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Spotlight on Women Presidents Organization

June 4, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Spotlight on Women Presidents Organization

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Phyllis Newhouse/Xtreme Solutions, Inc.

Phyllis Winchester Newhouse is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina. She is one of thirteen siblings. Ms. Phyllis Newhouse retired from the United States Army in November 1999, having served her country for three decades. She is a graduate of St. Leo College. Phyllis Newhouse is the President and owner of Xtreme Solutions, Inc. She has worked for Fortune 100 companies as well as small businesses. She is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Women Presidents Organization (WPO). She has received numerous military awards and recognitions. Recently she received an award for her company being one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in America. Additionally, Phyllis’ company has been noted as one of the fastest growing small businesses within the Small Business Association.

Since retiring from the US military, she has worked tirelessly to develop Xtreme Solutions to parallel her military career. The company is committed to supporting a variety of programs that undertake and ultimately solve our client’s problems. Xtreme Solutions is distinguished by seasoned and exceptional professionals with the business acumen to align our customers’ needs. Xtreme Solutions prides itself on providing the honesty, integrity, and service necessary for long-term client partnerships by delivering within the agreed price and schedule.

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Tanya Mack/HealthGate and Telehealth

Tanya Mack is President of HealthGate, an online, e-commerce site that offers discounts for medical services direct to consumers at 25-75% savings. Tanya is also COO of Women’s Telehealth, a high-risk OB telemedicine service company. Women’s Telehealth provides high risk OB specialist services to patients in underserved areas so they can be safely managed in their home community the majority of the time via telemedicine and Bluetooth technology. Also, Tanya hosts The Doctor’s Roundtable radio show that airs on Thursdays at noon and addresses a variety of health care topics.

Advances in Female Infertility: Help, Hope and What’s New w/Dr. Dorothy Mitchell- Leef

April 11, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Advances in Female Infertility: Help, Hope and What’s New w/Dr. Dorothy Mitchell- Leef

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Fertility is an explosive issue. With advances in female infertility, we explore this topic and features Dr. Dorothy Mitchell- Leef of Reproductive Biology Associates … all brought to you by HealthGate. Guest host today is Deloris Hartley.

April 21-27th is National Infertility Week in the United States. As more women delay their childbearing years until after the age of 30, when natural fertility starts to fall off, the issue of fertility is a growing issue in American culture. Technology advances in genetics, fertility techniques and testing have provided new tools to help women know their personal fertility status earlier and make plans accordingly to help manage their fertility over time for the best possible outcome. Listen in as local southeast and national fertility expert, Dr. Dorothy Mitchell- Leef, whose practice has helped bring over 30,000 babies into the world in 30 years shares critical information on this topic.

Dorothy Mitchell- Leef, M.D./Reproductive Biology Associates

A board certified OB/GYN, Dr. Mitchell-Leef joined Reproductive Biology Associates , the Southeast’s largest infertility practice, in 1991. She received her MD and completed her OB/GYN residency at the University of Louisville, KY. She went on to specialize and complete her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Louisville. She is a past president of the Medical Association of Atlanta. She is the recipient of numerous awards: The 2010 Womenetics POW Award, the 2006 Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Healthcare Heroes Award, and the Medical Association’s prestigious 2005 Aven Cup award given periodically to individuals for their outstanding contributions to public health.

Dr. Dorothy Mitchell-Leef discusses Fertility

Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Win for Doctors and Patients w/Dr. Jeffrey Hoadley

April 4, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Win for Doctors and Patients w/Dr. Jeffrey Hoadley

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Ambulatory surgery centers are exploding across the area, so this show dives into why this is good and features Dr. Jeffrey Hoadley of North Atlanta Surgical Associates … all brought to you by HealthGate.

