Season 3 Episode 2
As we gain more insight into the realities of blood clots and examine the scientific truths behind these silent killers, we are able to adjust and explore the future of clot removal and lifesaving technologies. Even those of us who feel healthy cannot guarantee their exemption from this dark reality that presents itself to so many, day after day. On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by the wonderful Elizabeth Simms to discuss her journey as a blood clot survivor and the clot removal technology that saved her life. In conversation with Dr. Venkat Tummala, practicing Vascular and Interventional Radiologist and Associate CMO at Penumbra, we discuss the life saving technology of Penumbra and the future of blood clots treatments. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
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Season 3 Episode 1
In a moment of crisis, we rely on our instinct, mobility and autonomy to parse and navigate split second decision making. In a moment when all you can do is wait for help to find you, how to you process the reality of an impossible situation? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by the exquisite Rebekah Bradford to discuss her journey from Olympic Hero to Blood Clot Survivor. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot! Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
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We talk a great deal about signs, symptoms and awareness in hopes of preventing blood clots. Even when armed with the knowledge and the skills, what happens when the suggestion of medical experts leads to the unexpected loss of a loved one? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by the exceptional Omari Maynard to discuss the life and legacy of Shamony Gibson and what advocacy looks like in the face of unimaginable loss. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
A special thank you to the Bristol-Meyers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Stryker for helping us breathe life into today's episode.
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For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
What does it mean to be a leader? Though the ability to empower those around you through personal action and creative celebration is a gift few people get to share, how do you maintain that light through some of the most difficult days of your life? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by creative powerhouse Jevon Dewand to discuss his experience as a blood clot survivor and what it means to lead in your community. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot! A special thank you to the Bristol-Meyers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Novartis for helping us breathe life into today's episode. Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https:// www.stoptheclot.org/
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What do you do when the moment of creative actualization is jeopardized by the silent and unceremonious rumblings of a clotting event? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Dancer and Star of America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Charly Barby and her experience as a blood clot survivor. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
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Going for Gold with Lauren Brzozowski : A Conversation on Persistence and Survival
The road to an olympic medal is a road of diligence, consistency and sometimes heartbreak. How do you
adjust from a moment of survival into a pillar of inspiration on the bob run and off. On this episode of
Taking a Breath, we are joined by Team USA Bobsled Olympic Hopeful Lauren Brzozowski to discuss her
experience as a blood clot survivor. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National
Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working
together to collectively Stop the Clot!
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Surviving the Impossible with Aaliyah Walker and Brady Arnold : A Conversation on Survival and Partnership
When the odds are stacked against you, how do you navigate a future you were statistically not supposed to experience? How do you navigate the impossibility of a worst-case scenario when survivability fluctuates drastically from one minute to the next? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by Aaliyah Walker and her husband Brady Arnold, as well as the rest of their immediate family to discuss the harrowing events of Aaliyah’s complex and traumatic childbirth. We are also joined by Dr. Caroline Cromwell from Mount Sinai in New York City, who provides insights into the frequency of clotting complications during pregnancy and the vital steps that can be taken to mitigate these risks. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on Mount Sinai of New York City, please visit https://www.mountsinai.org/
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Traversing the Summit with Sage Canaday : A Conversation on Overcoming the
Unexpected
Like most professional athletes, knowing your body and its idiosyncratic tendencies is key. The built resilience and scaling effort comes down to knowing precisely the inner and outer workings of your own body. What happens when you're faced with the unfamiliar? What happens when it's life threatening? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by Professional Distance Runner Sage Canaday to discuss his experience as a blood clot survivor. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot! Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
For more information on Mount Sinai of New York City, please visit https://www.mountsinai.org/
Finding Your Sunny Side with Loren Ridinger : A Conversation on Life After Loss
Where do you begin when starting over? How do you find the resilience to move forward when life as you know it is irrevocably changed?
