This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Max Luna, a UVA Health cardiologist, about the work of the Latino Health Initiative to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates among Latinos in the Charlottesville area to some of the highest in the state. Send questions, comments, or feedback 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 Corey Feist, JD, MBA, the CEO of UVA Physicians Group and a co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation, about the Foundation, its namesake, and the work being done in her memory to implement workplace and policy reforms to support frontline health care workers experiencing burnout or mental health challenges. Send questions, comments, or feedback 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 Corey Feist, JD, MBA, the CEO of UVA Physicians Group and a co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation, about the Foundation, its namesake, and the work being done in her memory to implement workplace and policy reforms to support frontline health care workers experiencing burnout or mental health challenges. Send questions, comments, or feedback 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. Megan McGavern, an internal medicine physician with Riverside Regional Medical Center and the mother of an autistic son who established a non-profit horse sensory therapy center in Yorktown, VA. The conversation covers Dr. McGavern's journey to find optimal therapeutic supports for her son and how that led to the formation of Cole's Horse Autism Therapy Station. Send questions, comments, or feedback 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 Shirley Johnson, Sickle Cell Research Operations Manager and Patient Navigator Supervisor at VCU Health, about ongoing efforts to enhance sickle cell disease treatment, awareness, research, and patient support services. Send questions, comments, or feedback 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 Jeff Lingerfelt, CEO of Bath Community Hospital, for a conversation about rural health care providers, the challenges they face, and much 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 Delegate Lashrecse Aird, who represents a Petersburg-based district in the Virginia General Assembly. The conversation covers how election-year campaigning has been altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, her official resolution declaring racism a public health concern in the Commonwealth, career and technical training opportunities in Virginia, 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 Leslie Hawkins, a Chesapeake Regional Healthcare nurse on a clinical care team recognized as part of the American Nurse Journal's "All Pro Nursing Team" for being adaptive to patient needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 Ryann Kress, a Carilion Clinic nurse who uses a wheelchair for mobility due to a genetic disorder (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome). The conversation covers her condition, her work, her role as Ms. Wheelchair Virginia, 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 Eleanor Love, a medical student at VCU Health who established the Simple Sunflower charity program to regift fresh flowers to hospitalized patients. Send questions, comments, or feedback to [email protected] or contact us on Twitter or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst podcast.