This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview Melody Dickerson, Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer at VHC Health in Arlington, Virginia. She joins us for a conversation about her work, trauma care, workplace wellness, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview Frankie Stamps, a Fauquier Health patient, for a conversation about how physical and speech therapy, an active lifestyle that include pickleball and skydiving, and medication have helped him manage Parkinson's disease for a decade. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview Dr. Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne, the director of UVA’s Center for Leading Edge Addiction Research, for a conversation about her work to support individuals with substance use disorder, research and clinical trials on addiction, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview Dr. Samuel Schiavone, a psychiatrist with Inova Fairfax Hospital, for a conversation about his work, military servicer, mental health care, the condition of seasonal affective disorder, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Bergen Nelson, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, for a conversation about her career and past work as a New York City school teacher, some of her areas of research interest, the topic of food insecurity, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Garry Myers, Director of Graduate Endodontics and an associate professor in the VCU School of Dentistry, for a conversation about his military career, the discipline of endodontics, workforce challenges impacting dentistry, his involvement in the Iditarod dog sled races, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Mark Miller, a professor of orthopaedic surgery and a sports medicine specialist at UVA Health, for a conversation about his military career, work as a collegiate team physician, a book he co-authored on supporting healthy young athletes, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

The latest episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with UVA School of Medicine professor Daniel J. Cox, PhD, for a conversation about his own journey with type 2 diabetes as well as a grant-funded clinical research study about innovative methods to achieve diabetes remission without weight loss or medication. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

The latest episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Tameka Irving, a community benefit manager at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, for a conversation about her work and the community health programmatic offerings provided by the hospital. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

The latest episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Erin Davis, a palliative care and med-surge nurse at VCU Community Memorial Hospital, for a conversation about her work and the critical role she played in helping to rescue a family involved in a serious interstate wreck on a rainy summer morning. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.