Southwestern Vermont Health Care's Medical Matters Weekly

Season 1 | Episode 22 | July 7, 2021

In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson hosts Jeffrey Parsonnet, MD, an infectious disease physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the leader of a clinic designed to help people with enduring COVID symptoms. Dr. Parsonnet arrived at Dartmouth in 1990, having completed his Infectious Diseases (ID) training at Brigham and Women’s/Beth Israel Hospital.  He is currently Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine and an attending physician in the ID Section at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.  His research interests have included toxic shock syndrome and treatment of septic shock, and areas of special clinical interest include HIV infection, Lyme disease, and bone and joint infections.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 21 | June 30, 2021

In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson hosts Nicholas Weinberg, MD, an expert in mountain and expedition medicine . Dr. Weinberg is an emergency physician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and a member of the organization’s Wilderness and Austere Medicine Fellowship faculty. Dr. Weinberg received his medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Weinberg has completed a Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) and is in the process of completing his Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM). He has worked as a Wilderness EMT instructor, and his fieldwork has taken him from the Peruvian Amazon, where he practiced tropical medicine, to the Everest region of Nepal, where he specialized in treating high-altitude illnesses in climbers and trekkers. Most recently, he worked as the ships physician on a traditional square-rigged sailing ship crossing the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to South Africa and as the physician for the National Park Service for several seasons on an upper mountain rescue patrol on Denali/Mt. McKinley in Alaska. In addition to his interests in adventure and travel medicine, he is also an avid mountaineer, ice climber, rock climber, backcountry skier, paddler, and offshore sailor.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 20 | June 23, 2021

In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson hosts Meghan Gunn, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. She shared her insights about COVID-19 vaccines for children. Gunn has worked at SVMC since 2013.  She received her undergraduate education in Biology from Syracuse University and earned her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She continued with a residency in Pediatrics at University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 19 | June 16, 2021

In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson hosts  Patricia Ryan, RN, MSN, CCRP, the Cardiac Rehabilitation program coordinator at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC). Ryan earned her bachelor’s in nursing from Hartwick College in New York and her master’s in nursing from Drexel University in Pennsylvania. She has worked at SVMC for 31 years, serving in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Department for 27 of those. She is a certified American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Professional, a board member for the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls, and a Vermont Cardiac Network board member. 

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 18 | June 9, 2021

In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Anore Horton, the executive director of Hunger Free Vermont. Hunger Free Vermont is a statewide advocacy, education, and technical assistance nonprofit dedicated to ending the injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters. Horton spent 7 years managing Hunger Free Vermont’s nutrition initiatives before becoming executive director. During her tenure, she has been instrumental in fighting to eliminate the root causes of hunger through statewide initiatives that expand Vermont’s participation in federal nutrition programs including 3SquaresVT, Meals on Wheels, school breakfast and lunch, summer and afterschool meals, and childcare meals, along with state-level projects that enact dignified solutions to hunger. Horton received her master’s degree in teaching from the University of San Diego and her master’s in history from Princeton University.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 17 | June 2, 2021

In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Emma Weiskopf, MD, a board certified physician in psychiatry and neurology. They discussed her experiences helping patients with migraines, epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, and other conditions of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system.  During the episode, she also shared that she is the leader singer of a rock-n-roll cover band, and they will have their first gig in over a year this August after pandemic restrictions are lifted. Dr. Weiskopf received her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. She completed her residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and served as chief resident 2005 – 2006 before going on to a fellowship at New York University Medical Center 2006 – 2007.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 16 | May 26, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with guests Themarge Small, MD, an OB/GYN with SVMC OB/GYN, and veteran maternity nurse Deborah Mone, RN. They discussed their experiences and years of helping new families deliver their babies in southern Vermont. Dr. Small earned her medical degree from the University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine. She completed her residency in OB/GYN at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire and is a clinical assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine. Deborah Mone has been a nurse at SVMC for 41 years. She received her nursing degree at Columbia Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Hudson, NY. She holds an inpatient obstetrics certification from the National Certification Corp. 

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 15 | May 19, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with David Furman, MD, a board-certified gastroenterologist. They discussed previous personal and professional experiences as well as his specialization in comprehensive treatment of the digestive system, with a particular focus on neuro-gastroenterology and chronic conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastroesophageal reflux and chronic abdominal pain syndromes.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 14 | May 12, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Natalie Kwit, public health veterinarian with the Vermont Department of Health. They covered everything you need to know about ticks and tick-borne disease. Dr. Kwit leads the Vermont Department of Health’s Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Disease Program, including the surveillance, prevention, investigation, and response to tick-borne, mosquito-borne, and zoonotic diseases. She earned her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from University of Illinois and Master of Public Health degree from University of Minnesota.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Season 1 | Episode 13 | May 5, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Jeff Tieman, president and CEO of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. They discussed patient care statewide, both throughout the pandemic and beyond. Tieman has worked in his current position since 2016. Previously, Tieman served as the chief of staff for the Catholic Health Association (CHA) in Washington, D.C., a national organization representing more than 700 hospitals.

Underwriter: Mack Molding

Medical Matters Weekly features the innovative personalities who drive positive change within health care and related professions. The show addresses all aspects of creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, groundbreaking medical care, exercise, mental health, the environment, research, and government. The show is produced with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can see Medical Matters Weekly on Facebook at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download a podcast on www.svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Underwriter: Mack Molding