This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Dr. Joshua D. Adams, Medical Director of the Carilion Clinic Aortic Center. Our conversation focuses on cardiovascular health, minimally invasive surgical procedures performed at the Carilion Clinic Aortic Center, the importance of bedside manner, 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. Joshua Adams

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 Jay Mitchell, a Norfolk man and Sentara Health patient who suffered a heart attack that resulted in quadruple bypass surgery. He joins us to share his story of diagnosis, surgery, and recovery and to discuss the importance of listening to your body. 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 - Jay Mitchell

HealthLeaders editor Jay Asser chats with Dan Clarin, managing director, practice co-leader, strategy and business transformation at Kaufman Hall, about why health system executives need a proactive growth playbook and what it takes to develop one.

How to Build a Growth Playbook That Keeps Health Systems Ahead

Nora Kelly, managing director in Kaufman Hall’s mergers & acquisitions and strategy and business transformation practices, joins HealthLeaders editor Jay Asser to discuss the importance of physician practice succession planning and how to do it effectively.

Kaufman Hall has published a special paper on the topic that can be accessed on their website.

Why Physician Practice Succession Planning Can’t Wait

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 Michael Lewis, Vice President of Policy for the American Association of People with Disabilities, for a conversation about his work and personal experience with cerebral palsy, the history of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Disability Pride Month, 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 - Michael Lewis

Advice for healthcare leaders, clinicians, and quality professionals to understand the rapidly evolving landscape of clinical quality measurement and its growing impact on patient care, compliance, and reimbursement.

VHHA Patients Come First Podcast - Kris Robey

This episode of VHHA’s Patients Come First podcast features Amanda Feaster, a nurse with Valley Health’s Shenandoah Memorial Hospital who is a former paramedic with Valley Medical Transport. She joins us for a conversation about her work, her career journey from EMS to bedside care, 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. Joshua Adams

Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association