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"Reflecting on 2019 and The Future of Lifestyle Medicine" with Salvatore Lacagnina, DO Dec 26, 2019

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Dr. Salvatore Lacagnina is the System Medical Director of Wellness and Employee Health for Lee Health. In this role, his mission is to inspire, educate and empower people to improve their health and wellness. Dr. Sal, as he likes to be called, is one of Lee Health’s champions responsible for developing a comprehensive health, wellness and preventive care program for more than 19,000 employees and family members.

He is the Medical Director for the LH Employee Health clinics and the Medical Director for the Healthy Life Centers in Cape Coral, Ft. Myers and Babcock Ranch, Florida.

From 1994-2010 he practiced Internal Medicine with the Lee Physician Group and served as its Medical Director until 2010 before taking on his role as System Medical Director of Wellness and Employee Health. His emphasis is on the prevention and reversal of cardio metabolic diseases, diabetes, weight management, cancer risk factor reduction and overall lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Sal earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and he is Board Certified in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and is a Diplomat of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Sal writes a weekly column about health and wellness in The News-Press and a monthly column for the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce Trends publication. He also speaks publically throughout the community.

In this episode Dr. Sal talks about American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) and reflects on the recent ACLM conference, that he and Dr. Bergquist - the podcast's host - both attended.

Founded in 2004, the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) is the medical professional society for physicians and other professionals dedicated to clinical and worksite practice of Lifestyle Medicine as the foundation of a transformed and sustainable health care system. Practice involves the use of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, such as eating a predominantly whole food, plant-based diet, getting regular physical activity, adequate sleep, managing stress, avoiding use of risky substances and pursuing other non-drug modalities, to treat, reverse, and prevent chronic disease. ACLM educates, equips, empowers and supports its members as they provide evidence-based Lifestyle Medicine as the first treatment option in clinical practice and worksite settings through live and online CME-accredited events and educational offerings, certification, clinical practice tools, patient education resources, economic research, networking opportunities and advocacy efforts. Today, ACLM has more than 3,000 members—and growing—across the world on every continent with 14 international Lifestyle Medicine organizations represented by ACLM’s Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance. Lifestyle Medicine is one of the fastest growing career fields of medicine globally and holds the promise for true health reform as it addresses the root-cause of chronic illness. Board certification is now available through ACLM’s certification partner, The American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

To learn more, please visit:

https://www.lifestylemedicine.org

This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit

https://bit.ly/EmoryLM

"Moving Medicine Forward" with Michael Klaper, MD Dec 20, 2019

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Michael A. Klaper, M.D. Dr. Michael Klaper is a gifted clinician, internationally-recognized teacher, and sought-after speaker on diet and health. In addition to his clinical practice and private consultations with patients, he is a passionate and devoted educator of physicians and other healthcare professionals about the importance of nutrition in clinical practice and integrative medicine.

Dr. Klaper is the author of Vegan Nutrition; Pure & Simple (no longer in print) and has produced numerous health videos, webinars and dozens of articles for both scientific journals and the popular press. As a source of inspiration advocating plant-based diets and the end of animal cruelty worldwide, Dr. Klaper contributed to the making of two PBS television programs, Food for Thought and the award-winning movie, Diet for a New America (based on the book of the same name). Dr. Klaper teaches that “Health Comes From Healthy Living” and he is dedicated to the healing and flourishing of all living beings and our planet.

“Health is having a body that moves without pain, breathes without distress and allows us to perform the activities of life with complete presence and focused energy. Then, we can love fully and enjoy our lives to the fullest.”

Dr. Michael Klaper graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1972. He served a medical internship at Vancouver General Hospital in British Columbia, Canada and received training in surgery, anesthesiology and orthopedics at the University of British Columbia Hospital in Vancouver. Additionally, he was trained in obstetrics at the University of California Hospital, San Francisco.

As his medical career progressed, Dr. Klaper began to realize (true to what science is bearing out today) that many of the diseases his patients presented – clogged arteries (atherosclerosis), high blood pressure (hypertension), obesity, adult-onset diabetes and even some forms of arthritis, asthma, and other significant illnesses – were made worse or actually caused by the high sugar, high fat, high salt, overly processed, animal product-based, Standard American Diet (S.A.D.).

Dr. Klaper served as Director of the Institute of Nutrition Education and Research from 1992 through 2015, where he conducted a study that focused on people who ate a completely plant-based or vegan diet.

Dr. Klaper practiced acute care medicine in New Zealand for three years and from 2009 through 2018, served on staff at the TrueNorth Health Center, North America’s premier nutritionally-based medical clinic that specializes in therapeutic fasting and health improvement through a whole food, plant-based diet.

