Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary
432 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsOut of Patients is a no-BS podcast about making healthcare suck less for everyone. Join award-winning host Matthew Zachary each week as he and his guests sardonically deconstruct all the shenanigans in terms normal humans can understand, along with a healthy dose of 80s nostalgia and random pop culture references. So strap in, and let's all make the system less horrible; because advocacy is the only thing that's ever changed anything.
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[BONUS] Vax On: Elura Nanos Goes Full Lawyer on Dobbs v. Jackson
July 02, 2022 18:05 - 9 minutes - 8.69 MBVax On host and lawyer Elura Nanos explains what legally happened when the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Listeners will learn what the justices decided and what it all means for abortion and other areas of law as we move forward into a post-Roe world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Vax On: Cootie Boosters, COVID Copywriters, and Insurance Inanity
June 30, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBThe CDC overhauled its Covid-19 risk rating system. A WHO official says the more you're re-infected with COVID-19, the more likely the person is to be "unlucky" and contract long-Covid. Free COVID-19 testing is now in insurers' hands. SHOW NOTES: Check out "The Dabble Co." from OffScrip Health Visit offscrip.com/shows for more podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Amelia Randolph Campbell's Recipe for Hope
June 28, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBToday, I speak with actor turned thought leader and coach Amelia Randolph Campbell. Amelia has crisscrossed the country, from her childhood in New Mexico to college in New England and an acting career in New York City. She made her way from the stage to sales and now back to the stage as an inspirational speaker. And that’s just her point — to live is to take on different roles. In her forthcoming book, “The Conscious Actor,” Amelia talks about how the actor’s mindset can serve a...
Vax On: With Avisha NessAiver!
June 23, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBTik Tok, immunity, misinformation, and more! SHOW NOTES: Check out "The Heart of Healthcare" from OffScrip Health Visit offscrip.com/shows for more podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Right Kind of Medical Nerd: Dr. Maulik Majmudar
June 21, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBToday, I welcome Dr. Maulik Majmudar, a cardiologist, Chief Medical Officer, and Co-Founder at Biofourmis, a rapidly growing virtual care delivery and digital therapeutics company. He dropped by the studio to bond over fathering boy/girl twins like me and to dive further down the rabbit hole of the modern-day train wreck that is America's fabulous healthcare system. Before his current position, Maulik was Medical Officer for a small, relatively unknown company named Amazon, where he...
Vax On: Bieber Fever!
June 16, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBNovavax delays, Ramsay Hunt syndrome 101, and unexpected Covid excuses. Visit offscrip.com/shows for more podcasts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jessica Firger and That Time I Was on the Cover of Newsweek
June 14, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBRemember that time I was on the cover of Newsweek? Great. If not, well, you do. Several people were responsible for taking the risk of bringing the young adult cancer movement's cause to the national spotlight, and Jessica Firger sits on that "Mount Rushmore." At the time, Jess was a senior health writer at Newsweek, but this award-winning health journalist has a storied career, having held posts at CBS News, CNN, Everyday Health, and others. On today's show, Jess joins me live in-s...
Vax On: Dysfunctional Data and Target Missing Targets
June 09, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBFlorida's COVID data audit, long COVID disabilities, and overstocked shelves. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A Much Belated Celebration Autoimmune Awareness Month
June 07, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIn a belated episode channeling March being Autoimmune Awareness Month, my dear friend Erin Moriarty Wade drops by the show today to talk about channeling her inner parental beast mode as a caregiver to her incredible daughter Ansley who lives with a rare autoimmune disease. Erin is also a long-standing freelance healthcare writer, journalist, on-air reporter, and weekend anchor. Our conversations break down the insanity of healthcare communications, how stupid they can be, what wor...
[BONUS] A Very Special Episode of Family Ties
June 03, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSo my buddy Marty Keiser happened to be in NYC and dropped by OffScrip Health Studios, and we decided to turn on the mics and bromance out since we hadn't seen each other in person in over a year. #ThanksPandemic. Consider this "Very Special Episode of Family Ties" a mental exercise in friendship, camaraderie, purpose, frustration, intent, and belief that the good in the world far outweighs the bad in the world. Yogi Bera said, "If life were easy, we'd all do it." Truer words were n...
