Women make up 70% of the global healthcare workforce but hold only about 25% of leadership positions. Our guest today on Raise the Line, Dr. Roopa Dhatt, has been a leading voice in the movement to correct that imbalance and joins Raise the Line host Michael Carrese to describe efforts to tackle that problem as well as the pay disparities and harassment that women healthcare workers experience.

Raise the Line, host Lindsey Smith is joined by Dr. Lanae Mullane, a naturopathic doctor and clinical strategist who has spent years at the forefront of bridging functional medicine, nutraceutical development, and digital health. Tune in as Lindsey explores Dr. Mullane’s view that naturopathic medicine complements conventional care by expanding -- not replacing -- the clinical toolkit, and that collaboration should be the future of medicine. Their in-depth conversation also spans the shifting landscape of women’s hormone health, and long-overdue calls for research equity.

The effectiveness of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs is one of the biggest medical stories in recent years. Join Raise the Line host Lindsey Smith as she uncovers the fascinating backstory of how these medications were developed – including the role of Gila monsters – with Dr. John Buse, Chief of Endocrinology at UNC Medical School, who played a key role in ushering in this new era of diabetes care.

Globally respected psychiatrist and policymaker Dr. Nasser Loza joins Raise the Line host Michael Carrese to explore how rising costs and classifications and the advent of online therapy have transformed the profession, and his prescription of more affordable, and symptom-targeted care. This is a thoughtful and deeply-informed look at what the next generation of mental health professionals must do to improve access and effectiveness for patients.

In this installment in our Year of the Zebra series on rare disorders, you’ll hear a promising story about the progress being made in pediatric neurodegenerative diseases from a leading expert in the field, Dr. Mary Kay Koenig ,who has been at the forefront of advances in clinical care and research in the space from her perch at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School. Join host Michael Carrese to learn how advances in genetic sequencing, the development of clinical guidelines, and the emergence of potential treatments have combined to create better care for patients, and hope for the future.

In this eye-opening Raise the Line conversation, Sean Moloney, CEO and founder of EmbodyXR, explains how AI-powered extended reality (XR) -- which integrates augmented, virtual, and simulation-based environments -- allows learners to interact with patients, explore multiple diagnostic choices, and experience varied outcomes based on their decisions. Join host Lindsey Smith as she explores how EmbodyXR maintains clinical accuracy, the connectivity it offers between headsets, personal computers and mobile devices, and other capabilities that are shaping the future of how healthcare professionals, patients and family caregivers will learn.

Why has America struggled so much to effectively manage the opioid use crisis? You’ll get some fascinating historical context to understand the stigmas that have hindered medical management of this problem -- as well as an on-the-ground look at treating addiction in an emergency room and efforts to shift to a harm reduction approach -- in this important conversation with Dr. Melody Glenn of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. She also author of a new book, Mother of Methadone which tells the remarkable story of Dr. Marie Nyswander, an overlooked pioneer in the field who introduced methadone maintenance therapy in the 1960s.

Neurologist Dr. Jacob Hascalovici is determined to provide chronic pain sufferers with the same kind of long-term, continuous care that patients receive who have chronic diseases such diabetes or high blood pressure. The main vehicle for this effort is a telemedicine platform he co-founded called Bliss Health which provides a welcome option for patients with mobility issues. Join Raise the Line host Lindsey Smith for a valuable conversation that also provides details on the first non-opioid based pain medication to receive FDA approval in over 20 years.

With public health policies dominating the news, Raise the Line welcomes Dr. Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association, for a thoughtful and timely conversation with host Lindsey Smith on curbing the spread of misinformation, how the association is trying to help people understand the value of public health initiatives, and what the U.S. can learn from other countries about improving public health.

As you’ll learn in this encouraging Year of the Zebra episode, geneticist, pediatrician and researcher Dr. Jessica Duis thinks recent advances in targeted delivery of gene therapies and other genetic technology has put the field on the verge of transformational therapies. “I think we're hopefully going to continue to see companies working in rare disease be more successful and really drive how regulators think about making decisions in terms of bringing treatments to patients.” Host Lindsey Smith also explores Dr. Duis’ team approach to patient care, her work on clinical endpoints, the importance of patient communities, and her children’s book series, Rare Siblings Stories.

On today's episode of Raise the Line with host Lindsey Smith, you’ll get a revealing look inside the workings of a top tier Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from Lindsay  Howard, a veteran NICU nurse from Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. Tune in to learn how advances in medicine have created a need for NICU nurses to develop specialized skills. You'll also hear about approaches to care that support healthy neurodevelopment, and how her own experience as a mother with twins needing NICU care impacted her work.  

