This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Wendy Welch, the Medical Director with the Virginia Health Practitioners' Monitoring Program (HPMP). During the conversation, Dr. Welch, a professor and practicing psychiatrist with VCU Health, discusses the HPMP, a state program under the auspices of the Virginia Department of Health Professions whose mission is to help doctors and other providers struggling with personal issues to resolve those challenges and resume their clinical careers. Send questions, comments, or feedback to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or contact us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) using the hashtag #PatientsComeFirst (https://soundcloud.com/tags/PatientsComeFirst).