Advances in both anesthesia and technology along with lower costs have fueled the explosion in the use of ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) across the nation. Medicare and other carriers have approved ASC for performing over 70 different types of procedures. Over $60 billion are spent each year in ASC surgical cases. Last year in Georgia, more than 18,000 procedures were performed in ASC’s with over 40% of these surgeries being related to the digestive system. Today we explore the ASC model, expectations, cost savings, indications, and why these facilities, in general, mean good news for both practitioners and patients.

Jeffrey Hoadley, M.D./North Atlanta Surgical Associates

In private general surgery practice at North Atlanta Surgical Associates, Dr. Jeffrey Hoadley is board certified in General Surgery. Dr. Hoadley completed his residency at Emory University and fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic. He is an expert in hernia injury repairs, and conducts these for local Atlanta professional sports teams.

Prevention and Management of Pediatric Injuries with Dr. Lee Resnick and Dr. Stephen Keith

March 21, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Prevention and Management of Pediatric Injuries with Dr. Lee Resnick and Dr. Stephen Keith

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As every parent knows, kids get hurt. What can we do to prevent and manage these injuries? Dr. Lee Resnick and Dr. Stephen Keith, both from WellStreet Urgent Care, Dr. Grant Baldwin, CDC, and Megan Popielarczyk from Safe Kids Georgia discuss Prevention and Management of Pediatric Injuries… all brought to you by HealthGate. Guest host today is Deloris Hartley.

Today’s show discusses the most common unintentional pediatric injuries related to sports, in-home , and automobile accidents. Specific injuries will include bone fractures and dislocations, burns, and concussions and other head trauma. Efforts to reduce the frequency and likelihood of injuries through prevention will be discussed, along with when to take an injured child to a pediatrician, urgent care center, or hospital emergency department.

Lee Resnick , M.D./WellStreet Urgent Care

As WellStreet’s Chief Medical and Operations Officer, Dr. Lee Resnick leads the national effort to bring academic rigor and clinical excellence to urgent care medicine. He is the founder and National Program Director for the only clinical fellowships in urgent care medicine and serves as Editor-In-Chief of The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. He is the founder and President of the Institute of Urgent Care Medicine, specializing in the development of continuing education programs designed specifically for urgent care medicine. He was a founding board member and past president of the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA), where he was honored with an Outstanding Achievement Award. Dr. Resnick is a founding board member of both the Urgent Care College of Physicians (UCCOP) and the Urgent Care Foundation.

Stephen Keith, M.D./WellStreet Urgent Care

Currently serving since 2012 as Site Director for WellStreet Urgent Care in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Stephen Keith previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology from 2009 to 2012. From 2006 until 2009, Dr. Keith served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc., From 2003 until 2006, Dr. Keith was a Managing Director of Glocap Advisors, an investment bank based in New York, and a Senior Consultant with the Biologics Consulting Group. During 2002‐2003, Dr. Keith was a General Partner with Emerging Technology Partners, an early‐stage life sciences venture capital firm in Maryland. Just prior to joining Emerging Technology Partners, he held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, Antex Biologics Inc. From 1995 to 2000, Dr. Keith served as Vice President, Marketing and Sales, at North American Vaccine, Inc. From 1990 to 1995, Dr. Keith held various positions at Merck & Co., Inc., including Senior Director, Health Care Delivery Policy in Corporate Public Affairs, Senior Customer Manager in the U.S. Human Health Division, and Senior Director, Health Strategies, in the Merck‐Medco Managed Care Division. Dr. Keith serves on the Board of Directors of Cytomedix, Inca life science company marketing wound care products. He also serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of The David Winston A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship, National Medical Fellowships, and Community Health Charities. Dr. Keith completed his undergraduate work at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1973, and he received the M.D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1977. Dr. Keith completed a three‐year residency in Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for the Health Sciences in 1980. From 1980 to 1982, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at UCLA, during which time he received a Masters in Science in Public Health from UCLA. From 1982 to 1987, Dr. Keith served on the faculty of the Charles Drew Medical School and the UCLA School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Keith served as a Health Policy Advisor to the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, under Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Dr. Keith is a Fellow of the Academy of Pediatrics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics.

