JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

By JEWISH ORTHODOX WOMEN’S MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

What's JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast about?

Jennie Berkovich, DO and Alisa Minkin, MD hosts JOWMA's podcast and share preventative health information geared to members of the Orthodox Jewish community.

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JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast episodes:

05.23.2024
The Healing Power of Martial Arts with Sunny Levi
Sunny Levi is one of ten female certified-seventh-degree black belts in the country. She has been training in Taekwondo for over 35 years and has been teaching and coaching children, teens, and adults for over 20. In addition to being a...
05.16.2024
Leak No More: Focus on Your Pelvic Floor with Alexandra Dubinskaya, MD
Dr. Alexandra Dubinskaya is the founding physician at the Los Angeles Institute for Pelvic & Sexual Health in Beverly Hills, CA. She has sculpted a multidisciplinary haven that stands as a testament to her visionary approach to women’s sexual health...
05.09.2024
Sigh See Start: Becoming the Parent You Want to Be with Alison Escalante, MD
Alison Escalante, MD is a Pediatrician, author of the upcoming book Sigh, See, Start: How to Be the parent your child needs in a world that won’t stop pushing, Writer and Woman on a Mission to ease the epidemic of...
04.25.2024
Alcoholism and Advocacy: Lizzy Savetsky Fights Back
Lizzy Savetsky is a leading Jewish influencer and pro-Israel activist. Lizzy started her online journey over a decade ago as a fashion blogger, posting on her blog, Excessories Expert, and Instagram page. Gradually – Lizzy began to share more about her...
04.18.2024
Decoding Obesity: Beyond Ozempic with Priya Jaisinghani, MD
Dr. Priya Jaisinghani, MD, is a dedicated endocrinologist specializing in adult care, with expertise in endocrinology, obesity medicine, and diabetes. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and is...
04.11.2024
Lessons from the Hospital: What My Son Taught Me About Living Fully with Mindy Blumenfeld, LCSW
Mindy Blumenfeld, a trauma therapist, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice. She is certified in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing as well as trained in IFS and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. She works through a lens of attachment and how early...
04.04.2024
Specialty Spotlight: Yair Saperstein, MD, MPH, Clinical Informatics
Yair Saperstein, MD MPH is CEO and cofounder of AvoMD. He is a dual board-certified physician in internal medicine and clinical informatics, is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Saperstein served on...
03.28.2024
Kosher ADHD with Simcha Chesner, PhD and Sara Markowitz, PhD
Dr. Simcha Chesner is a clinical psychologist, trained and raised in the USA. He has lived in Israel for the past 33 years. He founded a network of junior high and high schools for boys with ADHD in Israel and...
03.21.2024
The JOWMA Medical Mission with Shevie Kassai, MD
On October 7, Hamas launched a horrific terror attack in Israel. Over 1,300 Israelis have been killed, over 3,200 have been injured, and nearly 200 hostages have been taken. As always, JOWMA’s network of physicians is here to serve the Jewish...
03.14.2024
Passing the JOWMA Podcast Torch with Alisa Minkin, MD
Alisa Minkin, MD is former host of JOWMA Podcast which provides health education geared to the Orthodox community. Dr Minkin also previously produces the JOWMA Preventative Health hotline (929-4-GEZUNT/929-444-9868) and is past chair of the JOWMA Preventative Health Committee. She...
03.07.2024
Specialty Spotlight: Atira Kaplan, MD, Physiatry
Atira Kaplan, MD is a board-certified physiatrist. She received her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center; and completed residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and fellowship in Women’s Health Rehabilitation, at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Kaplan works in two...
02.22.2024
Pregnancy Loss: Grieving and Healing with Yonina Kaufman and Chumi Friedman
Chumi Friedman is the Director of HUG, a program of ATIME supporting couples experiencing perinatal and infant loss. She is RTS trained and a certified doula and chaplain. Yonina specializes in helping women and couples who experience (d) perinatal and infant...
02.15.2024
Eating Disorder EDucation with Dr. Frani Pollack, PhD, LSW, RD
Frani S. Pollack is a licensed psychologist and social worker. She has been in practice for 30 years. Frani has worked at multiple inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient programs. She currently works at Bala Child & Family Assoicates where she...
02.08.2024
A Dadvocate Speaks Up with Rabbi Simcha Weinstein
Simcha Weinstein is a best-selling author, syndicated columnist, and Family Peer Advocate at Families Together in New York State. He serves on the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC), a federally-funded New York State agency working under the direction of the Governor. He is the Chair...
02.05.2024
Mazel Tov! The Confident Kallah Has a Baby with Dr. Elissa Hellman
An experienced, board-certified OB/GYN, Dr. Elissa Hellman, has been in practice for over ten years in Milwaukee, WI. She received her medical degree from NYU and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset. She...
02.01.2024
True Strength with Personal Trainer and Nutritionist Gabby Barreto, MS, RD, CDN, CSSD
Gabby Barreto, MS, RD, CDN, CSSD is a registered dietititian and personal trainer. She obtained her Master’s in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from Columbia University and completed her Dietietic Internship at LIU Post. She is a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and specializes...