Vax On: Grapefruits, Kiddie Caregivers, and Gen Z
June 02, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBFrom dysgeusia to Y10K... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
What's in a Story with Annie Brewster
May 31, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBToday I chat with Annie Brewster, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a practicing internist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She’s also a patient, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2001 at age 32. In response to the problems she experienced in healthcare, both as a patient and a provider, Dr. Brewster founded Health Story Collaborative in 2013. It’s a nonprofit organization committed to empowering patients and their loved ones, building community, str...
Vax On: To Test or Not to Test
May 26, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBBar Mitzvahs, Death penalties, and monkeypox. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Exact Science Behind Trying Not to Get Cancer
May 24, 2022 04:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBToday's ad-free episode of Out Of Patients is made possible by our friends at Exact Sciences, changing lives together through earlier detection and smarter answers. You know, I always love being the dumbest guy in the room because it bodes well that our discussions will be of the highest caliber of authenticity, trust, and the occasional 80s reference. I am grateful to welcome two genius humans who have uniquely accomplished insanely great things that have changed the world for the ...
Vax On: A Formula for Disaster
May 19, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBShortages of everything everywhere all at once! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Syllables Show with Vanessa Steil
May 17, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBToday, I speak with board-certified patient advocate and thyroid cancer survivor Vanessa Steil. In 2014, Vanessa founded her company Living in Steil to help coach people through health crises and share what she learned during her experience with thyroid cancer at age 26. She also shares her perspective as a caregiver to someone living with cancer. Vanessa talks about the need to change how we talk about cancer, scan-xiety, antithyroglobulin levels, and other syllables. For more inf...
[ICYMI] The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship
May 12, 2022 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBPardon me for interrupting today's regularly scheduled episode of VAX ON here on the Out of Patients podcast feed. I promise it's for a good reason, namely, a rebroadcast — for those who may have missed it — of Episode One of The Cancer Mavericks: A History of Survivorship, our acclaimed 8-part narrative history series from 2021. Over 300,000 listeners can't be wrong, and it'd be a disservice not to ensure all of my incredible listeners were made aware of this highly ambitious passi...
Welcome "Is It Serious?" to the OffScrip Podcast Network!
May 10, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBToday I talk to Dr. Mark Lewis and Dr. Jean Luc Neptune, two brilliant physicians and hosts of the new Offscrip Health podcast, Is It Serious? Mark is also a patient living with a hereditary tumor syndrome and brings his unique point of view from both sides of the exam table. JL is an entrepreneur and practices addiction medicine at his own company Suntra Modern Recovery. Through their conversations, they pull back the curtain on the American Healthcare system and share their doctor...
Vax On: SCOTUS Leaks and COVID Peaks!
May 05, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBTesting kit murals, boosters, and PPE. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Clare Matschullat Is the Cancer Sherpa (No Questions Asked)
May 03, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBToday, I speak with Clare Matschullat, a self-described cancer sherpa. As someone who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a young person, Clare knows the emotional rollercoaster and logistical nightmares that come with a cancer diagnosis. That’s why she started her own business — Clare the Cancer Sherpa — to help guide patients through treatment, advocate on their behalf with providers, and walk them through the messy business of insurance reimbursements and other cha...
Vax On: A Very Philosophical Episode
April 28, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBPandemic storytelling, China's constant lockdowns, and traveling sans masks. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dr. Ashani Weeraratna on "Is Cancer Inevitable? "
April 26, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBToday, I speak with Dr. Ashani Weeraratna. She’s a leading cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins. Ashani was recently appointed by President Biden to the National Cancer Advisory Board. She's also a researcher at the National Cancer Institute AND the author of a new book called Is Cancer Inevitable? Her book takes us inside her research lab and reveals how new insights are leading to major breakthroughs, even for patients with Stage IV cancer. We talk about those breakthroughs, what it...
The Saga of Gail Zahtz: Cancer Jail, The Binghamton Crosbys, and Value-Based Care
April 21, 2022 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBGail Zahtz is many things. Quiet isn't one of them. A fellow alum of 1990s SUNY Binghamton, her early career started in traditional old-school print, radio, and TV journalism. Basically, all things pre-Internet. And life went on its merry way for years, as it should, until a multi-year comedy of terrors befell her with a much-delayed diagnosis of Stage IV breast cancer. Hilarity definitely did not ensue as she faced innumerable and endless rabbit holes of shitness navigating her dis...
Vitamins WTF? Frunutta Has Answers.