This episode of Raise the Line with Osmosis from Elsevier is a great opportunity to learn from a uniquely qualified expert about the range of potential impacts that will flow from newly enacted changes to Medicare, Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program, which collectively provide coverage to 40% of adults and nearly 50% of children in the U.S. Host Lindsey Smith is joined by former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, who discusses what’s at stake and how the healthcare system may respond.

Join us for a super informative look at an emerging approach to gene therapy from Dr. Boby Gaspar, Co-Founder and CEO of Orchard Therapeutics, a UK-based company that’s received one of the rare FDA approvals for gene therapies. Orchard’s method uses gene-modified stem cells in your blood to correct the disease and self-renew, so a single administration can give patients a potentially lifelong effect. Host Lindsey Smith also draws out insights from Dr. Gaspar on newborn screening, conducting clinical trials for rare disorders, and how learnings from Orchard’s approved therapy could be useful in treating much more common disorders including frontotemporal dementia and Crohn’s disease.

You’re in for a dose of inspiration in this Year of the Zebra episode as we introduce you to Rebecca Salky, RN, a rare disease patient who was a leading force in establishing the diagnosis for her own condition, who played a key role in launching the first phase three clinical trials for it, and who is now coordinating research into the disease and related disorders at one of the nation's top hospitals. Join host Lindsey Smith as Rebecca describes her long and challenging journey with MOGAD, the importance of finding a community, and the three things she thinks are missing in the care of rare disease patients.

Join host Lindsey Smith on this uplifting Raise the Line episode for an optimistic look at the next generation of healthcare leaders with her guest Dr. David Kelly, the board chair of HOSA -- a student led career exploration and leadership development organization with over 300,000 members. Through hundreds of annual competitive events and hands-on projects, HOSA creates a framework for developing skills in communication, professionalism and leadership for students in middle school through college and is well-positioned to help the healthcare industry tackle some of its toughest challenges.

This enlightening Raise the Line episode with host Lindsey Smith is loaded with the latest understandings about Autism Spectrum Disorder, including advancements in early diagnosis aided by artificial intelligence that include a smartphone app parents can use at home. Dr. Geraldine Dawson, founding director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development also shares advancements in early therapeutic interventions and explains what has contributed to a near tripling of diagnoses over the past two decades.

This episode of Raise the Line offers a powerful conversation with host Lindsey Smith and her guest Dr. Rola Hallam, who shares her personal journey overcoming the trauma she experienced providing medical care in Syria and other war-torn areas. She’s now a trauma and burnout coach devoted to helping health professionals who, like herself, spend years carrying the weight of their experiences without seeking help, or who pursue ineffective remedies for relieving it. Key insights include treating trauma and burnout as nervous system dysregulation, not mental illness; the critically important distinction between empathy and compassion, and how empowering frontline workers to heal their trauma can uplift individuals and empower entire communities.

On this episode of Raise the Line, host Lindsey Smith leads a thought-provoking discussion with Dr. Uche Blackstock, Founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity and bestselling author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. The book weaves her mother’s trailblazing story in medicine with her own, and argues for systemic change in a healthcare system riddled with racially-biased practices and policies that impact patient outcomes. Tune in to learn about her formula for building a healthcare system where everyone can thrive, and the work required of health institutions to build trust in effected communities.

You’re in for frank and clear-eyed analysis in this episode of Raise the Line from our guest Dr. Joanne Liu, the former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, on global preparedness to effectively respond to humanitarian and health crises. Firsthand accounts from the bedside to the halls of power are captured in her new book Ebola, Bombs and Migrants, which focuses on the crises that dominated her tenure leading MSF from 2013-2019 and contains insights about the geopolitical realities that hamper this work. Join host Lindsey Smith for this valuable conversation.

Tune-in to this fascinating Raise the Line episode with host Lindsey Smith to find out how the parent-fueled FOXG1 Research Foundation is aiming to bring a rare disease therapy to market in less than half the time and at a fraction of the cost than the industry standard, and how this model might impact research on other rare disorders. Foundation Co_Founder and Executive Director Nicole Johnson also describes her efforts to educate parents, teachers, and students about disability inclusion through her Joyfully Josie book series and “Live Joyfully” education programs inspired by her own daughter’s experience with this rare genetic condition.