AMCP Podcast Meet April Armstrong MD MPH

This episode of the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week features Eddie Martucci PhD, co-founder & CEO of Akili a company getting to the root of cognitive impairment by creating personalized digital therapeutics engineered to directly improve cognitive impairments. Akili's medicines look and feel like high-end interactive action video games but, unlike typical video games, they are informed by decades of neuroscience research and built with proprietary technology developed to target and treat cognitive impairments at their specific sources in the brain. We discuss the Akili's vision, mission and progress as well as the first FDA authorized prescription video game treatment for cognitive impairments in patients with conditions including ADHD, multiple sclerosis, depression, autism and COVID brain fog. Join us! ==##== --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

On PopHealth Week, our guests are Weill Cornell Medicine faculty: Dr. Louis Aronne and Dr. Katherine Saunders, co-founders of Intellihealth, a company fighting the global obesity epidemic. They also host the podcast Weight Matters. Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP is the Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and Past Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine. Katherine H. Saunders, MD, DABOM is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Do follow their work on Twitter via @ljaronne and @Intellihealth1 and on the web at Comptehensive Weight Control Center or at Intellihealth. ==##== --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

On today’s show our guest is Atul Deodhar, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Rheumatology clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University. This is the second in a two part series unbundling research insights and treatment innovation recapping key takeaways from The American College of Rheumatologists (ACR) Convergence, 2021, the world’s premier rheumatology experience, which took place online on Nov. 5-9, 2021. The event showcased the latest updates in rheumatology research, including treatments, basic and clinical science, and more. More information can be found at https://acr21amcp.amcpmeetings.org/ For more information on the AMCP Podcast Series Powered by PopHealth Week, go to www.amcp.org/podcast ==##== --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

On this episode of AMCP Podcast Powered by PopHealth Week, co-hosts Fred Goldstein and Gregg Masters sit down with Atul Deodhar, MD, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of rheumatology clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University, to discuss key takeaways from 2021 The American College of Rheumatologists (ACR) Convergence conference. For more information and access to select sessions from ACR 2021 Convergence go to: https://acr21amcp.amcpmeetings.org/category/day-1/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

Dr April Armstrong Professor of Dermatology, Associate Dean for Clinical Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC weighs in on innovation in the treatment of inflammatory skin disease This episode of the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week features April Armstrong, MD, MPH. Health care expert Fred Goldstein of AMCP Podcast Powered by PopHealth Week sits down with Dr. April Armstrong to discuss psoriasis, a chronic and systemic inflammatory skin disease affecting children as well as adults and the tremendous impact on their physical and mental impact on quality of life. Dr. Armstrong is a general dermatologist with a focus on inflammatory skin diseases, and those include psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. She also treats patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, conducts research, and specifically looks at some of the systemic therapies and how they impact patients with inflammatory skin diseases. Dr. Armstrong is Professor of Dermatology and Associate Dean at the University of Southern California (USC). She also serves as Vice Chair in the dermatology department and heads the psoriasis program at USC. Dr. Armstrong obtained her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed dermatology residency at Harvard. She also obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining faculty at the University of Southern California, Dr. Armstrong was Vice Chair at the University of California Davis in Sacramento and later at the University of Colorado in Denver. This episode is sponsored by UCB Pharmaceuticals. For more information on UCB Pharmaceuticals go to www.ucb-usa.com and do visit the AMCP Podcast Series powered by PopHealth Week, at www.AMCP.org/podcast ==##== --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

In the inaugural episode, health care expert Fred Goldstein of the AMCP  Podcast Powered by PopHealth Week sits down with health policy veteran  Chris Jennings to hear his insights on the COVID-19 response. Mr.  Jennings is a health policy veteran of over three decades at the White  House, Congress, and in the private sector. Serving as the senior  advisor to the president for health policy in the Obama administration  and in a similar capacity in the Clinton White House for eight years,  Mr. Jennings helped pass, enact, and implement the Affordable Care Act,  the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and numerous other health  reforms. Outside of government service, Mr. Jennings has been a senior  health policy advisor to ten presidential campaigns; the 2008, 2016, and  2020 Democratic Platform Drafting Committees; and multiple  gubernatorial and Senate candidates. Most recently, Vice President Biden  appointed Mr. Jennings as one of his members of the Biden-Sanders Unity  Task Force. He is currently president of Jennings Policy Strategies  (JPS), a nationally respected health care consulting firm committed to  assisting foundations and other aligned stakeholders in developing  policies to ensure higher quality, more affordable health care. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

