Welcome to Pediatric Meltdown, the podcast for busy pediatricians who want to better understand children's emotional health and behaviors and gain the skills and knowledge to help them thrive. I am your host, Lia Gaggino. In this episode, we are joined by Katherine Steingass, MD. Dr. Steingass is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician at Nationwide Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is a member of the complex...

Dr. Sanjeev Arora is the founder and executive director of Project ECHO. He is also a distinguished professor of medicine with tenure at the University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center. Previously, he served as executive vice chair and acting chair of the Department of Internal Medicine and president of the medical staff. He also served on the UNM Health Sciences Center board for five years. Dr. Arora has also served as president of the University Physicians Association. Born in...

Kevin Mills is the co-founder of Streamlined Podcasts, a full-scale podcast production agency that helps podcasters edit and produce their podcasts consistently for an affordable price. With industry-leading turn times, technologies and teams, you'll have trouble finding a better value anywhere else. Before Streamlined Podcasts, Kevin's entrepreneurial journey began in direct-to-consumer sales. He's worked with companies ranging from door-to-door vacuum sales to mortgage lending, and he now...

Dr. Lisa Lowery is a native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Ottawa Hills High School. She attended Michigan State University receiving her Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology, with Honors. Her research during her fellowship concentrated on sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive health. While at the Johns Hopkins, she obtained a Master of Public Health in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences with a Certificate of Concentration in Maternal and Child...

Dr. Sheryl Ryan is Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine, and Director of Outpatient Adolescent Clinical Services at the Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center. She is a pediatrician who is board certified in both Adolescent Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Currently, she is focusing her research on the education of both school personnel and pediatricians in rural areas of Pennsylvania around screening and intervention for youth using alcohol and other...

Trigger warning: This episode includes discussions about suicide and depression Dr. Joanna Quigley is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She has also been on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and trained in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky. She engages in a number of collaborative efforts to support mental health care in the primary care setting, the care of children with chronic...

Dr. V. Fan Tait is a pediatric neurologist with years of experience in child health and wellness, family-centered care in medical homes, children with special needs, health care delivery and advocacy for children, families, and pediatricians. She earned a BS from the University of Alabama, her MD from the University of Kentucky Medical Center, and completed her pediatric residency and pediatric neurology fellowship at the University of Utah Medical Center. For more than 10 years, Dr. Tait...

It is challenging to manage kids with suicidal ideation and parents who rely on for you help with limited resources. In this episode, I share with you the best practices, resources, and tips that could help you manage your practice and avoid that stress so you could focus on giving your patients the best experience! [00:30 - 14:30] Get Your Resources Ready! The best online resources you could turn to How to determine if you are ready Checklist to ensure you have an efficient process workflow...

Dr. Scott Grant is an academic primary care pediatrician and hospitalist working in Southeast Michigan. He completed his medical school in El Paso, TX, and was a pediatric resident and chief resident at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona. His primary clinical interest is in behavioral health, especially the interaction of childhood adversity and trauma with developmental and behavioral outcomes. He recently took on a role as a District CATCH Facilitator with the AAP, which helps...

Dr. Phil Boucher is a direct care pediatrician in Lincoln, Nebraska, and father of 6. He is also the host of two amazing podcasts. In Raising Good Parents Podcast, he focuses on helping parents enjoy parenthood more while in Pediatrics 2.0 Podcast, Dr. Boucher and his guests discuss the latest trends in pediatric practices from clinical updates to research advancements to revolutions in care delivery. He paid a visit to Pediatric Meltdown to talk about his journey to pediatrics, his...

Dr. Jane Meschan Foy has spent more than 35 years in pediatric primary care, public health, administration, and medical teaching. Her special interests include mental health services in pediatric primary care and school settings; access to health care for under-served populations; primary care of children with special health care needs; and residency training in mental health, community pediatrics, and advocacy. Dr. Foy’s publications on mental health include 2 AAP textbooks (2018)—Mental...

Dr. Kofi Essel is a board-certified community pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital (CNH) in Washington, D.C. He serves as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, the Director of the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Culinary Medicine Program, the Director of the GWU Community/Urban Health Scholarly Concentration, and the Director of the GWU Clinical Public Health Summit on Obesity. Dr. Essel has dedicated his career to advocacy/research around...

Dr. John Straus is the Founding Director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) and a 2020 Mom’s Inaugural winner of the Maternal Mental Health Hero Award. Dr. Straus is the mind and heart behind MCPAP, which has inspired and been the model for Maternal Mental Health doctor-to-doctor consultation programs across the U.S. Dr. Sheila Marcus, meanwhile, is a Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan, Section Chief for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Co-Director...

Happy 2022! In this episode, we will discuss first what should be our priorities to help ourselves draw how we want this year to look like. We will also talk about the power of family and community not only to our personal growth but also to our individual health and why we should regularly make time for our loved ones. Lastly, we will be laying down all the important topics that are going to cover this 2022, topics that we feel should be talked about more in and out of the medical space. If...

Trigger warning: depression, suicide Dr. Colleen Cullinan is a pediatric psychologist at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. She specializes in integrated primary care within the Division of Behavioral Health. Dr. Cullinan completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Western Michigan University in 2015. Dr. Cullinan supervises psychology externs and interns, and she directs medical education efforts for Nemours’ residency training programs. Her presentation...

Pediatricians get up every day thinking about how to meet the needs of children. And very often we forget about our own health. In this episode of Pediatric Meltdown, Dr. Lia and Dr. Michelle Fiscus discusses physician burnout, what it means to face identity challenges as a physician, and overcoming these challenges. Dr. Michelle Fiscus is a board-certified pediatrician who practiced general pediatrics in Franklin, TN for 17 years before joining the Tennessee Department of Health in 2016....

Dr. Miko Rose is the creator and Program Director of the “Joy Initiative,” a project she started at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine schools. In 2013, she was awarded the SAMHSA American Psychiatric Association Minority Leadership Fellowship Grant, from which she built the foundation to develop emotional resilience, happiness, and mindfulness training tailored to meet the unique needs of medical providers. She now offers one of the...

Dr. Alison Schonwald is a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician and co-founder of Touchstone Neurodevelopmental Center. After her undergraduate education at Yale University and medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Schonwald completed pediatric residency and Developmental Behavioral pediatrics fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, where she served as faculty from 2001-2019. Dr. Schonwald’s clinical interests include early diagnosis of autism and developmental delays,...