01.25.2024
Sleep Well! with Dr. Innessa Donskoy, Pediatric Sleep Medicine Physician
Innessa Donskoy is a pediatric sleep medicine physician at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Illinois. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine for the Sleep Medicine fellowship. She completed her Pediatric...
01.18.2024
After the IEP: Autism Adulthood with Susan Senator
Susan Senator is an author, blogger and journalist living in the Boston area with her husband Ned Batchelder. She has three sons, the oldest of whom is 33 and has severe autism. Ms. Senator is the author of Making Peace...
01.11.2024
Picky and REALLY Picky Eaters: STEPS+ To Help Both with Dr. Katja Rowell
Katja Rowell MD is a family doctor and responsive feeding specialist on a mission to bring peace and joy back to the family table. Described as “academic, but warm and down to earth,” she is a popular speaker and has...
01.04.2024
Specialty Spotlight: Shlomo Minkowitz, MD, Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Minkowitz M.D. is a neuroradiologist. He is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He attended medical school at Cornell, completed an intern year at SUNY, Downstate and radiology...
12.28.2023
Crying IS Coping and Other Tips from a Certified Child Life Specialist with Adina Levitan, MS, CCLS
Adina Levitan, MS, CCLS is a certified child life specialist with a Master’s degree in Child Life, Administration and Family Professional Collaboration from Towson University. To become a certified child life specialist Adina volunteered at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital and...
12.21.2023
MAZAL TOV! The Confident Kallah Has a Baby! with Dr. Elissa Hellman
An experienced, board-certified OB/GYN, Dr. Elissa Hellman, has been in practice for over ten years in Milwaukee, WI. She received her medical degree from NYU and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset. She...
12.14.2023
Autism: What's Hot, What's Not with Dr. Jennifer Bain
Jennifer Bain, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Bain completed both an M.D. and PhD. as well as general pediatrics residency at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School in New...
12.07.2023
Specialty Spotlight: Zvi Jacob Schreiber MD, Pathology
Dr. Zvi Jacob Schreiber completed his medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His residency training for Anatomic and Clinical Pathology was at SUNY Stony Brook, where he was chief Resident. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at NY-Presbyterian Hospital...
11.30.2023
Women are NOT Just Smaller Men: How Our Hormones Affect Our Mental Health with Esther Rollhaus, MD
Dr. Esther Rollhaus is board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. A graduate of Stern College for Women, Esther received her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine and completed adult psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship in...
11.23.2023
Demystifying ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) with Eilis O'Connell-Sussman
Eilís O’Connell-Sussman is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), New York State Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA-NY), and certified special educator. She earned her master’s degree in autism and intellectual disabilities at Teachers College, Columbia University, and continued her education in applied...
11.16.2023
Can This Relationship Be Saved: Dr. Raphael Strauss on the Clinician-Patient Relationship
Strauss Allergy & Asthma Therapy opened its Westbury office in 2007, but Dr. Raphael (Ralph) Strauss has been a practicing allergist for over 30 years. Dr. Strauss is certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology. After graduating cum laude from Brandeis University,...
11.09.2023
Intimacy Matters! with Suri Halpern, JD, LMFT, CST
Content Warning: This episode contains more explicit and sensitive content. It is geared towards a mature audience only. Audience discretion is advised. Suri Halpern, JD, LMFT, CST is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist. She runs a...
11.02.2023
Specialty Spotlight: Staci Leisman, MD, Internal Medicine/Nephrology
Dr. Staci Leisman is a board certified internist and nephrologist who practices nephrology at Mount Sinai Hospital. She is also an accomplished educator in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.  Dr. Leisman received her B.A. in English Language and...
10.24.2023
Helping Our Children, Helping Ourselves: Coping in Crisis with Dr. Elana Dumont
Dr. Elana Dumont trained to work with young children though adulthood treating issues such as anxiety and depression. In addition she provides parent coaching to support parents in their developing strong relationships with their children. She is also trained to...
10.19.2023
Sensory Connections: Nora Berger, OT Student, Integrates her Life Experiences Into Her Work
Nora Berger, Occupational Therapy Student is a Yonkers native looking specialize in Pediatrics. She is a dancer, aviation enthusiast, automotive/ rail fan, unashamed Pokémon player. Nora earned a bachelor's degree Pediatric OT through dance from NYU Gallatin. She completed supplemental...
10.12.2023
RSV Prevention: Understanding the New Products with Dr. Ed Walsh
Dr. Walsh received an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Manhattan College and an MD degree from SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in 1974. He completed his residency at the URMC Strong Memorial Hospital in 1977 and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases in...
10.05.2023
Specialty Spotlight: Dr. Gail Gutman, Pediatrics, Adolescent Fellow