On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by Loren Ridinger to discuss the life and legacy of her late husband JR Ridinger as well as the launch of her new book Scrambled or Sunny-Side Up: Living Your Best Life After Losing Your Greatest Love. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
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A Second Act with Dave Hall : A Conversation on Survival
Clotting events are sudden. They can feel like something as mundane as a slight cough or a sore leg. When the symptoms begin, its only a matter of time before its too late. On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by News Anchor Dave Hall to discuss his experience of having a clotting event life on air and his journey post clot as a blood clot survivor. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
Produced for The National Blood Clot Alliance: Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast is a show committed to shining a light on the dangers of blood clots and breathing life into The National Blood Clot Alliance’s mission of pushing these preventable killers to the forefront of public discourse. We will hear the stories of notable blood clot survivors like Olympic medalists Katie Hoff Anderson & Tatyana McFadden, among others, as well as the expertise of medical professionals to provide connection, empathy and resources to listeners like you. At Stop the Clot we know the patient because we are the patient. Journey through this miraculous series with hosts and blood clot survivors Leslie Lake and Todd Robertson as they, with the help of listeners like you, change the way we think about blood clots. Join us as we collectively stop the clot.
The Public Health Burden Associated with Blood Clots.
Blood clots affect many people — people from all walks of life — and no one person is any less important than another. It’s difficult to look at the numbers below, and not think of the individuals — their families, their friends — and not ask oneself, “Could I be at risk for a blood clot?” The answer most certainly is, “Yes, anyone can be affected by blood clots.” Blood clots do not discriminate.
Tragically, too many lives are affected by blood clots, and too many lives are lost because public awareness about life-threatening blood clots is so low. Study after study has shown that fewer than 1 in 4 people have any recognition of blood clots or their signs and symptoms.
Consider this:
On average, one person dies every six minutes from a blood clot.
Don’t be one of them. Blood Clots Can Be Prevented.
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About the Hosts
Leslie Lake is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Invus Financial Advisors, LLC, an investment boutique based in New York City. Leslie co-founded the firm in 2006, with a specialty in long short equity strategies. Leslie has been managing assets within the hedge fund industry since 1995. Leslie holds a BS in Economics from Simmons College, where she is also a Trustee, member of the Finance and Investment Committees, and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees.
In 2018, Leslie suffered a bilateral pulmonary embolism (PE). Her quest to learn more about venous thromboembolism (VTE) lead her to the National Blood Clot Alliance. Despite living in New York City, Leslie was shocked by the lack of information available to her after her PE.
Todd received his education in radio broadcasting at San Francisco State in the ’80s and was a radio host and producer for twenty years in Northern California. Todd has also served the public in the Outreach, Communication, and Marketing Bureau for the last twelve years.
In 2011, Todd suffered the first of six blood clots and in 2017 experienced a close call with his first pulmonary embolism. He is a carrier of the inherited clotting disorder, factor V Leiden, and is homozygous, making him aggressive in the abnormal clotting department.
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For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
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Demanding Change with Teri Stanfield : A Conversation Grief and Advocacy
No parent should endure the guttural horror of losing a child. When all that you've lived for has been taken away, how do you find the strength and purpose on the road ahead? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by Teri Stanfield to discuss the life and legacy of her late son Bryce Taggart Stanfield and what it means to demand systemic change for blood clot awareness and prevention. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
For more information on Memorial Sloan Kettering please visit https://www.mskcc.org/
Expecting the Unexpected with Michael Philbin : A Conversation on Resilience
On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by Dr. Michael Phiblin to discuss his experience as a blood clot survivor in the wake of cancer survival. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
For more information on Memorial Sloan Kettering please visit https://www.mskcc.org/
A Legacy Honored with Deveraux and Kristie Hubbard: A Conversation on Remembrance and Community.
