The Lebanese Physicians' Podcast

Episode 101: The Role of Primary Care in the Lebanese Crisis with Dr Umayya Musharafieh

In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardali, we discussed the current crisis in Lebanon with the Chief of the Family Medicine Department at AUBMC Dr. Umayya Musharafieh. The current crisis has led to 1.2 million people displaced in Lebanon which constitutes 25-30% of the country. Many healthcare workers have been directly affected by this displacement or their families have been affected. Primary care is playing a major role in addressing these issues by taking care of the acute injuries and the post injury care, and by going out to the schools and areas where the refugees are providing needed medications and perfoming preventive care. 

#Lebanonwar #healthcare #primarycare #familymedicine

This episode is available on all podcast apps. 

Episode 100: Crisis Care: Lebanon's Medical Response Network

The medical system in Lebanon has faced significant challenges since 2019 due to a combination of economic, political, and security factors. The explosion of August 2020 and the last 10 days have posed significant challenges to the system. 

In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly, we discuss with Dr. Salah Zeineddine, CMO of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, the challenges the health system is facing and has dealt with, particulary over the past 10 days. 

Starting with the pager explosions, the hospitals have dealt with mass casualty events that are ongoing to the current day. Heroic hospital staff have been operating non-stop, taking care of patients, while at the same time, dealing with an extremely unstable situation, while worrying about their family members, houses, and the future. 

We discuss the medication and medical supply situation, the role of NGOs on the ground, and the sustainability of the health care efforts as the situation grinds on. We also discuss the ability of the health care system to continue to take care of emergency medical illnesses such as heart attacks, strokes, and others. 

At the time of this podcast, there have been more than 1600 deaths and 8000 injuries. 

The episode is available on all podcast apps. 

#lebanonwar #masscasualtyevents #polytrauma #medicalsupplies 

Episode 99: Advancing Sports Medicine and Rehab in the Middle East and Gulf Region with Tarek Gerbal

Latest episode of the podcast co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly discussing Sports Medicine in the Middle East, Lebanon, and the Gulf Region with Tarek Gerbal who was senior sports therapist at the American University of Beirut before moving to Doha, Qatar. In this episode, we discuss the advancements in Sports Medicine and physical therapy and the future of this field. An episode not to be missed.

#SportsMedicine #podcast #mena #physicaltherapy

Also available on YouTube https://youtu.be/YXVt4zmWX_k

Episode 98: Recommendation Maps and Guideline Adaptation with Dr. Andrea Darzi

In an episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly, we discuss with Dr. Andrea Darzi MD, MPH, PhD her work at McMaster University looking at health-care related guidelines. Health-care related guidelines are published to assist in the management of various diseases; however, they do not take cultural differences between countries and continents, and specific needs, into consideration.

Dr. Darzi discusses her group's work in developing recommendation maps aiding in guideline adaptation to the needs of the physicians and other health care workers assisting them in managing their patients. A big example and a subject she is working on is chronic pain management which varies tremendously between different countries. It may be opiate heavy in North America and much less opiate oriented in other countries.

These recommendations maps will assist in management, adaptation, and aid in research questions in the future focusing on the gaps in knowledge that need further study. They will also help patients understand their disease process and its management.

This episode is also available on all podcast apps and on YouTube

#guidelines #recommendationmaps #culturaldifference #healthcare #patientempowerment

Episode 97: The Health Advantages of Trail Running and The Lebanese Mountain Trail with Nayla Cortas

Most of use lead busy urban lives these days with days and weeks passing by in some cities without close contact with nature. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the health benefits of hiking and trail running with Nayla Cortas who is a pharmacist by training and an avid trail runner. Nayla along with Lebanon trail running pioneer Ali Kedami established the 4 Seasons Mountain Trails organizing races along the Lebanon Mountain Trail which traverses the country from North to South. We discuss the health advantages of this endeavor and the economic effects this trail and events around it have on the villages along the path. 

To learn more, you can follow Instagram pages: @4 Seasons Mountain Trails and @lebanontrail. 