April 19, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBToday, I talk to the brain trust behind Frunutta, a company that’s disrupting the vitamin market. Their dissolvable vitamins are ultra-absorbent and get nutrients into your bloodstream more efficiently than vitamins that go through your digestive system. Plus, Frunutta is made from simple, all-natural ingredients, so you aren’t consuming any bad stuff along with the good. Dr. Ali Alavi is a medical doctor who founded the company in order to help his son, who has major nutrient defi...
[BONUS] Introducing "Is Is Serious?," A New OffScrip Health Podcast
April 15, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBOn today's special bonus episode, I talk to my dear friends Dr. Mark Lewis and Dr. Jean Luc Neptune, two brilliant physicians, and co-hosts of the new Offscrip Health podcast, Is It Serious? As a leading oncologist helping cancer patients every day, in Mark's "spare time," he himself is a pancreatic cancer patient living with a hereditary tumor syndrome. Clearly, he brings his unique point of view from both sides of the exam table. Jean-Luc is an entrepreneur and practices addiction...
Vax On: No More Respiratory Backwash
April 14, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBDexellent, masks, and better ventilation... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Eat Healthy, Exercise, and Don't Make an App
April 12, 2022 04:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBToday I talk to Gene Gurkoff, the founder and CEO of Charity Miles. It’s a fitness app that helps people raise money for their favorite charities through corporate sponsorships. Gene started running marathons to raise funds for Parkinson’s research after his grandfather was diagnosed with the disease, and he helped to found the Fox Foundation with Michael J. Fox. Later Gene founded Charity Miles to help employees convert their steps into money for places like the Fox Foundation and ...
Vax On: Off Broadway!
April 07, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBBaby variants and Scottish plays. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
International Sleuth: Sehreen Noor Ali
April 05, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBToday I talk to global citizen, digital diplomat, and health entrepreneur Sehreen Noor Ali. Sehreen left her job as a technology executive to become a caretaker for her daughter, who was diagnosed with a serious pediatric illness. Seeing the pitfalls of healthcare up close, Sehreen was compelled to launch Sleuth, a database that crowdsources the experiences of parents of sick children. She worked for Obama. She speaks five languages. Her EQ score is off the charts. She’s an award-wi...
Vax On: Dad Jokes and Cow Boats!
March 31, 2022 13:26 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBFDA, No effing way! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Well-deserved F-Bombs from Anne Marie Mercurio
March 29, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBToday I speak with Anne Marie Mercurio, a firebrand patient research advocate. She comes to her line of work with lots of personal experience as both a patient and a patient caregiver. She survived her Stage-3 cancer diagnosis, but she watched both of her parents die from the disease. And that’s why Anne is so committed to making sure patients come first in all medical decision-making. She’s funny, she’s fiery, and she’s highly effective in her deployment of F-bombs. Follow her on T...
Encore: Vax On With MS. Information and GMHC!
March 24, 2022 14:05 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this special episode of Vax On, Matthew Zachary and Elura Nanos talk with Ms. Information and Krishna Stone from Gay Men's Health Crisis, the world's first HIV/AIDS service organization. They Discuss Ms. Information's unique approach to busting myths and how the LGBTQ community has been affected by COVID-19. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Once Upon a Gene with Effie Parks
March 22, 2022 04:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBToday on the show, I talk to Effie Parks, a fierce podcaster raising a child with a rare disease. After giving birth to her first child, Ford, Effie was dismissed by the medical community over concerns she had about her son's health. Almost a year later, Ford was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called CTNNB1 syndrome, which impairs speech and neurodevelopment. Effie had no handbook and no one to turn to, so she picked up a microphone and sounded the rallying cry for parents o...
Vax On: A Breath of Fresh Air
March 17, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBObama has Covid, China has Covid, and school HVACs have Covid. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
[BONUS] Dr.Tania Small: GYN/ONC Cancer's Unmet Needs
March 16, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBDr. Tania Small is the Vice President and Global Medical Oncology Head at GSK. She started her career as a pediatric oncologist and realized that her passion for helping patients would drastically accelerate by transitioning to the R&D side of healthcare. She did just that, as you'll hear in this episode when she describes how it felt to see her first FDA-approved medication prescribed to treat thousands more patients than she could have ever helped individually. Her latest passion ...
Zach Fink: Expert on TTY texts and Modern Telehealth
March 15, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBOn the show today, I talk to Zach Fink, CEO and Co-Founder at VyTrac, a telehealth company. Zach started his career out as an EMT before using his emergency medical skills as a disaster relief worker. Deeply passionate about healthcare access, he founded VyTrac to use remote technology to bring medical services to underserved populations. Zach is ALSO passionate about ’90s pop culture so we go deep on everything millennial from the proto-Internet to Olive Garden breadsticks and boy ...