Grant Baldwin, M.D./Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

After earning a PhD in Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 2003, Dr. Baldwin joined the CDC Injury Center in November 2006 as acting Deputy Director. Since 2008, he serves as Director of the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Concurrently, Dr. Baldwin is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education for the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Megan Popielarczyk, MPH, BSN, RN/Safe Kids Georgia

As a public health fellow with Safe Kids Georgia. Megan Popielarczyk works with Safe Kids network of 30 coalitions throughout the state of Georgia to prevent unintentional injuries to children. Safe Kids Georgia’s lead agency is Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Megan is a Registered Nurse and a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Kentucky and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Environmental Medicine: News, Myths and Success Stories with Dr. Susan Tanner

March 14, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Environmental Medicine: News, Myths and Success Stories with Dr. Susan Tanner

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Air pollution, pesticides, radiation, mold…should we be concerned? Dr. Susan Tanner from the Southern Environmental Medicine Center discusses Environmental Medicine: News, Myths and Success Stories… all brought to you by HealthGate.

Environmental medicine focuses on the interaction between humans and their environments and the effect of this interaction on total health. Care encompasses the recognition, treatment and prevention of illnesses induced by exposure to biological and chemical agents in air, food and water. Common culprits affecting our health in this area are air pollution, pesticides, radiation, and molds. Medicine, environmental science and chemistry considerations are reviewed. Many patients visit many doctors trying to find the underlying cause of their chronic poor health conditions. Learn more today about this multi-disciplinary field, the extensive diagnostic abilities need and success stories to restore health once a toxin or environmental problem has been identified.

Susan Tanner, M.D./Southern Environmental Medicine Center

After earning a B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta, Dr. Tanner received her M.D. from the Universidad Nordestana in the Dominican Republic. She was a resident at hospitals in New Jersey and New York before returning to her native town of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Dr. Tanner is a medical expert on multi-chemical sensitivities, and currently runs Southern Environmental Medicine Center in Atlanta. She has been featured on 11Alive News and the “Atlanta and Company” shows.

Successful Management of Allergies with Dr. Alan Redding

March 7, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Successful Management of Allergies with Dr. Alan Redding

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Two dreaded words: allergy season. Dr. Alan Redding from the Redding Allergy and Asthma Center discusses basic causes, symptoms, and treatment for the successful management of allergies… all brought to you by HealthGate.

Seasonal and environmental allergy season is upon us in Atlanta and we know what that means: that gritty, green pollen dust that leads to sneezing, coughing, runny nose and itchy, watery eyes. These symptoms are more than just bothersome, some estimate that almost 10% of us suffer from some form or allergy: medication, environmental, food and flying insects. Take a moment to get informed before the peak of allergy season hits us in Atlanta!

Alan Redding, M.D./Redding Allergy and Asthma Center

A native Atlantan, Dr. Alan Redding has become board certified in both internal medicine and allergy/ immunology. Dr. Redding obtained his MD from the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine from Medical University of South Carolina. At the University of Tennessee, he finished a two year allergy and immunology fellowship , focusing on adult and pediatric allergies. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Medical Association of Atlanta.

The Future of Healthcare IT with Dr. Darvin Hege and BlueWave Computing

February 28, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

The Future of Healthcare IT with Dr. Darvin Hege and BlueWave Computing

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During this informative session, Dr. Darvin Hege, Psychologist, with Sean Vojtask, Executive Vice President of Operations and Deborah Frazier, HealthCare Executive, both with BlueWave Computing, discuss the importance of Healthcare IT… all brought to you by HealthGate.

