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Migraine Again

May 3, 2016 by angishields

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Migraine Again

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Migraine Again

This week, Jay and I hosted Paula Dumas, Founder/CEO of MigraineAgain.com. As the leading Migraine Wellness website for patients, Migraine Again helps patients and their families suffer less and live more — until there’s a cure. Migraine Again helps bridge the access to care, bringing evidence-based healthcare content to migraine

warriors in 45 countries.

It’s a genetic neurological disorder that hurts over 1 billion people worldwide, 37 million in the US alone: 1 in 6 women, 1 in 10 kids and 1 in 18 men. Migraine Again helps spread awareness and increase funding for one of the most disabling, invisible disorders on the planet.

Providing information on research and lifestyle changes migraine sufferers can make that can sometimes help mitigate frequency and severity of migraines, migraineagain.com reaches over a million patients worldwide each month. When the website shares information about promising treatments or options available for migraine sufferers, Paula explained they focus on those where a significant body of reputable evidence is available to support them. This helps to prevent making recommendations that are unproven or have little likelihood to actually provide relief.

A lifelong migraine warrior, Paula struggled and juggled through her career with CNN, Apple and Disney, and then shifted gears to devote herself to non-profit work and health advocacy. Under her direction, Migraine Again offers hope and help to people who suffer with this chronic, disabling condition, while raising awareness and funding for a cure.

A member of the American Headache Society electronic media team and an advisor to Migraine Research Foundation, Paula has been nominated for a WEGO Health Advocate Award, and a featured expert speaker at the Migraine World Summit. She’s authored over 250 articles and research papers, and conducted interviews with the world’s top migraine and headache doctors, all of which can be accessed for free on MigraineAgain.com.

Special Guest:

Paula Dumas, Founder/CEO of migraineagain.com

Interventional Radiology – Top Docs Radio

October 23, 2015 by angishields

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Interventional Radiology - Top Docs Radio

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Interventional Radiology

We talked interventional radiology with Dr. John Lipman of Atlanta Interventional Institute on this week’s show. Interventional radiologists are radiologists who are trained to perform a wide array of procedures using various radiologic images to guide their work.

In fact, as Dr. Lipman explained, it was interventional radiologists who invented the technology to perform procedures such as balloon angioplasty that was later used to open blocked arteries in the heart.

We talked about uterine fibroid embolization, a minimally-invasive procedure where a catheter is passed into the femoral artery and maneuvered to the arteries feeding uterine fibroids, where a chemical is instilled, caused the vessel to occlude. This blocks bloodflow to the fibroid, causing it to shrink and die, allowing for easy removal.

The alternative for these women is hysterectomy, which is the surgical removal of the uterus, after which, the woman will need to take hormones to compensate for its loss. Additionally, it takes days longer to recover from the surgery and bears the risk of anesthesia and post-surgical infection.

Dr. Lipman talked about other procedures interventional radiologists are able to perform such as treatment of migraine headaches, and reversing infertility related to blocked fallopian tubes.

It is important for patients and their loved ones to be sure to ask lots of questions and to inquire about other available treatment options when surgery is recommended, particularly when it involves removal of an organ or amputation.

In this way, patients can limit risk associated with surgery in many cases, and save cost and time away from work. Dr. Lipman offered a number of questions patients and loved ones can ask to determine if an interventional radiologist is the one they should choose.

Special Guest:

Dr. John Lipman, MD, FSIR, Atlanta Interventional Institute

Doctorate of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Radiology Residency, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fellowship, Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine
Board Certified, Radiology, Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Fellow, Society of Interventional Radiology

Specialized Healthcare IT and Vascular Services – Top Docs Radio

August 12, 2014 by angishields

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Specialized Healthcare IT and Vascular Services - Top Docs Radio

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Tier3MD provides specialized IT services for medical groups. Advanced Vascular Resources offer a full range of diagnostic vascular studies and minimally-invasive corrective procedures.

Healthcare IT and Vascular Services

Today we learned how Tier3MD brings over 2 decades of healthcare IT installation and management to their medical clients. Their full suite of IT services allow medical practices to reduce cost related to IT by as much as half or more in some situations. Mike & Sheryl Cherico discussed how provide consultation with practices considering a new EMR to help them choose the best one suited for their particular practice. Their technologists are also versed in HIPAA requirements so they are able to insure their clients’ data controls are compliant with regulations.

Sean Yanes of Advanced Vascular Resources shared how AVR improves outcomes among patients suffering from PAD, carotid disease, migraine headaches, and many more problems related to vascular disease. The multi-state physician practice takes a collaborative approach to their referral partners and work to compliment rather than replace their partners’ treatment plans. AVR’s interventional radiologist, Dr. Doug Redd has been providing a high level of vascular interventions in the Atlanta area for many years. Additionally, he served in academic roles at Emory prior to joining AVR’s Atlanta practice.

Special Guests:

Sheryl Cherico, CEO/Founder, Tier3MD

Licensed IT professional with over 20 years of experience in the field with heavy focus in medical practice IT needs
Oversaw installations of digital cardiac lab systems in numerous high-profile health systems nationally
Previous IT Director for one of the Southeast’s largest cardiology groups
Founder of Atlanta Medical Consulting Group
Volunteer, Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition

Sean Yanes, Director of Sales/Marketing, Advanced Vascular Resources

Extensive experience in management and relationship building within the healthcare device space, particularly within wound and vascular specialties
Multiple award winner for individual and team sales under his management
Has developed numerous programs for expanding physician practice referral bases
Education, Marketing/Business, Spring Hill College