A member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Klaper was a member of the American Medical Student Association’s Nutrition Task Force and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Plantrician Project and the "International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention."

For over 10 years, Dr. Klaper hosted a popular medical information radio program “Sounds of Healing” on WPFW in Washington, DC and KAOI on Maui, Hawaii.

In the episode DR. Klaper shares his story and talks about his current project - Moving Medicine Forward, a Dr. Klaper and PlantPure Communities Medical School Nutrition Education Initiative, that is on the mission to change the way future doctors treat their patients, with the hope to improve the health of future generation.

This Initiative is created through partnership with PlantPure Communities (PPC), the 501c3 nonprofit organization founded by Nelson Campbell, son of Dr. T. Colin Campbell author of The China Study. PPC is providing administrative, organizational and strategic support to make these efforts even more effective.

To learn more, please visit:

https://www.doctorklaper.com/moving-medicine-forward

Please follow Dr. Klaper on social media:

FB: https://www.facebook.com/michaelklapermd/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/doctorklaper/?hl=en

"Empowering Girls to Live Healthier Lives" with Trinita Ervin, CEO of Ladybug for Girls Foundation Inc. Dec 13, 2019

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Trinita Ervin is the Founder and CEO of Ladybug for GirlsTM a health and wellness social enterprise. Ladybug for Girls is a youth development program designed to encourage young girls to be healthier where the live, learn, and play.

Since launching her non-profit in 2008, the Ladybug for GirlsTM Foundation has served thousands of young girls and their families in metro Atlanta through their after-school programs, community workshops and through the installation of school gardens. The foundation mission is to empower elementary school girls with the tools to feel beautiful from the inside out. They achieve this by encouraging healthier lifestyles, building their self-confidence, strengthening their social awareness, and advocating for healthier environments locally and globally.

Through its ‘Global Girls Health’ campaign, the foundation also supports girls from the refugee community in the Clarkston area, adolescent girl’s health programming in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu, India and they’ve chartered their first international Ladybug for Girls Club in Liberia, Africa. The Ladybug for Girls Foundation, Inc. has also partnered with Emory University’s School of Medicine and Emory Rollins School of Public Health to provide students with applied public health experiences.

Trinita is a respected community leader with an extensive professional career in healthcare and health and wellness advocacy. She has served on the Board of Trustees for Leadership Sandy Springs and as Vice Chair for the Regional Board of Directors for the American Red Cross. She has served on the Board of Directors and as Health Chair for the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, MAC. She has furthered her leadership outreach by serving as an EPIC trainer for the American Academy of Pediatrics, serving on the Farm-to-School Advisory Council for Georgia Organics, as an Ambassador for Slow Food Atlanta and as a member of Georgia Shape, the Governor’s statewide initiative to address childhood obesity in Georgia. She recently received the 2018 Woman of Distinction award from the Sandy Springs Perimeter Chamber of Commerce for exceptional leadership for her professional endeavors, community involvement and sense of social responsibility.

Globally, Trinita is an Ambassador for EcoFemme a global women’s empowerment initiative in India, she’s a member of WASH United a water, sanitation and hygiene advocacy organization serving South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, and she is a member of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta. She is an active member of the American Red Cross Tiffany Circle Women Philanthropist, a member of Junior League of Atlanta, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Trinita is a graduate of Spelman College and Georgia State University. She received her Health Coach certification from Emory University. She is certified in nutrition and dietary theory from the State University of New York and studied Child Nutrition, as well as, International Women’s Health and Human Rights at Stanford University.

To learn more please visit:

Website: https://ladybugforgirls.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LadybugForGirlsFoundation/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladybugforgirls

IG: https://www.instagram.com/ladybugforgirls/

"Widening Your Resiliency Zone Through Community Resiliency Model" with Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Dec 05, 2019

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Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her clinical expertise is in primary care and mental health care for homeless or incarcerated women and youth, providing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills training and Community Resilience Model (CRM) training in group settings.

Her interests include the neurobiology of trauma and resilience, social justice, and social determinants of mental health. Dr. Grabbe is a healthcare provider with Community Advanced Practice Nurses, a small non-profit organization that operates a network of clinics in Atlanta homeless shelters for women, children, and youth.

Dr. Grabbe’s research has been with women and youth at risk for mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse. Her current research includes measuring the impact of Community Resiliency Model training on wellbeing and the emotional state of women in substance abuse treatment, as well as on wellbeing, resiliency, burnout, and effects of secondary traumatic stress in clinical pharmacists, nurses, first responders, medical and nursing staff, and nursing students.

