Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

Dr. Maureen Leffler and Dr. Jay Greenspan they look back on Year One of the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of Dr. Greenspan: how this once-in-a-lifetime event changed Nemours, and him as he served as the Nemours COVID-19 Enterprise Incident Commander.

Starting Monday, March 15, the podcast turns its focus toward hearing the COVID-19 stories of associates from across the enterprise. Arrange to share yours by email [email protected]. 

Carol Vassar, producer

In addition to a Nemours COVID-19 situational update, co-hosts Dr. Maureen Leffler and Dr. Jay Greenspan talk with Dr. Raul Pino, Florida Department of Health Commissioner for Orange County, which includes Orlando and the Nemours Children's Hospital. Dr. Pino has been the familiar, trusted public health spokesperson reporting evidence based facts and prevention measures on COVID-19 to the people of Orange County.

Carol Vassar, producer

A situational update on COVID-19, plus part two of two parts honoring Black History Month, as we welcome the man responsible for creating the Nemours Office of Health Equity and Inclusion more than ten years ago, Dr. Kevin Churchwell. Dr. Churchwell is currently President and CEO of Boston Children's Hospital.

Carol Vassar, producer

Dr. Claudia Thomas is the first black woman orthopedic surgeon in the United States. Her journey, though, starts before her residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital,  before medical school at Johns Hopkins,  and even before she risked her professional future leading a student sit-in at her undergraduate alma mater, Vassar College, in the late 1960's. It begins with the values she learned from her parents.

Carol Vassar, producer

Neonatologist Dr. Mark Hudak, Professor & Chair for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida School of Medicine in Jacksonville talks all thing COVID-19 and babies. He also provides preliminary data from a national mother-baby he established to study the effects of COVID-19 on that population. He’ll have an overview of preliminary data from the registry, which is proving useful in guiding women through pregnancy in the midst of this pandemic.

For information on the registry featured in this episode. 

To see the statement on racism from the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

Carol Vassar, producer

John Carney is the 74th Governor of the State of Delaware, but did you know that he was a summer associate for Nemours in the mid-1970's? 

Today he joins hosts Dr. Jay Greenspan and Dr. Maureen Leffler to talk all things COVID-19: the state’s response, the vaccine rollout, the effect of the pandemic on health care and other front line workers, and what pandemic-related issues keep him up at night as year one of the pandemic comes to a close. 

Carol Vassar, producer

This week, news emerged related to COVID-19 and pregnancy, raising questions about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women, and the risks related to contracting COVID-19 while pregnant.

Host Dr. Jay Greenspan talks with maternal/fetal medicine specialist Dr. Lindsay Maggio from the Nemours Center for Fetal Care in Orlando on these and other subjects related to COVID-19 and pregnancy.

Carol Vassar, producer

One year ago this week, the first U.S. case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Washington state. Today, the nation is looking at some grim COVID-19 milestones, as host Dr. Jay Greenspan will talk about in his situational weekly update.

He’ll also have a conversation with Sandy Gomberg, CEO of the COVID-19 Response Team for the City of Philadelphia. Sandy’s a nurse by training and practice, a former hospital and health system CEO, a health educator, and even the leader of  a health technology start-up. She’ll tell the story of the call she received last spring requesting her experience and leadership to convert a 10,000 seat basketball arena into a temporary COVID-19 overflow hospital, and her work partnering with Genesis Healthcare, a nursing home operator in Pennsylvania and Delaware - to stand up a COVID-19 relief center for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable residents. Finally, she’ll talk about why the eyes  and hands of nurses are so important to COVID-19 relief efforts worldwide. 

Also, the Nemours Champions for Children podcast has been selected as one of the Top 25 Children's Health Podcasts on the web by Feedspot. Ranking is based on relevancy, blog post frequency(freshness), social metrics, domain authority, traffic and many other parameters. See the full list here: https://blog.feedspot.com/childrens_health_podcasts/

Carol Vassar, producer

In addition to an up-to-the minute COVID-19 situational update and a COVID-19 question answered by Florida Division COVID-19 Incident Commander Randy Hartley, listen in on a conversation between Dr. Mo Leffler, Nemours Chief Wellness Officer (aka "Chief Worry Officer") and host Dr. Jay Greenspan. They'll discuss well-being and self-care for anyone working in healthcare, especially during the pandemic. 

Carol Vassar, producer

Host Dr. Jay Greenspan provides a situational update, followed by a wide-ranging discussion with Randy Hartley, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando about the status of COVID-19 spread in Florida, and the distribution of vaccines to Nemours associates. They'll also touch on the long and sometimes sordid history of vaccine development in the U.S., and the resulting distrust that, even today, has people hesitating, or even refusing, to take the newly developed COVID-19 vaccines.

Carol Vassar, producer