Talking Pediatrics

Talking Pediatrics

Talking Pediatrics is a clinical podcast by Children’s Minnesota, an independent health system devoted entirely to kids. We explore the pediatric care experience from all angles, discussing the most complex cases, expert advice and practical wisdom from colleagues who understand the challenges physicians face in modern health care. While we’re pressing pause on new episodes, our podcast library is full of insights to help you care for kids and families. Explore past episodes and keep listening. Learn more at childrensmn.org/talkingpediatrics

Episodes

Talking Pediatrics: Farewell for Now, Part 2

December 19, 2025 • 23 mins
The Talking Pediatrics planning committee discusses the logistics and behind-the-scenes work of creating a clinical podcast for health care professionals.

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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-farewell-for-now-part-2-12-19-25/
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Talking Pediatrics: Farewell For Now, Part 1

December 8, 2025 • 36 mins
The team discusses their experiences of being a pediatric provider doing a podcast.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-farewell-for-now-part-1-12-8-25/
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A Question of Ethics: Catholic Bioethics for the Pediatric Clinician

November 21, 2025 • 36 mins
Shared decision-making in pediatrics requires partnering with families and helping them align their values with the medical facts. Having an understanding of these values can help clinicians partner with parents and align towards a treatment plan that is best for the child. On this episode of A Question of Ethics, Dr. Wolfe talks with bioethicist Dr. Mary Homan about how Catholic bioethics influence family medical decisions.
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Talking Pediatrics Trailblazers: Dr. Emily Chapman

November 7, 2025 • 30 mins
This trailblazer episode features Children’s Minnesota’s new president and CEO, Dr. Emily Chapman. Notably, Dr. Chapman is the first woman to be president and CEO in our organization’s 100-year history. Listen to her journey from child life specialist to pediatrician to executive physician leader, including lessons she has learned along the way and the inspiring vision she has for the future of pediatrics and kids health.
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A Question of Ethics: Hmong Bioethics for the Pediatric Clinician

October 31, 2025 • 29 mins
Shared decision-making in pediatrics requires partnering with families and helping them align their values with the medical facts. Having an understanding of these values can help clinicians partner with parents and align towards a treatment plan that is best for the child. On this episode of A Question of Ethics, Dr. Wolfe talks cultural consultant and expert Shaman Tou Ger "Billy" Lor to discuss how Hmong culture and spirituality...
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After the PICU: Understanding Post ICU Trauma in Kids

August 25, 2025 • 28 mins
When a child faces a life threatening illness or injury, we often assume that they have "recovered" when they leave the ICU, the hospital or graduate from follow up. For many kids and families, however, the traumatic stress of an ICU stay or a life threatening illness or injury lingers, with families often searching for help and answers in how to best support their child. Joining us on this episode is Jen Aspengren, founder and CEO...
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A Question of Ethics: Talking About Disability: Suffering, Quality of Life and Value Distinctions

August 8, 2025 • 31 mins
Talking about disability in clinical encounters with parents, families, and patients can be very challenging. Decision-making around benefits and burdens of interventions and how they impact what future life for a child might be like inherently includes discussions of disability. However, it is easy for these conversations to view disability as something wholly negative, making it feel, or even it becoming, subject to many types of...
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Equity Actions: Equitable Healthcare for All: Addressing Disparities and Driving Change

July 25, 2025 • 30 mins
Join James Burroughs as he sits down with Dr. Joseph L. Wright, Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President at the American Academy of Pediatrics. In this episode, they delve into the significance of providing equitable care, the journey towards achieving equity in clinical guidance, and the empowerment of learners in the healthcare field.View the transcript here:
https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talkin...
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Talking Pediatrics Trailblazers: Dr. Marc Gorelick

July 11, 2025 • 30 mins
This episode's Trailblazer is Dr. Marc Gorelick, President and CEO of Children's Minnesota since 2017, who will be retiring this summer. His career has been marked by a legacy of public health advocacy, innovative pediatric leadership and unwavering commitment to equitable and inclusive health care for all children. Listen to how he led through a pandemic and racial justice protests in Minneapolis, and why advocacy has been such a ...
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A Question of Ethics: Ethics and Pediatric Gender Affirming Care

June 20, 2025 • 41 mins
There is a lot of mis and dis information out there around gender affirming care for youth. This is both fueled by and leads to a general misunderstand about the basic ethical considerations present similar to other aspects of clinical care. On this episode of A Question of Ethics, Dr. Wolfe talks with the head of Children's Gender Clinic to discuss the ethical considerations around gender affirming care for youth.
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Crack The Case: Periorbital Edema and Abdominal Distention in a Previously Healthy Toddler

