On August 23, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Reed Pyeritz and Susan Miller-Samuel, MSN, RN, AGN-BC for a discussion about genetics and genetic testing.

Dr. Pyertiz is a William Smilow Professor of Medicine in the Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Susan is a Board Certified Advanced Genetics Nurse in the Clinical Cancer Genetics Service Department at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues that go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Khaled Mortagy aka Andrew Stone! Khaled came to America and took the name Andrew Stone. He is a stone that helps form the bigger rock foundation of his community; caring for his neighbors. During COVID he gave away 1000’s of free meals which he prepared in his restaurant, Andy’s Diner & Pub of Conshohocken.

On August 16, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Annette Medina-Walpole, MD. and Dr. Heidi J. Syropoulos, MD to discuss geriatrics and healthy aging.

Dr. Medina-Walpole is the Paul H. Fine Professor of Medicine and Chief f the Division of Geriatrics & Aging at University of Rochester

Dr. Syropoulos is the Medical Director of Government Markets for IBX and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Dr. Jonathan Oline! This Bucks County Cardiologist volunteered to serve in Iraq, then Kuwait and recently entered another battle field when he volunteered to fight the war on COVID-19. He’s also a volunteer firefighter.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Kathleen Perez Finch! Kathy owns two businesses, and when COVID closed those doors, she channeled her energy into providing masks, gowns, and food to front-line workers. Now her team is helping the homeless!

Dr. Lucey is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Dave Brown!

On July 26, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Johnathan M. Fenkel to discuss the ABCs of Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.

Dr. Fenkel is an Associate Professor from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, an Associate Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program and Director of the Jefferson Hepatitis C Center.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Father Jack Murphy who has devoted his life to serving others and finds peace in his daily visit to the ocean. 

On July 19, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Emily Rubin, RD, LDN to discuss the good, the bad and the misunderstood about carbs, fats, and fad diets.

Emily Rubin, RD, LDN is the Director of Clinical Dietetics for the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Ron Sherr! This Renaissance man is a professional musician and photographer who has brought joy to multiple families during this time of lock-down in the pandemic.

On July 12, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Steve R. Williams and Dr. Nethra S. Ankam to discuss Rehabilitation after COVID-19, and the value of physical therapy as part of the treatment of Coronavirus.

Dr. Williams is the Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dean of the Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Science and Enterprise Senior Vice President for Post-Acute & Rehabilitation Services at Thomas Jefferson University. 

Dr. Ankam is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Thomas Jefferson University.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Dr. Mary Wirshup who left a busy medical practice to answer a different call. Dr. Wirshup now serves as the VP of Medical Affairs for CVIM (Community Volunteers in Medicine); bringing healthcare, healing, and hope to low-income, uninsured families in the Chester County region.

On July 5, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Christopher J. Rapuano and Dr. Lynn M. Klein to discuss the skin and eye lesions caused by COVID-19 and/or sun damage.

Dr. Rapuano is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in corneal diseases, is Chief of the Wills Eye Cornea Service and a Professor of Ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. 

Dr. Klein is the Chief of the Division of Dermatology at Lankenau Medical Center.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Jack Johnson! Every day is the 4th of July for our Real Champion Marine Sergeant Jack Johnson who received the Semper Fidelis Award in 1996.Semper Fi!

On June 28, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Karl Doghramji and Dr. Maurit S. Boon to discuss the effect of the pandemic on sleep cycles, sleep disorders, and therapies.

Dr. Doghramji is the Medical Director of the Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center and the Program Director of the Fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Dr. Boon is the Co-Director of the Voice and Swallowing Center at Thomas Jefferson. University.

On June 21, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Robin Mendelsohn, Dr. Scott Waldman and Dr. Adam Snook to discuss the rise of #colorectalcancer in young patients and the ongoing development of new therapies and a vaccine.⁠

Dr. Mendelsohn is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Center for Young Onset of Colorectal Cancer.

Dr. Waldman is a Samuel MV Hamilton Professor of Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Chair of the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at Thomas Jefferson. University.

Dr. Snook is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics at Thomas Jefferson University.

Each week we highlight the #RealChampions in your life! Your family, friends, or colleagues who go the extra mile to help others in their community. For this week, Your Real Champion was Jack Cloran - a man with a plan!

At the age of 18, Jack Cloran has faced more challenges than some will meet in a lifetime. Hear about his courageous battle with osteosarcoma. An amputation will not block his path to Penn State for college or the Paralympics!