In this episode, guest Anthony Chang, MD, discusses the benefits of artificial intelligence and its potential to improve health care.

• Intro 0:24
• Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MS 0:29
• Tell us about yourself. 1:20
• What drives you to learn about artificial intelligence? How do you think artificial intelligence can influence medicine and clinical care? 2:14
• How can artificial intelligence make an impact on the frontlines in medicine? 3:31
• Can artificial intelligence be the remedy to physician burnout? 6:34
• In reference to artificial intelligence, explain what you mean by “giving the wisdom back.” 8:18
• Bhargava and Chang discuss computational intelligence versus cognitive intelligence. 9:31
• To those who are concerned about artificial intelligence, what are your thoughts on the fears about artificial intelligence “taking over”? 11:41
• How do we regulate artificial intelligence? What are the safeguards that physicians and clinicians should be aware of? 14:03
• In terms of equity in medicine, how do we ensure access to artificial intelligence in medical centers across the country? 17:08
• Bhargava and Chang discuss artificial intelligence and its integration into medicine. 19:02
• In reference to generative artificial intelligence, what do physicians need to be aware of when utilizing this technology? 20:49
• Bhargava and Chang discuss physician vigilance when using artificial intelligence and the potential assistance artificial intelligence can provide when diagnosing patients. 22:38
• How can clinicians learn more and gain a fundamental understanding and education of artificial intelligence? 25:15
• Where can physicians and clinicians find courses on artificial intelligence? 27:28
• Bhargava and Chang discuss the importance of understanding the fundamentals of artificial intelligence when utilizing it to improve medicine. 29:32
• Tell us about the AI Med conference. 30:21
• Chang talks about his kids summarizing him in four words. 31:22
• How can listeners contact you? 33:40
• Thanks 35:21

Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MS, is a pediatric cardiologist with a MS in data science from Stanford and a certification in AI from MIT. He is the medical director of the heart failure program at Children’s Hospital of Orange County and chief intelligence and innovation officer of CHOC where he founded the CHOC Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence, Information, Investigation and Innovation Institute or Mi4. Chang is a national and international leader as a speaker, author, convener and the founder of numerous successful societies including the International Society for Pediatric Innovation, AIMed, ABAIM, providing education and certification in AI, the Medical Intelligence Society and most recently created the Alliance for Centers in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, along with PCAIM, its pediatric component, now with over 100 centers from around the globe.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhargava at podcasts@healio.com. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Dr. Chang can be reached at (949)547-8902.

Disclosures: Bhargava and Chang report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, host Hansa Bhargava, MD, discusses opioid awareness, the stigma surrounding the opioid crisis and the resources for intervention with David A. Fiellin, MD.

• Intro 0:23
• David A. Fiellin 0:29
• Tell us about yourself and your work with opioid awareness. 0:50
• What are your insights on the deaths related to the opioid crisis? 2:07
• Tell us about the inequities of the opioid crisis. 4:07
• Do you feel educational campaigns have made an impact on opioid awareness? Where do we still have work left to do? 6:56
• Tell us about the stigma surrounding the opioid crisis. 9:02
• Tell us about how physician reluctance and hesitance to intervene can impact the opioid crisis. 11:45
• Visit pcssnow.org for more opioid use disorder support 13:46
• How can we make an impact on the opioid crisis, as well as other drug addiction crises? 14:57
• Are there inadequate resources for the opioid crisis or is there an inefficiency in using the resources? 19:06
• Thanks 22:40

David A. Fiellin, MD, is a professor of medicine, emergency medicine and public health at Yale. He directs the Yale program in addiction medicine and is vice chief for faculty affairs, general internal medicine. He is an internal medicine physician with board certified in addiction medicine. He conducts research focused on improving access to treatment for unhealthy substance use in general medical settings including office-based practice, primary care, emergency departments, hospitals and HIV specialty settings. He is editor-in-chief is of the Journal of Addiction Medicine and served as co-editor of the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s textbook, Principles of Addiction Medicine, fourth, fifth and sixth editions.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhargava at podcasts@healio.com. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Follow Dr. Fiellin on X @YaleADM, on Instagram @yaleaddictionmed and on LinkedIn.

