Maternal Health: What’s Changed And What The Future Holds

by | Jun 27, 2024 | KPFA, Podcasts, Radio Shows

Listen now to About Health (7/8/24) on KPFA.org 94.1FM

https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20240708-Mon1400.mp3

We discussed the many major issues people face related to pre-natal care, pregnancy, abortion, mental health, birth, c-sections, and postpartum complications. Racial disparities exist and Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women. There are many factors that contribute to these disparities, such as the quality in healthcare, any underlying chronic conditions, racism, and implicit bias. We will talk about some of the social determinants of health, and what can be done to reduce infant and maternal illness and death.

Guest:

Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG is the Clinical Innovation Advisor with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) based at Stanford University School of Medicine where she also is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In Spring 2024, Dr. Williams founded Poplar Lane Advisors LLC to create a platform to support startup companies and non profit organizations navigating the world of maternal health equity.

Dr. Williams previously served as Medical Director at Mahmee, a tech-enabled maternal health company dedicated to improving health equity and empowering families with wraparound care during the pregnancy and postpartum period. In this role she oversaw the company’s clinical programming, while fostering institutional partnerships, developing new business opportunities and supporting investor outreach.

Prior to joining Mahmee, Dr. Williams was a practicing OBGYN at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center where she served as Director of Maternity Services. Additionally, she oversaw the maternity continuum across Kaiser’s 15 medical centers in Northern California. She has also served on several state and national committees, such as the California Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review, the California Surgeon General’s perinatal redesign stakeholder group, and the National Quality Forum Maternal Morbidity and Mortality work group.

Dr. Williams is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University. She completed her medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine where she also received a master’s degree in public health. She completed her graduate medical training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Williams is a prominent voice on maternal health and health equity.

 

But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found In A Hearing World 

by | Jun 22, 2024 | KPFA, Podcasts, Radio Shows

Listen now to show on KPFA.org 94.1FM- 7/1/24 

https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=425529

 

 

Claudia Marseille’s memoir portrays her life with a severe hearing loss. Her parents immigrated to America after WWII, and faced the challenges of being in a new country and surviving the horrors of the Holocaust. At first they didn’t realize that their daughter was not speaking at age four, but eventually they had her tested and discovered her severe hearing loss. She often felt isolated and lonely at school and at home, not wanting to tell people about her inability to hear. Her story is one of courage, creativity, and persistence, as well as shame and struggle. 

We will discuss how a hidden disability can influence a person’s sense of self and complicate their relationship to the people they know or wish to know.

Guest:

Claudia Marseille

After earning master’s degrees in archaeology and in public policy, and finally an MFA, she developed a career in photography and painting, a profession compatible with a hearing loss. Claudia ran a fine art portrait photography studio for fifteen years before becoming a full-time painter. Since 2001 her paintings have been represented by the Seager Gray gallery in Mill Valley, CA.

Her memoir won a Gold Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Best First Book in Non-Fiction, and also a starred review from Library Journal. You can find out more on her author website:  www.claudiamarseilleauthor.com

She has played classical piano much of her life; in her free time she loves to read, watch movies, travel, spend time with friends, and attend concerts and art exhibits. She and her husband live in Oakland and have one grown daughter.           

 

Vision Health

by | Jun 11, 2024 | Uncategorized

Listen Now to About Health aired on 6/17/24—

94.1FM, KPFA.org

** https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=424579 **

 

My guest, Dr. Ella Faktorovich, spoke of vision health as it relates to different stages of life. We discussed issues such as myopia, computer vision syndrome, presbyopia, cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and how to keep your eyes healthy.

Dr. Faktorovich is the Director and Founder of Pacific Vision Institute in San Francisco. She received her MD at UCSF Medical School, and competed her Ophthalmology at UCSF Department of Ophthalmology, followed by a two-year fellowship in Refractive and Corneal Surgery at UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute. Dr. Faktorovich is the founder and remains the Chair of the Annual San Francisco Cataract, Cornea, and Refractive Surgery Symposium dedicated to continuing education of the Bay Area eye doctors in refractive surgery and other aspects of advanced patient eye care. Since its inception in 2001, more than 100 nationally renowned specialists have taught at the Symposium.

Embracing Shame

by | Jan 29, 2024 | KPFA, Podcasts, Radio Shows

 

Shame is a universal social emotion meant to keep us out of trouble. It may be expressed in many ways including perfectionism or feeling worthless. It can be hard to detect shame since it can bind with other emotions, such as grief, anger, or fear. Shame can be transformed from a self-punishing emotion into an ally supporting our well being and health.

Listen now to KPFA radio, 94.1FM, (2/5/24)

https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=414946

Guests:

Bret Lyon, PhD, SEP, and Sheila Rubin, MA, LMFT, RDT/BCT, are long-time helping professionals who have devoted the last twenty years of their lives to healing shame. They are the founders and co-directors of the Center for Healing Shame. Through their workshops, they have taught thousands of therapists, coaches, and other helping professionals from all over the world how to more effectively identify and work with shame.

Sheila is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a registered drama therapist, and has taught at JFK University and CIIS, as well as being the eating disorder specialist at a hospital and directing Embodied Life Stories performances. Bret holds doctorates in both psychology and drama and has taught at Tufts University, Pomona College, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, as well as written and directed plays in regional theater and off-off Broadway.

Sheila and Bret are married and live in Oakland, California. When they are not working to heal the planet through healing shame, Sheila devotes herself to painting, and Bret puts his soul into photographing birds and other wildlife. Please visit healingshame.com to discover more about them and their work.