The Heart Guy presents The Heart of The Matter

In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a cutting-edge discussion with Dr. Julio Gutierrez. Dr. Gutierrez is a hepatologist, gastroenterologist, and expert in liver disease. 

Dr. Gutierrez completed medical school at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in NYC in 2007

He then went onto his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.

His further study earned him two fellowships, the first in 2012 at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in Gastroenterology, 

followed by a second fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at the University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Transplant Hepatology in 2014.

Dr. Gutierrez is well-recognized as an authority in hepatitis B and C (HBV & HCV), fatty liver, and alcoholic liver disease. 

In addition, he specializes in liver cancer, cirrhosis, and those who need or had a liver transplant.  Finally, Dr. Gutierrez enjoys spending time with his two daughters and wife, playing guitar and fishing. He and his family also enjoy traveling and are often visiting his wife’s family in Cartagena, Colombia.

Dr. Gutierrez can be found on LinkedIn and -

Websites

• scripps.org/services/transplant-services/liver-transplant  (Company Website)
• prosciento.com/nashpass/  (Portfolio)

Phone

• 858-554-4310 (Work)

Address

10666 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla, CA 92037

Email

[email protected]

In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman (The Heart Guy) has a very personal conversation with Kidney transplant recipient, Austin Lee. Austin is a two-time kidney transplant recipient from the DC Maryland and Virginia area. At the age of one year old, Austin was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease known as posterior urethral valves, a kidney disease that affects one in eight thousand male infants.  He received his first life-saving kidney from his mother in 1993 which functioned and gave him a healthy life for 14 years. Austin's first transplanted kidney was rejected in 2007 which led him to have to undergo Peritoneal Dialysis for a second time as an adolescent. He received my second transplant via kidney paired exchange program from an unrelated living donor, Ms. Stella Christian, on June 8th, 2010. Austin has had both his living donor transplants for a total of 25 years and will continue to mentor pediatric patients on the importance of taking care of their transplanted kidneys so that they may be able to live out all their life dreams and goals. 

In this conversation, Gary and Austin speak about lessons learned in pushing through the toughest of times and advocating for those in need of help. Please join us in this very revealing conversation with a young warrior in the transplant community. 

Are you ready financially to "weather the storm", if you are unable to work while you or your spouse or partner(s) is going through a challenging surgery and prolonged recovery period while you are healing up. Or, perhaps it will not be feasible to return to work in the same way as before such a surgery. In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman discussed issues of saving and finance with Finance Advisor and American Heart Association board member, Mr. Mark Kravietz. Mark shares many words of wisdom in this thoughtful and thought-provoking podcast conversation. Mark Kravietz is the Managing Partner and Founder of Aline Wealth. Mark brings to ALINE a consummate investment acumen, which he utilizes to address the full range of clients’ challenges. His knowledge of financial, investment, and exit planning has helped clients through difficult economic and market cycles, and this expertise is supplemented by a decidedly human approach to business. Mark was named among the top 31 wealth advisors in New York state in both 2019 and 2020 by Forbes Magazine. In addition to being spotlighted in numerous articles, appearances on radio programs, and various other awards, Mark’s certifications are numerous and prestigious. He holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) designation, as well as the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) designation from the Wharton School of Business. He specializes in exit planning and achieved the prestigious accreditation of Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®) from the University of Chicago’s Booth Business School.

Mark has also continuously dedicated his personal life to charitable pursuits, sitting on the National Investment Committee for the American Heart Association and is a current board member of the Long Island American Heart Association. 
Mark is the host of his own podcast titled, "Find Your Exit" where he  discusses strategies about  how to successfully exit your business. 
Mark may be reached at:  [email protected] and his website is http://www.alinewealth.com. 

 In this Episode , Gary has a conversation with Brenda E. Cortez. Brenda is a living kidney donor and prolific children’s book author, who has a passion for helping others. (She was inspired to write her first book, “My Mom is Having Surgery” after her daughter centered her college entrance essay around Brenda’s organ donation- and the inspiration, she felt from it.) Brenda is now a strong advocate for living donation awareness. Because of this advocacy, and her passion for helping others, Brenda came up with the slogan, HOWL: Help Others with Love. 

Brenda’s series of children’s books are both astounding and inspirational. 

Brenda’s newest book, which is not a children’s book, titled “Because of Organ Donation” brings together the biographical stories of twenty-five inspiring members of our global health community – including donor-families, recipients of donated organs, and living donors. 