Dr. Gutman is a board-certified pediatrician, and currently a second year fellow in adolescent medicine at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Her clinical interests include eating disorders, pediatric gynecology and promoting healthy habits in teenagers. Her research currently focuses on the...
09.28.2023
Weighty Issues: A Whole Family Approach with Dr. Joey Skelton, MD, MS
Dr. Joseph "Joey" Skelton is a board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist. He has a particular interest in working with entire families to change behavior, as well as working with community organizations who have the same goals. He is the...
09.21.2023
Weeding Through The Confusion Over Cannabis with Dr. Howard Forman
Howard L. Forman, MD, is Director of Addiction Consultation Service at Montefiore and Assistant Professor at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical interests focus on the intersection of addiction, mental health and physical illness. Dr. Forman is also...
09.14.2023
I Feel That Way And It's Okay! with Tzivy Reiter and Raizy Keilson from OHEL
Tzivy Reiter, is the Director, of Children and National Trauma Services, OhelShe currently directs Outpatient Mental Health Services for adults and children, School Based Services for youth, Early Childhood Mental Health and Trauma services. In that capacity, Tzivy has overseen...
09.07.2023
Specialty Spotlight: Tal Weinberger, MD, Psychiatry
Tal Weinberger, MD recently assumed the role of director of psychiatry at CHEMED health center in Lakewood. Previously, she was clinical associate professor and outpatient medical director for the Psychiatry department at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson...
08.31.2023
It's Not Your Fault with Dr. Shoshannah Frydman of Shalom Task Force
Dr. Shoshannah Frydman, PhD, LCSW is the executive director of Shalom Task Force. Dr. Frydman is a trauma-informed therapist and advocate who has worked in the field of domestic abuse and family violence in the Jewish community for close to...
08.24.2023
Family First: Shoshana Kaufman's Amazing Story of Becoming a Doctor
Dr. Shoshana Kaufman was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she attended a large urban public high school and graduated as valedictorian. She went on to earn her BA in psychobiology from Yale University. During her junior year, her father passed...
08.17.2023
Power Up! Rebbetzin and Parent Coach Gila Ross on Teens and Technology
Gila’s vibrant, positive and relatable style make her a well-sought after and much loved coach and educator with over 20 years experience. She has a passion for sharing the joy and relevance of Judaism and for positive parenting. Her Power...
08.10.2023
Wholistic Health with Dr. Rachel Berman
Dr. Rachel Berman is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She earned her her BA in Social Anthropology at Harvard University in 2004...
08.03.2023
Specialty Spotlight: Dina Faiden (Dick), MD, Pediatrics
Dr. Dina Raizel Faiden (Dick) is a Pediatrician. She started her medical education at Boston University where she graduated from a 6 year medical program in 1994. She then went back home to Miami where she completed a custom made...
07.27.2023
The Real Truth About Drowning Prevention with Dr. Adam Katchmarchi and Nicole Hughes
Dr. Adam Katchmarchi (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Sport Sciences (KHSS) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Adam is also Executive Director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance. Adam completed his Ph.D. in Coaching...
07.20.2023
Fight, Flight or Freeze: Dr. Sarah Becker on Anxiety and Depression in Children and Teens
Sarah Dienstag Becker MD is double board certified in general and child and adolescent psychiatry. She attended Brooklyn College and Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she was selected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society. Dr. Becker completed...
07.13.2023
Taking Care of The WHOLE Family with Family Medicine with Dr. Miriam Segura Harrison
Dr. Miriam Segura-Harrison, MD, IBCLC, is a family physician and a lactation consultant who practices full spectrum outpatient family medicine as well as inpatient obstetrical and newborn care. _______________________________________________________ It's NOT All in Your Head with Dr. Miriam Segura-Harrison https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jowma/episodes/Its-NOT-all-In-Your-Head-with-Miriam-Segura-Harrison-eq8ses Ep. 22 Baby...
07.06.2023
Specialty Spotlight: Rivka Stone MD PhD, Dermatology
Rivka Stone MD PhD is a board-certified dermatologist and Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Stone completed a combined MD/PhD program at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, where she...
06.29.2023
23 and Us: Understanding Modern Genetics with Dr. Robert Marion
Robert Marion, Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is Chief Emeritus of the Divisions of Pediatric Genetic Medicine and of Development Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and...
06.22.2023
Conquering Your Fibromyalgia with Dr. Michael Lenz
Dr. Michael Lenz is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, meaning he sees patients from newborns through adulthood. He is practicing and will continue to practice in Southeastern Wisconsin in the metro Milwaukee area. This lifetime of experience is...
06.15.2023
You Bet Your Life! with Paul Offit, MD
Paul A. Offit, MD, is Director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of...
06.08.2023
Eye Q Optometrist: Dr. Andrea Zimmerman Talks About Vision
Dr. Andrea Zimmerman, OD FAAO- Doctor of Optometry and Low Vision Specialist with Lighthouse Guild,obtained a BA in Biology from New York University, graduating Magna Cum Laude with Phi Beta Kappa distinction. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from...