Disclosures: Bhargava and Fiellin report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, host Hansa Bhargava, MD, discusses physician burnout, mindfulness and the effects of stress on heart health with Jonathan Fisher, MD, FACC.

• Intro 0:23
• In this episode 0:41
• Jonathan Fisher, MD, FACC 1:11
• You’ve done so much work in burnout and compassion in the last few years. What lead you to become interested in this area? 1:56
• How do you combat and overcome bullying and isolation? Is it all just kindness? How can our mindset make a difference mentally and in connection to our heart? 3:46
• As a cardiologist, you know that cardiac disease in physically healthy people could be a manifestation of mental stress and anxiety converting into physical disease. Can you tell us more about that? 6:34
• Eighty to ninety percent of heart disease can potentially be prevented by addressing stress. When we go through medical school, we talk about cardiac risk factors. But how much do we focus in medical school on this impact of stress converting into physical disease? Do we need to change our curriculum to focus more on mental health becoming physical health issues? 10:08
• When addressing trauma, how can physicians change their behavior? And do you subscribe to Viktor Frankl’s philosophy on the space between an event and reaction to an event? 13:13
• What are your top takeaways from your book, Just One Heart? 17:33
• How can people reach out and contact you? 22:32
• Thanks 23:07

Jonathan Fisher, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist, certified mindfulness teacher and well-being and resiliency leader. He is a #1 Amazon best-selling author for his book Just One Heart: A Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness. He is also the founder of Mind Heart Now LLC.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhargava at podcasts@healio.com. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Dr. Fisher can be reached on Instagram @happyheartMD and on LinkedIn.

Disclosures: The host and guest report no relevant financial disclosures.

On this special edition episode, Hansa Bhargava, MD, with Oncology Overdrive’s Shikha Jain, MD, and Mend the Gap’s Dagny Zhu, MD, discuss physician burnout and managing a good work-life balance with a panel of guests.

• Intro 0:35
• Have you had an opportunity to sit back when you were burnout from advocating for others? 0:49
• What have you done to take care of yourself? How to you reenergize yourself and maintain a good balance? 3:31
• How have you navigated your priorities? Tell me about the systemic issues and solutions for physician burnout. 6:08
• What are the possible challenges of integrating artificial intelligence as a solution to combating burnout? 9:22
• Can a pivot in your career help combat burnout? 12:42
• Society pushes us to become leaders, but is leadership the path for every person? Do we all have to be leaders? 19:54
• How can we manage a good work-life balance? 23:55
• What are one or two things you would like listeners to take away from this conversation? 28:57
• Thanks 30:31

Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP (NAM), is a Herbert T. Abelson professor of medicine, vice dean of education in the biological sciences division and dean for medical education at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. She is a founding member of the 501c3 Women of Impact and advisor to the Women in Medicine Summit.

Jennifer Bepple, MD, MMCi, is a double board-certified physician in urology and informatics. She is a member of the American Telemedicine Association, American Urologic Association and American Medical Informatics Association and holds a certification from the American Board of Telehealth and the American Board of AI in Medicine.

Hansa Bhargava, MD, is Healio's chief clinical strategy and innovation officer. Listen to her Healio podcast, Physicianary.

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, is a board-certified hematology and oncology physician. She is a tenured associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, the director of communication strategies in medicine and the associate director of oncology communication & digital innovation at the University of Illinois Cancer Center in Chicago. Listen to her Healio podcast, Oncology Overdrive.

Mara Schenker, MD, FACS, FAOA, is an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital. She is double board certified in orthopedic surgery and clinical informatics. She serves as the chief of orthopedics and associate chief medical information officer. She is an associate professor of orthopedics at Emory University School of Medicine. She serves on multiple boards for medical and digital technology advisory and sits on major national committees for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, AAMC, American College of Surgeons and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association.

