This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Julia Siegel Breton, a VCU Health physician who leads the innovative Hospital at Home program. Our conversation delves into her professional journey and what inspired her to pursue geriatric medicine, an overview of how the VCU Health Hospital at Home program works, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (https://twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Julia Breton

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Kaitlyn Lynch, an occupational therapist at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, VA. She joins us for a conversation about her work, an experience that set her on her career path, and how her life has been linked to the hospital for years. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (https://twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Kaitlyn Lynch

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Hannah Khan, a nurse and clinical research coordinator with the VCU School of Nursing, who joins us to discuss how she overcame her fears to pursue a health care career, a research fellowship at VCU focused on dementia patients, and much more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast Hannah Khan

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Juan Pablo Arab, a transplant hepatologist and director of alcohol science with the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease at VCU Health. This conversation covers liver health, insights gleaned from recent research into U.S. liver disease prevalence, the impact of early screening and targeted intervention, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Juan Pablo Arab

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Evan Silverstein, a pediatric ophthalmologist with Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, for a conversation about how a personal medical experience in his youth inspired his career, a case study about the potential for early detection of eye-related issues in smartphone photos, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Evan Silverstein

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features features Dr. Vipul Patel, Medical Director of the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center and a faculty member in the Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Management in the Department of Internal Medicine. During the conversation, Dr. Patel shared insights about the work of the transplant center as well as a major milestone — the center’s first successful lung transplant procedure. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Vipul Patel

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Saul Karpen, Chief Scientific Officer of the Virginia Commonwealth University Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health and President-Elect of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. He joins us for a conversation about his work, new pediatric guidelines developed to detect a life-threatening liver disease in infants, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Saul Karpen

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Arun Sanyal, Director of the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health at VCU Health. Dr. Sanyal is a return guest who joins us to share insight about an exciting new clinical study showing that a medicine approved for use in treating diabetes and obesity has benefits for patients with a particular type of liver disease. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Arun Sanyal

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Muhammad “Irfan” Saeed, Kidney Transplant Surgical Director at the VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, for a conversation about his work, National Minority Donor Awareness Month, the critical need for more living kidney donors, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.



VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Dr. Muhammad Saeed

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Kyle Dodd, a VCU Health heart transplant patient and U.S. Army Veteran who recently represented Team USA at the 2025 World Transplant Games in Germany. He joins us for a conversation about his military service, heart transplant procedure, participation in the World Transplant games, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact on X (Twitter) (twitter.com/VirginiaHHA) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/virginiahha/) using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

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