The loss of a child is unimaginable. When faced with the impossible reality, how do you find strength to keep going? On this episode of Taking a Breath, we are joined by founders of The Second Foundation for blood clot awareness Deveraux and Kristie Hubbard to discuss the legacy and life of their late son Deveraux Hubbard The Second. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake and National Blood Clot Alliance Patient Liaison Todd Robertson alongside listeners like you, we will continue working together to collectively Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production. For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
A Future Unknown with Todd Robertson : A Reprisal Conversation on Tedious Outcomes and Diagnosis
Even when things feel stable and comfortable, tides still have the capacity to shift. How do you allow yourself to grieve, to be angry and to maintain hope in the face of the severe and unexpected? On this Season Two Premiere, we are once again joined by the host of this very podcast and National Blood Clot Alliance’s Patient Liaison, Todd Robertson to share his story as a continuous survivor and being resource to the thousands of blood clot survivors seeking community at the NBCA as well as a resource to himself. With National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake by his side and with listeners like you, we continue working together to Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
In a world full of sporadic heartbreak and devastating happenstance, how to do we make the world a littleeasier on one another? Through community we, in turn, make life a little easier on ourselves. On thisSeason One Finale, we are joined by, as always,host of this very podcast and National Blood ClotAlliance’s Patient Liaison, Todd Robertson to share his story as a survivor and as a resource to thethousands of blood clot survivors seeking community at the NBCA. With National Blood AlliancePresident Leslie Lake by his side and with listeners like you, we continue working together to Stop theClot! Since this is just the beginning our journey, stay tuned for our Second Season of Taking a Breathecoming to you this fall.Taking a Breath: A Stop The ClotPodcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visithttps://www.stoptheclot.org/
A Place to Land with Todd Robertson: A Conversation on Community Care and Perseverance.
‘We are not sure how you survived.’ In this moment what do you do? What do you say? How do you take this sudden reality and use its energy to propel you into the life you may not have lived? On this episode of the 12-part series, Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast, we are joined by Founder and CEO of Walk Swiftly Productions and former Sports Journalist for ESPN and CBS Sports, Bonnie Bernstein to discuss forward momentum in the face of a life cut short. Join our hosts, National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake, and National Blood Clot Alliance’s Patient Liaison Todd Robertson as they, with the help of trusted medical professionals and listeners like you, work together to Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
In the moments of seemingly irreconcilable odds, how do you navigate the often times short path before you? On this episode of the 12-part series, Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast, we are joined by Oncologist, Father and Blood Clot Survivor, Dr. Mark Lewis to discuss the powerful affects of hope in the face of worst-case scenarios. Join our hosts, National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake, and National Blood Clot Alliance’s Patient Liaison Todd Robertson as they, with the help of trusted medical professionals and listeners like you, work together to Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit https://www.stoptheclot.org/
If you knew, in the moment, that they would be the final words you would ever speak to your child, what would you say? On this episode of the 12-part series, Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast, we are joined by Father and Political Advocate Doug Adkins to discuss the memory of his Daughter Emily Adkins and the groundbreaking work of systemic medical advocacy through the Emily Adkins Bill.
Join our hosts, National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake, and National Blood Clot Alliance’s Patient Liaison Todd Robertson as they, with the help of trusted medical professionals and listeners like you, work together to Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit stoptheclot.org.
It is the call no parent is ready to receive. Hearing those words echo from the receiver of your phone. She’s gone. How do you move forward when everything you know has changed? How do you move forward without your child? On this episode of the 12-part series, Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast, we are joined by Mother, Activist and Community Leader Arshelle Brooks-Harris to discuss her journey as a parent in losing her daughter to a clotting event and her life-saving community advocacy for systemic change. Join our hosts, National Blood Alliance President Leslie Lake, and National Blood Clot Alliance’s Patient Liaison Todd Robertson as they, with the help of trusted medical professionals and listeners like you, work together to Stop the Clot!
Taking a Breath: A Stop The Clot Podcast is an Everything Podcasts Production.
For more information on the National Blood Clot Alliance, please visit stoptheclot.org