How Healing Works with Dr. Wayne Jonas
In How Healing Works, practicing family physician, integrative health and whole person care expert, researcher, and author, Dr. Wayne Jonas, will connect with experts and innovators in the field of whole person care to educate, encourage and inspire other clinicians on a better approach to healing by improving their patients’ quality of life. Listen in to learn more about topics like whole health, spirituality, placebo effect, integrative therapies for cancer care, chronic disease, and pain management, and how we can change the health care system with evidence-based practices.
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Episodes
26 episodes
Palliative Care: A model of whole person care
SummaryDr. Ann Berger, a pioneer in the field of palliative care, discusses the importance of whole person care and the misconceptions surrounding palliative care. Palliative care is not just for end-of-life patients, but should be i...
A Wellness-Centered Approach to Surgery Addressing Gaps in Cancer Care
SummaryDr. Monique Gary, a breast surgeon, educator, and advocate for wellness, discusses the connection between mind, body, and spirit in promoting overall wellness. Dr. Gary emphasizes the importance of a wellness-centered approach...
Exploring Financial Toxicity in Cancer Treatment and Whole Person Care
SummaryDr. Wayne Jonas and Dr. Ray Wadlow, a gastrointestinal oncologist specializing in pancreatic and gastrointestinal cancers, discuss the topic of financial toxicity in cancer treatment and its impact on whole person care. They h...
Tending the Flame: Supporting clinician wellbeing
Guest BackgroundEvangeline C. Andarsio, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medical Education and Obstetrics & Gynecology at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSU-BSOM). Dr. Andarsio is the Director of the Remen Ins...
Survivorship and Wellness: How do we achieve both?
SummaryDr. Randall Oyer discusses the Cancer Survivorship and Wellness Program at Penn Medicine's Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute. The program supports cancer survivors beyond the treatment phase by helping to manage side effects ...
Serious Illness Conversation Guide: Aligning care with patient’s goals, values & priorities
Dr. Namita Seth Mohta serves as an advisor to ianacare and is Executive Editor at NEJM Catalyst.Summary...
Shared Decision Making: Starting with a person's values and preferences
SummaryIn this episode, Dr. Channing Paller and Dr. Alyssa McManamon discuss shared decision-making in oncology and its relationship to whole person cancer care. She shares her journey to becoming an oncologist and her passion for st...
Group Medical Visits: How can this model support clinicians and patients financially, emotionally and physically?
SummaryDr. Jeff Geller discusses the use of group medical visits as a treatment for loneliness and a way to provide healthcare in underserved areas. He shares his journey of starting group visits and the various types of groups he ha...
Patient's Voice: How can clinicians engage and activate patients on their cancer journey?
SummaryJasmine Souers, founder and CEO of the Missing Pink Breast Cancer Alliance, discusses the need for collaboration and innovation in cancer care, particularly for minority communities. She emphasizes the importance of engaging p...
Personalized Cancer Care: Power of Doing More or Less
SummaryThis conversation explores the concept of doing more or less in cancer treatment and the importance of evidence-based medicine and guidelines. We discuss the need for physicians to keep up with current science. The Choosin...
When should I start whole person cancer care?
SummaryIn this episode, Dr. Wayne Jonas and Dr. Alyssa McManamon discuss when and how to deliver whole person cancer care. They highlight the importance of integrating whole person care into different phases of the cancer journey...
How can clinicians provide guidance about medical cannabis to patients with cancer?
SummaryThis conversation explores the topic of cannabis and cancer, focusing on its potential benefits and risks in managing cancer treatment side effects and improving patient quality of life. The guest, Greg Garber, is the director...
IQVIA Survey Implications
SummaryIn this episode, Dr. Alyssa McManamon and Dr. Wayne Jonas discuss the results of a yearly IQVIA survey on attitudes and access to integrative approaches for whole person cancer care. The survey shows an increase in positiv...
What does whole person cancer care look like?
SummaryIn this episode, Dr. Alyssa McManamon and Dr. Wayne Jonas discuss the concept of whole person care in oncology. They explore how whole person care encompasses lifestyle, behavior, and wellness practices that can complement...
Welcome to “How Healing Works” Season 2: Healing and Cancer
SummaryWelcome to Season 2 of How Healing Works focused on healing and cancer. We are so excited to introduce you to Dr. Alyssa McManamon, who will co-host this season with Dr. Wayne Jonas. For the past year, Dr. McManamon and Dr...
Season 2: Healing and Cancer Trailer
In this podcast, Dr. Wayne Jonas and Dr. Alyssa McManamon discuss whole person care in the context of cancer. They introduce themselves and their backgrounds, highlighting their experience in oncology and primary care. They emphasize the import...
How Healing Works: End of Season 1
Thanks to all my listeners for joining me for the first season of How Healing Works. It's been my pleasure to connect with others on how they deliver whole person care in their setting. Join me for Season 2 as I invite Dr. Alyssa McManamon as m...
Dr. Audrey Stillerman: Trauma and Recovery
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Audrey Stillerman as we explore a difficult topic that everyone has experienced in some shape or form: trauma. In every episode we discuss whole person care, but today we discuss a more specific type of whol...
Dr. Jill Jin: Clinician Wellbeing - AMA Perspective
In this episode, I welcome Dr. Jill Jin to discuss clinician wellbeing from the perspective of the American Medical Association (AMA). In our conversation, she reinforces that everyone in the care team needs to be working to the highest level o...
Dr. Cortney Crespo: Weight Inclusive Care
In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Cortney Crespo who shares an important message and mindset change around the topic of weight, specifically weight inclusive care, a term new to me. Dr. Crespo is a family medicine physician in Massachusetts, ...
Dr. Richard T. Lee: New Pain Guidelines for Cancer from SIO/ASCO
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Richard T. Lee, who was an instrumental member of the committee to analyze and review the health literature related to integrative approaches to manage pain in patients with cancer. The Society of Integrativ...
Dr. Lauri Medina: Whole Person Health & New CME Course
In this episode, Dr. Lauri Medina joins the program to discuss her path to integrative health and whole person care as a surgeon in rural Colorado. She always knew there was more to health. As one of the instructors of our new CME Course: I...
Dr. Gladys McGarey: A Well-Lived Life at Any Age
In this episode, I had the extreme pleasure to sit down and speak with Dr. Gladys McGarey, who has just published her latest book, “The Well-Live Life, A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age.” How often can you...
Jasmine Souers: Advocating for Breast Cancer Care for People of Color
In this episode, I’m joined by the effervescent Jasmine Souers. She is the CEO and founder of The Missing Pink Breast Cancer Alliance (https://themissingpink.org ). The Missing Pink’s mission is to connect...
Dr. Kavitha Reddy: Whole Health from the VA Perspective
Welcome to our inaugural episode of How Healing Works! I'm happy you're here. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Kavitha Reddy, the Associate Director of Employee Whole Health in the VHA Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Tr...