JOWMA (Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association) Podcast

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 and Teaching Studies with a cognate specialization in Sport Management from West Virginia University. He received his M.S. in Sport Management from IUP and completed his B.S.Ed. in Health and Physical Education with a minor in Aquatics from Slippery Rock University. Adam carries a very active research agenda all surrounding his passion for aquatics. His research interests focus on aquatic education, swimming and water safety, drowning prevention education, lifeguard training, and sport facility risk management.

Adam holds provider, instructor, and trainer certifications from multiple safety and aquatic organizations and is a licensed teacher in the state of Pennsylvania for grades K-12 in Health and Physical Education. He received a National Swimming Pool Foundation Fellowship Award in 2014 and has been recognized twice by Aquatic International as a Power Award recipient, first in 2012 as a “Next Generation Leader in the Field of Aquatics” and again in 2017 as one of the “Most Influential People in the Aquatic Industry.” He has also received a letter of commendation from the National Water Safety Congress in 2011. Most recently, Katchmarchi received a Recent Alumni Award from Slippery Rock University in 2019.

Adam is a steering committee member for the U.S. National Water Safety Action Plan, serves as an organizational representative to Water Safety USA and the Aquatics Coalition, represents NDPA in the planning for National Water Safety Month, and serves on numerous industry committees and councils.

Nicole Hughes

Los Angeles, California, USA

After 3 year old Levi Hughes drowned in June 2018 during a non-swim time, his family founded Levi's Legacy, creating Water Guardians tags to help raise awareness about this silent killer. Levi's mom also hopes to encourage others to live intentionally, even when in the midst of tragedy

https://ndpa.org/layers-of-protection/

https://ndpa.org/vacation-checklists/

https://www.levislegacy.com/

https://www.infantswim.com/lessons/isr-lessons.html

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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 her psychiatric residency at Montefiore Medical Center and child psychiatry fellowship at Zucker Hillside Hospital at Northwell where she served as chief fellow. She currently works at Premium Health Center in Brooklyn and is the Director of Mental Health at JOWMA while maintaining a small private practice in Queens. Dr. Becker also serves on the physician advisory committee for BPJCC.

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https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jowma/episodes/A-School-Psychologist-Speaks-Her-Mind-with-Dr--Elana-Dumont-e1mnl51

 Dr. Rona Novick: Emotional Survival, Mental Health and COVID19

https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Dr--Rona-Novick-Emotional-Survival--Mental-Health-and-COVID19-e1eqv42

How to Fool Yourself Less Often: Medical Decision Making for Regular People

https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/How-to-Fool-Yourself-Less-Often-Medical-Decision-Making-for-Regular-People-e1eqv6b

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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. 

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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 Blues: A discussion on perinatal mood disorders 

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/pod/show/jowma/episodes/Ep--22-Baby-Blues-A-discussion-on-perinatal-mood-disorders-ee2sis

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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 was supported by an NIH F30 fellowship for her graduate research. Following an intern year in Pediatrics, she completed a physician scientist research residency in Dermatology at the University of Miami, where her postdoctoral work focused on chronic wound healing. As a physician scientist, Dr. Stone practices general clinical and procedural dermatology and directs a laboratory studying translational genomics of inflammatory and fibrosing skin disorders. Her research is funded by the NIH-NIDDK, the Dermatology Foundation, and the Wound Healing Foundation. She has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and has received several young investigator awards for her work.

In addition to her clinical and research work, Dr. Stone enjoys mentoring high school and college students, in particular those interested in the physician scientist pathway as well as students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine. She is a member of the University of Miami’s Medical Scientist Training Program committee and co-directs the Dermatology research residency program. Dr. Stone also serves as Chief Medical Officer for Elite Medical Prep, a tutoring company committed to maximizing student and institutional performance on high-stakes exams through customized coaching. She lives with her husband and 5 children in Miami Beach.

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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 Director Emeritus of Einstein’s Rose F. Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (RFK UCEDD) and of its Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC). From 1987 through 2010, he also served as Director of Genetics at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York. He has taught at the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program at Sarah Lawrence College since 1980 and has served the program in multiple roles, including as a member of its Admissions Committee.

A 1979 graduate of Einstein, Dr. Marion did his internship in pediatrics at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, then returned to Einstein for his residency and fellowship in Medical Genetics at Einstein affiliated hospitals. He has been a faculty member at Einstein since 1984. He has been Co-Chair of Einstein’s Committee on Admissions since 1990.

Dr. Marion’s clinical and research interests include the natural history and genetic basis of multiple malformation syndromes. At Blythedale, he served as Medical Director of the Einstein/ Montefiore Spina Bifida Clinic for 25 years. He is a founder and director or co-director of Montefiore’s Regional Williams Syndrome Center, CardioGenetics Clinic, ImmunoGenetics Clinic and Dermatology Genetics Clinic. He has published extensively in the medical literature in these areas, and, in addition, is the author of seven books including The Intern Blues, The Boy Who Felt No Pain (winner of a Christopher Award), Learning to Play God and Genetics Round: A Doctor’s Life in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine.

Dr. Marion is the recipient of Einstein’s Samuel Rosen Award for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching (selected by the medical students) and the Alumni Association’s Lifetime Service Award. He is also the winner of the Lewis Fraad Award for Residency Education and the Obrinsky Award for excellence in medical student teaching in the department of pediatrics. In May 2015, he received the Exceptional Commitment to Teaching Award from the Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence. In May 2016, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for Teaching from Einstein.

