77: Dr. Ashwin Patel: Researcher, Teacher, and Entrepreneur Discusses Health Care Gaps

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Dr. Ashwin R. Patel is a physician economist with a strong research interest in disease management, behavioral economics, and health care quality. In particular, he is focused on translating evidence-based academic insights into the actual delivery of health care. He currently serves as Chief Medical Officer of InquisitHealth. Dr. Patel received his MD degree from Weill-Cornell Medical College and his PhD in Health Economics from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also received a BA in Economics and Biology from Cornell University. In this interview, Dr. Patel talks about his personal motivation to become a physician and how he has used that passion to expand his interests and try to positively affect health in many other ways.

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87: David O'Bryon: National Leader in Legislation and Government Policy 24:39

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86: Jerry Kennedy: Changing The Focus On Health And Pain Through Passion and Commitment 35:15

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83: Matt Hall: Entrepreneur Creating Platform For Improvement 21:19

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82: Amy Nicole Nayar: Multi-Dimensional Leader in Health Advocacy, Outcomes, Executive Coaching, and Patient Empowerment 26:39

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81: Dr. Seymour Gers: Long-Term Health Expert Provides Insider Glimpse of Health Today 38:54

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Dr. Seymour Gers has garnered a tremendous wealth of experience and expertise in healthcare through the last 50+ years as an administrator, physician, and educator in the system. He has held a number of leadership positions in multiple hospitals including Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, Harlem Hospital Center, the Montrose VA, and Rockland Psychiatric Center, among others. His impressive list of credentials includes positions such as Director of Psychiatry, Co-director of the PTSD Treatment Unit, and Director of Medical Education both for within the US and internationally. Most recently, Dr. Gers served as the Chief of the Partial Hospital Program at Queens Hospital Center and then as an Attending Psychiatrist at Maimonides. Dr. Gers was also the Representative of the Brooklyn Psychiatric Society to the American Psychiatric Association Assembly for 27 years. Dr. Gers is now semi-retired but remains very active in continuing education and policy around health and prolific on matters concerning psychiatry specifically. He also maintains a private practice in New York City, as he has done throughout his professional career. In this interview, Dr. Gers takes us back to when he was presented with pursuing a career in health and how the field of psychiatry has changed over the past few decades.…

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80: Dr. Moshe Ben-Roohi: Pain Management and Functional Expert Provides In-Depth Look at These Critical Topics 30:33

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79: Russell Benaroya: Mission to Improve 10 Million Lives in 10 Years 29:10

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Russell Benaroya is the co-founder and CEO of EveryMove, a rewards plan for health that connects health tracking apps, wearables and device data with rewards from health plans, employers and brands. As he drives a personal mission to improve the lives of 10 million people in 10 years, EveryMove is putting power into the hands of consumers that will fundamentally change the way we approach our “health”care. Previously Russell was the co-founder and CEO of REM Medical, a national healthcare services company operating clinics and research facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. The Company was sold in 2009 to become one of the nation’s largest sleep services providers. Prior to co-founding REM Medical, Russell was the Director of Corporate Development for Overture Services (acquired by Yahoo in 2003), the company that revolutionized paid search marketing and created a multi-billion dollar industry. Russell has been recognized as a "40 under 40" leader in Seattle and frequently speaks and writes on the transformation toward consumer driven healthcare. He is a Techstars mentor in Seattle and for the Nike and Sprint accelerators powered by Techstars. Russell holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. In this interview, Russell provides tremendous insight into the health system today and the importance of looking beyond the clinic, creating feedback loops, tapping into the quantified self, and others to fully realize the potential within health today.…

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78: Robyn Stone: International Leader in Long-Term Care and Aging 36:04

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Dr. Robyn I. Stone, a noted researcher and leading international authority on aging and long-term care policy, is Executive Director of the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research and Senior Vice President of Research. Prior to accepting this position, she was at the International Longevity Center-USA in New York City where she was executive director and chief operating officer. Previously, she worked for the Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now known as the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality). Robyn also served at the White House as deputy assistant secretary for disability, aging and long-term care policy and as acting assistant secretary for aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Clinton administration. She was a senior researcher at the National Center for Health Services Research as well as at Project Hope's Center for Health Affairs. Robyn was on the staff of the 1989 Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care and the 1993 Clinton administration's Task Force on Health Care Reform. Her doctorate is in public health from the University of California at Berkeley. In this interview, Robyn discusses the difference between geriatrics and gerontology, intergenerational conflict, and many other critical topics central to the conversation around health today.…

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77: Dr. Ashwin Patel: Researcher, Teacher, and Entrepreneur Discusses Health Care Gaps 26:40

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