#Trailrunning #lebanonmountaintrail #hiking #ecotourism

Episode 96: Combatting fatigue and burnout with Dr. Labib Ghulmiyyah

A great podcast the beginning of the school year. We all lead fast lives which become faster as the school year starts for those of us with kids. Juggling work, kids' activities, life stressors, worrying about parents in Lebanon for the Lebanese listeners ... this all leads to fatigue, tiredness, and burnout. Burnout has become a major issue in healthcare workers, and is leading to thinning out of the workforce.

In this episode, we discuss these topics and others with Dr. Labib Ghulmiyyah, a Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, who is now in Miami but was in Lebanon prior for 12 years. Dr. Ghulmiyyah has authored 3 books which can be found on Amazon:

- A Toxin-Free Pregnancy

- Gen Tox Live Clean

- Reframing the Fourth Trimester. 

Dr. Ghulmiyyah has also started the Vitality Project to provide individual and corporate consultations on wellness and combatting burnout. This project focuses on digging deep into the different pillars of a person's life, their nutrition, exercise, stressors, toxin exposures, etc.. and targeting them one pillar at a time. Dr. Ghulmiyyah's approach may be life changing and an eye opener for people.

This episode can also be found on Apple, Spotify, Anghami, iHeartRadio, all all podcast sites. It can also be found on YouTube. 

#physicianwellness #physicianburnout #toxins #nutritiontips #vitality

Episode 95: Sports nutrition and marathon training with Eva Kahwagi

Have you ever thought about running a marathon or half marathon? Have you ever wondered how marathoners finish the race alive? Proper nutrition and electrolyte intake before, and during the race, are a major part of the process. In this latest episode of the podcast discuss this topic particularly pertaining to running with Eva Kahwagi, who owns Eva Sports Nutrition at: 

https://evasportsnutrition.com

and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/evasportsnutrition?igsh=ZXBwdmNwbXRreXRq

Eva offers advice in all sports not only in running. 

An episode not to be missed

#sportsnutrition #marathontraining #marathonmajors #marathons #sportsmedicine

Also available on Youtube

https://youtu.be/XpflBVa83uI

Episode 94: Medical Care in the West Bank and the Palestinian Territories with Dr. Mosa Abo Sabha

Latest episode of the podcast with Dr. Mosa Abo Sabha, a medical intern at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank. Mosa has rotated at GW in the past and is currently involved in a World Bank project looking at healthcare needs in different areas of the West Bank and trying to equalize medical care among the different areas. In this episode we discuss the different areas in the West Bank currently, governmental versus private sector hospitals, and the current inequalities in the system. A very enlightening episode. 

 

#westbank #palestinianrterritories #healthcareaccess #economiccrisis 

Episode 93: Integrating AI into clinical care with Dr. Hussain Ismaeel

If you are wondering about the future role of AI in clinical care, this is an episode you must listen to. In this episode co-hosted with MohammadAli Jardaly, we discuss with the integration of AI into clinical care with Dr. Hussain Ismaeel (who is the co-founder of Healtech). He is involved in developing SOLVIT, an AI based clinical practice management product. We discuss the role this product will have in streamlining clinical practice management, and its role in data analysis and research.

#artificialintelligence #clinicalpractice #aihealthcare

This episode is also available on all podcast apps and on YouTube

Episode 92: Medonations - Securing lifesaving medications and ensuring equal access to healthcare in Lebanon

In this episode, our guest is Marina El Khawand who is a recent law school graduate from Sagesse University. Her story started after the Beirut explosion and during the economic crisis when she secured a much needed asthma medication to an old lady stuck in her half destroyed apartment in the Karantina neighborhood in Beirut. Marina was 18 at that time and has been passionate about equal access to healthcare for all people in Lebanon. After this event, she established Medonations, an NGO that is now operating in more than 65 countries with medical drives collecting much needed medications and serving more than 20000 families in Lebanon. Medonations has been able to weather multiple medication crises in Lebanon and continues to grow. Marina, a lawyer, by training, is now a pharmacist by practice and is on her way to going into pharmacy school. 

This is an inspirational story and an embodiment of resilience in the face of adversity. Instead of moving abroad and starting a new life, Marina has decided to stay and have a positive impact on her society. 

#economiccrisis #medicaldonations #medications #pharmacy

This episode is available on all podcast apps and youtube

Youtube link: https://youtu.be/DnlHpIZul2o

Website for Medonations:

https://medonations.org

Also it can be found on LinkedIn and Instagram