Vax On: The Pants of Truth
March 10, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBThe return of Queen Elizabeth, the importance of curmudgeon filters, and our incredible shrinking brains. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
[BONUS]: The Heart of Healthcare with Mark Cuban
March 10, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBToday we’re dropping a very special bonus episode. Out of Patients is just one of many shows on the OffScrip Health network – and we want to make sure all of our excellent podcasts are on your radar! The Heart of Healthcare is a show that explores the social determinants of health, including our food system, housing, climate change, and more. It’s hosted by long-time healthcare advocate Halle Tecco. Halle recently had the opportunity to welcome Mark Cuban to the show. The two hit...
Carly Flumer Takes No Prisoners
March 08, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBToday I talk to Carly Flumer, two-time thyroid cancer survivor, Director of Medical Engagement at MMG, and Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer torch bearer. Carly was diagnosed with stage I, metastatic papillary thyroid cancer in January 2017 at the age of 27. She went through treatment, got her masters degree in health communication, and has been blowing up the twitterverse and blogosphere with her story and advice on how to manage a cancer diagnosis. For information on us, visit h...
Vax On: COVID by Stealth, Ukrainian Pets, and Pandemic Patents
March 03, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBUkraine is going through a lot right now… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Frank Licciardi: A Geezer By Proxy
February 28, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBToday I speak with Frank Licciardi, a cancer survivor and an award-winning healthcare advocate. Frank was diagnosed with metastatic gastric cancer in his early thirties and given a one percent probability of survival. Not only did he beat the odds, but he’s 12 years cancer-free. Since then, Frank left his job in finance to serve as Chair Emeritus of the “Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality” at Memorial Sloan Kettering, where he underwent his cancer treatment. And in 2020...
Vax On: Do It Yourself
February 24, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBEngland and Ikea have a lot in common... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mel Mann: Beating Leukemia’s Odds
February 22, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBOn the show today I speak with Mel Mann, the longest living person who participated in the clinical trial for Gleevec. When Mel Mann was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia at age 37 in 1995, he was told he had three years to live. But he’s here some 26 years later and still going strong. Mel served as a major in the U.S. Army. He kickstarted blood marrow drives all across the country. He started running marathons to raise money for cancer research. He went back to school to be...
Vax On: Thanks for Mutton
February 17, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTrudeau, the calming magic of stroking sheep, and Super Bowl lunacy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Alan Russell: Master of Serendipity
February 15, 2022 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBOn the show today, I speak with Alan Russell, Vice President of Research at Amgen. He’s got a long list of esteemed creds: He previously served as the Highmark Distinguished Career Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Disruptive Health Technology Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the Founding Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He received the U.S. Army’s Greatest Invention Award...
Vax On: The Masks Are Off with Stephanie Santoriello!
February 10, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBGot orange sauce? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Grace Vinton Dishes on How the Sausage Gets Made
February 08, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBToday I talk to patient advocate, digital health influencer, and podcasting maven Grace Vinton. She hosts HITeaWithGrace on the HIT Like a Girl podcast, which celebrates women leaders in healthcare and health IT. She’s the smartest person in the room at any given time and she’s here to let us in on how the sausage gets made in the medical tech world. Follow Grace @HITeaWithGrace on Twitter. For more information, visit https://OffScrip.com and follow @MatthewZachary, @VaxOnPod, a...
[BONUS] Reacting to the New Biden Cancer Moonshot Announcement
February 04, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBI talk to David and Robin Dubin, founders of the cancer advocacy organization AliveAndKickn, about Biden's new Cancer Moonshot initiative, which aims to reduce cancer deaths by half over the next 25 years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Vax On: Don’t Vax, Don’t Tell, No Rogan, and the Novastans
February 03, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBBe well, John Spartan... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mensch of Mensches: The One With Gil Bashe
February 01, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBGil Bashe, the Nostradamus of healthcare (says Matthew), predicted the rise of digital health in 2000 with his book Branding Health Services: Defining Yourself in the Marketplace. In addition to being an ordained rabbi and former combat medic, Gil is a patient advocate, a champion of health innovation, and a promoter of human compassion. He currently serves as the Chair of Global Health at Finn Partners, a marketing agency, where he advocates for brands that improve the lives and he...