June 9, 2025 • 24 mins
Evaluation of a child with edema can be stress-inducing given the differential diagnoses invoked including nephrotic syndrome, liver disease, and heart failure. Determining the cause involves dusting off some principles of physics. Protein, namely albumin, hangs onto water to maintain intravascular osmotic pressure. Not having enough protein causes leakage into surrounding tissues to create characteristic puffiness, begging the que...
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Back with a Vengeance: Measles 2025

May 23, 2025 • 27 mins
Measles is back, with the largest outbreak in this country in 30 years. Two children have died and several people have been hospitalized by the extremely contagious disease that was once considered eliminated, but has surged again as vaccine hesitancy has spread. As public health funds are cut across the country and misinformation about measles and vaccines permeate our highest public health positions, Patsy Stinchfield, MS, CPNP, ...
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Evidence Based Charm: Purging the Haze: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome

May 9, 2025 • 19 mins
In this episode, Dr. Courtney Herring talks with Dr. Nadia Maccabee-Ryaboy about cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), a malevolent downstream condition related to cannabis use being seen in a growing uptrend of adolescent emergency department visits and hospital admissions. Listen in on the discussion that circles around clinical practice guidelines addressing how best to identify, manage, and support patients with CHS as public...
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Equity Actions: Equitable Healthcare for All: Addressing Disparities and Driving Change

April 25, 2025 • 17 mins
In this episode of Equity Actions, James Burroughs engages in a compelling conversation with Yinka Ajose, Senior Director of Clinical Operations, and Tonya Montesinos, Senior Director of Clinical Practice. Together, they explore the importance of advocating for equitable roles among staff, providing essential resources to patients and families, and gaining a deeper understanding of community needs.
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Specialty Spotlight With Siva: Beyond the Smile: Advocating for Children with Facial Differences

April 7, 2025 • 20 mins
On today's "Specialty Spotlight With Siva", Siva welcomed Dr. Steven Goudy, President Elect of the American Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Association. He is a passionate advocate for patients and families navigating the challenges of cleft and craniofacial conditions and in this episode they explore his insights into cleft and craniofacial care and his vision for advancing advocacy and improving outcomes for these patients. This co...
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The Outside Hospitalist: Don't Hold Your Breath: Acute Respiratory Illnesses, Part Two

March 28, 2025 • 22 mins
On this "Outside Hospitalist" segment, Dr. Gabi Hester speaks with guest Dr. Courtney Herring, Pediatric Hospitalist, about evidence-based care of acute respiratory illnesses and nuances to consider in differently resourced settings.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-the-outside-hospitalist-dont-hold-your-breath-acute-respiratory-illnesses-part...
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The Outside Hospitalist: Don't Hold Your Breath: Acute Respiratory Illnesses, Part One

March 7, 2025 • 16 mins
On this "Outside Hospitalist" segment, Dr. Gabi Hester speaks with guest Dr. Courtney Herring, Pediatric Hospitalist, about evidence-based care of acute respiratory illnesses and nuances to consider in differently resourced settings.
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https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-the-outside-hospitalist-dont-hold-your-breath-acute-respiratory-illnesses-part...
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A Question of Ethics: Ethics of Interacting with ICE

February 14, 2025 • 26 mins
Pediatric clinicians have obligations to their patients and law enforcement. But it can be challenging to figure out how to navigate situations where these obligations conflict or where there is uncertainty about the right thing to do. This has increased with recent exectuive branch agendas. Dr. Alyssa Burgart is the Associate Director of Pediatric Bioethics at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Medical Director of Ethics f...
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Crack the Case: Fever in a Returning Traveler

February 7, 2025 • 21 mins
We are blessed to have a very international patient population at our clinic in Minneapolis, helped by the Twin Cities reputation as a safe and supportive place for immigrants, refugees and asylees. With roots abroad, many of our families frequently travel home, where infectious disease exposures carry a unique profile compared to that of the U.S. It is therefore not surprising that having a returning traveler with fever, especiall...
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Equity Actions: Championing Equity For Our Children and Families

January 24, 2025 • 22 mins
On this episode of Equity Actions, we dive into an inspiring conversation as James Burroughs welcomes Tikki Brown, the Commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Listen in as the two converse on Tikki’s background, her journey into human services, and taking on her new role as a Commissioner. James and Tikki explore her remarkable journey into human services, her strategic vision for building a dive...
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