Southwestern Vermont Health Care's Medical Matters Weekly

Season 1 | Episode 12 | April 28, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with director of Bennington’s Turning Point Center Tom Haley about local substance abuse recovery efforts. Haley is a Bennington native. He first worked with Turning Point as a volunteer and as a member of the Board of Directors, including as Board President. He is a certified recovery coach and part of the Peer Recovery Emergency Department Program.

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 11 | April 21, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with orthopedic surgeon Michaela Schneiderbauer, MD.  Dr. Schneiderbauer leads the Orthopedics Department at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) in Bennington, VT.  They discussed local innovations in orthopedic care during the pandemic, including the practice’s launch of the same-day surgery program for total joint replacements and her upbringing in the German Alps.

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 10 | April 14, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson sits down with guest Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont's Commissioner of Health.  They discussed his and the Department of Health's work over the course of the pandemic, his early career, and answered questions from the audience related to the vaccine, mitigation and population health.

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 9 | April 9, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with  hand and upper extremity specialist at SVMC Orthopedics and Northern Berkshire Orthopedics David Veltre, MD. They discussed the most common conditions he sees in his practice and their treatments. Dr. Veltre earned his medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine in Massachusetts and his master’s in biomedical engineering from Cornell University in New York.

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 8 | March 31, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with UVM's president and chief operating officer Stephen Leffler, MD. For more than 25 years, Dr. Leffler has worked at UVM Medical Center as an emergency room physician, and is a professor of surgery at the UVM College of Medicine. They discuss emergency medicine, and Dr. Leffler growing up and working in his family's country store in rural Vermont where he was able to hone his customer service skills. 

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 7 | March 24, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Telemedicine Expert Kevin Curtis, MD, the medical director of Connected Care and the Center for Telehealth at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. They discuss Dr. Curtis' previous experience as a chemical engineer at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics working on President Reagan's strategic defense initiative with particle beam lasers as well as the telemedicine now and in the future.

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 6 | March 17, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with Family Medicine Physician Jennifer Baker-Porazinski, MD, of Twin Rivers Medical, P.C. The two discussed Dr. Baker-Porazinski’s interest in integrative medicine, and personal experience with caring for her husband who had COVID-19 this past winter.

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 5 | March 10, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with one of the country's leading infectious disease experts, Dr. Michael Calderwood about the pandemic, newly released CDC guidelines, and vaccine development.

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 4 | March 3, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with two pharmacists, Drs. Robert Sherman and Emilee Bonnier about the three COVID-19 vaccines available as well as what it will take to ge to herd immunity.

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 3 | February 24, 2021
In this week's episode, Dr. Trey Dobson chats with two emergency department registered nurses, Jill Maynard and Alexandra Chaffin, about what it has been like working on the front lines during the pandemic.

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