The Visible Voices
The Visible Voices podcast amplifies voices that are Visible and those that may be Invisible. We speak on topics related to healthcare, equity, and current trends. Based in Philadelphia, and hosted by physician Resa E. Lewiss, we really like speaking with people like you.
Episodes
June 19, 2025 • 24 mins
In this episode I speak with Marina Gerner PhD, financial journalist, professor, columnist, and award-winning author of "The Vagina Business: The Innovative Breakthroughs that Could Change Everything in Women's Health."
Dr. Gerner explores the paradoxical world of FemTech, a trillion-dollar market opportunity that faces systematic underfunding, particularly from male venture capitalists who struggle to discuss women's health inn...
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June 12, 2025 • 9 mins
This episode is part of The Visible Voice Podcast Mini-Cast series dedicated to exploring coaching resources and professional development tools to help professionals improve their workplace journey and well-being.
Dr. Karen Leitner is a primary care physician who transitioned to become a full-time coach for medical professionals. In 2020 after gaining certification, Karen founded Karen Leitner MD Coaching. She has coached hundred...
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June 5, 2025 • 19 mins
In this episode I speak with Cedric Dark MD MPH, an emergency medicine physician and healthcare policy expert, about gun violence in America. June is Gun Violence Awareness month. Our conversation focuses on prevention, advocacy, and content from his book Under the Gun: An ER Doctor's Cure for America's Gun Epidemic
Cedric is an Associate Professor in the Henry J. N. Taub Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medic...
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May 29, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode I share a profound conversation with Rhode Island State Senator Tiara Mack.
Senator Mack shares her experiences running for office, finding her voice in politics, and the significance of human-centered design in legislation. Tiara is Democratic member of the Rhode Island State Senate. She represents district six comprised of 20,000 constituents. She studied public health at Brown University.
We discuss the power...
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In this minicast (short + focused podcast) episode on coaches, emergency medicine physician and coach Dr. Gita Pensa shares insights from coaching physicians facing malpractice litigation and from her 12-year legal battle. She discusses how fear pervades these experiences and offers practical approaches to managing anxiety while working to change medicine's culture of shame.
Gita is based in Rhode Island. She is the CEO and found...
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In this episode I speak with Dr. Terry Wahls, an internal medicine physician, multiple sclerosis patient, researcher, and advocate. Her TedTalk Minding your Mitochondria has over 4.1 million views.
Terry Wahls MD is a clinical professor of medicine who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000. After conventional treatments failed to halt her disease progression, leaving her wheelchair-dependent, she developed the The Wahls ...
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In this episode I speak with Paula Pant, founder of the Afford Anything media platform. Paula is an expert in personal finance and economics. We discuss the philosophy of intentional living, the importance of resilience in career transitions, and the shift from a financial scarcity mindset to one of abundance.
Paula shares her journey from working for a newspaper to building the successful media platform Afford Anything, emphasiz...
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May 1, 2025 • 28 mins
In this episode of The Visible Voices Podcast, Resa speaks with Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something and author of When We're in Charge: The Next Generation's Guide to Leadership. The dynamic discussion explores how millennials and Gen Z are reshaping American politics through grassroots engagement and local office candidacy.
Amanda shares her journey building a mission-driven organization that empowers young, diverse c...
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April 24, 2025 • 14 mins
In this minicast (short + focused podcast) episode on coaches, I speak with Dr. Rob Orman, emergency physician turned physician coach, about the urgent challenges many clinicians face—including burnout, incivility, and a lack of sustainability in traditional healthcare roles.
Rob is the creator and host of The Stimulus Podcast and leads Orman Physician Coaching. He holds extensive expertise as a medical educator, is a multiple aw...
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April 17, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode of the Visible Voices podcast, I speak with nutrition expert Dr. Jen Cadenhead about the critical distinction between food security and nutrition security.
The discussion centers on the transformative approaches New York City has implemented in their school lunch programs and why school meals often provide the healthiest options for many children.
Jen Cadenhead PhD is Research Assistant Professor and Executive ...