In this conversation we discuss the origins of Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and the the power it has to quickly reduce impact of stress and trauma and equip an individual to deal with future stress factors expanding their resiliency zone. We talk about key components of CRM, such as tracking, grounding and resourcing. Tune in to learn more!

Community Resiliency Model and Trauma-Informed Care Resources:

CRM training: Trauma Resource Institute http://traumaresourceinstitute.com/ Atlanta training March 9-13, 2020

Free CRM app: ichill or www.ichillapp.com

Miller-Karas, E. (2015). Building resilience to trauma: The trauma and community resiliency models. New York: Routledge Press.

Van der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York: Penguin Publishing Group. Or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWEjnGsLN-0

Brain-hand model: Dan Siegel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm9CIJ74Oxw

ACE study: www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy

Listen to Nadine Burke Harris on ACEs!! https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime; also Ted Talk by Atlanta’s Dr. Stan Sonu

Movie: Resilience (watch the 2 minute trailer) https://vimeo.com/137282528

Background articles

Grabbe, L. & Miller-Karas, E. (2018). The Trauma Resiliency Model: A “Bottom-up” intervention for trauma psychotherapy. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 24(1): 76-84. doi: 10.1177/1078390317745133.

Grabbe, L., Ball, J., Hall, J. (2016). Girlhood Betrayals of Women Survivors of Childhood Trauma in Treatment for Addiction. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 48(3), 232-243. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12202

Contact lgrabbe@emory.edu for a list of Atlanta body-based psychotherapists

"Fertility and Diet" with Audrey Gaskins, PhD Nov 28, 2019

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Audrey Gaskins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Dr. Gaskins earned her doctoral degree in nutrition and epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health in 2014. This training was preceded by a two-year fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in engineering from Duke University in 2008.

Dr. Gaskins’s research is aimed at elucidating how environmental, dietary, and lifestyle factors experienced throughout the life course influence a couple’s ability to conceive and maintain a healthy pregnancy to term. Over the past decade, she has published over 100 articles on how diet and lifestyle factors affect semen quality, menstrual cycle function, time to pregnancy, miscarriage, and outcomes of assisted reproduction using a variety of population based studies. Her research has been cited over 1,500 times and resulted in numerous awards including multiple NIEHS Top 10 Extramural Science Papers of the Year and the Best New Researcher Award from the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. In April 2017, Dr. Gaskins received a prestigious 5-year career development award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to further her research on how exposure to environmental chemicals such as air pollution interact with dietary factors to influence a couple’s fertility.

In addition to her research endeavors, Dr. Gaskins teaches courses ranging from research methods to nutrition and health and devotes a significant amount of time to mentoring students and fellows at Emory and Emory-affiliated hospitals. She is the current chair of the Nutrition Special Interest Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and on the editorial board for Fertility & Sterility, one of the leading academic journals of reproductive medicine.

What does the research say about the recent rise in infertility? What are the dietary and environmental factors contributing to fertility and healthy pregnancy? Dr. Gaskins answers these and many other questions in this interview. Tune in to learn more!

Dr. Gaskins profile:
https://sph.emory.edu/faculty/profile/index.php?FID=10025

Recent papers by Dr. Gaskins:

Gaskins AJ, Chavarro JE. Diet and fertility: a review. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Apr;218(4):379-389

Gaskins AJ, Nassan FL, Chiu YH, Arvizu M, Williams PL, Keller MG, Souter I, Hauser R, Chavarro JE; EARTH Study Team. Dietary patterns and outcomes of assisted reproduction. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jun;220(6):567

Twitter: @audreyjane4

"Food Pharmacy" with Stacie Renee Schmidt, MD Nov 22, 2019

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Stacie Renee Schmidt, MD is a health services researcher and clinical educator at Emory University School of Medicine, working in the urban public hospital setting of Atlanta, GA. Her work focuses on understanding disparities and improving the health and healthcare of patients. For nearly a decade, Dr. Schmidt has worked to identify and address social determinants of health affecting ambulatory patients in the primary care setting, particularly enhancing patient self-efficacy around self-management of disease through the adoption of healthy behaviors and by addressing food insecurity.

In this conversation, Dr. Schmidt shares her experience addressing food insecurity and diet-related illnesses by embedding a free fruit and vegetable prescription (FVRx) program within Group Classes offered to patients with diet-related illnesses. Her work was implemented in collaboration with community partners including Georgia Wholesome Wave, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Project Open Hand.