A resident of Westchester County, he lives with his wife, Beth, and is the father of three children and grandfather of three grandchildren.

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Positive Exposure

https://positiveexposure.org/

Cracking the Genetic Code with Brocha Tarshish, MD-JOWMA Podcast

https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Cracking-the-Genetic-Code-with-Brocha-Tarshish--MD-e1eqv53

Genetics, Jews and Why You Should Care with Bracha-The Franciska Show Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6055SM24S3Kk72AkgSusEu?si=7SQTuBM1RiWIcrQgETwjDQ&nd=1

Special Episode: Genetic Testing-The Science of Everything Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3V2QfwdketvKcG05vqePTz?si=ivqPQNZATiSMuPf2B6lr4w

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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 especially important in working with those who have fibromyalgia, as these and related conditions often start in childhood but are not recognized until years or even decades later. He is also a diplomat of the Board of Lifestyle Medicine and a diplomat of the Board of Clinical Lipidology. His goal is to weave the best of lifestyle medicine with medical management to help patients their loved ones, and their doctors learn more about these conditions and live the best life possible. Dr. Lenz graduated from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and completed his Residency at the Virginia Commonwealth University Hospitals in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Lenz has helped hundreds of patients suffering from fibromyalgia and related problems in children and adults. He is committed to educating, inspiring, and equipping patients to walk through this battle triumphantly.

He recently transitioned to the  Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedert.

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Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)

https://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Rheumatologist/Research/Clinician-Researchers/Fibromyalgia-Impact-Questionnaire-FIQ

Doctor | Conquering Your Fibromyalgia | United States

https://www.conqueringyourfibromyalgia.com/

Dr. Michael Lenz

//[email protected]

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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 Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Offit is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of virology and immunology, and was a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a member of the Food and Drug Administration Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation and the Foundation for Vaccine Research, a member of the Institute of Medicine and co-editor of the foremost vaccine text, Vaccines.

He is a recipient of many awards including the J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics from the University of Maryland Medical School, the Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development from the Infectious Disease Society of America, a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, and the Sabin Vaccine Institute Gold Medal.

Dr. Offit has published more than 150 papers in medical and scientific journals in the areas of rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety. He is also the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq®, recommended for universal use in infants by the CDC. For this achievement, Dr. Offit received the Luigi Mastroianni and William Osler Awards from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Charles Mérieux Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and was honored by Bill and Melinda Gates during the launch of their Foundation’s Living Proof Project for global health.

Read Dr. Offit's complete bio here: https://www.chop.edu/doctors/offit-paul-a

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JOWMA Podcast | Ep. 1 How to Fool Yourself Less Often: Medical Decision Making for Regular People https://anchor.fm/jowma/episodes/Ep--1-How-to-Fool-Yourself-Less-Often-Medical-Decision-Making-for-Regular-People-eav2pu

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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 SUNY College of Optometry and completed further educational training at Lighthouse Guild for treatment of individuals with Low Vision. Dr. Zimmerman is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and an Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor to SUNY College of Optometry. Dr. Zimmerman is also published in professional journals for work in Low Vision Optometry.

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Gita Lisker MD is board certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and an associate professor in the department of medicine at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health.  She grew up in Queens, NY and graduated valedictorian from Stern College in 1995.  She taught AP biology at Shevach during her gap year and then attended Einstein School of Medicine.  She did her residency in internal medicine at LIJ in a shomer shabbos program followed by a fellowship in pulmonary/critical care at LIJ. After fellowship, Dr. Lisker was hired as an attending at LIJ/North Shore (which had merged at that point) where she works in both the inpatient and outpatient setting and has been there since.  While originally, inpatient responsibilities included both ICU and pulmonary/RCU, Dr. Lisker eventually decided to stop working in the ICU for a more flexible work-life balance.  During her time as attending, she has started and run several initiatives and units, including a Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) program at North Shore and a Respiratory Care Unit (RCU) at LIJ.

At the start of the pandemic, she was in the unique position of being able to offer hospital-type pulmonary care in the outpatient setting, which was desperately needed. Thus, she founded the CROWN (Coronavirus Related Outpatient Work Navigators) Program, which used telehealth with pulmonary doctors, homecare RN visits, home 02, home IV infusions and blood draws, and the most up to date medical treatments to treat COVID patients at home. The program serviced nearly 4,000 patients. Dr. Lisker was also involved in the set up of the Shor Yoshuv site in Far Rockaway as a field hospital in March/April 2020 and joining it with Northwell Health. She also served as a medical advisor to SAR Academy and High School, Yeshiva Har Torah, and the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates during the pandemic.  Her work during the pandemic led her to start a new initiative for Northwell, the HOME (Hospital Outpatient Management Experience), project  to use what was learned from CROWN and COVID to treat other pulmonary diagnoses as well.

Dr. Lisker met her husband, Jay, at camp Morasha when they were both 15, went through YU/Stern together as pre-meds, got married during a gap year and then attended Einstein medical school and LIJ internal medicine residency together.  They currently live in Jamaica Estates where they are active members of their community and have three daughters, ages 12, 18 and 22 and a son in law!

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