Well Said

Well Said

The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and WRHU Radio Hofstra University have partnered to take health education to the airwaves with Well Said with Dr. Ira Nash. Well Said host, Ira Nash, MD, a professor of cardiology at the Zucker School of Medicine and executive director of Northwell Health Physician Partners. He says the show is an outreach opportunity for the medical school to educate people of all walks of life about issues related to health and wellness. The program will also highlight the wealth of knowledge, expertise, and resources available in the local area.

Episodes

Laryngeal-pharyngeal reflux (LPR)

June 9, 2025 • 26 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Seth Kaplan, Director of the Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders and Lenox Hill & Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospitals and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Zucker School of Medicine. He will be enlightening us on the […]
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Microplastics

June 3, 2025 • 33 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr Kenneth Richard Spaeth, Medical Director for Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Northwell Health and Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology and Prevention at the Zucker School of Medicine to talk about what science knows—and what it doesn’t—about Microplastics; the near invisible threat hiding in our food, water and […]
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Bunions

May 12, 2025 • 25 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Adam David Bitterman, Chair of Orthopedic Surgery at Huntington Hospital and Assistant Professor in Orthopedic Surgery at the Zucker School of Medicine to talk about the ins and outs of those strange bumps that can form at the bottom of our feet known as bunions. 
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Celiac Disease in Pediatric Patients

May 5, 2025 • 30 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Ying Lu, Director of the Celiac Program at Cohen Children’s Medical Center/Northwell Health and Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about how Celiac Disease, an autoimmune condition with serious consequences on many aspects of life, can have extra implications […]
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Ablative Therapy for Prostate Cancer

April 28, 2025 • 32 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Michael Schwartz, Chief of Urology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, an Associate Professor of Urology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and the Director of Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery for the Smith Institute of Urology at Northwell as we dive into the science, the stories, […]
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CRISPR Gene Editing

April 21, 2025 • 29 mins
Joining us on Well Said is licensed social worker and motivational speaker, Michael Kalberer and director at the Inherited Retinal Disorders Service at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear hospital and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Jason I. Comander. They will be talking about CRISPR gene editing, a technology that can contribute […]
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Measles

April 15, 2025 • 24 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr Mundeep Kainth, is a board-certified pediatrician & pediatric infectious disease physician and Associate Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine to tell us the full story of measles – a highly infection disease of the past, now posing a new threat. 
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Colon Cancer

April 7, 2025 • 28 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. John Procaccino, Director of North Shore University Hospital’s Center for Colon and Rectal Diseases, and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at North Shore University Hospital to talk about the ins and out of colon cancer including screening measures, early signs and symptoms, options for treatment, and […]
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Spinal Stenosis

March 31, 2025 • 37 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jon Oren and Dr. Beth Nash. Dr. Oren is an orthopedic spine surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital and an expert in emerging treatments for a wide range of spine disorders. Dr. Beth Nash (along with being the wife of the host!) is an internist and infectious diseases specialist […]
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Depression

March 24, 2025 • 32 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Anna Costakis, Director of Psychiatry Residency Training at Northwell Staten Island University Hospital and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Zucker School of Medicine to talk about how with the appropriate support, treatments, and knowledge, people living with depression can find hope and healing. 
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PFAS

March 17, 2025 • 27 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Ms. Kate Donovan and Dr. Chase Moon. Kate Donovan is the Director of Northeast Environmental Health and Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council and Dr. Charles (Chase) Moon, is a Pediatric Environmental Health Fellow in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science at the Icahn School […]
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AFYA (Unused Medical Supplies)

March 3, 2025 • 28 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Danielle Butin, the founder and CEO of the AFYA Foundation. She will be discussing how healthcare systems around the world, particularly within the United States throw out tons of valuable, usable medical supplies every day; and how by recovering some of these unused supplies and redistributing them to underserved […]
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Interventional Pain Management

February 24, 2025 • 25 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Michael Erdek, Founding Director of Pain Management at the Zuckerberg Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Oncology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about Interventional Pain Management: a specialized field that focuses on minimally invasive procedures to help manage pain.  
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Endometrial Cancer

February 18, 2025 • 33 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jill Whyte, a gynecologic oncologist at Northwell Health and Assistant Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and Sudhi Trye, an OBGYN Attending with the Northwell Health Physician Partners and Assistant Professor Zucker School of Medicine. They will be helping us understand the ins and […]
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Provider Wellness

January 13, 2025 • 24 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jennifer Goebel, Director of Wellness for the Emergency Medicine Service Line at Northwell Health and Medical Staff Vice President for Huntington Hospital. She will be talking about how burnout and stress have long been significant challenges for healthcare workers and the growing efforts on finding real, sustainable solutions […]
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Police Health

January 6, 2025 • 29 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Franklin Zimmerman and Shelley Zimmerman. Dr. Franklin Zimmerman is a cardiologist at Northwell Health, and he serves as the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Phelps Hospital and Shelly Zimmerman is a former Chief of Police for the San Diego Police Department. They will be diving into complexities and […]
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Cancer Genetics

December 9, 2024 • 33 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Jeff Boyd, Director and Professor of the Institute of Cancer Research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director of the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute to talk about the basics of cancer, the role of […]
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Sudden Hearing Loss

December 2, 2024 • 26 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Andrea Vambutas, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Head and Neck Services at Northwell Health and Chair of Otolaryngology here at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell to discuss the causes of sudden hearing loss and how early diagnosis and treatment are key […]
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Five Years of Changing Lives

November 18, 2024 • 42 mins
  Listen in on a very special show celebrating 5 years of bringing you Well Said. We will be discussing how Well Said was created with the idea that educating the public about health and wellbeing would help fulfill the mission of the Zucker SOM to improve the health of our community.  Joining us on Well […]
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Hemorrhoids

November 11, 2024 • 24 mins
Joining us on Well Said is Dr. Andrea Zimmern, a board-certified colorectal surgeon at Northwell Health, faculty member for the Colorectal Fellowship Program and Urogynecology Fellowship Program, and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine to talk about the causes, symptoms, stigmas, treatments, etc. regarding the ailment known […]
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