What's JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast episodes:

The Healing Power of Martial Arts with Sunny Levi

Leak No More: Focus on Your Pelvic Floor with Alexandra Dubinskaya, MD

Sigh See Start: Becoming the Parent You Want to Be with Alison Escalante, MD

Alcoholism and Advocacy: Lizzy Savetsky Fights Back

Decoding Obesity: Beyond Ozempic with Priya Jaisinghani, MD

Lessons from the Hospital: What My Son Taught Me About Living Fully with Mindy Blumenfeld, LCSW

Specialty Spotlight: Yair Saperstein, MD, MPH, Clinical Informatics

Kosher ADHD with Simcha Chesner, PhD and Sara Markowitz, PhD

The JOWMA Medical Mission with Shevie Kassai, MD

Passing the JOWMA Podcast Torch with Alisa Minkin, MD

Specialty Spotlight: Atira Kaplan, MD, Physiatry

Pregnancy Loss: Grieving and Healing with Yonina Kaufman and Chumi Friedman

Eating Disorder EDucation with Dr. Frani Pollack, PhD, LSW, RD

A Dadvocate Speaks Up with Rabbi Simcha Weinstein

Mazel Tov! The Confident Kallah Has a Baby with Dr. Elissa Hellman

True Strength with Personal Trainer and Nutritionist Gabby Barreto, MS, RD, CDN, CSSD

Sleep Well! with Dr. Innessa Donskoy, Pediatric Sleep Medicine Physician

After the IEP: Autism Adulthood with Susan Senator

Picky and REALLY Picky Eaters: STEPS+ To Help Both with Dr. Katja Rowell

Specialty Spotlight: Shlomo Minkowitz, MD, Diagnostic Radiology

Crying IS Coping and Other Tips from a Certified Child Life Specialist with Adina Levitan, MS, CCLS

MAZAL TOV! The Confident Kallah Has a Baby! with Dr. Elissa Hellman

Autism: What's Hot, What's Not with Dr. Jennifer Bain

Specialty Spotlight: Zvi Jacob Schreiber MD, Pathology

Women are NOT Just Smaller Men: How Our Hormones Affect Our Mental Health with Esther Rollhaus, MD

Demystifying ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) with Eilis O'Connell-Sussman

Can This Relationship Be Saved: Dr. Raphael Strauss on the Clinician-Patient Relationship

Intimacy Matters! with Suri Halpern, JD, LMFT, CST

Specialty Spotlight: Staci Leisman, MD, Internal Medicine/Nephrology

Helping Our Children, Helping Ourselves: Coping in Crisis with Dr. Elana Dumont

Sensory Connections: Nora Berger, OT Student, Integrates her Life Experiences Into Her Work

RSV Prevention: Understanding the New Products with Dr. Ed Walsh

Specialty Spotlight: Dr. Gail Gutman, Pediatrics, Adolescent Fellow

Weighty Issues: A Whole Family Approach with Dr. Joey Skelton, MD, MS

Weeding Through The Confusion Over Cannabis with Dr. Howard Forman

I Feel That Way And It's Okay! with Tzivy Reiter and Raizy Keilson from OHEL

Specialty Spotlight: Tal Weinberger, MD, Psychiatry

It's Not Your Fault with Dr. Shoshannah Frydman of Shalom Task Force

Family First: Shoshana Kaufman's Amazing Story of Becoming a Doctor

Power Up! Rebbetzin and Parent Coach Gila Ross on Teens and Technology

Wholistic Health with Dr. Rachel Berman

Specialty Spotlight: Dina Faiden (Dick), MD, Pediatrics

The Real Truth About Drowning Prevention with Dr. Adam Katchmarchi and Nicole Hughes

Fight, Flight or Freeze: Dr. Sarah Becker on Anxiety and Depression in Children and Teens

Taking Care of The WHOLE Family with Family Medicine with Dr. Miriam Segura Harrison

Specialty Spotlight: Rivka Stone MD PhD, Dermatology

23 and Us: Understanding Modern Genetics with Dr. Robert Marion

Conquering Your Fibromyalgia with Dr. Michael Lenz

You Bet Your Life! with Paul Offit, MD

Eye Q Optometrist: Dr. Andrea Zimmerman Talks About Vision

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