Episodes

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Michael O'Malley, an orthopaedic surgeon at Carilion Clinic, who has served as a team physician for professional athletes in the world of baseball, basketball, and hockey. Dr. O'Malley joins us for a conversation about his work, his time as team physician with USA Hockey, his past as a college hockey player, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Inst...

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Joe Bamisile, a graduate student at the VCU College of Health Professions and a guard on the VCU men's basketball team, who joins us for a conversation about life, hoops, mental wellness, his work to develop the Maunda mental health mobile app, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Pam Smith, a recently retired radiology technician who earned the nickname “X-ray Pam” during her 38-year career at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. She joins us for a conversation about her career, bone density scans, workforce development, her retirement plans, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Mark Witcher, a functional neurosurgeon with Carilion Clinic, who joins us for a conversation about his work with patients experiencing movement disorders, chronic pain, epilepsy, and to discuss a recent trip he and neurosurgery residents took to a far away nation at the top of the world to help patients and share their expertise. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twi...

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Clifford Meyers, a board-certified neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist with Twin County Regional Healthcare, a Lifepoint Health facility in Galax, VA. He joins us for a conversation about his career, health care delivery in rural Virginia, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Bob Trestman, Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Carilion Clinic for a conversation about his work, mental health, collaboration with the Virginia Coordinated Clinical Research Network, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Aamir Khan, the medical director of VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center’s Islet Cell Transplant Program. He joins us for a conversation about his work, the Hume-Lee Transplant Center, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Fouzia Siddiqui, a physician and neurologist who is Director of the Sleep Center at Sentara RMH Medical Center. She joins us for a conversation about her career, her journey from Pakistan to the United States to pursue her passion, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Jasmohan Bajaj, a physician based at the VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, and a professor with the VCU School of Medicine. He joins us for a conversation about his work, research findings indicating a connection between cognitive decline and liver health, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #...

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Henna Qureshi, a physician with Inova Health, and Leigh Guarinello, Director of Community Health programs with Inova Health, for a conversation about their careers, Inova’s community health efforts, how the Unite Us Platform is leveraged to support patient needs, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Donna Wilmoth, Chief Nursing Officer at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center. She joins us for a conversation about her nursing career, how Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center became the first certified sensory-inclusive hospital in Virginia, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. James Daniero, a laryngologist at the UVA Health Voice and Swallowing Clinic who specializes in caring for people who use their voice extensively. The conversation covers his specialized training, the kinds of patients Dr. Daniero works with, vocal cord health, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Melissa Herd, Acting Director and Executive Officer for Region III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Director Herd join us for a conversation about her career, the work of HHS across Region III (which includes Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Pennsylvania), National Minority Health Month, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or cont...

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Stephanie Lareau, an emergency medicine physician who is certified in wilderness medicine and Director of the Carilion Clinic Wilderness Medicine Fellowship program. Dr. Lareau join us for a conversation about her career, wilderness medicine, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Patrick Watson and Taylor Tereskerz, pre-hospital clinicians who work within Population Health and Community Paramedicine at UVA Health. They join us for a conversation about their professional backgrounds, UVA Health’s Community Paramedicine Program, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Theresa Dix, Chief Nursing Officer at Wythe County Community Hospital, a Lifepoint Health facility. She joins us for a conversation about her career, Wythe County Community Hospital's National Quality Leader Designation, workforce development, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Delante Monroe, a sous chef at Mary Washington Healthcare. He joins us for a conversation about the role of culinary professionals in hospital settings, his award-winning painting skills, his interest in information technology, the power of positivity, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features UVA Health CEO Dr. Craig Kent, who also serves as Executive Vice President for health affairs at the University of Virginia and is a past member of the VHHA Board of Directors. Dr. Kent joins us for a conversation about his career and work, a discussion about some exciting clinical research being conducted at UVA Health, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter...

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Caitlyn Berry, an occupational therapist with Sportable, a Richmond-based adaptive sports organization. The conversation covers the mission and history of Sportable, the work of occupational therapists, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Dr. Jeremy Bock, an interventional cardiologist and endovascular specialist, who is Medical Director of the cardiology practice at VHC Health. The conversation covers his career, cardiovascular health, hypertension, a minimally invasive surgical technique to treat patients with high blood pressure resistant to other forms of management, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vh...

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Deborah Floyd, a nurse and Perinatal Bereavement Coordinator with Sentara Health. The conversation covers her career, how her current work is informed and inspired by personal experience with loss, wellness for health care professionals, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features an interview with Theresa Blankenship, Director of Women and Infant Services at Clinch Valley Health. She joins us for a conversation about her nursing career, rural health care, and the work of the Clinch Valley team during an emergency situation involving a mother giving birth during a medical crisis. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #Pa...

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Greg Hundley, a cardiologist and Director of the Pauley Heart Center at VCU Health. He joins us for a conversation about his career and clinical work, medical imaging, heart health, training future generations of cardiac sonographers, his podcast, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Michael Feldman, Medical Director of the Evans-Haynes Burn Center at VCU Health. The conversation covers his career and clinical work in burn care, the importance of Burn Awareness Week and burn prevention initiatives, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.