To learn more about various partners mentioned above, please visit:

https://www.wholesomewavegeorgia.org

https://openhandatlanta.org

"Shifting Healthcare Food Service" with Kip Slaughter Hardy, MS, RD, LD Nov 14, 2019

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Kip Slaughter Hardy, MS, RD, LD is a present manager of Food & Nutrition Projects & Performance Improvement at Emory University Hospital.

With her combined passion for sustainable food systems and her leadership experience in high volume food service in high acuity hospitals, Kip is uniquely positioned to facilitate a shift in healthcare food service to a system that is at once nourishing, delicious, affordable and sustainable.

Kip is a part of a number f professional organizations, such as Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Practice Group, Greater Atlanta Dietetic Association, Georgia Organics and Slow Food USA. She has been a part of various publications, presentation and workshops on the topics of food sustainability, healing attributes of food and strategies for introducing healthier menu options.

In this conversation Kip talks about recent trends in food service in large institutions, such as healthcare systems and higher education, the keys and challenges of shifting health and wellness culture and introducing change, and shares her experience from the recent projects that she has been working on. Finally, Kip lets us in on some of her favorite secrets of food planning and feeding her family, including her kids, and simple steps for those just getting started on their home-cooking journey. Tune in to learn more!

"Countering Effects of Burnout through Self-Reflection" with Timothy Harrison, Associate Director for CBCT®, Emory University Nov 07, 2019

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Timothy Harrison is the Associate Director for CBCT® at Emory University's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics. While Tim has a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University, he decided in 2014 to dedicate himself full time to teaching and sharing the benefits of CBCT. He oversees the CBCT program, including multiple research initiatives and the rigorous teacher certification process. Tim regularly teaches CBCT nationally and internationally in academic institutions and healthcare settings, and he advises on the tailoring of CBCT for research with populations that have specific circumstances including cancer survivors, veterans with PTSD, HIV+ patients, and Emory medical students. He also enjoys offering CBCT through outreach programs such as in prisons and foster care homes, and to teachers in the Atlanta Public School system.

In this conversation, Tim talks about burnout, the reasons for it, its definition, and three main indicators that someone may be experiencing burnout. Most importantly, he discusses the way to counter it through self-reflection. We get into the science behind CBCT, discuss different kinds of empathy, and examine the latest research around compassion and kindness. Tune in to learn more.

Please visit the following links for more information:

Emory Compassion Center - https://compassion.emory.edu/index.html

CBCT Program Overview - https://compassion.emory.edu/cbct-compassion-training/index.html

Upcoming CBCT Public Offerings - https://compassion.emory.edu/cbct-compassion-training/cbct-courses/public.html

"Culinary Medicine" with Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA Nov 02, 2019

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Dr. Rani Polak is the founding director of both the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching program at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as an Assistant Professors, Part Time, at the Department of PM & R, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Polak’s focus, along with clinical care, is on clinical and translational research relating to the Culinary Coaching method which combine culinary training with health coaching principles. Dr. Polak is the PI of the Culinary CoRe (Culinary Coaching Research) group which aimed at expanding the culinary coaching as an effective, scalable telemedicine method to improve nutrition; and a course director of a medical education program at Harvard Medical School that disseminate culinary coaching to hundreds clinician worldwide. Dr. Polak work has been featured in many media outlets including Scientific American, Herald Tribute, US News and World Reports and USA Today.

In this conversation Dr. Polak explains what is culinary medicine, its key components, and why it is an integral part of empowering patients to live a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Polak also talks about culinary coaching and shares innovative ways to deploy education and build skills. Tune in to learn more!

To learn more please visit:

Website: https://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org/?page_id=890

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaniPolakMD

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHEFCoaching/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rani-polak-md-mba-chef-22578744/

"Improving Human Performance " with Robert M. Chapman Oct 24, 2019

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Robert Chapman is a wellness program manager for Emory Blomeyer Fitness Center / Health Fitness Corporation. He is also the assistant athletic director for the city of Snellville, GA Park and Recreation department, and a research coordinator for Emory University School of Public Health and American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

Before this, Robert was the lead manager at the DeKalb Medical Wellness Center, in charge of assisting the Wellness Center to become the first certified medical fitness center in the state of Georgia.
Working with the city of Snellville park and recreation department Robert had the opportunity to work with all age groups through different mediums of wellness and fitness programing.

Robert has a bachelors of Science degree in exercise science from Georgia State University, and an MBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management from Louisiana State University.
He loves spending time with his wife and 2 year old son. Robert loves to cycle, run, and exercise as often as possible.

In this episode Robert talks about improve human performance, including the “why” behind fitness, functional fitness and connecting fitness to your purpose, fitness communities and how they differ and how to select the right trainer. Tune in to learn more!

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