Episodes

March 5, 2024

[HIATUS] CAREGIVER LIFEHACKS (SCLC) "There is Hope" (Episode One)

“Get your affairs in order” was the advice from one ER doctor to Rayanne Lehman upon seeing her chest X-Ray. That was 4 years ago. When Maida Mangiameli received her Small Cell Lung Cancer diagnosis she wanted to live to know her newborn grandchild and that child is now 6 years old. And for patient…
Feb. 27, 2024

[HIATUS] #BCSM: "Ending Health Disparities" (Episode Three)

In this series finale, we meet Maimah Karmo, President and CEO of the Tigerlily Foundation, and learn about her journey to end disparities for young breast cancer patients of color. If you like this series, be sure to subscribe, leave a rating a review, share on social media, and please tell your c…
Feb. 20, 2024

[HIATUS] #BCSM: "Community of Communities" (Episode Two)

In this episode, we meet breast cancer advocates and users of #BCSM, Liza Bernstein, Anne Marie Mercurio, Christine Hodgdon, and Julia Maues. We find out how they got involved in #BCSM and how they utilized the hashtag to further their advocacy. If you like this series, be sure to subscribe, leave …
Feb. 13, 2024

[HIATUS] #BCSM: "Origin Story" (Episode One)

Breast Cancer Social Media (#BCSM) is an online community dedicated to empowering those affected by breast cancer. #BCSM began in 2011 as a conversation on Twitter and has grown into a world of support, guidance, and reliable information. In this episode, we meet breast cancer survivors and co-mode…
Feb. 6, 2024

[HIATUS] DENIED: "The Future" (Episode Three)

The fight for equitable healthcare goes to Congress. Plus, we meet the next generation of breast cancer activists.  Relevant Resources:  Leslie’s Week  METAvivor - Political advocacy work   Tigerlily Foundation - Political Advocacy Work Tigerlily Foundation - RAISE See Privacy Policy at ht…
Jan. 30, 2024

[HIATUS] DENIED: "Hacking Healthcare" (Episode Two)

Because of years of being delayed, dismissed, and denied, metastatic patients have had to become the experts in their own care. With the help of doctors and researchers, these patients are now changing the healthcare system from the inside out.  Relevant Resources: Tigerlily Foundation - Barri…
Jan. 23, 2024

[HIATUS] DENIED: "The Face of Breast Cancer" (Episode One)

For decades, only one type of patient has been represented in the breast cancer awareness movement. In this episode, we learn the consequences of this representation gap and meet patients who are flipping the script. Relevant Resources: METAvivor - Health Disparities in MBC  Tigerlily Foundati…
Jan. 16, 2024

Fight Burnout: Preventing Moral Injury and Physician Suicide

Following the 2023 Healthcare Burnout Symposium, returning champion Dr. Gabe Charbonneau (CEO at Medicine Forward) is joined live in the studio with Dr. Todd Otten (COO at Medicine Forward) for a frank and candid conversation about the state of the state as it pertains to their grassroots movement,…
Jan. 9, 2024

The Binghamton Musical Theater Nerd Story with Darren Petronella

The Wayback Machine was in full force today when my buddy Darren Petronella dropped by the studio for an IRL nostalgia-driven, GenX-themed episode about aging gracefully and our modern-day "Get Off My Lawn" grievances about life, the universe, and everything. Darren and I first met while undergradu…
Jan. 2, 2024

The Koby & Hannah 2024 New Year's Special!

The twins are back for another "very special episode" (no — not the one where Arnold gets molested on Diff'rent Strokes or Alex P. Keaton's friend dies) of Out of Patients to celebrate all the things and talk with their Daddy about what 2024 has in store for them. Like what? Well, their forthcoming…
Dec. 26, 2023

The Lost Pilot of The Cancer Mavericks with MZ's Mom!