Brenda's Children's books - https://www.donatelife.net/books/
Brenda's latest book - https://www.becauseoforgandonation.com/

In this amazing episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a "no-holds-barred" conversation with Joe Bueno, Founder of TransplantWarriors 24/7-  a non-profit organization that he directs along with his partner Maureen Kardell. Their efforts are dedicated to supporting and coaching patients battling kidney disease and who are actively seeking a kidney transplant. Joe's no-nonsense style brings his clients much closer to completing dialysis and finding that perfect organ so that they may resume the life they have dreamed of. His group is located in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Information about Transplant Warriors 24/7 may be found on their website, at: transplantwarriors247.com
Please don't miss this very informative and inspiring discussion with a very special leader in the organ donation community.
If you would like to donate to Transplant Warriors 24/7 please go to transplantwarriors247.com.
Your donations are very much appreciated- -Joe Bueno

In this extraordinary podcast conversation, Gary has the pleasure of sharing an important and electrifying conversation with the incredible Valen Keefer. As a patient for 33 years and an advocate for the past 17 years, Valen Keefer has become one of the most respected voices in both the Polycystic Kidney Disease and Organ Donation Communities. Leading organizations and patients all reach out to Valen for support and knowledge from her life-long, first-hand experiences. Valen's unforgettable story and incomparable strength become apparent and will have a lasting impact on all those who are fortunate enough to share in this podcast conversation. Valen is an eloquent, poised, and moving speaker and has a way of touching the hearts and minds of all the people she meets.
Please do not miss Season 3, Episode 3 as our collaborative message is sure to change the lives of so many of my listeners.
You may find much more of Valen Keefer's story at valenkeefer.com  I am looking forward to sharing this. 

http://www.valenkeefer.com

@ValenKeefer @GaryTheHeartGuy
#podcast #organdonorship #organtransplant #hope

In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has a delightful conversation with Lesley Hanselman, RN. After a long career as a restored nurse, Lesley suffered a sudden stroke which brought her nursing career to an end. But Leslie wasn't done there-
Lesley is the Founder and Owner of Gingko, LLC, and her invention called Cormeum, is a downloadable app, which was designed to make managing heart failure easy. Users can check in anytime to see their day-by-day, weekly or monthly progress. Best of all, you can share your results with your health providers, so they can review them with you!  The Cormeum app is an invaluable tool for tracking heart failure-related symptoms including your weight, sodium intake, fluid intake and output, and even your mood! You can even track your daily medications and monitor your symptoms. Learn together with Gary how Lesley was inspired to envision and bring this invaluable tool to fruition. 

More information about Cormeum may be found at:  https://cormeumapp.com/

In this lively discussion, Dr. Gary Sherman speaks with Carla Mulhern, Executive Director at the American Heart Association in Providence, Rhode Island. Carla shares her insights regarding women's heart health, dispelling the myths associated with heart disease in women, and providing women with the tools to empower them in their appointments with their doctors to ask the right questions and to ensure that the necessary screening tests are performed. and in avoiding the pitfalls that lead to unexpected heart-related events. Carla also increases awareness of the many events that the American Heart Association sponsors, which strengthens the Association's ability to prevent heart disease in women. Please join us in this most powerful and important conversation!
Resources: 
https://www.heart.org/
https://www.heart.org/en/volunteer/opportunities
https://cormeumapp.com/

In this episode, Dr. Gary Sherman has an informative, delightful, and empowering conversation with Sharron Simpson Rouse. Sharron is a kidney recipient and is extremely candid and actively shares her real-life story and how she adapted to immense changes and unthinkable challenges through dialysis and the search for a kidney match (I won't say who her donor was ... you'll have to listen to find out)- to the ways that she has continued to bring hope and healing to anyone facing difficult circumstances in life. Sharron founded Kindness for Kidneys International, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, encouraging, and empowering kidney warriors and their families to expand the scope of her reach. The website for Kindness for Kidneys, International is kindnessforkidneys.org. 

Just when we thought we knew a little bit about heart transplantation, enter Dr. David Joyce, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program at The Medical College of Wisconsin. In my conversation with Dr. Joyce, he clearly explains several extraordinary advancements in heart transplantation that are about to become a reality in the United States. The first is the use of the DCD (Donation after Cardiac Death) heart transplant, which will increase the number of possible donors by as much as 70 or 80%,, And he also discusses the use of drone transport of donor organs in our current system of organ transplantation, which will reduce the risks and technical challenges associated with the transport of organs using manned-aircraft which is currently the order of the day. Finally, I discuss the use of artificial intelligence for the purpose of donor and recipient selection in the transplant process, which will eliminate the subjective nature of the selection process which creates emotional distress for the selection committees. This is a fascinating discussion with a truly extraordinary heart and lung transplant doctor in our global community. Don't miss this episode!!