Thompson On-Air

In this episode of Thompson On-Air, Matt Janczak, vice president of long-term care at Thompson Health and administrator of the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, and Melodie Kolmetz, a physician assistant with the University of Rochester Medicine Geriatrics Group, join host Dave Carro to help families recognize when mom or dad needs extra help and how to choose the right kind. They explain the small, easy-to-miss warning signs - fr...

In this episode of Thompson On-Air, board-certified family medicine physician and Thompson's Chief of Outpatient Medicine, Jonathon Lammers, MD, joins host Dave Carro to help listeners figure out where to go when a sudden illness or injury strikes: the emergency department, urgent care, or their primary care office. Dr. Lammers explains how severity should guide every decision, when to call 911 rather than drive, and what belongs i...

How many times have you left a doctor's office thinking of three things you forgot to mention? Most of us get somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes with our primary care provider, and it goes fast.

In this episode of Thompson On Air, host Dave Carro sits down with Dr. Cynthia Teerlink, a board-certified family medicine physician at the Mary Clark Thompson Family Practice with more than 25 years of experience, to talk about how to make...

Most of us have brushed off occasional digestive issues as just "something we ate," but in this episode of Thompson On-Air, host Dave Carro explores why it is vital to stop self-diagnosing and start listening to what your body is telling you. He sits down with board-certified gastroenterologists Dr. Raymond Thomas and Dr. Andrew Quinn from the Thompson Health Gastroenterology team, who discuss what it means to listen to your gut, w...

In this episode of Thompson On-Air, host Dave Carro sits down with orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Nicholas Valente to explore what really happens when you stop “just living with” joint pain and start considering hip or knee replacement as a way to regain your quality of life. Dr. Valente walks through what is actually replaced in a joint, how modern implants and surgical techniques (including robotic-assisted options) have evo...

In this episode of Thompson On-Air, host Dave Carro sits down with emergency physician and palliative care specialist Dr. Adam Cardina and nurse practitioner Alex Michaels to unpack what Advance Care Planning really is, why it matters at every stage of health, and how it can actually expand, not limit, the care options available to patients and families. Dr. Cardina and Alex explain how clarifying your values, naming a trusted heal...

Thompson On-Air’s pilot episode takes listeners inside the world of robotic surgery with master surgeon Joseph A. Talarico, MD, F.A.C.S., Chief of Surgery at F.F. Thompson Hospital and president of the medical staff. Dr. Talarico explores what robotic-assisted surgery is, how it differs from traditional and laparoscopic approaches, and why it often means smaller incisions, less pain, shorter hospital stays, and a faster retur...