On June 7, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Theodore Christopher, Dr. Anna Marie Change and Dr. Judd Hollander for a discussion on the state of Emergency Departments as a result of the Pandemic.

Dr. Christopher is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson University Hospital.

Dr. Chang is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson University Hospital.

Dr. Judd Hollander is Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Professor and Vice Chair of Finance and Healthcare Enterprises in the Department of Emergency Medicine. 

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 our guest, Dr. Anna Marie Chang! Dr. Chang is an Emergency Medicine doctor who became a patient with COVID-19. She inspires us with her resilience and dedication as she uses Telehealth to care for other patients from her sick bed, then leads the charge by donating her own plasma and setting up a research project to study the value of plasma infusions in COVID-19.

On May 31, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Katie K. Lockwood, MD for a discussion on key signs of COVID-19 in children.

Dr. Lockwood is an attending physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Primary Care in South Philadelphia and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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, was Grace Meyers!

On May 24, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Commissioner David T. Jones, Dr. Richard Snyder and Dr. Michael Vergare for a discussion about the #MindPHL Together Campaign, a collaborative effort by the City of Philadelphia and Independence Blue Cross; the value of Telehealth; and insights from one of the region’s top Psychiatrists.

David was named Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) for the city of Philadelphia in July 2017. 

Dr. Snyder is the Executive Vice President, Facilitated Health Networks, and Chief Medical Officer of Independence Blue Cross.

Dr. Vergare is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of 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 Jan Moskow!

On May 17, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Christopher M. Zahn, MD for a discussion about the concerns around pregnancy and childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic. with

Dr. Zahn is the Vice President of Practice Activities at American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – ACOG.

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. Your Real Champion of the week was NBC10 Philadelphia news anchor Rosemary Connors. 

On May 10, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP for a discussion about COPD, Lung Transplants & COVID-19.

Dr. Criner is the Director of the Temple Health Lung Center, and the Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple 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. Your Real Champions of the week were Pat Gannon and Siobhan Knox a mother/daughter duo of nurses.

On May 3, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Dr. Ian Frank, for a discussion about all the clinical research trials for COVID-19 that are in progress at Penn right now.

Dr. Frank is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the Director of Anti-retroviral Clinical Research, and the Director of Clinical Core Penn Center for AIDS Research.

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. Your Real Champion of the week was Detective John Mick!

Dr. Shenoy is an Associate Professor of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery and the Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.

Dr. Mishnik is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple 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. Your Real Champion of the week was MJ Austin!

On April 19, 2020, our host Dr. Marianne Ritchie was joined by Edward H. Jasper, MD and Richard Nettles, MD for a discussion about emergency preparedness and vaccines.

Dr. Jasper is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson University Hospital.

Dr. Nettles is the Vice President of US Medical Affairs, Virology at Johnson & Johnson.

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 the week of April 19, 202, Your Real Champions were Liz Hagedorn and Erin Hill!