The Healthy Podcast

Keeping the Community Heart Healthy in 2025

Laurence Conway, MD, Chief of Cardiology, and Danielle Patturelli, Director of Cardiac Services at MelroseWakefield Hospital, return to the Healthy Podcast to discuss the life-saving care provided in the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab every day.

Whether treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a serious type of heart attack with a high risk of serious complications and death, implanting a pacemaker, or performing an electrophysiology procedure to get a patient's heartbeat back in rhythm, the team at MelroseWakefield Hospital continues to be a consistently excellent health resource for the community.

Neurosurgery in the Community - Drs. Mina Safain and Jayde Nail

MelroseWakefield Hospital neurosurgeons Mina Safain, MD and Jayde Nail, MD, join the Healthy Podcast to discuss the benefits of providing neurosurgery in the community setting.

Drs. Safain and Nail, who are also neurosurgeons at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, see patients with brain, spine and back pain issues and each specialize in using minimally invasive techniques which require smaller incisions, less recovery time and fewer pain medications.  

Caring for those with Dementia - Drs. Brent Forester and James Lech

Brent Forester, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, Director of Behavioral Health at Tufts Medicine, and the Francis S. Arkin Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and James Lech, MD, Chair of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Psychiatry at MelroseWakefield Hospital, joined the Healthy Podcast to discuss dementia...causes, signs and symptoms, and information for friends, families and caregivers.

Dementia is known a family disease because of the ways it affects not only the person, but also friends and family who are caregivers. 

 

Advanced Cardiac Care in the Community - Laurence Conway, MD and Danielle Patturelli, RN

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Dr. Laurence Conway, Chief of Cardiology and Danielle Patturelli, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager of the Cardiovascular Center discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community at MelroseWakefield Hospital.

MelroseWakefield Hospital's Cardiovascular Center is a community resource, bringing advanced cardiac treatments and procedures to local residents. Hear from the local experts as they discuss the importance of local cardiovascular care and the benefits of operating one of the region’s only community-based cardiac catheterization labs to treat heart attacks, vascular disease and electrophysiology issues including arrhythmias. 

 

Advances in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery - Drs. Abhishek Chatterjee and Salvatore Nardello

In a return visit to the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Abhishek (Sunny) Chatterjee and Salvatore (Sam) Nardello discuss the incredible advances in oncoplastic breast surgery over the past few years. 

The oncoplastic breast surgery team at Tufts Medicine are leaders in the Northeast and one of only a handful of health systems across the U.S. offering this innovative approach of marrying the removal of cancer and breast reconstruction in just one surgery. 

Drs. Chatterjee and Nardello discuss topics such as outcome measures, patient satisfaction, choice and access, and the financial toxicity that sometimes comes when breast surgery involves two separate surgeries in more traditional models.

Stroke Awareness - Drs. Erin Fisher and Lisa Scott

Every 40 seconds someone in the US has a stroke, and every three and one half minutes someone dies of a stroke. Drs. Erin Fisher, Chief of Emergency Medicine, and Lisa Scott, neurologist, join the Healthy Podcast to talk abut strokes - what are they? why do they happen? who is most susceptible to have one? and what should we all know about identifying, preventing and treating strokes?

Take a listen as our local experts take a deep dive on stroke.

Advanced Community Cardiac Care - Laurence Conway, MD and Gerard Daly, MD

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Laurence Conway and Gerard Daly discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community.

MelroseWakefield Hospital's Cardiovascular Center is a community resource, bringing advanced cardiac treatments and procedures to local residents. Hear from the local experts discuss the importance of local cardiovascular care and the benefits of operating one of the region’s only community-based cardiac catheterization labs to treat heart attacks, vascular disease and electrophysiology issues including arrhythmias. 

 

Concussions - Jennifer Sturtevant, MBA, LAT, ATC and Tracy Rochester, PT, MSPT, SCCE

Each year in the U.S. 1.5 - 3.5 million people are diagnosed with concussions. that number could actually be much higher as many concussions go undiagnosed.  Jennifer Sturtevant, ambulatory services supervisor and athletic training coordinator at MelroseWakefield Hospital and Tracy Rochester, senior physical therapist specializing in vestibular rehab at MelroseWakefield Hospital join the Heathy Podcast to discuss the causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention of concussions.

How Diet Affects Health - Louis Reines, MD, and Victoria Parsons, RD

The old saying suggests that "we are what we eat," but what does that really mean in this age filled with fast, processed, and not-so-healthy meal and snack options. On this episode of the Healthy Podcast, colorectal surgeon Louis Reines, MD, and registered dietitian Victoria Parson, RD, share their expertise and wisdom about how our diet can affect our overall health.

Enlarged Prostate - Richard Caesar, MD

BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) or an enlarged prostate, is a non-cancerous condition where the prostate has grown to be larger than normal. Half of all men ages 51 to 60 have BPH, and the incidence increases every decade of life.

Urologist Richard Caesar, MD, joins the Healthy Podcast to discuss the causes, symptoms, and some exciting new treatments available for men suffering with BPH.