Faisel and Friends: A Primary Care Podcast

We’re discussing Healing the Healers: Advances in Physician Wellbeing! Faisel and Dan are joined by Corey Feist, CEO & Co-Founder, and Dr. Stefanie Simmons, Chief Medical Officer, from Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation.

Our conversation revolves around the ways team-based care provides lifesaving support to clinicians, the bipartisan support of policy for healthcare workers mental health, and changing the standard of well-being for people in healthcare.

Learn more about the Lorna Breen Act: https://drlornabreen.org/reauthorizelba/

Contact state licensure boards here: https://drlornabreen.org/contact-boards/

The early stages of kidney disease are frequently managed by primary care physicians. This week on Faisel & Friends, ChenMed’s National Director of Nephrology, Dr. Mufaddal Kheda discusses renal disease management in primary care.

Socially at-risk populations require additional resources. This would help with social needs like housing instability, food insecurity, and transportation. This week, Dr. Bob Phillips with the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care talks to Faisel & Friends about integrating social care into primary care.

You’ve been asking and we heard you! By popular demand, we are hosting our very first Faisel & Friends Book Club. We’ve all been reading Dr. Robbie Pearl’s new book, “Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients,” and we can’t wait to discuss it with you. To help us discuss and answer your questions, we’ll be joined by Dr. Gordon Chen and the author himself, Dr. Robbie Pearl.

This week on Faisel & Friends, we are discussing Earning Trust to Reduce Renal Risk. We are talking with Dr. Virginia Irwin-Scott: National Director of Nephrology at ChenMed.

Our conversation explores providing kidney care in the outpatient setting, educating patients to reduce the risk of crashing into dialysis, and preventing unnecessary hospitalizations within the full-risk model.