Knownst to me, but unknownst to others, long before the Award-Winning documentary "The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship" hit podcast feeds, a pilot episode was storyboarded and produced to test the waters with our newly minted production team, helmed by acclaimed executive producer, Stev…
Dec. 19, 2023

The Diabetes Edification Show

Today, Matthew welcomes Dr. Aaron Neinstein, Chief Medical Officer at Notable, which is — jargon alert — a leading automation platform for patient engagement and staff workflows. What does that mean? Well, you'll find out from this underachieving Triple board-certified endocrinologist (yes, triple)…
Dec. 12, 2023

The Reluctant Clinical Assistant Professor

Once again, the SUNY Binghamton alumni network bestows upon us an incredible guest more than worthy of the hot seat. Dr. Adam Harris is a self-proclaimed "reluctant medical practitioner" who accidentally found himself proficient in all the right classes only to realize, "Why not?" Now serving as Cl…
Dec. 5, 2023

The Telehealth Whisperer

The best way to describe Dr. Aditi U Joshi would be a "Telehealth Whisperer" who comes to the party with a storied history as an emergency medicine physician and former advisor to such juggernauts as the American Medical Association and Weight Watchers. The author of "Telehealth Success: How to Thr…
Nov. 28, 2023

The Nonprofit, Pro Wrestling, Coffee Shop, Rare Cancer Bro Show

What do you get when you cross a professional wrestler, small business coffee company executive, nonprofit consultant, and rare cancer? Well, that would be the uniquely talented and inspiring unicorn that is Sean Wachter, who joined Matthew live in-studio for one hell of a conversation about how th…
Nov. 21, 2023

Community Healthcare's "Advance Team"

In the Spring of 2023, Matthew had the pleasure of speaking at an event hosted by Quest Analytics, a fabulous company whose mission has been to improve provider network management and help people across America receive the information and care they deserve. In today's episode, Quests's CEO, Steve L…
Nov. 14, 2023

ADHD, Dyslexia, and The Frontier Psychiatrist Dr. Owen Muir

Dr. Owen Muir is an Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families-trained psychiatrist and official Mentalizing Treatment Supervisor. He is the coauthor of Adolescent Suicide and Self Injury: Mentalizing Theory and Treatment, a dual board-certified physician, with ABPN certification in gener…
Nov. 7, 2023

Melissa Berry is "The Cancer Fashionista"

Melissa Berry, aka The Cancer Fashionista, is a Stage 1 Triple Negative Breast Cancer. She is now the founder of Cancer Fashionista (a fashion, beauty, and lifestyle platform for the breast cancer community), the host of the "Dear Cancer, I'm Beautiful" podcast, and the board chair for the Triple N…
Oct. 31, 2023

Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy

In today's episode, Matthew welcomes one of his nearest and dearest friends, Geralyn Lucas, whom he met in the earliest days of the nascent adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer movement circa 2004. Geralyn, a storied American journalist and television producer, had only recently survived breast …
Oct. 24, 2023

Revisiting The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship

In 2021, OffScrip Health produced The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship, an award-winning 8-part limited documentary series about the people and not the disease. So, if you're a narrative history podcast junkie, listen to Episode One of The Cancer Mavericks right here on the Out of Pa…
Oct. 17, 2023

The Cancer Coaster: The Ups & Downs of CLL

We are hijacking today's episode of Out of Patients to bring you the pilot episode of "Cancer Coaster," a fresh new series from OffScrip Health focused on the many ups and downs of the emotional journey cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers face. For this particular pilot, we're focusing speci…
Oct. 10, 2023

Sepsis Is Some Crazy Shit For Serious

The SUNY Binghamton alumni network is rife with incredible humans who are changing the world one day at a time. On the show today, I'm proud to welcome Tom Heymann, President and CEO at Sepsis Alliance, the nation's leading infection prevention and Sepsis education and advocacy organization. Wh…
Oct. 3, 2023

Can You Hire Me Now? (America's Rural Health Staffing Crisis)

Sometimes LinkedIn DMs come in handy, as this is the case with Dr. Paul Toomey. A cold outreach became a spot on the show when this Board-certified surgical oncologist — and biomedical engineer by trade — began to share his remarkable story with me. Paul is the CEO of Ring of Hires, which claims to…
Sept. 26, 2023

Who remembers i[2]y? Leah Shearer does!

Prepare the Wayback Machine for today's chat with Leah Shearer, who, for all intents and purposes, was one of the first ten volunteers from 2007 who contributed to the birth of Stupid Cancer and the greater young adult cancer movement. The "girl so nice she got cancer twice" Leah—a native of Ro…