Each day amazing new technology tools are being released that can help practices increase revenue, improve proficiencies, reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. For this reason, the dependency on healthcare technology is rapidly changing. With this comes new software tools, mobile devices, telemedicine, connection into HIE’s, new HIPAA/HITECH/OMBNIBUS rules, and reformed payment models – each with a dependency on each other. The foundation to make all of this data secure, and provide reliable access, rests on the network infrastructure itself.

Darvin Hege, M.D., P.C./Psychologist

A trusted psychiatrist in Atlanta, Georgia, and certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine, Dr. Darvin Hege is a Emory Hospital residency trained psychiatrist. Dr. Hege maintains over 90 hours of AMA certified education each year to stay informed of advances in psychiatry and addiction, to ensure that his patients receive the best possible care. During his career, he has worked with thousands of patients.

Sean Vojtask, Executive Vice President of Operations/BlueWave Computing

Bringing more than 25 years of Information Technology Experience to BlueWave Computing, Sean Vojtask is responsible for all Service Delivery Operations for one of the fastest growing Managed Service Providers in the country. Prior to joining BlueWave in 2011, Mr. Vojtasko held various senior executive positions with Siemens and was responsible for the Information Technology needs for several multinational companies.

Deborah Frazier, HealthCare Executive/BlueWave Computing

Serving as the healthcare expert on the leadership team of BlueWave Computing, Deborah Frazier is responsible for the strategic direction, marketing, and sales of the healthcare division. Ms. Frazier has provided thought leadership in working with department leaders to package new products and services specifically for the healthcare industry. Most notably she is responsible for the creation of the BlueWave HIPAA Risk Assessment program and the resulting establishment of HIPAA products and services. As the most seasoned sales veteran at BlueWave Computing, she has more than 11 years of experience in consulting healthcare practices on their IT needs.

Hot Topics in Women’s Health: Hormone Therapy, Urinary Incontinence and GYN Robotic Surgery

February 21, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Hot Topics in Women’s Health: Hormone Therapy, Urinary Incontinence and GYN Robotic Surgery

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Intriguing discussion of Hot Topics in Women’s Health, focusing on Hormone Therapy, Urinary Incontinence and GYN Robotic Surgery with Dr. Dori Kasparek of Complete Womens Healthcare … all brought to you by HealthGate.

Three timely topics in women’s healthcare: hormone therapy, urinary incontinence, and gynecologic robotic surgery- all affecting millions of women with menopausal symptoms, quality of life issues, and cutting edge technology in the operating room.

Dori Kasparek, M.D., FACOG, OBGYN/Complete Womens Healthcare

Board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr, Kasparek is in private practice in Johns Creek, Georgia and delivers at Emory Johns Creek Hospital. She earned her medical degree from the University of South Carolina and completed her residency at New Hanover Medical in North Carolina.

The In’s and Out’s of Body Contouring with Dr. Thomas Locke

February 14, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

The In’s and Out’s of Body Contouring with Dr. Thomas Locke

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This episode explores cosmetic surgery, and more specifically, the in’s and out’s of body contouring with Dr. Thomas Locke of WISE Medical Center… all brought to you by HealthGate.

Body contouring is a way that patients can improve their body shape (hips, flank, abdomen, posterior upper arm, thighs, and chin most commonly) via various liposuction equipment and techniques.

Thomas Locke, M.D./WISE Medical Center

Double board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine as well certified in Aesthetic Surgery, Dr. Thomas J. Locke, III, was born in Vidalia, Georgia, and raised in SW Atlanta. He did his undergraduate study at Princeton University, graduated from medical school at Howard University, and completed residency training at George Washington University. His practice philosophy centers around all aspects of personal image enhancement services. He has extensive training and professional practice experience in body contouring. To this end, he is also an instructor for surgical equipment vendors, teaching doctors from all over the country who are learning liposuction, fat transfer, and all aspects of body contouring. Other specialty interests include bariatrics, weight loss, hormone replacement therapy, and anti-aging medicine. He currently serves as Medical Director for WISE Medical Center in Alpharetta, GA.