Well Said

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Maja Svarkic, Associate Program Director for the Residency in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery at Hofstra/Northwell and an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the Zucker School of Medicine to discuss the various presentations and impacts of the common auditory ailment known as tinnitus.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Vera Feuer, the co-chair of the Emergency Child Psychiatry Committee of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, former President of the NY Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Emergency Medicine here at the Zucker School of Medicine. She will be helping us explore the complex underlying reasons for substance use in young people which can often be rooted in emotional and psychological challenges. 

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jules Winokur, Vice Chair of Ophthalmology at Northwell Health, Director of the Ophthalmology Residency Program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Winokur will be diving into the topic of cataracts, from what causes them to how we can treat them. 

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Andrew Yacht, Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Northwell Health, an ACGME Designated Institutional Official, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and a Professor of Medicine here at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He will be helping us understand the thousands of individual decisions that contribute to how we address the overall healthcare needs of our society. 

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. John Q. Young, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health at Northwell Health to talk about how CBME is shaping the future of medical education and assessment, as well as how this will affect the healthcare experience for all of us. 

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Nina Vincoff, Division Chief of Breast Imaging at Northwell Health, and Medical Director and Vice President for Clinical Initiatives and Patient Experience for the Katz Institute for Women’s Health to talk about all aspects of breast cancer screening. Including new technology, new guidelines about how to use that technology and new insights about women’s health that are coming through the application of artificial intelligence.

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Aldo Iacono, Medical Director of the Northwell Health Lung Transplantation Program, to talk about how lung transplantations work to improve life quality for those with end-stage lung disease who are not responsive to medications or other surgical interventions, and how significant advancements are continuing to be made every day. 

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Maria Carney, Chief of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine in the Department of Medicine for Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital and Adam Kahn, Adjunct Professor with the Master’s in Health Law and Policy Program at University and a Senior Fellow for the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy at Hofstra University. They will be helping us unpack the complex topic of Advanced Directives; or written statements of a person’s wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor. 

Well Said has invited Dr. Peter Silver, Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Northwell Health to talk about where hospital ratings come from, are they meaningful, and are they reliable?

Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jacqueline Moline and Chris Ciuffo. Dr. Moline is the founding Chair of the Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology & Prevention at Northwell Health and at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and serves as the director of the Queens World Trade Center Health Program operated by LIJ Medical Center. Chris Ciuffo is a retired NYPD officer who served at Ground Zero as a first responder and has been receiving support through the WTC Health Program. They will be talking about what made Ground Zero a toxic environment, the scope and consequence of exposure, and the efforts made to address these issues by the World Trade Center Health Program.