Dagny Zhu, MD, is a cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon and medical director and partner at NVISION Eye Centers in Rowland Heights, CA. She can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) @DZEyeMD.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to podcast@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN.

Disclosures: The hosts and guest report no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, host Hansa Bhargava, MD, talks with Julia Kerolus, MD, FACS, about the MedSpa industry, the dangers of social media and its effect on cosmetic procedures among young adults, skin care and more.

• Intro 0:25
• In this episode 0:30
• Julia Kerolus, MD, FACS 0:54
• According to varying reports, the MedSpa industry is projected to make $16-17 billion dollars and predictions report this number tripling in the next five to ten years. With social media being a driver in this industry, what are your thoughts about the MedSpa industry, and what are you seeing in your practice? 1:01
• Do you have concerns about the procedures being done in MedSpas? 3:06
• Kerolus talks about the spectrum of invasive and non-invasive cosmetic procedures and the dangers of MedSpas only offering the non-invasive procedures to clients. 5:04
• How are you educating your younger patients on the consequences of certain procedures, especially when they are seeking treatments at such a young age? 8:01
• Should clinicians discuss these procedures with their patients? How should they approach this conversation? 10:49
• In your clinic, when you evaluate patients for certain procedures, what kind of camera do you use? 13:08
• Can you walk us through what a physician should look out for and how they should go about handling a patient post-procedure? What are the steps that physicians should take if an emergency arises? 14:15
• What are your tips and recommendations for physicians in their 40s or 50s who want to brighten up their faces? 16:30
• How can people reach out and contact you? 19:19
• Thanks 19:44

Julia Kerolus, MD, FACS, is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who specializes exclusively in cosmetic and reconstructive procedures of the face and neck. She is named in Atlanta Magazine’s Top Doctors of 2024.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhargava at podcasts@healio.com. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Dr. Kerolus can be reached on Instagram @juliakerolusmd.

Disclosures: Bhargava and Kerolus reports no relevant financial disclosures.

In this episode, host Hansa Bhargava, MD, chats with Sharon Horesh-Bergquist, MD, about chronic disease, screenings and lifestyle and preventive medicine, as well as discussing physician wellness and burnout.

· Intro 0:24

· In this episode 0:42

· Sharon Horesh-Bergquist, MD 1:03

· How do you create a good work-life balance? 1:38

· What started you on the path of lifestyle and preventive medicine? 2:18

· What were the significant challenges you faced when incorporating your practices in medicine? 6:15

· You’ve done a lot of research in the early predictors of chronic disease. What’s the most interesting to you? 8:42

· If it was up to you, when would you suggest screenings should happen? And for patients who were diagnosed with pre-diabetes, is that now reversible in terms of the recent research on foods that can alter that trajectory? 13:06

· Bergquist reviews the path of physiology of inflammation and its role in insulin resistance. 15:57

· Is there reversibility of diabetes in terms of diet? 19:39

· Stress, exercise and sleep: what are somethings that physicians can do to help themselves? 21:11

· Bhargava and Bergquist discuss daily movement and exercise. 23:53

· What is your advice for physicians who want to change their practice to better care for patients? What is your advice for physicians who are overwhelmed and want to better their own health? 25:01

· Bhargava and Bergquist talk about finding meaning and purpose to prevent burnout. 27:37

· Final thoughts 29:48

· Thanks 30:38

Hansa Bhargava, MD, is the chief clinical strategy and innovation officer for Healio.

Sharon Horesh-Bergquist, MD, is a practicing internal medicine physician, scientist and lifestyle medicine pioneer with over 25 years of experience in patient-centered clinical care. She is the Pam R. Rollins professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and the medical director of Emory’s Executive Health program.

We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Bhargava at podcasts@healio.com. Follow Dr. Bhargava on X @hansabhargavaMD and on Instagram @doctorhansaMD. Dr. Bergquist can be reached on Instagram @drsharonbergquist and on LinkedIn.

Disclosures: Bergquist and Bhargava report no relevant financial disclosures.