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In this episode of the Visible Voices podcast, we speak with Danny Warshay, the executive director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University. We explore the intersection of entrepreneurship and communication, emphasizing the importance of a liberal arts education in fostering innovative problem-solving skills.
Danny shares insights on the significance of the Nelson Center, the process of scaling entrepreneuria...
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April 3, 2025 • 29 mins
In this episode of the Visible Voices Podcast, Desiree Nielsen — author, podcaster, cook, and registered dietitian — shares her journey into the world of gut health and the importance of nutrition. We highlight the roles of fiber, movement, and how to improve the nutrient quality of what you eat.
Desiree advocates for physicians and nutritionists working together and we explore the implications of gut health in the context of long...
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March 27, 2025 • 23 mins
In this episode I sit down with Dr. Sharon Horesh Bergquist to explore the fantastic concept of hormesis—the science of good stress.
We discuss her book The Stress Paradox and how how certain stressors, when applied in the right way, can build resilience, prevent chronic disease, and even slow aging.
Some episode hightights:—Mild to moderate stressors like fasting, exercise, and thermal exposure can strengthen the body and enha...
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March 20, 2025 • 20 mins
In this episode of The Visible Voices Podcast, Resa speaks with neuroscientist, author, and researcher Dr. Nicole Avena sugar, the brain pathways with sugar addiction, how to move away from the addiction
Dr. Avena shares insights from her research on sugar addiction, its neurological parallels to drug addiction, and the implications for brain development, particularly in children and adolescents. In this conversation,
We discuss...
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March 13, 2025 • 24 mins
In this episode of The Visible Voices Podcast, Dr. William Li, a physician researcher and CEO founder of The Angiogenesis Foundation, joins to talk about starving cancer with food and more generally about food as medicine.
We discuss the concept of angiogenesis, the impact of diet on cancer, and debunk common myths surrounding coffee, soy, and eggs. Dr. Li emphasizes the importance of nutrition education in medical training and sh...
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March 6, 2025 • 30 mins
In todays episode Dr. Resa E Lewiss speaks with Rebecca Winthrop, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of the Center for Universal Education.
They focus our discussion on #educationhealth via her co-authored book The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better.
They discuss the importance of engagement in education, the crisis of disengagement among students, and the various mod...
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January 2, 2025 • 13 mins
Dr. Resa E. Lewiss takes a look back at a year of transformative conversations and storytelling on The Visible Voices Podcast. In this episode she reflects on a few conversations highlighting healthcare leadership, healthcare design, equity, innovation, and action.
You'll hear excerpts from:
- Wendy Dean (Episode 170): Physician, host of 43cc podcast, Moral Matters podcast, author of If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medi...
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December 19, 2024 • 31 mins
I speak with Dr. Jordan Grumet—physician, author, podcaster, and personal finance expert—on the Visible Voices Podcast today. We discuss his latest book, The Purpose Code: How to Unlock Meaning, Maximize Happiness, and Leave a Lasting Legacy.
Jordan's journey is both inspiring and thought-provoking. After the untimely death of his father, an oncologist, Jordan focused his professional plans on a career in medicine. After specializ...
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November 21, 2024 • 36 mins
In today's episode I speak with Graham Walker, MD, the co-founder of MDCalc. In this conversation we talk about leadership, HealthTech and Graham's visionary HealthTech innovations including MDCalc, the NNT, the Physicians' Charter for Responsible AI, and OffCall.
Graham is an emergency medicine physician in San Francisco and holds leadership positions with The Permanente Medical Group. He is trained in medical simulation and ...
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November 14, 2024 • 24 mins
Dr. Aditi Joshi is a telehealth and digital health expert, speaker, and emergency medicine physician. She is the co-author of Telehealth Success: How to Thrive in the New Age of Remote Care. We discuss her journey and insights in telemedicine, digital health, and remote patient monitoring.
An early adopter, Aditi was involved with telemedicine well before it entered the public consciousness. In 2013 she became Doctor on Demand’s...
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