, rotating through a medical fellowship, and transforming care for the future of medicine.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Earning Trust to Reduce Renal Risk. We are talking with Dr. Virginia Irwin-Scott: National Director of Nephrology at ChenMed.

Our conversation explores providing kidney care in the outpatient setting, educating patients to reduce the risk of crashing into dialysis, and preventing unnecessary hospitalizations within the full-risk model.

We’re discussing Servant Leadership: Caring from the Heart on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Vijay Jaligam, Chief Medical Officer for the division of Cardiovascular Care at ChenMed.

Our conversation revolves around the skills that set Value Base care apart from academic and hospital care models, the method of care that focuses on quality of life, and the future of medical research for prevention.

For our 100th episode, Faisel and Dan are discussing Hope for the Future of Primary Care this week on Faisel & Friends!

Our conversation revolves around identifying barriers to care and addressing them with creative solutions, understanding the basics of risk adjustment, and advocating for medically complex patients.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Caring for Colleagues: the Power of the Peer. We are talking with Dr. Mark Greenawald: founder of PeerRxMed, and Vice Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

Our conversation explores physicians talking to our trusted others to process traumatic experiences, organizations establishing proactive peer support for workplace wellness, and colleagues uplifting each other through the “PRX 90” check-in system.

For more information about PeerRxMed please visit their website: https://www.peerrxmed.com

We’re discussing Transformative Team Training on this episode of Faisel & Friends! Faisel and Dan are joined by Dr. Leanne Chrisman-Khawam, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Program Director at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Our conversation revolves around the privilege of being a part of patients’ lives, positive changes needed in professional medical education, transformative team-based training, and focusing care on the person in front of you.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Setting the Standard for Healthcare. We are talking with Dr. Allan Goroll: Professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and author of the quintessential book: “Primary Care Medicine.”

Our conversation explores the concept of treating problems, not diseases, the value systems at play in healthcare today, and the ability of emerging physicians to reform healthcare for the future.