The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner

Welcome to The Art of Medicine, the program that explores the arts, business, and clinical aspects of the practice of medicine! I’m your host, Dr. Andrew Wilner. 

Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Awais Aftab. Dr. Aftab is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

In medical school, my favorite professor was a psychiatrist, and I’ve interviewed several psychiatri...

Welcome to The Art of Medicine, the program that explores the arts, business, and clinical aspects of the practice of medicine! I’m your host, Dr. Andrew Wilner. 

Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Paul Leong, a pulmonologist and sleep physician from Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Leong observed that his patients often needed to submit to uncomfortable and sometimes painful procedures in order to receive the best diagnosis a...

Welcome to The Art of Medicine, the program that explores the arts, business, and clinical aspects of the practice of medicine! I’m your host, Dr. Andrew Wilner. 

I had the pleasure to discuss a hot topic that you have probably heard about on the news, and hopefully will soon see on a documentary film, “The Invisible Extinction-The race to save our vanishing microbes!” available on Amazon, AppleTV, Google Play, and Vimeo on Demand.<...

Welcome to The Art of Medicine, the program that explores the arts, business, and clinical aspects of the practice of medicine! I’m your host, Dr. Andrew Wilner. 

Today, I spoke with Joe Sherman, MD, pediatrician and physician coach. Many physician coaches are out there, and I’ve interviewed several for this program. But when I learned about Dr. Sherman’s extensive medical mission work in Uganda and Bolivia, I had to speak...

Welcome to The Art of Medicine, the program that explores the arts, business, and clinical aspects of the practice of medicine! I’m your host, Dr. Andrew Wilner. 

Today, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Harsha Rajasimha, Founder and Chairman of the Indo-US Organization of Rare Diseases. I very much appreciated his candor and continuing contributions that help children and their families with rare diseases.

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Welcome to The Art of Medicine, the program that explores the arts, business, and clinical aspects of the practice of medicine! I’m your host, Dr. Andrew Wilner. 

On this program, I love to speak with physicians who have made important contributions to medical practice and with physician authors. My guest today, Dr. Ola Saugstad, fits both of these categories. 

Dr. Saugstad is a pediatrician and neonatologist. He decided early in his...

Many thanks to Manuel Flores, MD, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Health Sciences, Antigua, for joining me on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Dr. Flores shares his background in medical education, tells us about his medical school in Antigua, and discusses the explosive growth of medical schools in the Caribbean. He explains the accreditation process for medical schools in t...

Many thanks to Steve Moffic, MD, writer and award-winning academic psychiatrist, for joining me on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Dr. Moffic was introduced to me by Ronald Pies, MD, another psychiatrist and writer whom I interviewed in Episode #63. Dr. Pies recruited Dr. Moffic as a blogger for Psychiatric Times. Dr. Moffic has written on diverse topics including climate change, gaslighting and anti-semitism. He also c...

Many thanks to Marilyn Wooley, Ph.D., for joining me on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Dr. Wooley is a psychologist and traumatologist who works with first responders. She is the author of “How Heroes Heal,” a book that discusses the extraordinary experiences of first responders that can result in debilitating post-traumatic stress injury and even suicide. 

Based on her many years of experience treating thousands of fir...

Many thanks to Emily Santagati, M.Ed, BCBA, LABA, for joining me on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Emily discovered during high school that she had a special place in her heart for helping people with disabilities. To pursue her goals, she achieved a Masters in Education and board-certification as a behavior analyst. Emily is the Chief Clinical Officer of the ABA Centers of America, which offers behavior treatment for ...

Many thanks to Chef Jen Peters for joining me on The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner. Jen grew up in the kitchen baking with her mother, worked in food service as a teenager, went to culinary school, apprenticed in restaurants and hotels, and eventually became a full-fledged chef.

Despite her love of cooking (and eating!), queasy stomachs and headaches frequently followed mealtime. Her symptoms finally led to the diagnosis of...

Many thanks to Ben Nanney, CPA, CFP, and Jarin Dana, CPA, for joining me on today’s episode of “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.” Ben is the owner of Locums Tax, PLLC. He specializes in helping locum tenens physicians comply with the internal revenue service code (i.e., pay their taxes correctly)! Jarin Dana is Chief Financial Officer at Fusion Healthcare Staffing and a partner in the accounting firm Frost Dana Newman, L...

Many thanks to Dr. Olapeju Simoyan, MD, MPH for appearing on "The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrw Wilner."  Dr. Simoyan is a Professor of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, and is Board Certified in addiction medicine, family medicine, and dental public health. She is the recipient of the 2022 National Humanism in Medicine Medal and many other awards. Dr. Simoyan is the editor of the “Ne...

Many thanks to Robert Friedland, MD, a fellow neurologist, for joining me on today’s episode of “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.” Dr. Friedland is a Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky. He is also the author of a new book, “UnAging, The Four Factors that Impact How You Age.”

Dr. Friedland has practiced neurology for 45 years. During that time, he has trea...

Many thanks to Spencer Bishins for joining me on “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.”

Spencer is a graduate of the London School of Economics, an attorney, and the author of Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it. 

Spencer’s qualifications to write this book include working for the Social Security Administration at the Appeals Council for almo...

Many thanks to David Feldman, MD, MBA (and many other initials!) for joining me on “The Art of Medicine with Dr. Andrew Wilner.”

Dr. Feldman practiced as a plastic surgeon for 20 years and became interested in improving operating room efficiency and patient safety. This passion led him to become a Medical Staff President, obtain an MBA from New York University, and achieve his current role as Chief Medical Officer at the Doctors Com...

Many thanks to Erika Kappes, DO, also known as “Major Z,” for appearing on the show today. The daughter of a marine, Dr. Kappes enlisted in the Army right after college. She accepted the Health Professions Scholarship and did her medical school while in the Army. After her psychiatry residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, she was promoted to Captain and practiced psychiatry in the Army for four years at Fort Stewart, GA. Aft...

I had the good fortune to interview Jarin Dana, President-Elect of the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO). Jarin is also the Chief Financial Officer of Fusion Health Care Staffing in Sandy, UT.

Jarin and I discussed the current landscape of locum tenens. Due to a variety of market forces, opportunities for physicians and other locum tenens providers continue to grow. Currently, approximately 50,000 physicians...

Many thanks to Kathleen Donnelly Israel for joining me on today’s program. Kathleen served as the caregiver for her husband Ron, who endured 17 years of Parkinson’s disease. She shares her experiences with the medical system, nontraditional medicine, and efforts as a caregiver coping with her husband’s relentless physical decline. Although Ron had always been physically active and a triathlete, he “embraced his disease” while she d...