Episodes

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Tom Kottke and Anthony Butler about unintentional firearm injuries and gun violence prevention. Dr. Kottke first joined Health Partners in 2004 and is now the Medical Director for Well-Being for the health plan, Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and a health services researcher at the HealthPartners Institute. Additionally, Dr. Kottke is a strong advocate for gun violence prevention. Anthony serves on the Protect Minnesota board - a coali...

Stan and Clarence chat with Patty Wetterling. Patty Wetterling was a stay-at-home mother of four children when her world was rocked by the abduction of her 11 year old son Jacob, on October 22, 1989. With a shattered heart, Patty began studying child abduction and sexual exploitation. Who abducts children, how are they located, what can we do to prevent these horrible crimes? Her advocacy led her to passing Federal legislation requiring sex offenders to register their addresses with law enfor...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Robert Turesky about prostate cancer. Dr. Turesky currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. Before this professorship, he served as the Director of the Masonic Cancer Center’s Analytical Biochemistry shared resource - a mass spectrometry facility devoted to cancer and chemo-prevention programs at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Turesky's research investigates the biochemical toxicology mechanisms o...

Stan, Clarence, and the Health Chatter team - Diondra Howard, Sheridan Nygard, Erin Collins, Maddy Levine-Wolf, and Matthew Campbell - reflect on the past year and chat about exciting things to come.

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Randal J. Thomas about the history and importance of cardiac rehab. Dr. Thomas is a board-certified internal medicine specialist with fellowship training in preventive cardiology. He attended the George Washington University School of Medicine and obtained internal medicine training at the Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also served as a chief resident for one year. He underwent fellowship training in preventive cardiology as a Robe...

Stan chats with Rabbi Matt Goldberg about spirituality. Rabbi Goldberg graduated from Hebrew College and ordained in 2023. Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Matt received a B.A. in English with a Minor in American History from Dalhousie University. After high school he lived in Israel on the USCJ’s Nativ gap year program, where he first met his wife Elana. During rabbinical school he held internships at synagogues in Boston and Toronto, and was part of the 12th cohort of...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Jigar Patel about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. Dr. Patel serves as the Senior Director in Product Management for Healthcare at Orcal. Throughout this time, they have developed a deep understanding of the technical needs of healthcare, including AI based products. Dr. Patel is especially passionate about using electronic health records (EHR) and associated technologies to benchmark and improve outcomes across all medical special...

Stan and Clarence chat with Pearl Evans, Dr. Ronda Chakolis, and Eddie Krumpotich about harm reduction and the Steve Rummler Hope Legislation.

Listen along as Stan and Clarence chat about the relationship between grief and health. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research Individual/Personal Grief definition - Grief is the anguish experienced after a significant loss, usually the death of a beloved person. Things that can cause grief outs...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Sumedha Penheiter about Minnesota's State Cancer Plan. Dr. Penheiter - an experienced cancer expert - holds a doctoral degree in biochemistry and genetics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then completed postdoc work at Mayo Clinic focusing on cancer biology and signaling pathways in carcinogenesis. Currently, Dr. Penheiter serves as manager and consultant within the Mayo Clinic strategy department advising on system optimization and enhancement. ...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Jay Desai and Kate Murray about long covid. Dr. Desai - experienced epidemiologist - serves as the Section Manager of Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology at the Minnesota Department of Health. Kate Murray serves as a Program Coordinator for Long Covid and Post Covid Conditions at the Minnesota Department of Health. Listen along as these two share their wealth of knowledge on the lasting effects of covid. Join the conversation at healthchatte...

Listen along as Stan and Clarence chat about motivation. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Haithum Hussein and Tony Moore about the patient perspective of strokes. Listen along as Tony shares his patient story. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Genelle Lamont about health literacy. Dr. Lamont, currently serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Duluth Campus. Dr. Lamont's research interests focus on the intersection between chronic disease, social determinants of health, and Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias in indigenous populations. She also focuses on health equity, health literacy, cultural...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Courtney Jordan Baechler and Dr. Jim Peacock about Minnesota's Cardiovascular and Diabetes 2035 State Plan. Dr. Baechler - board certified internist and cardiologist - currently serves as the Medical Director of Health Equity and Health Promotion at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Health Promotion Specialist at Rosado Consulting. Dr. Baechler is especially interested in heart disease prevention and behavioral change to support overall wellbeing. ...

Stan and Clarence chat with Jan Malcolm - an experienced public health practitioner - about public health leadership. Jan Malcolm has an extensive 40 year career in public health leadership across public, for-profit, and not-for profit sectors. Additionally, the former Commissioner of Health has served across 3 different governors - Ventura, Dayton, and Walz - representing both political parties. Malcolm was also one of the first health care leaders to highlight health disparities and the impac...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Haithum Hussein about strokes, stroke prevention, and stoke recovery. Dr. Hussein is originally from Egypt, where he attended medical school and neurology residency at Ain Shams University in Cairo. After moving to the United States, he worked as a research fellow prior to completing his second neurology residency and stoke fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Hussein now serves as an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota as ...

In this third - and final - installment of our mental health series, Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Mike Trangle about mental health policy implications. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research: Mental Health Policy across the world WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental ...

Stan and Clarence chat with Melissa Winger - author of Who Cares? The Real Patient Experience - about the complexities and challenges of navigating the health care system. Melissa Winger - a devoted public health practitioner - has an extensive background in quality improvement and health systems. Melissa serves as a Quality Improvement Specialist for UnitedHealth Group and as a Health Care Home Site Surveyor for the Minnesota Department of Health. In addition, Melissa serves on the American ...

Stan and Clarence chat about life lessons they've learned and their experiences with death, grief, and loss. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Outlines/Research: Death in general: Death is one of life’s only certainties, we can’t have life without death. Definition of death according to Merriam Webst...

For the second installment of our mental health series, Stan, Clarence, and Dr. Mike Trangle explore mental health through different population and age groups. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Brought to you in support of Hue-MAN, who is Creating Healthy Communities through Innovative Partnerships. More about their work can be found at http://huemanpartnership.org/ Research Mental Health Type, Diagnosis & Treatment Types Behavioral health (sometimes called mental heal...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Jeff Louie about pediatric ER concerns. Dr. Louie is a pediatric emergency physician for M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital. He also serves as Associate Professor for the Department of Pediatrics and Division Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Listen along as we chat about the most common pediatric ER concerns, risk factors, seasonal variations, and more. Join the conversation at healthchatterpodcast.com Br...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Mike Trangle about Mental Health, introducing a 3 part series. Dr. Trangle serves as HealthPartners Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health and President of the Minnesota Psychiatric Society. In addition, Dr. Trangle serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Psychiatry. Listen along as Stan, Clarence, and Dr. Trangle the growing mental health crisis. Join the conversation at heal...

Stan and Clarence chat with Dr. Gail Brottman about asthma. Dr. Brottman is a pediatric pulmonologist at Hennepin County Medical Center and M Health Fairview Pediatric Specialty Clinic. She also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Brottman also holds several credentials and honors and has been featured in several newsletters, videos, and other media outlets. Listen along as we chat about asthma. Join the conversation at he...