PopHealth Week is brought to you by Health Innovation Media. Health Innovation Media brings your brand messaging alive via original or value added digitally curated content for omni-channel distribution and engagement. Connect with us at www.popupstudio.productions On this episode of PopHealth Week Fred Goldstein, MS, president of Accountable Health, LLC and Gregg Masters, MPH, managing director, Health Innovation Media provide a COVID-19 update focusing on the intersection between public health, population health and the COVID-19 pandemic with commentary on the impact on U.S. health systems.. Please! Everyone we can get through this only together. So do mask up when in public, practice social distancing and pay attention to personal hygiene. WE CAN SLOW THE SPREAD OF THIS DEADLY VIRUS. Please subscribe to PopHealth Week wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

This episode of PopHealth Week is sponsored by Health Innovation Media. Coneect with us a www.PopUpStudio.productions Our guest is Teri Bourdeau, Ph.D., ABPP, Vice President of Training and Development for PracticeWise, LLC who's mission is 'to advance how evidence and information are used to improve the lives of children and families.' Dr. Bourdeau serves on the PracticeWIse Executive Management, Professional Development, and Services and Products Development teams. She received her B.A. in psychology and her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University. She completed a psychology internship in the department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical School and a pediatric and clinical psychology postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. Bourdeau was an Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and also engaged in private practice prior to assuming her current position with PracticeWise. For more information on Dr. Bourdeau or PracticeWise's work in the space, go to www.practicewise.com ==##== --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

On PopHealth Week our guest is Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH the Chief  Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical Affairs for  Zipongo​, the San Francisco-based based digital health and wellness  company that focuses on enabling healthy eating -“Healthy Eating, Made  Simple”. Dr. Shurney is the former Chief Medical Director / Executive  Director for Global Health Benefits and Corporate Wellness for Cummins​,  Inc. Dr. Shurney also serves as the current president for the academy  of lifestyle medicine. He has an extensive background in health care  management and policy and has distinguished himself as a recognized  leader in his profession. Prior to Cummins, Dr.  Shurney was the Chief Medical Director of the Employee Health Plan for  Vanderbilt University and Medical Center​. During his tenure at  Vanderbilt he also held joint faculty appointments as Assistant Clinical  Professor, Division of Internal Medicine and Public Health, and Adjunct  Faculty, Owens Graduate School of Management. Other positions that Dr.  Shurney has held include Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer  for Healthways​, Senior Health Policy Strategist in the Division of  Government Affairs for the biotechnology company Amgen​ Inc., Chief  Medical Officer and Vice President of medical affairs for Blue Cross  Blue Shield of Michigan​, and Editor of the Journal of Managed Care  Physicians. Join us! == --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support

On This Week in Health Innovation my guest is Don Crane, President and CEO of America’s Physician Groups (APG). APG  is the nation’s leading professional association representing medical  groups and independent practice associations modeling best in class in  coordinated care. APG is the nation’s largest trade association that  explicitly promotes capitation as the payment model for its members, all  of whom accept various forms of risk-based capitation or other  population-based payment. America’s Physician Groups mission is to  provide advocacy and education for physicians, and to lead the  coordinated care movement across the nation. APG is a professional  association, representing over 300 medical groups, IPAs and integrated  healthcare systems across the nation. Its members are committed to  responsible payment models that assume accountability for both cost and  quality, believing that patient-centered, coordinated, and accountable  care offers the highest quality, most efficient delivery mechanism, and  greatest value for patients. APG members have successfully operated  under this budget-responsible model for several decades. Follow APG and Don’s work on twitter via @AmerPhysGrps and @DonCrane, respectively. And for more information on the APG Colloquium - a virtual event - scheduled for November 17th - 19th, go to www.apg.org ==##== --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pophealth-week/support